Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 109 46 catties of sea fish per day!

As soon as he entered the yard, Guo An smelled a strong smell of mutton.

After walking a few steps, several dustpan-shaped bamboo trays appeared in front of my eyes, with piles of white fluffy wool placed on them.

And as Guo An came in, several craftsmen also hurried out from the houses on the side.

"Villain cobbler Yin Jian met Guo Changshi!"

"The villain cobbler Shangfeng sees Guo Changshi..."

"Get up, everyone!"

Guo An gave a gentle order, and walked towards the wool drying aside.

Grab a handful, put it up to your nose and smell it!
"Yuck~"

Guo An instantly felt an unclean smell entering his nostrils, which was extremely sour.

Seeing this, Yin Jian, Shang Feng and other cobblers who had just got up said quickly: "Guo Changshi, these wools have just been cut from sheep, and although the villain and others have washed them once, the smell is still very strong.

Only after washing and drying several times in a row, and then washing with plant ash several times, the smell will fade away. "

"Wash with plant ash?"

Hearing this, Guo An's eyes lit up, "After washing with plant ash, to what extent can the smell of mutton be reduced?"

"Reporting to Guo Changshi, the villain and others have tried it before, and it takes five or six times to remove more than half of the mutton smell from the wool.

However, if you put it in front of your nose and smell it carefully, there will still be a smell of lamb. "

Yin Jian quickly replied.

Guo An asked again: "So, can you try soaking it in salt?"

"salt?"

Yin Jian, Shang Feng and the others all stared wide-eyed, "Guo Changshi, salt is so precious, how could it be so bad?"

Guo An asked again: "Have you tried using onion, ginger, and garlic to mash these three things, and then put them in to soak and rinse the wool?"

Yin Jian, Shang Feng and the others smiled wryly again, "Back to Guo Changshi, although green onion, ginger and garlic are common vegetables, they are also food, so we can't treat them like this!"

"Have you ever tried pig pancreas soap?" Guo An asked again.

"My Guo Changshi, even the most common pig pancreas soap costs more than ten yuan a piece, so it can't be ruined like this?"

Yin Jian and Shang Feng said.

"I see!"

Guo An nodded slowly, and said again: "I will pay you the consistent money in a while, and you will try all the methods I said, and see which method can remove the sheep on the wool. The smell is completely removed!"

"This……"

Yin Jian, Shang Feng and the others all showed extremely distressed expressions.

"Guo Changshi, are those precious objects?"

"If you can find out a way to eliminate the smell of wool, it will be a great achievement, and His Royal Highness King Yan will definitely reward you a lot!"

Guo An smiled lightly, "It's like those blacksmiths in Shangzhuang Village!"

Hearing about the blacksmith in Shangzhuang Village, Yin Jian, Shang Feng and the others immediately lifted their spirits, "Don't worry Guo Changshi, the villain and others will definitely try Guo Changshi's method!"

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "It is best to wash the wool with boiling water. After testing these methods several times, I will tell you the results!"

"Guo Changshi, please rest assured..."

After Guo An threw down the two banknotes, he left with peace of mind.

……

Two days later, a rumor spread inexplicably throughout Wanping County.

The looms sold in the mansion of His Highness the King of Yan, and even the textile shops that weave fabrics on an OEM basis, are all losing money in business.

As for why this is so, it seems that His Royal Highness King Yan showed great kindness and sympathized with the people of Wanping County.

Hearing this, all the people in Wanping County were extremely excited. While praising His Royal Highness King Yan's kindness, they rushed to King Yan's Mansion in a hurry to buy textile machines.

As for Shen Zhuang and a group of merchants, after hearing the news, they were overjoyed, and they directly celebrated.

However, when they woke up the next day, they heard a piece of news like a thunderbolt.

People from Daxing County and several surrounding counties all went to Yanwang Mansion to buy textile machines.

Now, all the merchants were dumbfounded again.

"What about this?"

"What are you afraid of? Even if the workshop of King Yan's Mansion can produce a hundred sets of looms a day, with so many people in the entire Beiping Mansion, how long will it take for the people in those prefectures and counties to get the looms?"

