Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

The Changchun Festival is coming soon, and the salted fish in the Changxia Commercial Bank was once again swept away.

The supply of salted fish this year has increased compared to last year.The reason is also very simple, there are more people going out to sea to fish.

But what is puzzling is that the supply of fish has increased, but the price has not dropped, and even increased slightly.

There are only two reasons, either there is too much money in the market, inflation, or the demand is rising, and the supply is short of demand-a little investigation will reveal that the reason is the latter.

Shao Shengtou Ping Chengde and Hedong towns are already veritable masters of the Northland, and their prestige is unmatched for a while.Naturally, in the eyes of many people, the Changchun Festival has become more important-if it is like the king of Le'an County, has anyone celebrated the Jiahui Festival?
Compared with salted fish, there has recently been a kombucha fever in Beijing.

Whether it is the kombu (swan palm vegetable) native to China or the kombu (kelp) tributed by the Nanhai Prefecture of Bohai State, its price is more expensive than salted fish, which is also an anomaly.

I heard that the sage distributed Bohai kelp to his officials, just like whale meat and whale oil candles.A small amount of Bohai kelp on the market comes from this.

Kelp is more expensive than salted fish, which is actually easy to understand.People in Bohai also fished this rare thing by the sea, and the output was less than fish. In the Northern Dynasties, the emperor gave kombu to his officials, thinking that it was a rare treasure in the sea, which shows how tight it is.

Shao Sheng has ordered Ping Haijun to search for Bohai kelp and introduce it back to Liaohai.

But it seems not so easy, because Bohai kelp is produced in the east of Nanhai Prefecture, Nanjing, facing the sea. To reach this place, you have to bypass Silla and sail north.

This is a completely unfamiliar sea.

Throughout the historical records of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there is no record of this sea area, and its name is "the sea".

But the will of the saint is very firm, find it for me!The Ping Navy has decided to send two mackerel ships to search north after summer next year.

Outside the Hall of Rende, Shao Shude personally set up a large iron pot and cooked kelp pork ribs soup.

When I was young, I tried to restore my life before time travel, but now I don't want to do that anymore.

The milk tea made in the palace doesn't always taste right. Could it be that the flavor is missing?Or is there a problem with sugar?Let's just make do with it, at least the ingredients are really enough, the milk is fragrant, and the tea is top-notch, he is used to it now.

Sinong Temple has not cultivated the watermelon that his descendants will eat so far.During the summer vacation, looking at the shocking shape, it was really difficult for him to connect it with the watermelon.

Before time travel, he worked in the city with the most cafes in the world, and he often drank coffee, but now he misses its taste occasionally, and he is helpless.

He knew that coffee originated in Ethiopia (Arabica species), and the local shepherds had nothing to do to chew a few coffee beans to refresh themselves, and then slowly spread the word.The coffee trade was initially monopolized by the Arabs, and coffee from East Africa was gathered in the port of Mocha on the Arabian Peninsula, and then distributed to various places.

Later, Europeans introduced it to West Africa. After adapting to the local environment, it mutated into the Robusta species, which has a stronger taste.

Shao Shude once sent a middle-ranking official to go south to Guangzhou to look for Dashi merchants, and learned that Dashi introduced this crop more than 300 years ago, but the spread was not too wide, and not many people planted it.It is actually not easy to transport them to Daxia long distance.

In desperation, I can only promise a lot of money, hoping that someone will bring live coffee trees or seeds to the Central Plains—for the time being, they can only be planted in Annan.

Of course, the reason why Shao Shude is so obsessed with coffee is not just because he misses his previous life, he has a deeper plan.

Annan's place is hanging out alone.In the case that the south has not yet been developed on a large scale and the environment is generally relatively harsh, it is possible to leave if you are not careful.

He had to find a way to increase Annan's value so that the Luoyang court would not be willing to give it up easily, and economic interests were undoubtedly the best way.

So, what is there that makes it impossible for the court to give up easily?He only thought of tropical cash crops such as sugar and coffee.

Although there will be no Tahitian sugarcane species that are popular in later generations, the sugar content of sugarcane is very low, but there will be more varieties, and the yield will not be small.Considering the high price of sugar substitute honey in the Central Plains, the economic value of this thing cannot be underestimated.

Coffee, as a refreshment, also has economic value.

The Chinese discovered tea very early, but the real development of tea drinking was in the Tang Dynasty because of its refreshing effect.Tang people also have a high degree of acceptance of foreign things. Foreign crops such as watermelon and Uighur beans can be accepted, and coffee should also be acceptable.

For the time being, he only thought of these two economic crops that can increase Annan's value and may have a large-scale market, and he will gradually improve the details later.

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"Grandpa, the meat is ready." Liulang Shao Mingyi filled a bowl of soup with his own hands and brought it to Shao Shude.

Shao Shude readily took it, tasted it, sighed contentedly, and said, "It's not the first time you have eaten it, what do you think?"

Shao Mingyi brought another bowl to Queen Zhefang, saying: "It's very delicious."

Shao Shude nodded, and said, "The word fresh is right. There are so many strange things in the sea, you must not underestimate them."

"Grandfather, you once said that the sea is larger than the land, so isn't that the abundance of the sea is far greater than that of the land?" Shao Mingyi asked.

Shao Shude pondered for a while, and said: "Actually, it is not. The richest people in the sea are only in the near sea. Especially where there are rivers flowing into the sea, there are a lot of fish. In the deep sea, unless there is a cold current and a warm current, otherwise it is a desert, nothing to worry about. product."

Shao Mingyi seemed to understand, but he nodded obediently.

