Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 22
In the early morning, Sun Xiangfu put on his official uniform with the help of a servant girl in the Qin residence, rode his official horse, and headed for the imperial city. Of course, he didn't go to court, but to report to the animal husbandry supervision office.

Affected by film and television dramas, Sun Xiangfu has always thought that the imperial palace is the place where the emperor lives and works together, but it is not the case. The imperial city is the place where the emperor works. Yes, the harem is the place where the emperor lives. The combination of the imperial city and the harem is called In the imperial palace, there are high walls, gates and corridors between the two places. Without the emperor's permission, generally no one will shuttle between the imperial city and the harem at will. Don't talk about concubines and maids, unless there are large-scale political activities that require them to appear, so there are still quite a lot of men in the imperial city, and there are at least three yamen where all men work.

Qianniuwei is in charge of the Suwei court, Feiqi is the emperor's own army, the school grounds are naturally inside the imperial city, and there is the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office squeezed into a corner by these two military yamen. In terms of nature, these three yamen are all Belongs directly to the royal family.

In the imperial city, unless someone has special favors, riding a horse is not allowed. After showing the official plate at the gate of the imperial city, Sun Xiangfu led his official horse and walked to the far right of the animal husbandry office. , the house in the main office is not very tall, but there is a series of office rooms behind it. The Taiji Hall at the end of the central corridor is very tall, and it seems that these small office rooms are not so conspicuous. Take Central Avenue to Tai Chi Hall, no one will turn to the small house here.

The highest official of the Animal Husbandry Administration is the Shang Mu Jian, who is usually held by the clan, and manages the entire royal family, including properties under the name of some minor vassal kings. The second person is the Shang Mu Supervisor, who belongs to the Shang Mu Jian's deputy, and his position is equivalent to that of the Zhong Mu Jian. But it is not as powerful as the Zhongmujian who is in charge of one party alone. There are several Zhongmujians, but they are usually on duty in the palace, and most of them are eunuchs, also known as eunuchs.

When a small official like Sun Xiangfu came to report, he didn't need to disturb the supervisor at all, he only needed to report to Li Wenxian, the supervisor in charge of Shanglinyuan.

Li Wenxian belongs to the clan, he can be regarded as Li Shimin's cousin who has not been out of the fifth uniform. He looks 34 and five years old, and his official robes that are two sizes too big can hardly cover his fat.

"Xiaguan Fisheries Department Xia Mu Supervisor, Sun Xiangfu, pay homage to Li Zhongmu." Sun Xiangfu bowed his hands according to the official greeting.

"Well, you are an official appointed by His Majesty himself, and you must be more dedicated in the future in charge of the Fisheries Department. I just happen to have a newly issued requisition document from the harem here. You should collect all of it according to the order and send it to the palace as soon as possible."

Fatty Li knelt in front of his desk, didn't bother to move, just hummed, and threw a roll of silk cloth with various brights written on it to Sun Xiangfu.

The so-called requisition document is a list of items. Excluding the items of other departments, there is only one item belonging to the Fisheries Department. It is ordered that the Fisheries Department send [-] catties of eel, [-] catties of loach, and [-] catties of other fish into the imperial dining room every day. All palaces eat.

"Five hundred catties a day?" Sun Xiangfu was taken aback after reading it, and then he understood that there are more than a hundred nobles with titles in the imperial family in the harem, plus all levels of internal officials and servants. According to the system, every meal There are probably no less than a thousand people who can eat meat, and eating five hundred catties of fish a day is really not that much. Who knows that there are currently two big harem groups living in the palace!One belonged to Li Yuan, and the other belonged to Li Shimin, and these two were famous for having many women and children, and there were thousands of maids in the harem.

"What? Is there a problem?" Hearing Sun Xiangfu's dazed voice, Fatty Li glanced at Sun Xiangfu displeasedly and said.

"No, no problem."

Sun Xiangfu answered in embarrassment, and saw Li Wenxian yawned, waved his hand and said, "If there is no problem, do it quickly, and don't bother me if you have nothing to do in the future. If there is a new conscript order in the palace, I will It will be sent to your company."

It seems that Sun Xiangfu came to report too early, which disturbed Li Wenxian's slumber. Sun Xiangfu was still happy to see such a lazy boss, so he quickly resigned and left the office. Walk to the building with the division plaque.

"Master Jiancheng is here, come out and pay respects to Sun Jiancheng."

When Sun Xiangfu walked to the gate of the Fisheries Department Office, there were already a dozen people dressed as officials bowed their hands to salute Sun Xiangfu at the door, some were old and some were young. In addition, there were more than 30 people dressed as servants. It is a deep bow and a big gift. After all, they do not have the status of scholars, and they need to be more grand when they meet the chief officer for the first time.

"Everyone is free, let's talk in the hall!"

After roughly understanding the simple structure of the Yamen in this era, Sun Xiangfu stepped into the hall of the Fisheries Department Yamen. From now on, he alone has the final say on the one-third of an acre of land.

The hall was about [-] square meters. After Sun Xiangfu knelt on the central seat, the nine officials knelt on the left and right sides, and the servants sat cross-legged near the door. Sun Xiangfu repeatedly asked, They were willing to get closer and knelt behind the officials.

"I'm new in office, and I don't know many things. Who can tell me about the basic situation of the Fisheries Department?" Sun Xiangfu glanced at everyone's faces, and after seeing familiar faces, he spoke.

In fact, when Zhang Shengye, Xiong Tingzhong and others explained the basic situation of the Fisheries Department yesterday when he was on the boat, I am asking now, just to give everyone a chance to introduce themselves. After all, Sun Xiangfu is in charge of the overall situation. It is the officials and servants who actually do the work. What kind of talents do they have, and whether they are reliable or not, they still need to be selected by Sun Xiangfu.

