Chapter 709
: Promising Accounts [2]
Chapter 709: Promising Accounts [2]
Workshop, the second office yard.
Deputy Envoy Yu, and the six clerks he brought with him... He is an official after all, so how could he not have manpower under his command?
Manager Xue and the accountants of the Xue family.
Grandpa Qin, Uncle Qin and his wife, Zhu Xuewei, Qin Xiaomi, Su, and Jiang Dalang all gathered together and began to calculate the winter month accounts.
It was only necessary to calculate for another ten days, and the accounts for these ten days had already been calculated by the accountants. Deputy Yu asked them to check the accounts three times, and as long as there was no discrepancy in the totals, it was done. It was very simple.
But no matter how simple it was, and with so many people involved, it took until the afternoon to complete the verification of the accounts for those ten days.
After lunch, the three parties began to check the accounts for the entire winter month.
It also needs to be checked three times, so today I only checked it the first time.
On the second day of the twelfth lunar month, the second verification began. In the afternoon, the third verification was carried out. The verification was not completed until dark.
Because it was getting late, we had to postpone dividing the money until the third day of the twelfth lunar month.
Deputy Envoy Yu was almost dying of anxiety, but when he thought about the money he could get from the court, he felt that it was worth it even if he had to brave the snow to return to the capital.
Just because, in the winter month, the total profit of New Dye Northeast Province reached one hundred and twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and eighty taels!
This winter, due to the snow, the workshop was not operating at full capacity. If it had been operating at full capacity, the total profit would have reached at least 150,000 taels.
If we have one more workshop, the total profit can be doubled!
Therefore, it is not outrageous that the new dye workshop in Gyeonggi Province made a profit of 260,000 taels.
Therefore, his suggestion that the Qin family open one or two new dye workshops was completely correct!
Deputy Envoy Yu was extremely excited. He imagined countless scenes in his mind and countless words popped up in his head. Even when the money was to be divided the next day, he was still very excited.
He had no choice but to bite the tip of his tongue: "Ahhh!"
"What's wrong with Lord Yu?" Grandpa Qin asked with concern.
Deputy Envoy Yu waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I was just going home for the New Year, I was a little excited and bit my tongue."
In fact, he knew that huge wealth could tempt people. In order to prevent himself from being seduced by the huge profits and losing his mind, he had to bite his tongue to wake himself up quickly.
Grandpa Qin smiled and said, "That's right. The New Year is coming soon. Everyone is very excited and talking about what to eat and buy for the New Year every day."
Deputy Envoy Yu also laughed: "My wife and children wrote to me, saying that the mutton I asked Da'an Inn to send back is very delicious, and that they will have the mutton here as the main dish for the New Year."
Deputy Envoy Yu was indeed very excited. He started chatting with Grandpa Qin, and became more and more excited as the conversation went on.
His trusted clerk waited for a moment for him to pause and interrupted him, "Sir, the total profit for the winter month was 127,780 taels, of which the court took 50%, or 63,890 taels."
After pausing for two breaths to let everyone's brains calm down, he continued: "The Qin and Xue families will donate 10% of the profits to disaster relief..."
Manager Xue said, "The boss has given instructions on this matter. It has been handed over to the Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office, who will then hand it over to the court for safekeeping and use in disaster relief."
At the beginning, when the new dye went on sale, the Qin family gave 30% of the profits to the court, and then gave an additional 10% to be used specifically for the treatment of disaster victims.
After all, the Qin family had escaped a famine, and they hoped that when a disaster strikes, they could help those affected.
Now, after the new dyes became semi-official, the Qin and Xue families, after discussion, decided to split the profits 50-50, with the two families giving an additional 10% to be used for disaster relief.
This behavior naturally aroused hatred, especially from powerful people like Wen Jin and Jie Kang, who wanted to send more assassins to wipe out the Qin family.
But the emperor likes it.
Moreover, the Qin family has killed the bandits and assassins who massacred the village, and also destroyed the spies' hideouts. Now, unless the emperor issues an order to exterminate the entire family, no one dares to touch the Qin and Xue families.
