Crossing the Continent in the Eighteenth Century

() These days, the big fat cousin almost came to my house with the cheek.

Then the next thing to do is to verify the list.

He made an appointment to come to my house today.The grandfather clock in the reception hall just passed two o'clock when the fat cousin came back in a carriage.All the personnel files and filings of postmen from all over the country kept by the Post Office were transferred to the building of the Political Affairs Office, and the sub-minister in charge was also there, and the consultants also sent grooms to call them over.Everything is ready, only owe me this east wind.

In the carriage, Marcus grinned and asked with a smile: "I brought all the people who can bring the postal court. How can we check to find out those postmen who made false reports?"

"What else to do, of course, is to go to the household registration files kept by the Political Tribunal to check one by one according to the names provided by the postman's personnel list."

As soon as I finished speaking, this cousin was not stupid, he immediately understood the meaning: "Wouldn't that be boring?"

"It's really boring. When necessary, we have to get a copy of the priest's blessing certificate for marriage and birth from the church. If the cousin doesn't want to do it..." I didn't say anything below.

The expression on Marcus's face was unnaturally stiff: "This is different from what I thought, so there is no way to be more chic? How can people see me sweating profusely and turning things around in one fell swoop?"

"Uh, cousin, how do you deal with state affairs in your mind?"

"Of course, in front of the lady I like, I received a problem that almost caused the empire to collapse, and then I saw a mysterious and secretive smile on me, and the solution came out! I voted for my sweetheart who was flustered like a deer. With a reassuring look, he calmly issued an order to his subordinates. It didn’t take long before the difficult problem was successfully solved! The happy wife hugged my neck, gave me the most passionate kiss, and snuggled up in my safe harbor , cast adoring eyes."

This cousin either reads too many novels, or has too many daydreams.

"There is a way to do this." I said lightly.

"What, tell me quickly! Cousin, teach me quickly, I will invite you to the Daphne Riverside tonight!" The big fat man shook my shoulder, very emotionally.

"dream."

"Ah? Ah!" Marcus withdrew his arm shyly, "Why don't we travel around the country in a carriage and go to various places to check, which seems a little easier."

"What's the point of that kind of verification? Are you not afraid that the people below will randomly pull someone to replace you? Once you leave, everything will return to the original." I said.

Marcus' face changed again and again, he gritted his teeth: "Okay, I'll do it! Why don't I do it! I must become a stalwart man like Caesar!"

It takes less time to get to the Political Affairs Court a few streets away from August Square than to the United Front Work Department.

Walking into the main hall, two groups of people stood under the huge fifteenth-century oil painting.Which side is the civil affairs staff and which side is the so-called consultant is easy to identify. There are about 50 or [-] people who are from the post office, and the two almost poked their jaws through the ceiling, and they are dressed like scholars. The eyes are more arrogant than the senior officials of the United Front Work Department, they are consultants.

When they saw the big fat cousin walking past, they couldn't help but burst into ecstasy, but they still pretended to be calm, but the pace on those feet was a little faster than anyone else's.

"Duke Marcus, how did today's meeting go?"

"When other departments are unable to cut more than 1 Soridos, the Postal Court not only issued a budget of more than [-], but also improved the efficiency of local departments. Such an achievement is of course a big show."

"Exactly, I said leave everything to us, and we will make you the best postmaster ever!"

"If you have time to brag here, it's better to spend time doing practical things." Two people who knew nothing about Constantinople, the first postmaster was this fat cousin, who would you compare him to?

The two consultants were about to speak when Marcus stared fiercely at them: "What are you doing in a daze, it's time for you to show your talents!"

As soon as they heard about their talents, the two people dressed as scholars were so excited that they even forgot what they wanted to say!

"Is the Duke going to let us handle state affairs? Great! I can finally use all the talents I have learned! Are we going to be executive officers of the Political Council or advisors to the President?"

"Oh, I knew I was dressed more grandly! I am an important minister of the empire. Dressing like this will make people laugh at me to death!"

The conversation between those two people made me laugh for a while. They both took handling state affairs as nothing.I said angrily: "Both of you, you don't have to worry about being teased because of your poor attire. In the archives room of the Political Affairs Court, I don't think there are any important people who want to meet you except for the archives."

