"There was a miscalculation here." Lou Chengye pointed at the book and said, "We hired 1,235 workers, each paid 98 wen per day, working for 72 days, which should amount to 8,714 taels and 160 wen. However, it is recorded as paying out 9,924 taels and 460 wen, an excess of over a thousand taels."
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"The stonemasons, who earn 108 wen a day, hired 322 craftsmen for 82 days, should amount to 2,851 taels and 632 wen. Yet it is recorded as 3,951 taels and 632 wen, an excess of 1,100 taels."
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"And here, we rented 129 ox carts, mule carts, and donkey carts, with a daily rental fee of 132 wen each. They were rented for 59 days, requiring a total payment of 1,004 taels and 652 wen, but the recorded figure is 1,304 taels and 652 wen."
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