The ship on the dock is still waiting to be unloaded, and there are still workers from other teams who are lining up to get on and off the big ship according to the rules, carrying the cargo off the ship.

Then the ship's hold was cleared and the iron ore began to be loaded.

Several boatmen were biting cigars and leaning against the side of the ship with wine bottles, and the uniforms on their bodies represented their status as Ming crew members and their unique nobility.

"It's a turnip, but it's always bad to break the rules." A boatman said with emotion.

"Don't talk about these things, there are naturally the rules of the dock on the dock, and naturally there are people who take care of it. Our job is to manage our own boats, and five ships of ore rations a month. Dora has a reward for a boatload, and then it is also to earn a living! An elderly man was teaching a few young people.

The young man at the head raised his hand high: "Let's go to work, and the hole in the sail will be mended today!" ”

"Good!" The rest of the young men replied loudly.

It's just a turnip! The older boatman shook his head slightly, thinking of when he was young, he was also hoisted and beaten for a handful of rice, all because he was too poor.

Finally, the real stewards came to the docks.

Dressed in clean linen cotton clothes and sheepskin jackets, the Lee Koreans. Those who wore standard uniforms, short clothes and trousers wrapped around scarves, wore fine woolen coats, and had a bronze badge on their chests were the stewards of the Ming Dynasty, which belonged to the rank of officials.

In the Ming Dynasty, such a level is not even an official, just a clerk in the yamen.

But here, his rank is equivalent to the treatment of the six rank officials of the Ming Dynasty, and there are four Ming officials under his command, as well as dozens of Goryeo officials, and thousands of dock workers on this dock.

"Alas......" sighed softly. The steward spoke, "Rules are rules, and he has been punished." The Chinese New Year is coming soon. This time, he was especially gracious and still left him to work here. There are also some things, the document received by this official is that it was only announced on the 22nd of the lunar month, and now it is announced as an exception. ”

Since the guards of Goryeo have become wicked, they naturally came out to be good.

"You did a good job, and rules are rules. I'll give you credit for it. "First of all, he praised the escort team. Then the steward stood on a wooden box: "The official has received the paperwork, and the New Year is about to begin." There are more than 100,000 people who have worked hard for a year in this Maoshan Mountain, so the above is ready to issue a New Year's reward, which was originally announced by the Commander-in-Chief of Maoshan himself, but this pier is still some distance from Maoshan, so the official announced it in advance! ”

At the moment, the labor teams on the dock were being gathered.

"As you can see, there is a lot of grain, meat, and fresh vegetables arriving today. This will continue to be transported, and it will be shipped every day. How many of these things there are. You can see it with your eyes. Let the official eat, it is estimated that the grandson's grandson will not be able to eat it when he is old, so this is the annual reward, the annual reward for you. ”

The dock fell silent in an instant.

I have never heard of such a thing.

In Lee's Goryeo, the workshops were basically owned by the government, and a small number of private workshops were also opened by the powerful people. It's good to be able to go in and work, overtime and labor insurance or something don't exist in the era of Lee's Goryeo. No one had ever heard of the term "New Year's reward" in Lee's Goryeo.

"This official has written to the Consul General, requesting that the annual reward be issued in advance. I guess there will be a reply tomorrow. Therefore, we will work hard today, and gather here early tomorrow morning after the teams are arranging their work. Now let's disperse! ”

What is the annual reward, it is not clear at all, does it refer to these fresh vegetables, meat, or other things?

The steward finished. turned around and walked back, while saying to the Goryeo stewards beside him: "You work harder, go and check the work records of each team in the past year, there is naturally a difference between what you do well and what you do well, of course." Fortunately, there must also be a saying there, and the man today is forgiven. ”

Grace is not demerited, and it is not credited to the work of each team.

Several Goryeo stewards hurriedly responded, saying that they had written it down and would definitely do it by early tomorrow morning.

The steward took out an envelope from his sleeve: "This is your reward, go and tell the captains, and give them a separate annual reward." Go get busy! ”

"Thank you, sir!" The Koreans took the envelope and saluted in unison.

Back at his office, a man in civilian clothes sitting in the first place listened to his report and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, the annual reward should have started from the dock." You have a share of your reward here, and your families have a share of it. Haiji doesn't get stingy with anyone who works hard. ”

"Thank you, sir!" The five Ming officials in charge of the dock thanked them in unison.

"One more thing, I heard that you raised a Korean woman here as an outer room?"

"Please punish the adults, and the small ones will solve this matter immediately!" The steward was a little nervous, after all, he also needed someone to take care of himself when he was away for many years.

Sitting at the top was the commander-in-chief of Maoshan, who was originally a retired commander of the Nanjing Metropolitan Division, and also a military attache of the third grade. Because he injured his leg, he had no way to go to the battlefield again, and it was impossible for him to go to sea, so he was sent here as the chief of the Maoshan Iron Mine. He is responsible for managing all the affairs of the place, large and small, which is equivalent to the release of a governor's officer.