Grandpa Qin agreed: "Yeah, that's what my family means too."
Deputy Envoy Yu said, "Cheng, please record this 10% of the money." He then ordered the clerk, "You can bring the money box here."
"Yes." The two clerks left and went to where Deputy Envoy Yu was staying.
A quarter of an hour later, two horse-drawn carriages were escorted to the workshop by soldiers from the Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office, and boxes of cash were moved to the second office yard by the soldiers.
"Sir." The clerk brought the booklet and ink to Deputy Envoy Yu.
After taking it and looking at it, Deputy Envoy Yu signed and put his fingerprint on it to confirm that he had received the silver...and this was one of the benefits of the new dye being semi-officialized.
Nowadays, if you don’t have any channels, it’s just a dream to get large amounts of cash or gold.
After the semi-official operation, as long as the workshop needed money, Deputy Envoy Yu would submit an application to the Provincial Administration Commissioner, and the Provincial Administration Commissioner would escort the money over.
Mr. Xue no longer had to take risks, rely on favors, or send a group of martial artists to escort the cash to the countryside.
Deputy Envoy Yu was quite considerate: "Two of the boxes have been cut into small pieces of silver by the workshop craftsmen to facilitate the payment of wages."
"Thank you, Lord Yu. With you here, our Qin and Xue families have saved a lot of trouble." Steward Xue said with a smile.
Deputy Envoy Yu laughed even happier than him: "You two families have made great contributions, so it is only right that we give you some advantages. If I still make things difficult for you two families, would I still be a human being?"
Hahahaha, everyone laughed when they heard this.
Soon, everyone looked serious again and started to distribute the money according to their share.
The Xue and Qin families each wanted half silver and half silver notes. Because the amount was so large, it took until noon before the deal was settled.
Then there are various signatures and fingerprints.
Finally, Deputy Envoy Yu took people to move the account books away...Now each account book must be backed up in six copies, three sides, with two copies retained in each side, for easy checking.
Fortunately, it was a semi-government enterprise, and I could buy cheap blank account books from the court's workshop. Otherwise, the money just for buying blank account books would be quite a lot every month.
"The accounts for this month are settled. I will leave for the capital tomorrow to report. See you next year." Before leaving, Deputy Envoy Yu bowed solemnly to Grandpa Qin and said, "Happy New Year."
As for the accounts for December, we are not in time and will have to wait until the end of January next year, when the government office starts to seal the accounts.
"Happy New Year, see you next year." Grandpa Qin smiled and took Jiang Dalang, Uncle Qin, Qin Xiaomi and others to see off Deputy Envoy Yu.
"Deputy Envoy Yu, when it comes to helping the pregnant woman, please take more time to help and say a few good words. It's a good deed." Qin Xiaomi said.
Deputy Envoy Yu: “…”
I've avoided your sight several times, but I still can't avoid it!
but……
"Master Qin, I am a ninth-rank official. This matter cannot be accomplished by just a few nice words from a ninth-rank official like me."
Qin Xiaomi: "Ninth rank is also an official position, and if you don't work hard, how do you know you can't succeed?"
"..." Deputy Envoy Yu bowed and saluted: "Everyone, I'm leaving now. You don't need to see me off."
After saying this, he got into the carriage and asked the driver of the provincial government to drive away quickly.
Qin Xiaomi wanted to scream when she saw this.
"Xiaomi, you are Sixth Grandma's niece's great-granddaughter. Your face has become so thin and pointed. You must be tired from counting accounts. Come, have a bowl of chicken soup. Sixth Grandma stewed it especially for you. I used half a chicken. You are the only one in our family who has a drink. Sixth Grandma didn't even give you her milk!" When Sixth Grandma Qin saw that Deputy Envoy Yu had left, she immediately ran out with a food box and showed her courtesy to Qin Xiaomi.
In fact, Qin's diet is good, and Qin Xiaomi's face has gained a lot of flesh and is not pointy at all.