"However, the official rice of the Beijing Treasury does not need to be released into Beijing." Wang Zhaomin explained. In the earliest Hongwu period, the autumn grain was really transported thousands of miles into Beijing. The transportation of grain is in charge of the "grain chief" in Lijiali. The amount of manpower and material resources consumed is not known. Grain chiefs often go bankrupt because of this burden.

Later, in consideration of local needs and to reduce the loss of round-trip transportation, it was stipulated that part of the money and grain should be shipped to Beijing, some of which would be directly transferred to the government for money and grain, and some of which would be kept in the Qiongzhou Mansion for later use, but only recorded in the household department.

"Sure enough, it's much more convenient." Wu De nodded, if it is sent to Qiongzhou Mansion, whether it is land or sea, the distance is very short, even according to the level of the Ming Dynasty, it should not be too difficult.

"How can there be such a good thing!" Wang Zhaomin shook his head. He has been in the theater for more than ten years, and he has never seen a county where it is easy to collect and pay grain. I can't help but show off my skills with a pure heart - Wang Zhaomin is now somehow becoming more and more important to Australians' perception of himself.

"Only the amount of rice for the Beijing treasury in Qiongzhou should be transported, and the grain and salary of Changhua should be 1,579 stone and 1 liter and 9 he, and the food and salary of the officers and soldiers of the government should be handed over 2,181 stone and 9 buckets and 2 liters and 5 he. Therefore, the county has to go to five places to transport grain, Qiongzhou Prefecture, Changhua County, Danzhou, Wanzhou, and Lingshui County. Among them, there are countless expenses in the departure and redemption. Wang Zhaomin pretended to worry about the country and the people, "It's a big disturbance to the people!" ”

Wu De wants to go to Changhua? This is a matter of course, since the construction of Changhua Fort and Yulin Fort after sailing around the island, they have opened a regular route around the island. Transporting grain to Changhua is not a matter of effort.

"Why do you want to go to places like Danzhou and Wanzhou?"

"Because there are warehouses in these places."

The official warehouses of Qiongzhou Mansion are not all in the city of Qiongzhou Mansion, and there are five warehouses in Qiongzhou Mansion in the Ming Dynasty. There are four places in other counties, such as Wanzhou's Guangjicang, Lingshui Nanfengcang, etc.

Most of the scattered grain storage sites are relatively important strategic areas, especially those where there is a danger of "chaos," so that in the event of a war, grain can be taken nearby for expedition.

The brown rice payable by the counties will be transported to these warehouses for exchange. Wang Zhaomin said: Lingao wants to go to Danzhou to exchange 1,000 stones, Wanzhou 1,200 stones, and Lingshui 900 stones. The grain and salary handed over by Changhua to the thousand households in Changhua was 1,500 stones, and the rest was transported to the capital of Qiongzhou.

"It is still second to have to travel thousands of miles to transport grain, and there are still all kinds of tricks when the warehouse is redeemed." Wang Zhaomin said that whether it is a military warehouse or a government warehouse, the officials in charge of the warehouse are all "uninformed" who are no longer small, but don't say that such a petty official who has not entered the stream is the signer in the warehouse and the head of the warehouse man. It's not good to be picky about beige, or it's hard to say that the portion is insufficient. As soon as the redemption time has passed, a delay in the punishment is indispensable.

"I see!" Wu De nodded, it seems that it is still a very challenging job to cross the group to cover the county endowment, there are such tricks in a grain exchange, and the tricks in other links can be known regardless of asking.

There are 1,300 stone left in the county, which is used for the income of the county officials and daily administrative expenses. Among them, it is necessary to deduct 572 stone 2 taels of food and salary for the officers and men of the garrison spent by the county, and pay 17 stones, 8 buckets and 6 liters of food and salary to the Bopu Port Inspection Office. In fact, even for a small county like Lingao, the grain in the county is simply not enough to spend. The prefecture is basically unable to do anything other than maintain basic administrative operations.

Wu De thought to himself, it seems that the matter of taking care of the grain still needs the help of a group of natives who are familiar with the local situation, and Wang Zhaomin should focus on wooing him.

Come to think of it. He nodded: "Thank you Mr. Wang for teaching me." ”

"Where, where," Wang Zhaomin teased for a while, and saw that the big leader of the Australian listened attentively, his face was solemn, and his spirit was immediately lifted, "It's just a little superficial." ”

"In this matter of requisitioning grain, I have to ask Master Wang for more guidance." Wu De said, seeing that the night was already late and there was still a lot to talk about, he took care of people and prepared supper.

Originally, Wu De was intent on enveloping Wang Zhaomin, so this supper was not made by Zhang Youfu's maid, even the stove with kitchenware, seasonings, and food were all provided from the women's cooperative restaurant in Dongmen City. I heard that it was the big boss who entertained distinguished guests, and cheered up the spirit of 120,000 points and cooked delicious food.

Something made is not uncommon in modern time and space, but it is just a snack for Cantonese morning tea. There is no shortage of seafood in Lingao, and Tianchu Sauce Garden provides a variety of modern condiments, so the refreshments made are not much different from modern time and space. But in this plane, these things have become extremely rare "delicacies".