"My subordinate, Huang Xuan, is the number one writer of the Department of Fisheries. I know a lot about the industries under the Department of Fisheries. Let me explain it to you in detail!" An old man sitting first on Sun Xiangfu's left got up and cupped his hands road.

"Very good." Sun Xiangfu nodded, motioning for him to continue.

"There are twelve pools under the jurisdiction of the Fisheries Department, namely Taiye Pond, Qujiang Pond, Kunming Pond, Pick Pond, Si Pond, Mi Pond, Niushou Pond, Kuai Pond, Jicao Pond, Dongpo Pond, Danglu Pond and Helang Pond. Among them, Taiye Pool is a royal landscape pool, with tens of thousands of landscape fishes, which are fed and taken care of by servants on a daily basis. Among the other pools, except Niu Shou Pond and Lang Pond, which are rich in fish, most of them are open to the common people. , There are a lot of fishing boats coming and going, and the fishery is not abundant."

"Do you have the directions and drawings of the pools?"

Sun Xiangfu nodded when he heard the words, secretly thinking that the territory he manages is not small. There are twelve ponds, the smallest of which may have a circumference of several kilometers. If they all start efficient breeding industries, the fish supply for millions of people in Chang'an will not be there. In other words, of course, this is impossible. Take the Qujiang Pond next to the Furong Garden as an example. It is a living pool connected to the Bashui Canal. There are so many boats coming and going. How can there be a large school of fish willing to stay in such waters.

"My lord, wait a moment."

After a while, Huang Xuan brought a roll of maps marked with the directions and sizes of each pool to Sun Xiangfu's case. Sun Xiangfu looked at it carefully, but didn't say much.

Shanglin Garden is three hundred miles from north to south, east to west, and Chang'an is in the middle, so the farthest of these pools is less than a hundred miles from Chang'an, and they are basically in and around Chang'an City. It doesn't grow very big, and it doesn't grow much, because people often fish and fish.

The location of Niushou Pond and Lang Pond is a bit remote, one is at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain and the other is at the foot of Yushan Mountain. Therefore, in this era when there is no large-scale breeding industry, these two ponds are still rich in fish. If they know, the one in Xingfu Village Hundreds of thousands of fish are fed in a reservoir that is not even five kilometers in circumference. I am afraid that these two ponds are full of fish.

While looking at the map, Sun Xiangfu asked his subordinates to introduce themselves, including the servants. He also asked everyone to tell their names and specialties. Finally, after he recorded the rough data of the twelve pools in his mind, he also Clarified the personnel situation within the Fisheries Division.

The Department of Fisheries currently has nine officials and 35 servants. Among them, each official has two servants as attendants. Among the remaining 17 people, three are handymen in charge of cleaning, three are cooks, and two are boatmen. , nine are fishermen.

These people all perform their own duties. Except for Huang Xuan, the first writer, they all have daily jobs. For example, Zhang Shengye was originally in charge of taxation for each pool of the Fisheries Division. The Fisheries Department pays a certain fee, and the pools in the city even charge for docking of ships, just like Sun Xiangfu’s boats entering the city through Jinshuimen have to queue up to get tickets and pay for docking. Li Wenbin and Hao Tong are the people who are responsible for assisting Zhang Shengye. Usually, each of them took two servants and privately recruited people to manage one piece. These three people managed the income port belonging to the Fisheries Department.

There are also Zhang Qi, Hu Gan, and Jiang Chao. The three are responsible for the water control of the Royal Landscape Pool and Taiye Pool and the feeding of landscape fish. They are generally responsible for feed production and supply, which belong to the Fisheries Department's expenses.

Xiong Tingzhong and another clerk named Liao Wensheng are in charge of hiring and fishing. The Fisheries Department has fishing boats of different sizes and numbers in each pond, fishing nets and other fishing tools, but only two boatmen and Nine fishermen, the fishing tasks in the past were not heavy, and it would be a waste to raise more people. When there are special tasks, they need to be responsible for contacting and hiring some boatmen and fishermen to complete the collection tasks in the palace. Take money to buy in the market.

Of course, with the production management system in ancient times, it is impossible for officials not to be corrupt. First of all, Zhang Shengye, Li Wenbin, and Hao Tong are responsible for the tax gates. They usually decide who to accept, who not to accept, and how much to collect. There may not be a lot of money in this, because powerful people will not pay taxes, they can only get some wool from ordinary people.

Zhang Qi, Hu Gan, and Jiang Chao are in charge of the landscape pool, and they have fixed expenses every year and every month. How much of these expenses are actually used, and how much flows into their own pockets is also intriguing.

Xiong Tingzhong and Liao Wensheng also have a lot of freedom to control. How much to salvage, how much to report, and how much to purchase are all up to them. They can salvage [-] catties a day, send [-] catties to the palace, and sell them. Lost two hundred catties, even when the company had spare money, they said that they didn’t catch a catty, and they could just buy the fish they salvaged at a high price. In summary, the person holding these interests should be Huang Xuan. After all, he is a veteran of the Fisheries Department, and all interests cannot be separated from him.

Sun Xiangfu didn't want to cut off other people's money. From his point of view, it's okay for a small official to earn some money, as long as he finishes his business, just like he came to be an official. It's not because of how loyal he is to the emperor, but because He just wanted to live a safer life in this feudal society, as long as others didn't blame him, he wouldn't blame others either.

Therefore, when Sun Xiangfu announced that everything was business as usual, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he was not a stupefied young man who would carry out reforms as soon as he came to touch everyone's interests.

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