Chapter 259 - 223: Confrontation_1
About an hour later, Gongsun Xue piled up several mountains of scrolls in front of Li Xuan and the others.
"These are the accounts of three kinds of supplies, paper, sulphur, and charcoal, for the past six months. They are all here. If you want to investigate any further back, you have to go to Zhuque House to get the files."
Li Xuan was shocked: "This much? Could there be a mistake?"
"It’s that much." Gongsun Xue explained with a bitter smile: "It’s impossible for us to create separate account books for these supplies, they are all mixed together. However, every piece of paper is recorded and then recycled one by one. How much charcoal is used every day, on every level, is also recorded. So our documentation here is very complicated."
Li Xuan silently looked at the small mountains before his eyes, thinking that both Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue would get dizzy at the sight of a book. Such a heavy workload would be unrealistic for him and Yue Qianqian alone.
He pondered: "Call some of your clerks from the record room, I need you to compile a summary register for me."
Gongsun Xue was surprised at his words and showed some resistance: "But we have other tasks on hand, especially after this incident, many supplies need to be re-counted. The demons in custody also need to be documented—"
"You can’t spare even three or five people?" Li Xuan gave her a stern look, brandishing the edict given to him by the Fumo Zongguan: "Anyway, first complete the accounts for these three kinds of supplies. By the way, are these the only clerks here? Call those who are off duty as well. Such a big incident has happened at Zhenyao Tower, how dare you slack off?"
Obviously, Gongsun Xue was in a dilemma, but she was clearly not the assertive type. Pressed by Li Xuan’s edict, she agreed hesitantly.
Luckily, Li Xuan gave her a solution: "If there’s a shortage of manpower, go and borrow some from Zhuque House and the book collection building, say it’s the will of the General."
——There were many clerks over there, and also managers of the documents, who were not busy.