"Yes, hahaha, if they want to survive the winter, they have to obediently sell cotton to me..."

With that said, the merchants were relieved again.

……

at the same time.

A large seaport has been newly built outside the Dagu Port.

In the port, dozens of refitted ships are moored.

After the last inspection, following Fu Youde's order, 35 warships with more than [-] materials sailed out of the harbor one by one.

Then, berth side by side in the open sea.

And following these 35 warships, there are 34 large ships six to seven feet long, which are ice cave ships specially refitted to carry sea fish.

Then, all the warships were tied two by two with the newly woven wide nets.

Each net is fifteen feet wide and more than twenty-five feet long.

Lowered from the middle of the two ships, a huge net wall completely blocked the entire sea.

Even some guards on the boat could feel the tremor caused by the net being hit by a big fish in the sea.

Wait until all 34 nets are lowered into the sea.

The chief general Fu Youde gave another order, the drums beat, and the 35 warships began to move forward according to the direction and speed set before.

Although some warships are often unable to control the speed, fortunately, there are ropes tied between each ship, and the nets between them also have a certain length of surplus.

Therefore, there was no accident of warship collision.

However, the warship had just sailed forward for about half an hour, and half of the nets were already full of sea fish.

A group of sailors and soldiers lay on the side of the boat, and they could all see a large school of sea fish in the dark between the two boats.

"Report to the general, 34 of the [-] nets are already full of sea fish, and all the households on each boat have asked the general to order the nets to be closed, otherwise more than half of the fish would have escaped in a short time!"

On the ship, a group of messengers surrounded Fu Youde, their faces full of anxiety.

"Twenty nets?"

A light flashed in Fu Youde's eyes, and he ordered directly: "Command all the warships to collect the nets, and then slowly stop the ships!"

"Here!"

"The general ordered that all warships be netted, and then stop slowly!"

"The general has an order..."

As the general order was issued, the flag was waved, and the drums sounded, the hundreds of households on the ships who had already been unable to hold back quickly ordered to close the net.

Wait until the fishing nets are almost collected, and then report again.

Fu Youde ordered to stop the ship again.

The sound of the war drums changed again, and all the warships stopped in unison.

Seeing this, the 34 large ships that had been closely behind the warship quickly came up and stopped in front of each net.

Afterwards, the warship soldiers on both sides jointly lifted the net, and a net full of sea fish surfaced, and the sea fish in the net were alive and kicking.

As the net slowly rose, the big ship hurried forward.

The soldiers spinning the winches on the warships on both sides didn't stop until they stopped right under the net.

Then, they began to release the net again.

Slowly put the net full of sea fish on the sea boat below.

Immediately, the big boat was filled with sea fish like a hill.

"hiss……"

"It's only half an hour, how can you catch so many sea fish, it's at least tens of thousands of catties?"

"Yes, there are so many sea fish in the sea!"

On the big boat, a group of coastal fishermen who had been conscripted looked at the pile of sea fish they had never seen in their life, and their eyes were as big as copper bells.

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and deal with the sea fish!"

"That's right, if so many sea fish stink, they will be struck by lightning!"

"..."

This scenario happens on every big ship.

As for the sailors and soldiers on the 35 warships, they were even more energetic.

It turns out that sea fish in the sea are so easy to catch, and each one is bigger than the other!

It's just that they don't know that the fish in the sea have been defending against the natural enemies in the sea for tens of thousands of years, and the number of reproduction is increasing every year.

They have never seen such a crazy fishing boat, 35 large boats, 34 large nets with a width of more than 500 feet, and the nets directly from the sea surface to the bottom, more than [-] feet wide, from the head to the tail, they want to run Can't even run away.

"How many catties of sea fish were caught?"

On the ship, Fu Youde and a group of naval officers and academies all looked at the messenger who ran over.

"Reporting to the general, 34 nets caught a total of 12 catties of sea fish!"

The messenger hurriedly replied.

"12 catties of sea fish?"

Hearing this, Fu Youde and all the naval officers and academies were very pleasantly surprised.

