Chapter 50: Auditing
Of course, Gao Shun will never underestimate himself.
In physical training, the lord is better than himself.
But when it comes to formation, the lord is far inferior to him.
After watching Lu Bu's training methods, Gao Shun also got a lot of inspiration and gradually integrated Lu Bu's training methods into his own training.
In just over ten days, Gao summoned more than 300 people in total and began training.
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A month has passed in Taibai Restaurant, and it is time for Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Lu Bu to settle the profits.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao invited Lu Bu to the private room on the third floor of Taibai Restaurant, and handed Lu Bu a bag of gold and silver with a smile.
Lu Bu counted and found that there was only one hundred taels of silver inside.
Well, originally, one hundred taels of silver is not considered a small amount.
It's enough for a family of three to spend half a year or even a year.
But the business is so hot that the restaurant is so popular that his dividend is only a mere 100 taels of silver in January?
Lu Bu looked at Cao Cao and Yuan Shao meaningfully, but saw that Cao Cao's face was normal, while Yuan Shao had a look of guilt on his face.
Lu Bu smiled slightly, knowing very well that these two guys had agreed to cheat him.
But is it really such a good trick for me?
Lu Bu looked at Cao Cao and asked, "Brother Meng De, is Taibai Restaurant only so much profit in a month?"
Hearing Lu Bu expressed dissatisfaction with the dividend, Cao Cao couldn't help but complain: "Fengxian, this is already a lot! Think about it, the price of your magic oil is so high, and the ingredients we use are all top-notch ingredients, including felt outside, and other items are very valuable! This is too white wine shop, it's true that you see the business booming, but the pure profit is really not as high as you imagined!"
Lu Bu looked at Cao Cao with a smile and asked, "Is that true?"
Cao Cao was a little scared by Lu Bu, but he quickly said, "If you don't believe it, I'll ask someone to take the account book for this month. You should just reconcile it yourself!"
After saying that, Cao Cao waved his hand and someone took over a thick account book.
This account was made together by two accountants sent by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Both of them were old accountants. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao did not believe that Lu Bu could see the tricks in the account.
The two accountants are standing outside the door now. If there is anything wrong, they will be available at any time.
After Lu Bu took the account book, he wanted two blank sheets of paper and pen and ink, and soon listed a table.
Then, corresponding to the account book, the numbers were recorded one by one on the table.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao looked around and found that the numbers recorded by Lu Bu were curved, like ghost paintings, decisively saying that they couldn't understand them.
The two looked at each other and couldn't help but curl their lips. Both of them felt that Lu Bu was pretending.
After watching for a while, they still couldn't understand it. The two of them felt very bored and couldn't help but go out to come and have a drink and have started drinking.
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What Lu Bu used was the double bookkeeping method.
By using the double accounting method to check accounts, all the tricks and omissions are clear at a glance and cannot be hidden at all.
Of course, if it is in modern times, there may be various ways to deal with it.
But at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty...well, it was simply bullying people.
A monthly account is a very huge project if it is calculated using the old bookkeeping method.
You can't even finish it in one day.
However, Lu Bu now uses the double bookkeeping method, and the numbers are also replaced by Arabic numerals.
The calculation method is even more advanced, just use a pen to calculate it directly.
Therefore, it took less than two hours, which was half a morning, that Lu Bu calculated the accounts clearly.
Lu Bu stood up and moved his muscles and smiled slightly, and couldn't help but invite Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in.
"Two brothers, the accounts have been settled. It seems that the accounting level you have hired is not very good!"
"The account record opportunities are chaotic, and there are many mistakes and misses. And he is too brave. He is greedy for a huge amount of silver. If this is the case, it is our three brothers who work for them!"
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao looked at each other, and they were a little confused about the meaning of working.
But after hearing Fengxian's words, did he calculate the accounts clearly in such a short time?
Both of them felt a little guilty.
Yuan Shao couldn't help asking: "Fengxian, I wonder how much silver we should have based on the amount you calculated?"
Lu Bu nodded and said, "According to my calculations, the profit this month should be 187,320 taels, and I should receive 62,470 taels of silver."
After hearing Lu Bu's words, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief.
Huo, together with Fengxian, bragging about this, I really thought he had calculated it just now, which scared the baby!
In fact, the two of them had already learned the real amount from the account. The profit this month was 168,000 taels, not as much as Feng Xian said.
From this point of view, this Fengxian was just cheating them.
Cao Cao couldn't help but smile and said, "Since the number calculated in Fengxian is so different from the number calculated in the account, it's better to call the two accountants in and verify it together!"
Lu Bu nodded and said, "It's so good."
While speaking, Cao Cao asked two accountants to invite in.
Cao Cao said to the two accountants: "Fengxian doesn't believe what you calculated. He insisted that the profit this month was 187,320 taels. Two gentlemen, why not check with Fengxian on the spot!"
After hearing Cao Cao's words, the two accountants couldn't help but eat. They looked at each other and saw an inexplicable look of horror in each other's eyes.
"This...is, Master!"
These two accountants were really nervous because the number Cao Cao said just now was the real profit.
The amount they reported to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao was actually fake. They concealed nearly 20,000 taels of silver, and they all shared it in private.
They think this account is perfect, but how did this three boss calculate it? How is this possible?
For a moment, fine sweat emerged from the foreheads of the two accountants.
Lu Bu looked at the two accountants with a smile and said, "Don't be nervous, sirs, sirs, it's unknown whether Fengxian calculated the wrong calculation. By the way, sirs, I don't understand this account. Do you think this account is wrong?"
Soon, Lu Bu cut out all the wrong accounts and asked the two accountants for advice.
Chapter completed!