Unexpectedly, as soon as the news came out, the number of registered escorts suddenly exceeded thirty, accounting for half of the number of escorts in the Fuwei Escort Bureau.
My father, Lin Zhennan, did not expect that there would be so many people at that time. After all, following Wang Lidong to work as a county police officer, his monthly salary would be reduced by two-thirds.
At that time, Lin Zhennan said with emotion:
"Ping'er, deep down in our hearts, all of us from all over the world want to be officials and receive royal food."
Wang Lidong came up with an idea, as long as he is older and performs well.
After reaching a certain age, the escort will quit the escort agency and find another way to make a living.
After all, escorting is a physical job, and you definitely won't be able to do it when you're old.
Father Lin Zhennan immediately understood what Wang Lidong meant and thought this was a very good idea.
He believed that the escorts in his own escort agency would be more serious and responsible in their work in the future.
Wang Lidong asked:
"How many people are missing in total?"
Captain Cai discussed it with the other two people and then reported:
"About a hundred people are missing."
"so many people?"
Capt. Cai hurriedly explained:
"Young escort chief, there are at least about sixty people in the third squad of yamen servants alone.
There are also 2 doormen, 10 grooms, 7 sedan bearers and umbrella fans, 4 lamp bearers, 4 storekeepers, 4 warehouse boys, 12 jailers (jailers), and 2 noon workers."
After listening to the details reported by Capt. Cai, Wang Lidong felt that a hundred people were really not many, especially the number of three-class government officials, only 60, which he felt was a bit small.
The three shifts of government officers include:
Station guards, similar to today's bailiffs, are responsible for following the superior to guard the way. During the trial, they stand on both sides of the hall to maintain discipline, escort criminals, and perform torture and cane punishment. In the TV series we watch, when the trial opens, shout
These are the people who are 'mighty'.
The catcher, or catcher for short, is somewhat similar to today's criminal police, responsible for summoning defendants, witnesses, detecting criminals, and searching for evidence. Xu Xian's brother-in-law in "The Legend of White Snake" is the leader of this catcher.
Zhuangban Minzhuang was responsible for guarding city gates, government offices, warehouses, prisons and other key parts, and patrolling urban and rural roads, similar to today's armed police. This is often called "Dutou" in "Water Margin", such as Zhu Tong, the beautiful bearded man,
The winged tiger and the thunder are flying across the sky, and the walking force is the pine tree.
A county has at least 100,000 people in charge, and the three shifts of government officials total only 60. This ratio is really huge.
However, this matter cannot be rushed. If you do it step by step, if you recruit too many people at once, the management will not be able to keep up.
Wang Lidong turned to Zhao Ligong and said:
"Put a recruitment notice on the county government bulletin board and recruit people according to Capt. Cai's request.
However, it must be clearly stated that one must come from a good family, and all those who were in the yamen in the past will not be accepted, and all new ones will be recruited.
In addition, we will go to Santai Village to recruit twenty women to take charge of the kitchen and chores."
"Where are the five other old government officials?"
"As long as those who are reporting today don't seem to be of bad character, I'll keep them for now."
After speaking, Wang Lidong took out a few banknotes and gave them to Zhao Ligong.
"This thousand taels is considered a temporary loan from me to the Yamen, and it will be returned to me after taxes are collected."
Zhao Ligong was about to ask Wang Lidong for some money. When they checked the entire government office just now, they had already seen the money and grain warehouse, and even the clean mice inside would cry when they came in.
Wang Lidong also saw it at that time, and the same was true for other warehouses.
As long as it was something valuable, there was basically nothing left for him.
At this time, he had regarded Linhai County as his own territory.
How dare you covet his money.
MMP, give it to the young master and I will wait.
(σ;*Д*)σDeath penalty!
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"Young escort chief, Ya Po is here."
Lin Jian walked to a big banyan tree in the small garden. At this time, Wang Lidong was lying on a deck chair, dozing off.
When he heard that Ya Po was coming, Wang Lidong immediately opened his eyes and saw a chubby old woman following Lin Jian.
This fat lady was dressed in red and green clothes and looked a bit rich.
The pile of flesh on her body shows that she is living a good life, but her face is a bit white, and her red lips are a bit oozing.
This man walked up to Wang Lidong, bowed and said:
"I have met Master Lin. I am a Yapo from this county. Master Lin can just call me Qian Yapo.
I heard that Mr. Lin wanted to buy some maids and boys, so I brought all the ones that caught my eye. How about I let these people come in now and ask Mr. Lin to choose."
Wang Lidong nodded.
After a while, the garden was filled with people.
These people are probably around ten years old.
Seeing so many people coming, Wang Lidong said to Lin Jian:
"I think I only asked you to recruit a few maids and servants, right?"
Lin Jian hurriedly explained:
"Qian Yapo and I said the same thing, but she said to bring more so that you have more room to choose."
Wang Lidong understood that he wanted to flatter himself, and if he was happy, he might be able to buy a few more.
Kill two birds with one stone.
"You actually have so many maids and servants in your hands?"
Wang Lidong made a rough estimate and found that the total number of people Qian Yapo brought this time was more than fifty.
And listening to what she just said, she still has some rather unsightly maids and servants in her hands.
This startled him.
This is not a time of war and famine, so why are there so many children for sale?
And there is more than just one dental clinic in Linjiang County...
Qian Yapo seemed to understand Wang Lidong's thoughts and quickly explained the reason.
It was still the fault of Japanese pirates. A battle at the beginning of this year, coupled with the fact that they would come to the island from time to time to burn, kill and loot, resulted in a large number of orphans and children.
Wang Lidong nodded after hearing this, and his expression relaxed.
But the suspicion in his heart was even deeper, because he remembered the cruelty of the Japanese pirates.
Every time I go ashore, I will kill the children without mercy.
However, this matter is not yet certain, and we need to send someone to investigate.
Then Wang Lidong looked at the fifty or so children.
Most of them were thin and skinny, with sallow faces, and they were all wearing dirty burlap, and most of them had a look of fear in their eyes.
When Qian Yapo saw this situation, she immediately pulled out the two maids who were more prominent among the group of people.
"Mr. Lin, look at these two little girls, they are the best girls to me. They are still young now. When they get a few years older, they will definitely be very smart, even if they are a concubine..."
Qian Yapo, who originally wanted to brag a few more words, saw Wang Lidong's expression became unswerving and said hurriedly:
"I'm too talkative. Please choose Mr. Lin yourself. Each one only costs ten taels of silver. If someone else wants to buy it, they can get twelve taels of silver."
Lin Jian said dissatisfiedly:
"Qian Yapo, your price is too expensive. In Rongcheng, such maids only cost eight taels at most, let alone in Beitai Island."
"Steward Lin, the eight taels of silver you mentioned can be as dignified as a maid like me."
Wang Lidong called Lin Jian and told him in a low voice that he wanted all these dozens of maids and boys, and asked him to negotiate the price with Granny Qian.
After listening to this, Lin Jian suddenly felt that his brain was not strong enough.
What does the young escort want to do?
"Buy them all? This...is too much. You don't need so many people in the small garden where you live."