In 1067, Northern Song Dynasty, Bianliang, Donghua Gate

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Since ancient times, China has the saying that "the east respects the west and the west is cheap", Donghuamen Street is close to the inner hall, and the market is "rare from all over the world, gathered here", and the goods in the market are mostly high-class luxury goods, and the customers are mainly royal nobles and dignitaries. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Opposite the "East Market" of Donghuamen Street, there is also the "Xihuamen Street Market" outside the right side of the Imperial Palace. The "West Market" is a market for the common people, mostly dealing in daily necessities such as clothes, candles, cakes, and medicines, as well as a large number of foreign merchants from Dashi, Liao, Xixia, Japan, Goryeo, and the Western Regions.

The carriage stopped in front of a gorgeous shop outside the Donghua Gate, Chris got out of the car, and looked up to see the wide gold-lettered signboard of the shop with a big word "Jie".

The pawnshop of the Song Dynasty generally hangs a big "solution" in front of the door, there are government-run pawnshops called "pawn waiver office", also known as the pawn store, arrive at the warehouse, the official pawnshop pomp is large, the door face is high; and all kinds of private and monk-run pawnshops are all over Bianliang City, which is called "Xie Office" in the north and "quality office" in the south.

Cristian's pawnshop is the largest government-run pawnshop in Bianliang City, called Xiangyun Building. It is a multi-storey building with a chic floor design and sophisticated decoration. When you enter the door, you are greeted by a huge walnut-colored wooden baffle, which is also learned. In ancient times, pawnshops would put a baffle between the door and the counter, called a "fig board". Anyone who comes to the pawnshop is either poor or anxious, and this fig board is naturally for the sake of the guests. Chris doesn't know what a fig board is, but she is knowledgeable, and there is not even a seam on this ordinary-looking large wooden board, which shows that it is made of a large whole wood, which is naturally valuable.

Turning the baffle, there is a small hall with armchairs and coffee tables, and behind it is a high counter with a wooden fence. One is for ease of conversation, and the other is for safety. Chris swaggered back in the armchair, but the guy behind the wooden railing was busy with his head down.

After a long time, the guy raised his eyes, and although he saw Chris's gorgeous clothes, he was not surprised. Seeing that she didn't speak, the guy said impatiently, "What are you going to be? It's the first time to be a thing, let it in!"

Chris thought to himself: "Hey, what a bully, he's getting impatient."

When the man saw someone coming, he knocked on the counter and pointed down.

Chris looked back and forth on the counters with wide eyes a few times before he could see that there was a drawer in front of each counter, and the drawer opened to the counter inside. She opened the drawer, unhurriedly took out a cloth bag from her bosom, put it in casually, and closed the drawer.

On the other side of the counter, the guy opened the cloth bag with a look of disdain, and inside was a small token. When he took it in his hand, the man's face immediately changed, and his eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth seemed to leave their original positions, tearing them apart in all directions, and immediately squeezing them into a ball in the middle, and Chris couldn't tell what kind of expression it was.

The man didn't speak, put down the pawn, turned and ran into the room.

Old God Chris is here, and he looks like he is waiting to see a good show.

In "Xiangyun Building", the man sits on a chair very comfortably, and when he is in a good mood, he will even hum a little tune from his hometown, which will add a touch of lightness to the already cheerful mood. "Xiangyun Building" is indeed a place for outsiders, and it is best not to come to the place, but for him, it is a "Xiangyun Treasure Land" that can settle down and settle accounts.

This well-mannered man is a senior member of the DPRK and the Central Committee, Xue Xiang, the transfer envoy of the Shaanxi Transit Division, and a person from Jingzhao Mansion, who is 52 years old this year. Speaking of Xue Xiang, this person is not simple. When Yingzong first ascended the throne, he wrote to the imperial court, offering fifteen articles of "The Benefits and Disadvantages of the Western Regions", which was claimed by Yingzong, and his recitals were placed by Yingzong's side so that he could view them at any time. Last winter, Xue Xiang stated to Shangshu that "Wuli was the best of the best", which made Zhao Xu, who was still the prince at the time, secretly surprised himself.

