Han official!

Chapter 46 Guest Level
"Really?"

Gan's father, wearing a flat hat, had a look of surprise and disbelief on his face: "Captain, this little official is a Xiongnu. Do you trust me? Aren't you afraid that this little official will collude with the Rongdi people on the west bank of the Yellow River?"

Chang'an is prosperous, but Gan's father always feels uncomfortable, as if he is a humble person who cannot adapt to the bustling and stable life.

It was not until he arrived at Hezuo and felt the coldness of the deserted place and looked at the vague outline of the Qilian Mountains in the distance that he felt indescribable joy in his heart.

"I believe you."

Guo Jie knew that Gan's father was trustworthy and more loyal to the Han court than Li Guang's grandson Li Ling. Gan's father followed Zhang Qian to open up the Western Regions all his life. Li Ling enjoyed the money and grain taxes paid by the Han people since he was a child, but surrendered to the Huns and became a traitor.

A traitor is a traitor.

No integrity at all.

If you are defeated, you can surrender to the foreign race. Which army did not suffer defeat during the Anti-Japanese War? They all relied on their tenacity to fight again and again after repeated defeats, and finally drove out the Tartar invaders and restored China.

Su Wu was imprisoned by the Xiongnu for nearly twenty years, during which time he was subjected to various threats and inducements from the Xiongnu nobles, but he remained steadfast.

Fang is a truly upright Han Chinese.

Guo Jie said sternly, "If you say the words 'Rong Di', I will trust you. When you leave, you and Ji Shaogong will stay in Jincheng. He will farm, and you will train the troops."

The Xiongnu prince Jin Midi became one of the four important ministers entrusted with the care of the young emperor. Gan Fu's military training was nothing special. It was just the right opportunity to use Gan Fu's superb riding and archery skills to train a powerful army.

Gan's father never thought that he, a Xiongnu, would be trusted and valued so much by Guo Jie. Not only did he let him stay in Jinchenglu, but he also let him train troops. He felt like he had something stuck in his throat.

Then he thought of all the cold stares and difficulties he suffered in Chang'an.

"Mr. Guo."

Gan's father's eyes were red, and he choked with sobs as he bowed deeply: "I, a humble official, will not betray Mr. Guo's trust. Even if I die, I will protect Jincheng Luli and die outside the Lumen Gate."

He walked with brisk steps and followed Ji Shaogong to continue building the Jinchengluli, using the rammed earth method to build a strong city wall comparable to the outer city of Chang'an.

As the knights in crimson robes and the executioners worked hard, the inner wall of Jinchenglu gradually changed from a small earthen ridge to a tall city wall.

The open cart was loaded with millet as daily rations, as well as mortars, mills, treadle pestles, cauldrons, steamers, and other daily cooking utensils.

Mortar, millstone and pestle are tools for grinding and processing. The mortar is used to pound corn and sorghum by hand with a wooden pestle to remove the husks of corn and sorghum to meet the needs of two meals a day. The time for storing grain after husking is greatly reduced, and a small amount of sorghum is mortared for daily consumption.

The mortar has many uses. It can also be used to pound large pieces of coarse salt into salt grains and grind various beans.

The treadle pestle was relatively large and could pound a large amount of rice. Only a few treadle pestles were brought with them and placed in the warehouse together with the stone mill for public use.

The cauldron and the steamer are cooking utensils for cooking shelled corn into rice or porridge. As stone mills are expensive and require two large stones to make, ordinary people usually eat coarse wheat rice and cook the shelled wheat directly in the cauldron and the steamer.

Ji Shaogong placed all the mortars, millstones, pestles and other tools in the temporary warehouse in Jinchenglu, walked over hurriedly, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the sleeves of his jacket.

"Mr. Guo."

Holding the bamboo slips, Ji Shaogong asked, "The Jincheng neighborhood has begun to take shape. How will we accommodate the wanderers who remain here? Ever since Mr. Guo proposed allocating five mu of land to each person, and gradually increasing it to fifty mu per person, the wanderers, when they have time to rest, look longingly on their faces, and talk longingly about a stable life in the future."

