“So…” Luo Xi raised an eyebrow, then stared intently at Rong Bai.
"You, you shouldn't look at me like that." Rong Bai broke out in a cold sweat from her gaze and quickly raised his abacus to block Luo Xi's view, but his eyes suddenly widened in surprise.
"You...you wouldn't be thinking of making a move against the Rong family, would you?"
Rong Bai suddenly felt like dying.
Isn't he trying to drive a tiger into swallowing a wolf, only to be harmed by the tiger himself?
"Boss, our Rong family is so poor, we can't afford to support so many scholars. Really, look at me, look at my clothes, I've been wearing them for three years and we still don't have the money to buy new ones."
So pitiful!
Wei Qing immediately softened and, after weighing the options, said, "Boss, how about we open fewer branches?"
"Wei Qing, are we still brothers?" Rong Bai glared at him.
The money that Shao Kai used wasn't from the Rong family anyway.
Hmph! That's too much!
Yin Li regained his composure: "Boss, I know we are indeed quite wealthy now, but running so many academies is still very difficult."
"Money is one thing, but on the other hand, we don't have that many books. Even if all our literate scholars copied them day and night, we still couldn't produce that many books, let alone writing brushes, ink, and inkstones. Where would we get so many?"
Nowadays, books are all handwritten. Thinner ones are relatively quick to copy, but if they are thicker, it can take several days to copy one.
Moreover, paper was expensive, so bamboo slips were the only option, and transportation and preservation were also major problems.
How could Rose not have thought of these problems? She already had a plan.
"Chu Zhe, I'm entrusting all the books and writing materials to you." She said with a smile.
"Me?" Chu Zhe was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled and said, "I'm afraid that won't work. I should have told you that I used to study public administration. I don't know anything about what you're talking about."
“Really?” Rose continued to stare at him. “If my memory serves me right, back when I was a special assistant, the boss would tell you to be round or square and you had to be square.”
She tapped the table twice with her fingers and said with a smile, "Unfortunately, I'm your boss now."
Chu Zhe stared at her for a long time, and soon a series of low, pleasant laughs came from his throat.
"Okay, leave it to me," he said, seemingly resigned.
"That's more like it." Luo Xi knew Chu Zhe's abilities all too well, but he was a rather indifferent person, especially after coming here from the apocalypse.
Aside from preparing delicious food, he usually prefers to sit quietly by himself. Since he moved into her mansion, Luo Xi has hardly ever seen him go out. Oh, right, except when he goes to the General's Mansion to see Yue Zheng Fei Yuan.
If we don't find this guy something to do, he'll grow mushrooms on his head.
"Come to me if you need anything. As for money, go to Rong Bai."
Chu Zhe had just nodded when Rong Bai started yelling again: "I haven't even agreed yet, and you're all trying to take advantage of the Rong family. You've all gone too far."
“I didn’t take advantage of you.” Luo Xi couldn’t help but glare at him: “From now on, all the income and expenditure of our Chaoyang Manor’s property and money will be under your management. In other words, you will be our Minister of Finance.”
“Wei Qing, after you’ve taken over the Ruihou, hand them all over to Rong Bai. The same goes for Yin Li. If your army needs anything, just ask him for it.”
Luo Xi looked at Rong Bai: "Aren't you always the best at accounting? Now that you're in charge of everyone's finances, don't let us starve to death."
Rong Bai was stunned for a moment, then his lips stretched to his ears in a wide grin: "You, are you serious? All the property is under my control? You're not kidding?"
Is it possible that he is just the son of a merchant and doesn't like to study?
Scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants—merchants were the lowest class.
Although he is lazy, it's because he knows that no matter how much money he earns, that's all there is to it. But if given the chance, who wouldn't want to go further?
Luo Xi smiled and nodded: "Of course it's true. With your many years of business experience, I think there shouldn't be any problem, right?"
"No problem, no problem, what problem could there be?" Rong Bai jumped up and down: "I may not be as good as you guys in other aspects, but when it comes to settling accounts, all of you combined are no match for me."
He completely changed from being gloomy, and started making all sorts of funny faces with a grin.
This guy must have been a monkey in his past life. Luo Xi ignored him: "Yin Li, there's nothing going on at the military camp right now, and you have the best knowledge and abilities among us."
"So, the affairs of the academy are entrusted to you. As for what books you need and how many, once you have decided, give Chu Zhe a sample copy, and he will take care of it for you."
"Of course, you can discuss it together. Chu Zhe knows quite a bit about this."
Yin Li was actually full of questions, but he didn't ask anything: "Okay, Boss."
“It’s just books…” he sighed, “I don’t really have many here. I was being chased back then, and I didn’t have time to take the ones I had collected before.”
"This..." Luo Xi was also in a dilemma. Although she had a lot of books in her space, they were all modern books and it was not appropriate to take them out.
“Have you forgotten someone?” Chu Zhe said, “When it comes to the most books, who can compare to the Right Chancellor’s family? And the Prefect of Si County is now practically our neighbor. Why don’t we ask him for help?”
“Yes.” Loxi’s eyes lit up. “I’ll write to him in a bit.”
"Okay, that's settled for now. You can all go about your business," she said.
Rong Bai thought for a moment and realized something was wrong: "No, Boss, you've left everything to us, so what about you?"
“Me?” Loxi leaned back comfortably in his chair, picked up his tea and took a sip: “Of course I’ll be at the helm. As the leader, all I need to do is make sure our ship is on the right track.”
Rong Bai pursed his lips and sighed, "Fine."
But after a short while, he started humming a little tune, and the smile on his face never left his face.
Luo Xi never liked to procrastinate, so he immediately handed over all the finances and Rong Bai.
Because Luo Xi had taught Rong Bai modern mathematical tables before, the handover was quick, and Genius Black basically finished it in no time.
Rong Bai stared at the keys and seals in his hand, still somewhat dazed.
He really got a remarkable job.
"Let's go home and let the old man have some fun too." Rong Bai rushed home happily.
Master Rong was overjoyed. After hearing Rong Bai's words, he kept pacing around in the room.
"Great, that's wonderful! Our Rong family has actually changed hands one day. That's wonderful!"
"Someone, spread the word that I'm going to hold a month-long feast to show those who look down on the Rong family who will ultimately look down on whom."
"Father!" Rong Bai was happy, but he also knew the saying that a tall tree catches the wind.
"The situation in Apocalypse is complicated right now, so it's best for us to keep a low profile to avoid causing trouble for the Boss."
Master Rong's overly enthusiastic emotions finally cooled down: "My son has indeed grown up."
“You’re right, we can’t be too ostentatious. Come on, let’s go to the ancestral hall with Dad to offer incense to our ancestors, and then we’ll have a good drink together tonight.”
"That's fine," Rong Bai nodded with a smile.
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