As soon as April passed, the spring planting came to an end, and Li Baolu also began to call the stewards in Beijing and Baoding to check the accounts.

After a search, I found out that she is now in negative equity because of Spring Seed, two farms in Baoding, and one farm in Beijing borrowed money from Dechang Bank to buy seeds and farm tools, but the two shops in Baoding are in surplus, but the income That's enough for them to spend for a month.

The three shops in the capital were even more ruthless, and they also borrowed money from Dechang Bank for the purpose of purchasing goods. The total amount of silver borrowed by the three shops was 1,200 taels.

Well, the hot spring Zhuangzi also borrowed, because they want to maintain the Zhuangzi and repair the house, but the master has not allocated the money, and they did this before. They borrowed money to do things first, and then gave the money when there is profit. Pay it back.

This loan was repaid again and again, and according to the records in the ledger, in the end she had to pay back the money from the bank, not to mention the income.

Li Baolu laughed angrily, these few months they could only go in and out, so now only more than 500 taels are left for the one thousand taels they sold the paintings, and she is now in negative equity!

After checking the account, Li Baolu turned to Heart and said, "Go to the study and bring me the box on the top of the second row of bookshelves."

The nine stewards below looked at each other, lowered their heads and stood still.

Ever since they knew they would be assigned to Gu Jingyun, they had thought of countermeasures, but from February to April, the spring planting was over, and the masters didn't call them.

They couldn't speak out the words that made them full, but they suffocated them to death.

Well now, I finally have a chance to speak.

Everyone is waiting for the questioning and anger of the new master.

Hongtao didn't know what they were thinking, so she walked quickly to the study to get something.

Li Baolu was angry, but she was only angry for a moment, and then she smiled. After opening the box and reconfirming the contract of prostitution inside, the smile became even happier.

These nine people, from themselves to their grandsons, are all death contracts. Fortunately, she was extra careful before she left and wanted to take away all the immediate family members assigned to her servants.

Li Baolu closed the box with a "snap" and sneered, they belonged to him from body to heart, she was still worried about the ball.

She scanned them around with a half-smile, and said: "There are too many books, and I can't read them all at once. You should find an inn in the city to stay, and leave after I finish checking the books."

The nine people were dumbfounded, this, this is the end?

The stewards of the three shops in the capital couldn't help but said: "Madam, our family is in the capital, so we don't need to stay in a hotel?"

"No," Li Baolu said with a serious face, "Those three shops are not in the same direction as me. You guys are going back. If I want to ask someone to ask questions, I have to ask someone to invite them. First, I will find a nearby inn to stay in. I plan to come back at night. to ask you something."

Li Baolu turned to Heart and said, "Let Erlin lead them out to find an inn and open a room for them."

"Madam, are you annoyed by us borrowing money from Dechang Bank?" The manager of the farm in the suburbs of Beijing said with shame on his face: "It's a slave who is incompetent. There have been natural disasters in the past two years, and our farm's fields are not rich enough. The sales exceeded the income, so I had to borrow money from Dechang Bank, but my wife can rest assured that we will be able to pay back the money owed after the summer and autumn harvests.”

Li Baolu looked at him with squinted eyes, and said in a deep voice, "You step back first, and wait until I check the account."

The nine people had no choice but to retreat. They had already brought up this topic on their own initiative. Who knew that the wife still avoided talking about it because the man was not around and lacked confidence or was holding back some big moves?

The five stewards from Baoding were confused, but the four stewards from the capital all thought of Li Baolu's plan by coincidence. The four of them felt uneasy. They had already carefully smoothed out the account. The other party should not find out, right?

In fact, Li Baolu didn't check it at all. She knew that there was something wrong with the account book after reading it once. As for what was wrong, why did she check it?

This is not a modern company in memory, and evidence is needed to prove it.

Hmph, these people are all her servants, or servants who have signed a death contract, so it's okay to just copy the house?

It is not necessarily possible to find out all the problems by going to check the accounts laboriously.

Li Baolu got up, took a purse and hearts and went out.

There were a lot of people bustling around on Lingsheng Street, Li Baolu stood at the corner of the street and watched for a while before finding the person she was looking for.

A young man with a fierce face was standing guard in front of a booth and shouted loudly: "Flowers for sale, flowers for sale, peony flowers, peach blossoms, rose flowers, all kinds of flowers cultivated by Baoding's first-class flower farmers—"

Li Baolu stood in front of his booth, looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Brother changed to selling flowers? Not bad, not bad!"

The fierce-faced young man was still a little puzzled when he saw her, but when he saw that she pinched a peach blossom between her fingers and stuck the head of the girl behind her without turning her hand, her expression changed, and she was about to run away, but Li Baolu had quick eyesight and quick hands He grabbed his belt tightly, and he felt his pants loosen, so he quickly grabbed them and managed to avoid them falling off.

"What are you running, I won't eat you!"

The vicious-faced young man's complexion changed again and again, and finally he held his pants and whispered flatteringly, "Grandma, we've changed our ways now, so I'll sell flowers and earn a little money to make ends meet..."

