The upgrade of Concubine Xian in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 260

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, Narbu's mansion was rarely lively. After breakfast, Zarafin sent Hongli away, and she went directly to Lang Jia's courtyard.

"Jiaojiao, you have to help Erniang deal with the New Year's affairs in the mansion." Lang Jia looked at Zarafin and said, "The empress has taught you a lot, you need to practice more."

Zarafin nodded, and listened carefully to Lang Jia's arrangement. The manager of the mansion was very careful. They didn't know Zarafin's temper. Some news, this one is definitely not easy to serve.

"You first send the ledger to Gege's courtyard. According to the arrangement on the list, inform Gege of the results. This year's Chinese New Year, except for the tribute items, let Gege handle the rest." Lang Jiashi has already prepared the biggest Let go.

"Er Niang." Zarafin was shocked. As soon as he came back, the Lang Jia family immediately delegated power.

"You're back, and I can relax a little bit." Lang Jia said with a smile, "If you encounter something, just report it to me."

"Yes, Er Niang." Zarafin took the order.

When the servants saw that Lang Jia was no longer in charge, they felt uneasy.

The female family members of the mansion got the news quickly, and even the two concubines whispered to their daughters. Sure enough, the concubine's daughter and the concubine's daughter are still different.

After dismissing the servants, Lang Jia looked at Zarafin.

"Emiang, aren't you going to let the second sister help me?" Zarafin asked.

"No, your two elder sisters are going to get married, and they have already contacted them about what they should learn." Lang Jia said directly.

Zarafin knew that the Lang Jia family would not leave the affairs of the mansion to them, and the competition among the female relatives had already spread to the children.

"Jiaojiao, the fight in the backyard is so obvious." Lang Jia told Zarafin frankly.

After having dinner with Mrs. Lang Jia, she returned to the courtyard with the tortoise shell and others, and found that the ledger had been delivered. She looked at the ledger with a sarcastic smile on her face.

"The stewards are diligent enough." Zarafin sneered.

"Director Akdon escorted those people here. It is said that some people were reluctant to send the ledger, and the slaves specially asked those people to put the ledger on another table of the Eight Immortals." Zhang Desheng said.

"Well done." Zarafin praised, "Tortoiseshell, give Zhang Desheng a red purse, why didn't you go back to the garden with Ah Huan?"

"Si elder brother asked the slave to follow the master, and when the master returns to Chonghua Palace, the slave will follow." Zhang Desheng replied.

From the moment Hongli gave Zhang Desheng to Zarafin, he regarded Zarafin as his master.

After hearing Zhang Desheng's answer, Zarafin was very satisfied.

"Are you going to send the things I gave to the fourth elder brother to Wuling Spring Scenery?" Zarafin specially prepared a new year gift and planned to send it to Wuling Spring Scenery.

"The slave sent the guards back." Zhang Desheng agreed.

Zarafin sat at the table of the Eight Immortals, flipping through the ledger in front of him, and the tortoise shell put the refreshments and Lu'an melon slices on the side.

"Go and get the ruler, and get the pen and paper that Ah Huan gave me." Zarafin looked at the account book, feeling a bit of a headache, and had to tidy up the account book.

Tortoiseshell hurriedly took people to the study room, and took the quills, rulers and paper that Hongli bought from the missionaries. There were more than a dozen boxes of these, as well as water for the matching quills.

With the accession of Yongzheng to the throne, several coastal cities have opened special trade zones, and many imported products are traded in the trade zones.

Zarafin asked people to clean up the Eight Immortals table and started to draw a new account book. Zarafin always felt that there should be something wrong with the other account book.

According to the current accounts, it may take more time to find out the mistakes.

"Master, this is you." Tortoisebi watched Zarafin do it himself, opening the ledgers one by one.

"This is a new account book method. I'll teach you two. Didn't you learn Arabic numerals before?" Zarafin looked at the tortoise shell and pearl.

The two of them had been around Zarafin for a long time, and Zarafin occasionally taught them.

Now, Zarafin could just let them help. Tortoiseshell and Pearl listened carefully to her words, and hurried back to the room to get the quill.

"Master, the servants are meeting." Tortoiseshell and Pearl looked at the table and began to sort out the ledger.

Zarafin sat on a chair beside him, flipping through the rest of the ledgers, and the hall fell silent for an instant, only the sound of abacus and writing could be heard.

In one afternoon, Tortoiseshell and Pearl sorted out more than a dozen ledgers, and they found that each total was different from the ledger.

"Master, you see, the slave and maid have calculated several times, and the number in the ledger is inconsistent with what the slave and maid calculated." Tortoiseshell said directly.

Zarafin hurried over, picked up the two ledgers himself, and checked them one by one.

"Are all the numbers based on the original vouchers?" Zarafin looked at the new ledger, feeling very emotional.

The one with the most of the two ledgers has a difference of nearly 1000 taels of silver.

"Yes!" Tortoiseshell and Pearl were very annoyed, if the account book was not done correctly, the master would definitely not let them go.

"You two continue to sort out the ledgers here, Diancui and Zifei, the two of you will follow." Zarafin took the two ledgers and prepared to go to Langjia's courtyard.

The accounts in the mansion have always been clear, why is there such a big difference in the middle?

Zarafin stepped into Lang Jia's courtyard, and she quickly walked in front of Lang Jia's.

"Jiaojiao, why are you in such a hurry?" Mrs. Lang Jia was talking to the nuns around her, watching her daughter come in with an angry expression.

"Er Niang, please let the nuns leave, I have something to discuss with Er Niang." Zhalafin looked at the nuns with a very bad tone.

Several nuns have more or less connections with the stewards, so she would rather offend them now.

The nuns bowed in embarrassment and left, feeling somewhat resentful towards Zarafin in their hearts.

When the nanny left, Lang Jia looked at Zarafin in confusion.

"Emiang, read the two pages of the ledger first." Zarafin put the last page of the ledger in front of Lang Jiashi.

Lang Jiashi took a look and took a deep breath, there was such a big difference.

"Emiang, do you know this?" Zhalafin asked, looking at Lang Jiashi.

"This...you calculated it?" Lang Jia looked at the Arabic numerals on the ledger, and understood in her heart that only Zarafin likes to use such numerals.

"Yes, Er Niang, it's clear at a glance. The accounts of Wuling Chunse and Xinghuachun Pavilion have already been recorded in this way. Even if the slaves are a little greedy, 1000 taels of space is a bit too much." Zarafin said angrily.

Lang Jia pointed to the seat beside her and asked her to sit down first.

(End of this chapter)