"Obviously, you don't know where you're wrong?"

"Please give me advice, and the small ones must be corrected!" As an official, he is not qualified to call himself a subordinate official, this is the rule of the Ming Dynasty. And with a third-grade military attaché, he can only call himself small.

"You are a person from Maoshan Mine, a person from Daming, and a person from Haisi. The outer room you raised was dressed in Coarse cloth clothes, and his family only got a few stones of rice this year. In the eyes of my officials, your behavior will make the Koreans think that you are just a poor sour official who has been sent here. In my eyes, you have lost Lao Tzu's face, and you have lost the face of Lord Bai, and even more so the face of Da Ming. Moreover, that's your woman too, and you've lost the face of a gentleman. ”

What kind of theory is this, this little official never thought that he was wrong here.

A thick stack of silver tickets was slapped on the table, all of them were ten taels and a bundle of hundreds.

"You five, you know what to do. Remember, even the outer room must have a maidservant, and as far as you kid remember, make up a good reason, how have you made that woman poor in the past six months. ”

"The little one will say this, we are officials of the Ming Dynasty, and we have to report if we take concubines outside. Because she didn't report it, she didn't dare to make a big splash, and now that she has been approved, she naturally wants to live better. ”

"Good!" The commander-in-chief nodded with satisfaction, and then stood up: "In the future, you will have a brain, you remember that the face of our foreign ministers in these countries is the face of Daming, and the loss is also the face of Daming." If there is such a foolish thing, come and go there! After speaking, Commander Maoshan flicked his sleeves and strode away.

When I went out, there were naturally guards who brought horses and escorted them to the mining area.

The five young officials all breathed a long sigh of relief, being a clerk here is much more beautiful than being a county official in many places in Daming, and they also earn more. The ore production of Maoshan is the most important work, and they do their best, but they have long thought that all kinds of education make them dare not publicize.

and divided the silver tickets, two hundred taels per person.

Although there is a difference in rank, the five of them are all of the same heart, and as the general manager here, they are not embarrassed to take an extra share.

In the afternoon of the same day, in a village south of the wharf, several Goryeo porters carried several large baskets on their backs and followed the dock manager into a house, which was the maiden home of the Goryeo woman. Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, there are too many things on the dock, and the dock manager lives in the place where he works every day, so let the woman go home and live for a few days.

Although it didn't give much benefit to the family, his daughter served the nobles from the Ming Dynasty, and the family's place in the village was naturally very high.

Entering the house, the dock master sat at the top of the house.

Even if she is famous, this is a concubine. So it's impossible for him to call his father-in-law or something like that, at least that's the way it is in Daming. Of course, it is impossible for anyone in Daming to marry their daughter to someone lower than their status as a concubine.

Several porters put their things down, and each handed out a small silver coin.

There are three types of silver coins in the Ming Dynasty, one is a standard silver coin of one tael, one is a half tael, and one is a penny.

This small silver coin is equivalent to a hundred pennies, which is his reward for these porters.

After thanking them for their kindness, several porters withdrew and went out.

"Da Ming talks about rules in everything, and things that don't follow the rules are very troublesome. Since you're with me, you have to have a name. No name is also punished in the Ming Dynasty. Now that the name is already there, the family always needs some New Year's goods for the New Year, which is some of my thoughts. ”

The woman was not very old, but she was handsome.

For the biggest official on the dock, she had a great sense of awe in her heart, and she poured water and retreated to the side.

The dockmaster opened the baskets: "Leave these things at home, and give you another preparation." This is a thermos, put in hot water to keep it not cold for a day, be careful not to fall, this in Hanyang City at least 35 taels of silver. ”

This thing, the people of the north who have heard of it.

But I heard that it was worth thirty-five taels of silver in the capital of Goryeo, and the young girl was so frightened that she didn't dare to take it.

"There was only one piece of silk, and I wanted to take two. It's just that the annual reward will be given before the year, and there will always be some rewards for those teams. There are a lot of linen cloth shipped this time, and these four white linen horses will also make some new clothes at home for the New Year......"

There are a lot of gifts, and fresh cabbage in winter is definitely not something that Goryeo people can imagine.

Goryeo kimchi originated in the Three Kingdoms period of China, and changed several times after the Ming Dynasty had chili peppers before evolving into today's kimchi.

But cabbage as a kimchi, it is definitely the powerful who are qualified to enjoy it, an absolute luxury. In this era, ordinary people eat eggplants and turnips. Some rich people, some water celery and cucumbers. Only the families of the super-rich will have cabbage, because cabbage needs to be bought from the sea from the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued......)