Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 990 Everyone Wants to Be an Official

Upon hearing this, Qian Bantou gulped down a large mouthful of wine, then wiped his mouth. Instead of answering the question directly, he complained, "Bah!"

"Mr. Pi, your wine is grammatically incorrect!"

"If it weren't for the sake of our neighbors, I would really want to smash your shop!"

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Pi shrank his neck and didn't dare to say a word.

Before Qian Bantou's identity was exposed, he was the most successful and connected person among the neighbors.

All the neighbors don't want to offend such a person who has both official status and connections.

What's more, now he has revealed his identity, he is a Jinyiwei!

Even if he changed his job and became a sheriff, he changed his job together with Mao Xiang, the commander of the Jinyiwei!
Not to mention whether he is still doing the work of Jinyiwei now, at least with the relationships he had in the past, it would be no problem for him to deal with those few common people.

So, Shopkeeper Pi simply pretended not to hear.

Or, just consider it as a debt of favor owed for what happened six years ago!

Seeing that Shopkeeper Pi didn't say anything, Team Leader Qian didn't bother to argue with him and turned to look at Wang Laoshi and said.

"Master Wang, when it comes to the official system of our Huaxia country, then you have got it, because, ah, the official system of our Huaxia country is particularly interesting!"

"Because if the officials of our country of China do not have management skills or are deficient in some aspects and cannot be promoted to officials, it does not matter. They can just be officials for life and do their jobs well. Their ranks and salaries can be continuously promoted!"

When Wang Laoshi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He simply couldn't sit still anymore, so he went up to Qian's boss and poured wine for him with a smile.

"Come on, Lao Qian, have some old wine to moisten your throat!"

"Don't worry, let's talk slowly. What is the rule for the promotion of the rank of officials?"

“We love to hear this!”

Old Qian laughed and didn't blame the man for being rude in front of others but drank the newly filled glass of wine in one gulp.

"Wang Laoshi, I would have told you even if you didn't ask me, because this decree is a blessing for us!"

"You should know that a warrior like me, although I know a few words and can write some semi-literate reports, I don't really care about people."

"I spent five years and risked my life to get the position of a captain in the Imperial Guards!"

"But I can't go up because even if I'm given a seat, I can't sit still."

"Let's not talk about the intrigues first. Can you manage hundreds or even thousands of people under you and make them obey you as if they were your arm?"

"I don't think I have that ability!"

"But who doesn't want a higher position, a higher grade, and a higher salary?"

"But there's nothing we can do!"

"Fortunately, the Sea Prince is a long-time official, so there is nothing to complain about!"

Qian Bantou gave a thumbs up willingly!

"How do people do that?"

"People just stipulate that upgrading and promotion are not the same at all."

"It's like if you are a clerk, you come in and work properly for three years. As long as you are evaluated as excellent during these three years, then your rank will be promoted to a higher level and your salary will also increase."

"If you still haven't been promoted in another five years, that won't stop you from getting promoted one level. And after that, you can get promoted another level in eight years!"

"That is to say, if you were a strongman of the Jinyiwei when you were admitted, then after you have worked hard for sixteen years, you would not have to fight all the way, and you would be a centurion!"

"Isn't this better than fighting to the death?"

"You have to know that we didn't go there alone for five years before, but only three of us were able to become centurions in the end!"

"There were more than a dozen people who only received a small amount of compensation for their families in the end, and they died directly."

"Isn't it okay for me to ask you this kind of thing?"

Wang Laoshi was so happy to hear this that he nodded repeatedly. "Okay, of course!"

"What we are most afraid of is that if we become a clerk and fail to pass the exam to become an official, we will have no future and no place to go in this life. Now it seems that the Prince of the Sea has really thought ahead for us!"

Nowadays, people in China all have a "problem", that is, if you praise Master Hu, then you are my good friend.

As soon as Qian Bantou heard Wang Laoshi praising Prince Hai's wisdom, the smile on his face became much more sincere. He nodded repeatedly with a smile, and then looked around before saying proudly.

"Humph, you don't know what the real power of the Sea Lord is!"

"Do you know what the biggest benefit is if you pass the exam and become an official in our Huaxia country?"

Having said that, Team Leader Qian suddenly changed the subject and looked at Zheng Xiucai standing beside him.

"Zheng Xiucai, let me ask you, how much is your monthly salary?"

Zheng Xiucai was stunned when he heard this, and then his face turned dark.

"Captain Qian, what are you doing?"

"You are from the Imperial Guards, how much is the monthly salary of an eighth-rank official like me?"

Captain Qian didn't care about what was said to him, instead he raised his eyebrows and said.

"Haha, the regular monthly salary is six dan, and the rest is a small allowance from the government office, which adds up to about two or three liang, or at most five liang, is that right?"

Zheng Xiucai's face became even uglier when he heard this.

how?

So what if I’m not treated as well as you, the emperor’s lackey?

How can you, a royal lackey, look down on me, the emperor's disciple?

But Qian Bantou's first sentence blocked all his words.

"All officials in our Huaxia country are treated equally, with a starting monthly salary of 20 taels!"

"Young Master??"

Wang Laoshi, Zheng Xiucai and other residents of the tavern exclaimed in unison.

No wonder they were surprised.

The purchasing power of these twenty taels of silver is really a bit scary at this moment.

To an ordinary person like Anzha, it is nothing. It is just a small matter not worth even raising an eyelid.

It can be placed in an ordinary household, and if used sparingly, a family of three can use it for a year.

But now it is just the monthly salary of a clerk?

Or is it the monthly salary of the lowest-level clerk?

Qian Bantou smiled and nodded heavily.

"Yes, twenty taels."

"Also, listen carefully to what I said. This is the basic salary. What other allowances and benefits are there?"

When everyone heard this, they became numb.

do not talk!
do not talk!
We are all thinking of testing this clerk. If you continue talking, I'm afraid you will be forced to work hard.

But Qian the team leader started muttering with a smile on his face.

"Tsk tsk, we in China don't play tricks. If we say 20 taels of salary, then it's a full-quality silver ingot."

"But this is just the basic salary. You have different allowances for different positions, and the highest among them is for us."

"I'm a police officer, so I have to patrol every day, so I get the highest allowance!"

"That's nothing. The real great thing is the welfare!" (End of this chapter)