The Female Assistant of Wei Yuyan Shuangfei

While everyone was still speculating in their hearts, Lian Yue took out seven account books that had been prepared long ago from a bookshelf and handed them to Xie Shuting.

"Master! This is the account book of the Lian family's merchants this year. Manager Wang, who is in charge of maritime merchants, handed the account book to me in the middle of the year. Please check it, Master."

"Yeah!~"

Xie Shuting began to look through the account books in front of everyone, and the first one she pulled out was the account of the Lian family's grain merchants.

The accounting method of Lianjia Chamber of Commerce was followed by Xie Shuting in her previous life, which was to use the method of income, expenditure, and loans. You only need to look at the general ledger at the back to understand it clearly.

The Lotus House was superior to the Lian Family Chamber of Commerce in terms of accounting, so there was no fraud in the accounting. Even if there was fraud, the amount of work was not huge.

As Xie Shuting slowly flipped through the account book, she finally found a clue.

She frowned, thought for a moment and turned back a few pages. Such a move was naturally seen clearly by everyone.

Before Lian Yue could ask, Xie Shuting pointed to one of the accounts and asked, "Manager Shen! Why did the expenditure of Chengdu Prefecture Road increase by 80,000 dan of grain in June this year compared to the same year?"

Eighty thousand dan of grain, according to the current scale of the Lian Family Chamber of Commerce, would only be consumed in one month.

However, the Lianjia Chamber of Commerce has only about 200 branches in Chengdu Fu Road. Even if everyone eats to their heart's content, they cannot consume that much in half a year.

Just as Shen Congyun was about to explain, Xie Shuting pointed to the loan items in the account book and said, "And this one, why did they make a loan of 1,000 dan of grain in March without specifying the reason?"

"Return...report to the master of the family."

Shen Congyun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with some fear, and said tremblingly: "I didn't know about this, so when I summarized the accounts at the end of the year, I asked Yang Tingjian to go to Chengdu Fulu to check the accounts."

Upon hearing this, Xie Shuting glanced at Lian Yue, and when she saw the other party nod, she didn't say anything more.

Yang Tingjian was the chief accountant of the Lotus House. He had the idea of ​​going into business because he had failed in the examinations many times. Later, after being trained by Xie Shuting, he happily accepted the job of the accountant of the Lotus House.

Now that he had come to Chengdu Fu Road, Xie Shuting could not say anything more. After all, everything was done according to the rules of Lianhua Building.

Shen Congyun is the head manager of the Lianjia Chamber of Commerce. He has now discovered the accounting problems and reported them to the Lotus House. If someone is found to have committed corruption in the future, his guilt will be lighter.

Xie Shuting looked at the account book again and found that except for the problem with Chengdu Fu Road, there were no other problems, so she closed the account book and handed it to Lian Yue.

Shen Congyun finally felt relieved. He was not afraid of the audit, but the Lian Family Chamber of Commerce was currently too big and there would inevitably be some people with bad intentions who could easily harm him if he was not careful.

Then, Xie Shuting took out the account book of the escort agency and started to look through it. Lian Xi hurriedly poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of Xie Shuting.

Xiang Lin, who was standing by, was sitting on pins and needles, fearing that Xie Shuting would find fault with him and punish him for his previous rude behavior.

"Yeah!~"

When Xie Shuting saw the records in the account book, her brows furrowed and her expression became more solemn.

Xiang Lin's heart sank, and he felt something was wrong. If the escort agency was harboring any dirty tricks, then they were probably just collecting empty salaries.

"Head of the escort team, Chief Xiang."

"I'm here." Xiang Lin bowed quickly.

"No need to be so nervous."

Xie Shuting waved her hand and pointed to one of the accounts. "In May this year, your escort agency added 1,300 people. Why aren't these people retired soldiers?"

"this......"

Xiang Lin hesitated for a moment, and said somewhat embarrassedly: "These people were recruited by bandits from Hui'an, Quanzhou, Xingguo, Qianzhou, and Changxi, Fuzhou."

Realizing that Xie Shuting had no intention of speaking, Xiang Lin repeatedly defended himself, "But don't worry, sir. According to the escort agency's code of conduct, any of these bandit leaders who have committed murders have been dealt with by our subordinates."

"Yeah!~"

Xie Shuting nodded, affirming Xiang Lin's approach, and then said slowly: "Those bandits were also forced. If there is no need to recruit them in the future, let them go back to farming."

"Yes!" Xiang Lin replied with a bow.

"In addition, the escort agency will recruit retired veterans from the army in the future. No matter if they are disabled or injured, they will be accepted, even if they just want to do odd jobs for the escort agency."

Everyone was confused and had no idea of ​​the master's intention. They only knew that the master's actions were nothing more than supporting idlers.

But Xie Shuting has a deeper meaning. The connections of a veteran who can survive the battlefield, no matter how injured or disabled he is, should not be underestimated.

The military doesn't have as many cunning schemes as the civilians. The life-saving grace they provide and the brotherhood of soldiers are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Seeing Xie Shuting closing the account book of the escort agency, Xiang Lin's heart finally settled down. On the other hand, Gu Chong looked a little uncomfortable.

At this time, Xie Shuting was flipping through the account books of Huichuntang. Since Yang Shuo was obsessed with medicine, the account books of Huichuntang were taken over by the chief manager Gu Chong.

After a thorough review, Xie Shuting did not see anything wrong. The income and expenditure were balanced, and the borrowing and lending had reasons, even she could not see the clues.

As Xie Shuting turned to the last page of the account book, her face darkened. Seeing this, Gu Chong also felt something was wrong.

"Master! Is there anything wrong with the account books?" Gu Chong asked bravely.

Yang Shuo also noticed Xie Shuting's strangeness. Although he didn't care about the account books, it was related to him anyway. He couldn't help but worry in his heart: "Master! Is this okay?"

Xie Shuting calmed herself down and said with a forced smile, "There's no problem with the account book."

"Oh! That's good. I was afraid that someone would tamper with it. These medicinal materials are related to human lives." Yang Shuo stroked his beard with a sense of relief.

If you want to make a profit in a pharmacy, the only safe way is to start with the raw materials. It is nothing more than passing inferior products off as good ones, or even replacing them with other medicinal materials.

Among them, the rhizomes of ginseng and Chinese prickly ash look basically the same, but their effects are completely different. The former replenishes qi and the latter is a diuretic.

One is for raising qi, the other for lowering qi. If the prescription is for raising qi, and you mistake ginseng for smilax china, the result will surely be death.

There are also Panax notoginseng and Radix Notoginseng, peach kernel and apricot kernel... There are too many to count. When it comes to counterfeiting techniques, there is nothing they can't think of.

After Gu Chong learned that there was no problem with the medicinal materials, he felt a little relieved, but Xie Shuting's next words instantly confused him.

"Too high."

"What do you mean by too... too high, Patriarch?" Gu Chong asked with a suspicious look on his face.

Xie Shuting opened the last page of the account book again and explained to everyone, "You have to understand that Huichuntang's position is to treat the common people. The rich and powerful and the officials have their own doctors and don't look down on Huichuntang at all."

Upon hearing this, everyone subconsciously looked at Old Yang, but Yang Shuo was calm and composed, not feeling the slightest bit of shame.

Just as Xie Shuting said, even the Yang family's inherited medical skills were not worthy of him touching the hands of dignitaries. He still had this self-awareness.