Hard to be a good wife

"Your Highness, the Marquis of Liyang is here." The housekeeper hurried over to report, Tang Yue said "Hey", "Why is father here?"

He walked out while talking, and Prince Zhao also followed naturally. Although the two families are related, the number of visits by the Marquis of Liyang is pitiful.

When Tang Yue came to the living room, Marquis Liyang was admiring a painting on the wall with his back turned to him. It was a woodcarving painting he made himself when he had nothing to do. So-so.

But Prince Zhao liked it very much. Compared with the single-color ink paintings of this era, Tang Yue's woodcarving paintings are more atmospheric and unique, so he had them framed and hung in the living room.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Marquis Liyang turned around with a smile on his face, as if nothing bad had happened.

"I see His Highness the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess." Marquis Liyang saluted politely, but Tang Yue didn't say anything about it anymore. He hadn't changed his views all these years.

The butler personally led the servants to serve tea and pastries, and the standard of hospitality was close to that of the royal family. After serving the tea, he said politely: "My father-in-law, please take it slowly."

A sound of "father-in-law" drew the relationship extremely close, and then the Marquis of Liyang relaxed a little, and sat down with Prince Zhao, while Tang Yue sat down next to Marquis of Liyang, waiting for him to speak.

"Well, it's like this. The general's food and military supplies are handed over to my father to take care of them. However, recently, my father discovered that the actual quantities of several granaries and armories were incorrect. My father is not proficient in reading accounts, and I don't know What went wrong.

But it is best not to report this matter until it is found out, if it is a big mistake because of the father's temporary suspicion, it may involve many lives. "

Tang Yue nodded, if the matter is true, then not one or two are involved, so we should be cautious.

"Seeing that the first batch of grain is about to be shipped to the border, if my father fails to figure out the reason before then, he will not be able to explain it afterwards."

If there was a problem and it broke out at the end, then the King of Southern Jin and his courtiers would definitely place the blame on Marquis Liyang. Who made him the last person to take over the supplies?

The food officer was originally a fat job, and many ministers in the court were staring at this position, and this position has always belonged to the category of civil servants, but this time it was taken away by a martial artist from the Marquis of Liyang. It is conceivable that the civil servants What will I think in my heart.

"Are all the account books in the hands of my father?" This question is quite difficult, and it is such an awkward position. To be honest, Tang Yue didn't want the Marquis of Liyang to touch this one.

He is a martial artist, he has never done such delicate work except wielding knives and guns, and he doesn't know what the King of Southern Jin thinks.

"Only in the past three years, there are too many in the past, and they are locked in the warehouse. The ones in the past three years alone are a big truck."

Now that paper is widely used, the account books of this cart are really not a little bit.

Tang Yue originally wanted to find someone to help him look at the account books, but he was embarrassed when he heard the amount. Given him a month, he was confident that he could sort it out, but the frontline soldiers didn't have so much time to wait for him to settle the accounts.

Chuzhou City is not a land of fish and rice, and it is already the bottom line to take out a thousand shi of grain, so they must prepare the next batch of grain as soon as possible.

"How did my father-in-law see that the accounts were not in accordance with the facts?" Prince Zhao interrupted and asked.

Tang Yue blinked, and then shifted his gaze to Liyang Hou.

"You also know that there are many experts in account management around Weifu, so I brought enough people to go this time. I didn't expect that after three days and two nights of investigation, they found that the number was wrong."

But what's wrong, they can't tell clearly. They want to look at the account book and find that the workload is too large to be completed in a short period of time, but it is impossible for the grain truck to be delayed because of your guess. It is a matter of the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. event.

"How long can it be delayed?"

The Marquis of Liyang stretched out three fingers, "It has been ten days since the one hundred thousand troops arrived in Chuzhou City, and they are fully prepared. If they don't send out food after three days, the soldiers will have to run out of food."

There is no news from the front line yet. This is the best news for them. According to Prince Zhao's speculation, North Vietnam should also be waiting, waiting for the soldiers and horses from King Qi. Only when they are combined into one can they really do it. when.

"Father, I will lend you someone. Whether I can find out the problem in three days depends on his ability. As for the food, the first batch will not come from the warehouse. I will find a way to raise it from the noble family and get more time."

"Raising food from the nobles?" Marquis Liyang was surprised. This kind of thing had never happened in the Southern Jin Dynasty, even in the past when the treasury was the most tense, no nobles gave a penny.

