Lin Fu had already obtained detailed information about the topographic structure of Jinchuan Island and Jiangdao Dalao from the Inspectorate. Jiangdao Dalao was built within the flood peak line during the flood season, with masonry walls 160 feet long and two feet high.
The wall is enclosed inside. On the outside of the strong and tall masonry wall, there is another low earth wall on the east, west and north sides. A narrow space is left between the earth wall and the wall, which serves as a watchman's passage and is also a patrol road.
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The top and bottom of the walls are covered with thorns, making the entire Jiangdao prison look like a castle.
In addition to the prison cell, the prison hall is also built within the high wall. This will also be the place where Lin Fu will handle official duties and live daily life on the island in the future.
Located within the high wall, the prison hall at the south end of the prison cell is a complex of buildings consisting of four courtyards. The front yard is the formal official office. There are three main halls and four squad rooms in the front yard. Lin Fu will be here after taking office.
Daily office work. Unlike the prisons in the city, although there are no explicit regulations for the prison officers and wardens of Jiangdao Prison, due to the inconvenience of traveling to and from the city, they have to stay in the prison for a long time. In the backyard of the middle courtyard are the wardens and warders.
The residence of the squad leader. Lin Fu occupies a central courtyard alone, while other scribes, wardens, and squad leaders share the backyard. The last courtyard is the military soldier's courtyard, where the guards and servants live.
There is a tall wall separating the prison hall and the prison cell. Behind the wall is the prison cell, the main building of Jiangdao Prison. There is a prison temple, a worship hall, and a kitchen in the prison cell.
There are two outer prison buildings and three inner prison buildings. Here, there is also a lower courtyard, which is a place for relatives of convicted criminals to visit the prison.
Generally speaking, prisons are specially designed to house serious criminals and criminals, so that they can double the martial law. There is also a wall to surround the inner prison at the innermost level. However, after the prison city proposal was rejected, Jiangdao
The prison houses ordinary prisoners who have no money to redeem themselves. In addition, the entire Jiangdao Prison was designed and built according to the standard of full capacity of 2,000 prisoners. Currently, there are only more than 200 prisoners in custody, so the inner cells have always been empty.
Not used.
Lin Fu walked into the high wall and did not go to the front yard where he was doing official business. Instead, he went directly to the middle yard where he would move in. Because the former prison officer Ge Zuxin was busy leaving, the middle yard was a little messy at this time, and there were plants under the courtyard.
Two old plum trees were in bloom season, and the plum blossoms on the branches were scattered to the ground, and they were stepped on dozens of times.
Lin Fu walked around the prison hall and returned to the middle courtyard. He smiled and said to Zhao Hu next to him: "It seems that some people are not happy about our coming..." and asked a scribe who followed them into the courtyard.
, "It's a pity. There isn't much to see inside the high wall, Secretary Zhou, don't you think so?"
The other wardens and squad leaders followed Lin Fu's instructions and went to perform their duties. However, the handover with Ge Zuxin just now was too simple. They were also afraid of offending the new boss, so they recommended Zhou Shide, the secretary, to come over and take care of them, and update Jiangdao Prison.
Detailed information can be introduced and explained to the new boss at any time.
In addition to the prisoners, Jiangdao Prison also has more than 200 officials and handymen. Among them, it can be said that there are two clerks, five cell leaders, one miscellaneous worker leader, and two prison guards.
There is a small school for soldiers; because on Jiangdao, it is inconvenient to send prisoners to the doctor when they are sick or to call a doctor for treatment, so there is an additional medical officer.
Secretary Zhou Shide was born as a scholar, and he finally got this low-level official position. He has served faithfully for seven or eight years. He is the person most familiar with prison affairs in Jiangdao Prison, so he was promoted to the new boss.
deal with.
When Zhou Shide saw that Lin Fu had just entered the courtyard and found fault with the prison officer, he said: "Master Lin has overthought it. The wind was a little stronger last night. Knowing that Master Lin is coming today, Master Ge specially asked people to clean up the middle courtyard.
Some, there are so many people running around... I will clean this courtyard immediately."
"No need to trouble others," Lin Fu interrupted Zhou Shide, "Before dinner starts in the prison cell, you can follow me in and inspect the prison cell..."
Seeing that Lin Fu had just asked everyone to go their separate ways, Zhou Shide suddenly proposed to go into the prison cell to inspect. He thought that this young boss seemed difficult to serve. Anyway, everyone would not slack off these days and were not afraid of Lin Fu.
It depends on how big of a problem the raid is, and he said: "I'll go down and get the prison list, and then I'll take the adults in and take a look..."
When Zhou Shide came over with the prison list, Sun Geng, the other secretary general, Jiang Jin, the military soldier who was on rotation today, and Sun Cunsi, the prison medical officer, all followed him. Lin Fu didn't say anything. It was his first time entering the prison cell.
