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Chapter 464
How can a man say no to a woman, let alone a woman he likes.

Lin Xuan patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I said three days will be three days."

With so many accounts, it is definitely not possible to rely on pens, so I can only think of other ways.

Lin Xuan picked up the pen, drew an abacus on the paper, handed it to Li Lizhi and said, "You ask someone to make one for me as soon as possible. Whether you can calculate the account in three days depends on it."

The abacus was invented in the Northern Song Dynasty. Later generations had computers, and almost no one used it.

Fortunately, when I was studying in my previous life, I taught how to use the abacus.

Li Lizhi took the paper, not daring to delay, and immediately went to find someone to do the calculation.

Lin Xuan went to a box and pulled it out, feeling a lot of pressure.

Just looking at the boxes, it’s just one box after another, and I don’t feel much, but when I look inside, I can see how many there are.

It's not difficult to make an abacus. In half an hour, Li Lizhi came back with the abacus.

Lin Xuan tried it, and it worked well, so he nodded in satisfaction.

"What should we do now?" Li Li asked.

Lin Xuan pointed to the ledgers on the table, and said, "Just start with these ledgers, and let me do the math."

"Some of the books on the table have been calculated." Li Lizhi said.

Lin Xuan shook his head and said, "It's all calculated from the beginning."

Empress Changsun and the others calculated by hand, who knows if they made a mistake.

Accounting this thing, if there is a miscalculation in one place, the whole result is wrong.

"But in this way, will the time be too late?" Li Lizhi asked worriedly.

Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's time, you can read it for me, if you are tired, find a few court ladies who can read."

Seeing Lin Xuan's confidence, Li Lizhi nodded.

Lin Xuan held a pen in one hand and put the other on the abacus, and said, "Let's get started."

Li Lizhi read it according to the records in the ledger.

Lin Xuan clapped his mind.

At the beginning, because he was not proficient, he calculated slowly, but as Lin Xuan became more and more proficient, he calculated faster and faster.

At noon, the maid brought the food, the two of them finished their meal, rested for a while, and then counted.

In the evening, when the gate of the palace was about to close, only two boxes were counted.

"There are a total of eleven boxes, and this is just a little more than two boxes. Three days is no fun at all." Li Lizhi said a little discouraged.

Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's definitely fine. At first, because I'm not proficient in planning, didn't you see that I was getting faster and faster?"

Why does this sound a bit strange?
Li Lizhi nodded and said: "The gate of the palace is about to close, you should go back quickly."

Li Lizhi's voice became a little hoarse after reading the ledger for a day.

"Look at you, your voice is hoarse. Tomorrow, find a few court ladies who can read and let them read." Lin Xuan said with some distress.

Li Lizhi's face turned reddish, she was a little embarrassed, but she was very happy in her heart.

After leaving the palace, Lin Xuan shook his hands vigorously.

What the hell, after a day of calculation, my hands are really sore.

Thinking that there were still two days left before such a day, Lin Xuan regretted that he should have given the time a little longer.

Well now, what has been said cannot be taken back.

……

On the evening of the third day, Lin Xuan wrote down the last account and said, "It's finally done."

"Finally, the calculation is over. I've worked hard for you these few days. I'll tell the queen mother right away." Li Lizhi said excitedly.

"Wait." Lin Xuan stopped Li Lizhi, and said with a serious expression: "There is a big problem with the accounts here. Have you circled all the ones I asked you to circle?"

"I'm all circled, what's wrong? Is something wrong?" Li Lizhi asked strangely.

Lin Xuan said: "There is no problem with the total expenditure, and it is correct with the accounts. But some purchase records have serious problems. I compared the records before and after, and the prices at that time were very abnormal."

Li Lizhi was taken aback, and said, "Isn't it normal for the prices of things to change?"

"It's normal for the price to fluctuate, but it's not normal for the same thing to have such a big difference. It should be that someone bought it and falsely reported the price." Lin Xuan said.

He knew that if this incident got out, many people would be killed.

Therefore, after carefully checking the calculations and comparing the records before and after, there is obviously a problem.

Li Lizhi also knew the seriousness of the matter, and asked, "Have you counted how much?"

"Thirteen thousand 230 consistent." Lin Xuan said an astonishing number.

Li Lizhi's face was livid, what is the concept of more than 1 guan?
When there was a shortage of money before, the annual expenditure of the entire harem was not that much.

"I'll tell my mother to go." After Li Lizhi finished speaking, she hurriedly went to look for Empress Changsun.

"I don't know how many people's heads fell in this reckoning. It's really a 'reconciliation'." Lin Xuan shook his head and went home.

Those people might be damned, but Lin Xuan really couldn't bear to watch.

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were having dinner, and when the maid reported that Li Li was begging to see her, Empress Changsun smiled and said, "I guess that kid Lin Xuan hasn't finished counting, and she came to intercede for Lin Xuan."

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs has so many accounts to calculate, and it is really embarrassing to finish the calculation in three days." Li Shimin said.

Empress Changsun said with a smile: "The concubine naturally knows that Lin Xuan can't do it. The concubine just wants to polish him and correct his habit of talking big."

While the two were talking, Li Lizhi walked in.

"The sons and ministers see the father and the emperor, and the mother and the queen."

"Lizhi is here, you haven't eaten yet, sit down and eat with your father, queen and queen." Li Shimin said.

"Father and mother, my son and minister have something urgent to say." Li Lizhi is in no mood to eat now.

Li Shimin smiled and said: "I know, isn't it just that Lin Xuan promised to settle the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in three days, but now the time is up, but he hasn't figured it out? What a big deal, it's okay, your mother was just joking with him."

"Didn't figure it out?" Li Lizhi was stunned for a moment, and said, "Father, Lin Xuan has already figured it out."

"Have you figured it out?" Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Is he talking nonsense for fear of being punished by the queen?"

"Father, how could Lin Xuan do such a thing? He is really done." Li Lizhi said unhappily.

"Okay, okay, you're not married yet, and your elbow is turned out." Li Shimin joked with a smile.

"Father~" Li Lizhi's face was flushed with redness.

"Okay, okay, you said he figured it out, so did you find out the problem?" Li Shimin asked.

"Lin Xuan said that there are many purchase records that are inconsistent with the prices before and after. If calculated according to the previous prices, there is a gap of more than 3000 guan." Li Lizhi said.

Li Shimin stood up in surprise and said, "What you said is true?"

"Of course it's true. All the sons have circled it with pens. Look, father."

Li Lizhi brought an account book with her when she came.Seeing that Li Shimin didn't believe it, he quickly spread out the account book, pointed to the circled places and said, "This one is the same as the quantity purchased before and after, but the price differs by tens of pennies."

Li Shimin compared the purchase records before and after, and it was true.

The prices before and after are the same, but there is a difference of dozens of guan in the middle, and any fool will know that there is a problem.

Few of the eunuchs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are educated, how could they make false accounts.

They feel that there are so many accounts, and occasionally there are some strange ones, and no one pays attention to them.

Empress Changsun also read it, not to mention whether Lin Xuan was right or not, but there are definitely problems with the circled accounts.

(End of this chapter)