Overlord!

Chapter 99
The price of fish in Wu County has dropped!

Among the countless grand and vast government affairs, this point can only be regarded as a trivial message when no one pays attention to it.

But the situation it reflects is definitely extremely influential.

This proves that after the land of fish and rice in Wu County got rid of the war, the whole county has shifted its main energy from military to production, and the grain output is gradually increasing.

In the land of fish and rice, with a well-developed fishing industry, more rice can be accumulated to ensure that the treasury is full and the soldiers have enough food.

So when Zhou Cheng asked if he would eat fish, Sun Ce asked, "Are there a lot of fish in the market now?"

To put it bluntly... I always get tired of eating Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs!
As the lord of Wu County, he owns a county, and after resuming production, the wealth that can be obtained in all aspects is simply endless.

Whether it is lake crabs, river fish or even pearls and jade, he is tired of seeing them all.

Zhou Cheng immediately smiled and said: "Nowadays, business is convenient, and there are still a lot of fish, and there are even many sea fish and crabs that have never been seen before. If Sun Lang wants to eat, I will let Xiao Jin'er prepare it."

Zhu Xia should be familiar with the word "claw", that is, claws like crabs and shrimps.

In "Book of Jin", the joy of the scholar-officials in Jiangnan is "holding a wine glass in the left hand and a crab claw in the right hand".

Basically, as long as Zhuxia can resume production, all crabs, fish, and shrimps in the sea can be salvaged.There may not be many mountain delicacies in this area of ​​Wu County, but seafood can definitely be supplied openly.

Sun Ce is definitely not a fool. He may not be good at mathematics and chemistry, but he often gets high marks in geography, and even ranks among the best.Of course, seeing that he can often recite a lot of poems in normal times, which makes his subordinates marvel and appreciate him, one knows that he is actually a serious college student in later generations.Being admitted to a serious university in a major education province is actually a top-notch one with good grades.

Therefore, he clearly remembered that the area of ​​Wuhui, facing east out of the sea, should be the most famous fishing ground in Zhuxia, Zhoushan Fishing Ground.

This is one of the four best fishing grounds in the world, known as the "fishing warehouse" in the world.

How rich is he?
Let's put it this way, the upper limit that small farmers could imagine in the feudal era, and even the limit that ordinary people in later generations could imagine for feudal fishery, was just a drop in the ocean to him.

It is normal to catch fish of [-] shi or even [-] shi in one net.

More importantly, you don't have to catch them, these fish and shrimps will also go to the shore.

So much so that there is a local fish proverb:

Yellow croaker cooing in spring

In summer, squid are all over the reef

Shrimp jumping around in autumn

Winter hairtail whole net hanging

Compared with the Great Northern Wilderness, this place is truly more than a hundred times richer.

There is only one thing that limits the scale of fisheries, and that is transportation.

But even though Sun Ce already knew that the Zhoushan fishing ground was very rich, he was still shocked by the huge wealth that came to him in reality.

When Xiao Jin'er carried a stone as big as a millstone into the room with a wooden barrel.Sun Ce and Zhou Cheng looked sideways in surprise at the same time.

Zhou Cheng watched Xiao Jin'er bent over under the weight of the wooden barrel, and asked in surprise, "Xiao Jin'er, I asked you to prepare fish and shrimps to try something new, why did you bring such a big stone here?"

Zhao Jin panted and said, "Ma'am, this is not a stone, it was given to the mansion by the county mansion, it is a spice called ambergris."

Ambergris!
Sun Ce was stunned. Isn't this thing Lunke's?

To say it's priced like gold would be an insult to Ambergris.A gram of ambergris is much more expensive than a gram of gold, at least three to four times as expensive.

But Sun Ce knew Ambergris, what is this stone-mill-sized Ambergris? !

That is to say, just this piece of ambergris weighing tens of catties is at least equivalent to hundreds of catties of gold!

It's no wonder that Zhou Cheng was mistaken at the beginning, and the ambergris that no one knew was of such a huge scale.

Sun Ce asked, "Where did the county mansion get so much ambergris?"

Zhao Jin said: "I know this. I heard that in Haiyan County, a huge kun was blown along the south wind. It was thousands of miles long and weighed hundreds of thousands of catties. , and then found ambergris, which weighed several thousand catties. This piece was cut from it and sent to the general's mansion."

Zhou Cheng shook his head with a smile, and said, "Hey, the wind is the rain. Do you know how long thousands of miles are? Landing from Haiyan County, you can go straight to Chang'an. Kun's talk is mostly empty talk."

Zhao Jin became anxious immediately. She was eager to prove herself, and said quickly: "It's true, it's true! I saw with my own eyes that the piece of ambergris weighed thousands of catties! It was as big as a rockery and taller than a coral tree. It can be seen that they said It's true."

