Chapter 12 Dealing with Village Affairs
In the office of the Xianyang Village Chief, the core members of Xianyang Village gather here.
There are currently three institutions in Xianyang Village, the Administrative Affairs Office, the Finance Office, and the Military Affairs Office.
The Administrative Affairs Office is in charge of Que Hongqing, and all affairs in the Prime Minister's territory, including government affairs, production arrangements, etc. Que Hongqing's ability is unquestionable. In any era, it is enough to serve as the prime minister of a country or as the governor of a state. The small Xianyang village was naturally managed by him in an orderly manner.
The Finance Department is under the supervision of Fatty Shen Yichen, and he is responsible for the accumulation of grain and material resources in Xianyang Village. Xianyang Village has developed so rapidly that there has never been a shortage of funds. Fatty Shen should remember his first contribution. He calls the wind and rain in the market so that Xianyang Village does not need to develop with the slightest burden.
In this world where businessmen have low status, Fatty Chen was so respected by Ying Jiu, and his loyalty soared to 99.
The Military Affairs Office is supervised by Ying Jiu and is responsible for all military operations in Xianyang Village.
Que Hongqing first said: "Lord, although our Xianyang Village is still a third-level village, its actual scale is equivalent to a second-level town. When it is officially upgraded to a town, the scale will definitely be further expanded. At present, there are too few staff members in several of our institutions and it still needs to be increased."
Although it is a "division-level" unit, there are actually only three or five people here, all of whom are one master and a few apprentices. It can be said that it is extremely simple.
In order to cultivate talents, Ying Jiu has assigned each institution one S-level apprentice and two A-level apprentice. Not only that, but also blacksmith shops, tailor shops, shipyards, clinics, private schools, etc., each building has dispatched more than three A-level talents as apprentices, and plans to send S, SS, and SSS-level talents to serve as apprentices one after another. There are even several A-level talents who are arranged to be farmers.
To describe Ying Jiu in four words, it is "crazy". If these S-level qualifications and A-level talents are transferred to generals or soldiers, the strength of Xianyang Village can at least double.
But in fact, Ying Jiu's approach is right, because there will always be gaps in talents, and the lord must constantly cultivate talents. It is impossible for him to have only one piece of territory under his command. Opening up the subordinate territory requires a large number of talents to fill it, and as the territory level increases, the demand for talents will surge exponentially.
Ying Jiu asked, "Hongqing, has your apprentice changed his job?"
Que Hongqing replied: "Wu Jiefu (S-level) has been transferred to a junior civil servant, but the other two are still a little short of time, but it's only been these two days."
Ying Jiu nodded, "Then continue to continue the apprenticeship system and continue to cultivate talents."
Ying Jiu thought for a while and continued: "In addition, all professions in the village, except for the apprentices I designated to ask for, are allowed to recruit part-time apprentices on their own, and can charge tuition fees monthly and must not be treated differently due to qualification issues. Hongqing, the tuition fee collection standard, you formulate a reasonable charter."
Hongqing nodded and said, "Yes, the lord is wise, the villagers will definitely love the lord more."
Ying Jiu once said, "My people are like dragons." This is not just a saying. It is impossible for the people to farm, be a lumberjack, a construction worker, and a fisherman because of their low qualifications... Of course, these jobs are also great, but Ying Jiu is more willing to give them a chance to choose and do what they want to do.
Although Xianyang Village is currently in its development stage, this "freedom" is only a little bit small, but this is also an improvement.
And why do we need to "collect tuition monthly"? Because as long as the apprentice study time is longer, the longer the study time of low-qualification apprentices will be than that of high-qualification apprentices, the more tuition the master can charge. No one will be unable to get over the money, and they have no reason to discriminate against low-qualification apprentices.
Of course, the tuition fee must be reasonable, otherwise no one can afford it, so this system will be meaningless.
In Xianyang Village, although everything in Xianyang Village is currently Ying Jiu's private product, there are still economic activities in the village. Soldiers will have military pay, civil servants will also have salary, blacksmiths, carpenters, shipbuilders, doctors, etc., including workers who build the village, carpenters, street cleaning, etc., all have salary, and the first month's salary has been paid to them in advance. Moreover, fishermen, hunters, herb collectors, etc., can all be sold to Chen Fatty.
After they had income, they also had local consumption. Chen Fatty opened a grocery store in the village and purchased goods from the market, which could meet the various needs of the villagers.
It can be said that as long as you work hard in Xianyang Village, you will definitely survive and live a good life. For villagers who want to change their lives, you can learn new skills after work.
The discussion continues.
Hongqing said: "Lord, with the increase of population, there are more children in the village, but most people do not value culture very much and are unwilling to send their children to private schools. There is no one willing to go to the martial arts school to learn martial arts school. The martial arts school was established and no student has ever received it."
Ying Jiu thought for a while and said, "When recruiting personnel in all positions in the future, literacy will be preferred and you can get an additional 10% of your salary."
Que Hongqing's eyes lit up. Once this regulation is issued, parents should be willing to send their children to study. And if they only require literacy, those who are fast can learn in three to five months, and those who are slow will not exceed one year. Besides, children's labor force is not high, and the impact on family work is optional, so sending them to study is naturally unhindered. Moreover, this is a matter of life, you can get an extra 10% of your salary.
In fact, there is no way to do this. Ying Jiu hopes that the children in the territory can complete the three-year private school, then enter middle school, and then enter university. But this is something that Xianyang Village cannot do at present. It is just a village that has only been established for a few days, so I can only ask for literacy first.
Ying Jiu pointed at the table with his finger and continued: "About the martial arts hall, when the army selects soldiers in the future, the outstanding people in the martial arts hall will be given priority, and there is no qualification limit."
Hongqing said excitedly: "If this is the case, this problem will be solved."
Not long after the new construction of Xianyang Village, all the villagers watched Xianyang Village grow little by little. They were proud to be able to join the army and protect the village, and the military treatment was very good.
However, Ying Jiu's requirements were too high, and many villagers could not join the army at all. Now that Ying Jiu has made this decision, the villagers will definitely join actively, and thus form a martial spirit in the entire territory.
The "martial spirit" is very important for the establishment of an empire.
Finally, Ying Jiu's requirement that the main combat army must be an elite A-level soldier has not changed. The reason for this decision was that as the village was upgraded to a town, a garrison army must be established to maintain territorial security. After the junior martial artists are transferred, they can become a sixth-level soldier, which is more than enough to serve as a garrison army.
Moreover, with the establishment of the yamen, someone needs to act as a yamen runner, constable, head of the prison, prison guards, escorts, escorts, escorts, escorts, etc. can all be selected from the martial arts hall.
Encouraging villagers to practice martial arts can be said to be a killing of multiple goals in one go.
Chapter completed!