Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 103 Plowing the sea and netting fish

Fu Youde said directly: "Five thousand sailors, fifty net shuttle boats, twenty eagle boats, twenty sand boats each, twenty serial boats, twenty mother-child boats, thirty fire dragon boats, twenty four hundred boats, and twenty five hundred boats. Ten lucky boats, eight hundred lucky boats five..."

"..."

Guo An's eyes were dizzy.

Glancing at Zhu Di, he found that Zhu Di didn't explain, so Guo An had no choice but to ask Fu Youde: "Your officer is stupid, how many of these ships are there that are longer than eight feet?"

"Hahaha, the old man didn't think twice!"

Fu Youde smiled gently, and introduced directly: "The four-hundred-foot-four-foot boat is nine feet four feet long, nine feet two inches deep, and one foot nine feet five inches wide; the five-hundred-year-old boat is twelve feet two feet five inches long, and one foot deep. One foot five inches, three feet wide; eight hundred material sea boats are twenty feet three feet long, two feet one foot two inches deep, six feet three feet wide...

As for the rest of the warships, they were all less than eight feet long. "

"35 ships, enough!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and then began to say: "The sea is wide and there are many fish, if you want to catch fish faster, you have to trawl, two boats haul one net.

The officials dared to guess that since His Majesty sent Ying Guogong to lead five thousand sailors to fish, he wanted Ying Guogong to catch the most sea fish in the fastest time.

Therefore, the suggestion of the next official is to plow the sea and catch fish! "

"Plough sea net fish?"

Fu Youde, Zhu Di and the others were full of doubts.

"Exactly!"

Guo An said: "Plowing the sea to fish is like plowing the land. 35 sea boats are lined up in the sea, and a net is dragged between them, and they move forward at the same speed.

In this way, no matter how vast the sea is, under 35 large ships and 34 nets, it is enough to quickly find fish and catch them out. "

"34 nets?"

Zhu Di, Fu Youde and the others looked puzzled again.

However, Zhu Di just stood aside quietly without asking any questions.

However, Fu Youde, the chief general who was ordered to catch sea fish, had to ask.

"Guo Changshi, why are there 35 nets for 34 large ships?"

Guo An directly stretched out a palm and gestured: "Look, Lord Ying. For example, the five fingers of Xiaguan are five boats. Then these two fingers directly drag a net, and the two sides of this finger You can still drag another net with the big boat on the right...

In this way, after trawling the nets like this, 35 ships can haul 34 nets. "

This time, Fu Youde, Zhu Di and others understood.

Looking at Guo An's hand, Fu Youde's eyes widened.

"With 34 nets, wouldn't it be possible to plow the Bohai Sea in a few trips? Wouldn't we be able to catch all the sea fish in the entire Bohai Sea in half a month at most?"

Guo An said: "Mr. Ying Guo, don't worry, these are just the guesses of the lower officials, and the lower officials don't know if the speed of the 35 warships can be the same?
Otherwise, if any warship is too fast or too slow, two nets will be dragged and broken.

It's better to just disperse all the ships, form a group of two warships, and drag a net to catch sea fish in the sea! "

Fu Youde directly said proudly: "Guo Changshi don't want to underestimate the sailing flag army of our navy, don't say 35 warships, even 350 warships, they can do as they please!"

"My Ming Navy's soldiers are indeed brave, and the officials admire them."

Guo An didn't continue to say anything, but flattered him casually.

Even if the navy's sailing flag army can't keep 35 warships sailing at the same speed, it will only tear two nets.

It has nothing to do with Guo An if it is broken.

Fu Youde nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Zhu Di who was beside him, "I wonder if His Royal Highness King Yan has enough nets?"

"No."

Zhu Di shook his head, "Duke Ying, don't worry, we can send craftsmen to teach sailors how to weave nets!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Suddenly, Fu Youde thought of something, raised his head to look around, and asked: "The old man heard that His Royal Highness Yan went fishing in the sea, and it was two hundred households in His Royal Highness's guards. I don't know where these two are?"

"Duke Ying is disappointed, Zhu Liang and Xu Xiang have gone fishing again!" Zhu Di said.

"I see!"

A trace of disappointment flashed in Fu Youde's eyes, and he said immediately: "The old man also heard that the big boats used for fishing have to undergo some modifications, so I am going to ask about it."

Guo An said: "Don't worry about this matter, Duke Ying, it's easy to refit a big ship.

Most of the big boats used for fishing are to add several sets of winches and pulleys on the boat to facilitate the soldiers on the boat to pull and drag the net.

In addition, the cabin of the big ship was converted into an ice cellar and refrigerated with saltpeter.In this way, the caught sea fish can be bled directly, and then put into the cabin to freeze.

In this way, sea fish can be kept fresh for at least several months without getting smelly! "

"What about refitting the ship?"

"Duke Ying, don't worry, when Duke Ying refits, I will send experienced craftsmen there!"

"So good!"

"But there are not enough craftsmen in King Yan's mansion..."

"His Royal Highness King Yan and Guo Changshi don't worry about this matter, I can recruit enough craftsmen!"

"In addition, the lower officials also suggested that Duke Ying should prepare more cargo ships. You can directly convert the goods into ice caves and follow the warships. When the warships catch sea fish, they will be specially transported to transport the sea fish caught by Duke Ying."

"That's a great word!"

"What good strategy does Guo Changshi have?"

"Mr. Ying, you are being polite. I have read some miscellaneous books. After catching sea fish, you can also clean their internal organs and dry them in the sun. This way they can be preserved for a long time.

Of course, if you want to preserve the sea fish for a longer period of time, you can marinate the sea fish with a large amount of sea salt and dry it in the sun.

However, this method requires too much sea salt..."

"The old man will tell His Majesty about this matter. I wonder if Guo Changshi has any suggestions?"

"Mr. Ying, the sea environment is ever-changing. I can only remind Mr. Ying to pay attention to safety. In particular, there are heavy rains and strong winds and waves in the sea, which can easily capsize warships.

Moreover, the sea is so vast, the sea fish in it are not necessarily weak and gentle, even some big fish are as ferocious as wolves, tigers and leopards, and some sea fish are also highly poisonous.

The officials may not know the whole picture of these poisonous sea fish, so I also ask Duke Ying to bring some old local fishermen with him when he catches sea fish..."

"..."

As Guo An said more and more suggestions, Fu Youde, who was just asking politely, became more and more solemn.

Because of what Guo An said, he, a veteran who has been in the army for more than 30 years, never thought of it.

It seems that Guo Changshi is more experienced than Fu Youde in catching sea fish.

However, Fu Youde is also clear about Guo An's details.

Guo An has never caught sea fish, not even in rivers and lakes!
"Could it be that there are really talented people who are well-informed and knowledgeable in this world?"

On the boat heading for Dagukou, Fu Youde still couldn't help but wondered.

"Mr. Ying, don't be surprised. Maybe it's because Guo An had already searched for a group of coastal fishermen to inquire clearly when he learned that His Majesty sent Ying Guogong to go fishing in the sea!"

A naval officer said with disdain on his face.

"That's right, Guo An is just a young man with a weak crown, and the beard on his chin has not yet grown, how can he know so many?"

Another general followed suit.

For the young Guo An, these generals were very dissatisfied.

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(End of this chapter)