The fall of the Qingtian family triggered a series of chain reactions: on the one hand, Yajiro was determined to shoulder the heavy responsibility, and on the other hand, their subsequent journeys also needed to be more cautious - but aside from these longer-term considerations, they were subject to this As a result of the incident, a more pressing issue was placed in front of us.
——Their funds need to be carefully planned.
This journey involves crossing the north and south. The journey is long and the warriors are moving forward with heavy equipment. Considering the consumption of people and horses and the maintenance of equipment, the funds prepared at the beginning are actually quite sufficient.
And because the time may be very long, in order to boost morale, this fund also includes the salaries of the followers.
Due to the traditional requirement of "self-discipline" in the samurai spirit, the salary of the Kazuto samurai class is generally paid in annual units instead of monthly salary - this is to hone their hard-working mind and self-discipline ability. If you indulge in drinking and sex and spend all your annual salary as soon as you get it, you will be in poverty for the next whole year.
There is no fixed amount of annual salary. Although there is a rough convention, it will increase or decrease to a certain extent depending on the income level of the local Chinese people.
The lowest ashigaru salary of the Qingtian family is 3 taels of gold—that is, 30,000 cash. Although it is not really affluent, it is far more than the income of 1 tael that ordinary people can earn after a year of hard work.
As a village scholar and a member of the Qingtian family, Lao Qiao enjoys family subsidies. His annual salary is 9 taels, which is equivalent to the income of three ashigaru. Moreover, he still has his own property in Qingzhi. Taking into account these extra income, he is actually at the same level as a sergeant.
The top sergeant in the Qingtian family has a guaranteed annual salary of 10 taels. 100,000 yuan can be considered a good life, but this is only the salary of the sergeant itself - if they hold important positions in the government, they will also have positions. salary.
Position salaries are generally paid in the form of monthly salary, so most employed samurai use the monthly salary to meet their daily needs, while the annual salary is saved to build a family business or build a sword and a good set of armor.
Weapons and armor are consumables. After all, New Moon Continent has experienced a long period of peace, but the swordsmiths and armorsmiths still need to live. There were many produced but not consumed in large-scale battles. Gradually, such items became a bit common. Therefore, although Crescent Continent does not have a Ligar-style mercenary culture, there is a certain degree of circulation of second-hand weapons on the market - the cheapest knives can be bought for only 700 yuan, but generally these are of high quality. Doubtful. The steel is shoddy, the handguards and grips are loose and in very poor condition. It is very likely that it will break directly in the hand with one empty swing.
This kind of sword is usually bought by civilian merchants who plan to travel far away for protection, but the fate of most of them is that the owner is killed by the robber before they can be pulled out, and the knife is directly sold by the robber as it is because it is too dilapidated. Go back to the weapons dealer.
People with a little knowledge and experience in swordsmanship - swordsmen like our white-haired girl - would never choose this kind of weapon to save money.
Because the energy and money it takes to repair it is enough for you to buy a brand new weapon, and there is really no value in repairing such a weapon of questionable quality.
Although most adventurers hang around at the bottom, it is precisely because of this that they will never save money on weapons and armor, the things they depend on for a living.
A sword master that a serious swordsman would like would cost 2-3 taels of silver, which is equivalent to 2-3000 copper coins. This level is generally reliable and simple, usable and not fancy. The swords of the samurai, which are full of decoration and fine workmanship, directly enter the ranks of "ten thousand". Usually, a sword made by a more famous swordsmith costs 30,000 wen - which means starting from 3 taels of gold.
——This is an Ashigaru year's salary.
A new set of custom-made ordinary samurai armor is about the same price. But just like weapons, over time some of the armor lost to its owner alone remains. Since New Moon Continent prohibits civilians from hiding armor privately, the circulation of these items is more hidden than swords, but the market does exist.
Many poor Chinese will choose cheap second-hand black market armor to repaint and modify when arming their ashigaru. In addition, ashigaru armor covers a smaller area and has a simpler structure. A set of ashigaru iron armor often only costs 3,000 coins. price around.
——Nevertheless, the number of these equipment is still very considerable.
An Ashigaru's big gun costs 400 taels of silver. Even if the black market armor is 3,000 taels of silver, plus other equipment, it often costs 6-7 taels of silver to arm an ashigaru.
100 ashigaru are worth 6-70 taels of gold - this is not a small amount of money. You must know that Ryunosuke's monthly salary as the magistrate of Pingshan County was only 2 taels of gold, and a total of 24 taels in a year - that is to say Looking at job salaries alone, even a Chinese at the level of a county magistrate can only afford the equipment of about 30 ashigaru with their annual net income.
Then add the daily consumption of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the ashigaru salary. It can be said that if a Chinese does not know how to manage the territory and only receives a small amount of salary, then he cannot even raise a very small ashigaru army of 20 people.
The Qingtian family is naturally not included in this list. Qingzhi Town has developed trade and the wealth they have accumulated is also very considerable.
