noffsinger Chapter 321: New Constables, New Monthly Salary
Chapter 321: New Constables, New Monthly Salary
Tongan County.
Autumn came slowly in Tongan County this year, but it finally came.
The county residents once again sighed that it was fortunate that Lord Shen led them to dig the ditch.
If we hadn't dug ditches on that summer day this year, I don't know what the fields would have been like. Every time I dug the fields with a hoe, I'm afraid the hoe would have dug a hole.
During the slack season recently, people from Linmu Village came to Qingyuan Village with tools to dig canals into the territory of Quanyang County in two periods of time every day, before sunrise and after sunset.
Linmu Village has not yet selected a new headman, only a temporary one. He is fully responsible for digging the canal this time, which is also a test.
The more contact the two sides have, the less malice there will be on the surface.
Who would have nothing to do after eating and would find fault with others every day? Unless their own life is not comfortable and they don't want to live anymore.
It is something that everyone wants to see that fellow villagers get along well with each other.
The front yard of the county government office.
The autumn breeze blows on my face, and it feels comfortable just standing there.
Standing in front of Zhao Xiu were a group of young men, all of them strong and handsome.
They are the best in the patrol teams of each village and are therefore selected to work as constables in the county government. Even so, they and their families feel that this is the blessing of their ancestors.
Zhao Xiu's eyes swept across their faces one by one, revealing a look of satisfaction.
He stood with his hands behind his back and said in a deep voice: "Hello everyone, I am Zhao Xiu, and I am the head of the police force in our Tongan County Government."
Of course the boys knew him. They heard that in order to protect the village heads, Captain Zhao was beaten by the adults, but he did not give up the heads.
A real man is always worthy of admiration!
The boys shouted in unison: "Hello, Boss! Please give me your guidance in the future!"
Some people even shouted until their voices broke.
There was no way out. They were so excited that they had to express it with their voices.
Zhao Xiu smiled and said, "You all look younger than me, so you can call me Brother Zhao like them, or you can call me the boss."
In fact, after he said this, he felt that he was a bit pretentious. In the eyes of others, he should look like a decent human being, right?
But no way.
The adults said that with the addition of a new constable, he, as the leader, must establish his authority, otherwise he might not be able to control the situation in the future.
People’s hearts are complicated. He is in his position and the rules that should be established must be established from the beginning.
"First of all, the county government welcomes you. From now on, we will be brothers working together."
The boys were about to applaud when they heard Zhao Xiu say, "But there are some things I must say first."
The boss is going to give them some rules! The guys straightened their backs even more.
Zhao Xiu asked them: "Tell me, what are our duties as constables?"
"Patrol the streets!"
Zhao Xiu nodded.
"Keep the adults safe!"
Zhao Xiu nodded again.
"Catch the murderer, punish the evil and promote the good!"
This person's ambition was a bit too ambitious, but Zhao Xiu still nodded.
He first gave a sweet date and praised: "You are all right, but..."
All the guys looked at him.
"But there is one thing you didn't mention. It's not that you didn't mention it, but it's not quite relevant."
Zhao Xiu did not keep the question secret and said directly: "My Lord has told me before that the most important duty of us as detectives is to support the people and let them live and work in peace and contentment."
Some people were puzzled: "Boss, patrolling the streets and punishing evil and promoting good are not to protect the people to live and work in peace and contentment?"
What's the difference?
Zhao Xiu took two steps with his hands behind his back. "In some places, when the people are not having a hard time, we, the detectives, are their biggest problem. I see that you are all smart people, so I don't need to say more, right?"
The guys shuddered all over.
So this is what the boss meant. How dare they!
"Boss, don't worry. We know exactly what we should and shouldn't do. We will never take a single cent from the people!"
"Yes! Boss, you and the adults can rest assured. We have worked hard to become constables, and we have all been tested by the villagers! We will never do anything to let the people down! If we do, we will not be able to stay in the county anymore."
Zhao Xiu nodded.
"Okay, I won't say any more. I'll just say one thing. If anyone dares to do something that is unfair to the county, the adults, and the people, don't expect to go undetected. We will punish them directly according to the law!"
"Yes--!"
As soon as Shen Zheng returned to the county government office, he heard the new detectives' sonorous and powerful responses.
Following behind her were the "old detectives" headed by Xiao Yuan.
Zhao Xiu saw her and hurried over to ask, "Sir, the detectives will all be on duty tomorrow. Can you say a few words to them?"
Shen Zheng pondered for a moment, nodded, and walked to the front of the crowd. Xiao Yuan and others quickly joined the team and stood in line.
She said, "I'm sure Captain Zhao has already told you everything that needs to be said, so I won't repeat it. Let's talk about something else."
Everyone is looking forward to it.
"Thanks to the efforts of our entire county, the county government's finances are finally no longer in deficit this year. The people's lives are getting better and better. There are more places to work and the wages are getting better. If you are willing to work, you can get a little one or two taels of silver a month. In comparison, do you feel dissatisfied?"
Nowadays, there is a lot of traffic in the county, so the constables have added night shifts, especially near the Hu’s grain store and the county government’s granary, where someone has to watch every night.
Moreover, with more people, there will be more small contradictions and conflicts. In the past few days, Xiao Yuan and his group have been working around the clock. They would not take things to the county government office if they could avoid it, and try to make big things small and not cause trouble for Shen Zheng.
To say I’m not tired would be a lie.
But everyone still shook their heads like rattles.
Being able to work as a county constable is already a great blessing. How could there be any dissatisfaction?
Shen Zheng smiled helplessly.
These are a bunch of blockheads.
She felt sorry and wanted to leave. "Forget it, since no one wants to hear about this 'New Moon Money System', then forget it."
New Moon Money System?!
Everyone's eyes suddenly widened.
Fortunately, Xiao Yuan reacted quickly, "I want to hear it! Sir! I want to hear it! I hope you can tell me what the 'New Moon Money System' is?"
Shen Zheng stopped and stopped teasing them, and said slowly:
"I have already drafted the new monthly salary system and have explained it to Xu Zhubu. In fact, whether you listen to it or not, the monthly salary for this month will be distributed according to the new system."
"The original monthly salary of one tael or three qian remains unchanged, but the new system adds three categories: 'monthly salary based on length of service', 'night patrol allowance', and 'monthly salary based on performance'."
This time, Shen Zheng did not choose to directly "raise the wages" for the detectives, but instead adopted the wage system from her previous life.
It is not entirely true to say that it is adopted.
In the past, these systems seemed to be incentives for salary increases, but in reality they were dividing the original pie into countless pieces - in fact, the whole pie belonged to the workers at the beginning, but under this system, the workers would feel that only half of the pie was what they deserved.
As for the remaining half, it can only be obtained through hard work.