[Crossing Books] The author is trying to clean up every day

The next day.

Yan An gets up as usual, washes up, and has breakfast.

The rain that had been raining for several days finally stopped, the sun was shining brightly outside the window, and the sky was blue.

Knowing that Yan'an likes to go to the courtyard, Zijin saw the maid took down the tea, so she planned to push Yan'an to go to the courtyard.

The back of the chair was being pushed, and Yan An realized that Zijin was going to push him out, so she hurriedly pressed his hand, "I'll go out later, you go to the housekeeper first, and by the way, bring the account books from the house when you come over." superior."

After hearing this, Zijin frowned, thinking that there was something wrong with the account, and ignoring the joy when the crown prince held the back of his hand, he responded and went to the housekeeper.

Not long after, Zijin brought the housekeeper over.

The steward felt uneasy, not sure why the prince suddenly wanted to check the accounts, but he sat upright and was not afraid that the prince would find out something.

He stabilized his mind, bowed his hands and said: "See you, son."

Yan An smiled and raised her hand, "The housekeeper doesn't need to be polite."

Hearing this, the butler took out a stack of ledgers in his hand and handed them to Yan An, "This old servant brought the ledgers, please look over them."

Yan An took the account book, looked at the trembling butler standing aside with his hands down, and comforted him, "Don't be nervous, just sit down first."

After finishing speaking, he ordered Zijin, "Zijin, serve tea."

Zijin responded by making tea and putting it on the table, Yan An took a sip of the hot tea and flipped through the ledger.

The monthly expenses of Prince Xi's Mansion are relatively large, and the safety of the secret guards, guard rooms and meals in the mansion is not distressed, and the focus is on the monthly money of the maids and servants.

In his courtyard alone, there are already more than a dozen personal servant girls and more than twenty attendants.

It's okay to serve him, but they are all guarding outside the door, but it is really wrong to take the money of first-class maids and first-class servants.

But this is no wonder to them, originally these servant girls were sent by his father to serve him, but he sent them all to the courtyard, and only asked Chi Xianhuai to serve him personally.

The accounts are written in a clear and orderly manner.

It didn't take long for Yan An to read it. He summed it up in four words, and he couldn't make ends meet.

The accounts are all right, the point is that there are so many shops in Yanjia, but they don't return many every month. He can understand the shopkeeper's profiteering, but the waterlogging is too outrageous, and he doesn't pay attention to the majesty of the palace at all. .

Just this investigation, the problems found have gone beyond the scope of his original guess.

Yan An tapped the ledger with her fingers, and asked the housekeeper in a low voice: "Does the shopkeeper of the Yanjia store show you the ledger every month?"

The butler nodded: "Yes."

"Then do you see anything wrong?"

The housekeeper raised his eyebrows and looked at Yan An's expression. After a long time, he said seriously: "The monthly money of the shopkeepers of Yanjia is different from the calculation in the mansion, and their account books are also kept tight. But because of this, it can be seen that these shopkeepers All of them are rich in their own pockets.

Especially for copper mines, anyone who has a little knowledge of business knows that the profits of copper mines are higher than those of other industries, and their income in the accounts is much lower than the market, and they have to pay back to the government every month. The money is also very little. "

"No wonder." Yan An smiled thoughtfully, then suddenly changed the topic: "Then why didn't you report it?"

The butler's face changed, and he knelt down in front of Yan'an with a plop, and prostrated himself on the ground, "The old slave once reported to the prince, but the prince said that there will be no fish when the water is clear, and such things are inevitable."

Yan An had to secretly sigh that Prince Xi's heart is really big, greed is indeed inevitable, but people's hearts are not enough, the more they are like this, the more greedy they will become, and the more dissatisfied they will be!

"Get up, I don't blame you." Yan An's legs and feet are inconvenient, so he didn't help the housekeeper up, but continued: "Since my father doesn't care, I'll take care of it from now on!"

The housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief, and promised with shaking hands: "Yes! Don't worry, my son, this old slave will definitely help you manage the account properly."