"Here, duke, what are we going to do?"

"Didn't you suggest reviewing the number of falsely reported salaries? Let's take you there now, and we will look for it together! Find those who made false reports! Then teach them a lesson!"

Checking things like this is boring.Dozens of people held notebooks and guarded the provincial warehouse areas collected by the Political Court, narrowed the search scope to towns and villages according to the division of the registers registered by the Political Court, and then searched the registered postmen from the local name and age. Checking, this work is a little easier and simpler than accounting, but it is not much better.

No, after a while, even I was working honestly, and the two postmaster advisers with lofty hearts and pretentiousness were impatient!

"His Royal Highness, as your advisors, our duty should be to make suggestions for national affairs! Call us to this archives room, you are using our talents in the wrong place!"

"Yes, talented people like the two of us can't be confined here! You can leave these things to other people to do trivial things like auditing!"

"People who can't even do small things well, still dream of being able to do big things? You can't even be beggars, and someone wants you!" I looked up and said with a sneer.

"Young man! You know who you are talking to, I am the best scholar in the University of Constantinople! My articles, my research, are full of wisdom! You just insulted me! You'd better come and apologize to me right away!"

"Yes, I sincerely apologize!"

The two quarrelsome people in the archives made everyone stop what they were doing.

"Cousin." I poked the big fat man with my arm, "Their salaries are paid from the Post Office."

Marcus was a little anxious, he nodded: "Two, a total of 170 Soridos."

"Very well, you two are the first batch of layoffs in the postal court. You two can get out, the postal court is too small to hire two great talents." I waved to the guards by the door. , "Take those two people out."

"Duke!" The two scholars looked resentfully from my face to Marcus.

Jing Wei glanced at me, then at the Duke.

The latter stared bullishly: "What are you still doing, take the two loud guys out!"

The two guys with high eyesight and low abilities both spent 170 Solidus, which is the monthly salary of a regiment-level commander of the main force of the empire under the jurisdiction of 300 and [-] people. The fat man is really willing to part with it!

After sending the two away, the corridor continued to yell and curse. I said to the big fat man, "I'm curious, how did you invite those two idiots."

"Well, I went to the University District to find some consultants with real talents, and I passed by a cafe and heard them talking about a bunch of messy things that I didn't understand. They were confused and thought they were very powerful. So they offered a high salary of hundreds of Solidus. But who knows, these two idiots can do nothing but bragging!" Marcus said more and more angrily, more and more The more sad she said, "It's a pity that I still treat the two of them as real, hey, don't mention it, I am really blind!"

I amused this old man, and he came to me because I said a lot of things that he didn't understand but felt at the meeting: "Give a salary increase to the people who come to this job today, and each person will increase the salary by six per day." Ace. If all the work is completed within twelve days, each person will add three dinars, and within fifteen days, there will be only one dinar. If you exceed this deadline, everyone, I am sorry."

Add three dinars per day for six ass, which is more than one soridos. The monthly salary of such civil servants will not exceed seven or eight soridos, accounting for one-sixth of the salary, which is regarded as High overtime pay.

I saw that everyone had beaming expressions and added: "I will conduct spot checks on your work after the fact, so those who work hastily for the sake of being greedy, be careful. If you are spot-checked, you will find mistakes. All overtime pay will be confiscated as a penalty."

"You heard it! If you want money, cheer me up! For the empire!" Marcus shouted, and a fat arm came out of the air!

All the more than a dozen civil servants present were excited by the big fat man who was on the line: "Long live! Long live Rome!"

Mobilize the enthusiasm of your subordinates, it's time to catch the big fat man and draw up a new draft.His original saying that it was flashy was an over-praise, and unrealistic is the most appropriate description.But no matter how bad it is, it can be useful.

"Retain the content of the original proposal, except for the reduction of personnel, and delete everything else."

"that's it?"

"Then what do you want?"

"At least it's shocking and weeping to reflect my royal demeanor?" Marcus immediately changed his mouth as soon as he opened his mouth.

"we'll talk about it then."

Reducing expenditure is far worse than increasing revenue. I have my own ideas about the postal service, a sloppy start-up area, but I can't say it now because I want to let this big fat man suffer a little bit and then he will settle down.