I have a cornucopia

Chapter 93 I, Yang Feng, make money

the next day.

All eyes on the beach...

"Here, come back!"

"Get ready!"

……

Amid the chaotic shouts, everyone was looking at the sea ahead, where four row-oar centipede boats were rushing toward the beach, driven by long oars. The four boats were in groups of two, and the two groups were far apart. Although the wind was favorable, and it could be seen that the oarsmen were working hard, the speed was not really fast, as if there was something giant pulling behind them.

The drummer on the bow kept beating, and the rhythmic drumming commanded the oarsmen to speed up.

The latter rowed hard.

With the movement of long oars, the four centipede boats are like four water striders walking on the sea.

Jinan is also short of food. The only advantage is that it was not captured by the Qing army. After the last massacre, the remaining population was already very small.

Then everyone rushed towards the fishing net.

And is weak in trading.

You can actually use a winch.

After all, the food cannot be sold in one day, and at worst it will be sold the next day. Even fruits and vegetables can be sold for a few days after being preserved, but in summer, the sea fish cannot be sold in one morning, and they have to be thrown away in the afternoon.

Then the trawl net filled with fish continued to come out of the water. It was full of densely packed sea fish, and they had to be relatively large. After all, the modern trawl net had long passed the era of extremist nets. The fish squeezed inside stretched out its mouth in the mesh, like a very Cthulhu-style monster, and it also became longer and longer as it was dragged. In this era that has not been poisoned by trawl nets at all, The sea is really full of fish. Ancient fishermen were indeed very poor, but it was not because there were no fish in the ancient sea, but because their financial resources could not afford truly effective fishing tools. In an era when even an ordinary linen garment was considered a high-end consumer product, fishing nets could be described as sky-high prices. So in the end, like farmers, they became vassals of those who controlled the means of production, that is, vassals of the fishing tyrants. And the preservation technology of this era also destined to make fishing profits meager...

Famine does not mean a total loss of production. No matter how dry the land is, some land can still be irrigated.

It is enough for more than two thousand people to pull the rope.

The last net bag finally landed, and a fish bank stretching for more than ten meters stretched across the beach.

Indeed, this means that the radiation range is thousands of miles from the coast to the inland. As long as the output of this kind of canned food can be guaranteed, then it can be guaranteed that people will not starve to death on a large scale within a thousand miles.

In this way, a transportation team is completed.

Yang Feng said.

Soon, the trawl net was pulled out of the sea between the two groups of centipede boats. Then, covered with seaweed, it was like a green dragon, dragging longer and longer on the beach, but soon densely packed sea fish appeared inside.

I count all the likes!

The most effective method is to reduce food intake. Killing people without food is the best way to survive the famine.

"If people thousands of miles away can eat surimi, then a prosperous life will be the same as the birth of a Buddha among thousands of families."

After all, these are just small boats.

"Procuratorate, you take these back to Jinan immediately. When you get to Jinan, you can find people to eat. You don't have to give them just this. Mix it with wild vegetables and a little less grain, and then cook it in a pot. As long as it doesn't cause any trouble, let's do it. It’s done.”

The young men who had been waiting for a long time immediately swarmed forward, pulling on the cables and moving forward, even using their horses...

There are no large warships in Antonwei, just a few small patrol boats. However, in this era, this is Yang Feng's only choice at present. These four ships drag his trawl, taking advantage of the fish flood, to travel relatively far away. of the sea. As for the method of lowering the net, it depends on their own ability. Obviously they did a good job. Then the four boats dragged the trawl across the seabed of the estuary, which was definitely sandy. Now is the time to test their harvest. . Accompanied by increasingly rapid drumbeats, the four boats rushed straight to the beach. They, with a draft of only one meter, were loaded onto the seabed one after another. Then Qing Zhuang, who had been waiting in the water for a long time, took the cable from the boat, and dozens of people joined him. The team carried the cable with all their strength and ran towards the shore in the sea water.

The real problem is that there are usually very few such lands, and they are all in the hands of big landowners. However, most of the land in the hands of ordinary farmers depends on the weather, especially those who go to the fields. In the event of a drought, there is basically no land left. After a large-scale reduction, the population will naturally be concentrated in fields and irrigated fields that can withstand disasters.

The women at the back will clean the internal organs of the fish as quickly as possible and throw it directly into the concentrated salt water at the back for cleaning. The cleaned fish will be sent directly to the large pot set up at the back, where it will be fried first. Put it in a pot and cook it, then add salt, sugar and even various spices to it, stirring it while cooking, and finally turn it into a pot of fish mince. These surimi are put into earthen jars that have been cooked in boiling water, sealed with oilcloth as quickly as possible while they are hot, fished out, then wrapped in yellow mud and sealed tightly, tied with circles of straw rope, and then Load the donkey that has been waiting for a long time, and there are wooden racks on both sides of the donkey, filled with grass to prevent the jar from being smashed.

