Cleaning up the store and exchanging assets is such a big thing, and Ryan Cui, the owner, should have personally looked after it. Unfortunately, there is an exam for the Imperial College waiting at the end of the month.
Students had to take two exams on the meaning of the classics, two on the meaning of the Four Books, and two randomly selected essays from the six types of essays: imperial edicts, memorials, policies, essays, and judgments. The exam papers were not only reviewed by the Chinese studies instructors, but also sent to the Hanlin Academy for review every quarter. If the exam papers were not well written, they would become a black record for life.
With an exam that concerns one’s reputation and future hanging over one’s head, who would have time to run a shop?
When he first took over the Cui family, he found a bunch of IOUs from Mrs. Emma's private loan sharking, but he would rather send someone to Shuntian Prefecture to settle the accounts and avoid disaster by losing money. The things in the southern goods store were not worth his attention from beginning to end.
Cui Dahui refused to cooperate, and Ryan Cui didn't need him. He pointed to the two shopkeepers and the accountant of the southern goods store next to him and said, "When we clean up the warehouse, you will count together. Cui Liangdong is not the one in charge of the store, so you can tell him what you don't understand. Once this is done, the collected silver will be kept in the counter. Part of it will be kept for family use, and the rest will be invested in the two stores. How to distribute it depends on your performance."
Login to comment
Be the first one to comment...