Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 17 Go to Chang'an

Sun Xiangfu and Yang Shunshui have visited the fish market in Chang'an many times before the construction of the fishery and the release of fry. At present, the fresh food market in Chang'an mainly sells white scale, grass carp and crucian carp. , are generally sold at small stalls in the market, and the government officials will not strictly control them, but there is no relatively fixed market price.

The price of white scales is ten yuan a catty, which is not much higher than the price of millet. Crucian carp can be sold for more than fifteen yuan, which is comparable to grass carp. However, as the rumors of replenishing Qi, ginseng in water, etc. reached Chang'an, after the crowd led by Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong began to eat a large amount of rice field eel and loach, the price actually soared to seventy yuan a catty, and it was a seller's market. As long as you have the goods, there will be housekeepers and servants from Xungui's family to buy them all for you. Chang'an Yugui is talking about eels and loaches.

"But how many fish do we need to raise in such a large fishing ground?" Shi Dalang continued to ask, looking at the wide water surface.

"Calculate in terms of area! The water in our reservoir is currently six or seven feet deep, and it can raise more than 1000 catties per mu. The entire reservoir is less than 200 mu, and the peak can raise about 100 million catties. But then we need to supply We need a lot of fish and grass feed, and we can't afford it under the current situation, so, based on half of it, 40 million catties, about [-] to [-] fish fry will be put in!"

Sun Xiangfu taught Shi Dalang popular science.Sun Xiangfu calculates the area of ​​the water area according to the square, so it is the number of acres in later generations. He clearly remembers the data of later generations. One mu of fish ponds can raise about 300 to 40 jins. At the level of later generations, this fishery can raise 100 jin. More than [-] catties of fish, but that is when there are very fine feed and high-efficiency aerators. At present, although there is a natural aerator in the mountain stream to supplement oxygen for the fishery, Sun Xiangfu dare not take risks. Three to four million fish, About [-] million catties after cultivation, in his opinion, is enough, at least the villagers can't eat these fish alone.

"Then how to enrich the fish feed?" Shi Dalang broke the casserole and asked.

"That's what we're going to do next. First, we're going to build a chicken farm in Chaishan on the left. Chicken manure is a good fish feed. Then we're going to build a pig farm in Chaishan on the right. Pig manure is also good. Good fish feed, followed by the crops or platycodon mixture in our fields, and the fish and grass land we will plant on Chaishan Mountain. After all these things are done, the amount of stocking in our fishery can be increased a little. "

"Chicken farm, pig farm, are those houses that Uncle Wang and Uncle Ma are building?" Shi Dalang pointed to the sides of Chaishan Mountain.

"That's right, I'll take old man Yang home tomorrow, and I just go to Chang'an to bring in some chicks and piglets. From now on, everyone in the village will have a fixed job except for the farm work in the fields, just like you. They are responsible for guarding the fishing grounds and feeding the fish regularly.”

This is how Sun Xiangfu worked among the masses, explaining to everyone what he should do and how to do it, spending his two months of time travel.

Time has entered August, and the weather has turned cold. Qin Qiong returned to Chang'an a few days ago, and there are only a few servants left to take care of the villa. Therefore, Sun Xiangfu has not sent fish for a while, and there is not much money left in the account of Xingfu Village Yes, because Xingfu Village does not have any income except for the two pennies a day when sending fish to the Qin Mansion. It is huge, and Sun Xiangfu spent more than a dozen to buy two larger fishing boats to pull fish cages, so now it is time for him to go to Chang'an to dig the first pot of gold, which will be used to further improve the quality of the villagers. live.

The card in Sun Xiangfu's hand is not Wang Zha, but the tens of thousands of catties of rice field eel and loach hoarded in the bamboo forest of Xingfu Village in the past one and a half months. At this time, fish is expensive in Chang'an!
Jinshuimen, a water gate directly leading to the canal in Chang'an City, ships below a thousand stones can directly enter Chang'an City through this gate, there is a wide section of river in the city, which goes directly to the root of the imperial city, but if it is not an official ship, you have to pay ten fen to enter the water gate In addition, ships cannot approach the waters of Huangchenggen.

It was not the first time for Sun Xiangfu to come to Chang'an, so after the boat was parked and locked, Sun Dali and Sun Dali, who were familiar with the road, came to Jing'an Square with burdens, and Yang Shunshui, who had received two salaries, He is going to Dongshi to purchase some living materials and then go home. He has a new task assigned by Sun Xiangfu, which is to manufacture the ship that Sun Xiangfu conceived.

At the side door of the Qin Mansion, Qin Xiaoliu was overjoyed when he saw Sun Xiangfu and Sun Xiangfu coming. To the servants of the Qin Mansion, the two of them are equivalent to delicious food, and they can definitely satisfy their cravings.

