The two accountants of Tiger Gate stood with their hands in their sleeves under the corridor, stretching their necks and looking forward. One of them said: "Old Jia, what about the account books for more than five years, can they see it?"
Old Jia said: "You don't care, Huxian can't catch the thief, and it's too shameful to come to our Dawanshan Division to make trouble. If it wasn't for the order of the magistrate, let them go. Make trouble, Hehe, if we ask them to tidy up their account, then it will be more disciplined."
In the counting room, a group of old men with white beards were busy sweating profusely. Ma Hui, Xu Haoran and other arrests did not know how to count the accounts, so they could only help them by carrying the account books, providing pens and ink, and serving tea.
Contrary to the expectations of the two accountants at Tiger Pass, these old guys who are good at accounting did not help them organize their accounts. When these old accountants arrived at Tiger Pass, they were a little dizzy at first. How to check with so many account books? But they quickly found a good way to speed things up.
They first assigned some people to screen each account book, and all the books that recorded the trucks going south were thrown aside, and only the truck books going north were selected, because Tiger Pass inspected and released merchants traveling from south to north at two intersections on the left and right. Therefore, the account books are also separated, which reduces the workload by half.
Inspired by this, Ye Xiaotian ordered them to only check the records related to Chang's Car and Horse Company and the two merchants Hu Qifeng and Lu Mo. In the shipping book, only the records related to these three companies were selected, and an accountant registered all the northward shipments of these three companies, and the speed was more than ten times faster than the people at Tiger Pass expected.
Such a request can only be made by Ye Xiaotian. Those old accountants will not lock the three of them as important suspects. Three people, that is equivalent to pointing at someone's nose and saying: You are the most suspicious!
They can't do this, but Ye Xiaotian is different, the matter has come to this point, he doesn't really care what Zhao Wenyuan thinks, since he asked the Tongren Mansion for this "Shangfang Sword", if he doesn't find out something, how can he ask everyone for it? Wan Shansi and Zhang Zhifu confessed? It's time to show up!
However, this kind of targeting is only reflected within them. In the eyes of the people at Tiger Pass, they are still at a loss and have no clue. The accountants of the commercial bank and Lu's commercial bank's account books immediately fell silent, and just silently flipped through the account books, shaking their heads from time to time. The account room dedicated to searching for information on the goods in the north has also become a complete search, and it seems that they are sorting out one by one according to the date recorded in the account book.
Ye Xiaotian stretched his waist, and said painfully: "Hey, I'm so exhausted, I'm dizzy!"
Envoy Pang Pang said in admiration: "Ah! It turns out that the county magistrate will also check accounts, admiration, admiration."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Scared! How can I check any accounts!"
Envoy Pang Pang said strangely: "Master Xian Cheng doesn't know how to check the accounts, so how could he be dizzy?"
Ye Xiaotian opened the book, and mysteriously said to Pang Da: "Here, this is what I'm looking at!"
Envoy Pang Da took a closer look, and saw a very rough cover, which was yellow and greasy. On the cover was a blurry erotic picture, and beside it were written "Ruyilou Amorous History" in big characters. Envoy Pang Da hesitated and said, "Cheng Ye, this is..."
Ye Xiaotian said in a low voice: "This is a storybook, a masterpiece written by Yue Xiaoguan, a famous Jinling master. The words are beautiful and the story is romantic. It is very fascinating, haha... Ambassador Pang, do you want to read it? I still have two or three days left You can finish reading with kung fu, and I can borrow it from you when the time comes."
Envoy Pang Da smiled dryly: "Uh, this... this... Thank you, Yexian Cheng, for your kindness..."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Hey, no thanks, no thanks! It's better to be happy alone than to be happy together. However, you must be careful when you look at it, this is my treasure, don't smear it Got it, hehehe, you understand!"
Envoy Pang Da was stunned, and said with a wry smile: "Thank you, Ye Xiancheng, for your kindness. I'm an official... I'm busy with work, so I won't watch it."
Ye Xiaotian suddenly remembered, and said: "Oh! By the way, how come Ambassador Pang Da is free, but what's the matter?"
Envoy Pang Da said: "That's not true, I just have something to discuss with you sir."
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said: "What's the matter? Come on, please sit down, please sit down and talk slowly."
This is the territory of someone else's ambassador, but he turned to be the guest, so he couldn't laugh or cry, so he sat down on the chair, coughed, and said: "Ye County Chancellor, Xiaguan, this Tiger Pass is related to Dawanshan The company has a lot of tax revenue, so our county magistrate is very concerned about it."
Ye Xiaotian nodded, he could tell that the county magistrate of Dawanshan Division was Tuzhi County, that is to say, he was the county magistrate of the imperial court. In fact, he was the local chieftain. He just changed his name to show that he was an official of the imperial court. That's all, the county magistrate is hereditary from father to son, son to grandson, which is very different from Huazhi county.
Moreover, all taxes and taxes under the rule of chieftains are collected for their own use, and they are also obligated to the imperial court, but they are much lighter than those under the rule of Liuguan, and belong to a high degree of autonomy. It is normal for tigers to receive tax revenue.
