Cultivation of chastity

It has been eight years since Li Tai's fishing plan was proposed and implemented.

During the period, when Li Tai established Tianjin Port, he successfully completed the industrial cluster of the shipping industry and clarified the layout of the entire industrial chain from trees to ships.

It's just that Li Tai didn't wait for the fruit to ripen and fall to the ground, so he was transferred back to Chang'an by Li Shimin, and then went to Tuyuhun.

However, Li Tai has laid the foundation for the development of Youzhou's fishery, whether it is from the cultivation of the atmosphere or the integration of actual resources.

After Li Tai left, Li Chunfeng took over Li Tai's plan.

By this year, the entire production line from raw materials to ship construction has been basically realized, and it can produce warships such as warships, and even certain types of ships such as sea falcons and ships that use human power as their power source instead of borrowing wind power. degree of research.

Because when it comes to the ocean, pure wind power is no longer enough, and manpower is often needed to provide short-term assistance for assistance.

Of course, the most important thing is that as the size of the ship continues to expand, the load that the ship can carry increases, which allows the ship to have a longer sailing time at sea.

When a group of fishing boats go out, they can usually stay at sea for two or three days, and with the help of islands, they may be able to stay for a week.

And this week's harvest is even more unimaginable. It is much richer than that of the fishermen in Youzhou when they went to the sea to beg for food in small sampans. It was so much that people from the entire coastal village were required to come out to help handle the entire boat. seafood.

After the nearby villagers saw that they used the ships retired from the army to catch an astonishing amount of fish that they could never catch in their lifetime, no one could stop the local people from going out to sea and let them pursue wealth up.

And it just so happened that sailing a little to the east of the Bohai Sea is one of the largest fishing grounds in China. The Yellow Bohai Sea fishing grounds, in this era, the local impact of human salvage on fish stocks is almost negligible.

But even so, when Li Chunfeng saw this frenzied scene, he immediately stipulated the size of the net bag for fishing nets going out to sea. In the name of God's virtue of good life, the common people were not allowed to catch fish that were too small, and made detailed regulations.

This is not because Li Chunfeng really has the idea of ​​protecting the environment, but because he found that after a large number of sea fish were sent to the port, because the post-processing could not keep up, many fish had to be piled up in the port to die, and could only be dumped into the ocean.

After all, in the past few years, with the increase of shipping vessels and the continuous innovation of fishing net technology, the fishing output has almost changed with each passing day.

However, the market in Youzhou is limited, regardless of the local population engaged in fishing or the corresponding logistics system.

At least these fish want to be transported to the inland through the canal for sale. Basically, they are either pickled or dried and then sold inland through the canal.

That kind of fresh sea fish directly arrives at the tables of inland people. It would be easier to say if it comes from a prefecture or county near Youzhou, but basically after leaving the prefecture or county near Youzhou, it is very difficult to keep it fresh!

But now, with Li Tai's idea of ​​building an ice bank in the area where the canal is located to keep fresh food, these fresh sea fish can be sold farther away.

In fact, even if it is only sold outside of Youzhou, for Youzhou, the benefits obtained are enough to make the local people in Youzhou richer. …

Fishing has not been a decent industry in China since ancient times.

Because Huaxia is a nation that seeks from the land, it seldom seeks from the sea, which also leads to the low status of fishermen.

In some places, the remaining women on the fishing boat are not allowed to go ashore, and it is a bad habit to stay on the boat for the rest of their lives.

But when the fishery can really obtain resources from the sea and support a city of more than 10 people, the status of the fishery will naturally change.

Even if it cannot be changed in other places, at least in this city, the status of fishery will be changed.

After all, since ancient times, rights, wealth and knowledge, as long as you have one of them, you will be respected.

But in Li Tai's view, what is really important is that those who get rich through fishing will eventually come out of the middle class, or even the rich.

But if you want a profession to be truly respected by others, you need people in this profession to strive for it themselves.

Outsiders like Li Tai's support for shipping did not actually change the status of these people in essence.

It's like workers trapped by capital, who seem to live a decent life, but in essence they are compradors at best.

When a real crisis comes, they will be abandoned by capital at any time, because they do not really have their own means of production.

