cargo system

Chapter 63
The county magistrate has a serious expression on his face. He didn't understand the method of account books before, and he felt a headache when he saw the dense numbers on the account books, so he didn't realize that there was a problem with the account books.

Although he understands numerology, he is not good at it. Compared with those old monsters who have been playing numerology for decades, his ability is to be directly pressed to the ground and rubbed.

What the county magistrate hates the most is corrupt officials. In recent years, internal and external troubles have become increasingly serious in the Daxing Dynasty. If a few more corrupt officials make it difficult for the people to live, the Daxing Dynasty will be over.

"I will give you another chance to confess. To be honest, everything can be given a lighter punishment. If not..." The county magistrate slapped the gavel. "At your own peril."

The accountant was silent. He was wondering, did the county magistrate find nothing and wanted to trick Mr. Ben?

This may be too big, this is the usual method of the county magistrate, many unscrupulous people were still stubborn, but after being so frightened, some were recruited, and others were also recruited, and the crime was even more serious.

Mr. Accountant has seen many of these methods in his 30 years of working in the government office, but he never thought that it would happen to him today.

But don't be afraid, in just half a day, even if you really see something, it's just that little, what crime can you convict?Anyone who didn't accidentally make a mistake in the account, just fooled around and passed it.

After beating the gongs and drums for a long time, with such a big battle, who is it to scare?
"My magistrate has circled the hands and feet you have done with a red pen. You should take a good look at them yourself." The county magistrate threw another book down, and when it fell to the ground, a page that just appeared was painted in red. pen.

The accountant took a closer look and was a little flustered. Was this really found out?
The accountant's breathing became slightly short of breath, and he looked up at the book. Could it be that this kid is really good at numeracy?
No, no, I have been engaged in numerology for so many years, how can I doubt myself? Even if the Beijing officials come, I can't do it, so I'm not afraid.

"My lord, I took a closer look, and it is indeed Mr. Ben who made a mistake. With so many numbers, it is inevitable that the old eyes will be dizzy."

"Then this box, every book is like this, how do you explain it?" The county magistrate shouted, and the yamen servants came over one after another, and brought up the two boxes of account books.

The box was placed heavily on the ground, and there was a bang, and all the people watching looked at the accountant to see what he would explain.

The two boxes of account books were not opened, so the accountant naturally took chances. "My lord, this is a joke."

"There is one in every book." The magistrate slapped him angrily. "If your error rate is so high, I don't think it's a problem with your ability, but a deliberate manipulation, right?"

The accountant had cold sweat on his forehead, but he still stood straight and argued. "Sir, this is a big joke. My error rate in accounting is very low. Even if I make mistakes, it cannot be exaggerated to the extent that there are five hundred account books. Sir, please don't let some yellow-tongued kid randomly draw circles on the account books. It's unfair. If you take a humble position and spread the word, it will not be good for your future and your reputation in the future."

"Don't give up!" The county magistrate gritted his teeth. "Come here, open the account book, show him the red page, and let the people be a witness."

Several yamen servants immediately went up, one person took an account book from the box, quickly turned to the pages circled in red, and placed them one by one in front of the accountant.

Old Liu was the most active. He flipped through an account book on the floor. He saw that the county magistrate was still strong despite Mr. Accountant's sophistry.

As the account books were opened one by one, the accountant's hand was sweating more and more, and he couldn't wipe it dry on his clothes.

This... is not right, how is it possible, the county magistrate really did not make a mistake, he really circled the place where the manipulation was done.

Impossible, how could the county magistrate do it? In the spring and summer, he moved a total of 5000 taels of silver. He went back and forth four or five times to check the account books, but he didn't find out. How come it took only half a day to check the account books in autumn? Come out, impossible, the county magistrate is absolutely impossible to do it.

The accountant held the account book on the ground in his hand and looked at it carefully. It was true that the little details were found out.

Throwing away the account book in his hand, Mr. Accountant grabbed the other account books and looked at them again. It was still correct.

At this time, I only felt a buzzing in my head, and a burst of cold air rose from my back. It was too scary, and I was really found out.

The accountant was still unconvinced, and he scratched at will, until after more than ten copies, he sat on the ground as if lost.

At this time, there were hundreds of account books with red circles on the ground of the courtroom.

No, no, could it be that only a dozen or so copies were found, and the ones placed at the front and under the box were all random scribbles in red circles?

The accountant grasped the life-saving straw as if he was drowning, pushed away the guards, and rushed towards the box.

The box was pushed down, and the account books inside fell to the floor, and the accountant turned over by himself.

One……

two...

five...

The accountant was in despair, he had really been found out.

Who, who found out! !

Su Huan, yes, it’s Su Huan.

The desperate accountant turned his head angrily and stared at Su Huan. "Huangkou kid, draw circles indiscriminately, and frame Mr. Ben."

Su Huan was sitting on the sidelines watching the play, but was suddenly scolded.

"Bold, the evidence is conclusive, and you dare to say that you have framed it." The county magistrate angrily slapped the gavel.

There was a lot of talk outside, and no one knew whether it was true or not.

"Then tell me, why is this account book for repairing canals fake?" The accountant grabbed an account book casually.

The yamen servant took the account book and handed it to the county magistrate.

After the county magistrate took it, he took out a piece of densely written black paper from his sleeve, and looked at it carefully.

Uh... I can't see it.

The county magistrate turned his head and looked at Su Huan as if asking for help.

Su Huan stood up and took the account book.

"The number of manpower does not match. The total application wage here is 300 taels of silver. After the canal is repaired, each commoner is 370 taels of silver. However, there are only 920 people registered to repair the canal, and 920 is multiplied by one." One thousand three hundred and seventy-one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two coins is 370 four coins. When converted into silver, it is 120 eight taels of silver, which is a full 890 taels less than 740 taels of silver, and only 300 taels of money were returned to the government by the husband. More taels, right? Where did the middle 550 taels go?"

When a string of numbers is reported, everyone is dumbfounded after listening to it. Numbers up to one million are just an abacus. How can they be calculated? Those talented people, who calculate a simple number, have to break their toes, and do arithmetic. Powerful, all over the world, it is estimated that the officials of the Ministry of Households can calculate these large numbers, but it is difficult to calculate them accurately.

Now the numbers are all in traditional Chinese characters. When you write out a large series of numbers, just looking at them makes your head go numb. Many people don't know how to do the calculations after reading them, and it is difficult to calculate accurately, even though it is just multiplication.

In addition to the total number of labor, entry and exit, it is only recorded, there is no statistics at all, and the accountant is so complicated, a bunch of mixed audio-visual, want to really count the numbers, except for Su Huan's table statistics method , and then the difference in the total number, there is no other way.

The accountant knelt on the ground, and after hearing Su Huan say that the canal repair project he started on August 19 was short of 500 taels of silver, he completely panicked.

Indeed, he did spend 500 taels of silver on the canal construction project, except for some maintenance.

(End of this chapter)