Chapter 267: Great Heat
Ning Yu brought a cup of lemon pear tea and handed it to Su Shengsheng to moisten her throat. "No! Miss, you've scolded yourself first, so it will be difficult for those shopkeepers to scold them later."
Su Shengsheng took it, took a sip, and looked at Ning Yu with amusement, "Now you have learned to think like a man."
Ning Yu ignored her teasing. "The young lady has reminded those shopkeepers before that they should learn how to keep accounts and not just follow their own wishes. Accounting is not something that they have to do according to their instructions. Accounting is an independent department."
Ning Yu then vaguely understood that the young lady was ordering those shopkeepers.
The accountants were scolded for them, and it also taught them a lesson: stop showing off and giving orders to the accountants.
The budget also constrains the shopkeepers in each place.
We cannot blindly follow the trend of expansion and only consider the beginning and not the end.
Thinking that this charity was growing bigger and bigger, even she couldn't stop it, Qing Ning felt a little worried, "Why didn't the young lady scold us? This charity is really too much."
This stuff is addictive.
There are so many women and children who need help, she wants to become an emperor to feel that it is enough.
Of course, I dare not tell this to anyone.
Now I feel like we are all on a big ship, and the reason it is calm is because the young lady has been steering the helm.
When the costs of these fourteen states are calculated, they are almost break-even!
It would be good enough if the income from the Su family textile factory could make up for the money spent on charity.
There is also money for opening schools and night classes, women's wages and insurance, men's money for paving and transportation, and money for coal consumption.
If you don’t calculate it separately, you will have no idea how much you actually earn.
Who told the Su family bank to lend and sell at the same time? The flow in the account is like an ocean.
Qing Ning now understood.
I understand why Su Shengsheng set up different accounts and assigned different managers and accountants from the beginning.
The Su family's and the young lady's were also separated.
It’s just to help with accounting supervision.
It’s also because the fourth young lady is pregnant and it’s not convenient for her to show up.
Otherwise, if he knew that the textile factory had such a big hole and it had been filled by open-air movies, he would probably be anxious and angry.
It is said that we should do charity within our means, but there are so many people who need help.
The Su family is kind-hearted and doesn’t know how to refuse.
If the young lady hadn't taught him how to fish and revitalized the upper and lower circles, I'm afraid it would have been impossible to make it work.
Thinking about it this way, I won’t feel sorry for those accountants.
If they don't worry about it, her young lady will have to worry about it.
But she still couldn't help asking, "Miss, are we earning more or paying more now?"
"We can't just look at our family's cash flow. The net profit that can be distributed is this number." Su Shengsheng held up five fingers.
"Five million taels!!"
Qing Ning and Ning Yu exclaimed at the same time, startling Qing Ran, who was guarding the door.
Of course, they both knew that this one finger could not possibly represent hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Because of the income from wired and wireless telegraphs, the fourteen states together had to earn nearly 4.5 million taels per month.
However, these have to exclude taxes, coal, construction costs in various places, and other major expenses.
If we add in the charity money, we won’t know the bottom, right?
Because ordinary people buy goods with loans.
It's really dazzling to see it all going in and out.
Su Shengsheng snorted lightly, "If it weren't for Gou... letting the military use it for free, I would have been able to exceed the mission in no time."
Free telegrams, no money for electricity...
It makes me angry just thinking about it.
The two of them were left speechless except for staring in amazement.
"Then we will be able to bring back the two saints soon and relieve the old man and the others from their duties?" Qing Ning couldn't help but get excited.
Su Shengsheng looked at the clear rain outside and said, "We must set out for Beirong before ten months."
The imperial edict was issued on New Year's Eve.
Let them bring back the two saints within one year.
The three of them looked pale.
That leaves less than five months to prepare...
The distributable profit of five million taels, minus the dividends given to the thousands of big managers who invested in the Su family bank, the remaining money for the three of them combined is definitely enough to complete the task.
This gave Qing Ning and the others a shot in the arm, and they immediately became excited.
The lady said she can do it in five months, so it can definitely be done. Even if the lady's amount is not enough, they can still make up for it.
Following Su Shengsheng's meeting today, the shopkeepers of each store went back and immediately made corrections with the accountants.
The cost of open-air cinemas is separated from that of charity and cannot exceed the funding ratio. If it exceeds, it means that the budget has not been well prepared and the managers are also derelict in their duties.
The same is true for textile factories and umbrella factories.
We cannot allow the entire industry chain to move forward under a heavy burden just because we provide more employment opportunities for women. We must take preventive measures in advance.
They work closely with other departments, but the accounts must be kept separately.
The cost of telegraph transmission has to be paid separately, and reimbursement is another matter.
Funds must be used for their intended purposes and cannot be mixed up.
Some even try to reasonably avoid taxes and donate directly.
The items that are not produced need to be sold and taxed before they reach the recipients.
We need to create a virtuous cycle of charity and achieve mutual assistance and benefit.
Who says there’s no tax reduction for good things? You still have to pay taxes!
As the Great Heat arrives, the climate in Tianqian Pass becomes increasingly unpredictable.
The sun was shining brightly in the morning, there was a drizzle at noon, and it was raining and snowing in the evening.
It was cold and wet, and as soon as Su Shengsheng returned to the palace, she wanted to sleep in the hot spring.
It’s a pity that someone is still bothering her and leaving her no time to relax.
"Aren't you tired of it?"
The hand that had just been pulled away was put back up silently.
Xie Xuan found it funny and raised his lips slightly, "Is there anyone who gets tired of eating?"
Seeing that Su Shengsheng's starry eyes were half closed and she didn't want to pay attention to him, he bit her hard.
"Madam, you're bored, let's go somewhere else..."
"Don't..." Su Shengsheng was afraid of him now.
He has become very picky about food now. If you treat him with a little perfunctory, he will change people in various ways.
But someone doesn't like being talked about too much.
After a while, facing someone's various tricks, Su Shengsheng became irritated, "Did you make bad friends? Or were all the things you said before a lie?"
That tone is exactly like a little wild cat with its fur standing on end.
Bad friend?
It's really not unfair to that person.
However, it is not entirely without benefits.
At least I won't be tired of him anymore.
…
After several days of heavy rain, the midday heat finally dissipated.
Looking at Su Shengsheng, who was still a little drowsy while checking the account books of various places, Qing Ning couldn't help but ask, "Miss, you have been so sleepy these past few days. Is it... do you want to see a doctor?"
Su Shengsheng quickly regained consciousness and closed the account book with some shame and anger, "No need."
That guy who deserves a beating is becoming more and more shameless.
As soon as I started talking about someone, that person was thinking about me.
The doorbell in the house rang, startling Su Shengsheng at first, and then she picked up the phone in a rage.
This is their private line.
"Madam, it's raining today and the soldiers haven't been training. Please come back early and don't leave me waiting at home!"
Su Shengsheng gritted her teeth, "There's nothing to do because it's raining? The enemy attacks regardless of the weather. General, aren't you going to stand guard?"
After saying that, without giving anyone a chance to talk back, he pulled the plug.
Qing Ning looked at her with amusement, "You can't blame the General. You've got heatstroke and it's raining heavily. The weather hasn't been great lately."
Ning Yu also made a rare pertinent remark, "In some places it's been raining for over ten days straight, while in other places it's unbearably hot."
A dozen days?
Su Shengsheng looked up and asked, "Which state?"
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