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Chapter 234 Discussion on fishery, customized money

"Your Majesty, you want me to recruit victims and go fishing? Then send the fish to Henan and Shaanxi for disaster relief?" Xu Guangqi asked.

"Exactly, what I mean is, build as many fishing boats as possible, go out to sea to catch fish, make dried fish with salt, and then transport them to disaster relief sites, all by water, it should be able to solve a large part of the food problem, far more than all The food in the fields should be more reliable." Yang Reform said his plan with a smile.

Zhou Yanru couldn't wait any longer, and felt that there was no better way than this way, so he applauded immediately, saying: "My Majesty, this is a good way, a good way! The grain in the field cannot be harvested every day, but the grain in the sea Fish can indeed be harvested every day! It is really a good way to use work as relief and organize the victims to fish, and the fish they get can save themselves without paying wages, but I don’t know, Your Majesty, how much can this fishery produce? How many people will eat? What about the fishing boat?” Zhou Yanru thinks this is a good way, much better than the one that just recruits the victims to assist in the boat transportation, recruits the victims, fishes and saves themselves, without paying wages, this, counting, It is very cost-effective, far better than waiting for the food in the field to save lives. Fish in the water can be hunted all year round, but the food in the field cannot be harvested every day!
"Hehe, the fish in the sea, as far as I am concerned, can't be finished even with the strength of my Ming Dynasty. I think you all understand how big the ocean is. As for how many people can feed it? This, I just heard from Qin Yaozu Let’s say, a small sampan with one or two people can harvest dozens of catties every day, right? As for the big fishing boats, there are several or even dozens of people. Ten thousand catties is not a rare thing, Qin Yaozu, is what I said right?" Yang Reform told the data Qin Yaozu said, in fact, Yang Reform still has a low heart about this. There are also many people who hit tens of thousands of catties, and there are even those who weigh 10,000+ catties.So, Wan Jin is by no means difficult.

Qin Yaozu has also recovered now. Hearing the emperor's words, he seemed to have a good impression of himself, so he stiffened his waist and said solemnly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, indeed, this slave can guarantee that as long as you work hard, one or two little ones will The sampan is just fishing in the offshore, and it is not a problem to harvest a hundred or ten catties a day. As for the yellow croaker boat, or even other large fishing boats, the harvest is even more. Ten thousand catties at a time is not a problem at all, and tens of thousands of catties more It's not difficult..., this, this servant can definitely guarantee it."

Yoyo, I didn't see it, this guy is pretty good at bragging, Yang Reform thinks it's a bit interesting, this guy dared to open a dyeing workshop just after giving him some color.

However, Xu Guangqi is not so easy to fool.

"Your Majesty, my hometown is also by the sea, and I often deal with fishermen, and I also know something about fishing. As far as I know, a small sampan with one or two people fishes every day. What the minister said, dozens of catties is not a problem, there are more, even hundreds of catties, but this is a big fishing boat, I am sorry to disagree. Big fishing boats, such as this kind of yellow croaker boat, go to sea every time, at least one or two Months, at most two or three months, harvesting ten thousand catties each time, tens of thousands of catties is really not a problem, but it is also a few months of work, on average, it is about the same as that of a small sampan, but the value of this fish is high There are a lot of them, and they can be sold at a good price..." Xu Guangqi looked thoughtful and recalled, and what he said choked Qin Yaozu to death. Feelings, you old man is an expert, and I, an outsider, fooled you, an expert. You are really a gangster, and you are very guilty. Immediately, he lowered his head, not daring to look at anyone, and the appearance of the windy hair just now was gone.

Yang Reform remembered that Xu Guangqi grew up by the sea, and his hometown is the future Shanghai, but he forgot about it.

"Hehe, okay! Master Xu, since you grew up by the sea, and since you know about fishing at sea, why didn't you tell me earlier? Isn't this sincerely wanting to kill me?" Yang Reform was very happy. Unexpectedly, this fishing For things, there are experts around me.

Xu Guangqi said earnestly and earnestly, "My Majesty, it's not that I'm embarrassing Your Majesty, but I'm worried that production at sea is not easy at all, fishermen's lives are hard, and it's not easy to fish! Also, this pirate is also One harm, moreover, this farmer doesn’t know how to fish, let alone set up a boat, this, even if he can organize the victims to save themselves with work, he still has to find a way!” Xu Guangqi has already thought about the problem deeply. , the question is sharp and direct.

