In the afternoon, Taicang’s Jia Langzhong, Liu Treasurer and the others had been hovering outside the courtyard where Zhu Pingan was checking the accounts, their eyes keeping an eye on the movements in the courtyard from time to time to make sure that as soon as Zhu Pingan came out, they would be the first to know.
They also tried to enter the courtyard, but the East Chamber’s guards were too dutiful, not to mention them, even a bird could not fly into the courtyard, so they could only wait outside, waiting for Zhu Ping An to come out.
Waiting and waiting.
The sun is gradually going down, the setting sun slowly dyed half of the sky red, the treasury soldiers and so on are released one after another to return home, Zhu Pingan checking the accounts of the compound is still not a little bit of movement, Zhu Pingan did not release the government to return home signs at all.
After another half an hour, the last touch of the setting sun also reluctantly disappeared in the horizon, the gloomy dusk also gradually filled the earth.
“The sky is going to be dark, this motherf*cker Zhu Pingan’s fiery eyes ah, can still see? It can’t be that he’s asleep in his room again, right?”Zhao Langzhong stomped his foot, squinted his eyes and swept a glance at the compound immersed in dusk, skimmed his mouth and cursed in a low voice.
“It’s possible, when we went to see him yesterday, he was sleeping like a pig on that cot, drooling all over …..”The treasurer on the side who was familiar with Langzhong Zhao also followed and scoffed in a small voice.
But just as their words fell, they saw that in the courtyard, the room where Zhu Pingan was checking the accounts, swish lit up, and dim candlelight shone through the window.
“Why did this son of a b*tch light candles?”Zhao Langzhong stared wide-eyed all of a sudden, rubbing his hands together and gritting his teeth in hatred.
After the sun set in the west, the sky quickly darkened, by this time, the fifth box of account books, Zhu Pingan had almost finished checking them all, there were only more than ten left, so Zhu Pingan lit two candles, ready to finish checking these ten account books before going home.
After another half an hour or so, the sky darkened more and more intensely, as if a pot of clear water had been splashed with half a bottle of ink.
As Zhao Langzhong and the others waited impatiently, they heard the sound of a door opening, then looked into the courtyard, and then saw Zhu Pingan walking from the room into the courtyard, thanking the Blood Dripping Sword and the others who were on guard duty.
“Ta-Jen Zhu put a hundred hearts, we will stand guard here tonight and will make sure that the account book is safe and sound.”Blood Dripping Sword Zhang Gu Yi said with an arch.
The East Chamber’s soldiers who were on guard duty in the courtyard also followed suit and saluted Zhu Pingan, the figure of Zhu Pingan today, who was not leaving the house and diligently checking the account books with his hands free, had left a deep impression in their minds. They were responsible for monitoring the officials, celebrities, and scholars in the capital, and it was really rare to see such a dedicated official like Zhu Ping An.
“I’m grateful to Zhang Gu Yi and all of you for your officers, when the Taicang audit is completed, Ping An will claim credit for Zhang Gu Yi and all of you.”
Zhu Pingan thanked Zhang Guyi and the East Chamber officers on duty at the compound one by one, promising to report their credit for their duty and give them credit when the audit was completed.
As long as the books are successfully checked, the audit will be half successful, and the smooth checking of the books will not be possible without the East Chamber’s men guarding and protecting the books.
Zhu Pingan was not a greedy person, and to report them for the merit of guarding the books was just something that could be done in passing.
Why not do a favour that can be done in passing.
And in this way, it can also make the people of the East Chamber a little more dedicated, so why not do it in one fell swoop.
Zhu Pingan’s words were effective.
Zhang Baido didn’t care about this credit, but when the other East Factory men heard Zhu Pingan say that he would give them credit, their eyes lit up and their hearts couldn’t help but look forward to it.
They are now the lowest level of the East Chamber, also known as the fancier, although they are usually outside the Tijie case, there are a lot of private means of fishing for oil, but there is a saying “do not want to be a general’s soldier is not a good soldier”, similarly, do not want to be promoted to the fancier is not a good fancier. They are more interested in promotion, and want to be promoted from a sergeant to a sergeant, also known as the “head of the stall”, after promotion, more power, more oil.
Think about it, although it is only the merit of guarding, but with the audit of the Taicang, this is a great merit ah.
With this kind of credit, and then make a little silver to find a relationship, promotion is not a matter of smooth sailing.
Therefore, the guards of the East Chamber of Commerce in the heart warmed up, the guards are also more attentive up, eyes gleaming, one as if the radar, to ensure that even an ant will not want to come close to the room where the books are located.
After Zhu Pingan said goodbye to Zhang Baifu and the others, he stepped out of the courtyard.
“Aiya, my Lord Zhu, you have worked too hard to check the books, from early in the morning to late at night, truly a model for my generation. We are looking at it with our eyes and pain in our hearts, we hate that we can’t check the accounts for Lord Zhu.”
“That’s right, Lord Zhu is so dedicated to his duties, truly an example for us Taicang people to learn from.”
“This is really a long-cherished sleepless night ah ……”
Jia Langzhong, Zhao Langzhong and the others who had been waiting outside the courtyard for half a day were the first to welcome them, each one warming up to the point that even Zhao Langzhong, who had just been cursing his mother, was smiling like a sunflower at this moment.
“Where where where, all of you adults are flattering, Ping An is too ashamed to take the blame.”Zhu Pingan had a good idea of the enthusiasm of the Taicang crowd and politely returned.
“There is no need for Zi Hou to be modest, if all the officials of my Daming are as dedicated as Zi Hou, then the people of my Daming will be blessed.”Jia Langzhong said with a smile, finished tugging at Zhu Pingan’s sleeve, warmly inviting, “Zi Hou has been checking the accounts for us in Taicang for a day, we can’t thank you enough, we have slightly prepared a thin wine and a small dish, Zi Hou can never excuse himself.”
“No merit, no reward, Lord Jia, Lord Zhao and all of you, you are too polite, Ping An is just doing his duty.”Zhu Pingan smiled faintly and excused himself.
Just kidding, a gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall. Judging from your antics today, you must be suspicious, who knows if you have tampered with the meal, I don’t want to take that risk.
“Zi Hou is so pushy, but are you looking down on us?”Langzhong Zhao glared and made an angry face.
“What is Lord Zhao saying, how could Zi Hou look down on us, isn’t it Zi Hou?”Jia Langzhong rebuked Zhao Langzhong, then looked towards Zhu Pingan, his eyes full of anticipation.
“Ahem, what Lord Zhao said is true. But the situation is like this, just now, while going through the account books, I was a little hungry and ate my dinner in my room. It’s a pity that Ping An only grew a stomach and really couldn’t eat, otherwise how could Ping An have excused himself.”
Zhu Pingan coughed, full of apologies, and explained to Jia Langzhong and the others.
Oh, sorry, I’ve already eaten.
After Zhu Pingan finished explaining, he looked at Jia Langzhong and the others with an open face, with a look of I want to but can’t.
“No harm done, next time then.”Jia Langzhong seemed to have thought of it, smiled unconcernedly and continued to tug at Zhu Pingan’s sleeve, “It’s also because we forgot, today ZiHou checked the accounts, and we remembered that there are still some Taicang ‘practices’ that have yet to be given to ZiHou, and that these ‘practices’ are related to Taicang’s daily income and expenditure, it is necessary to give Zi Hou a detailed explanation.”
