Li Chao's first meal when he arrived in Liuqiu was in the backyard of the county government.
Ke Shan called a few people over, a total of more than a dozen people, including cooks, doormen, servants, coachmen, scholars, long-term followers, housekeepers, and maids.
These ten people can be regarded as hiring Fan Lubing, after all, Fan Lubing did not bring his family with him when he took office, and there was only one staff member by his side, so it would definitely be inconvenient in life.
These people, such as the cook, are basically invited from immigrant families, and they are considered experienced.
The yamen is newly renovated, and the kitchen in the backyard is also readily available.
Not far from the county government is a vegetable market, with all kinds of vegetables, fish, meat, poultry and eggs.
The cook personally took the handyman to buy the dishes, and it didn't take much effort to come back, and she had already made a large table of dishes.
There are stir-fried pork with fresh bamboo shoots, river shrimp, and fish.
Eight dishes of fresh river seafood are served, four are seasonal vegetables and wild vegetables, and venison, chicken, duck and a scrambled egg are also made.
The dishes were sumptuous, a large table of dishes.
Li Chao, Zhang Zhongjian, Fan Lubing, Ke Shan and several of Li Chao's protégés sat at a big table.
Li Chao was the most polite, and picked up the chopsticks first and ate.
The cook is a Fujianese, and the dishes are relatively light.
It's not quite to Li Chao's appetite, but it's okay.
Fan Lubing also felt good, the first time he came to such a far place to serve as an official, he was originally worried about the inconvenience of life and the inadaptability of diet, but now look at it, King Yue has arranged everything for him.
The yamen was newly built, and the backyard was large and comfortable, and he invited such a large group of people for him early.
There are more than ten subordinates, all of whom have to be paid by Fan Lubing himself, but Fan Lubing's county order now has more than 300 yuan a year just for regular and additional salaries, not to mention that even if he is not corrupt and bribe-taking, as a local official, some people still have a lot of income.
For example, as soon as he got off the ship today, the steward of the Li family gave him a sum of money, not a bribe, but a custom of officialdom, and the local businessmen and landlords gathered together to welcome the money.
It's not a lot of money, but it's also a lot, a hundred.
According to the usual practice, when officials arrive and leave office, the local government will send a sum of money.
This money can be regarded as an unspoken rule, and the local officials of the imperial history will not be investigated for corruption because of this money.
In addition, as a county order, I usually write some epitaphs and plaques for people, and the pen fee is also a lot.
Anyway, there is actually a lot of normal gray income.
Even if you don't stretch out your hand to be greedy, you can make a lot of money as a county official.
The official system of the Tang Dynasty, officials below the sixth grade, serve a term of four years, and will be promoted and lowered according to the assessment results at the end of the term.
If you have good grades and you will be promoted, if you have poor grades, you will be demoted or transferred, and you will be re-elected for one term at most, and you must move out after serving for eight years.
For officials above the fifth grade, the term is three years.
In addition, there is a recusal system for officials not to serve in their hometowns.
Fan Lubing came to Liuyu to be a county magistrate, and he could be a county magistrate for up to eight years.
Of course, under normal circumstances, it is generally a four-year term.
Then according to the assessment results, it will be promoted or lowered or transferred, and even if you do a particularly good job, you will be promoted in less than four years.
"Thank you Captain Ke for your help, otherwise I would not even be able to eat a hot meal if I came alone."
Fan Lubing said with a smile.
Keshan was eating a piece of pickled fish in Liuqiu, although the Li family also encouraged immigrants to engage in farming.
But at this stage, beef and mutton are still expensive, and the supply of pork is insufficient, even chicken and duck.
After all, Liuqiu is not an ordinary agricultural county, there are so many merchants in the port here, just the nine hundred guards in Liuqiu Fort consume a lot every day.
Many of the livestock had to be shipped from Fujian, so the prices remained high.
The locals hunted a lot, but if the prey they caught died, it was difficult to transport it.
However, there are abundant fishery resources here, not only by the sea, but also by many rivers.
The fish market in the city is the most lively every day, because fish is cheap and it is meat, and everyone likes to buy it.
Sometimes there is too much fish to sell, and it is processed into pickled fish.
"A little thing, in the future, Liuqiu Ke will all rely on Fan's parents, and we will all be under the rule of our parents in the future."
Ke Shan said with a smile, he has been in Ryuqiu for almost two years, and he likes it now.
Ke Shan also saved some money in the early years, especially in Li Chao's industry, although he did not mix much, but the annual dividends accumulated are also a large amount.
After arriving in Liuqiu, he bought a lot of land, about 5,000 acres, and built several plantations, mainly to grow sugar cane.
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This year, I heard Li Chao say that cotton has a future, and he also plans to buy thousands of acres of land to grow cotton.
Nowadays, the land of Liuqiu is vast and sparsely populated, and the land is cheap.
The imperial court didn't care about them buying land, it didn't matter how much they bought, the imperial court no longer suppressed annexation, let alone on such an overseas island as Liuqiu.
The land that Ke Shan bought didn't cost much.
Now there is a lot of land, and no one grabs land with them, and ordinary immigrants can directly measure the land and divide the land, and cultivate it by themselves, but they can't plant it.
Ordinary landlords are also reluctant to buy too much land, because although it is easy to buy land, you have to plant it if you buy it.
Even if you are barren, the imperial court still has to collect taxes according to the acres of land.
Abandonment is also punishable, and now there is a shortage of people everywhere, so the landlords are not willing to land the land.
Ke Shan bought these lands, but he was not wasted, he had a relationship with the Li family, bought a lot of slaves, and cultivated the land to grow sugarcane, cotton, etc.
Now in Liuqiu, Keshan is also a big landowner, and he still has a ship to transport goods between the two sides of the strait.
Ke Shan is no longer the poor soldier he was back then, so he doesn't have to go around studying in order to make a few dollars when he is free.
The property placed in Liuqiu is enough for the Ke family to pass on in the future.
"Lu Bing, you just took office, and the Li family also gave you a gift."
Li Chao put down his chopsticks and said to the student with a smile, "The Li family plans to fund the construction of a primary school in every immigrant tunzhuang, and all expenses will be borne by the Li family.
All students are admitted free of charge, and the tuition and textbook fees are also borne by the Li family.
The Li family also set up a scholarship to reward those with outstanding grades. ” For local officials, performance is important.
The assessment of Datang officials is a small test every year, a high school examination every two years, and a major test every three years.
There are also irregular inspections and assessments, as well as special assessments.
It's not easy to be an official.
Everything must also be based on political achievements.
The magistrates of the Tang Dynasty attach importance to four virtues, one is to be virtuous and righteous, the second is to be cautious and clear, the third is to be fair and commendable, and the fourth is to be diligent and slack.
It is to require officials to put their own moral cultivation in the first place, and then to persuade them to teach agriculture, increase household registration, culture and education, no grievances in prison lawsuits, and recommend talents, and so on.
Suffice it to say, these are hard indicators.
Agriculture comes first, population growth is also important, then schooling, trial and so on.
If these hard indicators are not up to standard, the assessment results will definitely not be good. t1706231537: