Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 83
Because there will be promotion fees from Gyeonggi-do, Guannai-do, and Hadong-do in succession, the income of Yirenli has not yet been settled yet.

However, Xue Lang poked secretly and calculated by himself, even if it was only divided into [-]%, for the time being only divided into the current collection, it would be enough for him to be a little rich.At least, raising these servants is not a big burden.

Thinking of the servants, Xue Lang counted the time, it seemed that it was time for the servants to pay the monthly money, and it was not easy to ask Changjian how much your monthly salary is, you need to find someone to inquire about this matter.

Xue Lang does not agree with giving high wages at will, just follow the market as he goes, and raising prices at will, on the one hand, it will have a bad impact on the market, and on the other hand, it will indirectly increase costs for himself.If you give a high salary once, what will you do later?
Xue Lang was thinking about asking Mrs. Liu, and someone came to report that it was Lu Yin from Mrs. Liu's side asking to see her.Xue Lang asked someone to bring her in——

"Servant Lu Yin has seen Master Xue Bo."

"Girl Luyin doesn't need to be too polite. What's the matter here?"

Lu Yin said: "Go back to Mr. Xue, my master Liu Wenxue has something to ask Mr. Xue to discuss. It is inconvenient to come here. I can only trouble Mr. Xue to go over to discuss. Please forgive Mr. Xue."

"So that's it, okay! You go back first, and I'll come later."

"Here! Thank you Master Xue, so the servant will go and answer first?"

"Go."

Let Lu Yin go back first, Xue Lang will go there later.The strange thing is that Miss Liu is not in her own office, but in the main hall of Her Royal Highness, sitting at her desk, looking very busy.

Xue Lang went in and asked strangely: "Miss Liu, why are you here? I was in the side hall just now, but I was told that you are working here. Has Her Royal Highness gone out to patrol the camp again?"

The brush in Miss Liu's hand was placed heavily on the table, she looked at Xue Lang with complicated eyes, and gave Xue Lang a direct look: "It's all your fault!"

Xue Lang pointed to his nose with a puzzled expression on his face: "Me? Why do you blame me?"

Miss Liu sighed, and said, "But did you pour a bottle of strong wine into His Highness?"

Xue Lang understood in seconds!Nodding her head, the smile on her face couldn't stop, she unconsciously lowered her voice and asked, "Is Your Highness drunk?"

Miss Liu said nothing, just nodded, coughed, and looked at Xue Lang meaningfully.Xue Lang understood, and quickly put away the wicked smile on his face, but still asked in a low voice curiously: "How much did your Highness drink? So drunk that you can't come to work now? Or, last night's joke?" Alcohol crazy?"

Miss Liu had a weird expression, and she gave Xue Lang another look: "Master Xue, be careful with your words."

"Cough... well, Shen Yan, don't ask!"

Xue Lang coughed, suppressed his curiosity, and said: "Come back to business, I don't know if Lady Liu called Xue Lang here, what do you need to discuss?"

Miss Liu also forced her attention back, and said: "Jingzhong has dispatched skilled craftsmen from the Military Weapons Supervision to develop the telescope and other things sent by Mr. Xue, and you need to be in charge of this matter, Mr. Xue."

"Success, no problem! I'll go and have a look later."

After inquiring about where the craftsmen were stationed, Xue Lang planned to go and have a look after the meal: "Is there anything else?"

Lady Liu said: "There is one more thing, but it's not in a hurry. Let's talk about Mr. Xue first, and it's okay to talk about it later."

Xue Lang nodded: "That's it, please take a moment for Miss Liu to give Xue Lang some advice."

"What's the matter?"

Miss Liu is so open-minded. When she asks for help, she never picks on Joe, nor does she deliberately push her away.Xue Lang hurriedly said: "Excuse me, Miss Liu, how are the servants' monthly money distributed?"

Miss Liu frowned: "Monthly money? What is monthly money? Why do you want to send money to servants?"

Don't servants have monthly money? !

Xue Lang opened his eyes wide: "It's the money to be distributed to the servants every month, how much is the first-class servant, how much is the second-class servant, what is the standard for the difference between stewards and rough envoys, etc."

Lady Liu rolled her eyes, relaxed her brows, and asked, "But it's equivalent to the salary of the princes of the court?"

"Yes, probably similar."

Xue Lang nodded quickly. Whether the monthly money in "Dream of Red Mansions" is pocket money or salary is hard to say, but the meaning is roughly the same.

Unexpectedly, Lady Liu raised her eyebrows and scolded: "Absurd! How can there be any reason to pay servants!"

Xue Lang was really surprised!
Weakly asked: "Could it be that in Datang, servants don't need to pay monthly money?"

Lady Liu sneered, and said: "The law says that slaves, servants and sluts are more than livestock. Does Mr. Xue still pay the livestock in your family?"

Xue Lang: "..."

Xue Lang really wanted to slap himself twice, and then silently recited it three times—call you an idiot!
They were all misled by "A Dream of Red Mansions"!

In "Dream of Red Mansions", in order to pay the expenses of the mansion, Feng Lazi killed people outside, and when I read the book to give the servants monthly money, I thought it was the same in ancient times.I actually forgot that the background of "Dream of Red Mansions" was the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty was a wonderful dynasty that regarded ministers and scholar-bureaucrats as slaves!

Xue Lang is so sick!On how it feels to make jokes about common sense!

Seeing the twitching of Xue Lang's mouth, Nv Liu said: "The servant is attached to the master, and the body is the same as the owner. It is equivalent to the livestock. It only needs to provide food and clothing. If you serve well, you can reward the servant with one or two clothes, food and money when you are happy. There is a reason for paying money every month! Can you say this in front of the servants?"

Xue Lang shook his head quickly, he only thought about it in his heart, never asked.He still understands the taboo of not asking someone's salary face to face.

Only then did Lady Liu nod her head reassuringly, and said: "It seems that I need to introduce all aspects of my Tang Dynasty to Mr. Xue. Just in time, I was ordered by His Highness to discuss your salary with Mr. Xue, and I will discuss with Mr. Xue Mr. Xue Bo is good at making an argument."

Xue Lang clasped his fists in salute, sincerely accepting the teaching: "Please give advice to Miss Liu."

Nv Liu said: "Master Xue, according to the court regulations, Master Xue is the official of Princess Pingyang's Mansion. Because of Princess Pingyang's meritorious service, the sage specially ordered the princess to be higher than the prince, so the official rank is also assigned according to the prince's mansion. According to the law, the salary can get ninety stones of Lumi every year, and five hectares of land for the post. According to the law, the salary of Beijing officials can be paid every year, which is called annual salary; Yes. Mr. Xue Bo is the official of the Princess Mansion, and his salary should be distributed by the court, so he can receive an annual salary."

Xue Lang nodded. He didn't know how much salary he could receive, but he knew that the official salary of the Gaozu dynasty was only rice and land. In the reign of Emperor Gaozong Yonghui, there was more silk in the official salary.

Official Liu said: "According to the system, the land for officials above the fifth rank is generally allocated to the place of employment, and the land follows the person; the land for the rank below the sixth rank is generally allocated to the hometown. Master Xue is a person who has returned from a foreign country, and his native place is Jiankang. , but no relatives. Where is this position? Your Highness is considerate of Xue Zhubo's special features, and ordered this slave to ask Xue Zhubo's meaning?"

Do you even need to ask this!

Xue Lang immediately asked: "Can it be arranged in Chang'an? I plan to settle in Chang'an in the future."

(End of this chapter)