Daming talker

Chapter 13 I want to eat fish

The south of the Yangtze River is a country of water, so the relationship between the people of Suzhou and fish has a long history, and they have been good at doing things with fish since ancient times.

As early as 2000 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, in the famous case of Zhuan Zhu's assassination of King Liao of Wu, fish was used to kill people.

Today, the city of Suzhou in the Ming Dynasty and its surrounding towns and villages have a resident population of 200 million and a prosperous economy. They are the most developed areas in the world, and the consumption demand for fish products is naturally huge.

The vast Taihu Lake is only more than 30 miles away from Suzhou City. It is an important fishery production area. There are tens of thousands of boat owners in the counties around the lake.

In this era without cold chain technology, most fish can only be sold nearby. If you want to eat fresh, the transportation distance must not be too long.

From Taihu Lake to Suzhou City, the shortest transportation route is from Xukou Town by the lake to the east along the Xujiang River, which can go directly to Xumen.

And Hengtang Town is the nearest town node on this transportation route to Suzhou City, and about ten miles to the east will reach Xumen and Nanhao.

Moreover, there is the North-South Grand Canal passing by the side of Hengtang Town, and you can reach the extremely prosperous Fengqiao Shangtang and Huqiu Shantang areas in the north, and the traffic conditions are very convenient.

So right here at the South Wharf of Hengtang Town, a large-scale fish market has been formed, mainly for wholesale, with little retail, and it is a good source of taxation, so the Yamen turned this place into an official market.

And the Daming Yamen is a "small government" model, so the fish market is handed over to An Le Tang, also in Hengtang Town.

After all, looking at the fish market is like going to the countryside to collect money and food, and you are still working for the government.

In the fish market, there are three bottom-level members of An Le Tang, known as the fish market trio, who are responsible for daily affairs.

An old man surnamed Tang, because he can write numbers and is proficient in addition and subtraction within one hundred, is responsible for taking care of the fish bucket, collecting fees, and keeping accounts.

The other two young men are two brothers named Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu, who are responsible for maintaining order and mediating disputes.

The size of the fish market is similar to that of the larger vegetable markets in later generations. A piece of land is simply enclosed by a rough wooden fence, and it also includes a large wharf.

A lot of fresh fish are stored on board, and after finding a good customer on the shore and negotiating the price, they are transported to land for delivery.

Most of the fish that are directly displayed on land are reprocessed, such as dried fish and salted fish, which are piled up in random piles and baskets for sale.

Lin Tailai, the newly-appointed head of the Anletang fish market, held his nose and patrolled around the site full of fishy smell.

Then Lin Tailai walked to the upper air outlet outside the fence, took a few steps away from the fish market, and then put down his hands and started to breathe freely again.

After regaining his breath, Dr. Lin sighed to himself: "I thought what I got was a script for selling fish, but it turned out to be a script for a market manager."

The two brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu looked at Lin Tailai with admiration on their faces, and said, "I heard that Lin Wu beat Wu Yikui of Heyi Hall to death, so Mr. Zhang from the county made the decision to distribute the precious land of Yidu to Anle. Hall care.

We brothers all thought that you, Lin Wutou, would go to fight in the capital, but we didn't expect that a warrior like you would come to the fish market to sit in command!

Could it be that the key development direction of Tangkou in the future is the fish market and the wharf? "

Lin Tailai frowned, "Don't call me Wutou, this name is too ugly."

The two Zhang brothers asked suspiciously: "But this is the rank stipulated by the hall, otherwise what should I call it?"

Lin Tailai instructed: "My position can be called as the office manager, and the fish market office office!"

The two brothers were stunned together, "Sit in a lecture hall? Doesn't that mean teaching at someone else's house? This title is inconsistent with the hall rules."

Lin Tailai squinted at the two brothers and moved his knuckles, "I don't understand the rules of the church, but I am a person who likes elegance. Please call me Dr. Lin from now on."

This title can be regarded as Lin Tailai's longing for his previous life.

In ancient times, a doctor means a learned person, and it is also a kind of official in the court, but in this era, it has been abused by the people. Anyone who opens a teahouse and sells tea is called a tea doctor.

It's also like Hanlin Daizhao, which is also used as a title by various folk craftsmen.Later, after getting into the business of shaving hair and haircuts, even Teacher Tony was called to wait.

Therefore, the title "Dr. Lin" was also circulated among the people, which did not make the two brothers of the Zhang family too strange.

Anyway, in the real one-acre land of the fish market, the boss has the final say at the moment, and he can call it whatever he likes.

If the name is not correct, the words will not go well. After confirming the name, Lin Tailai asked again: "Besides, how is the flow of this fish market?"

Zhang Wen replied: "We can collect a fee of one hundred taels of silver a year, half of which will be handed over to the county treasury, and half to the hall. For more details, we will ask old man Tang."

