Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 113 Scales
Zhu Yuan stayed in the smoky fish-baking workshop on the other side of the Yongjiang River in the southwest of Dinghai County until after lunch, and read all the details.

This is also the site of Mingzhou Seafood Processing Company.

However, the current factories, similar to the shipyards on the other side, are all open-air. Except for a batch of experimental kilns, the main reason is that they don’t have the resources to build more. At present, the main urgent construction is the warehouse for storing fish.

Everyone's ideas are very unified, even if people have no place to live, they must give priority to ensuring that everyone's hard-earned fish has a place to store.

Let's talk about fish catch.

One of the benefits of large yellow croaker is its size.

Especially the large yellow croakers of this era, two or three feet in length are not uncommon. In later generations, similar wild large yellow croakers can be auctioned for five or six figures. At present, they are just peeled and washed like ordinary fish. , marinated for three to five days, and then hung in large strips on the iron hooks of the grill to bake in the open air.

I didn't plan to bake it into dried fish, mainly for preservation.

As for whether salted and grilled fish tastes healthy or not, in this day and age, there is no such consideration.

Each batch of fish is hung up and roasted slowly for two hours on a low heat, and the batch is replaced immediately.The baked finished fish will be packed in a basket of about [-] catties, from fresh fish to baked salted fish. Because a lot of salt is added, the roasting is also appropriate, and the weight will not lose too much.

The two baskets are exactly one hundred catties, that is, one load.

Therefore, it is conceivable that the baking workshop needs a large number of iron hooks and baskets, as well as, of course, indispensable firewood.

This is equivalent to extending a few small industrial chains.

Industry means employment. Whether it is iron hooks, baskets, or firewood, seemingly small things can feed thousands or even tens of thousands or even more people in the future.Moreover, these things seem to have nothing to do with production on the surface, but ultimately improve the productivity of the entire fishery.

Just like in Xiangshan before, if there are enough similar resources to deal with the fish in a timely manner, hundreds of thousands of catties of fresh fish will not be inedible due to spoilage. Similarly, in the past, fishermen could not maximize their own production potential , it happens that the shortage of various materials in the surrounding area limits the preservation of fish catches.

What Zhu Yuan did during this period was to solve a series of similar problems.As a result, the scale of marine fishing in Zhoushan Fishing Ground immediately experienced a qualitative leap.

This also brought another result.

According to the ration supply standard formulated by Zhu Yuan before, the soldiers and civilians who gather in Dinghai consume more than 4 shi of grain per month. Now, half of the rations are planned to be replaced by fish, which directly reduces the food demand to 2 shi.

This is just the beginning.

In fact, with the money Zhu Yuan gained from selling the license of the maritime trade company before, the Yinghai Division has been able to easily achieve self-sufficiency, and even support the navy.With the establishment of Mingzhou Ocean Development Group and the rapid expansion of marine fishing, Yinghai Division will quickly enter a complete positive output stage.

After eating lunch on the spot, Zhu Yuan did not go back to the city, but passed through the baking workshop area, and continued to the southwest with Hua Gao, Liu Lian and others.

To the south of Dinghai City, about five miles across the Yongjiang River, here is Chenshan, which is connected to Zhushan in the north.Chenshan, which is only [-] to [-] feet tall, runs northeastward parallel to this section of Yongjiang River, stretching for more than ten miles.

This is another piece of land in Zhu Yuanxiang's mind.

Zhu Yuan has long had the idea of ​​expanding Dinghai County. After the recent hurricane, the idea became more urgent.There are tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and there will definitely be more in the future.With so many people, we can't just let them stay here and there when the weather is windy and rainy.

Zhu Yuan's initial consideration was to expand Dinghai County from west to north.

Such thoughts have been dismissed at the moment.

In the northwest of Dinghai, a large area is full of well-cultivated mature fields. If Zhu Yuan occupies a large area of ​​land on the north bank of the Yongjiang River in the west of Dinghai City as a dock, it makes sense, and then allocates land to serve as a residential area, which will be of great help.

In comparison, the south bank of the Yongjiang River, the more southeast it is, the more mountains and hills, many places have not been reclaimed, and it is just right to set aside for resettlement of residents.

Just like Chen Shan's side.

Like Zhu Shan, the plan is to use local materials and open mountains and land.

At the northern foot of Chenshan Mountain.

After hearing Zhu Yuan's plan, Hua Gao looked at the hills in front of him, shook his head and said, "Hanlin, according to your thinking, the possessions of the Yinghai Division...are not enough?"

The weather was getting warmer, but Zhu Yuan still had his hands in his sleeves, and said: "We don't have much to sell, the main thing is to give the conditions, organize the manpower, plus the rations that are produced by the soldiers and civilians themselves, and other things. ...it’s up to them to do it themselves.”

Not only does it not require too much investment, but if Zhu Yuan is willing, he can even make a lot of money.

However, Zhu Yuan did not intend to return to the Ming Dynasty and return to local producers.

Accumulate virtue.

Hua Gao followed Zhu Yuan's train of thought for a while, and had to admit that it was true.

