Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 169 Come to Life

The summer in Mingzhou City is extremely hot.

Except for a few coolies on the pier who were still working in the heat, there were basically no people.

However, some people who hid in the shade and rested their feet unexpectedly discovered that there was a fleet of ships coming outside.

When there is a fleet coming, it means that there is work to do.

Regardless of whether these fleets transport food or not, they are worth looking forward to.

"Feng Kun, come to work. It looks like there are six or seven ships, enough for us to work for a few days."

Zhou Nan looked out expectantly.

The worse the famine is, the more important it is to have a relatively stable job.

Otherwise, if you have no income, how can you buy such expensive food?
"The subordinate officials in the city always say that the imperial court's disaster relief envoys have come to our Mingzhou, but we haven't seen a grain ship come.

I don't know if there will be food transport in this fleet. "

For a coolie like Feng Kun, the current food price is too high.

Naturally, they were looking forward to the entry of foreign grain into Mingzhou, which would lower the price of grain.

"There are so many ships, even if they are not dedicated to transporting grain, they always have some of their own grain, right? Let's discuss with the captain to see if we can use the grain directly to settle wages."

"Zhou Nan, I think you are daydreaming, right? See clearly for yourself, these ships are the ones that went fishing in the morning.

Not to mention food, it is estimated that there is not even a mouse on it. "

Sharp-eyed coolies have already recognized the origin of this fleet.

The left and right have only been out to sea for two hours, as long as you pay a little attention, you can still recognize them.

Zhou Nan and the others didn't think about it, mainly because the time for the fleet to leave the dock was too short.

Normally, he would not come back until the evening at the earliest.

Now go out for a while and come back. Are you full after eating?
"Strange, the current weather doesn't look like a hurricane is coming, why are they coming back so soon?
Didn't they say they were going to go fishing?Did you turn around and find that fishing in the sea was too difficult, so you gave up? "

At this time, Zhou Nan also recognized that these ships were really the ones that set off in the morning.

"I'm so happy! There are hundreds of people on the boat, and there is nothing we need to help carry."

Feng Kun sat down on the floor a little bit disappointed.

For him, if there is still no daily income during this period, the family will soon run out of food.

When the time comes, old people and children...

Feng Kun felt pain in his heart when he thought about it.

Along with the discovery of these coolies, news of the return of the fishing fleet led by Qin Xiedao, the disaster relief missionary, immediately spread at the Mingzhou Wharf.

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"My lord, the imperial court is really unreliable in doing things this time. It's fine if you don't give any money. The disaster relief envoy sent is still such an unreliable person."

Wang Zhiming, who had just received the news, came to Xie Jin without anger.

"What's the matter? Didn't you accept this situation calmly this morning?"

Xie Jin was reviewing the documents while talking to Wang Zhiming.

"That Qin Xie said, he brought the fleet back. It is estimated that they will all dock now.

You said the acting is a little more realistic, right?

He was fine, he led the fleet around the sea for a long time, and then came back.

At that time, he won't just tell the court that he has tried his best, right? "

Wang Zhiming felt that people like Qin Xiedao had no bottom line in doing things, so he was naturally very dissatisfied.

"Come back so soon? It's only been two hours since I went out?"

Xie Jin was also taken aback.

As the governor of Mingzhou, although Xie Jin has no experience of fishing in the sea, he still has a certain say in the matter of fishing in the sea.

"It's almost two hours, and half of the time should be walking in the sea area that we can see with our eyes, and we didn't do any fishing actions at all.

It is said that it is difficult to be worthy of a prestigious name. Today I have the most intuitive understanding of this saying. "

Wang Zhiming complained very bluntly.

But Xie Jin did not refute.

Obviously, he also felt that Qin Xiedao's actions were a bit unreliable.

Anyway, you've already gone to sea, even if you pretend to stay there for a long time, it's not too much to ask, right?
It happened to be back so soon.

I can't help but welcome it.

Xie Jin feels so tired.

Originally, Mingzhou had a lot of things to deal with during this period, and now the imperial court has arranged for a disaster relief envoy to come over.

Although Xie Jin didn't take Qin Xiedao too seriously, but considering that those who were traveling with him were all descendants of the Chaozhong government, Xie Jin didn't have any slights.

Some things didn't quite get done, and it wasn't his fault.

"Let's go, no matter what, we have to go to the pier to meet the fleet and express the importance of the governor's office of Mingzhou."

Although Xie Jin was very dissatisfied with Qin Xiedao.

However, Xie Jin, who has been an official for more than [-] years, still has this level of expression management.

So when he reappeared at Mingzhou Wharf, he had already recovered his sanctimonious appearance.

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"Lang Jun, this time I caught a few boats of large yellow croakers so easily, and the people in the entire Mingzhou City will be blessed tonight.

If so many large yellow croakers can be caught every day in the future, then the famine problem in Mingzhou can really be solved. "

Ma Zhou is in a very good mood now.

It was a thing that worried him very much, but now it has suddenly become a good thing.

There is no one else except Qin Xiedao for this coquettish operation.

"During this year, a large number of large yellow croakers can be caught every day when fishing in the sea, so it is not a big problem.

But if you want to do this 360 five days a year, it is probably not enough.

But for Mingzhou, as long as it has changed in the past few months, it can be considered as over. "

"That's true. But it's a pity that there are so many fish, and there is not much other use for them except to transport them back and eat them directly.

Fishermen these days have less harvest from fishing and cannot support themselves, and more harvest than they probably can’t sell. "

In the era when there was no refrigerator to keep fresh and not enough salt to make salted fish, a fisherman's harvest became richer, and the money he earned really did not necessarily increase proportionally.

At most, the problem of food and clothing for these people has been greatly improved compared to before.

"Indeed, so after we figured out how to catch large yellow croakers in the past few days, we need to consider making salt.

Now that the weather is so hot, it is most suitable for making salt.

As long as there is enough and cheap salt, Mingzhou's fishing industry is still promising. "

Qin Xiedao certainly wouldn't think about things like refrigerators so much now.

But salted fish can still be considered.

(End of this chapter)