So if Li Tai dies, the shipping interests will be inherited by someone else, and the inheritor will also support shipping for the sake of profit.

But this kind of thing has nothing to do with bottom fishermen, and it doesn't fundamentally improve their status.

Fishermen are still engaged in a profession that is looked down upon by others, and no one speaks for them.

The only ones who can save them are themselves, the society, the country, the individual, and any profession.

Therefore, Li Tai supported the fishing industry near Tianjin, but did not overly interfere with the development of these industries.

Because Li Tai understands that the current fishery is still growing savagely, and he needs them to keep fighting and taking from the ocean.

When a few giant crocodiles appear, I will be able to formulate a corresponding order to guide them. At that time, I may establish an oceanographic school in Jiaozhou Bay in Laizhou.

Because the entire Datang Navy is stationed there now.

But at that time, Li Tai believed that the fishermen could benefit from the ocean, established a navy to protect the fishery, and formed his own political group from the Oceanographic Institute, in order to maintain a certain right to speak in front of the mainland forces.

Of course, if the fishermen really got to this point, they would still be destroyed from top to bottom for some reason after their own death...

Then Li Tai said that this sea route is really hopeless, and if you are hit by other people's strong boats and sharp guns, don't blame the seniors for not leaving you a spark!

"Speaking of which, next year on August [-]th, will you participate in the Luoyang game and win the title of number one chess master that day?"

At this time, Li Dejian curiously asked Li Chunfeng next to him, after all, he knew that Li Chunfeng's chess skills were random killings!

"It's a pity I can't go!" Li Chunfeng said helplessly, "Otherwise, I will definitely go to the game of Luoshui to compete with chess players from all over the world!"

Li Dejian shook his head helplessly when he heard Li Chunfeng's words, but didn't say much. …

The news of Li Tai holding the Luoshui Game began to spread slowly as the news spread.

Although Li Chunfeng was a bit moved, Li Chunfeng was more aware of his responsibilities, and he wanted to protect the foundation of Youzhou.

"It's you, I heard that you are occupying the island in the northeast as my Tang stronghold?" Li Chunfeng asked Li Dejian.

"This is what our Datang Navy should have in the first place, but now there are fishing boats going to replenish it, so it slowly spread!" Li Dejian said to Li Chunfeng, "This was set up when our Datang Navy was established. "

When Li Dejian said this, he looked at Goguryeo. He did not forget his mission of inheriting the navy.

To be honest, he had a vague feeling that the day when the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo was approaching.

This is not because the imperial court expressed the intention of conquering Goguryeo, but with the large number of fishing boats fishing, it can be seen that Goguryeo's warships are afraid of Datang fishing boats.

Although the two sides are still living in peace, no one can guarantee whether the gun will accidentally go off and a war will break out.

But Li Dejian not only did not try to stop it, but rather indulged him.

Because he knew very well that the confrontation between Datang and Goguryeo was nothing more than a reasonable excuse.

If Goguryeo's army couldn't resist attacking the Datang ships that went out to sea for fishing, Datang, who was afraid of rubbing his shoulders, just took this opportunity to flatten Goguryeo.

After all, not only Datang had the idea of ​​destroying Goguryeo, even he himself felt a bit of pressure from the court after Li Jing retired, and he was carrying the inheritance of Li's glory.

All these imperceptibly urged me to do something, and meritorious service was the only thing I could rely on to support Li's glory.

Naturally, Li Tai didn't know that Li Dejian, who was thousands of miles away, already had plans to fight Goguryeo with fishing law enforcement.

Of course, even if he knew, Li Tai didn't care.

Now Li Tai took advantage of the snowy winter and accompanied Yan Wan to walk in Luoyang City, exchanging feelings with each other.

And Yan Wan also looked at the world outside the Wei Palace curiously. Although Li Tai did not prohibit Yan Wan from freely entering and leaving the Wei Palace, as a rich and noble daughter, she usually seldom leaves the Wei Palace except when necessary.

Not to mention that Li Tai and Li Tai are walking in this winter like ordinary couples.

As for Li Tai, Lu Anshou and Ren Yaxiang followed each other with their personal guards, but they didn't plan to get too close, so as not to disturb the two-person world of King Wei and Princess Wei.

