Zhao Rang looked at Ximen Dazhuang in surprise. He didn't know why the young master Ximen was suddenly so concerned about Shen Liushu and the bank.
"Brother Rang, why are you looking at me like this?"
Ximen Dazhuang noticed Zhao Rang's eyes and felt a little strange, so he couldn't help but ask.
"No, keep talking."
Zhao Rang shook his head and replied.
Since he is interested, let him continue. Anyway, the Ximen family is such a big treasure, and these properties will have to be handed over to him sooner or later in the future. It is not a bad thing to pay attention to it early.
Ximen Dazhuang has been idle for so many years and finally becomes serious. Of course, brothers cannot throw cold water on him.
"Anyone who opens a bank or makes a bank account has a few iron rules."
Ximen Dazhuang cleared his throat and said with a frown.
"One of them is that the shopkeeper who is out there is not allowed to bring his family, let alone spend the night in a brothel. Although Shen Liushu has no family, you see, he himself explained how he met the woman..."
It was the first time Zhao Rang had heard of such a rule, but it made sense after thinking about it. If the outgoing shopkeeper takes his family members away, the owner will have no control over him. As for looking for flowers and asking willows, it is a matter of character. As a person, you must first cultivate your character, and the same goes for doing business. Especially for those who open a bank, the most important thing is credibility!
If a bank does not have credibility, it will not be able to make even a single amount of money, and it will not be able to operate at all. Therefore, the temperament and character of the shopkeeper are very important. Not only can it determine the reputation of a semicolon, but it can also set an example for the people below. As the saying goes, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. The rules set by Tongbao Bank are to prevent such things that damage reputation and reputation from happening from the source, so it can stand firm and make huge profits.
"Did you read this letter too?"
After seeing Ximen Dazhuang finish speaking, Zhao Rang asked.
"I read it, but I didn't understand what it said at the end..."
Ximen Dazhuang scratched his head and said.
Regarding the content recorded on the last page, Zhao Rang felt that it was a bit too scary and thought that he would have to show it to Ye Sanniang later. Only with her extensive knowledge can she judge whether Shen Liushu recorded it truthfully, or whether he deliberately wrote it in an unbelievable and exaggerated way to exonerate himself.
At this moment, the heavy door of the hut opened again, and an old man with a white beard walked out, holding a book in his hand, and said respectfully to the three of them:
"Master Ximen, Master Zhao, Master Yuan, all the account books have been transcribed, please check them!"
The book in his hand is a roster.
It records how many people transcribed each account book, as well as the portion transcribed by each person. When reviewing the accounts, you can correspond one-to-one according to the division of labor recorded in the account book. If there is a problem, you can find the person responsible for it. After all, Yuan Mingkong was the first to say that he would be rewarded if he made no mistakes and punished if he made mistakes! This punishment is the price of two fingers... If this is really carried out, then his career in this industry will be over.
In gambling houses, cheaters will have their hands and feet amputated. The same goes for the banker. Cutting off his finger proved that the guy had made an irreparable and unforgivable mistake. Although this method is considered a lynching, it is not allowed by the government. But every walk of life has its own rules. Once you enter this profession, you have to recognize that this will be the case for many years and generations, so the government turns a blind eye to this.
Yuan Mingkong took the account book and flipped through it, humming a few times in a fake way, then walked to Zhao Rang and Ximen Dazhuang, and asked in a low voice:
"The allocation was very hasty at that time. I just nodded and threw an account book over. All the names were recorded on it, and I couldn't match any of them..."
Zhao Rang laughed after hearing this.
He thought Yuan Mingkong had a photographic memory. It seemed that people's brains were indeed limited. However, it is incredible that Yuan Mingkong can memorize an entire account book by himself in a very short period of time! If you can keep using your brain like this, I would like to study in an academy for a few years. By then, it won't be a problem to get into the top five.
"And...how to calculate? I don't know the ways of the bank..."
Yuan Mingkong continued.
However, he and Zhao Rang pinned their hopes on Ximen Dazhuang.
Although he is idle and does not do serious work, he grew up in Ximen's family, so he must be influenced by it no matter what he does, right?
Ximen Dazhuang looked at the hopeful looks in their eyes and had to keep picking his head and touching his chin. After a long time, the Queen of Heaven suppressed a sentence:
"Brother Rang, Brother Yuan! Although I know how to make an abacus, I really don't know how to deal with such a big account..."
The last hope was dashed, and the white-bearded guy was still waiting. Seeing these three people meeting each other and muttering together for a long time, I couldn't help but feel a drum in my heart. Finally, I had the courage to ask:
"Three gentlemen, is there any problem with the roster?"
This was to bring a ladder to Ximen Dazhuang. He spread his hands, meaning that he couldn't tell anything.