The red-robed knight from Huiren's family could not stay in Chang'an.

The public security bureau under Dongfang Shuo's control is omnipresent and will sooner or later know that there is a murder organization in Chang'an.

Guo Jie did not want to dismiss this sharp blade, but fortunately the construction of the aristocratic manor solved the problem properly. While being far away from Chang'an, he could be deployed to Chang'an at any time to hide.

The Wei River waterway between Chang'an and Didao is a two-day journey, while the land route between Didao and Jinchengli is a one-day journey.

The aristocratic manor was only three days' journey from Chang'an.

It was faster than Guo Jie calling the knight from Chen County.

"Mr. Guo." Ji Shaogong looked around and saw no one was around. He lowered his voice and added, "That day, when we killed Yuan Zhuo, we also killed all the knights who knew about Mr. Guo's illegal minting of coins and put the blame on Yuan Zhuo."

Are all the knights who minted coins privately dead?
Guo Jie was pleasantly surprised and felt relieved. He had been worried about the disaster for a long time but could not think of a solution.

They were all killed by Ji Shaogong and the blame was put on Yuan Zhuo.

Guo Jie felt relieved. All he had to do now was to buy a title and atone for his sins. He said happily, "You are so thorough."

A smile appeared on Ji Shaogong's calm face.

The feeling of being relied upon by Mr. Guo.

very nice.

"The arrangement of a hundred rangers."

Guo Jie took out a scroll of bamboo slips and handed it over. "Without rules, there will be no order. All the knights-errant in crimson robes will be accommodated according to their rank."

Only a clear and precise hierarchy, such as the Qin Dynasty's system of obtaining titles through farming and fighting, can motivate all knights to fight bravely and not be passive and lazy and live in a daze.

Guo Jie never believed in rule by man. People have feelings and biases, and the direction of a family estate cannot depend on the talent of the person in charge.

Who can guarantee that there will be no mediocre people?

Guo Jie only believed in a perfect system. A good system was the foundation for the continuation of the aristocratic estates.

Ji Shaogong opened the bamboo slips and saw the solution that Guo Jie had written long ago.

From now on, everyone will be divided according to the level of current guests.

They are guests at Daishe, guests at Xingshe, and guests at Chuanshe.

The guests in the Chuanshe have the lowest status, meaning they are guests waiting to be summoned.

The innkeepers provided them with millet rice to keep them from starving, and allowed them to come and go as they pleased.

The next level up is the favored guests.

The word "Xingshe" means that the person can be employed. He can live there as a guest, but he can eat meat and not ride in a carriage.

The next level up is the substitute guest, which means a guest who can temporarily handle official business on behalf of the master, and can even stamp the master's seal.

Daishe means that the person can replace himself. He can live there as a guest and eat meat and ride in the carriage.

Guo Jie also divided the guests in the Daishe, Xingshe and Chuanshe kept by the nobles and powerful people into three levels: upper, middle and lower, for a total of nine levels, which was completely sufficient for a wealthy family's manor.

"Very wonderful."

Ji Shaogong nodded repeatedly: "The rank of officials and the status of guests are fundamentally determined by their salaries. How should Mr. Guo provide for them?"

Guo Jie took out another scroll and handed it over. "Mortars, cauldrons, steamers, and other inexpensive cooking utensils are provided to every guest household. Expensive utensils like stone mills and pestles are only given to guests of the Dai and Xing She rooms. Guests of the Chuan She rooms can only use the communal stone mills and pestles in the warehouse."

In any system, the bottom layer always has the most people, and the higher you go in a pyramid shape, the fewer people there are.

The order of use is not first come first served, and the same level is based on the order of queueing.

Those at a higher level can jump the queue and use it first.

Guests in the upper-class guesthouses will be served first, followed by guests in the middle-class guesthouses, and then guests in the lower-class guesthouses.

(End of this chapter)