After I stopped being a lady from a rich family, I fought all over the capital

Chapter 166 Salary Gap
Jiao Bubai had no idea what his prefect was thinking about.

He was sipping the osmanthus rice wine in front of him.

Such good wine would cost at least two strings of cash outside.

Only his master, whose salary is higher than his and whose wife's family is from the royal merchant family, has plenty of money and time to think about so many things. His attention is not on the table full of delicacies today.

Jiao Bubai thought about it and still felt a little angry.

Why?
His master is a fourth-rank official, but his official land is seven hectares! !

And what about him?
He gets up earlier than the chickens and sleeps later than the dogs every day. No matter whether the case is big or small, he is always the first to arrive at the scene.

Even the official documents submitted by the prefect to the Ministry of Justice for review were all written by him because he knew the case better!
But his official land is less than two hectares! !

It’s more than three times less!!
The master in his family receives four hundred dan of rice as an annual salary.

But what about him?
The most a year is eighty stones.

Not to mention the salary of Lu Yin.

The monthly salary of the prefect of his house is fifty strings of cash.

But what about him?
Only a pitiful twelve strings of cash a month.

Not to mention getting married and having children.

Just wanting to buy a house or land, you can only tighten your belt.

How can I bear to drink such delicious osmanthus rice wine every day?
The more I thought about it, the sadder and more angry I became.

Jiao Bubai took two more big gulps.

As for the eldest princess and the lady of the Song family, what do they have to do with him?
However, there is indeed a matter that concerns whether he can earn the reward.

"Sir, the case!"

Jiao Bubai drank the last two sips of wine in a hurry, and his face turned slightly red.

His eyes were blurry for a moment before he slowly came to his senses.

"Let Madam Song help investigate the case!"

Jiao Bubai reminded the Jingzhao prefect in a somewhat anxious tone.

Just now, the princess did not give them a clear reply! !
How could the Jingzhao prefect dare to bring up this matter again?
He even felt that the eldest princess was deliberately changing the subject!
Although it was because of his mention that he ordered a strict investigation into the slander of the Song family's wife's innocence.

But wasn't it also possible that it diverted his attention and made his previous proposal fall through?

The more the Jingzhao prefect thought about it, the more it made sense to him.

Since the eldest princess has taken a fancy to this Song family lady, how could she be willing to let her go and have dealings with people like them who deal with corpses all day long?

The royal nobles were most averse to these unlucky remarks.

He'd better not make things difficult for himself.

The prefect of Jingzhao thought so and turned a deaf ear to Jiao Bubai's reminder.

Jiao Bubai: ...

"Miss Song!"

Knowing that he could no longer rely on the prefect, Jiao Bubai gritted his teeth and decided to fight for himself.

He stood up, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Naturally, this also includes the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture.

"What are you doing?" The prefect of Jingzhao stood aside, anxiously pulling at Jiao Bubai's outer robe.

Jiao Bubai brushed the person's hand away without even thinking.

Then, holding the wine glass, he walked around the table and said, "The previous West Market Hu Bing case and the kidnapping and trading case were all thanks to Miss Song's help."

"I am very grateful for this."

Jiao Bubai first raised his glass to the eldest princess, and then turned to Song Lan: "I am lucky today to have the eldest duke..."

"Cough cough!"

The eldest princess glared at the person and reminded him not to talk nonsense.

Jiao Bubai was a little confused and obviously didn't understand.

Can’t I say the word Princess?
What to say then?

But he was quite smart. If he couldn't figure something out, he would just stop thinking about it.

Skip the salutation and get straight to the point.

"I will borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha and toast to Miss Song!"

One kan of money = 1000 wen (for ease of understanding, this ratio will be used uniformly in the following sections)

According to the author's unreliable research, during the Xuanzong period, a dou of rice in Chang'an cost about 10-15 wen, and an ordinary craftsman's daily income was about 30-50 wen, and his monthly income was 1-1.5 guan.

The salary of officials in the Tang Dynasty was roughly composed of official land + rice + salary money. When Han Yu was in the Imperial College in the early days, he was a seventh-rank official, and his salary was about 25 guan (it is said that he could not afford to buy a house in the early days, and had to work part-time to earn money in his spare time). When Bai Juyi was a proofreader, he was a ninth-rank official, and his salary was about 16 guan.

Key points: This article is fictional, and prices in different dynasties are different. The above content is for reference only and does not need to be studied.