This time, Xue Xiang entered Beijing, in addition to discussing important border matters with the current emperor, he first had to secretly perform an important duty, that is, settling accounts. He likes to deal with numbers, and every time he counts accounts, he will enter the realm of selflessness, and when he finishes the accounts, it is when he is in the best mood.

In the past few days, he has carried out the last inspection of the accounts in the "Xiangyun Building", which has just been completed today.

Outside the door, there was a sudden knock on the door, and the sound came suddenly and quickly. Lao Cui, who was in charge, and several of his subordinates were packing the calculated accounts, and they were also shocked by the knock on the door and put down the work in their hands.

"I'll take a look. Of course, Lao Cui knew that Xue Xiang liked to be quiet, and he had already ordered his subordinates not to disturb casually. Could it be that something is wrong? Lao Cui pushed the door and went out.

Lao Cui looked nervous when he came back, and Xue Xiang was secretly foiled, and his good mood was about to be ruined.

"What's the matter, flustered?" Xue Xiang has always disliked to reprimand people loudly.

Lao Cui took a sharp breath, forced himself to calm down, bowed and walked in, his tone trembling: "Huh...... Tell Lord Xue that someone has come to be the 'Five Buddha Order'!"

Xue stood up to Huo Ran, and this time it was his turn to change color on his face: "What?"

Xue Xiang took two steps, and at this moment there was a Buddhist shrine with incense in front of the hall, and a golden Buddha was sitting inside. This "Xiangyun Building" is a pawnshop belonging to the Golden Buddha Hall. And each Buddha hall has its own corresponding token, for example, Xue Xiang has a jade Buddha order on his body, this small token is not only a symbol of status, but also has corresponding rights and responsibilities. And the "gold, silver, copper, iron, jade" five Buddha orders are one, which is a token that can rule over the five Buddha halls, and is the symbol of the highest status of the five Buddha halls. The track system of these five Buddha orders has just been transmitted from the palace to the various halls, and today it has actually appeared? Xue Xiang couldn't help but be curious.

"Who got it?"

Lao Cui said in fear: "A young man, usually dressed, looks very similar...... Much like the eunuchs in the palace. ”

"What about the eunuchs?"

"Wait outside. ”

Xue Xiang said: "Please go to the private room, I want to see you." ”

After a while, a man who looked like a steward came back with the fellow. He picked up the token and looked at it carefully, held it in both hands, returned it to Chris, and said respectfully: "We still have to re-evaluate this object, and please wait in the private room inside." The steward's solemn bow and led her to the back of the courtyard. Chris didn't say anything, got up and left.

Entering the inner hall and taking a seat, the steward exchanged a few words with Chris and went out. Before Chris's ass was hot, the door was pushed open again, and a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar entered, followed by two big men. Chris looked at his appearance, light beard, and gentle demeanor, and guessed in his heart: Could this person be Lord Xue that Lan Yuanzhen mentioned to him before he left the palace?

Xue Xiang's eyes were like torches, staring at this young and handsome man, although he was wearing civilian clothes, he looked like a chamberlain in the palace. Xue Xiangxin said: Shouldn't it be a eunuch in the palace who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, the prison guard steals himself, steals the Five Buddha Orders, and thinks that he can exchange money, so he runs to resist!

Xue Xiang opened his mouth and asked, "Where did you get this token?" The voice was not high, but it carried a murderous aura.

Chris smiled and said, "This thing was originally mine, how can I get it." ”

"You!" Xue Xiang said sharply, "This token is an unusual thing, if you don't make it clear today, don't think about leaving." ”

Xue Xiang took a step back and waved his hand to the two guards.

The two big men gathered around Chris, and she just sat there and watched quietly, with no fear.

Suddenly, there were two sneering sounds of breaking the air, and the two big men were just about to take a step forward, but they found that the bricks under their feet were shattered, and the two of them took a step back and looked at each other.

"Who is it?" Xue Xiang asked.