Yang Reform nodded, and said, "That's right, what Master Xu said is right, the peasants don't know how to swim, let alone fish, let alone set up a boat. It's really a problem to organize them to go fishing. What about the pirates? Don't worry too much, this fishing boat is not like a merchant ship, it has huge wealth, besides, my sailors are not vegetarian, I have already started to build a warship, this is not a problem, several people talk about it, what should I do. "Yang Reform is currently working on the spot. If there is any problem, he will immediately find a solution.

Xu Guangqi saw that the emperor didn't pay enough attention to the pirates, so he didn't say much. The emperor will understand this matter in the future.

……

In the Wenhua Palace, silence fell.

Zhou Yanru was the most clever, and soon came up with an idea, saying: "I report to Your Majesty, I have a plan."

"Say."

"Your Majesty, I think that it is possible to hire local fishermen as teachers and lead these disaster victims to go fishing. I believe that within a month, these disaster victims will be able to fish." Zhou Yanru thinks this problem is very simple.

Yang Reform thought about it, felt that it made some sense, and nodded.

Xu Guangqi disagreed, and said: "My Majesty, I'm afraid it's not that simple. It's enough to learn fishing with a small sampan for a month, but if you use a large fishing boat to fish, it can take a few days or a few months. A little time, I'm afraid I can't learn it. If the disaster victims want to learn from fishermen to go fishing, the imperial court must build boats for them. It will take time to build boats. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with this year's famine! Moreover, the disaster victims use new boats. Good boats, fishermen using old boats, old boats, there will inevitably be resentment, and also, how long will the disaster relief last? If too many fishing boats are built, and there will be no disaster relief in the future, wouldn’t it be a waste?” Xu Guangqi thought about the problem, and he really thought about it. deep.

Zhou Yanru remained silent. He just had an idea for this question. When he thought about it, he felt that everything would be fine. The depth of thinking was still not as good as Xu Guangqi's.

"Well, this is indeed a problem." Yang Reform was circling in the Wenhua Palace.In fact, Yang Reform also has his own plan, but Yang Reform does not plan to say this plan now, it has something to do with Taiwan and Nanyang in the future.

After thinking for a while, Yang Reform said: "As I said before, there will be at least ten years for disaster relief. This, shipbuilding and fishing, will never be wasted..." Yang Reform is sure of the time for disaster relief, and will definitely agree with it. His career as emperor was accompanied by him.You can't go wrong with this one.

Seeing that the emperor said with certainty that it had been more than ten years, Xu Guangqi did not object. This question should be believed.Otherwise, the imperial court would not have immigrated millions with such fanfare.

"... As for the number of these boats, let me think about it. If you count the number of millions of stonefish per year, how many fishing boats are needed?" Yang Reform asked.

A fish with a million stones, everyone gasped when they heard the number given by the emperor. It seems that the emperor's determination is great!All of them opened their mouths wide and looked at the emperor in surprise.

"Your Majesty, assuming that each sampan produces 150 catties of fish per day, every two days is a stone. In a year, excluding the days when you can't go to sea, let's count 2 days. It is 4 stone fish per year. It is reasonable to calculate, six to seven thousand One sampan boat is enough. This kind of sampan should not be too small, and the number of people needs to be 8 to [-]. Of course, helpers for handling these fish must be added. Of the [-] catties of fish, there is still a lot to be removed and marinated into dried fish. I am afraid that a lot will have to be removed. I estimate that there are [-] or [-] people who produce millions of stones of fish every year. I am afraid that this is enough. Therefore, the imperial court has to pay for the construction of boats, which is an expense. Of course, we can’t use all the sampans, but we have to use large fishing boats, such as yellow croaker boats and sandfish boats. The output is only high. Each boat needs about eight people, and the time to go abroad does not need to be too long. It is calculated as ten days. I am afraid that you can harvest more than [-] catties per trip. However, the cost of this big fishing boat is high. several times that of a sampan, it will definitely cost a greater amount of money to build a boat..." Xu Guangqi began to eloquently explain the fishery.

