Datang: at the Beginning, Eat Fruit

　　"What, are you crazy, the child's father? Is our family's condition to be able to eat seafood?" Zhang Fu said in surprise.

　　"My son, don't worry, today I started a shop specializing in seafood. The cheapest one is only three dollars per pound, which is cheaper than chickens and ducks. In addition, the host gave me fifteen dollars in a good mood, look. There was seafood on Chang'an Street, so I bought three or four pounds and came back."

　　With that said, Butcher Zhang moved a few crabs tied with twine and five or six large sea snails forward.

　　The thirty-centimeter-sized cyan crab immediately spread its teeth and claws in front of them.

　　"Dad, is it a crab? It looks so scary. It's the first time I've seen such a big crab. Are they really edible?" the little girl asked curiously.

　　"Yeah, it's the first time I've seen such a strange crab, such a huge snail, how are we going to eat it?" Zhang Fu said.

　　"If you can cook it, it will be delicious. As for how we cook it, I just watched it for a while from the chef in front of the Haiwei Building, and I learned a lot."

　　"Well, the main way to eat it is to steam it, put it in a steamer, boil the water, steam it and eat it. It's best to put some salt and vinegar, mix it into a dipping sauce, and eat it." Butcher Zhang said .

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　　Zhang Fu took all the seafood and went to the kitchen. Soon after, three big blue crabs that were cooked and turned red were placed in front of them, exuding the umami smell of the sea.

　　As for the six or seven conch shells, each of them weighed two or two, and they were so large that they were placed on two plates.

　　Butcher Zhang began to peel the crab shells skillfully. For a butcher like him, peeling the shells is really not difficult.

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　　Soon, the filling crab meat was taken out and served with dipping sauce.

　　Using chopsticks, he took the freshly peeled crab meat and gave it to his children first.

　　"Good girl, come and have a taste."

　　The little girl ate it in one bite, only to feel the incomparably fresh and sweet crab meat.

　　Although there is no special cooking, the umami of crab meat, the deliciousness of crab meat, is something she has never eaten before.

　　"Daddy, the meat is delicious and really delicious." The little girl exclaimed.

　　"My son, come and try it too." Butcher Zhang smiled and took some for his wife.

　　Of course, Mrs. Zhang was also curious, because if you know the delicacies of mountains and seas, only the powerful can eat them.

　　"The meat is very tender, completely different from that of livestock," Butcher Zhang said.

　　And it's delicious, much better than the fish and shrimp in the river.

　　"Wow, inside the shell, there is a big piece of snail meat."

　　The meat of the conch is chewy and chewy, and it was the first time that Butcher Zhang and his family had eaten such delicious food.Four.

Chapter 276

　　The seafood business is completely sold out in Chang'an.

　　The output of tens of thousands of catties alone, civil and military officials have already helped to order [-] catties of seafood.The internal affairs department of the palace also ordered three thousand catties of sea cucumber and abalone from Fang Xuanling.

　　Counting the [-] or [-] restaurants in Chang'an City and the consumption of other Xungui's homes, the [-]-[-] catties of seafood caught every day are not enough.

　　If you want to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of people in the dozens of miles around Chang'an City, it is estimated that [-] catties a day will be enough.

　　The shortage of seafood market has made the hawkers in Yangzhou City want to take a share of the pie.

　　But fishing not only requires a fishing net, but also fishing boats and all kinds of fishing gear. Without the cost of several hundred tons, there is no way to support the conditions for fishing at sea.

　　The seafood that Fang Xuanling sells is not very expensive, so it is not a huge profit industry.

　　A single person working at sea for a day may catch dozens of catties of fish, or several catties of shellfish.

　　However, the money needed to buy the road from Yangzhou to Chang'an has to spend [-] yuan. The high price of buying the road has put an end to the idea of ​​many small traders wanting to sell seafood.

　　Perhaps some aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River have the ability to carve up the seafood market. They have sailors in their hands and plenty of boats, so it is not difficult to go fishing.