"Hiss~!" Sun Ce took a breath, he could understand the exaggeration of the common people.Ambergris comes from sperm whales. This season, a sperm whale blows along with the southeast monsoon. People have never seen it before, so it is normal to exaggerate.But he really couldn't understand what was going on with this thousands of kilograms of ambergris!It is already one or two times larger than the largest ambergris in later generations.

Just this piece of ambergris can be exchanged for ten thousand catties of gold in any era!Even in troubled times!

Although the population has decreased in troubled times, there is no gold, which is also in the hands of the powerful.They are absolutely willing to spend a lot of money to buy spices.Not to mention the ultimate spice, ambergris.

If this thing is used to fight for wealth, Shi Chong and Wang Kai don't need to compare.

And Zhou Cheng also became interested when he heard the words, and asked, "Then besides this kun, what other rare things are there?"

Zhao Jin immediately began to narrate like a few treasures: "I heard that there are still pearls the size of a fist, which can emit a faint light at night. Even in a room where you can't see your fingers, you can read books against the light. Lieutenant Hongdu spent tens of thousands of dollars. Buy it on the street."

"I also saw a four-foot-tall coral tree. It was dazzling, its branches were spreading, and it was so beautiful. Unfortunately, it seems that it has been difficult to sell, and it has been placed in the store for several days. If I have money , I’ll go and buy it. Put it in the house, it’s bound to be full of splendor.”

Four feet tall, it's all because of catching up with this little loli!After all, she has just reached Ji, only 1.5 meters tall.

Sun Ce had no choice but to say: "If you have money, you are not allowed to buy it. People's livelihood is still in famine. Extravagance should not be arrogant."

Zhao Jin pursed his lips. After being rich, why can't he buy a rare treasure and put it in the room to watch?Obviously, there are a lot of books and jade on the bookshelf in your room, and there is also a set of exquisite black armor, big horse and golden sword sitting on the wooden shelf, and there are precious swords and famous swords on the table next to it.

You men can appreciate books, swords and Xuanjia, why can't we women decorate our rooms with pearls, corals and beautiful jade?If I have money, I will put a four-foot-high coral tree in the house, and it will be in the same place as your armor!
Zhou Cheng smiled softly, and said easy-goingly: "Well, what Sun Lang said is right, the General's Mansion really needs to be an example at present, and can't be extravagant. Don't think about this coral tree for the time being. I will reward you with a branch. Tell me if you have any fresh seafood."

Buyao refers to women's jewelry with gold and jade as hairpins and colorful pearls and jade hanging down.It gets its name because it shakes with the vibration of the steps when walking.

Just from this sentence, one can imagine how luxurious this thing is.

In the archeology of later generations, it is very commendable that there are a few carved knives in the tombs of Xiaotian.However, once the ancient tombs of women in the Central Plains were opened, there were thousands of pieces of pearls and jade, silver hairpin jade, and gold beads jewelry.

The prosperity of the Central Plains is absolutely amazing.

Hearing Zhou Cheng's gentle voice, Zhao Jin immediately became happy, with a smile on his face, and said: "Fresh seafood, yes, yes! This is what I went to buy. Ma'am, would you like to go and have a look? The fish is huge, weighing two hundred catties. It is said that it is called dragon fish, and the fish meat is finely cut and thicker than beef."

"Fish that is thicker than beef?" Zhou Cheng was quite curious. She was born in Lujiang, and she had never seen this kind of fish.

Besides, two hundred catties of fish are already heavier than pigs and sheep.

So is this eating fish or dragon meat?
Sun Ce was also attracted to curiosity, what kind of fish is so heavy, it can't be a shark, right?

So Sun Ce said: "Then bring it up, my wife and I will have a look together."

Zhao Jin immediately said: "I can be the chef now, how about eating fish sticks tonight? Such a big fish can be eaten for five."

I never tire of fine food, and I never tire of fine food.Sashimi is sashimi.The ancestors knew how to enjoy.

Soon two personal guards carried a huge fat fish into the house with a chopping board.

Under the decoration of densely spotted fish scales, the black fat fish does look a bit like a dragon.It is said that the dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the fourth son, Pu Lao, was in the shape of a fish.

Zhou Cheng looked at the big fish, which was about twice as heavy as her, and exclaimed, "There really is such a dragon fish? The manpower is amazing. How did the fisherman catch such a big fish with the fishing net?"

After Sun Ce saw the face of this dragon fish clearly, he was also amazed instantly.This is a giant grouper, of course, the common name seems to be more famous, that is, giant grouper.

The weight of two hundred catties is not considered huge, and it seems to be at an average level among giant grouper fish.

But the problem is, this fish is a deep-sea fish.

It was hard for Sun Ce to imagine where the fishermen in Wu Jun had been cruising in their boats?

Even if it swims to the shallow sea, the fishing boat has at least traveled dozens of miles.I don't know if the fishing boat got lost, or I just wanted to explore.

