Chaoge came to the bedroom of the former gang leader and asked directly about the Beggar Gang's storehouse and property. The former gang leader did not hesitate and immediately took out a box from under the cabinet beside the bed. When he opened the box, a copper key was inside.
"Okay, thanks for the reminder. I'll take the key first. You can ask him to send it here later. I still need to give you medicine tonight, so I won't go back. It's a good time to look at the account book tonight. Also, I have something else I want to discuss with you. Do you think this is feasible?"
Seeing Chaoge's attitude, the former gang leader felt a little embarrassed.
"I am no longer the leader of the Beggars' Sect. You can make all the decisions about the Beggars' Sect. You don't even need to get the consent of me and the ten elders. You can make the decision on your own."
Chaoge was surprised to hear the words of the former gang leader. After all, even the emperor could not do whatever he wanted in the court. When encountering major events, he would discuss them with the civil and military officials in the court. She did not expect that a gang leader could have such great power that even ten elders could obey him unconditionally.
"Can this be allowed? Won't the ten elders accumulate resentment over time? Wouldn't this be detrimental to the harmony of the entire gang?"
"This is the rule that has been in place since the gang was founded. If a gang leader doesn't even have the most basic power to make decisions, what's the point of electing one? So, if you have any ideas, just go for it boldly. After all, there are 600,000 Beggars' Sect disciples backing you up."
Chaoge...
Such rights are really arbitrary, but she likes it!
Immediately afterwards, Chaoge gathered the ten elders together overnight and also invited the former gang leader to the scene.
Chaoge and the former gang leader sat at the top, and below them were the ten elders. It was already close to the evening, and the ten elders were all wondering why Chaoge had not shown up all day, so why did he gather them together at night.
"I have checked all the accounts for today. I have carefully read both the general ledger and the detailed accounts..."
Then, Chaoge's gaze swept over the ten elders one by one. Except for Xie Qianrong and Mengqiao who looked embarrassed, the other elders looked normal.
Because the accounts submitted by Xie Qianrong and Mengqiao, who were in charge of Beiping Lu, were all in the red, the profit they created for the Beggars' Gang was less than two thousand taels of silver in a year. Apart from what was left for the disciples, the Beggars' Gang had to pay one hundred taels of silver to each branch of Beiping Lu.
Beiping Lu is a sparsely populated area, with a total of no more than 70,000 disciples in Beiping Lu. However, there are more than 200 sects, and each sect has to pay 100 taels of silver. With more than 100 sects, the Beggars' Gang has to pay them more than 10,000 taels of silver.
The money given to the two elders alone accounts for 10% of the total revenue of the Beggars' Sect this year. It would be strange if they had the nerve to accept it.
So when Chaoge mentioned the accounts, the two elders' faces were burning with anger.
Just when the two elders were ready to bear Chaoge's wrath, Chaoge suddenly spoke again!
"After checking, I was surprised to see that the Beggars' Sect's 600,000 disciples only earned a few hundred thousand taels of silver after working hard for a year. "
Everyone was stunned and looked at Chaoge in disbelief. They felt that they saw in Chaoge the same youthful arrogance she had on the competition stage!
As soon as these words came out, not to mention the ten elders, even the former elders looked at her in surprise!
They really couldn't believe that one hundred thousand taels of silver could still disappoint Chaoge. So how much did she think was too much?
Compared with many other sects in the martial arts world, the Beggars' Sect was able to earn a surplus of 100,000 taels of silver in addition to supporting 600,000 disciples, which was already a great thing. What else was there to be dissatisfied with?
"Boss, you don't understand the prices. We have 600,000 disciples in the Beggars' Sect and it's not easy to feed them every year. We have a surplus of more than 100,000 taels at the end of the year, which is considered a good profit this year. In the past few years, our Beggars' Sect even suffered losses every year. This year is really good."
Elder Xue couldn't help it. Looking at Chaoge's youthful and energetic appearance, she just wanted her to face the reality.
"Yes, Elder Xue is right. You probably just took the position of gang leader and don't understand these things. You will understand them after a while."
After Elder Xue finished speaking, even Elder Leng couldn't help but agree with him, his expression unusually serious.
The expressions of the other elders, except Wu Ting, were the same as before. After a moment of surprise, they still had some grievances to express.
And it just so happened that the former gang leader's subordinates brought over a stack of account books and placed them directly in front of the singer with both hands.
Chaoge took the account book and started looking through it.
"This is the account of the warehouse after this year's inventory. In addition to sorting it out every month, the rest is to make a summary at the end of the year. This year, because the gang leader is going to change, my subordinates did it in advance."
While Chaoge was looking through the accounts, A Lei, a subordinate of the former gang leader, was explaining things to Chaoge.
Chaoge nodded, glanced through it, and then jumped directly to the last page.
In addition to antique calligraphy and paintings, gold, silver, jade, silks and satins, and grain reserves, this account also records cash, gold, silver notes, and gold notes.
Chaoge roughly calculated the last four items: the silver deposits plus the silver notes totaled 570,000 taels, and the gold cash plus the gold notes was no more than 60,000 taels.
In other words, if all of it were converted into silver, the entire Beggars' Sect would only have a total of 1.17 million taels of silver.
This is the wealth accumulated by the Beggars' Sect that has been passed down for hundreds of years, and of course there are also antique calligraphy and paintings. Although those things can be converted into cash, if they are used on the disciples of the Beggars' Sect, it is impossible for a sect to give out one thing and let them sell it and divide it among themselves, right?
Such behavior is undoubtedly no different from that of a prodigal son. At least when he is unhappy, he will not touch those things at all. He will just save them as the foundation for the entire Beggars' Sect.
After Chaoge finished reading the account book, everyone looked expectantly at the sight of a little joy on Chaoge's face when he took off the mask.
Unexpectedly, they were disappointed.
Chaoge's expression remained the same, without any emotion, as if everything in the warehouse was still not pleasing to her eyes.
"I calculated it. The current gold notes, silver notes, cash, and gold combined only amount to more than 1.1 million taels. We have more than 600,000 disciples in the Beggars' Sect. If we divide it equally among these disciples, each disciple will not even get two taels of silver. How can such a gang make the disciples truly loyal to us? How can they really work hard to help us and strengthen our Beggars' Sect?"
Chaoge's tone was somewhat heavy. The ten elders, who had originally felt a little proud, suddenly became pale with anger after hearing Chaoge's calculation of the account. Some of them even felt outright ashamed.
Finally, Elder Xue spoke up, "Boss, this is not the way you should settle accounts."
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