　　However, given Fang Xuanling's background, who would dare to snatch his business in Chang'an City in a short period of time?

　　And because of the fruit of the door, the Tang Dynasty can take over the jurisdiction of Yangzhou.At the feet of the emperor, they were even a little nervous.

　　"Brother, I'm here to see you."

　　Fangfu, the opening of the marine business, kept Fang Xuanling busy in Chang'an for several days, and never had time to return to Mingyu Island to enjoy a leisurely life.

　　After learning about the situation from the servants, Du Ruhui brought a few pounds of fine wine to visit Fangfu.

　　"Keming, you're not staying on the island, and you suddenly ran back to Chang'an to visit the old man. I think it's because you're uneasy and kind."

　　They have been friends for more than ten years and have a deep understanding of each other.

　　After a couple of back-and-forth chats, Du Ruhui finally said what he meant: "Hehe, I really want to talk to my roommate about something. Didn't you open a seafood restaurant a few days ago, I heard that the business is not good, so I I wonder if I can cooperate with Fangxiong... Think about it, with the power of you and me, we can definitely wipe out Chang'an's seafood business."

　　"The old man finally set up the place. You want to pick peaches, Keming, you think too beautiful." How could Fang Xuanling be happy.

　　"Don't worry, anyway, you can't eat such a big business in one bite. I'll pay the head office."

　　Du Ruhui's original intention was to have 20% more capital than Fang Xuanling, and only accounted for 4 layers of shares.

　　The funds Fang Xuanling needs are mainly for the expansion of the fishing fleet.

　　If you can go out to sea with twice as many fishing boats, or if you have a building boat as big as Lu Xiu’s, go out to sea to fish, and your daily harvest will be twice as much as it is now, occupying the seafood market in Chang’an City. Just around the corner.

　　For a few days, Fang Xuanling felt that there were not enough people on hand.

　　Cooperating with Du Ruhui, one could earn a piece of money. After weighing the pros and cons, Fang Xuanling nodded and agreed...  

　　Now the most important thing is indeed to expand the scale and spread out the seafood business in Chang'an City.

　　Fang Xuanling was also worried that other people would come out to grab business with him.

　　After talking for an hour, the two finally confirmed their partnership.Du Ruhui has 25% more capital and 40% of the shares.

　　In order to occupy the seafood business, the two families basically took out all the remaining money in the family.

　　"If the national teacher agrees, it will be much easier for us to fish in the waters around Mingyu Island than in Yangzhou City." Fang Xuanling said.

　　"After all, the fishing crews are messy, how could the national teacher disturb their interest. But brother, don't care, we will have the opportunity to get a turtle fruit in the future, and the effect of using it for fishing will not be bad. "Du Ruhui comforted.

　　"The ability of the turtle fruit is good."

　　Fang Xuanling took it seriously. On Mingyu Island, it was often seen that the Emperor Taishang turned into a turtle and went to sea to play, and he would catch a few hundred kilograms of big fish and come back.

　　It is a very delicious bluefin tuna used to make fish sauce, and the meat is very delicious and tender.

　　The fish sauce that Lu Guoshi took out was made from it.

　　With the ability of turtle fruit, it can not only help find the position of fish at sea, but also go to sea with fishing tools to catch fish, and a single person can catch more than several thousand pounds! !

　　On the sea, their fishing fleet can get the help of tortoise fruit, which is even more powerful.

　　Among the many officials who messed with Lu Xiu, several of them got the fruits, so the two believed that it would be their turn one day. .

Chapter 277

　　In fact, it is not surprising that Fang Xuanling did not have enough funds. Most of the money was invested in Mingyu Island, and most of it was invested in maritime trade.

　　In addition, Lu Xiu plans to go to sea in March next year, so they need to prepare several thousand tons of commercial goods, prepare the manpower to go to sea, and then they must have a building ship to go to sea.

　　In fact, the price of a single-floor ship is several thousand.Counting other expenses, you need tens of thousands of assets to go to sea once.

