Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 379
How many resources are there in the endless ocean, no one really can say clearly.

At this moment, the European powers did not turn their attention to the ocean itself, and they knew how to drive strong ships and guns to plunder land resources everywhere, or squeeze labor, and make profits from cheap labor costs.

It can be said that the treasure house of the ocean in this era has not yet been opened.

People at this time still don't understand how many treasures there are in this treasure house!
In fact, Xu Yunchu and Zheng Zhilong also thought of some traditional catches and seafood.

Are these the only resources in the ocean?

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but excitedly said: "We can do too much business, live fish, fresh shrimp, sea crab, seashells, conch, sea cucumber, asparagus, seaweed, kelp, etc. If Counting all of these, earning tens of millions of taels a year is not a problem!"

To be honest, earning tens of millions of taels a year this year is already quite terrifying.

Even if he was talking about gross income, that would be quite terrifying.

However, this is nothing!
Taichang said indifferently: "Your vision is not wide enough, and what you think is not comprehensive enough, what fresh, we can make dry goods together.

For example, sea prawns, do you only sell fresh prawns?

We can also dry it into dried shrimp or make it into dried shrimp!

Another example is sea fish, do you only sell live fish?
We can also dry it into dried fish or make aged smoked fish cubes!
Moreover, these things are very convenient to store and transport, and we can sell them all over the world. "

Well, this business is getting bigger and bigger.

How much does it cost?
Everyone's eyes are shining, eager to try.

In fact, this is nothing!
Taichang thought for a while, and then introduced: "Actually, raw seafood can also be transported long distances, and it can be stored for many days without any problem, as long as we freeze the catch with ice. In this way, we have another large category. Chilled seafood and chilled seafood can also be shipped all over the world for sale, which is almost the same as dry goods.”

Everyone knows that ice can freeze fish and keep them for a long time.

The problem is that there is ice only in winter!
Xu Yunchu couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, this business can only be done in winter, and some places are very hot in winter, I'm afraid there is no way to do this business, just like Nanyang, where it is rumored that winter is so hot Sweating, doesn’t this chilled food melt right away?”

You don't even know this?
Taichang was surprised: "Don't you know about ice cellars? There can be ice in summer!"

Of course Xu Yunchu knew this.

He quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this ice cellar cannot be used by wealthy families. Moreover, even wealthy families don't store enough ice, usually only enough for a few people. Our catch is only one day. Just hundreds of thousands or even millions of catties, how much ice would be needed, maybe we won’t be able to store so much ice?”

This is not easy.

Taichang said without hesitation: "This ice cellar is actually a labor cost, whether it is digging an ice cellar or collecting ice for storage, all labor is consumed, and there are no other costs.

We can build a port in the north of Japan or even Nuer Gandusi to dig a large number of ice cellars and store a large amount of ice. Isn't that enough?

Anyway, labor is not very valuable at the moment, we can definitely dig the ice cellar with the Japanese captives!

In a word, we will not let them go back until we dig enough ice cellars. You say, do they dare not dig them? How many ice cells do we need?
As long as we have enough ice cellars, we can store a large amount of ice cubes. At that time, won't the frozen seafood be sold wherever we want?
What’s wrong with the hot weather in Nanyang? The bottom deck below the deck is covered with ice cubes, and the outside is insulated with thick cotton cloth. Can the ice melt so quickly?
At that time, it will be no problem for us to ship the scarce frozen seafood to Persia for sale! "

Uh, okay.

It seems that this chilled seafood is really good. The ice cellar and so on really don't cost much, it's just a labor.

How many icehouses can hundreds of thousands or even millions of captives dig out?
The number of ice cellars dug out is unimaginable!

Dry goods, fresh and chilled, how profitable is this business?
When everyone heard this, they were already too excited.

They just want to start this seafood business immediately and make a lot of money!
In fact, this is nothing.

Taichang thought for a while, and continued: "There is another business, you may not have thought about it, in fact, it is quite big. This business is the fertilizer business. After the bones are broken, you can make fertilizer, you know?"

Of course I know this.

In fact, bone meal is a natural phosphate fertilizer, and phosphate fertilizer can increase the yield of crops and improve the quality of crops.

Xu Erjue knew this best.

He nodded repeatedly and said, "This minister knows that his father used bone meal to improve the seedlings of sweet potatoes and potatoes. In fact, other crops can also use bone meal to improve seedlings. In addition, the fertilizer made of bone meal can increase production , Including sweet potatoes and potatoes are the same as other crops, if enough phosphorus fertilizer can be applied to the field, the yield of crops can be increased by at least [-]%.”

now it's right.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but excitedly said: "Think about it, when making dried fish, don't most of the fish bones have to be removed? Also, when making smoked fish, do you usually only smoke the fish pieces without the fish head? These picked fish bones and fish heads can be dried and powdered to make fertilizer! In this way, we will not only have more business, but also increase food production, why not do it?"

This business does have a head start.

In fact, this is nothing!
Taichang thought for a while, and then continued: "You may not have noticed that there are many fish that are fat and strong, with a lot of fat and oil, and the taste is not very good. There are many such fish in the sea. Think about it. , What should I do if this kind of fish is caught, have you thrown it away?"

Uh, this kind of fish is a typical pity that it is tasteless to eat and discard.

If you are unlucky, it is really a headache to catch tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of catties of fish a day.

Xu Erjue thought for a while, and then suggested: "Can we take out the fish heads and bones and dry them to make fertilizer?"

You only think of one aspect.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, in fact, this kind of fish is also very useful. The fish head and bones can be dried and used as fertilizer. The remaining fish meat can actually be dried and mixed with coarse grains to make feed. The so-called The feed is mainly for the pigs, and the pigs will definitely grow fast and fat if they eat this kind of feed.”

Well, pigs are omnivores. If fish is mixed with coarse grains, the pigs will grow fast and become fat and strong.

When everyone heard the words, they all nodded their heads in agreement.

This is not over yet.

Taichang continued: "Actually, the remaining fatty oil can also be used to extract oil. Fish oil is also oil, and it can also be used for cooking."

Extract oil from fish?
No one really thought about this.

When everyone heard this, they were all dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help asking: "What's the matter, why are you so dazed?"

Xu Yunchu couldn't help but asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, there are only a few pieces of fat in the fish, and it takes a lot of effort to collect them. If you use them to extract oil, how much oil can you extract?"

You have to look at the quantity!

Taichang said without hesitation: "Of course fish can extract a lot of oil. Think about it, we will catch at least several million catties of fish every day in the future. Even if there is only one catty of oil in a hundred catties of fish, it will be tens of thousands of catties a day." Ah, isn’t that enough? This output is estimated to be higher than that of peanut oil and rapeseed oil, this is also a big business!”

Well, tens of thousands of catties a day is indeed enough.

This is another big income!
When everyone heard this, they all nodded excitedly.

If the emperor said so casually, they didn't know how much business they had.

And these businesses are scary!

(End of this chapter)