Yang Reform was in a mess. The more he listened, the more uncertain he became. What should we do about this?The idea is a good idea, but there is no action guide at all!There is no place to learn from. In ancient times, fishing was never taken seriously, and there was never such a large-scale fishing disaster relief precedent in ancient times. What should I do?If we want to find references, it seems that we can only find them in later generations. This one has to be found at night. Yang Reform is going to see how the fishery is done in the 21st century.

Yang Reform was thinking, let's discuss this matter tomorrow, and make a decision now, because he really doesn't have a spectrum in mind.Let's wait until I find information about the fishing industry in the future.

At this time, Wang Cheng'en said again: "Your Majesty, the servant of the household department, Bi Ziyan, is begging to see you."

Yang Reform was worrying that he didn't have a good excuse to shirk. Now, a savior finally came, and immediately said: "Well, let's just leave it at that. There is no precedent for this large-scale fishing disaster relief before, and there is no trace to be found. I think it’s better to think about it more, so as not to make mistakes, and think about it after you go back, let’s discuss this here today.” Yang Reform resolutely terminated the discussion on fishing and disaster relief.This, I really don’t have any spectrum, and I don’t have any overall considerations. I have to go back to search at night and learn from the future methods. Now I can only pause and discuss another important matter, minting coins.The matter of silver coins is settled. However, minting coins, making new coins, including copper coins, and other silver coins of different currency values, this, Bi Ziyan is responsible for writing the note.Delivered today, very fast.

Xu Guangqi and the others peeked at each other. Don't discuss such a good thing?Now that the emperor has spoken, let's discuss it later, so he resigned. These few imperial envoys are busy with disaster relief.

After working all night, Bi Ziyan carefully checked the different values ​​of the copper and silver coins, the metal content in each coin, and the current value, before coming to see the emperor.

"My minister, Bi Ziyan, kowtows to His Majesty, long live, long live, long live." Bi Ziyan kowtowed as soon as he entered the hall.

"Get up, Bi Aiqing, are the rules for minting coins ready?" Yang Reform had already sat back on the dragon chair.

"Report to Your Majesty, the subject has already written it, please have a look at it." Bi Ziyan took out his own note and handed it over.

Wang Chengen took it and sent it to the emperor.

Yang Reform was afraid of reading other people's memorials, so he flipped through them casually. Sure enough, there were many words he didn't know, and he felt dizzy, so he said, "Tell me."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to His Majesty's official decision, a silver coin of seven cents and two cents is used as a sample, and it is determined as a 'yuan', which weighs seven cents and two cents, and is worth seven cents and two cents. There is also a smaller silver coin with three cents and six cents. The weight is half of a "circle", and it is worth half a circle. This is the division method of silver coins. The minister also suggested that the silver coins minted by His Majesty can use wax paint, edge turning and other techniques, which can increase the difficulty of imitation of silver coins; There are new copper coins, and the minister imitated Taizu's custom-made, and set a penny, which is worth two, five, and ten. For three coins, one thousand Wen uses eight catties and one tael of copper, and one thousand Wen actually weighs eight catties and eight taels. Therefore, every thousand Wen saves seven taels of copper. Furthermore, the price of copper varies from eighty Wen to a hundred Wen Wait, eight catties of one tael of copper can cast a thousand coins, so the copper coins that can be minted per catty of copper are worth 120 three coins, and it only takes a hundred coins to buy a catty of copper, so there are twenty or thirty coins in it. The price difference of the text is regarded as the fire consumption, which is about [-]% of the fire consumption, which is similar to the fire consumption of the prefectures and counties in the world. All copper coins are cast on one side as "Chongzhen Tongbao" to show that it is His Majesty's money making, and on the other side, they are cast when Value, supervision..., copper coins, I suggest that His Majesty use Xiaoping coins is enough..." Bi Ziyan was quite clear about the currency values, metal ratios, and casting ratios he made, and reported them in one breath.

Yang Reform is like listening to the scriptures. What is wax paint and edge turning is even more unclear. How to calculate the value of copper coins and copper, what is a thousand coins, how many catties, and how much money. I understand a statistic, other people's fire consumption is [-]%, far more than my own [-]% fire consumption, with this [-]% fire consumption, Yang Reform is not worried, anyway, he will not lose money. .

