The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 453 The Cannery

"Okay!" Zhu Linmi took the food box, "You made it yourself, I will try to finish it."

However, before he could eat a crab meat bun, Shi Lin reported helplessly at the door, "My lord, Prefect Fan asked to see him, saying that there is something urgent."

"Oh..." Zhu Linmei sighed, "Tell him to wait for me in the side hall." Then she grabbed another piece of honey kernel cake and stuffed it into her mouth, smiled apologetically at Mu Zhiqing, got up and went out of the house.

"What's the hurry, Mr. Fan?"

Fan Jun saluted hastily, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said: "Return to Your Highness, refugees from Changhua and Yuqian areas poured into the city last night, because there were too many people, the lower officials had to order the city gates to be temporarily closed... ..."

Zhu Linmei frowned and said, "How many people are there?"

"It's always more than [-] to [-]."

"I will allocate another 3 taels to you. As long as it lasts for another month at most, I will have a way to resettle the refugees." Not long ago, half of the 15 taels of "labor army silver" given by King Lu was spent in this way.

Fan Jun still said with a bitter face: "Your Highness, even if you have money, it is difficult. Fang Guoan once expropriated more than half of the grain and rice in the city, and now the surplus grain in the city is enough to deal with these people for eight or nine days at most."

"Then hurry up and adjust the grain elsewhere!"

Fan Jun hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, it is the food adjustment to deal with this wave, and there may be a large number of refugees coming later..." He paused, and continued, "Your Majesty thinks that if you don't Let the refugees go to Zhoushan."

"Zhoushan?"

"Zhoushan has a large area and few people, and is rich in sea fish. A few nets can be enough to feed a family for two or three days. From then on, it will take less than ten days to go east by water, and these refugees can be placed here. Shaoxing I can take a breath too."

Zhu Linmi is a little strange. Since the products are so rich, why are there so many lands and few people?

He asked Fan Jun again and found out that because of the sea ban during the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered all the people in Zhoushan and 46 nearby islands to be relocated to Ningbo and other places.

Although some people returned to the island one after another, Japanese pirates began to make noises later. The isolated island was extremely vulnerable to attack, and the people had to flee one after another.So until now, we can only sit back and watch Zhoushan's rich fishery resources, but not many people go fishing.

"This arrangement is feasible." Zhu Linmei nodded.After the population of the island increases, a navy supply port can be built there, which is more convenient than returning to Ningbo or Shanghai.In addition, the fish from Zhoushan can also be transported to the mainland for sale, and the people on the island will surely become richer day by day. It is even very convenient to transport fish as rations for the Dragon Guards.

However, fish is not easy to keep fresh.He suddenly remembered the canning factory he wanted to build a long time ago to make fish into cans, and it would not be a problem to transport them to Yunnan.You know, the price of fish in the western area of ​​Ming Dynasty is at least [-] to [-] times that of Zhoushan!
Moreover, with the "artifact" of canned food, it can greatly improve the logistical supply capabilities of the Ming army, especially the navy.In this era, it is not easy to want to eat vegetables and fresh meat after going to sea, and even a large number of sailors suffered from sepsis because of this.If the cans are half-filled, these problems can be solved immediately.

He secretly planned that Zhoushan's rich and cheap fishery resources could be used now.Relocated refugees can also participate in the construction of canning factories to earn some wages, so as to quickly improve their lives and reduce the pressure on the court to relieve refugees.

So he told Fan Jun: "Master Fan will arrange for the refugees to go to Zhoushan as soon as possible. The navy has not had any wars recently, so let them allocate some boats to help transport the refugees."

As a person of later generations, Zhu Linmei felt that it was only natural for warships to rescue and rescue disasters, but Fan Jun was greatly shocked, and he knelt down on the spot, "Your Highness is sympathetic to the common people, it is really a bodhisattva heart! I thank Your Highness on behalf of these tens of thousands of refugees." !"

Zhu Linmei helped him up and sent him to do some work first, then returned to the dormitory by herself, had a quick bite of breakfast, and began to write letters.

Mu Zhiqing cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks at the side, saw that Zhu Lin was busy with his work, and came over to help him polish the ink, tilting her head and was scanning the words "cannery".

A while later, Zhu Linmei picked up the finished letter and dried it, and then heard Mu Zhiqing say in an adoring tone: "Your Highness, Zhiqing really suspects that you are from Penglai Immortal Island, and you have said a lot in just these two days that shocked me." What is this cannery, an eye-opening wonder?"

Zhu Linmei handed the letter to her smoothly.The letter was written to Song Yingxing from the Ministry of Industry. The first half asked him to send some people to Zhoushan to build a canning factory there.In the second half, he was asked to go to the shipyards in Yongbeili and Nan'an to urge the progress of the new warships.

"Canned food is to put food in a small bottle, steam it in a basket for half an hour, and then seal it while it's hot." Zhu Linmi explained to her, "After processing in this way, the food can be kept for several months without going bad. go bad.

"I want to move the refugees near Shaoxing to Zhoushan, and then build a factory there to make canned fish from Zhoushan, and then transport them to the mainland for sale."

Mu Zhiqing wondered: "Fish meat is the most perishable, how can this can be preserved for several months without spoiling?!"

Zhu Linmei then briefly told her about bacteria and mold, and the principle that killing these microorganisms with high temperature can prevent food spoilage.

Now she is no longer surprised by what he said, she just nodded and memorized carefully, and said: "There are a lot of fish in Zhoushan, and the cannery Your Highness thinks will be very big."

Zhu Linmei smiled and said, "In the beginning, it was 20 bottles a day. In the future, I plan to produce [-] to [-] bottles a day."

"In this way, there must be a lot of investment."

"Yes, I plan to invest 3 taels first, and allocate another 5000 taels to make porcelain bottles. After the glass factory is completed, the price can be reduced by more than half when the glass bottles are used for canning."

Mu Zhiqing pondered and said: "There are many things involved in the construction of the factory. Such a large sum of money will be corrupted by someone. Your Highness must send a reliable person to watch over it."

Zhu Linmin nodded, thinking about it in her mind, only to find that her confidantes were busier than the other.

Seeing him frowning and sighing, Mu Zhiqing turned to him, pointed to the tip of her nose and said, "Why don't you help His Highness go down and watch? I can manage the accounts of tens of thousands of households in Lijiang, and I promise not to let people buy from the cans." The factory is greedy for a penny!"

Zhu Linmei shook her head and said, "The island is exposed to the wind and sun, and the work is too tiring. How can I bear to let you suffer?"

"Your Highness," Mu Zhiqing stared at him earnestly and said, "Zhiqing is only looking forward to being able to help you, and she is extremely happy in her heart." Then she smiled playfully, "As for the wind and sun, I can definitely beat it Umbrella. Don't worry, I will never let myself be ugly. Moreover, even if I am really ugly, you must not despise me!"

Zhu Linmei could only nod her head in agreement under her softness and toughness, and then told her carefully that if she felt that it was hard work, she would return to Shaoxing immediately.

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