Immediately, it felt wrong again.

If it's really that simple, in this world, why are there still so many people who can't survive?

Look around again, so I understand.

Still this boy.

Just like recently, who would have imagined that according to the young man around him, it was just an experimental sea catch, with a total of 380 million catties of fish, which exceeded the total annual sea catch of about 300 million catties in Mingzhou during the period of Yuan Ting's control.

Therefore, just as someone easily completed the transportation of grain by sea, knowing how to do it itself is really not easy.

Then there was a more detailed discussion while walking.

The first batch of people who could settle down here were soldiers and civilians involved in shipping.Just like the grain fleet returning from Shandong recently, as long as they want to, they can move their family members to Mingzhou to settle down one after another.

It's a reward.

Zhu Yuan planned to build a large number of private houses at the foot of Chenshan at one time, with unified organization, unified planning and unified design.In addition, supporting facilities such as schools promised at the beginning will also be built at the same time.

The second batch will be the turn of the employees of Mingzhou Ocean Development Group.

The plan is to let Ying Hai Division plan the surrounding area first, and the business cannot be delayed. Therefore, the work will be officially started after the end of the summer fishing season and until before the winter fishing season.

Furthermore, the location of the Mingzhou Maritime Academy, which has not been confirmed, is also planned by Zhu Yuan to be built here by the mountains.

Initially, it was planned to be built in the west or north of the city, but because of the land, Zhu Yuan hoped that the school would be as large as possible, since plain areas would not be realistic. Building at the foot of a mountain would not be too burdensome to enclose the land.

Dinghai County, which has a radius of two miles, has a total of more than 1200 households and less than 7000 people.

Not only the present, but also the future, the population that Zhu Yuan intends to resettle on the south bank of the Yongjiang River will exceed 10. In this era, it is already equivalent to a large city. The difference is that this time, Zhu Yuan did not intend to build a city wall.

Not to mention that a new era is coming, if one day in the future, people beat Mingzhou, it doesn't matter whether there is a city wall or not.

After stopping at the northern foot of Chenshan for more than an hour, Zhu Yuan set off for the city.

When they arrived at the mansion in the west of Dinghai City, as soon as they entered the door, Pu Zhongheng, the deputy commander of the Taicang Guard who had been recuperating here, brought his two sons to greet him. After nearly two months of recuperation, Pu Zhongheng had already recovered. This time he came to thank Zhu Yuan.

The father and son saluted together, and hoped that Zhu Yuan would be able to find time to attend the banquet in a few days later, which was a formal thank you from the Pu family.

Pu Shi has already found another house in the city, and will move out tomorrow.

Zhu Yuan naturally persuaded him to stay.

Pu Zhongheng immediately confessed his other thoughts.

Now that the injury has recovered, he will return to Taicang in the near future, but he will not stay for long.Pu Zhongheng has already talked with Huagao, and will select some people from Taicang to join the Dinghaiwei that is being formed.

As for the Taicang Guard, Zhu Ju, the son of Zhu Yu, the former deputy commander, was still in charge.

When Pu Zhongheng was transferred to Dinghaiwei, the whole family would settle down in Dinghai directly. Furthermore, Pu Zhongheng hoped that his two sons could worship Zhu Yuan as their teacher and learn some knowledge.

Obviously, the last point is the most important.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was no strict military household system like the later ones, just like Chang Xuan, the son of Ying Haiwei Commander Tong Zhi Chang Duan, who planned to participate in this year's imperial examination.

Pu Zhongheng obviously didn't want his two sons to lick blood again.

This mentality is easy to understand.

However, Zhu Yuan could not agree.

There are too many reasons.

Zhu Yuan is very happy to teach people, but with only one word 'Zhu', he is actually not suitable for accepting disciples.

This cannot be explained.

Pu Zhongheng was obviously mentally prepared and didn't expect too much. Seeing Zhu Yuan's refusal, he decided to settle for the next best thing. He hoped that Zhu Yuan would help him talk about the matter and let his two sons worship under Liu Lian, the doctor of Yinghai Division.

Zhu Yuan didn't mind helping out.

It's just... Looking at the two little guys with tiger heads and tiger brains, thinking about the appearance of the two children studying with Liu Lian...

Since it was Pu Zhongheng's choice, Zhu Yuan couldn't say anything.

Liu Lian's character is definitely fine.

Pu Zhongheng is now the commander and deputy envoy of the fourth rank, and to have his two sons worship under the doctor Ying Haisi of the fifth rank, to a certain extent, it can be regarded as a kind of good match.

This is probably why Pu Zhongheng chose Liu Lian.

Pu Zhongheng must have known about Zhu Yuan's arrangements for some of the boys from the Liu family to worship under Li Gui's school, and he didn't mention Li Gui, obviously he still didn't like him very much.

Liu Lian is different.

Just the name of Liu Bowen's eldest son is enough.

