Villager of Daming

Chapter 672: Bonus Supplementary Salary

On September [-], everyone was going back, and we arranged swimming crab porridge for breakfast.

Last night, the small boat was launched offshore, and the two thousand stone ship unloaded the soldiers and ran out to trawl the net.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a bite of the fried seabass: "We can see that there is a lot of meat in the sea, and fish meat is also meat. It is not easy to preserve. It can only be made into dried fish, which is troublesome to transport."

He knew that the boat could catch a lot of seafood in one trip. There were many kinds of fish. Last night, he went out and caught a lot of bass.

"Your Majesty, the common people don't like to eat the fish in the river because it has no seasoning and makes it uncomfortable to eat. In the past, salt was expensive and it took a lot of salt to make salted fish.

People living by the river may not know how to fish or make nets. Catching fish wastes time, and they still have land to plant.

Fish should be fried in oil before it is delicious. Direct steaming is a method and design tool given by His Highness the King of Qin. "

Xu Da had nothing to say about the food cooked in Xiaqiu Village. He mentioned the people he met on the way back, such as Datong.

There is a river in Datong, but the people don't eat fish even if they keep the river. Only children and their friends will find ways to catch some fish, and then they will light firewood to roast it and eat it.

In front of Xiaqiu Village is the Huangchi River. They also don't eat fish very much, let alone make crab baskets. Once they have an expert, they will be able to do everything.

It is said that the villagers are not poor, but all of them are hungry and thin. They say they are poor. Now let’s see how the resources of Xiaqiu Village are used.

"It's a people's problem. If a household not far from the river is given a fishing net, they promise to try fishing. If they don't get the net, they won't want to."

The head of the village interjected at this time. He felt that he could easily lead the people of Xiaqiu Village to live a good life if he were the current person and returned to the past.

"So we have to teach the sergeants to weave fishing nets, and the common people grow hemp. We ask them to grow hemp and weave it with hemp. Some of the nets on our ships are specially made by the village. The other blood nets mixed with hemp and cotton are very useful. "

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of a way. Next year, the army would be dispersed and go to local areas to teach people literacy and arithmetic. More troops would be sent to Guangdong and Guangxi.

Since literacy is taught and net-weaving is taught at the same time, it is impossible for people to live in a place without rivers. Rivers are a necessity for survival.

To eat water from the river, you can dig a well if conditions permit, and water is needed for farming.

Teach them to weave nets and weave shrimp pots and crab baskets, and they will get meat from the river.

Other courtiers expressed their support. Salt is now cheaper. In places near major rivers such as the Yangtze River and Yellow River, the most expensive salt, three cents per pound, is still the price after paying taxes.

In other places, it depends on the distance and difficulty of transportation. The more unlucky the place, the more expensive it will be.

Moreover, the income in places with inconvenient transportation is still low, and there is no additional source of income except farming.

After breakfast, the team rushed back against the current, but the speed back was not as fast as when they came.

Departing in the morning, the ship stopped at the bridge in the early morning and the team spread out to protect it.

"The ship will sail back to the shipyard to check the situation. If there is no problem, we will send it out. We will go out to Dingliao Capital Guard with the two thousand stone men to deliver military coats and fur coats.

Don't let them freeze in winter. Once the ice freezes, the boat won't be able to go!When the time comes, we can fish in the sea here and transport them to Nanjing. "

Before Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the imperial city, he gave instructions that these two ships would not be needed in a short period of time, and leaving them there would be a waste of resources.

The shipyard is building four identical ships at the same time based on the [-] stone ship drawings and experience, this time at a fast speed.

"Your Majesty, give bonuses to people in the dock." the chief reminded.

"Yes! I want a reward! I can't raise the wages. I can't lower the wages. The reward depends on the situation. I'll give them half a year's wages."

Zhu Yuanzhang agreed, and the shipbuilding craftsmen in the dock worked hard. They worked day and night to build wooden ships before, and even more so now.

The wooden boat is not going to be sent out, and is reserved to patrol the Ming Dynasty coastline. …

"Oh! Pork belly stewed with sauerkraut is really refreshing." Around noon, Zhu Yuanzhang brought his harem people over for dinner.

The children wanted to go to the amusement park, but they have not been to the amusement park for a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not working today and got up very late. No one in Xiaqiu Village had breakfast and kept sleeping.

Everyone is not used to living on a boat and wandering around. The boat is small, not an aircraft carrier.

The waves in the river usually don't matter at all. The waves in the sea come one after another. The farther away from the shore, the greater the waves of the boat.

A small boat with a cargo capacity of [-] tons is very weak in the sea, and it cannot survive the special weather.

Everyone came back late, had a good sleep, and cooked sauerkraut.

"Your Majesty, you need to take a good rest and recover in the past few days. Don't work too hard. It's getting colder."

The head of the village reminded Zhu Yuanzhang that he could persevere outside and relax once he returned home, which would make it easy for him to get sick.

"We know, why don't you come here to rest? I won't do any homework today. I'll take a walk after dinner and take a bath."

Zhu Yuanzhang had obviously thought about how to spend today. All the officials who followed him out were on vacation and could only take a rest, so he took two days off.

The officials would bring live crabs home to eat, and they would send someone to deliver them tomorrow. If they had money, they would give more benefits to the officials.

"Yichang, do you think officials' salaries should be adjusted?" Zhu Yuanzhang thought of giving benefits to officials, and then considered salaries.

It was adjusted once the day before yesterday, and money was added. It was also adjusted once last year, and money was still added.

Historically, there were only salary increases the year before, Hongwu four years, and then Hongwu 13th and 20th years.

The treasure money at that time could barely be maintained, and officials were highly paid. Even so, there were still greedy people, and Zhu Yuanzhang killed them without blinking an eye.

There is money in the palace now, and the court's taxes are increasing. Last year, there was a salary increase, but there has been no increase this year. It is almost October.

The captain nodded and shook his head: "Your Majesty can operate according to the method of the boatmen in the dock. The grade salary and position salary remain unchanged. Your Majesty has given a lot of subsidies, and the rest is bonus. Well! Reward!"

"How much is the reward?" Zhu Yuanzhang began to think about the specific amount of money. He wanted to increase the salaries of officials, including local officials. This operation was very troublesome.

Whether local officials are doing well or not is evaluated by people. According to the assessment criteria, the population is large, how many cases are handled, and whether water conservancy, roads and bridges are built, etc.

Now he doesn't know that the performance of officials can be judged based on gross domestic product and gross national product, although it is also very false.

Zhu Wentian didn't mention it, so it was impossible to count. The people all farmed at home, and the land tax they paid was fixed, and not everyone paid taxes.

Information cannot be collected, including consumer price index, purchasing managers index, producer price index...

I know that theory is useless, there are too few officials, and no one is dedicated to collecting data.

So it is very troublesome to see whether an official is good or not, and it is difficult to check.

If it depends on the amount of tax revenue, officials would dare to force wealthy people to pay taxes, even if they are not doing business.

The headmaster and Hanhan were learning this knowledge, but it was not needed now. He thought about it and replied: "According to the evaluation, we will give you one to twelve months more. If there is a leap month, we will give you more."

"Sure! If anyone dares to be corrupt then, don't say that the money we give is not enough for food." Zhu Yuanzhang decided like this.

(End of this chapter)