In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 122 Is It All My Money?
"Is this car and boat so dilapidated?" Zhao Yurui was also staring at the car and boat at this time. Among the seven boats, the car and boat were the most dilapidated, with spots everywhere on it.

The corners of Feng Deshan's mouth twitched slightly: "This vehicle and boat are really old—" After a pause, he said, "The navy doesn't have the money to repair it."

What did Zhao Yurui think of: "Is there a shipyard in Qingyuan Mansion? Who is in charge now?"

Feng Deshan and the other generals looked at each other in blank dismay, Zhao Yurui, as ambassadors of the Coastal Manufacturing Department, didn't even know this.

There were a large number of government-run and private shipyards in the Song Dynasty. At its peak, there were nearly 3000 large and small shipyards in the south alone. Zhang Ping, a Song native, was the first person in the world to invent docks. Docks had spread all over the country in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The shipyards in the Southern Song Dynasty were mainly distributed in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other places. Now Xupu and Qingyuanfu are important shipbuilding places in the Southern Song Dynasty. The government-run shipyards in Qingyuanfu built about [-] ships a year at their peak. Of course, now is definitely not the peak period.

The most powerful is Jizhou (Jian) ​​in Jiangxi Province. The highest record of Jizhou Shipyard is an annual output of [-] ships.

Feng Deshan thought that he had to thank the king of Wei for being the seventh rank, so he carefully explained to Zhao Yurui the government-run shipyard in Qingyuan Mansion - Mingzhou Shipyard.

Mingzhou was changed to Qingyuan Mansion during Ningzong, but many places in the area have not been renamed. For example, Mingzhou Shipyard is still called Mingzhou Shipyard, and it is officially called a shipyard (field).

In the Southern Song Dynasty, official shipyards were generally run and managed by two types of institutions.

The first is the transshipment department, shipping department, and chariot transportation department related to the transportation of various materials, and the second is the coastal manufacturing department related to the navy.

Obviously, Mingzhou Shipyard belongs to Zhao and Rui.

The first member of the shipyard was Cheng Wulang, who was the eighth-rank civil official, responsible for the specific management of the shipyard and the inspection of the quality of the ship, and later changed to be the chief supervisor, and became the ninth-rank civil official, who was also the lowest rank of civil officials in the Southern Song Dynasty. .

This kind is the supervisor of the shipyard. At present, the supervisor of the shipyard in Mingzhou is Xu Yuan, who will be the chief supervisor.

The government-run shipyard implements a military establishment and lives in barracks.

Except for the supervisor, the rest of the people are divided into labor service (craftsman) and soldier rank (soldier). Even how many people are there in the Mingzhou Shipyard, you have to ask Xu Yuan, Feng Deshan doesn't know either.

Among them, the rank of soldiers is "non-free handicraftsman", also known as "recruitment". Among them, there are folk craftsmen who are recruited from the people in turn, and there are also craftsmen who are recruited when recruiting soldiers. During the Northern Song Dynasty), it was later changed to stab hands.

After these people entered the camp, they were managed by the military. They had no freedom and had to have their characters tattooed, so they were called "non-free" or "recruiting" craftsmen.

The other part is called labor service. When the government may feel that there is not enough manpower, it will recruit from the people again. This is also compulsory recruitment, but the government only needs to pay wages, not food and clothing. If the craftsmen If you don't want to, you can pay for the redemption.

For example, if you are a craftsman, the government recruits you to build a ship in a shipyard, and will give you a consistent amount of money every month, which will take you a year.

You said I don't want to go, that's fine, you give the official [-] guan money in turn, that is, a year's fee, and the official uses the money you give to recruit another one.

Zhao Yurui was ignorant of the craftsman system and shipbuilding industry in the Southern Song Dynasty, but Feng Deshan finally understood a lot after explaining it seriously.

He was even more relieved, because there was a shipyard in Jiufan, and it was a relatively large shipyard in the Southern Song Dynasty. This was what he was most concerned about.

He couldn't help looking at the dilapidated car and boat again: "If this boat goes to the shipyard for repairs, it will be——the king will pay for it?"

Feng Deshan remained calm, and smiled carefully: "According to the rules, the production department should pay the money."

Zhao Yurui is the nominal military and political leader of the Qingyuan Mansion, which means he is required to pay.

Seeing the wreckage of the vehicle and boat, Zhao Yurui knew that the local officials in Xu Pu (Suzhou) would not pay for repairs.

"What about buying a new boat?" Zhao Yurui said angrily.

"Qingyuan Mansion and the Imperial Court of the Department of Manufacturing and Development paid for it," Feng Deshan said again.

I pay for the co-authorship, right?Zhao and Rui were extremely speechless.

Shouldn't the court pay for this?

Who told you to be the leader of the military and government, Feng Deshan seemed to understand his mind, and gave him a glance.

"How many sailors do you have in total? This king refers to those who can fight, including sailors."

"Back to the King of Wei, there are now seven ships and 18 sailors under the West Zhejiang Coastal System."

After Feng Deshan paused, he whispered again: "The monthly salary is about 640 guan."

"..." Zhao Yurui.

"About [-] shi per month for grain."

"..." Zhao Yurui.

Feng Deshan said again: "There are another 900 family members." The soldiers who came first this time will go back to the Xupu barracks to pick up their families after they settle down.

"..." Only then did Zhao Yurui know that the Song Dynasty was the same as the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers were followed by their families.

The Song Dynasty used the recruitment system. If there were several brothers in the family and one was recruited, there might be no family members to follow.

If the main labor force of the family goes to the military camp, many family members will follow.

