My Daming New Empire

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"Shut up! Go back to your Ganzhou!"

The other party was not afraid of him at all, and said with a grin: "Yo, this is driving people away, hehe, I just won't leave..."

Zhu Jianqing ignored him, turned around and said to Feng Dabao: "I told you the price of the camera, not to ask you to pay for it. We are all at fault for this matter. In sum, I am more responsible. Let me tell you These are just to tell you that once you enter the palace, don’t act rashly in the future, otherwise if something goes wrong, you may not be able to bear the consequences, understand?"

Feng Dabao felt very sorry, and said loudly: "The villain understands!... But, little prince, if the villain did something wrong, he should pay the little prince some money..."

Zhu Jianqing smiled, looked around at him, and took off a piece of moiré stone that was tied around his waist with a pressed skirt. "The pattern on this stone is unique. If you like it, it's an apology."

This moiré stone plaque was picked up by Feng Dabao in the wild when he was grazing cattle, and then he polished it out by himself. To be honest, it is not worth much.

But he didn't dare to interrupt, for fear of making the little prince dissatisfied.

"Go, the palace is not like you at home, you must follow the rules everywhere, and behave calmly in the future."

Even if Feng Dabao was indifferent, he knew that the little prince was magnanimous this time.He knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Thank you, little prince, for your kindness. From now on, you should work with your heart."

Zhu Jianqing patted him on the shoulder, nodded again, turned around and said to another young man, "Let's go... for now, we can only stay in the mansion honestly."

Seeing that they were about to leave, Feng Dabao couldn't help asking: "Little prince, what is that thing, it costs four or five hundred taels of silver?"

The young man who watched the excitement said with a smile: "It's a camera, just press it on someone, and you can take a picture of the person's appearance. Your little prince hasn't bought it enough, it's over now. Hahaha..."

But Zhu Jianshen said: "It's just broken, maybe it can be repaired..."

After the two walked away, Feng Dabao stood up stupidly, still in disbelief.Such a thing can take pictures of people's appearance, isn't that the magic of gods and immortals?

The companions who had already passed the first trial all came over one by one. The news that Feng Dabao collided with the little prince and damaged the camera worth hundreds of silver dollars spread through the mouths of other guards in a short while.

The others surrounded Feng Dabao, asking him to tell the story again, and it was very lively for a while.

As a rule, each prince's mansion in Dongzhou can have [-] guards. These [-] guards are supported by the imperial court and are responsible for suppressing the natives and protecting the prince.

In addition to the three thousand guards, there are government servants at all levels, responsible for chasing murderers and robbers, and maintaining law and order.

In addition, the transfer department, post station and other court officials are responsible for information transmission and maintaining official roads.

In addition, there is a [-] elite army in the North Continent of Dongzhou, which is directly affiliated to the Admiral's Mansion to quell disputes among all parties.

There are no foreign enemies in Dongzhou, except for the natives, all of them are our own people, so these troops are enough.

Although the number of the army is small, the number of the navy is not small at all. There are 20 navies in the coastal area of ​​Dongzhou, responsible for sea transfers, and have the task of controlling the development of Europe to the sea.

The three thousand guards of the Prince's Mansion are supported by the imperial court, but they are only under the jurisdiction of the Prince's Mansion in name.

But each prince's mansion has a quota of [-] people, and they can recruit their own guards. Of course, these people are also supported by the prince's mansion with its own finances.

Today's court taxes are mainly composed of five categories, one is agricultural tax, the other is commercial tax, the third is customs duty, the fourth is mining tax, and the fifth is vehicle and vessel tax.

Except for the mining tax, which is still collected directly by the royal family through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, other taxes have been assigned to the various ministries of the imperial court.

Fifty years ago, the agricultural tax accounted for more than 50% of Ming's tax revenue, but decades later, the proportion of agricultural tax has been getting lower and lower, and it is currently less than [-]% of Daming's tax revenue.

These taxes are collected centrally by the Ministry of Finance, but the budgetary system is overseen by Parliament.