Depend on!Dr. Lin couldn't help but scolded the street. In other novels, money is like paper, with thousands of money coming in and out.

In the reality I am facing, tens of taels to hundreds of taels sounds like a huge sum of money, and I have to hand it all in.

It's not that Dr. Lin is greedy for money, it's just that in today's world, how can you go to the imperial examination if you don't have money?He, Dr. Lin, is not a genius, so he can use hard power to make it real.

The county examination is equivalent to the primary school graduation examination, the government examination is equivalent to the high school entrance examination, the Taoist examination is equivalent to the college entrance examination, and being admitted to the scholar is equivalent to entering a university.

Then the township examination is equivalent to taking the national examination after graduating from university, and the general examination is equivalent to the internal selection examination within the system.

Even if it is only equivalent to the county examination of Xiaoshengchu, even if Zhang Liangshu is really willing to help, there is a high probability that he will talk to the teacher of the magistrate, and the magistrate himself will not directly participate in the transaction.

According to the rules, even if the master nods, he must give it with some kindness!This money is all paid by Dr. Lin himself!

"We still need to hurry up to generate income." Lin Tailai sighed, the morals of the world in the late Ming Dynasty were no longer good, earning fame is really inseparable from money.

It is not only the county examination for the junior high school entrance examination, but also the preparation for the future high school entrance examination, the college entrance examination and the road examination.

Only by being admitted as a scholar can one be considered relatively safe in this society, which is equivalent to being a legal representative of public opinion.

Lin Tailai glanced at the fish market with a complicated expression, relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on water to drink water, so what about relying on the fish market?
Seeing that the new boss didn't speak for a while, Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu took the initiative to ask, "What else do you want me to do?"

"Awen and Wu, I want to eat fish." Dr. Lin said lightly.

Thanks to a lot of film reading experience, several ideas of bullying the market and stealing money have flashed in my mind.

Dr. Lin didn't want to make money like this at first, but now he understands what it means to be "a person who is in the rivers and lakes and cannot help himself".

That's all, it's a big deal to start lightly, and it will be considered as a contribution to the standardized management level of the Daming market.

Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu responded together, and said positively: "I'll go to the store to ask for some of the freshest and most plump fish, so that I can eat as much as I want! I just don't know what kind of fish the restaurant likes?"

Lin Tailai said with a half-smile: "If you talk about your favorite, of course it is yellow croaker. We like both big yellow croaker and small yellow croaker!"

The two brothers Wen and Wu suddenly became embarrassed, "Yellow croaker is a sea fish. It is only found in the fish market in Changshu County in the north. We are all lake fish and river fish here."

Another member of the fish market trio, old man Tang appeared behind Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu at some point, and sat in the hall for Lin and scolded: "You two are so stupid!"

Only then did the two brothers suddenly realize that sitting in the restaurant is trying to make money?Do you still want to take them with you?

Old man Tang was in charge of the charges. He couldn't leave just now, but now that he had some free time, he hurried over to accompany the new boss.

After scolding the two brothers, the well-informed old man Tang said to Lin Tai: "If you want to eat more fish in a restaurant, it may not be easy.

The boat owners who sell fish also echo each other, and there are also fish tyrants among them, who make a big fuss together, which cannot be suppressed by the manpower of the hall. "

There are only a few dozen members of the society that Anletang can afford, and they often go to the countryside to collect money and food.If there is a sudden mass incident, it is not certain who will hit whom.

The trio was in the fish market, and most of the time, they were just doing things in the name of the government.

Facing the newly recruited younger brother, Lin Tailai encouraged him theoretically: "The business tax in my Ming Dynasty is too low, why is the farmer tax so heavy and the business tax so light?

We are in our place, and we should act for the heavens and pay taxes equally! "

Old man Tang: "."

Dr. Lin, with your slogan, are you sure you don't want to start an uprising?
The fish market trio looked at each other again, feeling a little lack of confidence.

Lin Tailai encouraged everyone again: "In execution, as long as we can convince people with virtue, move people with reason, and move people with emotion, we will surely succeed!
Don't worry, I have my own rules, and I guarantee that everyone will be convinced!Keep going, life will be sweeter and sweeter! "

Then Lin Tailai ordered: "But we have to wait for a few days, let's have dinner together tonight.

You can do whatever you want, I'm going to the blacksmith shop in the town to make preparations. "

Old Man Tang asked suspiciously, "What are you going to prepare for the blacksmith shop?"

Lin Tailai replied honestly: "Create some handy soldiers, otherwise how can you eat fish?"

Fish Market Trio: "."

Is this convincing people with virtue, moving people with reason, and moving people with emotion?

Looking at the back of Dr. Lin who was sitting in the hall, old man Tang sighed: "The rivers and lakes with this three-acre land, I'm afraid it will be bloody again!"

The Zhang family brothers were a little excited and eager to try.

　Continue to ask for monthly tickets, ask for recommendation tickets, and of course there are more important follow-ups!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)