Zhao Yurui immediately thought that the Southern Song army did not have the habit of family farming. They used to set up military settlements, but the income was not enough. This is not as good as in the early Ming Dynasty.

This means that the family members may also ask him to support them.

At this time, all the generals looked at him.

Zhao Yurui transferred them from Xu Pu to Dinghai. From now on, all these expenses will be paid by the Qingyuan Mansion.

However, if you think that this is the end, you are very wrong.

After thinking for a while, Feng Deshan bit his bullet again, and said again: "To the King of Wei, Xu Pu still owes the army about three thousand guan."

"..." Zhao Yurui.

There are countless exclamation marks on Zhao Yurui's head, doesn't it mean that Da Song is very rich?Why is it underpaid?
When he learns about the way the navy pays and food is spent, he will understand. It turns out that it is paid by the local government and county in the Song Dynasty, but it is better if you meet a good county magistrate, and a corrupt official. Will pay you, always find all kinds of excuses.

But generally speaking, the food will be guaranteed, and you must have something to eat, and then there will be various means, such as letting you do business, renting houses and shops to the navy, etc., and various means to resist pressure and delay.

Feng Deshan's soldiers and horses have not received regular salaries for almost two years, and they used to rely entirely on business subsidies.

"There are two ways for us to make money. One is to go to Lianghuai River to help transport salt, sugar and tea, and the other is to go to Fuguang to help merchants transport silk, porcelain tea and other things."

Some merchants in the Southern Song Dynasty used official ships instead of their own ships to run maritime merchants. First, they felt more secure. Second, if they encountered risks at sea, they would not have to pay for the loss of official ships.

So they will find the navy, ask the navy to help transport it, and give some benefits.

Of course, there are also major navy generals who do it alone. For example, Wu Ying may have done it.

Generally speaking, salt-sugar tea is demanded in the north, while silk pottery is the main demand in the south.

Before Feng Deshan came, he had heard that the King of Wei liked to do business very much. He was very careful when he talked about it, and he even knew the approximate price of any goods.

Zhao Yurui understood as soon as he heard it, why did he help the businessman do this, why not do it himself?

In fact, there are many navy generals who know how to do it themselves, but Feng Deshan can't say it clearly.

Damn, the country is about to perish, and the navy is still worrying about the salary and working outside, Zhao Yurui is cursing in his heart.

"How much is the monthly salary of the sailors?"

Zhao Yurui quickly figured out how the Southern Song Dynasty paid the salary.

In the Song Dynasty, soldiers were classified according to their height. Those who were short were five hundred wen a month, and those who were tall could reach more than one guan. For example, the standard height of an official in the Imperial City Department was (Song Chi) five feet nine inches one minute six centimeters , about 185-190 centimeters today, similar to the Great Han General of Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty, and he will be tall in later generations.

This kind of starting point is double guan.

But because there are too many related households in the Imperial City Division, there are also many who fail to meet the standards.

When Zhou Lai and Niu Bao first arrived in Lin'an, they became private officials, and their heights were not up to standard.

The navy is generally not tall, and most of the monthly salary is only [-] yuan, which is quite cheap, but the price will be too high, so many people are still willing to serve as soldiers, at least they can eat enough, otherwise you work outside, and you will be paid every month. Earning a consistent income may not be enough to eat.

Think about it, Zhao Yurui costs 75 renminbi to buy a chicken, [-] renminbi to buy a big meat bun, and the usual monthly money is enough to eat a meat bun every day.

Therefore, recruiting troops in the Southern Song Dynasty was quite easy. The key is that the rules for recruiting troops in the Southern Song Dynasty were changed twice.

First, the tattoo on the face was changed to the hand, which greatly improved the morale of ordinary people as soldiers.

Then in Xiaozong's time, it was changed to seven points for soldiers and three points for utility.

Effectiveness means that there is no need for tattooing (but it also has a special effect), but this can't be helped. If you don't do this, you won't be able to recruit enough soldiers.

Now is not the peaceful period of the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty. If you want to force conscripts and tattoo your face, people would rather run north.

There are warlords everywhere in the north. If you dare to tattoo for me, I will go to the north to join the warlords, join the Jinmeng, and beat you to the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Yurui chatted with Feng Deshan and other naval generals all the way, and at the same time listened to them from the sidelines. They felt that Feng Deshan and the others had some experience in water warfare, but they lacked training for a long time, and now they have no intention of training. To make money, but also to feed the brothers below.

Feng Deshan almost said clearly that he asked Wei Wang to bring everyone together to make money and make a fortune.

When it was dark that day, the fleet arrived in Shaoxing, Zhao Yurui did not disembark, and asked his uncle Quan Baochang to return to his hometown in Shaoxing.

Before he left, he begged Deng Shilang for his elder brother Zhao and Ju, a civil official of the ninth rank.

After a while, the imperial court may allow him to be a county captain in Yinshan County, which is also the position that the father of the two brothers held.

Zhao Yuju designed it in Lin'an at the beginning, and wanted him not to be able to go to the prime minister's mansion. Zhao Yurui was actually quite annoyed, but after thinking about it, people do not do what they want, and heaven and earth are destroyed. Dry.

And he thought about it, Zhao and Ju are very scheming, and Shi Miyuan also knows Zhao and Ju better, maybe it can have other functions?In his mind, he had already thought of a clever plan to use Zhao and Ju.

The fleet continued the next day and arrived in Dinghai County after a day and a night.

It was night again when we arrived at Dinghai.

Zhao and Rui continued to live on the boat and did not disembark until dawn.

(End of this chapter)