【5300】

Shicai's "flying kick" is not an ordinary flying kick.

To put it simply, he is the special messenger of Calabash House! Tongcheng "Soon Pigeon".

Xinge will only be used when important information is conveyed within the organization.

The reason why he dressed up like an ordinary flying leg was to deceive others and hide his identity.

Return to Osaka quickly——Looking at these big words on the letter, Boss Kiryu frowned slowly.

This Senshiya run by Boss Kiryu can be regarded as the branch of Calabashya in Edo.

The two places have always maintained communication, sending letters and exchanging information regularly.

Even if nothing happens, Boss Kiryu will send a "please be safe" to Osaka, which not only means that nothing happens in Edo, but also means that he is not dead yet.

Generally speaking, if something happens that needs to be reported to Boss Kiryu immediately, it will be written directly on the letter paper.

There was nothing written in the letter, just asking Boss Kiryu to go back as soon as possible... This situation today is really rare.

Osaka will definitely not trouble Boss Kiryu if it is not necessary.

After all, there is half of Japan between Edo and Osaka.

To sum up, there is only one possibility - something happened that is not convenient to discuss in detail on a thin piece of paper, so he was summoned back to Osaka so suddenly...

"...There is nothing we can do. Let's go back after a long time."

Boss Kiryu murmured while putting away the letter paper in his hand.

At this time, the big orange cat Duoduo sprang out from inside.

"Meow~meow~meow~"

Maybe he was hungry, so Duoduo crouched at the feet of Boss Kiryu and made a coquettish sound.

Boss Kiryu smiled and reached out to scratch Duoduo's chin.

"Duoduo, I have to ask you to accompany me on a long trip."

Since I have to leave Edo temporarily, I naturally have to take this big orange cat with me.

Otherwise, this big fat cat, which is spoiled and pampered, has a belly so fat that it touches the ground, and has completely lost its ability to hunt, will definitely starve to death.

"Meow~meow~meow~"

Duoduo screamed even louder, as if to say: Well! I understand! Stop talking nonsense and go get the dried fish!

After long-term management by the shogunate, the route from Edo to Osaka...or from the Kanto Plain to the Osaka Plain has become extremely mature.

If you hire a sedan, you can reach Osaka safely in less than a week.

——I just happened to drop by to see Mr. Orange and the young master...

Aomori is missing his boss Kiryu - and so is the latter.

Speaking of Aoto and Mai Kinoshita... Boss Kiryu's mind suddenly moved.

He lowered his head and looked at the folded letter in his hand - for some reason, an ominous premonition suddenly appeared in his heart...

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Kyoto, Mibu Township, Shinsengumi Village, Aoto's office——

Swish, swish, swish, swish...

The occasional sound of turning pages became the only sound inside and outside the room.

Qingdeng bent his head in front of the case, concentrating on reading an old, large book thicker than a brick.

This brick...ah, no, this book is nothing else, it is the government account book of Otsu.

Compared with the Shinsengumi's account books, Otsu's account books are undoubtedly much thicker and more complicated.

Accounting is like this. The army's account books can only record the income and expenditure of the baggage, but the feudal state's account books need to consider a lot.

Rice, millet, carrots, tea... the income and expenditure of various crops.

Leveling roads, digging canals, maintaining dams... all kinds of expenses.

The cost of buying stone, the cost of hiring a servant, the income from selling tea, the income from selling porcelain...

Lines of names, strings of numbers...it makes people dizzy!

After all, Qingdeng is not a professional accountant and does not have such strong professional knowledge.

If you are not careful, you will make a mistake or miss something.

Even with the blessing of talents such as "Sacred Brain +9" and "Photographic Memory", he was still dizzy and overwhelmed.

After persisting like this for a while, he had to take a break, looked away from the account book, and let out a long breath.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of liberation that "after many days of constipation, he finally got rid of it."

"We really need to find a competent room director as soon as possible..."

Just as Qingdeng was sighing secretly, suddenly, light, cat-like footsteps sounded outside the room.

With a small "crash" sound, the door was opened a small crack - Kinoshita Mai poked her head out, revealing half of her cute head.

"Qingdeng, are you busy?"

"I happen to be resting now, what's wrong? If you have something to say, just come in and talk."

Upon hearing this, Kinoshita Wu immediately stepped inside and moved to Qingden's side calmly.

"Huh? Qingdeng, are you looking at the account?"

The account book is as thick as a city brick, and it is difficult not to attract Kinoshita Mai's attention.

Qingdeng smiled bitterly:

"Yeah...it's such an unpleasant and tedious job."

"It's full of crappy stuff..."

"I really want to light a fire and burn this rotten book...!"

He explained to the other party concisely and concisely the various situations he encountered when checking Otsu's account books.

As a foreigner, Qingdeng naturally does not understand the specific details of Otsu.

What is the current grain output of Otsu; how much grain is stored in the treasury; how much is Otsu’s annual commercial revenue... If you don’t even grasp these most basic economic conditions, then Seito, the feudal lord, would be derelict in his duties.

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If you want to understand the economic status of a place, the simplest and most direct way is to look at the account books.

Every year's grain storage and shipment; every quarter's expenses... you can see it at a glance just by reading the account books.

Otsu's account books...let's call them "Otsu books" were previously kept and recorded by the Otsu Office.

The administrative efficiency of the Edo shogunate has always been notoriously low.

Under the "Shiqing Shilu" system, officials are not afraid of losing their jobs as long as they don't make big mistakes.

In this way, an officialdom atmosphere of "Why are you so serious? Just do it casually" has been developed.

Ever since...the records of the account books of the successive leadership teams of Otsu Office have always been casual!

At first glance, the records are full and it seems that they are doing their job conscientiously.

But if you look closely, you will see that there are a lot of contradictions in it, even some that are ridiculous!

We received 3184 copper coins and spent 2899 copper coins. Why was there a surplus of 290 copper coins?

Where did the 850 koku of rice collected from Hiyori Village in the spring of the seventh year of Ansei (1860) go?

Why do you always get extra money and food from nowhere?

There are so many of these.

Compared with these bizarre situations, those incomprehensible words like ghostly symbols are quite friendly.

After years of accumulation, "Dajin Book" has turned into a huge mountain of shit code!

What Qingdeng was doing just now was to clean up this "shit mountain" and check for errors and omissions in the account books.

Even Qingdeng, who has many talents, finds it a headache and troublesome... It is not difficult to imagine what a torturous job this is!

Kinoshita Mai listened carefully.

After Qingden finished speaking, she said confidently:

"Qingdeng, if you don't mind, I can help!"

"Don't look at me like this, I'm pretty good at accounting!"

"While I was training under Mr. Kiryu, I was always in charge of Senshiya's account books!"

After saying that, perhaps to increase her momentum, she patted her plump breasts vigorously.
To be continued...