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  Chapter 438 436【Sea fish and kelp】

  The Manchu Qing robbed half of North Korea, and Hu Dinggui was devastated.

  The 11th Division is stationed in Gaizhou and Jinzhou, and there are more than 100,000 people under the rule. All food is purchased at high prices in North Korea.

   North Korea has no food, which means that the 11th Division has no food.

  Received the memorial from the civil and military officials in Liaodong, Zhao Han, who was already short of food, could only tighten his belt, and sent ships to send it here and there.

   Fortunately, in spring, more than 100,000 people in the three cities of Liaodong have all planted wheat. After another month, we will be able to harvest grain, but we must beware of Manchu looting!

   Not only Gaizhou, but also Jinzhou and Fuzhou.

  Because there are still some Jurchen tribes living in the mountains of the Liaodong Peninsula, there are also Manchurian Eight Banners in Fenghuang City (between Benxi and Dandong). The troops of the Manchu Qing could travel across mountains and ridges to plunder villages during the wheat harvest season.

   It is not possible that it will come, but it will definitely come.

  Because of lack of food, they all went to fight Mongolia. How could it be possible not to grab the food under the skin?

   There are still about 100,000 soldiers left in the Eight Banners Army. Hu Dinggui's 10,000 people will definitely not be able to defend, and may even be besieged by heavy troops.

  Zhao Han immediately ordered the deployment of troops. Li Zheng's third division, Xiao Zongxian's fourth division, and Lu Xiangsheng's 5,000 cavalry all headed for the Liaodong Peninsula by boat.

  Hu Dinggui was stationed in Gaizhou, Li Zheng was stationed in Jinzhou, and Xiao Zongxian was stationed in Fuzhou. Lu Xiangsheng was also stationed in Fuzhou, and he was in the middle to support the friendly forces in the north and south at any time.

  Fei Ruhe moved to Tianjin, and Zhang Tieniu moved to Dengzhou. At the critical moment, immediately take a boat to Liaodong to fight!

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   Zhoushan waters.

  Hong Xu, deputy commander of the Shanghai Navy in Datong, once ranked among the "Eighteen Zhi", but now he has become a professional fisherman.

  In order to catch fish in Zhoushan Fishing Ground, the Shanghai Navy even expanded its army and recruited Danhu fishermen in Zhoushan as sailors. These people know the situation of Zhoushan Fishing Ground best.

  On the deck of the ship, Hong Xu smoked Nangan tobacco with a pipe in his mouth.

  The large and small warships under his command are trawl fishing.

  At the end of the Ming Dynasty, marine fishing technology was mature. There are six types of large nets: gillnets, purse seines, trawling nets, stretching nets, construction nets, and insertion nets.

  In the Saxon era, the British used gillnets to catch herring. This technique is very common in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong.

  Trawling technology, which can catch 400 tons of fish in one net, is also widely used in China, but the trawl net is relatively small.

  This is because of the sea ban and Japanese pirates. Driving a giant boat to sea is not only risky, but also illegal and criminal. Therefore, merchants who own big boats are all smuggling. Who wants to risk their lives fishing?

  In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the largest fishing boat in the coastal area had a cargo capacity of only three to four tons.

   Due to food shortages, as early as the beginning of last year, Zhao Han promulgated a policy to encourage ocean fishing.

  First, cancel the fishing salt tax.

  Second, you can set up a marine fishing business company, directly connect with the salt farm, bypass the salt seller, and buy salt from the salt farm at a low price (short-term policy, canceled after food is sufficient).

  Ming and Qing Dynasties have fish and salt classes, because of the ancient fishing season, a large number of saltwater fish and freshwater fish were caught. It cannot be sold out in a short period of time. Due to storage technology, it must be pickled with salt.

  But lawbreakers love to take advantage of loopholes, calling it selling salted fish, but actually selling illegal salt.

  A five catty fish can hang half a catty of salt on it!

