My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 808 Shorting the Ledger
Li Baiyu looked curiously at Liu Mingzhi flipping through the ledger and writing all kinds of weird symbols on each piece of straw paper, not knowing what his brother-in-law was doing.

However, in order to get the answer he wanted, Li Baiyu sat quietly on the chair and did not disturb Liu Mingzhi's movements.

After about half a stick of incense, Liu Mingzhi put down the pen in his hand and stretched: "Come here!"

"My lord, what are your orders?"

"Is Mr. Cao of the Duzhi Division on duty in the Yamen?"

"My lord, Cao lord is not on duty today, and it happens to be Cao lord's turn to repair Mu. If the servant lord is in a hurry, he will go to the official and tell Cao lord to come!"

"Tang Minghao, is Mr. Tang here?"

"Master Tang is not in the yamen either. It seems that he has gone to Hanzhou to deal with some official business. The lower officials are not very clear about it!"

"Which other adults are on duty in the yamen?"

"Master Shi Lang, Shang Shu Jiang seems to be dealing with some old debts!"

Liu Mingzhi pondered for a while and waved to the yamen servant: "I know, you go down first!"

"Yes, the officer will leave!"

After the yamen servant left, Li Baiyu looked at Liu Mingzhi in confusion: "Master Liu, what did you see?"

"Your Highness, please sit here for a while, I will come as soon as I go!"

"This..." the crown prince hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly: "I hope Master Liu will not keep Gu waiting for too long!"

"Of course, the minister will go down first!"

Walking out of his office room, Liu Mingzhi walked towards the room of Jiang Yuanming, the secretary of the household department, and gently knocked on the door latch, and Jiang Yuanming's angry voice came from the room.

"Come in!"

"My subordinate Liu Mingzhi has met Mr. Jiang!"

Jiang Yuanming, who was burying his head in the abacus, heard Liu Mingzhi's voice and made a mark on the paper, then put down the brush in his hand.

"Lord Liu, it's really strange that you would come to the Yamen to work during the Mu Mu period. The sun came out from the west?"

"Your Excellency, you are joking. The lower officials are actually very diligent. It's just that you always look at the lower officials with prejudice. This is very unfair to the lower officials!"

Jiang Yuanming shook his head helplessly, patted his waist and walked out: "You, if you don't see that you really have the ability to sit in the position of the left servant, I will have to take part in your dereliction of duty booklet, sit down!"

Knowing that Jiang Yuanming was joking, Liu Mingzhi didn't mind, and sat on the lower seat: "My lord, you are really happy to participate in the lower official book, and the idle Marquis who is an official at home is at ease. Starting from the top three poles, sleeping on a branch on the moon, wouldn't it be better to be a carefree lord, it's not easy to be a lord who works hard!"

Jiang Yuanming took a sip of tea: "If your majesty hears this, you will have to reprimand you for being muddy and can't support the wall. Tell me, what's the point of coming to me? If you just miss me, an old man I can't believe I have this charm!"

After the joke was finished, Liu Mingzhi smiled lightly and took out the account book he had calculated just now from his pocket and put it on the table between the two of them.

Jiang Yuanming looked at Liu Mingzhi in surprise: "What is the meaning of Master Liu? Why did you get so many books and send them here?"

Liu Mingzhi patted the account book, opened the pages he folded and pushed them in front of Jiang Yuanming: "My lord, from the thirteenth day of the seventh month in the 28th year of Xuande to the sixth day of the seventh month in the first year of Ruian's year, there were 670 treasuries in the national treasury. The whereabouts of thousands of 470 taels of silver is unknown, and Du Zhisi has not indicated the whereabouts of the more than 600 million taels of silver. The more than 600 million taels of silver can't disappear out of thin air, can they? What do you think, my lord?"

Jiang Yuanming looked at Liu Mingzhi with a complicated expression: "Oh, it takes seven days for the [-] gentlemen in the account department to finish the settlement. It seems that you just came to the yamen today?"

"To be precise, it's been half an hour!"

"The liquidation will be finished in half an hour?"

"more or less!"

Jiang Yuanming sighed deeply: "The waves behind the Yangtze River drive the waves ahead. I am right. You are indeed suitable to sit in the position of Zuo Shilang. Why bother with you keeping so many accountants in the household department?"