Before the words fell, a figure fell from the beam, landing silently, wearing a black power suit, blocking Chris's body.

The man didn't speak, but only stretched out his hand to Xue Xiang and showed something, black and shiny.

When Xue Xiang saw it, he was taken aback, and then said to his two subordinates: "You are guarding outside, and no one is allowed to approach." ”

The two guards swept out of the room in a gust of wind.

Xiong Daiying arched his hand at Xue Xiang and said in a low voice: "Iron Buddha Hall Xiong Daiying, I have seen Lord Xue. ”

Xue Xiang naturally recognized the "Iron Buddha Order" inlaid with a dark iron pattern, and then listened to the name he reported, he was slightly stunned, and asked, "You are the concubine of Lord Kumamoto?"

Xiong Daiying hesitated for a moment and said: "I didn't recognize my ancestors and returned to my ancestry, and my name didn't enter the Xiong family tree, so adults can call me Daiying." ”

Kumamoto and Xue Xiang were officials in the same dynasty, and they were both members of the Jade Buddha Hall. Xue Xiang had long known that Kumamoto had an illegitimate child, because the child's mother was from a low background, and the child was sent to the Iron Buddha Hall by Kumamoto after birth, but he didn't expect that the young man in front of him was Kumamoto's child.

Now that he had made his origin clear, Xue Xiang was relieved, and asked straight to the point: "What the hell is going on? Why did the Five Buddha Orders appear in Xiangyun Tower?"

"I don't know, I'm just responsible for protecting my master. With that, he turned aside and stood beside Chris.

Hearing this, Xue Xiang's eyes immediately nailed Chris's face. He secretly beat the drum in his heart: there is only one person in the world who can make the shadow guard of the Iron Buddha Hall call the master-the current queen mother.

"'He'...... 'he' is the Queen Mother?"

The person in front of him smiled faintly and acquiesced, Xue Xiang never expected that this handsome young man in brocade clothes was the queen mother, he hurriedly bowed and bowed, and said loudly: "Minister, Jade Buddha Hall - Xue Xiang sees the queen mother, Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

"Get up. Chris didn't lower his voice this time and regained his original voice.

When Xue Xiang heard that it was a female voice, he was even more convinced. Since he was recruited to join the "Jade Buddha Hall", Xue Xiang slowly knew how huge the "Five Buddha Hall" was, and he knew how powerful the "Five Buddha Hall" was in the imperial court. However, in his opinion, the Five Buddha Hall swore allegiance to the Queen Mother, although the Queen Mother was noble, she was just a woman, and the one who really commanded the operation of the Five Buddha Hall was Han Qi, the prime minister of the two dynasties who was strategizing and holding great power.

But Xue Xiang didn't know that if he could make these bigwigs in the Five Buddha Hall loyal, how could the Queen Mother be a fuel-efficient lamp?

Xue Xiang was at the border pass, making and dissolving salt, and the salt was enough to support ten years; he also raised horses and raised horses, and obtained 300 good horses every year. was introduced to Yingzong by Prime Minister Han Qi, and Xue Xiang has been repeatedly promoted in the officialdom since then. Privately, he even joined the "Five Buddha Hall" and was in charge of the financial accounts.

During the reign of Song Yingzong in the past few years, the treasury was empty, and it was impossible to make ends meet, while the "Five Buddha Hall" was smooth sailing and had sufficient expenditures, all because Gao Tao had managed it well. Although she was "honest and self-respecting, fair, and not favoritism" in front of outsiders, she established a glorious image of the queen's mother in the world, but in fact, she was well versed in the emperor's mastery of the art of controlling the subordinates, planting the party for private purposes, and helping both public and private interests, and easily sitting on the wealth of the world.

But now that the Queen Mother Gao Tao has become Chris, many things have naturally begun to deviate from the original trajectory.

Chris picked up the Five Buddha Orders and shook them in front of Xue Xiang's eyes, in fact, she had long wanted to try to see if this "black card" was not working. "This is handed over to me by Lan Yuanzhen himself before leaving the palace, and he said that he can spend money on all ticket numbers and shops under the Golden and Silver Hall!"