  So the imperial court will collect the fishing salt class, and supply a limited amount of salt for salting fish. This in turn allowed the dignitaries, officials, and gentry to take advantage of the loopholes and take the opportunity to control fishermen and fisheries, which made it difficult for the fishing industry to develop in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

  These policies to encourage fishing were suggested by Wu Yingji.

  Wu Yingji has been promoted to Jiangsu Youbu Political Envoy because of his repeated speeches and meritorious deeds.

  As soon as the policy came out, merchants and fishermen really responded, and even some maritime merchants got involved. The tonnage of fishing boats is getting bigger and bigger, and the fishing nets are getting bigger and bigger, which has alleviated the food crisis to a certain extent.

  No matter how big a private fishing boat is, it is no bigger than a naval warship!

   Zhao Han's several major naval forces, half of the warships are now fishing in coastal fishing grounds.

   "Go back!"

   More than 20 naval warships, in groups of two and two, dragged a large net to Haiyan County. Sea salt is naturally produced in Haiyan County, and it is dragged and marinated on the spot, which is a perfect match with the Zhoushan fishing ground.

   Trawling is usually carried directly to the shore. As for how much you catch, you can only know after you go ashore. It is full of surprises like opening a blind box.

  A large number of nearby people were hired to carry, sort, and marinate fish.

  The elderly, young and strong, and women are all beaming. This kind of work is charged on a piece-by-piece basis. During the fishing season, I don’t worry about not having a job, but I only worry about not being able to finish the work every day. I wish the children in the family grow up early and can help after graduating from elementary school.

  During elementary school, you are not allowed to drop out of school or be absent from class without reason!

   "Shipping!"

  Large nets were pulled up, and small boats sailed over to pick up the fish from the nets, and then transported them to the shore for the coolies to carry.

  Navy warships drag special large nets. If you are lucky, you can catch dozens or even hundreds of tons with one net.

   Now it is the summer flood season, and the fish caught in Zhoushan fishing grounds are mainly large yellow croaker, cuttlefish, squid and pomfret.

  The harvest was good this time, with more than 20 warships and a total of more than 300 tons.

  The employed people were busy sorting and pickling, while Hong Xu was lying in a hammock and sleeping soundly.

boring!

  However, Hong Xu is quite satisfied with this kind of life, drinking small wine and smoking shredded tobacco every day. When the fishing season is over, I take my soldiers out to practice. If an emergency military situation is received, immediately lead the navy to set off.

  Although he is Zheng Zhilong's subordinate, his background is much better than Zheng Zhilong's.

  Hong Xu was born in a family of hereditary military officials, and his father, Hong Gong, served as a garrison officer.

  The Li people in Hainan Island rebelled, and Hong Gonglun personally went to Lizhai to appease them. The rebellious Li people had already agreed to recruit them. However, Wan Ji, a general from Guangdong and Guangxi, felt that recruiting security would not be able to make a contribution, so he sent troops to attack Li Village, but was defeated by the Li uprising army.

  The rebellion of the Li people was difficult to deal with. Hong Gonglun, who succeeded in recruiting security, was **** to death by this show operation, and after his death, Wan Ji was blamed.

   Because of this, Hong Xu became the second generation of Wu, and suddenly became destitute, and could only go to sea to work as a sailor for a living. Then he became a member of the "Eighteen Zhi" with Zheng Zhilong, and now he is the deputy commander of the Shanghai Navy.

  Like Zheng Zhilong, Hong Xu has been working hard at sea, and he doesn't want his son to eat this bowl of rice.

  His son, Hong Lei, is now a county magistrate.

  In the evening of that day, a merchant ship came to buy goods, loaded with a large amount of freshly marinated sea fish, and set off for Shanghai in the early morning of the next day, and then shipped them to the coast of the Yangtze River for sale.

   This fast-selling new salted sea fish is called "fresh salted fish" in Nanjing. It is cheaper than real fresh fish, but far more expensive than dried salted fish.

  …

   "Fresh marinated sea fish" arrived in Nanjing and was already shipped by inland river merchant ships.

