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Ye Chongming had been worried that after getting married, Ye Yaming would focus only on her own family and no longer be willing to manage the affairs of Ye Jia. Now that Ye Yaming was willing to take charge, he couldn't be happier.

Moreover, Ye Chongming was aware of Ye Yaming's review of the accounts. She had requested the account books from the past six months, and after noticing some issues, she asked for the older account books as well, even checking the records from the past five years.

He asked, "Could there be problems with those accounts?"

Ye Chongming didn't believe there were any issues with the accountants under his management. He employed his own sons and grandsons. Leaving aside the character of Ye Hongchang and Ye Jiaxing, as the former head of the family, most of Ye Jia's assets belonged to them, so there was no need for them to falsify accounts.

Ye Hongsheng didn't handle accounts; he only oversaw tea production. Ye Hongrong had only started managing the Tea House in the past two years. Ye Chongming was highly distrustful of this unreliable youngest son and scrutinized his accounts very strictly. Even if Ye Hongrong had the intention, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to commit fraud.

As for the accountants, since they were hired on flexible contracts—essentially employees of Ye Jia rather than bound to the family—Ye Chongming had always been cautious with them, reviewing the accounts every month.

Given his precautions, he believed these accountants wouldn't dare to tamper with the accounts.

Ye Yaming said, "There are some issues."

Ye Chongming widened his eyes in disbelief.

However, Ye Yaming was reliable, so Ye Chongming quickly accepted the reality and asked with a serious expression, "What kind of issues? Are they serious? Whose accounts have problems?"

Ye Yaming softened her tone and smiled, "The issues aren't serious; they're all minor, and it's not just one person. But when small problems accumulate over time, do you think they remain minor or become major?"

Ye Chongming frowned.

After a long while, he said, "I'm aware of the issues you mentioned. Since I was old enough to understand, my grandfather taught me to read account books, saying that only by understanding them myself could I avoid being deceived."

Ye Yaming was surprised, "If you knew, why didn't you address them?"

Ye Chongming sighed, "I did reprimand them. But with so many accounts, minor miscalculations are inevitable. Besides, the issues don't occur frequently—only once or twice a year, and they're not significant. Punishing them wouldn't be appropriate, so I just called them in and gave them a warning."

Ye Yaming raised an eyebrow, "Not frequent? Once or twice a year? Who told you that?"

"Wen Tao. He's the one who checks the accounts."

Seeing Ye Yaming remain silent, Ye Chongming added, "I know you must think I'm being too lenient. But these are experienced accountants, and they're trustworthy. If we dismiss or sell them, who will manage the accounts? Would newly hired accountants not make mistakes?"

"Is it because they take advantage of this that they keep making small errors?" Ye Yaming asked.

Ye Chongming sighed and nodded helplessly, "If the water is too clear, there will be no fish; if a person is too scrutinizing, they will have no followers. If we expect servants to never make mistakes, we'll have no one to employ. I have no other choice."

After sighing, he fixed his gaze on Ye Yaming, "What do you plan to do with them?"Ye Yaming smiled: "I do have a good solution. But Grandfather, please allow me to keep it a secret for now. I want to see which of these people made mistakes intentionally and which unintentionally. Those who made unintentional errors can be excused. Those who made intentional mistakes likely created false accounts with the intention of embezzlement—such individuals absolutely cannot remain in our household."

Ye Chongming had come to genuinely admire Ye Yaming's capability in handling affairs. He often lamented to Old Mrs. Ye that despite living a long life and experiencing sixty years of events, he still couldn't match Ye Yaming, a young girl who hadn't experienced much. Was the difference between intelligence and lack thereof truly so vast?

Therefore, since Ye Yaming said so, he allowed her to proceed as she wished.

He nodded: "Very well, do as you see fit and proceed with confidence."

Returning to her courtyard, Ye Yaming instructed Zan'er: "Spread the word that I've recently hired Mr. Jiang to audit the accounts."

Mr. Jiang, named Jiang Huan, was formerly the accountant of a restaurant. After the old proprietor passed away and his son mismanaged the business, leading to the restaurant's closure, Jiang Huan lost his job.

Although Lve E had learned accounting from the old accountant, her skills were still somewhat inexperienced. She sometimes couldn't detect the tricks veteran accountants used to create false accounts.

Ye Yaming had long wanted to find a good accountant and had asked Zan'er to keep an eye out.

This Jiang Huan originally worked as a restaurant employee. Because of his quick wit, he was noticed by the old accountant, who taught him bookkeeping and married his daughter to him.

Now in his early forties, Jiang Huan possessed high-level accounting skills and excellent character. When the restaurant was struggling and owed him wages, he still diligently managed the accounts. He only left after the young proprietor closed the restaurant and dismissed him.

Therefore, when Jiang Huan became unemployed, Ye Yaming personally interviewed him and then hired him at a high salary.

She made an agreement with him to train several accountants for her.

The next day, Zan'er fetched Jiang Huan and brought him to a room in the outer courtyard that Ye Yaming had specially prepared. Lve E brought Ziyuan and Qingzhi, carrying stacks of account books, and they began auditing the accounts there.

With such a conspicuous operation, even without Zan'er spreading the word further, within half a day all of Ye family's accountants and housekeepers knew about it.

The tea houses and tea shops in Lin'an and the capital had more frequent financial transactions, so each had a dedicated accountant. The tea factory and tea garden only distributed monthly allowances to servants, with accounts directly handled by the housekeepers. As for Huizhou and Minzhou, the situation was similar to Lin'an.

Huizhou and Minzhou were newly established. Although the accountants came from one of the three cooperative parties, the accounts were mutually supervised, so there weren't major issues. Ye Yaming's main focus was on the Ye family's own operations.

Once the news spread, Shen Zhongyi, the accountant of Gathering Fragrance Pavilion, grew restless and arranged to go drinking with Wen Tao. Xu Shen, the accountant of the tea house, however, remained unmoved.

Knowing Ye Yaming's purpose in making such a public display, Ye Chongming had people monitoring both accountants. When he learned Shen Zhongyi had invited Wen Tao out, he couldn't sit still and went to see Ye Yaming.

"Are Shen Zhongyi's accounts problematic?" he asked.

He spent every day at the tea house. If Shen Zhongyi had been cheating right under his nose, he would be utterly disgusted.

"Every one of his account books has calculation errors," Ye Yaming said.

"What?" Ye Chongming was shocked. "How could that be?"

Ye Yaming remained silent.

"What about Xu Shen?"

"Xu Shen has problems too."Ye Chongming stared at her for a long moment before finally catching on: "Is there something wrong with Wen Tao?"

Ye Yaming replied, "If I told you directly that Wen Tao has problems, you definitely wouldn't believe me. Now that I've laid out the bait, let's see whether Wen Tao reveals his true colors."

Ye Chongming remained silent for a long while.

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