Tang Yue smiled, "Most of the aristocrats in the Southern Jin Dynasty have accumulated several generations of aristocratic families. I am afraid that the food stored in the family will rot in the warehouse. There are also those newly promoted rich men. The Southern Jin Dynasty has created such a good life for them. In the current trading environment, it is appropriate to ask them to help in times of crisis.”

Although it is a bit difficult, Tang Yue is confident that it is no problem to mobilize half of the people to raise food. As long as each family sends out one car, it is enough.

"Who is the person Yueer is talking about? Could it be some famous big accountant?" There is a specialization in the art industry, and a rich family like the Liyang Houfu relies on a group of people with brilliant business talents. Not high, but enjoys extremely high treatment.

"You also know this person, Zhongyonghou."

"Young Master? How old is he?"

"Haha, don't look at his young age, he has a high talent for doing business, and I know that he has a unique method of keeping accounts, which is much more convenient and faster than ours."

"It's not impossible, the shops in Shihuo in Yecheng are all opened by the young master, but because my father thought that he had some special talents under his command, he wanted to dig them here, haha... I really underestimated this man .”

It's no wonder that Marquis Liyang looked away, who made Zhang Chun look like a fool inside and out, as long as he said three sentences, he would find that he was not a person with ink in his stomach, who would have thought that he was short Such a huge business empire has been created in five years.

Tang Yue sent someone to invite Zhang Chun, but the other party came quickly, but the edges were not trimmed, and he wore a shirt-style underwear inside in the cold weather, trousers hung loosely around his waist, and covered his hair A white wool coat, with a sleepy look.

As soon as he entered the door, he leaned against Tang Yue, cupped his hands at Prince Zhao, and was startled when he saw Marquis Liyang, "Why is Uncle Yao here? Seeing that your seal is dark and your brows are tightly frowned, someone must have offended you." Are you? Who is it? Tell me that my nephew killed him for you!"

Liyang Hou's face became even darker, he looked at Tang Yue suspiciously, and asked with his eyes: "Is this really the person you want to lend me?"

But don't make a mess of his affairs until the final account is not checked.

The corner of Tang Yue's mouth twitched, and he slapped Zhang Chun on the back of the head, "Your boy's seal is black!" Can you speak?

Now he is used to watching others order, and he has never dared to be so presumptuous with Prince Zhaoke.

Zhang Chun chuckled, "I'm just talking nonsense, uncle, don't worry, everyone on the street knows that you have accepted a big job, and it's a good time to get promoted and get rich, and my nephews are all ready to congratulate you. "

Liyang Hou was even more worried. This job was considered a beautiful job by others, but it was not beautiful for him at all.

He is not short of money or food, and he is in charge of the granary and military supplies, and he has no intention of being greedy for ink. If he does well, he should do it well. If he does not do well, he will neglect his duties. It seems that the king of the Southern Jin Dynasty also took a fancy to this and threw away this difficult job. do it for him.

Liyanghou pondered for a while, and decided to trust his son's vision. No matter whether the young master is capable or not, he will only know if he is a mule or a horse.

He put on a smiling face and said kindly: "Nephew, Uncle is in trouble now, I wonder if I can help you?"

Zhang Chun looked at him unexpectedly, glanced at Tang Yue secretly, saw him nodding to himself, and quickly answered with a smile: "What you said, we are all a family, how can I not help you when you are always in trouble? As long as If you can use my nephew, just tell me!"

Zhang Chun patted his chest to reassure, but he was muttering in his heart: How can he help a person who has nothing but money?Haven't you heard that the Marquis of Liyang is short of money?Could it be that his own business has expanded and crowded out other people's business?

Zhang Chun wondered, if he was asked to close a few stores, would he agree?

Hearing what he said, Liyang Hou was at least relieved. He told the story, and finally asked, "Where do you think my nephew should start?"

He still had some disbelief that this half-grown child could solve such a difficult problem, so he took the test seriously.

Zhang Chun thought for a while, "I don't know how to investigate the case. If you want to get clues from the accounts, then my nephew can help you. If it's something other than accounts, I'm sorry that my nephew can't help you."

Listening to him say Liyanghou Daxi, it is obvious that he has two skills to say such a thing. It is already very good if he can solve the problem of checking accounts. As for the final result, he will only know after reading the accounts. important step.

"Then please." Marquis Liyang thought about it, and planned to ask his son in private if Marquis Zhongyong had any plans to become an official in the court.