In just two cups of tea, Grandma Liu showed the results to Ye Jintang.
As she expected, there was a shortage of gold and silver bars.
It seems that shopkeeper Wen and his two accountants were busy making false accounts just now, trying to smooth out the missing silver.
Ye Jintang did not panic, but continued to wait for Aunt Liu to check other inventory.
Shopkeeper Wen on the side had beads of sweat all over his forehead.
As boxes of gold and silver bars were brought out, Ye Jintang looked at him with a half-smile, which made him feel uncomfortable.
He always felt like she knew something.
At this moment, Shopkeeper Wen finally understood that Ye Jintang was not as weak as he appeared to be.
She is very capable, and he is afraid that this audit will bring disaster.
Shopkeeper Wen prayed secretly, hoping that Ye Jintang would only check the inventory in front of him and not find any manipulations he had done before.
Zhou Wuwei brought a chair for Ye Jintang to sit on. It was a little hot in the backyard. Luzhu and Forsythia each took a fan to fan Ye Jintang to cool off the heat.
Ye Jintang, who was in a good mood, glanced at Shopkeeper Wen who was a little nervous. He was too lazy to waste time with him and waited until the accounts were reconciled.
As time passed, a box of slightly older silver hairpins was found from the warehouse and placed in front of Ye Jintang.
The moment Shopkeeper Wen saw the silver hairpin, he felt bad.
He gritted his teeth secretly in his heart, wondering if Ye Jintang really knew something, or else he wouldn't dig out all the secrets in the warehouse.
At this moment, Grandma Liu took the account book and asked the craftsmen how much they had been paid in recent months and what styles of jewelry they had made.
Naturally, the craftsmen did not dare to hide anything. They answered whatever Mother Liu asked.
After a while, it became clear that shopkeeper Wen had deducted money from the craftsmen.
Ye Jintang was not in a hurry. She stepped forward and picked up a silver hairpin. It looked like it had been stored for four or five years, and some places were already blackened.
In front of everyone present, Ye Jintang raised the silver hairpin and pinched it gently with his white fingers. The silver hairpin actually dented.
"Shopkeeper Wen, are you going to say it yourself, or are you going to let me tear off your fig leaf one by one?"
Shopkeeper Wen was obviously panicked when he saw the box of silver hairpins, but he didn't give up and wanted to struggle.
"Miss Ye, I don't know what you are talking about. You have caused so many troubles today. I'm afraid it's not just as easy as checking the accounts. Do you want to sell the bank?"
"You are smart, but unfortunately the bank is my private property. I have the final say whether to keep it or sell it, and it has nothing to do with you."
Ye Jintang glanced at Shopkeeper Wen again with a half-smile, and continued, "Since you don't want to say it yourself, I'll say it for you."
Ye Jintang then listed Shopkeeper Wen's crimes one by one.
"Shopkeeper Wen, you don't have to rush to deny it. We will know right away whether you took any money from the bank."
"Zhou Cong, you and Wuwei take a few guys and go to Shopkeeper Wen's house to search carefully. I believe you will be able to find clues."
Shopkeeper Wen was no longer calm now.
"Miss Ye, don't bully others too much. After all, I have been the shopkeeper of the Ye family for so many years, so I still have some dignity."
"The girl is pushing the shit basin on me like this. Could it be that there is something shameful about the girl? Now I am thinking of getting rid of me as the shopkeeper quickly, so that it can be more convenient for you."
As soon as Shopkeeper Wen opened his mouth, he wanted to disrupt Ye Jintang's plan.
He only thought that Ye Jintang was a house girl with a thin skin. If he told some ugly rumors, no matter whether it was true or not, Ye Jintang would not be well off.
It's a pity that the weak little girl in front of her has already changed the core, and shopkeeper Wen's trick has no effect on her at all.
"Come here, gagged and tied up shopkeeper Wen. I don't want to hear him act recklessly here."
Direct force suppression would save time and effort.
Several of the waiters who had been standing aside just now, daring not to move, rushed forward to show their loyalty and tied up shopkeeper Wen.
