Princess Danyang spoke up. She had disliked Yang Zijun because of what happened last time.
At this time, when I saw the two royal accountants, they both said for sure that it was Yang Zijun and that they had made a mistake.
So, she gloated towards Yang Zijun and said with a smile:
"Hey, some people, after learning arithmetic for a few days, feel that they are great, but they actually go beyond their capabilities to check the accounts. Has the secret been exposed now? Hey, it's really embarrassing."
Upon hearing this, Princess Changle hurriedly pulled Princess Danyang's sleeves and whispered:
"Cousin, please stop saying a few words."
When Mou Tu heard someone mocking his wife, he felt unhappy, so he said:
"Who do you think is overestimating his own abilities?"
Seeing this, Yang Zijun hurriedly pulled Mou Tu, shook his head and whispered:
"Don't disturb the young master."
Danyang also had a fierce temper. Seeing this woman dressed as a maid, he actually contradicted her.
Li Xianzhi suddenly became furious. She pointed at Mou Rabbit and said:
"You little maid..."
Li Shimin and others saw a few little girls quarreling and did not stop them.
Who hasn't been young yet, but I find it quite interesting.
Li Xiaogong's head was full of dark things at this time. He was still thinking of recruiting Qin Ming as his son-in-law.
Seeing his daughter looking so unladylike, Li Xiaogong had a headache.
Qin Ming was doing mental calculations while checking the accounts. When he heard Princess Danyang's words, he couldn't help but frowned and said:
"Please be quiet, if you want to quarrel, go out and make a quarrel."
When the King of Hejian County heard Qin Ming's words, he secretly thought that it was not good. With his daughter's temperament, she had to make a fuss. He was about to get up and try to persuade her.
Li Xianzhi snorted and returned to his seat to sit down.
Princess Changle also felt very puzzled, when did her cousin change her gender?
Mou Tu was very happy when he saw this. Like a victorious little rooster, he raised his chin and made a face at Li Xianzhi.
When Li Xianzhi saw this scene, she was so angry that she almost wet the corners of her clothes, but she still managed not to have an attack.
After thinking about it, she realized that it wasn't her who was going to be embarrassed anyway, so she just sat back and waited to watch the show.
After a while, Qin Ming finished calculating the accounts, and then he looked at Yang Zijun with relief and said:
"Zijun, you have done a good job. From now on, I will leave all the business in the house to you."
When Yang Zijun heard this, he happily said to Qin Ming:
"They are all taught well by Young Master."
The eunuch in charge of internal funds felt like he was mourning his heir. He knelt there and said loudly:
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. The old slave cannot be wrong in his calculations."
Qin Ming stood up and put Si Zi on the chair. Then he took the account book and came to Li Shimin and others and said:
"Uncle, my nephew has just checked it, and there is indeed something wrong with the accounts. If you don't believe me, please let the steward take a look at these accounts in my hand."
With that said, Qin Ming handed the accounts to Li Shimin.
But before he pointed out the accounting problem to Li Shimin, Li Shimin spoke first.
"My dear nephew, why are there some ghostly drawings on your account book?"
When Qin Ming heard this, he remembered that the accounts in his house were now recorded in Arabic numerals.
The accounting room in the teahouse is still the same as before, and does not use Arabic numerals or double-entry accounting.
They all use Chinese characters to remember the running accounts.
This is also the reason why Yang Zijun used it before and it took more than an hour to check the account.
Because the premise for her to check the accounts is to first write down the running accounts according to the double-entry accounting method in several account books, including the tea house general ledger, warehouse account, counter cashier account, expense account, etc.
Changsun and Li Xiaogong also came over and also saw the ghostly drawings on the account books.
Qin Ming patted his forehead, smiled and said:
"My nephew was negligent."
As he spoke, he told everyone the meaning of these Arabic numerals.
During the process, someone brought a pen and paper, explained to everyone the benefits of using Arabic numerals, and demonstrated some simple addition and subtraction calculation methods on the spot.
After everyone listened, their eyes changed when they looked at Qin Ming, some were passionate, some were admiring, some were admiring, etc.
At this moment, Li Shimin and others wanted to take a look at Qin Ming's brain.
See how he is different from others.
Compared with him, Li Shimin felt that he was mediocre.
The accountant of the Hejian County Prince's Mansion even knelt down in front of Qin Ming on the spot and insisted that Qin Ming accept him as his apprentice.
Later, it was the King of Hejian County who dissuaded him and stopped this farce.
At this time, everyone had clearly realized that Qin Ming was a master of mathematics.
Since he said there was something wrong with the accounts, there must be something wrong.
Queen Changsun asked curiously:
"My dear nephew, how did you find out about the accounting problem?"
Qin Ming looked at the people around him and thought that in ancient times, all accounts were kept, so it was normal that no problems could be found.
After thinking about it, he first picked up the tea house's account book and said:
"This is the running account of the tea house. If you look at it from this account alone, there is no problem. All the accounts are correct."
When Li Shimin heard this, he didn't know what he thought of, and said eagerly:
"You mean, this account has been tampered with? How did you find out?"
Qin Ming thought it was you, Li Er, and his mind was spinning very fast, so he nodded and said:
"Yes, someone did do something. As for how my nephew could see it, it's very simple. Take the 100 kilograms of tea leaves missing in the warehouse."
Everyone was listening attentively at this time, and no one interrupted Qin Ming again.
Although a hundred pounds of tea is not worth much, if the tea house's accounts can be falsified, others will not be able to find out.
What about the accounts of internal funds? What about the accounts of the Accounts Department?
Everyone present was not a fool, and they all knew what impact Qin Ming's next words would have.
Qin Ming took out two account books from his hand, then pointed at the two numbers on the account books and said:
"This account book belongs to the tea roasting workshop. It records each transaction and the number of pounds of tea shipped to the tea house.
This book is based on Zijun’s teahouse running account today. The figure obtained after recording the number of kilograms of tea sold every day. Now the total shipment volume of the tea workshop, minus the amount of tea sold in the tea house's account book, comes to a figure of one thousand catties.
But there are only 900 kilograms of goods in the warehouse. Doesn't this prove the accounts? Is there a problem? "
Li Shimin and others suddenly realized it, but there was still one problem that Li Shimin didn't figure out.
That is, how did Yang Zijun know that there was something wrong with wages.
So, Qin Ming took another account book, which recorded the expenses in the teahouse.
There are transportation costs, labor costs, taxes, etc.
Qin Ming gave Li Shimin a brief explanation.
That is, there are currently a total of forty boys in the teahouse, and each boy earns 100 yuan a month. The account book of Yang Zijun in Qin Ming's hand contains four taels of money, and on the running account, the labor expenses for last month's work were actually Five dollars.
Through Qin Ming's series of explanations, Li Shimin gained a deep understanding of Qin Ming's abilities.
Qin Ming's accounting method is clearer than running accounts.
Moreover, Li Shimin also found that by recording different outputs and inputs in multiple account books, he could check whether there were any problems with the general ledger.
He is now wondering whether to reveal his identity.
Then he assigned Qin Ming to the Ministry of Revenue and asked him to take advantage of the end of the year to check the accounts of various departments in the imperial court.