Envoy Pang Pang said: "My lord, from the daily management of our place, you should also be able to see that the lower officials dare not be sloppy, otherwise the county magistrate will not be able to explain it. This Tiger Pass is taken care of by the lower officials. , but many things are not decided by the subordinate alone..."
Ye Xiaotian said impatiently: "You don't have to say so much, what are you doing with so many detours, I am a straightforward person, so you can just speak straight."
Envoy Pang Da said: "That's right, my lord, you want to check the accounts, and the subordinate officials will fully cooperate. No, all the accounts are here. But your people can't affect the affairs of our Tiger Pass."
Ye Xiaotian asked strangely: "Do we have any affairs that affect you? Why doesn't this officer know?"
Envoy Pang Da said with a bitter face: "Look, the head of Su Xuntian Su's team invited us Deputy Envoy Huang to drink today, and invited us Tax Collector Liu to whore whores tomorrow. What did he ask? Make them either drunk or in debt to whores, which is a little too much, you see...”
Ye Xiaotian was furious, and said: "Is there such a thing? This Su Xuntian is really outrageous! He eats, drinks, prostitutes and gambles, commits all sorts of crimes, I really want to put him..."
Ye Xiaotian suddenly suppressed his anger, sighed, and said helplessly to Envoy Pang Da: "Envoy Pang Da, you don't know that this Su Xuntian is the brother-in-law of our county magistrate, so I don't want to be too mean to him. This person has bad habits, and this official can only tolerate him."
Ye Xiaotian vomited bitterness to Envoy Pang Da, Envoy Pang Da listened patiently, and said: "What about the two people from the tax department, they follow our tax department people in and out all day long, and they don't see each other at all, so they are very comfortable. They are familiar, so now some merchants in the past think they are new tax collectors from this customs, look at this, my lord..."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Oh! The two of them! They are members of our Hu County Tax Department, not the direct subordinates of the official. They are very boring, so they have to run around, but don't worry, I will definitely teach them a lesson. Yes, just don’t let them add trouble to Guiguan.”
Envoy Pang Da said helplessly: "There is also that person named Hua, who seems to be called Hua An?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said: "That's right, it's called Hua An. Hua An is the person next to me. This kid is quite well-behaved. Why, did he cause you any trouble?"
Envoy Pang Da took a long breath, and said: "He...he is like a wandering ghost, elusive, he might appear somewhere in a hurry..."
Ye Xiaotian became a little unhappy, and said with a long face: "Ambassador Pang, this is your fault, you don't want me to lock up everyone, do you? We came to Tiger Pass to handle cases, not to go to jail, don't you?" It’s not enough to sway to the west? Is there something shameful in your Tiger Pass?”
Envoy Pang Pang argued: "I don't care about him wandering around, but just now, he actually wandered into my inner house, which is the residence of my female relatives. As a result... I asked him the reason, and he said he got lost , This is really unreasonable, lost and lost in my backyard... "
Ye Xiaotian immediately smiled again, and said: "Ah! I know, this kid is good at everything, except one thing. He likes to peek at women taking a bath."
Ambassador Pang stared: "Gah?"
Ye Xiaotian understood deeply: "A man of this age has never had a woman before, so he is inevitably curious about women..."
As he said that, his face changed again, and he said viciously: "But it's too much to break into Ambassador Pang Da's house and peep at the woman taking a bath. I have reprimanded him more than once for this stinking problem. Don't worry, I will be strict with you." Discipline him, and if he dares to appear in your back house again, I will break his third leg!"
Envoy Pang Da was full of black lines, so he had no choice but to say: "Then... then there will be the Prime Minister of Laoye County. If they continue like this, if something unexpected happens, even the lower officials will not be able to restrain them. I think you know it too, my lord. Shan Si, but our county magistrate's territory."
In the last sentence, Envoy Pang Da emphasized his tone, Ye Xiaotian nodded again and again, and said: "I understand, I understand, don't worry if you are envoy Pang Da, I will bring them back soon, these bastards, one by one, there is nothing to worry about, I Must be strictly disciplined, must be strictly disciplined!"
Seeing that Ye Xiaotian was so eloquent, Ambassador Pang Da couldn't say anything more, he could only force a smile on his face, cupped his hands at Ye Xiaotian and said, "If that's the case, then there will be Laoye County Chancellor, and I will resign."
Ye Xiaotian smiled kindly: "Pang Dashi walks slowly, Da Dashi don't send!"
As soon as Emissary Pang Da left, the accountants became busy again, rummaging through, browsing, reporting accounts, and recording records. Ye Xiaotian looked at the back of Emissary Pang Da leaving, and a trace of worry floated on his brows.
The officialdom is like a colander, there are no secrets that can be kept, so from the very beginning, he did not pin all his hopes on checking the accounts. This is why Su Xuntian and others split up, and now it has aroused the vigilance of the large ambassador. Can they still gain something