   "Sea fish are coming!"

   "The fresh marinated sea fish eaten by the emperors is cheap, delicious and delicious!"

   Shout out on the pier, and many vendors come to buy it.

   Not retail, only wholesale!

  From Zhoushan to Nanjing, these fish have been transshipped three times, and retail fishmongers have to make money again.

   But when sold to the common people, the price is still very low, and they bring their own salt. Families who are not particular about or are struggling are reluctant to wash the salt, and cook directly like that, which can also save the money for putting salt.

  During the period when food prices soared, cooking with freshly marinated sea fish and eating it with miscellaneous grains or brown rice porridge was a rare delicacy for the low-level people.

   If you are poorer, buy dried salted fish.

   Saltier and cheaper!

  In the palace.

  The six-and-a-half-year-old Gun'er looked at the dishes on the table, and immediately said with a bitter face, "It's braised large yellow croaker again, I'm about to throw up."

  Zhao Han said: "There has been a fishing season in the past two months. Large yellow croakers are easy to catch and the price is cheap."

   "But Daddy is the emperor, we have money at home, so we can buy better food." Gun'er pouted.

Zhao Han put down his chopsticks, and asked his eldest son to put down his chopsticks too: "Father is indeed rich, and he can eat other delicacies from mountains and seas. But if Father often eats fresh salted sea fish, the officials and people must follow suit, and these salted sea fish will attract more people." Eat. Do you understand?"

   "Understood." Gun'er perfunctorily picked up the chopsticks.

  Zhao Han asked with a smile: "Do you understand what?"

   Gun'er replied: "To be an emperor, you must eat more sea fish."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

  Everyone on the table was amused to laugh.

Zhao Han couldn't help but smile, and said, "Today, my father taught you an idiom, which is called "upper action and lower action". What is upper action and lower action? The emperor is above, and the officials and people are below. The emperor wants the officials and the people to eat sea fish, so he should eat sea fish first. The emperor wants the officials and the people to eat sea fish. Whatever you do, you should lead by example. Do you understand?"

   Gun'er nodded: "Understood."

   "Do you really understand?" Zhao Han asked again.

   Gun'er said: "I really understand. Let others do what you want to do first."

  Now Zhao Han has three sons and two daughters, Fei Rulan gave birth to two sons and a daughter one after another, Pan Qimei directly gave birth to a pair of twins, Fei Rumei and Liu Rushi are also pregnant.

  The eldest son, Gun'er, was named Zhao Kuanghuan. The eldest daughter Zhao Furong.

  The twins are about to turn three years old, and they are called Zhao Kuangtang and Zhao Hanjin respectively.

  Third son Zhao Kuangbiao.

   There is no list of chemical elements, as long as the full names are not exactly the same, there is no taboo in Zhao Han.

  After educating his son, Zhao Han glanced at one of the dishes and asked in surprise, "Hey, where did you get the kelp?"

  Pan Qimei replied: "The navy came back from Shandong, and brought back some kelp by the way, and entrusted someone to send it to Nanjing as a tribute. Those who give money are considered purchases."

  Pan Qimei likes to cook and eat, and often goes to the imperial kitchen to do it herself.

  Anyway, she hasn’t moved into the palace yet. Whatever she does, Liu Rushi was still working in the Imperial Academy before she became pregnant.

  Zhao Han took a bite of kelp, and it was the familiar taste. He decided to let the agronomy hall try artificial planting.

  During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the ancients ate kombu, which is a kind of seaweed food. It belongs to the same kelp family as kelp, but it is classified into a different genus.

   It can be understood that kombu is the cousin of kelp.

   Today's kelp grows in Korea and Japan. However, it is also found on the reefs off the coast of Shandong. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" specifically lists the place of origin, and also introduces the difference between kelp and kombu.

   Gun'er was tired of eating large yellow croakers, and when he saw a new dish, he picked up kelp again and again and ate it with gusto.

  If Juer becomes the emperor, kelp must be all the rage.

   It works well.

  (end of this chapter)