Since there were a large number of samurai in the team composition, Yajiro and his party carried very sufficient funds when they set out. After that, due to the change in ideas, the supplies purchased were more economical, and coupled with the continuous reduction of staff, there are still 80% left - but considering the next situation, this fund is far from being as generous as it sounds.
Because they have no way out.
This is the only remaining fund. The Qingtian family no longer exists and they cannot be replenished. The samurai within the team will also need to allocate more than one salary from this fund in the future.
What he had prepared at the beginning was only a year's salary. Unless Yajiro wanted to drive everyone else away after one year and leave him alone, he would have to prepare several years of funds.
Although Yajiro believes that the people who are still left will be willing to endure hardships and follow him like Ryunosuke's subordinates, he is not willing to treat these people badly.
The head of the Qingtian family considered many issues, but perhaps because it was inconvenient to carry more funds and it would easily cause complications, or because he intended to let Yajiro fend for himself, he ignored the huge funds needed for reconstruction. The funds they brought with them were more than enough for the journey, but if they wanted to rebuild their family business, they would need to think more carefully and be more frugal.
Despite all these problems, Yajiro still did not treat his colleagues badly on the issue of salary.
After confirming that he respected Henry as his teacher, he offered him a salary equivalent to a sergeant's annual salary, but the sage considered many issues and did not ask for it. He just asked for the same salary as Ashigaru - that is, three taels of gold a year, and Yajiro paid the money in one lump sum, because none of them knew how long teaching could last.
Including the escort fee given by the missionary and his party, in general, even if there is no mercenary guild here, Henry and our Luoan girl can be considered to have no worries about food and drink for the time being.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Also receiving this kind of salary are the old pharmacist Ken Ye and Sakura who became an apprentice, and even Lulu who was given the status of a guide by Yajiro due to her continuous meritorious service. However, they divided these 3 taels of silver and received them in the form of monthly salary, which was 2,500 copper coins per month.
Compared to civilians, this is already a considerable income. If they save it, they can start a new life in some places when the journey is over.
There are many people other than the Qingtian family, such as the missionaries, Galeva, Joshua and even the doctor, but these people did not receive their salaries due to various reasons.
The reason for the missionary and his party is very simple. They themselves are hiring Henry and his party to protect them. For the time being, the Qingtian family has no need for them. Due to their embarrassment of status, they cannot show up in public to go shopping and take care of each other. It is enough for the Qingtian family to take care of the food.
Although Joshua has skills, he doesn't have many pursuits, so he only needs to eat. In terms of swordsmanship, he has made great progress after breaking up with Henry and others in the past - but this is due to his own eyesight. The evolved high-speed sword skills cannot be learned by ordinary people, so it is not feasible to become a mentor like a sage.
But he would still more or less give some opinions and suggestions to the Qingtian family.
Galeva had an escort fee from the missionaries, calculated together with Henry and Mira. Naturally, the two of them would not deduct money from him. But since meeting Miss Doctor, this young man has become more focused on the written world. Sometimes he is even so focused that he forgets to eat and sleep, as if as long as he can ensure that he can record everything he sees and hears in books, he will not even be able to breathe. Neither is necessary.
This kind of concentration made our Luoan girl look on. She was obviously younger, but she felt an inexplicable sense of relief in watching her younger brother find his passionate career.
——And finally, Miss Doctor.
The reason why the Qingtian family failed to give her any salary and could only guarantee food and safety was very simple.
They don't deserve it.
Aya's approachable personality and activist characteristics will always make you forget her noble status, but the identity of a doctor can really make people who know the truth fall into admiration just by showing it off.
As a member of the top think tank in Crescent Continent, only the state pastor of Yizhou can afford a doctor - this is not only a salary issue, but also an identity issue.
Not just anyone can become a doctor in the Grand Academy. They have noble status and possess abundant knowledge. This knowledge cannot be used to solve someone's family dispute, usually it has to be a big problem involving the lives of thousands of people in the territory.
The rare and precious brains should be used on more important issues - the more she learns from other people what kind of doctor there is in Crescent Continent, the more Mira feels that Aya is really a weirdo.
She traveled thousands of miles by herself and came to the North just for a conjecture of her own, but perhaps it was this obsessive attitude towards truth-seeking that allowed her to become a doctor at a young age as a woman.
——And to a certain extent, this is not the first person around her who has abundant knowledge but is low-key and informal.
Ling is not very sensitive to money. She is lucky to be from a noble family and not have too high requirements in life. Because if she was a pampered person, they would not be able to disobey such a noble status that required the Qingtian family to spend money to serve her.
All in all, Yajiro was unwilling and would not reduce the salary given to his followers. Considering that the next problem required frugality, in addition to starting from daily life, they also made another decision that may be a bit excessive in the eyes of ordinary people.
- Go to the pawn shop.
As children of Chinese families, Yajiro and his sister have many treasures, including expensive clothes. They have many valuable things.
But except for some things with commemorative value, the young master decided to convert them all into action funds.
Homeland no longer exists, so what’s the point of wearing gold and silver.