"Don't, don't, my lord, please be merciful. I don't have the ability to replace the accountant with [-] people. I have a specialization in art. Let them do their jobs well. Don't embarrass me! "

"Yes, I didn't count on you, otherwise, with your three days of fishing and two days of drying the net, wouldn't the household department be in chaos? You came here just for the 600 million taels of silver, right?"

"If your expectations are correct, the 600 million taels of silver that have gone missing cannot be separated from His Majesty, right?"

Jiang Yuanming nodded lightly: "That's right! It does have a lot to do with His Majesty!"

"Buy the wood for building ships and train people to go to sea?"

Jiang Yuanming pondered for a long time before nodding: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from you. Your Majesty specifically ordered me not to publicize this matter. Unexpectedly, you guessed the whereabouts of the money! Wait a moment!"

"it is good!"

Jiang Yuanming got up and walked to the bookshelf full of books behind him, groping for a long time before he took out an account and put it in front of Liu Mingzhi: "This is where the 600 million taels of silver went. Take a look, but don't leave this matter to the public. Spread the word!"

"Don't worry, my lord, I still understand!"

Liu Mingzhi looked carefully at the account book in his hand, and it took another half a stick of incense. Liu Mingzhi looked at Jiang Yuanming with a strange expression: "My lord, the money here is nearly 130 million taels short, and you didn't notice it at all." ?”

Jiang Yuanming's face changed drastically, he grabbed the account book in Liu Mingzhi's hand and looked through it: "Impossible, I specially ordered ten accountants to check the account book three times, and there was no mistake at all!"

Liu Mingzhi said: "There is no problem with the accounts, but it doesn't mean that you can't sell short. You can calculate the amount of wood, the number of craftsmen, and the materials used on page No. 13. For goods with 17 taels of silver, 7 taels The craftsmen of silver use 28 taels of materials, of which 4000 taels of short-selling expenses are spent?"

"Page 22, page 130, page [-]. The sum of the front and back is as high as [-] million taels. If you don't believe me, you can check it yourself. On average, each of the twelve state capitals has deducted more than [-] taels of silver!"

"This"

Jiang Yuanming's face was a little crimson, and there was a trace of anger in his eyes: "I trust them too much, and I didn't expect them to be so bold!"

"Your Majesty is leaving, it's better for you to handle this matter yourself, my lord!"

"and many more."

"What's wrong, sir?"

Jiang Yuanming closed the accounts and looked at Young Master Liu cheerfully: "Master Liu, you also know that there is a shortage of good war horses in northern Xinjiang, and a good war horse can reduce the bloodshed of soldiers and soldiers, and I can't help but give you some face! How about buying Liu Weng's [-] war horses at the market price? Save some for Liu Weng to play with this head office!"

First Young Master Liu rubbed his nose resentfully with an embarrassing face, he thought he was doing it well, but unexpectedly, Jiang Yuanming could see something was wrong.

Old man, it's not that I don't help you, it's that I'm powerless.

"Why don't you go back and discuss with my father?"

"Of course, I and Mr. Liu are both thinking about Dalong. Weng Liu will definitely not be stingy. Besides, we are buying, not forcing money. I hope Weng Liu will be more open. Also, using power to seek personal gain from Liu My lord, be careful not to point out that you slipped out one day, I can't catch it even if I want to!"

"Okay, I will take my leave!"

Jiang Yuanming gave himself enough face and he couldn't be dissatisfied, so he had to go back and discuss it with the old man!

After leaving the household department office, Liu Mingzhi looked at the prince's carriage going away, and stretched comfortably. The emperor was indeed a man with long-term vision, and he had already secretly started working on the sea-going ship.

If so, why bother to work hard.

"It's wonderful again. Dare you guys know why you are here!"

The queen and Hui'er didn't speak, and they walked towards the distance while supporting Young Master Liu. Liu Mingzhi knew that the person holding him was the queen and didn't struggle anymore, so he secretly made a gesture and let the two of them support him leave by yourself.

"Heng Hang Heng said politely, where are you taking me?"

"Hey, hey, bluntly speaking, why did you bring me to the inn in broad daylight?"

Huier backed out and the door closed with a bang.

The queen watched Young Master Liu who was huddled in the corner of the bed with a terrified expression slowly tearing off the ribbon on Liu's waist, and pressed towards Young Master Liu with a proud expression.

"Be polite and don't be impulsive. If you have something to say, say it well. I'm not feeling well these days!"

"No, stop, don't stop!"

(End of this chapter)