Dianzhi, if they didn't follow him, they would be despising his new boss.
Before coming here, Lin Fu had read the names of Zhou Shide, Changsun Geng, Jiang Jin and others. Changsun Geng was also a scholar, and Jiang Jin and the other prison guard, Xiaoxiao Cao Shang, were both in the ninth rank.
The Dai Viet Dynasty worshiped literature and suppressed martial arts. Not to mention that Lin Fu was a prison officer of the ninth grade and beat two ninth-grade military soldiers to death. Even if Lin Fu was not on the island, there were also two clerks, Zhou Shide and Changsun Geng.
It was Jiang Jin and Cao Shang's turn to take charge.
Zhao Hu is a domestic servant brought here by Lin Fu, not an officer in Jiangdao Prison. As a rule, he is strictly prohibited from entering the second wall.
Before Lin Fu fully fed and housed the people in Jiangdao Prison, he naturally couldn't break the rules and let Zhao Hu stay in the yard to clean up the place where they would spend the night today. He led Zhou Shide, Changsun Geng, and Jiang Jinsan
They walked straight to the prison cell. Cao Shang Dexin was waiting in front of the second door into the prison cell. Except for the handyman team leader, the other five prison cell team leaders were all waiting in the prison cell. No matter what they were thinking,
No matter how you think about it, his face is very respectful and gentle.
Since the number of prisoners is far from full, and there are no serious prisoners, only one of the five prison cells is actually used. In the A-shaped prison cell, an iron door is used to separate the men's and women's cells. Walking in the long corridor of the cell,
Despite the cold winter, the stench in the cells still assaults your nostrils. Each cell may hold five or six people, or seven or eight people. Even though it is the cold winter, the prison beds are only covered with straw mats, and straw felts are used as bedding.
, the winter prison clothes worn by prisoners were mostly torn cotton and wadding, dirty and greasy.
It’s not that the former prison officer and other jailers were corrupt, but that was the case in all prisons in the Dai Viet Dynasty.
The prisoners in jail were all indifferent to the new chief of Jiangdao Prison approaching. The prison team leader called his name and then stood in front of the cell door to answer. Zhou Shide and Changsun Geng pointed to the roster and explained to Lin Fu what crime the prisoner had committed.
He should be imprisoned for a few years, and there are still a few years left before he can be released.
The more than two hundred prisoners went through each one one by one, and it was time for the meal in the cell. Lin Fu stood in front of the female prisoner and watched the guards in the cell serve meals to all the prisoners.
Prison food is a large expense in Jiangdao Prison. It is collected from the Xuanfu Envoy Department every year as needed. Two meals a day are provided to the prisoners with custom-made copper spoons with a capacity of half a liter. The calculation is based on 200 prisoners.
, about four hundred koku of rice and grain are needed annually, and the wages for food and food of the jailers are naturally included in addition. Ordinarily, prison food should be the largest expense in Jiangdao Prison, but because the prison sentence is far from full, the jailer’s salary is not enough.
The jailer's salary for his work and food was far more than the prison food.
In Zhou Shide's office, the team leader's annual labor and food money can be converted into about 123 taels of silver per year. Ordinary jailers and handymen can get 56 taels of silver per year. Even Lin Fu's regular salary can only be converted into 123 taels of silver per year.
In exchange for eighteen taels of snowflake silver.
Lin Fu tasted a mouthful of prison rice. It was steamed with old grains and millet and was difficult to swallow. In addition to the food, the prisoners were also given a ladle of soup for each meal. Lin Fu took a ladle and drank two sips of the soup.
There were a few leaves of vegetables floating in the big wooden barrel that was brought into the prison cell. There was no oil star at all, and after two bites, it had almost no salty taste. Lin Fu didn't say anything and returned the copper spoon to the guard, who asked the guard to give it to the female prison guard.
Food is provided to female prisoners.
These are old rules. Lin Fu had a thorough understanding of the prison affairs of the day from Zhao Shuhan. Prison officials such as Zhou Shide and Chang Sun Geng, at least when he first took office, did not dare to use any tricks to deduct prisoners' food.
Lin Fu glanced at the female prisoners in the cell again through the cell door. Compared to the indifference of the male prisoners in the men's cell, the forty or fifty female prisoners in the women's cell looked dull, unkempt, and their clothes were shabby.
According to Dai Viet law, except for a few crimes such as capital crimes and rape that require women to be imprisoned, other female offenders are taken back and taken care of by their husbands or relatives. This is mainly to prevent women from being humiliated in prison.
Jiangdao Prison does not hold death row inmates. Most of the prisoners in the women's prison are female prisoners who have been sent to the government for crimes of rape or adultery. In addition to the cell supervisor, the women's prison also uses six slave women in the cell to facilitate the treatment of female prisoners.
