Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Although Xiong Da was angry, because of his young lady, he had to put in more effort, so he could only scold Chu Mo for that naughty scoundrel a few more times.

I thought that Xiong Da’s place has so many ledgers. Ah, Xiong Er’s store is the oldest one, so there must be more ledgers than this.

Li Zhen hurriedly asked Xiong Da to inform Xiong Er not to move them all.

However, before he finished speaking, Xiong Er came in carrying a package that was bigger than others with a resentful look on his face.

With a "bang", Xiong Er panted and threw the newspaper bundle on the ground, and then said: "Sir, I have brought all the account books you asked for."

Looking at these two piles of ledgers, Chu Mo sighed: "Brother Li, let's find out the ledgers for the past six months."

Li Zhen nodded sheepishly. After all, it was because of herself that she had caused Chu Mo so much trouble.

The two of them rummaged through the ledgers of the two teams for a long time before finding everything they needed.

"Brother Chu, we want to check Shopkeeper Hu's accounts. Why do you want the accounts of the other two grain stores now?"

"Do you suspect that there is something wrong with the accounts of the other two stores?"

Chu Mo shook his head, pointed to three opened accounts and said, "This is from January this year."

"The purchase price of grain from the other two companies is 15 cents per dou. But here, shopkeeper Hu's price is 18 cents per dou."

"Brother Chu, you mean that shopkeeper Hu's purchase price is higher than others, so he loses money?"

Chu Mo shook his head and said, "These grains are all purchased from the same grain merchant, so the price cannot be so different."

With a sigh, Chu Mo continued: "If you look further down, the other two companies sell grain for 20 cents per dou, but his price is still 18 cents per dou."

"There is a problem here. No normal person would do business like this."

"But this is not the main reason for the deficit."

"Even if he operates the business the way he does, he will only lose some money on transportation fees and labor wages at most."

"What is labor wage?" Li Zhen asked puzzledly.

"Well, it's the workers' wages."

"Oh, that word is interesting."

"Brother Li, are your focus a little wrong? We are looking for shopkeeper Hu's shortcomings now, not talking about literature."

Li Zhen blushed and said sorry.

Chu Mo looked at the white and rosy cheeks, why did he have the urge to take a look? ?

Bah, bah, bah, I am straight, I am straight, I am straight.

Important things cannot be said too many times.

Chu Mo despised himself fiercely in his heart. Damn it, how could he be attracted to a man?

Seeing Chu Mo's expression being abnormal, Li Zhen thought that he was angry because of the accounts matter, and immediately asked: "Brother Chu, is the matter very difficult? If so, I will find someone else."

Chu Mo shook his head: "This little thing is not difficult for me."

Then, he continued: "According to Shopkeeper Hu's business methods, the most he will lose is 100 taels of silver."

"But look at the accounts. As of the end of last month, he had lost 1523 taels of silver."

"This is converted into grain, which is 76185 buckets of grain, which is 7618.5 shi of grain."

"With so much grain, he can only produce so much in a month, right?"

After hearing this, Li Zhen nodded immediately and said, "Brother Chu, you are right. This is basically a month's supply of food."

"This old guy has a really dark heart and is very courageous. He thought that if no one found out about his false accounts, there would be nothing you could do against him. However, when he met me, it was his bad luck."

"Actually, Brother Chu, there is no need to go to such trouble. As long as we know that he has a problem, then our family will naturally have a way to kill him. No real evidence is needed."

Li Zhen saw Chu Mo's confident look and interrupted cautiously.

"What? Are all you rich and powerful people so barbaric? Just kill them without giving any evidence?"

Li Zhen nodded cautiously again: "Yes, as long as you confirm that there is a problem with Shopkeeper Hu, just take him outside the city and dig a hole and bury him."

Chu Mo felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Only then did he realize that the era he traveled through was not the era of later generations where everything must be based on evidence and principles.

Here, a big fist means a wealthy and powerful family. Killing a servant is no worse than killing a stray dog.

Seeing Chu Mo's dejected look, Li Zhen carefully poked his shoulder and said, "Brother Chu, how about you continue the investigation and find the evidence of shopkeeper Hu's crime, and we send him to the county court?"

When Chu Mo heard this, he immediately became energetic. He held Li Zhendao's hand and said, "Brother Li, who knows me well. Brother Li, don't worry. I will handle this matter beautifully for you, leaving Shopkeeper Hu and the others speechless." explain."

Li Zhen's hand was suddenly held by Chu Mo, which felt a little unnatural, but seeing that he looked like he was beaten to death, she couldn't bear the blow, so she let him hold her.

With Li Zhen's guarantee, Chu Mo suddenly became passionate and pointed directly at Shopkeeper Hu's accounts: "Brother Li, look here. Shopkeeper Hu will provide various types of food to various restaurants and restaurants every month."

"Let's use this as an entry point. If there is really something fishy here, then his accounts will definitely be different from those in restaurants and restaurants. We just need to send someone to inquire."

Li Zhen nodded, why didn't she think of it before? This Young Master Chu was still very powerful.

Immediately, she told Xiong Daxiong Er to invite the other two storekeepers of the grain store, and asked them to each bring a copy of Shopkeeper Liu's account book to check.

Soon, the two shopkeepers and Xiong Daxiong Er came back.

The result was just as Chu Mo expected. Except for the shipping date, nothing else was correct.

"From this, we can be sure that Shopkeeper Liu should have another set of real accounts. If Order finds it, he will definitely be convicted."

"As for how to find it, you don't need my teaching. You should be able to figure it out."

Xiong Daxiong Er touched his head, and then looked at Li Zhen.

Li Zhen, on the other hand, looked at Chu Mo with a confused expression.

Chu Mo? ? : "It all depends on what I do. My business is over, and the rest is your business."