Zi Hou this way please, this place is more secluded and undisturbed, it is just convenient for Zi Hou to audit the account books and books.”
Taicang Silver Treasury Jia Langzhong led the way from the front, leading Zhu Pingan to a row of low rooms in front of the Silver Treasury, opening the door of one of the rooms and reaching out to invite Zhu Pingan to enter.
This is a row of old houses, not high, just slightly higher than the value hut of Wuyi壂 so two or three centimetres, it looks like an abandoned treasury, it should not have been inhabited for a long time, and standing in front of the room has an eerie feeling.
“I’m grateful to Lord Jia for taking the trouble.”It was indeed secluded enough, Zhu Pingan swept a glance and slightly tickled his lips, arching his hand to thank Langzhong Jia.
“Zihou why are you polite with us, come in and see if the room is suitable, if it is not, I will change the place with you again, if it is, I will have someone move all our Taicang’s account books of the last three years over to you.”Jia Langzhong said with a smile.
Zhu Pingan also followed with a smile, along with Jia Langzhong walked into the room, the room was not small, more than forty square feet, it should have been packed out yesterday, the inside was cleaned quite well, but the light was not very good, there was only one window in a forty square feet room, although the sun was shining outside, the inside of this room was not bright to any extent.
The room is relatively empty, there is no extra furnishings, only a table by the window, two chairs, there is also a small bed, the bed is a set of brand new thin quilt and cool mat.
“This mat and bedding was specially brought from home by our Zhang Guancu, it is worried that Zi Hou is tired of auditing the account books and books and can’t rest well, with this cool mat and bedding, Zi Hou can squint for a while when he’s tired ……” said Jia Langzhong as he stood in front of the bed, saying so.
“Please also ask Lord Jia to thank Senior Zhang on my behalf.”Zhu Pingan once again arched his hand.
“Look, Zi Hou is being polite with us again. Then I’ll have someone move the account books and books over?”Jia Langzhong shook his head and smiled, then looked at Zhu Pingan and asked.
Naturally, Zhu Pingan would not object.
“Then Zi Hou wait for a moment, I’ll have someone bring the account books and books over, and then have someone bring some tea and snacks.”
Seeing this, Jia Langzhong’s face was filled with smiles, and after saying this, he turned around and left, the corners of his mouth still holding a smile as he left the house.
This house was “carefully” selected by them, and they chose this one yesterday, except for the benefit of being secluded, other things such as light, comfort, ventilation, and heat dissipation are all worse than worse.
Now the room is okay, but when the sun rises again, the room is hot like a boiler room, and not ventilated, stay inside is suffering, a moment on the sweaty back, even if it is put the ice basin is not useful, in the inside of the day like a year.
To the afternoon, the sun is not easy to westward slant, the room is not so hot, but the room was not good lighting, the sun westward slant, the room is dark, where can see the books it.
Is this room chosen to fix Zhu Pingan?
Not really.
The reason why they chose this house, just to let Zhu Pingan in this room can not stay, subtle influence Zhu Pingan, let Zhu Pingan quickly audit the books, to do the appearance, quickly through the process, save the branch again.
After all, Taicang belongs to the state treasury, the burden of more than eighty per cent of the financial income and expenditure of the Ming Dynasty, the books are simply as vast as the sea, if the serious audit, not to mention Zhu Pingan a person, that is, and then transferred to a few accountants, but also have to be a few days to get finished.
Therefore, they came up with such a method, from the side to urge Zhu Ping An to hurry up the audit, a formality can be.
Think about it, so many account books, so bad house ……
“Sir Zhu, please enjoy your meal.”
Not long after Jia Langzhong left, someone brought tea, fruits, and snacks, and placed them on the table one by one.
Zhu Pingan nodded his thanks and poured himself a cup of tea, sipping it while observing the room.
Secluded is secluded, but the room is low, poorly lit, poorly ventilated, there are no trees outside, so I think that when the sun rises, the room will be very stuffy ……
Jia Langzhong and the others have a heart.
