Villager of Daming

Chapter 1128 Happy Life and Loyalty Exchange

"Eat the skewers grilled by Brother Hanhan. The horse meat sauce is easy to find. It can only be made where there are horses. Moreover, the words horse meat sauce are burned directly on the clay pot. They can only use a small kiln."

Zhu Fan didn't want to worry about matters on the ground on the ship. Since someone was selling horse meat sauce, there must be many horses. The key point is that horses cannot be killed casually, they are part of the labor force.

There are new ponies born every year, and there are also horses that die. Horses that die of illness are not allowed to be canned, as they are considered poisoning.

There are still a large number of horses that died normally. One was in the bustling Fuzhou Market and the other was in the livestock breeding transfer yard.

Apart from these two places, the conditions are not met elsewhere. Pork and fish sauces are easy to handle, but horse meat...

At the same time, since merchants can make horse meat sauce, they will naturally make other sauces and sell them in the name of Jubiqi.

If you are caught, you will be fined and you will not be allowed to impersonate Jubiqi. This is okay.

"Let's talk about the shortcomings? It turns out there are no local officials!"

The fifth child, Zhu Ru, took a skewer, feeling strangely deserted, and suddenly found that there was something missing, no one.

"Finally down to earth! What are those ships doing?"

In the past, there were local officials who would give them lessons during meals, but now they are gone. Officials in the palace no longer need to take lessons. The maids and eunuchs want to listen, but no one is willing to teach them. After learning, can they still be local officials?

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"Your Highness, how many people can I find for you?" Zhao Yao is sensible. You want to be a teacher, and I will find students for you.

There is a bay in this place, which is the favorite of fishermen, but fishermen cannot obtain a lot of money. The local people eat fish, which is too expensive to buy.

Zhu Fang objected, what kind of lesson should be given to the officials of Beipingxing Province? When you go to a place, you have to talk about the things of that place. When you leave Peiping, you won’t talk about Peiping.

"You can still catch fish for another month. Then the Spanish mackerel here will leave. While there is still time, catch more."

"So many people? So many fish!"

There are areas on the shore where Spanish mackerel is drying. Some are hung in rows, and some are laid flat. Anyway, you can tell by looking at them that the smell is not good.

The village chief knew the situation and arranged it like this. The fishermen did not have good boats and nets, so they always went to sea to fish nearby.

Zhu Di looked surprised. Boats kept coming and going, trawling for fish. As soon as they docked, many people rushed up to pick up the fish and took them to a spacious place for processing.

In the expectation of everyone, the ship gradually docked, and the next step was to change to a river boat to enter the river.

Zhu Fan felt his stomach. Everyone had not eaten yet and was preparing to go ashore.

"Your Highness, there are them at Dagukou, but we didn't pass that location when we boarded the boat. There are so many fish in the sea that we can't catch them all.

One day passed and it was noon again. From the boat, we could see the coast and the boats running around there.

The fishermen know how to dry the fish, and the price is lower, but they lack sales channels and can only sell it in Gaizhou County.

In the past, fishermen were limited by tools and sales channels, resulting in a situation where people on the beach could barely make ends meet by selling fish, while people in other places could not eat sea fish.

"No, you are officials from Beipingxing Province. You are going to Dingliao Duwei immediately. The first place to stop is Gaizhou County."

Nowadays, the Ming Navy has many ships. Even if you use a cotton and linen blended fishing net, you can catch a lot of fish. You need to bleed the net first.

If you replace it with a good fishing net made in the factory, you won't be afraid of being soaked in water. It is light and strong, but the quantity is small. "

The village chief introduced the situation, saying that many people in Dagokou and Beiping Prefecture can eat fish, shrimps and crabs from the seaside. The people who helped dry the fish were happy as long as their income for a day's work was higher than the local average income, which was usually two to three times the average income, calculated by the piece.

It costs little to make dried fish or salted fish, and is extremely cheap. Then it can be transported to other places through department store transportation channels, or the merchants themselves go to the beach to buy it and transport it away.

A pound of salty dried fish shipped to Taiyuan Prefecture sells for three or four cents, which is cheaper than pork. This is because of the long transportation distance.

In Fucheng, Beiping Prefecture, a pound of dried Spanish mackerel costs two cents.

The department store charged the Ming Dynasty Navy 50 cents per catty, and it was shipped not far to Beiping Prefecture. There was a river, so transportation was convenient, and the gross profit was 300%.

People can eat any kind of meat. Due to productivity constraints, there is not so much meat. Dried sea fish is very delicious, especially Spanish mackerel. The meat has many thorns and few thorns. Just put some ginger slices and green onions and steam it directly.

While the chief was talking, everyone held up their binoculars to look. They didn't want to go over there for fear of being smoked and falling down.

People who work are used to it. After entering an abalone shop, they won't smell the smell for a long time.

People in Xiaqiu Village also don't want to go there. They walk around and smell fishy.

Zhu Fang looked at the smiles on the faces of the working people and asked, "How much are the wages?"

"It's almost three times the normal local income, and the goods in local department stores are relatively popular."

Even though the store manager usually doesn't care much about department stores, he actually knows everything.

"We know that mosquito coils, clam oil, cotton cloth, brown sugar, tea, daily ironware, and pottery are sold in large quantities."

When Zhu Xi heard about the department store, he immediately recalled what kind of goods sold best in the stores here to see what the people wanted.

In summer, people buy mosquito coils and apply clam oil in winter. The local daily income is about seven cents, and three times it is twenty cents, which is quite a lot.

If I moved to Nanjing and did the same intensity of work, I would definitely not be able to do it without being paid 40 cents.

Zhu Fan put down the telescope: "No wonder they are happy, three times. If it weren't for strengthening the rule and local stability, ten coins would be enough."

"What His Highness said is absolutely true." Zhao Yao echoed: "Now the local people support Your Majesty, they will naturally support whoever can make their lives better. Others want to cause trouble, but they simply cannot organize the manpower."

He understood the situation. Ships traveled between the two places. Sometimes the people here would follow the ship to Dagukou and talk about the situation here. He was in charge of the province of Beiping and collected intelligence to understand it.

As people made money and had channels for consumption, the number of things at home gradually increased. At least they had enough money to buy a big iron pot and put it on the earthen stove to burn firewood.

You can cook meals for more than ten people at one time. First cook a large pot of rice, take it out and put it in a large basin, then stew a pot of vegetables, and put the leftover rice on the grate of the stew to heat for the next meal.

This is the source of happiness, and people are easily satisfied. If there is no big iron pot, they can only cook pottery pots, usually called earthen pots, which need to be cooked many times because there are not so many pots.

"Sister Ling'er, how should we go now? To the county seat?" Xu Yihua asked Ling'er.

"We'll stay here today, and the camp has been built. Tomorrow we'll put on our formal attire, display our ceremonial guards, and then go to the county seat. Let's have a good rest today and won't drink.

We are making dumplings stuffed with Spanish mackerel to eat. We have mixed the noodles before, and now we start to beat the stuffing. We beat it by hand, while the others use machines.

There are leeks and eggs locally. Instead of pork, pick some tender leeks. I don’t know how they cut them and whether there are any new ones growing. "

According to Ling'er's schedule, it was a formal appearance. The four princes were going to be tired and could no longer be as casual as in the previous days.

I am just as tired as the people in Xiaqiu Village. I have to cheer up and don't let anyone hurt your highnesses.

(End of this chapter)