Spring famine is the same everywhere.

You can even add more salt, and finally marinate the salted fish until it is the same as salt, bypassing the problem of private salt.

Northern Shaanxi is so dry that there is still a small amount of water irrigating the fields along the rivers.

well.

But it's just a test now, so there's no need to bother.

"The fish are out!"

How many people are powerful!

As for the salted fish…

But the wisdom of the officials is beyond the reach of you and other unscrupulous people. The salt used to pickle salted fish in the Qing Dynasty is all special salt for dyeing. If you don’t buy the special salt and catch the salted fish, it is also private salt. Similarly, aquatic product processing is also limited by technology and cannot be spread. Canning is not a high-tech technology. In ancient times, there were various preservation methods. But in normal times, everything ultimately comes down to cost, and processing, transportation, and sales are all limited by technology, making the cost It will gradually increase to the point where it has no advantage when facing normal food. It can be said that various restrictions have hindered the development of the land from seeking food from the sea, and now Yang Feng wants to open all restrictions. If there is not enough food on the land, then he must ask for food from the sea, and use the vast ocean to dilute the famine on this land.

Soon they washed up on the beach.

This coverage is already huge.

The difference is nothing more than starving to death and not starving to death.

Yang Feng shouted.

Thirty miles inland in summer, it is basically difficult to eat fresh sea fish.

"Hurry, all the young men come together and pull out all the fish inside. The women are responsible for killing the fish, pulling out the internal organs and gills, and then throwing them into these salt water buckets."

This job requires the use of a crane.

Qiu Zude said.

The old fisherman shouted excitedly.

He even got into the open net bag and took out the fish that had accumulated inside...

and so……

After all, Daming also has a long coastline.

All of Shandong, most of Henan, and most of Northern Zhili are covered. This is just the north. The coverage in the south is even greater, especially in densely populated areas, one-third, or even very likely. Half of the Ming Dynasty's population will benefit from this industry...

Of course, this takes time.

But in any case, at least for now, Shandong can alleviate famine through fishery.

"Can this kind of net river be used?" Yang Guanguang said.

"of course can."

Yang Feng said.

Qiu Zude nodded.

Therefore, the Yangtze River and the lakes along the Yangtze River can all become new food sources. However, this still requires a lot of salt, so the cost is definitely not comparable to that of the coastal areas, but at least it can be used. After all, cost is no longer important during times of famine. After all, a bowl of fly larvae can be sold for three hundred coins in Kaifeng City. Who cares about the price when he is about to starve to death. Famine is never caused by a lack of money. A famine caused by a lack of money is never a real famine. It is just hoarding. Just like in the capital, Yang Feng used some tricks to squeeze out 1.8 million shi of hidden grain. But everyone knows that the little grain hidden in the hands of nobles is nothing. Those who really hide the most grain are the powerful gentry in the counties around the capital.

But a real famine is one in which you can’t buy food even with money.

He died of starvation because he was pregnant with gold and jade.

"You guys, take these and go to Xuzhou to find Ling Mengchu and ask him to find someone to eat."

Yang Feng pointed to another team of donkeys that had begun loading and said to his subordinates.

In fact, it is no problem to go to Jinan, and it is definitely no problem to go to Xuzhou, but advertising still needs to be done. After all, Xuzhou is the farthest area where he can stably radiate. It is hard to say what will happen if he goes forward, although Guide is still relatively small. It is safer, but in fact there are often heroes from all walks of life between Guide and Xuzhou...

It's okay to talk about rogue bandits.

Anyway, the whole of Henan is in chaos, with hungry people, rogues, defeated troops, and bandits participating in the grand event, turning the land of Henan into a mess, just like the end of the world in apocalyptic novels.

Next, Li Zicheng had to go north.

Since Chongzhen forced Sun Chuanting to leave Tongguan, there is a high probability that he would still go out. In the situation in Henan, Yang Sheng would not dare to go deep into it easily. What's more, Sun Chuanting, who is under his command, isn't he Bai Guangen, Gao Jie and the like? Which of these is not Li Zicheng's defeated general? What's more, many of Bai Guangen's men escaped. As for where they ran...

They are all among Yang Feng's retinue!

After seeing Yang Sheng's power, how could he continue to tolerate an old man like him?

In short, he will still lose.

