Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 79 Arrangement of Affairs

The next day, after lunch!

State-owned Yamen, in the duty room in the east wing.

"The accounting I just mentioned, you should study it with your colleagues in the Finance Department when you go back. From now on, we will implement this accounting method within the State-Owned Department."

Lai Shangrong divided the state-owned department into seven departments: finance, personnel, planning, construction, production, procurement and sales.

In addition to the five governors each being responsible for one department, he himself will be responsible for purchasing and sales.

Xiao Henian nodded and said: "Although Chief Lai's method saves time and effort and facilitates review, how will we reconcile the accounts with the Ministry of Accounts and other yamen in the future?"

Lai Shangrong nodded and said: "Then implement a dual-track system. The accounting books will be used for financial audit within the company."

After all, the State-Owned Department still has to pay dividends, and it is inevitable to hand over accounts with the Ministry of Accounts and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. With his current status, he can still be the master of the State-Owned Department. If he wants to implement accounting in the imperial court, he is overestimating his capabilities.

Xiao Henian nodded and said, "Okay! I'll let them learn first when I get back!"

Lai Shangrong spent the whole morning simply summarizing and organizing the accounting accounts, and explained the principles and operation methods to Xiao Henian.

Running accounts are particularly unfavorable for review, while accounting accounts are a popular accounting model in previous generations. They are actually an accrual basis, that is, receivables and payables, which facilitate review.

As the state-owned department grows, if the running account model is still adopted, auditing will become a big problem.

Fortunately, the state-owned department is a new yamen, and the current accounts are limited, and there is not much resistance to reform.

"Hiromatsu! You are responsible for the production. You must pay special attention to production safety. There is a steam engine in the papermaking workshop, and the liquid medicine prepared for papermaking is corrosive to a certain extent. These first batch of craftsmen will have apprentices in the future. , safety protection must be done.”

"The preliminary construction of the glass workshop should be completed as soon as possible, and the pool for pouring liquid glass must be built according to my requirements. Everyone, please work hard..."

It’s not that there was no glass in this era, but today’s glass products, because there is no float process, are all pressed or made naturally, so large pieces of glass are rare, and the surface is not smooth.

Wang Xifeng had a glass screen, not only with a rough surface, but also with a lot of impurities inside, but it was regarded as a treasure.

Starting from scratch, he planned to start the float process and make flat glass.

After all, current craftsmen have no glassblowing experience and can only develop it slowly in the future.

Moreover, large pieces of glass made of float glass are not only valuable in themselves, but can also be processed twice and made into mirrors to increase the added value.

After arranging everything, it was already time to leave the office. Lai Shangrong, who had been busy all day, was too lazy to go to Rong Mansion.

After returning home and having dinner, he began to teach Qin Zhong.

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Li Wanyuan.

Su Yun hurriedly ran into the house and gasped: "Grandma... it's not good! I just went to the front yard to ask. The master didn't say that he hired a teacher for the school before he left."

"Ah!~ Doesn't it mean that school won't start after the first month of the year?"

Since Jia Zheng got the decree and left his political studies, he was very satisfied and spent all day socializing with famous people.

Li Wan only thought that he was interviewing famous teachers for the school. Little did he know that he was immersed in his own world and completely forgot about it.

However, the Jia family school did not start in the first month of the year, and the housekeeper's duties were handed over, so no one intervened. It was delayed until after the Lantern Festival. Li Wan saw that no one had informed about the start of school, so he sent Suyun to inquire about the situation. "What does Wu Xindeng do for food? Why didn't you remind me?"

When it comes to his son's studies, Li Wan is not as calm as before.

"Butler Wu said that he had just taken over the housekeeping affairs. Besides, in the past, the master made the decision in the school, and he didn't know how to deal with it."

After Lai Da resigned from the country, Wu Xindeng was promoted to the new housekeeper of Rong Mansion. Since he was not familiar with the business, he did not remind Jia Zheng.

"They don't understand. If Baoyu is in a hurry to study, you can't tell them clearly! Besides, Feng Yatou is like holding up the sea and the sky on weekdays. She is so beautiful on all sides. How can others forget her?"

Let’s talk about the new housekeeper, but if Wang Xifeng is rumored...

Su Yun hurriedly lowered her voice and said: "Grandma, please keep your voice down! Don't let anyone listen to you! Besides, the matter has come to this point, and it's useless for grandma to complain here. We have to think of a solution."

Li Wan stood up suddenly and said: "Let's go! Let's go find my wife! Lan'er is her grandson, I want to see if she still cares about it!"

She was really anxious and couldn't wait for everyone to report that last year, Jia Zheng had postponed the start of school until March, but now that Jia Zheng was not at home, she didn't know when it would be postponed.

As a mother, she is strong. Since Jia Zhu's death, she and Mrs. Wang have never seen each other except for the daily morning and evening appointments. They can't even be regarded as inseparable. Now they can only go to Mrs. Wang for their son.

Although Li Wan spoke harshly in his own courtyard, he was still respectful when he came to Rongxi Hall.

"Madam! The Lantern Festival has passed and the school has not even found a new master. What should I do if it delays my studies!"

Mrs. Wang was surprised and said: "Huh? Didn't the master hire a master for the school?"

Sure enough, who else in this family would care about Lan'er's studies besides himself, and Li Wan was secretly sad.

There was no trace on his face and he said: "The mansion is going to build a separate courtyard to visit relatives, and the master has to be busy with his appointment. I guess he won't have time for a while, so I would like to ask my wife to make the decision and let someone arrange it as soon as possible!"

Mrs. Wang pondered for a long time and sighed: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long run. After all, the master is not at home and Lian Er is not very knowledgeable. How can he know how to choose a master?"

Mrs. Wang was indeed in a dilemma. Once Jia Zheng left, there was no serious scholar in the Jia family, let alone anyone to choose a teacher for the school.

Li Wan hurriedly said: "Uncle Lai! Uncle Lai from the Lai family, he is a scholar and has taught in the school. Please ask him to help find a master. We only need to deal with this year first, and then we can rearrange the arrangements when the master comes back!"

Although she failed to invite Lai Shangrong, she thought that as long as Mrs. Wang opened her mouth, he would not refuse.

"This...he has already left his citizenship after all, so it's not good to bother him with everything. I'll ask Lian Er to inquire about it later!"

It was not that Mrs. Wang meant to shirk. Yesterday, Lai Shangrong had just helped solve Jia Zhen's troublesome matter, and then she troubled him to take charge of the construction of another courtyard.

Now that I want him to help find the master, I can't really treat him like a slave, right?

She was also afraid that Lai Shangrong would misunderstand him and treat him as a slave, just in case there would be any sequelae...

Li Wan didn't know Mrs. Wang's difficulties. Normally, she wouldn't dare to say anything, but for the sake of her son, she couldn't care less. She said reluctantly: "My master is very kind to him. As long as my wife opens her mouth, even for small things..."

Before she could continue talking, Mrs. Wang showed displeasure, raised her hand and interrupted: "Okay! I will handle this matter, you go back first!"

Seeing this, Li Wan had no choice but to return with Su Yun in anger.

(End of this chapter)