Employed husband

Master Li looked through the books one by one with no expression on his face, and Sanniang Li could only wait.

Near noon, Mr. Li, who had only read half of the account book, put the book in his hand on the table, closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair, and said in a deep voice, "...don't read it, how much money is it in total?"

"On the surface, it is 9703 million taels, but my daughter estimates that the actual amount is [-]% more."

"Bang!" Master Li opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes were about to burst, and he slapped the table hard!Angry, he laughed back and said, "Okay! Very good! Cough cough cough..."

The corners of his eyes were red and his face was ferocious. He was so angry that he breathed heavily on his chest, coughing until he couldn't breathe.

Li Sanniang hurried up to comfort his back, and persuaded with tears: "Father, calm down, your body is important!"

Master Li shook his head sadly, as if he had aged ten years instantly.Li Sanniang knew that his heart was not only angry, but more desolate.

Over the past few years, Father has intermittently revealed to her the helplessness of being the head of the family, which is why Li Sanniang knows that it is inappropriate to indulge her clan relatives, but she does not have the heart to persecute her father too much.

Mr. Li is nearly eighty years old, and he is neither old nor young in Zhongjing. Years of hard work have seriously damaged his health, and his bones are not as strong as Jiang.

In the past few years, his energy has become worse and worse, and his spirit is far from what it used to be, so he wants to cultivate an heir early while his prestige is still there.

Choosing Sanniang to inherit the family business is actually a helpless move.

He got married late, and his first three children with his first wife were all daughters. Among them, the eldest daughter died when she was born, and she didn't have time to record it in the genealogy. Later, there were three and four mothers, who were still daughters!The only son was a concubine, and he was rectified later. His name was not right, and he was useless.

Weakness of heirs is the fatal injury of a big family's inheritance. However, if he is asked to abdicate and separate the family, he is reluctant to part with the foundation he has worked hard for many years.

The eldest daughter and the second daughter have already been married, the fourth daughter is still young, and only the third daughter is of the right age and born calm and intelligent. Who can I choose if I don't choose Li Sanniang?

He had selfishness mixed in, so he couldn't get tough, so he had to use soft methods.Even knowing that some clan members have always opposed Sanniang because of her status as a woman and stumbling her, it is still necessary to let her daughter suffer some grievances first.

Master Li had a good idea. He first allocated some good positions and benefits to the clan to appease them, and then let Sanniang participate in the family business while he was in power.

Sanniang has outstanding abilities and is the daughter-in-law of the same family. When the clan recognizes her ability in the future, they will find a husband-in-law for her and give birth to a child who inherits the blood of the Li family.

After all, the whole family is a hozen on the same tree, so no matter how noisy they are, they have to protect the big tree of the Li family for the sake of profit, right?Peace is also valuable.

Therefore, in the past few years, Master Li has turned his eyes and closed his eyes, making peace between Sanniang and those who opposed her, and neglecting many principles.

These account books today are tantamount to slapping him hard across the face. Familiar names keep coming into view, almost making him cry.

The Li clan, who he regards as one, has a mouth-to-mouth sword, one thing in front of the other, one thing behind the other, using his concessions to accommodate him, crazily eating away at the flesh and blood of the Li family to satisfy his insatiable greed, and it has reached the point where his relatives do not recognize him!

[-]% of the income is embezzled every year, and what is left after throwing away the various operating costs of Pangda Lijia?Not to mention the Xingwangli family, now even the normal expenses are stretched!

It is no wonder that more and more merchants have cut off contact with the Li family, and the roads are getting narrower and narrower, and the status of the royal merchants of tribute tea has been shaken.If things go on like this, the Li family will surely fail within ten years!

I thought that the differences only existed in the selection of the heir, but now it seems that these guys' objection to Sanniang is just a pretext. In fact, they have developed a different intention and tried to establish their own family. They are against him, the head of the family!He even did not hesitate to drag the entire Li family to be buried with him.

After recovering, Master Li said to Li Sanniang full of guilt: "...Son, you were right in persuading daddy! I should have listened to you, daddy is so confused!"

Li Sanniang knelt in front of his knees and shook her head, "Father, don't say that, it's because my daughter is too weak, she should never compromise."

The daughter is kind and filial, and has a personality similar to his own, and she is very family-friendly. How could Mr. Li not know?

He himself cared about the Li family, but Li Sanniang cared more about her father.The reason why the daughter chose to compromise was because she was afraid of embarrassing herself and angering him, a confused father. As for money and fame, she put it second.

He stroked his daughter's hair lovingly, his eyes gradually became fierce, and he said coldly: "Huh! A sick tiger is not a tiger? How can you allow the rats to bathe in monkeys and try to become king! They are ungrateful and blame me for being unrighteous! Since they want to fight, I will Let's fight with them and see who wins?!"