Similarly, Li Zicheng's move north will still cause more refugees to flee eastward. Next, Xuzhou will become a gathering place for refugees. As long as there is enough food, they can be gathered east of Xuzhou, relying on the food provided by the fishery, and adding New crops are planted to form a stable equivalent of a refuge. As for the next situation, it depends on the situation. If Li Zicheng really goes north, Chongzhen's current mentality may lead to the move of the capital. At that time, no matter whether the north fell into the hands of Li Zicheng or Dorgon took the opportunity to enter the pass, Shandong and Xuzhou were stuck here anyway. Neither of them could go south if they wanted to. Likewise, for Chongzhen or other emperors in the south, as long as they did not want to meet For the large-scale move from the north to the south, Yang Feng must be supported.

Deputy Ambassador Yang is a loyal minister.

But loyal ministers cannot do without money!

Either Li Zicheng goes south and kills you, or the Qing army goes south and slaughters you. If you don't want to die, you have to raise Yang Feng.

I don’t want to die, but I also don’t want to raise Yang Feng...

That would be difficult.

Maybe it would be good to go south with Li Zicheng.

Although Yang Feng would not go south with Gun Gun based on his taste, it would be good to team up with Li Zicheng to kill Gun Gun and then go south together.

In a word.

I, Yang Feng, make money!

If you don't make money, you'll face a stick.

Deputy Ambassador Yang now has a better clamping stick. He found a large vise in the cornucopia and planned to modify it to use it as a clamping stick. He also wanted to make another iron-wood bed like last time and install the vise on it...

Clamp with vise.

This ensures slow and even advancement...

If the Jiangnan gentry did not send money in the future, he would not rule out lending it to Liu Zongmin.

Poor Qiu Zude didn't know that the guy next to him was imagining the joy of clamping the Jiangnan gentry with a vise. At this moment, he was with sincere loyalty and excited that he had finally found a way to save the Ming Dynasty and save all the people in the world. And since rivers can also be used, he can definitely teach it to the folks in Sichuan. After all, they also have the mighty Yangtze River, and even the fish in it are fished out in an astonishing amount. After all, Baiji dolphins were still running rampant in the Yangtze River at this time, and paddlefish and Chinese sturgeons all looked like monsters.

"Ugh, it tastes really bad."

Her Royal Highness's voice suddenly came from behind them.

Yang Feng turned his head in shock.

Then I saw Her Royal Highness the Princess and Yang Xiu taking a group of children around a large basin, tasting the surimi inside with a spoon.

Even his childhood sweetheart was there.

His childhood sweetheart's name is Wang Wan. Of course, not many people know this name. In fact, everyone calls her Wang Ermei. They say they are childhood sweethearts, but in fact they are family friends of the two families. They have known each other since childhood. In addition, it is estimated that before his father became an official, The two families are also interesting. But later, his father was admitted as a deputy merit student, and he had a good relationship with a supervisor from the Zhuang family when he was in the Imperial College, so he naturally began to look down on generals like the Wang family...

Don't underestimate the top students.

Ling Mengchu is it.

He was initially appointed as the county magistrate of Shanghai as a deputy Banggong student, and was promoted to the general magistrate of Xuzhou as the county magistrate of Shanghai.

This is the sixth level.

Normally, this person's background is limited to the fifth-level Zhizhou.

But even if you are the governor of the state, it is already considered higher than the hereditary command of the guard.

This does not depend on rank, but on civil and military affairs. The hereditary military position is to command with the palm of the hand, and you have to grovel in front of seventh-grade civil servants.

In fact, this was in the late Ming Dynasty, the early Ming Dynasty, the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties, and it was not unusual for someone from this background to become a minister.

Therefore, the Yang Feng family's background may seem like a poor one, but in fact it is not low. The number of deputy list Gongsheng students is actually not many. Usually one-fifth of the candidates who failed to pass the imperial examination are those who did not pass the examination, but their results are close, and they are listed separately. As an encouragement, you can enter the Imperial College at the same time. If you come out of the Imperial College and want to continue taking the exam, you can take the exam. If you don't want to take the exam again, then you can directly choose officials, county magistrates, edicts, and tutors. In the future, you will be promoted when you need to be promoted. There is a ceiling at most, but it is not absolute. It can't be broken through, it's just a bit more difficult.

At this moment, a group of girls from the first to third grade of high school, all in full bloom, like a cluster of delicate flowers surrounding a pile of cow dung, gathered around the pot of surimi, expecting to taste delicious food!

Then this food is obviously a bit over the top.

Especially for Her Royal Highness the Princess.

"Don't vomit!"

Yang Feng looked at Her Royal Highness the Princess who was about to vomit and said.

The latter looked at him resentfully.

But in the end I endured it and swallowed it reluctantly.

(Happy Spring Festival)

(End of this chapter)