"Master Zhu, Master Zhu, wake up..."
While sleeping, Zhu Ping'an heard a faint cry in his ear, like the cry of a soul, which went on and on.
I didn’t sleep well last night, and I was sleeping soundly now. I was woken up by someone, and I couldn’t help but feel grumpy.
"Who is it?"
Zhu Ping'an shouted in a daze and irritably, then opened his eyes. As soon as he opened his eyes, he was startled and appeared in his field of vision were Taicang Guanku Zhang, Doctor Zhao, Doctor Jia and two treasurers.
Anyone would be startled when they open their eyes and see so many people standing at the head of the bed.
Although they were annoyed by Zhu Ping'an's getting up, Zhang Guanku, Zhao Langzhong and others were not angry at all, and the smiles on their faces became even more intense.
A quarter of an hour ago, after listening to the report from Secretary Liu, they came to Zhu Ping'an's room with great interest. Before they entered the room, they heard Zhu Ping'an's snoring.
They couldn't help but smile at each other.
After walking into the room, I saw Zhu Ping'an lying on the bed, sleeping like a pig, snoring loudly, and his saliva was flowing onto the pillow.
There was an account book on the desk. When he turned to the second page, Doctor Zhao curiously opened the rice paper on the table and saw a toad lying on a lotus leaf. The toad looked quite realistic. He couldn't help but cover his mouth and smile. He stretched out his hand to call Zhang Guanku, Doctor Jia and others to come over to appreciate the wonderful article together.
After Zhang Guanku, Jia Langzhong and others came over, they saw the toad and shook their heads and laughed silently.
After observing the room for a while, Doctor Jia carefully flipped through the account book and found nothing wrong.
Only then did they go forward and wake up Zhu Pingan.
Even though they were angry and yelled at by Zhu Ping'an when he got up, they would definitely laugh out loud if the occasion allowed.
When Zhu Ping'an was woken up, his eyes were dull and he looked like a dead pig. He shouted impatiently, "Who is it?" But the moment he opened his eyes and saw himself and others, he shuddered, and his reaction was like a frightened toad.
"Cough cough cough, Zihou is awake. Lunch is ready. It's not too late for Zihou to get up and have lunch before going back to sleep." Zhang Guanku coughed and said with a kind smile.
"Zihou, let me tell you, you can't miss today's lunch. Lord Zhang has added two meat dishes for us at his own expense. He bought a goose and ten pounds of donkey meat from a farmer, and stewed it so deliciously..." Doctor Zhao patted Zhu Ping'an on the shoulder and said loudly.
Doctor Jia was smiling on the side.
Well
There is delicious food.
"Ahem, sorry to have kept you all waiting. I apologize for the inconvenience. Let's go now."
After hearing about goose and donkey meat, Zhu Ping'an suddenly became energetic. He got up from the bed and put on his official uniform like flowing water.
Doctor Zhao and the others were speechless. What was the point of waiting so long? You even got up so fast that it’s hard to describe it…
There is dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground. If the donkey meat rolls three times, even the gods cannot stand.
Donkey meat fully deserves the praise it receives, and today, donkey meat has fully demonstrated its deliciousness in the hands of Taicang chefs.
Spiced donkey meat, donkey meat fire, donkey meat soup...
Especially the donkey meat soup, which made Zhu Pingan almost swallow his tongue. Blood is red, but cooked donkey blood is milky white. The donkey blood in the bowl was sliced into thin slices, as crystal clear as crystal. The milky white broth was filled with snow-white donkey blood, and the donkey meat slices were as thin as cicada wings, paired with bright red wolfberries, and dotted with emerald green coriander and chopped green onions. A bowl of donkey meat soup was so pleasing to the eye.
Eat a bite of fire and drink a sip of broth, the mellow and long-lasting aroma...
The goose stewed in an iron pot is tender and soft, fragrant and not greasy, and the taste is absolutely delicious.
Zhu Ping'an naturally did not skimp on his food. He did not hold back at all and exerted 110% of his fighting power.
"He eats donkey meat like that. If he were to try our food, he would devour the whole plate..."
“Hehehe…”
After watching Zhu Ping'an return to his room with a full belly, Zhang Guanku and others who had not eaten much changed the place and went to Taicang's "Late Night Canteen" to start their lunch, toasting and laughing.
It was scorching hot outside and no one would disturb him. After returning to the room, Zhu Ping'an took out the account books from the oldest box and arranged them in order. Continuing with the progress of the morning, he began to organize the account books using the re-examination accounting form.
Zhu Ping'an had already mastered the accounting in the morning, and in the afternoon he was more than three times faster in organizing the account books.
Zhu Pingan, who was concentrating on accounting, had reached this state. If it weren't for the sweat on his body, one would almost doubt the weather.
By around four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Ping'an had finished organizing the account books in the first box, and had organized more than twenty account books in the second box.
Around five in the afternoon, one-third of the second box had been sorted.
Zhu Ping'an put the account books back in order, carefully folded the completed re-examination accounting form and put it in his arms.
Today is the first day, and I have sorted a total of 1.33 boxes. I obviously sorted much more in the afternoon than in the morning. As my proficiency improves, I will be able to increase my speed slowly in the future.
In this way, the account book can be sorted out in about five days.
The speed is neither fast nor slow.
If he ignores external factors such as Zhang Guanku of Taicang and devotes all his energy to accounting and works overtime, Zhu Ping'an is confident that he can sort out all the account books within three days.
If we only count the time, it won't be too late to audit the account books in five days. After all, the Ministry of Works is still rushing to make the warehouse door, and the Imperial Observatory has not yet selected an auspicious day to replace the warehouse door. Five days should be enough time.
But it is better to be safe than sorry. According to the forging level of the Ming Dynasty, if the Ministry of Works worked overtime to cast the Kumen, it would be finished in one or two days. If the Kumen was cast, the Imperial Observatory would not take too long to choose the time, and it would most likely be one or two days after the Kumen was cast.
In addition, Zhu Ping'an was still worried about Zhang Guanku and others.
Taicang's account books must have been made by a top-notch accountant, and the accounts were flawless. That's why they were so bold as to move all these mountains of account books to themselves. On the one hand, it allowed them to retreat, and on the other hand, they were confident that a rookie accountant like themselves would not be able to find any problems.
When checking the accounts today, I believe that based on my performance, they will not have any doubts.
However, if they continue to check like this for five days in a row, they will definitely become suspicious.
After all, they have been checking like this for five consecutive days. Even if they believe they are rookies, they will probably feel nervous because they have a guilty conscience.
If they are worried, then the audit will probably not be so smooth. They may not do anything openly, but who knows what they will do behind the scenes.
In order to root out the problem, you may have to take action on yourself or the account book. For example, you can find a time to burn the account book and burn it completely, and you can also put the blame on yourself...
When it comes to their vital interests, they will definitely not show mercy.
It seems that I need to prepare early.