In the feudal mansions of Dongzhou, [-]% of the annual tax is allocated to the royal family, the other [-]% belongs to the imperial court, and [-]% of the [-]% belongs to the princes' mansions.

Therefore, as long as the various mansions are not extremely extravagant, the life of each royal mansion will not be sad.

In a wealthy place like Prince De's Mansion, life in the Palace is even easier, so every few years, a group of guards will be replaced.

The imperial court now implements a parallel system of government soldiers and recruitment systems. Most of the former personal guards were government soldiers, but it is inevitable that the good and the bad are mixed. Many personal guards are old and it is a waste to keep them.

More importantly, these people occupying these places will not benefit the growth of the palace's strength.

And switch to the recruiting system to recruit personal guards, change every three years, the useful and loyal ones can be promoted, and the mediocre ones can be put back once the three years are up.

Even if these people are released home, they will not be wasted. After three years of training, everyone has basic tactical qualities, and they can become an army when they are pulled out.

So in recent years, there are still some government soldiers in the Guards Army, and basically other arms have been converted to the recruitment system.

Feng Dabao and the others belong to the recruiting army. If they are smart and able to do things, they will be favored by the palace. After three years, they will be able to become long-term personal guards and be reused.You can also have the opportunity to transfer to other positions and become a member of the imperial court.

Of course, if the qualifications are stupid and cannot be cultivated, they will go back and forth after three years of work.

Feng Dabao and his companions all entered the job smoothly. Like them, they were just serving as personal guards. The young people who saw the world accounted for more than half, about 200 people.

There are also dozens of young people, most of whom are collateral descendants of big families. They mainly hope to get closer to De Wangfu through the platform of personal guards, and then get a decent job.

After entering Prince De's Mansion, the two groups of people formed two distinct groups.This is not mutual isolation, it can only be said that the same kind gathers together.

"Dabao, the training camp will start the day after tomorrow. Let's go and buy daily necessities. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has a big shopping mall in Dezhou City. It is said that there are hundreds of salespersons, and there are many beautiful women..."

The guard camp of Dewang Mansion is next to Dewang Mansion, which belongs to the center of Dezhou city.

Several young people from the countryside came to the big shopping mall together, and were shocked by the magnificence here.

The floor is made of smooth tiles, and there are electric lights overhead every few meters. I don't know how much electricity it consumes every day.

Hundreds of counters are laid out on a flat basis, with everything you need to eat, use, play, and wear.Let them be a little dazzled for a while.

Most of the sellers are women, but what makes them a little regretful is that most of them are married daughters-in-law, and there are very few little girls.

Also, here we have to face different guests every day, unmarried girls, and we can deal with all kinds of people there.

De Wang Mansion will distribute clothes and bedding, and a few people bought toiletries, and wandered around in this big shopping mall.

They have never seen many of the products here, but according to the classification and labels, most of them can guess what they are and what they are used for.

But there are also some people who don't know each other. After listening to the salesperson's introduction, they understand what it is.

Feng Dabao looked at the labels of many commodities and touched the silver coins in his arms.Still no action.

He likes reading books the most, and there are also books for sale here, but he heard that the guard camp has its own library, so he is not going to spend money now.

In the future, I just want to buy books, and I also want to buy books that the library doesn't have.

He wanted to buy many things, but he couldn't spend money recklessly. He wanted to wait for the holiday three months later, and when he returned home, he would bring a present to his parents, brothers and sisters.

For example, the music box, when the mainspring is tightened, a little person will slowly turn in circles, and it can also make a pleasant sound.

The younger sister wanted such a music box for a long time, but his father would not be willing to spend five hundred copper coins for such an inedible and unusable thing.

He also noticed that although the place is big, it does not have the camera of the little prince. It seems that it is indeed a new thing, and it has not been spread to Dongzhou.

He couldn't help but imagine that Dezhou City was already so prosperous, what kind of situation should it be like in Yingtian Mansion!

The others are already used to Feng Dabao's mind-wandering, although he was born in the vast Qingyang Town and grew up on a pasture just like the big guy.