Tang Shoude picked up the fish and Ezi cleaned it up. It was full of fish and the fragrance was overflowing.
Ah Q took a bite and found it fragrant and tender. He kept praising the craftsmanship.
Tang Shoude opened a jar of wine and ate and drank with them.
He said with satisfaction: "I am a silly wife who often messes around. She is a young girl, but she only has cooking skills!"
Ezi was picking up the soles of his shoes next to him, glared at him and said, "Are you praising me or scolding me?"
Tang Shoude laughed and said: "I praise you, I praise you, I praise you!"
He seemed extremely happy.
There is a reason for his happiness.
"Brother, to tell you the truth, you saved our family!"
Although Ah Q felt something, he still pretended to be confused and said: "Brother De is serious. I didn't even bring the girl back. Things are messed up."
Tang Shoude said: "I have been in the country for a long time and don't know what is going on in the city. What is the structure of the Zhang family? It is a truly wealthy family, with fields that no bird can fly over. I am afraid they don't have hundreds of thousands of dollars! That's all. There are people in his family. ! Not to mention anything else, it is said that the Zhejiang Governor’s Yamen alone can be half of the family!”
"This time, my brother's actions have led to the marriage between Young Master Zhang and his sister-in-law. Do you know what this means?"
Ah Q pretended to be stupid and said: "This means that Xiaoman will marry into the Zhang family and become a young mistress - yes, that's what I think? If Xiaoman marries me, she is a poor woman, and if she marries Zhang Zhiren, then She’s the young mistress! So, I can’t be so selfish!..."
Tang Shoude was in urgent need of sharing, so he interrupted Ah Q and said, "This means that I am the uncle of the Zhang family! How many people are trying to catch me when I walk on the street! Then I can also be an inspector, a senior inspector, like a princess That way, you can ride a big horse and earn dozens of yuan a month! You can even be a chief inspector, richer than the old master of Shanyin, and marry a concubine with five bedrooms... I have been in the country for a long time and don't know what's going on in the city..."
He was so happy that he drank too much and in a hurry, and soon became drunk.
Early the next morning, Ah Q returned to the patrol station for duty. Everyone had dispersed, and Wang Tingfang was drinking tea.
Seeing that Ah Q was back, he was very happy. He opened the cabinet and rummaged through it, found a copy of the Police Code, threw it to Ah Q and said, "You need training when you first join the job. We are all a bunch of rough guys. You just learn it yourself."
Ah Q picked it up and looked through it. He found more than 70 items and more than 300 styles. After a rough look through it, the development was quite interesting.
From the perspective of responsibilities, the patrol police in this era were equivalent to the integration of all or part of the functions of the urban management bureau, public security fire brigade, anti-drug brigade, public security brigade, traffic police brigade, road administration bureau, health bureau, sanitation station and neighborhood committee in later generations.
On a day-to-day basis, the main functions are to perform the functions of the Urban Management Bureau and the Environmental Sanitation Office. However, they can arrest and impose fines, so their power is actually quite large.
Wang Tingfang said that his place in Kuaiji County does not pay attention to the patrol police. There is a shortage of people and money. It is really just a lack of money.
Qian Shaoshao is Ah Q’s pseudonym.
He smiled himself as he said this, a little wryly.
Ah Q said Qian Shaoshao was fake. I originally wanted to call him Qian Duoduo, which would be more prestigious, but as a servant, it would not be appropriate.
Wang Tingfang said, "Don't be a servant. I have paid you a hat. Can you make a lot of money?"
Ah Q said, Master Fang, that’s not what I meant.
Wang Tingfang said, that’s what I mean, please think about it.
With that said, he told Ah Q that according to the rules, the patrol station has internal departments, including offices, operations department, security department, logistics department, health department, weather department, water dragon team, etc. Kuaiji County has a population of nearly 600,000. The county has a capacity of fifty-six people, but the county only allocates a capitation fee of 500 yuan per person per month, and other funds are raised by itself.
