Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

She was worried that what Qin Ming meant was that she felt she was forcing him to give him a chance to make a contribution.

"Go and assist Chang Baishan first. I will give you a proper explanation."

Qin Ming had noticed it a long time ago.

As the world was pacified, the people around him began to have different ideas.

There is a saying that goes, "We can share hardships, but not happiness."

As their conditions become better and better, conflicts may even arise due to uneven distribution of credit.

Qin Ming also had many ideas about the placement of secret guards.

But if their numbers are really reduced, it will inevitably cause unrest.

Many of the things that secret guards do on a daily basis cannot be exposed in public.

The fewer people who know about these things, the better.

If he lets them all out and some important information is leaked, it will not be a good thing for Qin Ming.

At the court, Qian Cai had already told Qin Ming that the army was now redundant, and many of the troops around Qin Ming who were responsible for combat intelligence and transportation could consume more than 60% of the Ministry of Revenue's finances.

The remaining 40% can be used within Daqian.

This proportion is not low.

If it were any other emperor, the people around him might have advised him to lay off some of the employees.

But Qin Ming happened to be sitting in this position.

All these troops were the ones who had followed him to conquer the world and fight wars in the east and west.

No one dared to take the initiative to ask Qin Ming to remove these people.

"Ask Elder Song to bring the recently calculated account book."

After thinking for a moment, Qin Ming turned to his subordinates and spoke.

The subordinates immediately nodded and found Elder Song.

At this time, Elder Song was discussing the subsequent silver bill matters with many elders within the Datong Sect.

They have received Qin Ming's orders.

You can issue some silver notes or something like that here.

These banknotes are enough for them to re-promote the construction here and open up the local trade routes in the near future.

"Elder Song, His Majesty just asked you to send him the recently calculated accounts."

The messenger soldier quickly came to Elder Song and stated Qin Ming's request in front of all the elders.

When they heard these words, the elders who were discussing suddenly fell silent.

Elder Xuanfeng glanced at the expressions of everyone present and frowned slightly.

Because they were all looking at Elder Song.

"Why do you suddenly want the account book? We haven't finished calculating it yet."

Elder Song hesitated for a moment.

Still unwilling to hand over the account book, the soldier who delivered the message shrugged his shoulders.

"Then you must give His Majesty an explanation. I can't go back empty-handed like this."

Qin Ming's sudden check of the accounts meant that he was somewhat curious about the account books.

Sometimes if there are loopholes in these account books, they will definitely not escape Qin Ming's eyes.

After all, when Qin Ming first started his business, he was doing business on his own.

Thus, he turned to silver and recruited a large number of troops.

I want to hide it from him in the account books. If I succeed, it will be fine, but if I fail, or if Qin Ming finds out.

They're finished.

So everyone was waiting for Elder Song to handle this matter.

Logically speaking, they shouldn't have made any big mistakes by now.

But no matter who it is, when they hear about the audit, they still feel a little uneasy.

Finally, Elder Song slowly stood up, then walked to a cabinet at the back and put his hand in.

Suddenly, there was a crackling sound from inside.

This is a set of mechanical cabinets from the Shenmu Kingdom.

The documents stored inside are extremely important.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Elder Song.

Soon, he took out all the pages of the book.

This is the account book calculated using Qin Ming's new accounting method.

Although there are only a few pages, it records a lot of their expenses.

"I've finished the overall calculation, but I'll need two days to work on the specific items."

In the end, Elder Song chose to hand over the general ledger, but their detailed account books would have to wait a little longer.

Seeing this, the soldier in charge of delivering the message finally nodded slowly.

Then he took the things and left.

After he left, several elders next to Elder Song immediately rushed forward.

She lowered her voice and asked him very cautiously.

"Is there nothing wrong with these account books?"

"His Majesty has come to investigate suddenly. If we don't perform well, we will most likely be held accountable."

Everyone started talking, and Dark Color was a little flustered.

In response to their questions, Elder Song glanced at everyone and spread his hands.

"You can only ask yourselves. We are upright and have nothing to fear. I suspect His Majesty is only looking at the account books to understand the recent overall affairs of the Western Regions, and not to target us."

Although his words make some sense.

But no one dares to gamble now, so everyone can only be extremely cautious and quickly arrange people they are familiar with to prepare to find out some information.

At the same time, Qin Ming had already received the account books sent by his subordinates.

This is the general ledger of the Western Regions, which records in detail how they have spent their money since receiving the court's investment in recent months.

"Is that all?"

As soon as he saw these pages of paper, Qin Ming frowned slightly and spoke.

"Your Majesty, this is the general ledger. As for the specific details, they will need to wait another two days to deliver them. Elder Song has promised."

Qin Ming nodded.

With the general ledger here, there is basically no possibility of fooling around.

Because even if you calculate the accounts again, they need to be aligned with the general ledger.

"Okay, put it here."

Qin Ming spoke slowly.

Then he opened the account book and looked through their expenses in detail.

Most of the recent expenses in the Western Regions are on manpower, followed by materials.

They recruited many refugees and arranged most of their troops to carry out construction in various places.

City walls, streets, and corresponding underground drainage systems were all arranged.

In a sense, these new cities they built were all built from scratch.

Because in the various cities in the original Western Regions.

But there were not many drainage and sewage systems, but this time Qin Ming dug them all out.

This will increase expenses and require more manpower.

The disadvantage is that it consumes a lot of energy, but the advantage is that once the city is built, it will be of great benefit to future generations.

In addition to manpower, there are also construction materials.

This is the second largest expense.

When looking at the purchase of these materials, Qin Ming quickly discovered the problem.

These questions do not come from the Datong sect.

Instead, it came from the quartermasters in charge of procurement in his troops.

Here, there is a huge gap in the purchasing prices of many materials.

It's different in different places.