Shopkeeper Wen, who was thrown to the ground, struggled desperately.
The development of things was completely beyond his expectation. At this moment, Shopkeeper Wen finally felt scared.
Unfortunately it was too late.
The small courtyard where Shopkeeper Wen lived was in the alley behind the Silver Building. Zhou Cong took a few people there, but he came back within half an hour.
Following him back were several wooden boxes of different sizes.
The wooden boxes were all dirty and stained with mud.
"Master, these wooden boxes were dug out from the cellar in Shopkeeper Wen's backyard. The first few wooden boxes must be a few years old. They have been painted with several layers of tung oil and have some signs of decay."
As he spoke, Zhou Cong pointed to the boxes at the back.
"Those boxes should have been buried in the past two years. The boxes are quite new."
"Open the box and take a look."
Ye Jintang only looked at the heavy appearance of the box and vaguely guessed that it should be gold and silver, otherwise it wouldn't be that heavy.
Shopkeeper Wen, who was on the ground, saw that all his belongings had been dug out, lying on the ground like a deflated rubber ball, and stopped struggling.
Each box had a palm-sized copper lock on it. Zhou Cong found an ax and tried to violently remove the lock.
"let me."
Zhou Wuwei stepped forward and took the ax from Zhou Cong's hand. He did not use violence to remove the copper lock, but used skillful force.
Just listen to bang, bang, bang, a few crisp sounds came, and the copper lock fell off.
The boxes were opened one by one, and they were all filled with gold and silver bars, as well as some antique porcelain.
Everyone present was stunned.
With so many gold and silver bars, how much silver will it cost?
"Shopkeeper Liang, come and count the total amount of silver and antique porcelain."
At this moment, the two shopkeepers were so frightened that their legs were weak. When he was called by Ye Jintang, his whole body was erratic, and he could not count the money.
In the end, Zhou Cong and Zhou Wuwei worked together to overweight the gold and silver bars.
"Go back to the master, here are 40,000 taels of silver bars, 5,000 taels of gold bars, 62 pieces of antique porcelain, and 33 pieces of jade."
Now it was Ye Jintang's turn to be stunned. Shopkeeper Wen could actually take out 40,000 taels of silver and 5,000 taels of gold from the silver building. This was simply incredible.
"Very good, I won't deal with you, Shopkeeper Wen. All of you will go back to Wen's house in Xingnan early tomorrow morning and let my grandpa deal with you."
When Accountant Liang heard that he was going to be sent back to the Wen family, he knelt down in front of Ye Jintang. Mr. Wen would not be merciful when dealing with the house rats that were eating everything in. It was hard to say whether they would survive.
"Miss Ye, please spare my life for the sake of the fact that I have been the accountant of the Ye family for many years."
"What Accountant Liang said is interesting. You were originally slaves of the Wen family. Now that you have made a mistake, you will naturally let the Wen family deal with it."
The two accountants and shopkeeper Wen were locked up that day, but the clerks and craftsmen showed little reaction.
Ye Jintang wants to sell the silver building, and the new owner will naturally have his own people to use it. Rather than being sold out, it is better to return to the Wen family.
At least there are people they know well there, and they can be rearranged to support their families.
All the gold and silver bars in the Yinlou warehouse, as well as the jewelry in stock, as well as the gold and silver antiques found from shopkeeper Wen's house, were all carried back to Ye Jintang's small courtyard and placed in the warehouse.
As soon as the front foot Yinzi was put in, Ye Jintang's back foot was fully inserted into the space.
There are too many locks on the warehouse, and her space is not safe.
While putting away the money, Ye Jintang took a look at the ginseng in a farmland.
She vaguely felt that the ginseng seemed to have grown a bit. In the past, a ginseng plant only had four leaves, but now it has grown to seven.
I don’t know how many times the ginseng flowers have bloomed and how many times they have produced fruits.
Anyway, she didn't want to plant anything, so she just let the ginseng grow slowly.