But what does it matter.
When I was a child, the house in the old Hahe mansion was not as good as this, and when my family was separated from the old mansion, I also lived in a thatched hut for a while, in addition to leaving the Hahe village to start the imperial examinations, I have lived in a woodshop and lived in the attic. Compared to that, this house environment is not bad yet.
“Therefore, the sky will descend to the people also, must first suffer its heart and will starve its sinews and bones, labour its body and skin, had benefited from what it can not ……”
Zhu Pingan drank tea while meditating.
Just after drinking half a cup of tea, Jia Langzhong walked in with four treasurers, the treasurers worked together in pairs, using a bowl-thick stick to combine their efforts to carry a large box, the four treasurers carried a total of two boxes of account books and books.
This box is very large, when put down, the ground are trembling a little, two boxes and together, like a bed are.
“So many ……”
Zhu Pingan put down the cup, surprised out loud.
“Hehe, these plus a box from Zhang Guan Ku there are just this year’s, behind them, Zhao Langzhong they are packing last year’s and the year before that, and will soon send them over.”Zhao Langzhong smiled and explained.
“Just this year’s ……”Zhu Pingan looked like he was subdued.
“Oh, this is the bead disc, convenient for Zi Hou to use for your audit.”Langzhong Zhao smiled and nodded, then handed the abacus in his hand to Zhu Pingan, “I just begged it from the accountant’s office, see if it works well.”
Zhu Pingan took the abacus and reached out to try fiddling with it.
Zhao Langzhong watched Zhu Pingan fiddling without blinking his eyes, the smile at the corner of his mouth became even thicker, he could tell at a glance that Zhu Pingan did not know how to use the abacus, the gesture and method of fiddling with the beads of the abacus, he was a complete layman.
“Then Zi Hou, you check first, I’ll go see how Zhao Langzhong and the others are packing up.”Zhao Langzhong laughed and said.
“Well ……”Zhu Pingan nodded, keeping his eyes on the box.
Seeing this, Zhao Langzhong smiled and left.
Zhao Langzhong went out of the room and went all the way to the west, turned two corners, and arrived at the stall room that was about a hundred and fifty metres away from the room where Zhu Pingan was. There were a lot of people in the stall room, Zhang Guancu, Langzhong Zhao, the five treasurers were all there, in addition there were a few accountants who were gathered around, the atmosphere was generally relaxed yet a little serious.
“You are all the most senior accountants in Taicang, and all of these account books have passed through your hands, tell me, will these account books be seen as problematic?”Zhang Guanku looked at the several accountants and asked.
“No problem, absolutely no problem, you can rest assured Lord Zhang. We have been dealing with account books for half of our lives, so we are confident that as long as they come from our hands, they will never go wrong.”A forty-something year old bookkeeper patted his chest and packed his ticket.
Zhang Guanku nodded at his words and looked towards the most senior and oldest bookkeeper in the bookkeeping office.
This white-haired bookkeeper was the most famous bookkeeper in the capital, and was the famous “Ghost Hand Zhang” in the bookkeeping session, which meant that his bookkeeping level was ghostly, beyond the level of human beings, and he had never been defeated in his life, and he was a dominant presence in the bookkeeping session in the capital.
Seeing the eyes of the Zhang library, “ghost hand Zhang” strokes the white beard proudly laughed, “Oh, I dare not say anything else, alone these books, that is, the entire capital is not any accountant can see the problem.”
With Ghost Hand Zhang’s assurance, Zhang Guan Ku and the others completely put their hearts down, and the atmosphere was even more relaxed.
When Jia Langzhong mentioned that Zhu Pingan could not even play the abacus, the people in the room could not help but laugh.
“After Zhang accountant and our hands of the ledger, is to bring the capital’s most famous several other accountants are invited, to give them a month’s time also guaranteed to see no problem, let alone he a even abacus will not play the layman, heh heh heh ……”The bookkeeper in the room scoffed even more.