Sun Ce asked, "Where did you buy this big fish?"

Zhao Jin said as a matter of course: "In the fish market in the city. There is a street where several fishermen sell fish, shrimps and crabs every day, and sometimes there are crawfishes as big as wooden basins."

Crawfish should be lobsters, this one is easy to catch.It can be found in shallow sea and fresh water.

Sun Ce asked with concern, "How many fishermen are there every day?"

Zhao Jin nodded: "Well! There are five or six fishermen every day, but they are not fixed, and the goods they sell are also different every day."

In other words, in fact, dozens of fishermen would come to Wu County to sell fish from time to time.

Just this fat giant grouper fish, one is enough to feed hundreds of people in the entire General's Mansion.

With so many fishermen, the daily catch is really enough to make Wu Jun, a land of fish and rice, richer.

In the past, the government paid more attention to rice, but now it seems that they must also pay attention to fish catch.

And the key is how to preserve these fish in the Land of Fish and Rice!

Sun Ce waved his hand and said to Zhao Jin, "Okay, I understand. You can take the fish to the kitchen."

When Zhao Jin left, Zhou Cheng stood by Sun Ce's side all the time, and then said with a smile, "Sun Lang hasn't said a word for a quarter of an hour since Jin'er left with the fish. Is he thinking about how to save fish for food?"

Only then did Sun Ce wake up from his contemplation, and said with a smile, "I've been thinking about it for so long? Madam is so understanding. I'm really thinking about it."

Zhou Cheng smiled slightly. After all, she has been together day and night for so long, and she is already very familiar with her husband's thoughts, and it can be said that they are of one mind.

Except that she couldn't understand why her husband was so obsessed with her body and liked to play with her legs, she had a heart-to-heart with him in other things.

Zhou Chengnai said: "The people in the south of the Yangtze River have been thinking about this for hundreds of years. They often make fish into bream. They use salt and rice to make fish and store it."

The word 鲊鲊 means salted fish.Yesterday he read the poem that came to mind when he was reading the paddy field, "Xiaohe's boxing can contain bream, and the evening sun shines on the wind and dews the fragrance", that's what he said.

Salted fish, dried meat, and dried meat are all methods used by Zhu Xia to preserve fish and meat.

But fish bream and butcher shop are still foods that are difficult for ordinary people to popularize, which obviously has a decisive factor in it.

And this factor is that salt is not popular!
Even the salt itself was highly prized in this day and age.

Therefore, Sun Ce frowned, and said, "But salt is hard to come by. If a commoner family can add a little salt to the dishes, it is already considered rich. For an idler family, how can there be extra salt to marinate fish and meat?"

Zhou Cheng said solemnly: "This is exactly what I want to say to Sun Lang. When Liu Bi was king in the past, the state of Wu had the Yuzhang Copper Mountain, and the king of Wu invited the exiles from all over the world to mint money privately, boil sea water into salt, If there is no endowment, the country will use it and be rich."

"Now that Sun Lang is governing Wu, he has made private castings, such as the government of King Wu, why is he only imitating half of it? So far, he has not boiled the sea for salt?"

Sun Ce smiled and said, "Madam, are you persuading me to boil sea water for salt?"

Zhou Cheng nodded, and said: "Salt is the most important treasure of the country, and it is scattered freely. It is advisable to set up a department to supervise the production, so that it can directly benefit the plowing cattle. If there are returned to the people, supply them. Diligently cultivate and accumulate millet, so as to breed Jiangdong. Far away When the people hear about it, they will race to it day and night. In Wuhui’s fertile land, more than [-] families have flowed into Wuhui from the north. Hearing the peace of Wujun County, they must look forward to returning. With this as a foundation, why worry about not being able to sweep the world down?”

Sun Ce laughed loudly and said, "If Madam was in ancient times, she must have been able to set up national policies for a hegemon."

Zhou Cheng asked curiously: "I can make plans for others, but I can't make a strategy for Sun Lang? Haiyan County is just south of Wu County, and it is famous for its salt production. Why doesn't Sun Lang pay attention to it?"

Sun Ce said with a smile: "Madam is a strange woman in the world, she is extremely intelligent, and the law she made is naturally appropriate. Based on salt, making the country rich and attracting people from far away is definitely Jiangdong's plan. The reason why I have not yet I just don’t want to boil seawater into salt.”

Boiling seawater into salt, as the name suggests, is to put seawater in a urn or a cauldron, burn firewood under it, and boil the water dry.

This efficiency is too slow!

He didn't care about how many forests he had to cut down. There were not many other things in Jiangdong now, but there were many camphor forests, so he cut them down casually.

What he cares about is the model of this small handicraft workshop, the output is too low, and it can't boil many catties of seawater in a year.But it consumes a lot of manpower and material resources.

(End of this chapter)