Because from the time she started earning money, she had not yet taken over the Qin family's financial management. Apart from using the money she earned to expand the business, she took all the remaining profits back to the Qin family and quietly subsidized the Qin brothers.
In the past ten years, not counting those with accounts, she has accumulated five or six million yuan in unaccounted amounts. If she could have used these funds to expand the Chamber of Commerce earlier, it would not have been constrained by the occasional lack of cash flow. By now, the Chamber of Commerce would have dominated the Great Zhou and become famous.
"Impossible!" Qin Sujin snatched the account book from the prefect's hand and looked at it.
Qin Sumu's expression was also solemn, and he followed Qin Sujin to check the accounts.
Qin Sujin was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. It was not difficult for him to reconcile the accounts, and he could understand them himself.
Qin Wu had another separate account book because it was a private account. The expenditure receipts were clear and the purpose of the expenditures and the names of the people signing them could be verified. It was obvious that they were not made up or forged at the last minute.
Moreover, the amount of money in and out on that day does not match the account book of the Qin family's expenditure from the warehouse on that day, because the account book of the Qin family's warehouse does not contain this expenditure.
The more he looked, the paler and more shocked Qin Sujin's face became.
Qin Yinnuan, who was standing aside, was wringing her hands and feeling uneasy.
She never imagined that Qin Wu was so careful in accounting, with every expense recorded clearly.
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How is this possible? Doesn't she find it troublesome and lazy to keep accounts?
And this was all Qin Wu’s own subsidy, how is this possible?
According to the expenses of the Qin family members and their income, when she took over the Qin family's public accounts from Qin Wu, there were still more than three million taels of silver in cash, which was not enough to cover the Qin family's expenses for two or three years.
Excluding the more than one million taels of silver she took away, there is only more than one million taels in the public treasury now.
In other words, in the half year since she came back, the Qin family has spent more than one million... not to mention the subsidy from Qin Wu at the time.
Qin Yinnuan's heart suddenly sank. Damn, what she took over was simply a hot potato!
Her face almost turned black.
The accountants who were doing the accounting had already settled the accounts.
The expenditures and income in the account books within five years were consistent with each other without any errors or omissions. The accounts were clear and there was hardly any significant fluctuation in the expenses over the past year.
The only major fluctuation was the expenditure of more than 300,000 taels on the funeral banquet held when Qin Xiang’s wife passed away.
At that time, the funeral of Prime Minister Qin's wife was grand and dignified, and three hundred thousand was considered a small amount.
Not to mention Qin Wu's filial piety. She collected many things that Mrs. Qin liked during her lifetime and buried them with her.
Therefore, there is no problem with the expenditure of the Qin family treasury.
On the contrary, Qin Wu did indeed subsidize the Qin family with that much money.
"Sir Qin, there is nothing wrong with these accounts. Look..." The prefect stared at Qin Sujin's cold and terrifying face carefully and asked, "What else do you doubt?"
After reading the accounts, Qin Sujin was silent for a while. He stared at Qin Wu and asked, "Where did you get so much money to subsidize the Qin family?"
"Yes, did you use the name of the Qin family to defraud others of their money? Qin Wu, where do you want to put the Qin family?"
Not only was he not grateful at all, he even reprimanded and suspected Qin Wu of using the Qin family's name to cheat others out of their money.
Qin Wu was not surprised at all that Qin Sujin would say such a thing. She sneered, "If I rely on the Qin family's reputation to defraud money, then wouldn't I be exposed for defrauding so much money over the years?"
"You don't know how much you spend. After Madam fell ill, she was no longer able to run the farm and shop at home. The income became less and less. She kept selling some of the harvest from the farm and hills, but still couldn't make ends meet."
"She didn't want you to suffer because of money, so she entrusted the household finances to me when she knew I had good business skills. She wanted me to try my best not to let you suffer in terms of living expenses."
Qin Wu continued indifferently, "You look down on businessmen. I once said that I wanted to go out to do business, but you disagreed. So I did it secretly and made money to support the Qin family. Anyway, my money comes from a clean source and has no stains."
"Now that I have left the Qin family, if I really cheated others out of their money in the name of the Qin family, those who were cheated of their money should have come to settle accounts with me long ago."
Qin Wu's every word was so powerful that it was impossible to refute it.
"No, it's impossible. How could you possibly do that? What kind of business do you run to earn so much money? Then, how could Xiao Nuan's account book be wrong? Didn't you set a trap for her..."
Before Qin Sujin could finish his questioning words, Qin Wu interrupted him and said, "There is no need to tell Mr. Qin what business I run. I have nothing to do with the Qin family. Even if the business behind the scenes is dirty, I will bear it myself and will not bring shame to the Qin family's reputation."
"You just need to know that I subsidized your Qin family with so much money, but I didn't get a word of praise from you. Instead, I was falsely accused of stealing the Qin family's money. You are ungrateful and have no sense of justice!"
In the past, she always thought that her efforts were a reward for them adopting her and giving her a home and family again.
Now I just feel that I am so ridiculous. Not to mention the emotional investment I have made, just the fact that she took out so much money to subsidize the luxurious expenses of their Qin Mansion, they should be grateful to her!
"you……"
"Why am I like this? You have always disbelieved me and trusted me. You have never treated me as a sister or relative. You have only used me as a substitute for your lost sister. Now that she is back, you don't need me anymore and can kick me away."
Qin Wu's words were full of sarcasm. "As for the account book I gave to Qin Yinnuan, do you think that the missing three million silver was taken by me? Why don't you suspect Qin Yinnuan? She is in charge of the account book and the key to the treasury. I haven't touched it for more than half a year."
"Besides, since Qin Yinnuan came back, I have been going back to the Qin family less and less. Why do you conclude that I am a thief without even reading the account book properly?"
"If I hadn't kept careful accounts, fearing that something might be missing from the Qin family's gifts, and if I hadn't written a separate account book for the money I had given to the Qin family as subsidies, I would never have been able to prove that I was guilty of theft and would have to go to jail."
She smiled thankfully when she said this, "Fortunately, I am no longer a member of the Qin family. I don't have to be restricted by the Qin family's family affairs. Just take me back. Even if you find the prefect, it will be difficult to prove my innocence."
The people present listened to Qin Wu's sarcasm and indignation and felt sorry for her.
No matter what, Qin Wu is truly devoted to the Qin family.
I used real money to maintain the Qin family's expenses, but who would have thought that I would be wrongly accused of stealing the Qin family's money? This must be very unfair and uncomfortable.
These people in the Qin family are so heartless and ungrateful. They simply cannot see the kindness Qin Wu has shown them. They take it for granted that they can use her money and even accuse her of being a thief. It's so despicable and disgusting.
Qin Sujin and others looked pale.
Qin Wu didn't intend to let him go so easily, her eyes fell on Qin Yinnuan, "Miss Qin, I remember the banknotes and silver in your account book amounted to more than three million taels of silver, right?
Just now I saw Young Master Qin taking inventory of the cash in the public treasury and found that there was only one million silver coins left. So where did the two million silver coins go? ”
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