Shao Shude patted his son's head affectionately, and said, "Liu Lang will be 14 years old next year, and he will go on a tour of the East and the Dragon Palace with Grandpa to see the scenery outside the region."

"Okay!" Shao Mingyi poured another bowl of broth for his two elder sisters, Caiwei and Que'er, nodded and said, "I have read a lot of books, and I am more and more yearning for the outside world. I really have to go out with my grandfather to have a look, and read books." Let’s verify what’s said in it to see if it’s true or not.”

"You don't believe what's said in the book?" Shao Shude asked.

"I don't believe it all." Shao Mingyi replied: "Books are written by people, and people have prejudices. You should read it yourself."

"It's great that you can think so." Shao Shude smiled gratifiedly, hesitated for a while, and said again: "How is your martial arts training?"

"My son has been working hard. Although he is not as good as the second brother, he is not inferior to those martial arts students." Shao Mingyi said, "Grandpa wants me to fight?"

"What nonsense!" Zhe Fangai put down the bowl and chopsticks, glared at her son, and said, "Your second brother has been fighting on the battlefield all day long, already worrying my mother, do you want to learn? Why is there no General An? "

"I know I was wrong." Shao Mingyi hurriedly replied.

"General An" is An Xiuxiu, the commander of the Wuwei Army, who died at the hands of bandits a month ago...

The process is relatively speechless.

A group of Chengde defeated soldiers occupied the mountain, and An Xiuxiu led the troops to encircle and suppress.Seeing that there were only a few hundred thieves, he was overjoyed, and personally led more than a hundred cavalry to charge to kill, but died of being shot.

The process of An Xiuxiu's death in battle made Shao Shude think of Liang Jiang Guo Yan.

When Zhu Quanzhong was fighting Shi Pu, Guo Yan met Xu Bing.At that time, Xu had more than five thousand soldiers, while Guo Yan had only two thousand soldiers—"Yan was brave in field battles, and was happy to meet a big enemy. He led his own sharp troops to attack Pu, killing and injuring many people."

When 2000 people encountered [-] enemy soldiers, Guo Yan's reaction was "great joy", and he personally led the troops to fight in the field and repel the enemy.

But he was extremely happy and sad, "Xu Rong retreated, saying that he was hit by the flow of arrows, and died overnight."

Shao Shude also recalled the past events of the conquest against Li Guochang and his son, there was also a general who was shot by Liu Ya in the battle and died.

Even if there are few soldiers, they are happy when they hear the battle, and they are brave enough to fight in the field, and they also rush to boost morale. This kind of general is brave and brave, but the death rate is not low.

But there are many people like this—in fact, Shao Shude appreciates this kind of brave behavior that shows the demeanor of a warrior.

"Okay, just study military strategy with Wei father." Shao Shude smiled and relieved his son, and said: "Zheng Khitan, do you have any suggestions?"

"My lord." Shao Mingyi bowed solemnly, and then said: "I read history books, the former Tang Dynasty attacked the grassland barbarians, and always caused them to fight internally, their hearts were scattered, their strength was greatly weakened, and finally they dispatched a large army to make a final decision. Even , Many times did not send troops. In the third year of Tianbao, Baximi defeated the Turkic Usumish Khan and passed on to the capital. , kill Baimei Khan, and pass on the head of the capital. The heads of the rebellious chieftains were sent to Chang'an by their own people, and Tang Ting's play is superb."

"Is Khitan so weakened?" Shao Shude asked again.

"During the Dahe Alliance, many Khitan descended to the Tang Dynasty. Among the khans and government officials, there were many outstanding people. They may not be worse than A Baoji, but they were born at an untimely time. They killed their own people and passed them on to Luoyang. But he is a hero of a generation, is he worse than A Baoji? I don't think so." Shao Mingyi said: "Wang Shi defeated the Khitan, victory is not a problem. But the Khitan can run, how can we kill all the chieftains and prevent them from resurgent , and more importantly, this may require their own hands."

"Where will Khitan go?" Shao Shude asked.

"It's possible to go west or north. After the Dahe Alliance was wiped out, the remnants ran northward, and finally revived." Shao Mingyi said: "This is not the first time that the Khitan has revived. Among Wei Qinglong, Buqiu Bi Neng Jieao was killed by Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, and the crowd fled to the south of Huangshui. In the Jin Dynasty, Murong Hao broke Khitan, and the Khitan remnants fled among the pines and deserts. After decades of growth, another tribe appeared He Longzhibei. In the Tang Dynasty, the Dahe clan alliance was shattered, but it was suddenly killed. Nie Li picked up the embers, tried his best, and recovered again. It is not difficult to defeat the Khitan, but how to uproot it is difficult. rise."

"Liulang did his homework." Shao Shude laughed.

Speaking of which, Khitan is also an unbeatable Xiaoqiang.

In history, when you have some strength, you come out to pretend to be aggressive, and then you are beaten up, defeated, escaped, collapsed, and reorganized.But the miraculous thing is that after they were reorganized, they were able to breathe a sigh of relief and survived one enemy after another. Their tenacious vitality was admirable.

But Shao Shude is different from Murong Hao and Li Longji.After Murong and Li finished their work, they ignored Khitan who was only half alive, but Shao Shude was really staring at them.If you dare to run away, I dare to chase after you, even if I chase you to the ends of the earth, I will kill you.

Zhe Fangai was also very satisfied with her son's performance, she called him to her side, and said: "After studying for a few more years, I will be able to help your second brother."

Shao Shude looked at their mother and son with a smile on his face.The Queen's words meant something, and he understood.