After returning to the city, Zhang Jiuli quickly handed an account book to Qian Ping. The transaction on the mountain had already been reported to Li Xiang for his approval, so as long as everything in the account book was complete, there was no need to report this matter to Li Xiang. If Li Xiang had to ask for instructions on everything, then Li Xiang would probably have a hard time every day.
Chengdu has been rectified now. Although there are still some other things to do, Li Xiang does not need to worry about most of them. He has already taken Changsun Pingting to travel around, and it has been made clear that whoever is responsible for the matter should do it. In the end, there will be rewards if it is done well, and punishments if it is not.
Li Xiang despised those emperors who devoted themselves to their work until their death. He took all the power into his own hands and had no spare time at all. In the end, he was exhausted to death, but he still forced others to say that he was a wise ruler.
According to Li Xiang, this is pure brain damage. Don't you have anyone around you who can be used? Don't they know how to get things done? You just need to give them the task and tell them the expected outcome. Why worry about the rest? If they do a good job, they will be promoted. If they don't, they will be dismissed and executed. It's just a matter of a word.
At the beginning, the people around Li Xiang were not used to it, but after such a long time, everyone got used to it and there were not so many things to report. Anyway, in the end, if you can get the job done and there are not many people around gossiping about you, it means that you have done a good job.
Of course, if someone comes to sue you after you pass the test, and His Highness finds out, not only will your previous reward be taken back, but you will also be punished accordingly.
Watching Qian Ping and the five young eunuchs carefully reconciling the accounts, Zhang Jiuli was also full of admiration. Why didn't we have such ability before? If we had such ability, would we need to spend so much effort?
Although Qian Ping is the chief steward of the Eastern Palace, some things have been assigned to him. It's like his own head. If he himself doesn't care, then others can't worry about him. But if he cares, then he will be more attentive when doing things.
When the inspection started just now, Qian Ping had already told his eunuchs that what they are checking now are not ordinary goods or ordinary account books, but Qian Ping's head. If something does not match and you fail to find it out, then Qian Ping will definitely lose his head in front of His Highness, and then none of you will be able to escape, because you will have to be chopped off before your heads are chopped off.
This is the hierarchical responsibility system that Li Xiang required. No matter what work you did before, or what method you used, you have to follow this method now. Everyone is in charge of his own area, and there is a person in charge above you who will watch over you and find trouble with whoever makes a mistake.
Zhang Jiuli had just realized that His Highness's method was indeed powerful. It was equivalent to distributing his own responsibilities to others, and it also made the people below feel that His Highness believed in them. They had to do their best to get this done, otherwise they would be sorry for His Highness.
"Master Zhang is very good. Everything is consistent with your account book. We have checked it. Just wait until the transaction is completed and then submit the account."
According to Zhang Jiuli's idea, it would take at least half a day to check all the accounts. But now, only more than an hour has passed and all the accounts have been checked. He couldn't help but look at the old man Qian Ping with admiration. He thought this guy was just a flatterer, but he didn't expect that he was really capable in doing things. He checked so many things in just one hour.
"Master Steward is amazing. He finished the inspection so quickly. Let's hurry and ship it to him. But I'm sorry, Master Steward. We should still wear the same clothes today as we did that day."
Zhang Jiuli said a little embarrassedly that if he went there in this outfit, he would probably be exposed immediately. Some people on the mountain knew about things in the palace. Qian Ping was wearing the clothes of the chief eunuch today, and this could not be hidden from others.
"This is natural. Everyone hurry up and change your clothes."
Qian Ping is very easy to talk to when it comes to actually doing things, especially in this matter. The two of them are in the same boat. After Zhang Jiuli finished speaking, Qian Ping quickly asked his men to change clothes and not to delay this matter. Zhang Jiuli relied on this matter to save his life, and Qian Ping relied on this matter to make a comeback.
After fiddling around for a while, they loaded all these things into the car. It was getting dark. The transactions between the two parties were secret, so there was never any trading during the day. It was time to work only after dark.
The number of vehicles traded this time was not large, only about thirty or so, but the items traded were very valuable, and there were even quite a few luxury goods, which were not included. These items were all specially approved by Zhang Jiuli and Li Xiang, and then these items were handed over to Meng Chuan as capital for him to bribe people.
After nightfall, the convoy slowly left Chengdu. The people at the city gate had agreed long ago that they would not check these things. They waved their hands and let these people go. If they had checked, half of the things would probably not have been able to get out.
Qian Ping was lost in thought as he looked at these things. In the past, all these things were moving up the mountain. How could the mountain resist the Tang Dynasty? It was because you violated the ban and transported iron up the mountain.
If there is no iron on the mountain, let alone casting weapons to fight against the people down the mountain, even eating will be a problem. Where do they get their pots from?
But think about the large number of people on the mountain, more than one million in total. This amount is nothing to the people above. Even if some weapons are hidden on the mountain, it will not be a big obstacle to His Highness's cleanup, unless they have no use for the previous iron and have all stored it away. But even so, after so many years, it is still unknown how much can be used.
When the convoy reached the foot of the mountain, Zhang Jiuli waved his hand and a soldier stood out and imitated the call of a strange bird. In an instant, the call spread throughout the entire forest. After calling twice, he stood at the highest point to listen to whether there was any response from the mountain. This was the old way of communication.
