She looked at the accountant's frown and chuckled, "Just bring the account book here, and I'll check it myself."
The accountant breathed a sigh of relief. Eight years of accounts was no small matter. As long as he was not asked to work, she could check it if she wanted.
After a while, the accountant brought over all the account books for the past eight years, eight boxes in total, one box for each year, and eight general ledgers for the past eight years.
Bai Wanyi hadn't expected there to be so many account books for eight years: "Why are there so many?"
The accountant said, "Besides the general ledger of the Marquis's Mansion, there are detailed accounts for each department. They are all clearly stated in the account books. Madam, you will know after reading them."
Bai Wanyi opened a box and flipped through it. He found accounts for the kitchen, Ci'an Temple, and special accounts for the garden, charcoal, clothes, jewelry, etc., but no accounts for the main courtyard.
She raised her eyebrows and looked at the accountant: "Why is the account book for the main courtyard not there?"
The accountant said, "After Miss Qin married, all the food, clothing, and other expenses in the main courtyard where she lived were paid for with her own dowry, so they didn't need to be filed together with the accounts of the Marquis' Mansion."
Bai Wanyi found the account book of monthly allowance. In the Marquis' Mansion, the monthly allowances of his second uncle, third uncle and others were all paid from the Marquis' Mansion, but they had to pay for their daily expenses themselves.
Just from Lu Yan's father's lineage, each of his illegitimate brothers and sisters received a considerable amount of monthly allowance.
The mistress of the house and Marquis Lu Yan receive a monthly allowance of one hundred taels of silver, and the old lady also receives one hundred taels.
The married brothers were given fifty taels of silver in the courtyard, and they could divide it among themselves.
But the other young ladies each received twenty taels of silver, and together with the servants in the mansion, the monthly salary alone amounted to several thousand taels of silver.
After reading these, Bai Wanyi looked at the most recent account book and found that the Marquis' Mansion really had lost all its silver!
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