The two walked slowly all the way, but they also slowly climbed up the city wall of Luoyang. Yan Wan didn't feel much inside the city wall, but now standing on the city wall of Luoyang, she could clearly see that the people on both sides of the Luoshui River were struggling to dig The ice, one by one, was in full swing.

"Lang Jun, what are they?" Yan Wan couldn't help asking this scene that she had never seen before.

"It's just digging ice!" Li Tai looked at the scene in front of him and said calmly, "The government has come forward to hire local people to dig ice to ensure the normal shipping of the canal. At the same time, the mined ice will be sent to the ice cave at Jinkou to be stored until next summer. Daily use!"…

"But Bing Jian, Su Shan?" Yan Wan heard Li Tai's words, but her eyes were bright, and she said,

"But I heard from the cook that Su Shan made it with saltpeter, but I didn't expect that so many people would come to pick ice in winter?"

"It's natural to make ice with saltpeter!" Li Tai was somewhat surprised by Yan Wan's insight when he heard Yan Wan's words.

But Li Tai explained, "But for things like saltpeter, it's okay if it's on a small scale, but it's not worth it on a large scale!"

"Not worth it?" Yan Wan was a bit dazed when she heard Li Tai's words, she really didn't know what was not worth it.

But Li Tai said, "Not to mention that our Datang does not actually mine much saltpeter.

Therefore, it is almost impossible to satisfy all the mouths on the entire Tongji Canal.

Not to mention, the efficiency of saltpeter conversion is actually not as high as you think, almost a thousand catties of ice needs a thousand catties or more of saltpeter to convert.

Therefore, the manpower required will increase geometrically with the number of ice cubes required.

Although it is not difficult to make ice with saltpeter, it is not easy to produce it on a large scale.

Not to mention, the current statistics of the ice required for the mouth of the entire Tongji Canal may exceed 1000 million catties.

Therefore, it is too late to make saltpeter. When the demand for ice cubes increases, it is more convenient to obtain ice directly from nature.

And it can also make the common people earn a fortune, and they can have a stable income in winter. "

"Lang Jun, it seems that he really hopes to transfer the money and food in his hands to the people through various methods, instead of withholding the money and food in the hands of the people, so that he can get more from it?" Yan Wan was puzzled when she heard Li Tai's words.

Hearing Yan Wan's words, Li Tai glanced at Yan Wan in surprise. He didn't expect this woman to be with him not long ago, but she observed him very carefully.

In contrast, I never wanted to understand Yan Wan, so I couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.

"En!" Li Tai nodded and said to Yan Wan, "For me, if the people are rich, I am rich.

If the people don't even have money in their hands, then even if I have money, what's the point. "

When Yan Wan heard Li Tai's words, she couldn't help admiring Li Tai's heart and character.

This kind of person who wholeheartedly hopes that the people will be rich is not worthy of the word sage, who can afford it!
Of course, in Li Tai's understanding, the system he built is still very important to increase the value of the people's assets.

Because the root cause of my ability to print money unscrupulously is that the people are getting richer and richer, their vision for the future is getting better and better, and the people are getting richer, the more money they can print.

But if the people are getting more and more disappointed with the future and their confidence is getting smaller and smaller, then they will print money unscrupulously, which will directly make their food stamps worthless.

If you don't know how to control yourself, you will definitely develop towards the trend of Jiaozi in the Northern Song Dynasty or Baochao in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, compared to other people in Datang, who wanted to oppress and exploit the people through corvee or other means, Li Tai really hoped that the people of Datang could become rich, especially to have enough confidence in the future of Datang.

Under such circumstances, as long as one's food stamps are not printed indiscriminately, there is no fear of overturning at all!

However, when Li Tai said this, he looked at Yan Wan for a moment. Unfortunately, although Yan Wan thought her husband was very good, how good was he? Well...Yan Wan didn't understand at all.

Li Tai didn't say much when he saw this scene, he just jumped over to continue enjoying the first snow in winter with her.

After all, for southerners, even after staying in the north for so long, nothing has changed. It comes from the surprise of the early winter snow in the soul.

Of course, Li Tai was looking at the snow. At this time, Tian Changgeng, who had just arrived in the Hehuang Valley, was already blocked by the snowstorm and couldn't get out!