　　You must know that Lu Xiu didn't charge their membership fee of [-] yuan because of the first year of this year.

　　Fortunately, most of them shared the burden in a group of several people, and then they found a silver mine in the Japanese country and made a fortune. Otherwise, they spent so much money on Mingyu Island, and the money in their hands would have to support the sea, except borrowing from relatives and friends, It can only be to the extent that Li Jing sells his own property.

　　And in the shipbuilding workshop in Yangzhou City, on the 25th of the beginning of the year, all staff were on duty at this time, and they still had orders for three building ships that needed to be completed before the end of the year and March.

　　Before the change, it was not bad to be able to make one in a month.

　　But because Lu Xiu took out [-] yuan, he increased the size of the dock.Originally there were only more than [-] craftsmen, but now they have recruited [-] people.

　　Therefore, before the end of March, Old Man Lin was confident that he would be able to complete the building boat production task given by Lu Xiu.

　　The craftsmen in the boathouse worked a little harder, but fortunately, the wages were high enough, two or three times as much as before, and the boatmen enjoyed it.

　　Especially now that it is so convenient to go from Changan to Yangzhou, the cost has inadvertently increased a lot.

　　And what satisfied Lin Xu the most was the New Year's gift package that Lu Xiu prepared for them, which contained twenty catties of fine wine, which was a mellow flavor.

　　Someone came up with two dollars to buy a pound of Maotai from him, but he refused.

　　What a joke, he only has twenty pounds in his hands, and his family doesn't have enough to drink.

　　Then I got five jins of tea, which is very good to drink. It quenches thirst, and the tea is full of fragrance, which is different from the traditional way of brewing tea.

　　On the day of the Lantern Festival, he brought his family of four to play in Chang'an for a day, feeling the shock of leaping from Yangzhou to Chang'an in one step.

　　After hearing Lu Xiu's story from Chang'an City, he returned to Yangzhou. He wished he could give Lu Xiu a card of merit and bow down every day.

　　"Manager Lin, two high-ranking officials from Chang'an City said they were looking for you." The report of the servant in the workshop interrupted Lin Xu's thoughts, and he drank the tea from the teacup: "You let them Just wait, I'll be there soon."

　　After finishing the clothes, Lin Xu went out to meet the so-called high officials. From the perspective of clothes, it was already expensive.

　　After chatting for a while, Lin Xu felt a little nervous, but he didn't expect it would be Fang Xuanling, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

　　"Manager Lin, this old man is not talking nonsense anymore. This time I came to the dock to order ten fishing boats and one building boat from the dock. Everything is negotiable in terms of price." Fang Xuanling said.

　　There were not many surplus fishing boats in Yangzhou, so Fang Xuanling could only turn to the boat shop for help.

　　The shipyard is owned by the national teacher, and he will not be pitted.

　　I just went out to do business and wanted to prepare a building boat for fishing.

　　With the fishing boat he has now, it is possible to go out to sea to fish, but it cannot support sailing hundreds of miles away. The boat is too small to withstand too much wind and waves.

　　However, most large marine fish are only found in deep sea areas, so the development of seafood industry is indispensable for building ships.

　　Although there is not much money in hand, fortunately, the building ship will not be completed in a month.

　　Based on the profit of the current seafood restaurant, it can earn several thousand tons a month.It is nothing more than two people borrowing a little more, and they can collect enough money for a building ship.

　　"Fang Xiang, it's not that the old man doesn't help you, it's just that there are too many jobs at hand. The national teacher ordered me to complete the seven building boats in my hand before March, but I can't do anything. If it's a fishing boat, it can be taken out. More than a dozen people will come and make them for you within a month." Lin Xu said helplessly.

　　"The important thing of the national teacher, of course, can't be neglected. The old man's meaning is, when you are all done, then make it for me." Fang Xuanling explained.

　　"Oh, yes, we're not in a hurry. Manager Lin, you can build it for us before April." Du Ruhui continued.