"I believe you are a ghost." Li Baolu gave him a sideways look and said, "Yesterday you clearly sold the small jewelry at the stall, and I saw that stupid big man standing at the intersection selling books. Why, you want to steal it?" people live here?"

The vicious-faced young man gasped, only then did he realize that they had been targeted long ago.

He stared blankly at the girl in front of him, how could their luck be so bad, last year she swindled and took away 20,000 taels, this time it was even worse, they came to the door before they even made a move.

It's been a while for nothing these days.

Li Baolu smiled as her gaze shifted, and when she saw the silly big man who was quietly backing away behind him and wanted to run away, her smile became even brighter. She happily waved to him, "Come here, silly big man, your brother is here."

The fierce-faced young man turned his head stiffly, and sure enough, he saw the fifth younger brother stepping on his feet and trying to escape.

idiot! The fierce-faced young man thought to himself, what is the point of stepping in front of her, the truth is to run fast!

But with her lightness skills, even if they tried their best, they probably wouldn't be able to escape.

The silly big man and the fierce-faced young man stood in front of Li Baolu in frustration.

"We didn't steal anything, and we didn't rob," the two of them swore, "Really, we've changed our ways now. Stealing and robbing are not the right way after all. They can save the emergency, but not the poor. That's why we chose to come to the capital, where the bustling , even a small business can support us.”

Li Baolu was amazed, "It's so well edited, continue, I'm listening."

The two immediately pursed their lips and looked at Li Baolu stubbornly.

Li Baolu asked, "Where are your boss and the other two brothers?"

The two of them shut their mouths tightly and decided that even in the face of swords and swords, they would never open their mouths. If you have the ability, you will kill us.

Of course Li Baolu wouldn't kill them, she didn't even beat them up, she just smiled and said: "I have a business I want to discuss with your boss, I only earn money but don't lose money."

The two expressed that they would not be tempted, and repeatedly emphasized: "We have stopped doing illegal things, girl, go find someone else."

"Yes," said the big fool with justice on his face, "we are good citizens now."

"I'm also a good citizen," Li Baolu said with a pure face, "Don't worry, what I'm talking about with you is legal business, not illegal."

The two of them firmly didn't believe it, why did the legitimate business come to them?

The first time they met they were robbing, well, they robbed Yuan Fang, and then she robbed them.

Thinking of the tears that filled the two of them, she was more vicious than the five of them combined, and she even talked to them about legitimate business, do they look like fools?

The two were determined not to cooperate.

Li Baolu spoke dryly, seeing that the two of them were unmoved at all, when his temper came up, he glared, his face hardened, and said in a cold voice: "Are you two going to take me to see your boss?"

"No!" The two were very bold.

Li Baolu sneered, nodded and said, "Very good! Then I'll strip you naked and hang them on the city gate, and let the yamen servants send you to the palace to be cleaned up and become eunuchs!"

The two thieves blushed and said angrily, "Bitch!"

"You're right," Li Baolu said with a sly smile, "I don't want to use cheap methods against you who don't want to be soft and hard."

The two looked at each other, hesitating between chastity and love, and finally bowed their heads, leading her way submissively.

There's no way, they can't fight, they can't escape, anyway, their eldest brother is also on this street, and he will be discovered sooner or later.

The two led Li Baolu across a street and saw the boss who was sitting in front of the bookstall and hawking loudly.

The boss casually raised his head and glanced at the street, and then saw his two younger brothers, and naturally also saw the girl following the younger brother.

He frowned slightly, thinking to himself, why does the third child follow the example of the fourth child to find women?

But when they came towards him, he realized something was wrong. He stood up and squinted his eyes to look at the girl, staring at him warily.

The stupid big man immediately walked two steps quickly and leaned into the boss's ear and said, "Brother, she is the one who robbed us of our money in Guangzhou."

The boss's heart trembled, did someone come to his door?

He thought for a while, and felt that he hadn't done anything bad recently, so he straightened his chest and said to Li Baolu confidently, "The lady in white is safe, is she here to play in the capital?"

"No, I live in the capital."

No wonder he speaks standard Mandarin, but he is from the capital, so why go to Guangzhou if he has nothing to do?

As a result, they lost 20,000 taels in vain.

"It turns out that the heroine lives in the capital," the boss said with a smile, "It seems that we are quite destined, we also live in the capital now."

"Yeah, I also think we have a special destiny, so there is a business I want to do with you, I wonder if you are interested?"

The boss immediately said righteously: "We have long since corrected our evil ways, and now we are good citizens. We do some small business to make ends meet. Forgive us for not being able to help the heroine."

"That would be the best. I am also a good citizen now. Don't worry, what I asked you to do is legal!"

The boss didn't believe it, and the fierce face and the stupid big man also showed disbelief.

Li Baolu is sad, is she so bad in their hearts?

Obviously she is a good girl, but she has never done anything bad after living for so long.

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