"Well, very good, Bi Aiqing, what's the matter with the half yuan?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Your Majesty determined that this silver coin is one yuan. I think it is correct. This silver coin is round, with no hole in the middle, and there is a word 'one' written in the middle. I think it is called 'one yuan'." Okay, as for the semicircle, well, your majesty, this semicircle is worth three renminbi and six taels of silver, which is half of a 'one yuan', so I call it a 'half circle', if your majesty thinks it is inappropriate, please give another name. " Bi Ziyan explained.

Halo... It turns out that other people took the "Yuan" they mentioned as "Yuan", and there is another good explanation. Forget it, "One Yuan" is just one Yuan, and said: "Bi Aiqing is right, this silver coin is For round, let’s use circle as an expression, it’s more intuitive, this semicircle..., no, just now Bi Aiqing said what is this semicircle? Now, what kind of sealant is used for silver coins, and the edge is turned, use it if you need it." Yang Reform didn't understand what it was, since Bi Ziyan asked to use it, then use it, and use the unit of the corner.

"Of order, Your Majesty." Bi Ziyan agreed, feeling baffled. Didn't the emperor decide this circle yourself a few days ago?

"Also, the fire consumption of that copper coin is [-]%? That's right?" Yang Reform reconfirmed that there was nothing wrong with this matter.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is indeed the case. The general price of raw copper is about a hundred cents a catty. This is the best raw material for minting coins. Others are ancient copper, cooked copper, and old copper. These coppers contain impurities and are made The color of copper coins is not enough, but they are inferior materials for making copper coins, and a catty of copper, the copper coins minted cost more than 120 yuan, so there is a price difference of more than [-] yuan in the middle, plus the copper coins need to be mixed Mix some lead and tin, so the fire consumption of [-]% is no problem at all..." Bi Ziyan had a hundred confidence in this coin.

"Then the money is made? What is the effect? ​​It won't be black or autumn?" Yang Reform has never seen what the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty look like. He lives in the palace and is served by someone, and the use of silver money does not go through his own. hand.My impression of the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty is always the impression that they are covered with copper rust and dark, so I decided to ask myself what my "Chongzhen Tongbao" is like.

Bi Ziyan stared at the emperor for a long time, but didn't understand what the emperor meant by asking this question. Could it be that he didn't understand enough?This copper coin is made of high-quality materials that are close to pure copper!Seven liang of lead and tin is mixed in one thousand Wen coins. If you ask what kind of money it is, of course it is the same as copper!
"Reporting to Your Majesty, this coin is made according to Taizu's order. The copper used is of the highest quality. Seven liang of lead is mixed in eight jin of copper. Therefore, Your Majesty, this coin is made with copper. It looks the same, very yellow." After thinking for a long time, Bi Ziyan could only say this.

When Bi Ziyan said this, Yang Reform finally understood. It turned out that his money was similar to pure copper, and it would not be the same as what he saw in the 21st century.

"Well, that's good, so I'm relieved." Chang Yang heaved a sigh of relief. He didn't want the money he made, and he didn't value it at all. He still wanted the face of the traverser.

"By the way, how much money can I make from this coin minting?" Yang Reform thought about the [-]% fire consumption, so he must earn a lot.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, based on the amount of Taizu's casting in that year, 19 guan, [-]% of the fire consumption, there should be [-] guan of fire consumption, excluding labor, charcoal fire, consumption, about [-]% of the surplus is not bad, probably income Nineteen thousand guan, about twenty thousand taels of silver." Bi Ziyan explained again.

Damn, after working for a long time, it's only 19 taels of silver, which is really not enough!Yang Reform cursed in his heart, didn't he say that making money in ancient times was a profitable business?Why can't I make money now?Sigh... Forget it, don't expect this copper coin to make money, minting hundreds of millions of copper coins, the total value is only [-] taels of silver, it's not too bad to get all of them.It's better to make some money from silver coins. Thinking of the super cost of casting silver coins, Yang Reform burst into tears again. So far, his casting capital has not yet been settled.

(End of this chapter)