"Xu Wenzhao, you put in so much effort in making these accounts; there are a few hundred receipts every day about all the income and expenditures," said Shen Lang, "It is not possible for you to hide the truth with these complicated accounts.
"There's no use in making these accounts look so complicated. I only need to get the annual summary of the income and expenditure of the Palace of the Earl.
"There are four main sources of income in the Palace: the food for the feudal land, silk, metal from Wangya Island, and salt!
"There are six main categories of expenditure: salary, tax, expenses for the 2700-membered army, payments for festivals and ceremonies, daily essentials, and the construction of the feudal land project.
"You managed to embezzle the money by repeating the calculation of the salary of the staff members, construction of the feudal land project, and essential daily expenditures.