It has to be said that this general obviously does not have the well-informed news and mature sense of officialdom like Chang Duan, otherwise he would not have chosen Liu Lian.After all, choosing Liu Lian means signing up with Liu Ji.Even if Liu Ji has retired, he is not a very pleasing character in the court, even with His Majesty the Emperor.

He agreed to go to Pu's house for a banquet at noon the day after tomorrow, and there was something to talk about. When Pu Zhongheng left, Zhu Yuan sent someone to call Liu Lian.

Liu Lian obviously had contact with Pu Zhongheng and even the two boys of the Pu family, and he had a good impression, so after thinking it over, he agreed.

He also asked Zhu Yuan to spread the word that he would be a very strict gentleman to study with him.

Zhu Yuan agreed on the spot without sending a message.

If the teaching is not strict, the teacher is lazy.

In this day and age, if you are a gentleman, you will be looked down upon if you are not strict.

After Liu Lian left, Zhu Yuan processed some official documents in his own office in the outer courtyard. In the evening, when he was about to return to the inner courtyard, Yao Feng rushed over again.

Bring a 'scale' sample.

It is similar to the old-fashioned floor scale in memory, but there are differences, the key is the scale.

In this day and age, a catty is 16 taels.

Zhu Yuan really wants to promote the decimal system, but it is unlikely in the short term, as strong twisting will cause confusion.

The basic scale is 25 catties.

The minimum scale is two taels.

然后，又有一个25斤、一个50斤、两个100斤和一个200斤四个磅砣，最大可以称量500斤。

After a brief look, Zhu Yuan ordered the scale to be moved to his yard.

Following the walk to the inner house, the women were already looking around at the new gadgets that the servants had just moved in.

Zhu Yuan smiled and stood up.

weighing.

61 pounds.

It shouldn't be that light.

Then I remembered that in this era, a catty is not only 16 taels, but also more than the 500 grams in memory. Zhu Yuan is not quite sure how much more.

According to later standards, although Zhu Yuan is still very thin now, there should still be more than 70 catties.

After weighing himself, Zhu Yuan came down and pointed to the tallest young lady in the yard: "Come up, let me have a look."

Qing Niang looked scared, but she walked up obediently after hearing the words.

No need to ask, Zhu Yuan directly added a 50-jin pound, but found that it could not be pressed down, and put a 25-jin weight on it, but it didn’t work, so he had to remove both, replace it with a 106-jin weight, and add the scale. [-] catties.

Without confirming how many taels it was, Zhu Yuan looked up with a smile and said, "106 catties, you are almost worth two of me."

Qing Niang suddenly showed a pitiful expression, she didn't even dare to get off, but obediently stood on the scale.

Seeing their petty officials teasing, Xieyi just laughed, leaving blank but not forgiving, leaned over and looked at it pretendingly, and said: "I eat a lot on weekdays, it must be the only one in our yard that weighs more than [-] catties."

Hearing that she might be 'the only one', Qing Niang immediately wanted to cry, and looked at Zhu Yuan with watery eyes: "I... I didn't eat much."

Zhu Yuan raised his hand and gently gave her a [-] cents on the back of the girl next to her, and then signaled Qing Niang: "Come down, it's just a joke, you are just right."

Zhu Yuan didn't measure Qingniang's height, but it was about 1.7 meters to 1.7 meters five later. Not to mention the current women, even with men, they are also tall. The current weight is 106 catties, but later, Maybe about 120 catties, definitely not fat.

Zhu Yuan liked the texture very much.

Seeing the little official let her down, Qing Niang got off the scale as if she was running away, and continued to walk pitifully next to Zhu Yuan, whispering: "Slave... no, not a slave."

Qing Niang really didn't want to be the only person in the yard weighing more than [-] jin.What's more, it's almost as good as two small officials, how can this work?
Liu Bai has already jumped on it.

Zhu Yuan stretched out his hand while being called to Nizi, hugged the woman, patted her, and said, "Go, call everyone behind, and I'll see if there's a second one of one hundred catties."

After being patted by her petty official, Qingniang felt her body was a little soft. Hearing this, she subconsciously moved her steps, obediently, she was about to go to the back to take a look at the room, and it took a few steps to realize it. The idea is the same.

Regardless of the yard in front or the house in the back, the large and small groups must be guarded against.

However, the petty official said that since he was so obedient, he must not be disobedient. After a pause, he continued to turn to the back.

Here, after weighing, she started pouting blankly, and asked a certain sack to come up, hoping for someone lighter than herself, but unfortunately, the sack girl was a little bit shorter than Zhu Yuan, but she was exactly two catties heavier than him.

Do you not eat at home?
Just as Zhu Yuan was thinking, a group of girls poured out from behind with small steps, and some of them were fiddling with their headgear while walking, in a hurry without forgetting how they were dressed.

When they came close, they saluted with all blessings and shouted all kinds of things.

"Little official..."

"grown ups……"

"master……"

"father……"

"Sheren..."

Zhu Yuan originally agreed with a smile, but Luoshui, who was lowering his head to weigh and then took the initiative to step up, suddenly heard one of the voices and raised his head: "Then who... um, what are you shouting for?"

(End of this chapter)