After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

Mingjia went straight to the main hall of the Duke's Mansion, where three accountants were already waiting.

Li Hansheng was sitting in the main seat and saw Ming Jia laughing and calling to Ming Jia, "Jia Jia, come here quickly and take a look at these three shopkeepers!"

There are three men sitting on the left side of Li Hansheng. The oldest one is almost fifty years old, and the other two are in their thirties.

Ming Jia quickly walked into the hall and bowed to Li Hansheng first, "Uncle Li, good morning!"

Li Hansheng felt that Ming Jia's salute was very standard, but this greeting was a bit strange. However, Li Hansheng didn't care and quickly asked Mingjia to get up.

"Look, which accountant is needed? If not, take these three and use them first!" Li Hansheng waved his hand to the three men sitting aside and said to Ming Jia.

Li Hansheng looked at Ming Jia when he spoke, and naturally missed the expressions of the three accountants. Ming Jia followed the direction of Li Hansheng's finger and looked to the opposite side. Naturally, he did not miss the change in the face of the person opposite.

Ming Jia's expression did not change at all. She turned to look at Li Hansheng with a smile and said, "Ming Jia thanks Uncle Li for his kindness, but my small shop only needs one accountant."

After finishing speaking, Mingjia turned to the three accounting gentlemen. The moment she turned around, Mingjia's posture changed. Her small breasts instantly stood up, her neck was raised high, and her eyes were slightly narrowed, looking like a arrogant young master.

"Uncle Li, I'm not accepted by just anyone. I want to take the exam for the school." Ming Jia vividly interpreted the naughty temperament of the arrogant young master.

Li Hansheng did not think Mingjia was naughty. On the contrary, Li Hansheng fully agreed with Mingjia's approach. "Yes! It's time to take the exam!"

Li Hansheng knew that Xie Boyuan had transferred several of his powerful accountants to Sichuanzhou in recent years. Mingjia usually faces top accountants.

Ming Jia turned to look at Shen Qi who was following him and said, "Uncle Shen Qi, could you please run over? I want to take a look at the account books of these three accounting gentlemen!"

Shen Qi glanced at Duke Li secretly and found that his Duke did not react at all, which meant that he did not object. Shen Qi bowed and left, going to the shops in charge of each of the three shopkeepers to get the account books.

Li Hansheng and his subordinates brought some refreshments over, allowing the three accountants to sit in peace. Mingjia was sitting opposite, chatting with each other.

Soon Mingjia found out that the older accountant opposite was named Zhang. He was forty-seven years old and was an experienced accountant.

There are two younger accountants left, one surnamed Liu is thirty-two years old this year. One person named Huang is only twenty-five years old this year, but he looks a bit old-fashioned, so Ming Jia thinks that the two of them are about the same age.

Mingjia asked the three of them which store they worked at before, and then asked about the general operating conditions of each store. Mingjia's question seemed irrelevant, but he asked it in detail.

At first, he had the idea of ​​​​getting to know a few accounting offices. Later, because he knew that the three shops were in different markets, Mingjia had more ideas of understanding the market.

Several of Mingjia's questions actually involved business secrets. The three accountants secretly looked at Li Hansheng and found that the Duke was drinking tea silently next to him.

Finally, when Mingjia asked about the daily customer flow and the ratio of male and female customers, the older accountant Zhang couldn't help it, "Young Master's question is so rude. Why should I pay attention to whether the customer is male or female?" "

Mingjia's first reaction was to apologize. After all, she realized that she had gone too far. However, I suddenly remembered that my persona today was that of a naughty young master.

"(ˉ▽￣~) Tsk~~ If you don't know, just say you don't know! Why are you looking for so many excuses?" Mingjia's tone was arrogant and a bit sarcastic, and he established his own people very firmly.

The other two accounting gentlemen looked at each other awkwardly. Finally, the youngest accountant Huang spoke first with some hesitation, "On a normal day, there are about thirty or forty people in the shop every day. When there is a market or a solar term, the number may double."

Another accountant, Liu, also continued, "Our shop sells pastries. In fact, the prices for male and female customers are similar."

Accountant Liu's words aroused Ming Jia's interest, "Aren't there more women buying pastries?"

Accountant Liu shook his head, thought for a while and replied: "I thought so at first, but it's not true. And most of the female customers only buy a little at a time, mostly to sweeten the children at home. Male customers usually buy more. , the grade is also higher.”

Mingjia immediately wanted to understand why. In ancient times, especially in ordinary people's homes, the real economic power was still in the hands of men.

Moreover, pastries are now a rarity. When asking for help or expressing gratitude, you can usually bring a bag of pastries to your door.

After thinking about these things, Mingjia's eyes brightened when she looked at Accountant Liu and Accountant Huang. She still likes the accountant who is more flexible and good at observation and thinking.

Soon Shen Qi came back with basic account books. Ming Jia was a little surprised at Shen Qi's speed. Shen Qi smiled and said, "Master Ming Jia, there is no shortage of people in our Duke's mansion."

Ming Jia took the account book from Shen Qi, put it directly on his lap, and started to look through it. Mingjia has never been good at calculating accounts, and he has become more proficient in mental arithmetic over the years with practice.

Mingjia quickly flipped through the account books and muttered the numbers in a low voice. Mingjia's appearance surprised the three accountants sitting across from him.

The elder accountant Zhang couldn't help but snort, "Can the young master understand the ledger?"

I don't blame Accountant Zhang for asking. It's rare in the capital for ten-year-old boys to learn how to read account books. Girls from aristocratic families may learn to do this, and families from merchant families may teach their children to calculate accounts from an early age.

Mingjia completely ignored Zhang Accountant's words and continued to flip through the account books. Suddenly he raised his hand and folded a corner of one of the account books to make a mark.

Soon, Mingjia finished reading an account book. Mingjia turned around and revealed the cover of the account book, "Which of the three of you does this account book belong to?"

Accountant Huang saw his own handwriting at a glance, and immediately raised his hand to indicate that it was his own account book. Mingjia handed the account book to Shen Qi and asked Shen Qi to help pass it to Huang Accountant.

"Look at the two folded pages I folded. In the first place, you counted one, two or three silver coins less, which resulted in errors for the next few days. The second time, you counted two more silver coins, so this account book At the end of the day, do you want to supply the store with seven denarii?"

After Ming Jia handed the account book to Shen Qi, he lowered his head to look at the next account book. But it didn't stop her from questioning the yellow accountant, which was full of ridicule value.

When Accountant Huang heard that he had made a mistake in his calculation, he quickly lowered his head to check the account book. Accountant Liu who was sitting next to him also poked his head over to help check. Accountant Zhang, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help but tilt his head this way.