Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 784 Ten People

According to the contracting of production and marketing by village, it can be said that some people have already made money before the summer silkworm cocoons are harvested, even if they earn a penny per catty, it is not a small profit.

"Add one more, a stamp contract tax of two thousandths is charged for each transfer. This money is used for filing, and the filing is managed by the Stock Bureau under the General Shipping Department."

At that moment someone asked: "What if someone buys this contract and doesn't want to change hands?"

"Then take the contract and come to exchange cocoons when the time comes, and the detailed rules will be announced in the near future." Liu Mu only explained so much.

If raw silk futures were really issued, it would be impossible for Willow to be placed in Kumamoto.

Raw silk futures must be placed in Jiangnan.

In the past few days, Liumu has a major task to do, so he will elect five outstanding village chiefs. As for the other five, it doesn't matter whether they are excellent or not, as long as they have higher loyalty.

Harvesting raw silk is still the most important thing in the entire Wazuki Island. All soldiers cancel their vacations and maintain law and order everywhere. All the young and strong Japanese are incorporated into the transport team.

If you take a plane, you can see that countless people and vehicles converge at several cities on Chikushi Island, and then transport bales of raw silk to Kumamoto Port through the river.

In Kumamoto Port, on a generally recognized auspicious day, ten Japanese young men, aged up to 30 and at least 24 years old, lined up with their feet shoulder to shoulder, hands behind their backs, chest out and abdomen in.They are all dressed in Tang Xin-style official short jackets, thick-soled cloth shoes, and pigskin belts with copper buckles.

"I heard that you are excellent." Liu Mu, who was sitting at the top, spoke very slowly, and his voice was not too loud.

The ten people stood up straight, and no one dared to speak casually.

An official in charge of government affairs in Kumamoto Castle made an example: "The chief ship commander, this Sang Shishi village..."

A detailed report was compiled and written by the village chiefs and elders, and the relevant officials of Kumamoto City verified the work performance of these ten people over the past year.

In the report, the word loyalty was not mentioned at all, only ability was mentioned.

"Our chief executive has a rule that rewards must be rewarded for meritorious deeds. There is no upper limit to meritorious deeds and no lower limit to meritorious deeds."

After Liu Mu finished speaking, someone immediately explained to the ten people that the meaning of no upper limit and no lower limit is that even slaves will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds, and this reward will never be capped.

"Reward!" Liu Mu only said this word.

Ten people saluted at the same time: "Thank you."

The small bronze medals of the ten people were taken back, and replaced with a piece of fine paper for each person, plus an identity card that was two inches long and one inch wide, stamped with steel stamps, and the name on it was naturally Datang's name.

Then each person has two knives, one long and one short.

Ten people have seen this knife, with a wooden knife holder, the village head and several old clansmen have it in their homes, and they often wipe this kind of knife.

"A man in the Tang Dynasty, how can he be a real man without a sword? This sword is called Tang Dao. Give me a feast!"

After speaking, ten people saluted and were taken away.

From entering this hall to leaving, they couldn't figure out who the young man was sitting on it, they only knew that he was a distinguished person.

They were taken to a courtyard, and five rooms were assigned to them to live in temporarily, and a banquet was already set up in the central room.

Speaking of this banquet, Liu Mu was speechless, but he had to obey.

The Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty issued a set of extremely strict and hierarchical banquet standards for banquets.Not only from the size of the table and the arrangement of seats, but also according to the identity of the host and the host, there are very complicated regulations on the dishes and raw materials that can be used.

For example, sea cucumbers, officials below the fifth rank are not allowed to use them in banquets during non-year festivals and other major festivals.

People with titles below the second rank are not allowed to eat purple sea cucumbers, special sea cucumbers and other complicated regulations.

Since this rule came into effect, Liu Mu never mentions the word "banquet" when eating at home, and only talks about light meals.Otherwise, just the way of arranging the tables and chairs would annoy Liu Mu to death.

These ten people ate a Fuzhou-level low-class civilian banquet.

Chicken, fish, pigs, and sheep are essential. Beef, meat from fish larger than three feet in the open sea, and mountain Suzhen are not allowed.

Liu Mu can't remember, but these are things every level of cook must learn.

Liu Mu thinks that the biggest benefit of this rule from the Ministry of Rites is that it will prevent rich businessmen from entertaining officials, because rich businessmen don’t have titles, so they are still civilians. If they secretly buy some good things to eat, no one cares about them, but if they are used for banquets, they must be careful to be punished severely.

The lowest level of the banquet is the inferior banquet of the servant class in poor counties.

Therefore, this Fuzhou-level high-end civilian banquet is more gorgeous than the high-end banquets of Japanese nobles on Wajima.

Eat before the Tang Dynasty, cook in a big pot, and make a pot of paste.

Knife skills, created in Liu Mu's kitchen, carving radishes has become a must for new chefs.In the eyes of these ten Japanese youths, this table of dishes is not a banquet, but an extremely precious work of art.

After sitting down, no one dared to move their chopsticks.

"Eat, eat quickly, don't wait for it to cool down. This is a dish made by the cook of Princess Changping's Mansion. If you waste a leaf of the vegetable, you will regret it for a few months." Bottles of wine are on the table.

At present, Datang wine bottled in glass bottles is not only available in Chang'an.

Goujiang, Jiannan Shaochun, and Yaozixuequ, the three famous wines in Bashu, have received special approval to use glass bottles.The wine in the glass bottle represents the Royal Wine of the Tang Dynasty.

A bottle of Jiannan Shaochun was placed on the table, and the little official's eyes were a little different.

"Let go of eating and drinking, this is a reward from the commander-in-chief."

Immediately, a Japanese young man got up and asked, "May I ask who is the chief envoy?"

A very simple question stumped the little official. The little official didn't know how to say it so that those who didn't understand the official rules of the Tang Dynasty could understand that the chief envoy was not an official.

After thinking for a long time, he asked back: "Do you know who is considered a noble person and an official?"

"Inspector of Kumamoto Mulberry Forest and Sericulture. Every time this nobleman comes to the village, the village head will go to meet him and send him away."

The little official was defeated, but he still didn't know how to explain it.

This mulberry forest and sericulture inspection envoy belongs to the category of Liuwai sixth-class gardeners. Here he belongs to the category of mulberry gardeners. It is not as high as his own grade.

"In short, he is a very, very great official, a very, very honorable man. Just remember this." The little official couldn't explain it, so he had to say this.

Another Japanese stood up according to the etiquette and asked to ask questions.

The little official felt helpless, but he couldn't stop these people from asking questions. After allowing them, the Japanese who asked the question said, "That is the important person next to the leader of Kumamoto Castle."

The little official didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he shook his head after motioning for a few people to let go and was about to leave.

Another official came in with a bundle of scrolls, and after the two whispered a few words, the later official said: "You can understand it this way, the owner of Kumamoto City is equivalent to an ordinary villager in your village, and the chief envoy is the elder of the clan. This level. Don't ask this question again, it's your appointment."

(End of this chapter)