After calming down, Master Li had another question: "Sanniang, father and daughter, don't regret the past anymore, there will be tough battles to fight in the future. I want to ask now, these account books are clearly organized, and sorting them out will definitely not take a day's work. , I wonder who reported it to you?"

"It's Ah Lin!" Li Sanniang blurted out, with a little pride in her tone.

"Who?" Mr. Li was confused, and couldn't remember who "Ah Purin" was at the moment.

Li Sanniang felt that something was wrong, and changed her words: "It's Zheng Xuan."

"You?" Master Pear looked strange.

He can't be blamed for gossip about his daughter, the boys and girls who have only known each other for less than half a year have already called each other by their nicknames, even if they are masters and apprentices, it is too close.

"No, father, we are not...that kind of relationship! In fact, we met a long time ago, and we have been friends for a long time." Li Sanniang was embarrassed, fearing that her father would misunderstand, she hurriedly told Master Li all about her encounter.

"...This child is destined to belong to our family." Master Li asked after a moment of pondering: "In your opinion, what is Zheng Lin like?"

"How is it?" Li Sanniang thought for a while, and said to the point: "Ability is also very smart, temperament is stable, affectionate, and the most rare thing is integrity. Daddy, what is this?"

"Do you think she is qualified for the post of general accountant?"

As the saying goes, one should not avoid relatives, Li Sanniang said seriously: "She is young, she has not been in touch with the account books for a long time, and she will be a little jerky at first. But my daughter promises that she will be able to take over completely within three months!"

"Okay!" Master Li asked Li Sanniang to approach, and said in a low voice: "Then I will give her a chance! Whether she can grasp it or not depends on her real ability. The matter is very important, you can reveal some news to her first. As it needs to be..."

After three consecutive days of calm, Zheng Lin had a premonition that a huge storm was brewing under the false calm.

Sure enough, a man dressed as a leader suddenly surrounded the accounting office with many servants.The leader, Zheng Lin, recognized that it was Ah Da who protected Li Sanniang back then!

"Mr. Wang, all accountants, the master welcomes you!" Mr. Wang is the assistant accountant.

Ah Da's words were polite, but his eyes and posture were aggressive.Where is please?It's clearly betting!

The accountants tremblingly put down their work and filed out.Under the scrutiny of their servants who "escorted" them, they went to the meeting hall, and Zheng Purlin was no exception.

The meeting hall is the most important place besides the ancestral hall of the Li family, and every year celebrations or major events are held here.

When Zheng Purlin entered, he saw Mr. Li sitting high in the middle, accompanied by Sanniang Li on the left.There were Li family members on the left and right in the hall, some of them were at a loss, some looked very relieved, and the other were obviously in a bad mood. It seemed that the family meeting had been going on for a while.

In the middle of the hall stood three shopkeepers with pale faces, and another young man with a face full of arrogance and disbelief stood at a distance from them.

In this scene, it is not Zheng Ling's turn to be an apprentice, she is just a theatergoer today.Mixed in the accounting room to meet the bosses, she restrained her breath and said silently that you can't see me, sticking to the corner to pretend to be a transparent person.

Not long after, shopkeeper Ning came out, behind him Ada and others were holding a thick stack of account books.

Picking up the last compilation, Shopkeeper Ning read out the content aloud, which contained all the accounts involving the greed of the three shopkeepers, and every time he read an item, a servant would take out the original account book and show it to the clan members.

The three shopkeepers were sweating profusely, their legs were shaking like sifting chaff, and their faces were like UFO's.

In the end, shopkeeper Ning concluded: "...According to reliable evidence, in the past three years, shopkeeper Wang corrupted 170 million taels of ink, shopkeeper Xu 7000 million 340 taels, and shopkeeper iron 3000 million 330 taels. Accountant Liu Accountant handles it."

Shopkeeper Ning retreated, and the meeting hall was so quiet that a needle could be heard, everyone dared not show their anger, and stole a glance at Master Li's face.

Master Li slowly said: "Three, what else can I say? Let's say it once, and there may not be another chance in the future."

A strange thing happened, the three of them looked at the middle-aged man sitting at the top of the row of clansmen on the left at the same time.

The man looked exactly like Master Pear, and was much younger than Master Pear.

Sensing the sight, the man picked up the tea bowl as a cover, and pierced the three shopkeepers fiercely with his dark and stern eyes.

The shopkeepers turned even paler, showing despair, and looked back in fear.

This person seems to be the third master of the Li family, the half-brother of Master Li, who is equally powerful as Li Sanniang...

Zheng Lin, who didn't miss any interaction at the scene, scratched his chin playfully.

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