There was no choice but Zhao Rang stood up, took the roster, and said:
"Well, it's generally fine."
The white-bearded guy waited for a long time and saw that Zhao Rang had no further words. Then he took over the conversation and said tentatively:
"Then please ask the three young masters to move to the patio?"
The three of them looked at each other, wondering what "moving to the patio" meant. But at this moment, he could only agree to it and walked towards the patio in the semicolon.
When they arrived at the patio, Zhao Rang and Yuan Mingkong were shocked!
Directly below the patio is a circle of long tables, with a two-foot-long abacus placed on it!
The deputy shopkeeper stood in the middle, double-checking whether there was anything missing. When he saw Zhao Rang and others coming, he hurried over to say hello.
"This is……"
The deputy shopkeeper was already half one of his own, so Zhao Rang didn't have such scruples when speaking.
"Master Zhao, this is an accounting!"
Zhao Rang responded, but he didn't expect there to be such a big plan in this world.
After a while, the clerks in charge of copying came over with stacks of account books, which were evenly distributed by the deputy shopkeeper. Zhao Rang took an account book and flipped through it, and found that these clerks not only wrote down the contents of Shen Liushu's original accounting word for word, but also specially wrote notes on each account in small regular script. , and then sandwiched in it. In this way, the original appearance of the account book will not be changed, and it can also facilitate accounting for a while. I have to say that the level of the clerks at Tongbao Bank is still very high. You still need to be strong in blacksmithing, otherwise you won’t be able to support the circulation of so much money!
After the deputy shopkeeper finished allocating the money, 4,416 accounting clerks immediately came out to do the counting. There was a lot of sound of abacus, and it was like a heavy rain in the courtyard.
There are two groups of people: the accounting clerk and the accounting clerk. While the accounting clerk was fiddling with the abacus quickly, the accounting clerks all stood at the back, staring at the account books and abacus, doing mental calculations with their fingers, for fear of fear of these arrogant people. My calculation was wrong and I lost two fingers for no reason!
As the accounting was proceeding, an account book was suddenly thrown into the open space in the middle by an accounting clerk located just west of the courtyard.
As the account books fell to the ground with a crisp sound, all the accounting clerks stopped immediately, and the "heavy rain" that swept across the entire patio suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Zhao Rang and Yuan Mingkong asked.
As a result, the deputy shopkeeper had already walked into the middle and did not have time to answer their questions.
"Losing the account book means there is something wrong with the account!"
Ximen Dazhuang explained.
When the Ximen family has its annual accounts meeting, the battle is much bigger than this! Now there are only four accounting clerks around, the Ximen family will have to double the number! Every time I encountered a problematic account book, I would just throw the account book in the middle of the open space like this, and then find the specific corresponding person from the list and come out to explain and clarify.
After the deputy shopkeeper picked up the thrown account book, the white-bearded clerk also walked to the deputy shopkeeper with the open book in his hands. After looking at the cover, he found the three records of the account book in the book. People, shout out their names.
Zhao Rang looked behind the accounting clerk who had thrown out the account book, and found that two of the three people were walking towards him in an honest manner, while one person was looking around with a sly look, as if he wanted to take advantage of the fact that no one noticed him. time, slip away quietly!
Seeing that there was still one person missing, the white-bearded guy raised his voice and shouted again.
This voice frightened the sly-looking guy, and he turned around and wanted to run away.
The deputy shopkeeper knew all the work in the semicolon, and it was so crowded that he couldn't find it for a while. At this moment, he actually wanted to run, but his location was confirmed by the deputy shopkeeper on the spot.
He already had some cultivation skills, and he wanted to show off his skills in front of Zhao Rang and others, so he jumped up, crossed the long table and abacus, and kicked the waiter on the vest. He fell down, and then followed with a set of grappling and short blows, which smoothly locked all the joints of this guy out of position. The insteps were hooked behind his head, and his hands were turned over and pressed against his back. There was only one mouth left in his body for talking. .
Zhao Rang frowned slightly, walked slowly to the man whose body was twisted into a twist, and asked:
"Why run?"
The waiter grimaced in pain and kept wailing. He had no energy left to answer Zhao Rang's words.
Zhao Rang was not in a hurry, but took the account book and turned to the place circled by the accounting clerk with a red pen.
This is the account that the accounting clerk found to be problematic after checking. Zhao Rang squatted down, pointed here with his finger, and continued to ask:
"Explain it clearly. If he makes a mistake, I will give him all the fingers you want to chop off. But if you are wrong, then I don't want your fingers either. I will put you in a water tank like this." Then I melt all the money promised to you as a reward, pour it in bit by bit, and kill you and the water vat completely."
Zhao Rang paused for a moment, giving the guy some time to think, and then continued:
"It's your choice. Do you want to explain clearly, or do you want to go into the water tank and guard your money?"
