"Yes."
Shen Youchu agreed without hesitation.
She was extremely happy to be able to help Mr. Ning.
However, she still had to ask clearly about the proposed selection criteria.
"Mr. Ning, if you want to be able to read and decipher characters, what kind of characters can you read and what kind of characters can you decipher?"
The basic requirement for slaves and maids working in the Shen family is to be literate, and everyone has something they are good at.
For example, Mei Xiang has strong martial arts skills and great endurance; while Ju Xiang is good at spying and classifying information.
Ning Wuyan glanced in the direction of the third floor.
Although I don't know how many account books Jiang Yan sent to Zhangjiazhuang, the business of the flower shop has a lot of turnover every day.
If he had to look it up by himself, if he was lucky, he might find what he wanted in the first copy. If he was not lucky, he might not even be able to find Zhou Jingxian's perfume after it was made and shipped to Jing'an City.
"It would be better if I could read the account books."
Facing the additional conditions proposed by Ning Wushu, Shen Youchu winked at Juxiang.
Ju Xiang nodded slightly, summoned several young men from the Shen family, and whispered a few words into their ears.
Ju Xiang, together with several young men from the Shen family, went ashore and rode on the horses tied in the stables next to the bridge head, and ran towards the city.
Ji Jin felt bad when she saw that Ning Wuyan only asked Shen Youchu for help, but she was not someone who liked to be in the limelight.
But then she thought about what Ning Wuxu had said before about the conditions for liking a woman, so she mustered up the courage to ask: "Mr. Ning, I help my grandmother with the housekeeping, and I can also read the account books. If you don't mind, I can also help. "
"Dislike it? Miss Ji is willing to help, so how can I dislike it? I have to thank Miss Ji for wasting her precious time to help me."
Ning Wuyang felt that Ji Jin was too modest.
When it comes to checking account books, one more person means more power.
Seeing his sincerity, Ji Jin said shyly, "I'm not wasting my time by helping you."
I do it willingly.
But before she could take advantage of this courage, she could have a few more words with Ning Wuyan.
Ning Wuyan, who was in a hurry to return to Zhangjiazhuang, had already strode across the board and landed on the shore.
Shen Youchu waited until Ning Wushuang left, then asked worriedly: "Jin'er, didn't you say you had something to do in the evening, and you wanted to hold a gathering for the Poetry Society's Qiqiao Festival?"
July 7th is the Qiao Qiao Festival.
It will arrive in two days.
During this period of time, Ji Jin was busy with all the details of the ice drink shop, as well as the arrangements for today's lake tour and lotus viewing.
Shen Youchu was worried that Ji Jin would not be able to do anything else, and if he collapsed again from exhaustion, it would not be a good idea.
"It's okay, you can leave those things to Miss Zhang."
Ji Jin had a strange premonition.
If they don't help Mr. Ning, it is very likely that the connection they have finally established will be terminated.
Moreover, Mr. Ning usually does not ask for help. This time he asked Youchu for help, which shows that it must be a very important matter.
With this idea in mind, Ji Jin rode the Shen family's carriage all the way to Zhangjiazhuang.
Until she saw the accounts piled up in the room, she opened an account at random. After reading the running water on it, she suddenly felt that her premonition might have failed.
"Is this the daily business flow, monthly tax deed registration and customs tax of the previous flower grower?"
Ji Jin couldn't imagine how big of a deal these accounts left by his previous boss were to Ning Wuchang.
So when Ning Wuyan came to Zhangjiazhuang, he didn't even bother to eat dinner, so he rushed to this room, sat in front of the chair, and began to read.
Ning Wuyang was looking through the catalog of accounts in this house.
There are ten catalogs just for classifying these accounts.
And each volume is as thick as a fingertip.
According to Jiang Yan, it was because the previous boss reported all the tax items under his name together when filing taxes. In addition, when recording, they were uniformly checked, so they could only send them all according to date and let them sort them by themselves.
Therefore, when he heard Ji Jin's question, he answered without raising his head: "You said those are all here. Not only are there tax accounts, we also need to check the contract documents he signed for his business dealings."
Because by looking only at taxes, we only know the exchange of money and the direction of its flow.
Only if the specific transaction content is written in the contract document, can the clues he wants be found.
When Shen Youchu heard his answer and looked at the account books that smelled of ink all over the room, his scalp suddenly went numb.
"Master Ning, according to your investigation method, when will the investigation last?"
"It depends on luck."
After Ning Wuyan flipped through the contents of a catalog, he put it aside.
This book is not from the flower industry, but from cargo ship transportation. There is no detailed classification of goods in it. It only has records of shipment and unloading. The time and distance are very cumbersome, but fortunately it can be eliminated, which saves a lot of trouble. Few things.
He stood up, compared the contents of the catalog, and selected those that no longer needed to be viewed. After pushing them aside, he gestured with the catalog registration on the table to the accounting gentlemen brought by Ju Xiang.
"What I'm looking for is an herb that comes from the Western Regions, or maybe from the Lingnan area. Its name may be tobacco, and it's an herb with small pink flowers."
No wonder Ning Wuyang said so uncertainly.
In fact, even after asking for information about this thing for so long, even the aunt at the entrance of the village has seen this kind of plant growing here.
But because they were illiterate, they never needed to know the names of plants when working like they do now in the Ning family. Except for the flower farmers and stewards who were responsible for the management at that time, no one knew at all what the name of this small pink flower was. what name.
Ji Jin could tell from his words that the difficulty of this matter did not stem from the account books in front of him.
But it comes from finding something in this pile of account books that even Mr. Ning himself is not sure of.
"tobacco……"
Ji Jin tried hard to remember where he had heard this word.
But after thinking for a long time, he still shook his head slightly to show his confusion.
Shen Youchu was outspoken and asked on the spot: "Master Ning, what is this tobacco used for? Why are you looking for it?"
"Tobacco is a medicinal herb with pungent taste and warm nature. It can enter the lungs to ward off evil spirits and relieve emotions. It can also cure wind-cold-dampness, such as swelling, tinea capitis, back carbuncle and other diseases. It has miraculous effects. It can even protect the body. People can be poisoned and kill insects even if they are not harmed by the miasma in the mountains."
"That day I had a banquet for the wounded soldiers and found that many of them were suffering from wind, cold and dampness. I thought of my mother's lost prescription and mentioned this herbal medicine, so I wanted to look for it."
Of course.
Tobacco is also extremely harmful to people.
But when tobacco was first used by humans, it was actually used to treat diseases.
As long as it is used on the right patients, in the right way, and the dosage is well controlled, it is a good medicine.
Ning Wuhuang believes that the medical value cannot be wiped out or demonized just because of the harm it brings.
After all, in this era of backward medical environment, its appearance has more advantages than disadvantages.
"How can this medicine have such miraculous effects?"
Shen Youchu suddenly became energetic and patted his face gently to encourage himself.
This medicine is so good, I must find it!
Ji Jin learned that the reason why Ning Wuhou was looking for this medicine was to help the wounded soldiers relieve their pain and treat their diseases, and he became very energetic.
Everyone was kind-hearted and began to look through the accounts.
Only Ning Wuyan, seeing everyone supporting him so well, silently repented in his heart.
