Fight the Giants

  Chapter 60 Recruitment

  Aunt Zhao and Grandma Zhao smiled and looked at Zhao Sui who was embarrassed by the praise, feeling proud in their hearts.

  But on the face, he was disgusted: "Hey, he is a low-level official, and he deserves your praise."

  Yang said: "No matter how miscellaneous he is, he is still in the government office. In the eyes of us fishermen, he is an official. Take care of us."

   After speaking, he looked at Zhao Sui enviously.

   Zhao Sui straightened his back.

  Huo Xi listened and inquired around, and now he already knew the situation of the Hepo where Zhao Sui was.

  Although there is only one river berth official from the ninth rank, one official without rank, and four or five miscellaneous servants, they are in charge of hundreds of thousands of fishing households.

  Only one high-ranking official does not mean that their rivers are poor, but almost all rivers are configured like this.

  Their river park is close to the capital, and they are assigned two officials from the government office. Most of the other river parks have only one official.

  The official system of the Ministry of Officials Dinghe Pond Office is set up according to the amount of fish tax collection every year.

   Those with a class of 300 shi to 1,000 shi will have one official; those with a class of 1,000 shi to 5,000 shi will have two officials; those with a class of 5,000 shi to 10,000 shi will have three officials.

  But in this dynasty, there are almost no rivers that can collect 5,000 to 10,000 shi for a meter.

  So most of the river parks have two officials, and more than one official.

  Hebo has few officials and staff, but there is a good saying: "Although Hebo is humble and scattered, he is like a fairy in his leisure."

  Even if the Hebo officer is only from the ninth rank, he needs to be born in a serious imperial examination. Zhao Sui is a scholar, but he is just one of several handymen. It is not easy to squeeze out another official in the Hebo Institute.

   Unless the other party made a big mistake, embezzled fishermen’s taxes or something, or Zhao Suili made great contributions, or passed the imperial examination to become an official, it would be very difficult to get a position.

  But although he is a miscellaneous official, he has a lot of power in his hands. Moreover, if you eat the emperor's food seriously, you will have a monthly salary, and you will be guaranteed income in drought and flood. Leisurely and decent.

   It's no wonder that Yang's envy, Zhao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stood upright in the village.

   This time Zhao Suihui will be at home, one is for the autumn harvest at home, and the other is to deliver news to the family.

  Huo Xi was directly overwhelmed by the news.

   "Is this true? Asking us fishermen to transport grain?"

  Huo Xi's mind is numb, she is still waiting to sell cloth, why did she requisition ships? How long is the levy? Forced or voluntary?

  Yang was also stunned: "Didn't farmers transport tax and food to the nearest county government office in the past? Why did they requisition ships from us? Where do they want to transport food?"

Zhao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law lost their minds when they saw Huo Xi and Yang's news, and quickly comforted them: "Don't worry, don't worry, I will give you compensation for requisitioning boats from your fishermen. Suier, talk to your aunt Huo about it." Say it."

  Zhao casually told them about the boats requisitioned for the river berthing.

  The original Taizu established a dynasty and established his capital in Jinling, and there was no such thing as south-to-north grain transfer. Even if the army rations were to be shipped to the north, there was no need to go to great lengths to let the farmers transport the rations to the north.

  But the new emperor was originally granted the title of King of Yan and assigned the land of Yan. His base was in the north, and hundreds of thousands of troops were still stationed at the northern gate. Then the five major granaries of Huai'an, Xuzhou, Linqing, Dezhou and Tianjin were restarted.

  Require farmers to transport grain to the nearest county to pay taxes, and collect ships to transport grain to the five granaries. If there is a need in the north, the grain will be collected from these five granaries or granaries in various places and transported northward to Tongzhou warehouse.

   Since the founding of the Taizu Dynasty, the grain tax has been collected from peasant households, gold and silver are not collected, only grain is collected.

  And the grain needs to be paid by the farmers themselves, and the cost and loss along the way should be borne by themselves. When collecting grain, the local grain chiefs supervise the local fathers and villagers to hand over the grain and **** it.

  The counties near the capital are responsible for transporting some of the new grain to the Huaian warehouse.

  Requisition of ships by the river berth.

   "The amount of food transported this time is huge, except for the ships that are really unusable, all of them are included in the requisition."

  Huo Xi and Yang Shi were dumbfounded.

  Her family’s grocery store on the water is getting on the right track day by day, and she is still waiting to save some money and rent a house ashore before winter comes. Before I saved much money, my boat was confiscated?

  Going north to Huai'an, I don't know how long it will take, what will Nian'er do? Yang's mouth opened and closed, not knowing what to say, and he was extremely anxious.

  Yang Fu looked at this and that, feeling anxious. Turning to look at Huo Xi.

  Huo Xi frowned, and looked at Zhao Sui: "Brother Zhao Sui, when will you recruit? How long will the journey take? How did the Hebo Institute arrange for us?"

  Zhao Sui glanced at the stupefied Yang family, and then at Huo Xi. I felt in my heart, this child is really smart, her mother has not recovered yet, but she has already asked the key question.

Then he said in a warm voice: "It will be soon. The collection order has been issued to all the villages, and the grain will be transported by the farmers to the government offices of the counties immediately, and they will not wait for all the taxed grain to be returned to the warehouse. They will be transported by boat while paying the tax." To Huaian warehouse for storage."

   Then it will be a few days.

Seeing that she understood, Zhao Sui said, "Jiangning to Huai'an is about 400 miles away by water, and the journey is along the current, so it can be reached in two days. As for the arrangement of the river moorings, the size of the boats will determine the amount of food they can carry. According to the carrying capacity, when the fishing tax is collected at the end of the year, it will be reduced accordingly.”

  Huo Xi glanced at him after listening.

   Originally, she thought that the requisition of ships would give some corresponding funds, such as how much money a ship would be compensated for. Is this a business trip? Travel expenses not allowed on business trips?

   But now that I hear it, I probably don’t need to think about it. Fishing tax discount at the end of the year? How much to reduce, now it seems that there is no standard.

  The throwing fee along the way seems to have to be taken care of by the fishermen.

   Not only can't you catch fishing, but you have to pay for the work yourself, not to mention missing work?

   Hiss! toothache.

  Fortunately, her family still has food and silver deposits. For those fishermen who spend their days at a time, it is estimated that it will be a big burden.

  Farmers pay taxes and grain, not to mention transporting it to the destination by themselves, and also bear the freight, loss, and exploitation by petty officials. I thought that the fishermen didn't have these troubles, okay, didn't this trouble come?

  Huo Xi turned his head to look at Nian'er, who was being held by Yang Shi, who was listening to the adults without crying or fussing, feeling a little distressed.

  Do you want Nian'er to follow them north and wander on the water for several days?

   Leaned over and took his little hand, seeing him smiling at her very lively, and interacting with her ooh-ohh, I felt even more fond of her.

  Mr. Yang also touched Nian'er's little face distressedly. I don't know what will happen along the way, when the boat will be full of food, can Nian'er eat and sleep well?

   Everyone followed the eyes of her mother and daughter and looked at Huo Nian.

  Grandma Zhao took Nian'er distressedly: "Oh, we are still so young, how can we squeeze together with a pile of grain. What can we do?"

  Zhao Qianshi also looked at her mother-in-law eagerly, teasing the lively and lovely Huo Nian, and wanted to hug her too. Looking at Huo Nian also looked worried.

  Yang looked at Zhao Sui, and said with some difficulty: "We can pay the silver, will it be paid for the call?"

  (end of this chapter)