"Little Sixth Brother, please tell Uncle Tong Chuan De, I will send some fish to thank Mr. Yi for his care before."

Two loads of fish, less than [-] catties, may be worth more than a dozen pennies if sold in the current Chang'an market, but Sun Xiangfu has no intention of collecting money. He knows that in this feudal society, if he wants to live safely, he needs People cover, no one covers, even if you want to be a fishmonger, it's not so safe, so, first come to Qin's mansion to explore the way, if Qin Qiong also does business, he doesn't mind sharing Qin Qiong's profits for nothing.

"Why don't you do the communication when you're here? Go straight in, go to the kitchen, Aunt Meng must be there, you don't know, she's only been back for a few days, and Aunt Meng is already the number one person in Chang'an city What!" Qin Xiaoliu said while leading Sun Xiangfu and the others to the yard.

"How to say?" Sun Xiangfu was not surprised, but pretended to be surprised.

"It's not just your few dishes, you don't know yet, since Lu Guogong and E Guogong returned to Chang'an to brag about how delicious the food in our house is, many nobles have come to our house these days. The prince has been here three times, and even sent his own chef to our mansion to learn art. Now, even the major restaurants in Chang'an City have followed our mansion, selling stir-fried shredded eel, braised loach, twice-cooked pork, etc. , the price is expensive to death, but there is an endless stream of diners.”

Behind Xungui is the aristocratic family, and the aristocratic family controls all the old business places in Chang'an, restaurants, brothels, these industries that have been handed down thousands of years ago, their owners, only the aristocratic family, probably seven clans and five surnames, Qin Mansion Her new dishes were learned by those nobles, so they would naturally be used for profit by the aristocratic family behind her, but Qin Qiong's reputation for Xiaomengchang has become more famous recently, because a cook has earned a lot of people. favor.

"Oh, Brother Sun is here, no, Master Sun is here."

A long distance from the kitchen, Sun Xiangfu heard Aunt Meng's calling. Unexpectedly, within a few days, this aunt in her thirties wore golden hairpins on her head.

"You can't be called a master, you should call me Brother Sun, or Sun Dalang is more comfortable." Sun Xiangfu replied with a smile, and together with Sun Dali, he unloaded the burden from his shoulders, and Aunt Meng hurried into the bucket look.

"Ah, such a big rice field eel weighs no more than half a catty!"

"Well, the large rice field eel with a water volume of seven or eight taels just happened to be steamed for my father-in-law. The loach is also a fat loach in the early ones or two. The soup is delicious."

"Fish products of this quality can't be bought in Chang'an City now. I guess this eel sells for more than 100 yuan per catty, and there are people rushing for it."

With a large number of production and distribution of fish cages, its composition is no longer a secret. Nowadays, not only in Xinfeng County, but also in counties and counties with many rivers such as Jingzhou hundreds of miles away, some people imitate fish cages. Fishing wantonly and selling them to Chang'an, with the recent trend of eating fish in the noble circles of Chang'an City, these people who imitate fish cages have also benefited a lot, but now the weather is getting colder, eels and loaches lose their appetite and start to enter the cave , The fish stocks on the market in Chang'an have plummeted, and the price is basically one price a day.

"It's vulgar to talk about money. These fish are given to Mr. Yi to make up for his health. Also, I heard that you are the hottest figure in Chang'an City now!" Sun Xiangfu joked.

"There, it's not because of your favor, even the madam said that the Qin family has earned a lot of favors this time! But the aunt is not stupid, I will pass on the three most difficult to control dishes you taught me back then. Stir-fried rice shreds, braised loach and twice-cooked pork, other things are not passed on to death, they are all kept as a press box! Now even the prince wants to eat the chicken and egg, so he has to come to us Qin House."

"Uh, this, you can do whatever you want! I said why the price of fish in Chang'an City has risen so much!"

The ancients were so lacking in innovation. In Sun Xiangfu’s plan, there is a large-scale pig and chicken industry, so what he expects is that all dishes will spread, but chicken farms and pig farms have not yet formed. The scale is not in a hurry.

However, Aunt Meng obviously underestimated the skills of the cooks of those rich families. At least a dozen restaurant cooks can cook three dishes that are comparable to hers, and they are slightly worse than Sun Xiangfu's. Because those cooks don't know what tastes best, and why they add better ingredients.

I was chatting with Aunt Meng in the kitchen when I saw Qin Fu, the head of the Qin family, and Uncle De rushing here.

"Brother Sun is here, it happens that the master has something to do with you, come with me to the front hall to see the master."

"What do you need from me? Didn't I ask him to do something?" Sun Xiangfu thought to himself, but followed Qin Fu and Qin De's footsteps to the front hall.

(End of this chapter)