A few friends sat down separately, but Lu's mother did not serve the table, all men drank and chatted, and she couldn't interject. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info There are some traditions in the north, women are not allowed to eat on the table on more formal occasions, if it is a clan dinner, even the concubine of the family can not be on the table, only the eldest son can eat with the elders of the family. In Lu Mu's opinion, this is a matter of course, not aggrieved or anything.

Lu Xiaomao's table, in addition to him, there are five young men, some big and some small, the youngest is only sixteen, and the oldest is twenty-two, which is considered to be old in ancient times. The eldest is called Deng Yuanshun, who has a bit of buckteeth, but he speaks very neatly; The taller and thinner ones are called hemp poles, and the family originally had some wealth, but later they were defeated, and they also became wanderers on the street; The strongest is called the Iron Spoon, and it is also the youngest; The one with the sharp-beaked monkey gills is called Wuniu; The slightly more handsome one is called Xiao Zhou, his surname is Zhou, and when his friends listened to the book, he called himself Xiao Zhoulang, but few people recognized him.

These boys have a common characteristic, that is, they don't have anything serious to do, they just mix around the street all day long, they just huddle under the big trees and bask in the sun when they have nothing to do. They are also inquiring about the bags on the street, and they know if there is anything to ask. There are a lot of people in Beijing, and they compete with each other for business, so they have to be zoned. Lu Xiaomao's gang is also a bit powerful, but the imperial court does not allow different surnames to worship, and they are not called the eldest brother and the second brother. But if someone provokes them, they will be side by side.

There is no serious job, no property, and no daughter-in-law. It's fair to say that these kids are quite pathetic. In the past, Lu Xiaomao felt that this kind of life was very beautiful. Especially when others run errands for the masters in five or six. But now that Lu Xiaomao knows, this kind of life will not last long.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, the friends who can't eat anything good all year round have almost swept the dishes on this table, but they all drink this wine in small sips. They are all the brightest on the street, of course, they know the price of this little foolish fairy wine, and they are very reluctant, and they take a sip of wine into their mouths. You have to rinse your mouth a few times and taste enough before swallowing it.

After eating and drinking, the conversation box was opened, and Yuan Shun couldn't help but envy Lu Xiaomao and said: "I heard that Brother Xiaomao, you have planned to be an errand under the hands of the Tang people, and our brothers are happy for you!" Unexpectedly, it has only been more than 20 days, and Brother Xiao Mao has already mixed up. ”

Lu Xiaomao was also reserved and modest in front of his brothers for the first time: "Hey, what kind of character am I, there are dozens of people in our yamen, except for those who have only recently voted for the Tang dynasty with me." All of them are uncles, and they can't be provoked. It's also quite refreshing to do things with the Tang people. Tang people don't have so much vanity, they just talk about one, they don't need to slap the horse, lead the horse, do what you are told to do well, you don't need to be welcomed, people also remember your merits, if you can't do things, even if you can blow out flowers, people don't want to see you. ”

Wu Niu hurriedly gave a thumbs up and said: "That's, that's, what kind of person is our little brother Mao, who is recognized as capable on the street!" ”

Lu Xiaomao said: "I have a fart ability, isn't it that I am familiar with our Sijiu City, and I can use it as an errand runner." If you want to talk about the ordinary Tang people, I think they also know half of the heavens and all the earth. After working in the Tang Yamen for dozens of days, my Lu Xiaomao's knowledge has increased a lot, and I have also learned a lot of skills. ”

"It's good, it's good!" The brothers all praised.

Ma Zhu asked: "What is the name of the Tang Yamen where Brother Xiao Mao is located?" ”

"Called the chengguan, I look at it is roughly the same as those officials in the capital, but there are a lot of things in this tube, what is explained from above, we have to do something, a few days ago were not busy catching those wild boar skins and going to sea, our chengguan is also very busy, who knows what moths these Tartars are making trouble in order not to be exiled."

Xiao Zhou was quite timid and said: "This Qing Dynasty has been established for more than a hundred years, and this country and the people are safe, and there is no appearance of the end of the world, how can you say that defeat is defeat?" Brother Xiaomao, don't dislike what your brother said, this Tang people occupy it, but less than one-tenth of the land of the Qing Dynasty, who knows who can sit in this world, I'm afraid that the Tang people will last pat their butts and leave, what can you do Brother Xiaomao. ”

Lu Xiaomao laughed and said: "These 400,000 hardcore crops have been cut in a stubble, the Tang Dynasty elite soldiers, muskets and cannons, which bear-wrapped Qing soldiers can beat me?" Besides, these Tang people are all benevolent and righteous, as long as they nod their heads at this time, they can go to the Tang people's homeland, although they are farther away, but if they go, they will give a settlement fee of thirty silver dollars, and they can also give each person ten acres of land for the first ten acres, which is a little easier than living in this forty-nine city. Not to mention that the Tang people will not be defeated, even if there are really three long and two short, we simply take the old mother and get on the big boat, without being pickled by these Tartar masters, and go to the Tang Dynasty to farm, it is also very happy. ”

Several friends were all eye-catching: "And such a good thing?" ”

"That's natural, there are few people in Datang, and there is no shortage of silver, so I wish they all went to live there. Hey, don't look at me, Lu Xiaomao is the youngest in the yamen, not even an official, but how much salary will be paid in a month? ”

The iron spoon asked innocently, "How much?" ”

Lu Xiaomao stretched out three fingers, straightened his fingers, and said exaggeratedly: "Thirty silver dollars, that is, twenty-one taels of silver." As far as I'm concerned, it's still the least, my direct boss, Lord Xia, he can pay fifty-four taels of silver a month, which is what kind of basic salary, and now he is on an expedition, what kind of travel allowance, replacing public office with an officer, and what kind of salary for a position, plus bonuses and the like, I'm afraid that he will get sixty or seventy taels of silver a month. ”

"Obediently, isn't that seven or eight hundred taels of silver a year, which is more than the first-class official of the dynasty?"

Of course, Xia Jing'an's earning capacity is not at the same level as that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's first-class officials, his income is as much as he can say, of course, it is more than enough to support himself, and he can save a lot. Nominally, the Qing Dynasty's first-rank official's salary was 180 taels of silver a year, which was not enough to even invite his entourage. Later, during the Yongzheng period, a subsidy for maintaining honesty was introduced, and the taxes collected by the officials were fixed and distributed as allowances. This amount of silver was so huge that an official like the Governor could earn nearly 20,000 taels. In addition to salaries and incorruptible silver, officials also take rice, although it is not much, but it also solves part of the expenses.

However, although the income of these officials is extremely high, their income often needs to be used to support a large number of retinues, and some officials even have to support hundreds of people in the entire family, in fact, the pressure is still quite great. Of course, this is the part of the serious people who have so much income (it seems that this kind of person does not exist), and the gray income of officials is terrible, especially the corruption atmosphere in the Qianlong Dynasty is particularly serious. Otherwise, there would not be high-ranking corrupt officials like Li Shuyao and Yu Minzhong, let alone He Shen, who had a family property of more than 800 million taels when he fell. (To be continued.) )