It is self-financed by the merchant gentry, but Kuaiji has a long history of joint defense by the merchant gentry and maintains a joint defense team, and is unwilling to pay for patrol police anymore.
As for illegal fines and confiscations in legal cases, the county government refused to let go, and the patrol police were helpless.
It’s not easy to collect health fees either.
The water dragon team was staying in the house but didn't want to come over.
The patrol policeman really became a "patrol" policeman, only doing street patrols and other unpaid chores, not the money-making ones.
The Kuaiji patrol officers became more and more discouraged. At first there were about fifty people, but they left one after another, and now there are only about twenty people left.
To be honest, the more capable ones all left and went to the escort academy, and some went to Danan Mountain.
Most of those who stay are those with families, and their main job is to support their families and make money, while patrolling the streets and doing errands are a side job.
Because the patrol officer's monthly salary of 500 yuan is only enough to buy 100 kilograms of white rice, which is not enough to support a family.
There is only one director in charge of the Kuaiji Patrol Bureau, the internal departments cannot support it, and there are no middle-level cadres. These people have neither the ability nor the time to spare.
It’s all because of lack of money!
The patrol police system of the Qing Dynasty was introduced in a hurry. With the three squads and six wards of the Yamen still present, there were many layers of rules and regulations, and the patrol police were already an embarrassing existence.
If the chief officer pays attention to it, or if a patrol officer has a good background and can show some face in all aspects, the patrol police can also solve the situation, such as the Shanyin County Bureau.
But in reality, most cases are like this in Kuaiji County.
Among them, the southern provinces are generally not as good as those in the north.
This situation could only be changed after the founding of the Republic of China and the elimination of three classes and six rooms.
Ah Q unfortunately encountered this old era.
But he had no choice.
When Wang Tingfang accepted him, he naturally had Zai Yi's advice. The Kuaiji Bureau was in urgent need of revitalization and talents.
Ah Q thought for a moment and said, "I'll be a hygienist."
Wang Tingfang was not satisfied. He needed a general, not a small soldier.
"You become the health section chief!"
Ah Q said worriedly: "I am a newbie. If I suddenly ascend to a high position, I am afraid that everyone will be dissatisfied. I should start from a small soldier."
The higher you climb, the harder you fall, and it will be miserable if you can't survive. He is a day laborer, especially a person from later generations, so he cares a lot about his police uniform.
Of course it's good to have a lot of money, but it doesn't matter if you have a little money, as long as you support yourself, anyway, he can feed himself and the whole family will not be hungry.
Wang Tingfang thought it was reasonable, so he followed him.
Shanyin County has 18 streets and 50 or 60 lanes, a population of 120,000, more than 800 businesses, and countless stalls.
If the health fee could be collected, life would be easier.
Since there is a charging license, why can't we collect money?
The roots are in the Zhang family.
Why is it the Zhang family again?
That's right. The Zhang family's land is in Shanyin, but their business is spread all over the city. In Kuaiji County, they have many shops, the largest of which is Zhang's Gold Shop on Xiaoshan Street.
This store is quite large, with four storefronts in a prime location. There are custom-made items and ready-made items, as well as items that are replaced with new items and items that are replaced with old ones. It is a one-stop gold business and is packed with customers every day.
According to the rules, the store should charge 100 yuan for sanitation fees every month.
However, except for a few months when the police administration was first implemented, Zhang's gold has not paid a cent for three years now.
With Zhang taking the lead, the whole city is following suit, and it is becoming more and more difficult to collect sanitation fees. Now, except for a few timid people who don't follow through, sanitation fees at other shops and stalls have basically stopped paying.
With the little money I received, it was difficult to even buy a dung truck and a dung tank, let alone a bullock cart and hire workers.
Therefore, in addition to patrolling the streets, today's Kuaiji patrol officers are also responsible for picking up dung.