With that, Chris took out a piece of paper from the placket of his shirt and placed it on the table next to him.

Xue Xiang walked over, picked it up and looked at it, frowning, "100,000 taels of gold" This is not a small number.

Chris asked, "How?"

"Regarding the use of silver money in these five Buddha orders, Weichen needs to explain it to the Queen Mother. Xue Xiang said: "At the beginning, the track system discussed by the two adults was like this, the cash available for all the ticket numbers and shops under the Five Buddhas in the Gold and Silver Hall was 1,000 taels of gold, and if it exceeded this number, it should be reported to the higher level of the hall, and 10,000 taels of gold could be used in Xiangyun Building. ”

Chris frowned, and said in his heart: It turns out that there is still a limit.

To tell the truth, Lan Yuanzhen and Zhang Ruoshui, how could they not exceed this amount of money when she went out, and how could they guess that she wanted so much money and what she wanted to do.

Although Xue Xiang didn't know what the Queen Mother was going to do with such a large sum of money, he didn't want to go against the Queen Mother's will for the first time, so he said: "This was the amount of money temporarily set by the two adults at that time, and Xiangyunlou had this amount of gold, since the Queen Mother wanted to use it, Weichen let them pay it first." ”

Chris nodded and said, "Then you set up an account for me with the ticket number in the Golden Hall, and save half of this gold, and exchange half of it for silver tickets, which I need to spend at any time." As for exceeding the quota, I will tell Lan Yuanzhen when I go back. ”

Wechen understood. ”

Xue Xiang entered Beijing this time, and he had already made a calculation in his heart: the accounts of previous years would generally be handed over to Lord Han first, and then transferred to the Queen Mother. Now that Lord Han has been named the envoy of the mountain tomb, he is busy with such a major event as Yingzong's funeral, why should he be alarmed. The last time he saw Lan Yuanzhen in the palace, Xue Xiang mentioned to him about the accounts and wanted him to forward them to the Queen Mother. I didn't expect Lord Lan to let the Queen Mother come directly to him, it was really a rare opportunity. It's better to make a statement to the Queen Mother and leave her with some impressions.

Xue Xiang bowed slightly: "Empress Dowager Qi, this year's account book Weichen has been checked clearly, so I will go and get it and deliver it to you for your view." ”

Chris was able to come to Xiangyun Tower, so naturally she heard Lan Yuanzhen mention Xue Xiang's entry into Beijing to settle accounts, and then think about the evaluation of Xue Xiang in "A Guide to Hundred Officials", she also wanted to see if Xue Xiang had real skills.

Xue Xiang retreated, and after a while, he took the steward with him, and the two of them held several large boxes of ledgers together and placed them on the table in front of Chris.

In modern times, reading Lancer's accounts and financial reports is a compulsory course that Chris often does, which is an important part of ensuring the healthy development of the enterprise. She had never seen an ancient ledger, so she copied one casually and flipped through it, and it was all hand-copied with a brush.

After reading a few pages, Chris frowned and said to himself, "What kind of mess is this?"

Xue Xiang saw that the Queen Mother suddenly asked, thinking that it was impossible for him to miscalculate the accounts, and he still had this confidence. So he boldly asked: "I don't know what the Queen Mother can't understand?"

"There's nothing you don't understand, it's too easy to remember, it's time to change the way you keep accounts. ”

Now Xue Xiang was stunned, isn't bookkeeping this method, how to change it?

Chris seemed to see a huge word "surprise" on his face, and she continued to speak: "What you record is a running account, and the single-entry accounting method is too backward, so it's better to change it to a double-entry account." ”

"Double-entry accounting?" Xue Xiang heard it in a fog, and felt that what the Queen Mother said was very affirmative.

"Hey, it's too troublesome to explain, you send the accounts to the Gao family courtyard first, and I'll look back. After thinking about it, he added, "You come along, and I'll teach you some ways then." ”

Chris patted his ass and walked away. Only Xue Xiang, who stayed in place, was left.