Fake Eunuch: Discovering the Emperor is a Woman!-Chapter 122: Salary Increase, Tenfold!

Actually, what Lin Yi said was not an exaggeration at all, to put it more accurately, they could only distribute about 23 coins each day.

After all, it has been explained before that, according to the exchange rate between now and the future prices, one coin today is approximately equivalent to fifty cents in the future.

These 23 coins are roughly equivalent to 11.5 yuan in the future.

Earning only 11 yuan for a day’s labor, what can this amount of money do? It might just be enough to buy enough food for one person.

Moreover, this applies to craftsmen who possess a skill compared to ordinary citizens.

It is not hard to imagine how dismal the lives of the current citizens are.

Even for those craftsmen with good skills, they only receive one tael of silver per month, which is equivalent to 500 yuan in the future.

yuan a month, if it were in the future, even apprentice woodcrafters would probably not take it.

Seeing the fluctuating expression on Lin Yi’s face, Lu Feng became even more flustered:

"Well, well, it’s alright, these craftsmen are provided with meals, no worries, they can have two meals at the Government Office.

In doing so, they can save on food at home, not only that, but they can also earn some money to support their families, which is already very good."

While saying this, Lu Feng clearly felt somewhat guilty.

Because he also knew that such a small amount of money really couldn’t make much difference.

However, at this moment, Lin Yi’s gaze was fixed directly on his eyes:

"Let me ask you, what is your monthly salary?"

"R-revered sir, my monthly salary is five taels of silver."

With this statement, Lin Yi was even more puzzled and could not help but widen his eyes, pointing directly at his nose and asking uncertainly:

"You only get five taels of silver a month? You, as an Assistant Minister, have already reached the Fifth Grade, right?"

"Revered sir, indeed I am from the Fifth Grade, and my monthly income really is only five taels, this is all verifiable, sir."

At this point, Lin Yi was truly shocked, he had not expected that a Fifth Grade official only had a monthly salary of five taels of silver, which is equivalent to 2500 yuan in the modern market.

But a Fifth Grade official in the modern era would at least be equivalent to a deputy department head.

Even if not a deputy department chief, at least a deputy director at the district or county level.

The salary at this level would definitely be more than 2500 yuan.

That’s why his attitude towards Lu Feng changed.

It wasn’t just the craftsmen below him who had low wages, even his own salary as the head official was pitifully low.

This made Lin Yi helplessly shake his head:

"Never mind, I did not mean to doubt you; perhaps I was overthinking it before.

But rest assured, since I am here, I will definitely not let you guys suffer.

I’ll draft a notice later, beginning this month, each craftsman’s monthly salary will be increased."

After saying this, Lin Yi thought for a moment and then spoke again:

"Let’s start by increasing it fivefold first, and if my plan goes smoothly, we can increase it further in the future."

After he finished speaking, when he looked at Lu Feng, he saw that Lu Feng had already opened his mouth wide, standing still.

At the same time, his eyes were full of shock.

After quite some time, his lips tremblingly asked:

"M-m-master, what did you say just now? Did I hear wrong? You said to increase their wages? And by five times??"

Lin Yi just smiled and nodded.

This action was like stepping on Lu Feng’s tail, and he instantly jumped up.

Then frantically waving his hands, he anxiously said:

"No, that’s absolutely not possible, sir! We can’t even afford the current salaries, let alone increase everyone’s wages by five times. If we do that, we would be even less able to afford their wages."

He was about to blurt out that doing so had offended everyone, but he forcefully swallowed those words back.

Who would have thought, Lin Yi simply waved his hand at him:

"Just do as I say. Don’t worry about the money, that’s not for you to concern yourself with."

After saying this, he turned around, ready to take his seat, ignoring him further.

But just as he was about to turn around, he turned back as if he remembered something, and spoke to Lu Feng:

"Oh, by the way, your monthly salary also needs to be adjusted up, but fivefold might be a bit unrealistic for now, let’s just round it up to ten taels per month for now."

Standing there, Lu Feng suddenly felt a buzz in his head, dizzy, almost falling to the ground.

He started to wonder if there was something wrong with his ears, had the revered sir just said that his monthly salary would be adjusted to ten taels?

My heavens! Even the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue only gets eight taels per month, right?

This happiness came so suddenly that it somewhat dazed him.

Fortunately, at this time, Lin Yi spoke again cutting off his wild thoughts, and sent him out. freewebnoveℓ.com

This time, he had no choice but to helplessly shake his head and do as Lin Yi said.

Since the other party said not to worry about the money, why should he worry about it?

After all, the other party is a favorite of the Emperor, it shouldn’t be a problem to handle that money.

However, when he went out and announced this, the whole place immediately fell silent.

A group of craftsmen looked at each other, all doubting if they were still dreaming in broad daylight.

Some even began pinching their thighs, and not just a few were doing this.

Instantly, a chorus of ghostly wails emerged from within the crowd.

Sitting in his simple office, Lin Yi.

Hearing the noises outside, he revealed a smile, shaking his head while murmuring to himself:

"Heh, from this to that, wait until later when I double everyone’s income again, then you will truly understand what a craftsman’s income should be."

There are more than 3000 people in the Ministry of Industry now.

And if these 3000 people receive five taels of silver each per month, that would be 15,000 taels of silver a month!

That is definitely not a small amount of money!

But for Lin Yi, using this group of craftsmen to generate such value was an easy task.

Just as he shook his head, preparing to write something else, suddenly, Lu Feng’s voice came from outside:

"Sir, it’s bad, sir!"

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