Due to the lack of flour, these "Cantonese refreshments" were not sold publicly, but were only used for the personal use of travelers and to entertain indigenous guests. Wang Zhaomin naturally hadn't eaten it, and when he saw the translucent dumplings served with red shrimp and green peas, he was already a little stunned. When it was eaten in his mouth, Wang Zhaomin closed his eyes and savored it, unable to say a word for a long time.

Because it's a supper, I don't have alcohol, but cigarettes and tea are on haode. Wang Zhaomin took a cigarette after dinner and played with it for a long time before he smiled: "I really can't understand you people!" ”

This is a more in-depth statement, different from what has been said in the scene, Wu De knows that Master Wang's psychological defense has been loosened, and he intends to create a relaxed atmosphere, just to have a deep talk with Wang Zhaomin to see if there is any possibility of subduing him for his own use.

"How can you not read it?"

"With your food and clothing, Australia must be a good place for the people to be rich and rich, so you don't want to stay in your hometown, and you have to leave your hometown to Lingao, a poor and remote place. Why? ”

Wu De laughed a few times, thinking that I can't tell you right now that it is for the sake of "unification **, convergence of eight wildernesses", you still don't think I am a psychopath. Even if it's a smaller target, to enter the Central Plains, it will scare you to death if you say it. I had to say: "Not enough for outsiders." ”

Wang Zhaomin was thinking that this group of people was about to be local dignitaries in Australia, and it was probably not about the defeat of the domestic party. It was the struggle in the palace that failed, so he had to flee to Daming with his disciples and relatives across the sea. Watching them build roads, build houses, and dredge rivers and ports, they have a strong intention of living here for a long time.

If that is the case, you can persuade them to write a book to show that it is attached. With their ingenuity and all kinds of exquisite Australian goods, as long as they go to Beijing for an event, and then present them to the imperial court, the imperial court will probably not allow them. If the imperial court allowed them to settle in Lingao, it would be regarded as solving a troublesome matter in front of them.

"When you arrive in Daming, are you ready to wait for a long time in this corner of the heights?"

"What is Master Wang's opinion?"

Wang Zhaomin said his opinion. Wu De didn't think so—this kind of recruiting people couldn't be talked about at all at the moment. Wang Zhaomin saw that he was not interested, so he had to sigh and stop talking.

Wu De was inconvenient to cold his heart, and said, "Master Wang, it's not that we don't know what to do. Although we are shallow, we still know that the husband is not guilty, and he is guilty. ”

Wang Zhaomin was stunned, knowing that what he said was reasonable. With all the things of the Australians, if you let the court know, not to mention the emperor, it is the big and small officials of the court. Don't you see them as a big piece of fat? When the time comes, all kinds of difficulties and exploitation, extortion and extortion can be known.

"Yes, yes, your concerns are."

I will not talk about this issue for the time being, but continue to talk about the details of the grain requisition. Wang Zhaomin's main purpose this time was to discuss "private expenses", that is, a benefit that the county order routinely had in the process of requisitioning grain.

This benefit is not only necessary for the county order, but also for the county officials such as the county officials and the canonical historians in the county, but the bulk of the money is on the county order. As for Master Wang, there is also a benefit, which is around one hundred taels of silver as usual.

In the past, there were also private tenants. But it's not a general charge, but also to the county to summarize, how to divide the profits, as usual, presided over by Wang Zhaomin, now that it is under the control of the Australians, this fee has to be explained in advance.

This benefit naturally comes from the "floating income". According to Wang Zhaomin, the conventional floating income of Lingao is between three buckets and three buckets and five liters per stone, depending on the year.

In this floating income, there is a bucket of "private expenses", that is, the benefits of county officials, which are usually around 800 to 1,000 stones.

Wu De nodded, this data is not quite the same as the figure obtained by the social survey team, it seems to be lower. In the future, we have to ask the social investigation team to focus on sampling again.

"Although it is a positive amount of one stone of rice, as usual, it is three buckets, but in fact, the bitterness and happiness are uneven." Wang Zhaomin reminded, "Some grain households don't even pay for a combination of rice, while others have to pay seven or eight buckets of rice. Whether to hand over or not, to pay more or less, these tricks are all in the hands of the bookstore, and his benefits are also found here. ”

"I'll do it at my own expense." Wu De immediately agreed, "When the grain collection is over, it will be served together." As he spoke, he got up again and went to the next room, and his accompanying guard took an envelope, took it back to the house, and handed it to Wang Zhaomin with both hands.

"What is this?" Wang Zhaomin pretended to be surprised.

"Close the book." Wu De said very sincerely, "I am a newcomer, and I am an overseas person, and I don't know anything about these doorways. This is the letter of the 'advisor'. ”

"No, no, where is it needed." Wang Zhaomin pushed and dragged it very politely, thinking that this thing could not be accepted casually. Won't it become evidence of accepting "false positions" at that time?

But seeing that Wu De insisted on giving, he was afraid that he would annoy the other party if he didn't accept it, so he had to accept it first, thinking that he would go back and burn it