Carry out supervision.
Lin Fu looked around the cell without saying anything. After confirming that the actual number of prisoners was compared with the roster, he left the cell. Behind him, the head of the handyman team caught up and asked Lin Fu if he wanted to have a meal immediately. He asked someone to have a meal immediately.
After being sent to the middle courtyard, Lin Fu nodded and agreed. Naturally, being an officer requires you to enjoy some privileges, otherwise these subordinates would feel uncomfortable.
Zhao Hu was sweeping all the fallen plum blossoms in the yard into a dustpan when he saw Lin Fu coming back with his hands behind his back and asked, "Have you checked them?"
"The prisons all over the world look like this. If there is no explanation for a while, we have to wait and see for two more days." Lin Fu nodded. It was difficult to figure out the situation for the first time. He pointed to the plum petals in the dustpan and said, "These
Don't throw the fallen plums outside, just pile them in the corner. Maybe they will have some fragrance... There will be a boat coming to the island early tomorrow morning. You go back to the city and ask Lin Jingzhong to allocate some money to hire a boatman at the mouth of Jinchuan River to prepare the boat.
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In order to prevent the prisoners from seizing the boats and escaping, it was forbidden to prepare boats at the docks on the island. Lin Fu knew that this rule was of no use. The prisoners could escape from the high wall, jump into the water and swim more than a mile to reach the south bank of the river, so there was no need to use boats.
Escape? But if this rule needs to be changed, a document needs to be submitted to the Procuratorate for approval.
There is no wharf at the mouth of Jinchuan River. To use a boat on the island, you need to send a boat regularly from Jiuwengqiao Wharf, which is 17 to 8 miles away. One place is a bit further away. If Lin Fu has something urgent on the island, he cannot notify Jiuwenqiao Wharf in time.
Boat, Lin Fu thought about asking Lin Jingzhong to prepare a boat at the mouth of the river a mile away. Even if the boat was to be used at night, he could light the torch and wave it a few times to move the boat over.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard gate. Lin Fu remembered what the handyman team leader had just said about delivering food to the courtyard. He just felt that the footsteps were light and did not look like a man walking. He looked back in confusion and saw two people.
A beautiful young woman walked in carrying a lacquer box, and the aroma of food wafted out of the lacquer box.
"Prison Master..." The two young women bowed to Lin Fu and said, "Boss Du has asked Master Du to deliver a meal to Mr. Prison Secretary." Lin Fu didn't need to give any instructions, and walked in with the lunch box.
It was time to set up the food in the west wing of the restaurant.
"Come here," Lin Fu raised his brows slightly as he watched the two beautiful young women walk into the west wing and called the guards on duty at the courtyard gate to come in. "Call all the clerks and supervisors who are not on duty to my courtyard.
Come here!"
Zhou Shide, Chang Sun Geng and others rushed over in the blink of an eye. Lin Fu looked at them with a gloomy face, pointed at the two beautiful young women and asked: "What happened to them? Within the high wall, outside the female prison
,can I use a maid?”
"Sir, you misunderstood, they are not the invited servants..." Zhou Shide hurriedly explained.
"Who are they?" Lin Fu stared at Zhou Shide.
"They are..." Zhou Shide stared at Lin Fu a little bit, and said bravely, "Female prisoners are in prison, and hard labor makes them learn to repent. These two are prisoners in the women's prison, and they are called to serve the adults as hard labor.
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"Is that so? It seems that I have overthought it. The high walls must not be broken to allow the female relatives to come in. If any of you want to take leave and go back to the city to visit relatives, you can tell me..." Lin Fu glanced at Zhou Shide and his eldest grandson.
Geng and other squad leaders asked again, "Then do you use female prisoners as hard labor?"
"How dare we? This is all your blessing, sir." Zhou Shide felt relieved when he saw that Lin Fu would no longer pursue the matter, "I won't disturb you during your meal."
"Oh, by the way, Chang Sun's secretary is responsible for the prison food and prison clothes. Please stay and have dinner with me. I have something to ask you." Lin Fu asked Chang Sun Geng to stay and asked two young women to serve as prison servants.
After preparing a pair of bowls and chopsticks for Changsun Gengduo, he and the others left first.
After everyone else left the courtyard, Lin Fu winked at Zhao Hu and said, "Go and watch in the courtyard and don't let others get close to this room." He put his chopsticks on the table, stared at Changsun Geng and said, "Changsun."
Secretary, I saw in your expression just now that you seemed to have something to say to me. I will send the others away. What do you have to say to me?"
Changsun Geng still had hesitation on his face and said: "Those two female prisoners who were used as hard labor are young and beautiful, but they are only used as maids. Don't you think it is a waste of treasures?"