"God bless, 12 catties of sea fish!"

"I just went out to sea to catch half an hour, and I actually caught 12 catties of sea fish. Isn't this just like picking fish?"

"The general is mighty!"

"The general is mighty..."

All the soldiers on the warship cheered.

Fu Youde was also excited for a while, and then his expression immediately became serious.

"It's only 12 catties of sea fish. You have to catch 200 million catties of sea fish before you can win against Your Majesty!"

"Yes, General!"

All the generals responded quickly, but they were not sad, but excited.

It's only 200 million catties of sea fish. It's estimated that they can catch them in less than half a month.

"Order, all warships start, continue fishing!"

"The general has an order! All the warships are moving and continue fishing!"

"The general has an order..."

With the beating of the war drums, all the warships started again.

In the eyes of sea fish, a net that looked like a huge dragon gate began to move slowly and quickly in the sea again.

An hour later.

All the warships closed their nets again and slowly stopped.

Then, 34 big boats rushed forward to pick up the sea fish!

"Report to the general, a total of 15 catties of sea fish were caught this time!"

"15 catties?"

"God bless..."

After a burst of excitement, the warship started again!
Another hour later...

"Report to the General, the fish caught this time is [-] catties..."

……

Two days later!
Inside Beiping Mansion, inside Yanwang Palace.

Hearing the news reported by Zhu Liang, Zhu Di, Guo An and others all opened their mouths wide open, their faces full of disbelief!
Guo An hurriedly asked: "Zhu Baihu, are you sure you are right, that Duke Ying really caught 35 catties of sea fish in one day with 46 warships?"

"Return to Your Highness, Guo Changshi, this matter is absolutely true. 34 pieces of fifteen-foot-wide nets are placed in the sea, which is more than 500 feet wide.

When this net passes, not a single fish within five hundred feet can escape.

If the two warships hadn't mishandled a large school of sea fish, Ying Guogong and others might have caught more than 60 catties of sea fish in one day! "

"Damn it..."

Zhu Di's eyes were red with envy.

Then, he stared at Guo An closely, "Why didn't you tell us earlier that you have such a good idea, if we also send 35 large ships into the sea, wouldn't the people of our Beiping Prefecture be able to eat sea fish?"

Guo An smiled wryly and said, "Your Highness, I didn't expect that 35 warships would be so effective when plowing and hauling fish together.

However, even if the minister could tell His Highness about this method earlier, His Majesty has not lifted the forbidden sea, not to mention whether His Highness has so many big ships, even if he can gather together, he can't send so many big ships into the sea! "

Zhu Di sighed helplessly, and said, "Oh, my heart aches, if the catches are carried out according to Duke Ying's method, wouldn't they catch all the big fish in the Bohai Sea!"

Guo An comforted: "Don't worry, Your Highness, even if Duke Ying is given a year, they will not be able to catch all the sea fish in the Bohai Sea.

After all, if there are no sea fish in the Bohai Sea, there will be sea fish from other sea areas swimming over! "

As he said that, Guo An suddenly realized something, and quickly added: "However, it won't be a problem if Duke Ying keeps capturing him like this!
I dared to ask His Highness to play His Majesty, Ying Guogong can only catch sea fish in the Bohai Sea for a month at most.

Otherwise, if Mr. Ying is allowed to fish like this, although the sea fish in the Bohai Sea cannot be extinct, there will be very few sea fish.

In the future, my Prince Yan's Mansion wants to catch sea fish in the Bohai Sea, but it will be difficult!
Moreover, I have so many sea areas in Ming Dynasty, I can't just stare at the Bohai Sea for fishing! "

"That's the reason, let's go give a memorial to Father!"

Zhu Di walked directly to the throne, while the servant waiting on the side hurriedly stepped forward to study ink.

Soon, a book of memorials went from Beiping Mansion to Yingtian Mansion.

……

Not long after Zhu Di received Fu Youde's fishing information, Lao Zhu in Yingtian City also received Fu Youde's report.

Looking at the numbers in Fu Youde's newspaper, Lao Zhu directly grinned and laughed heartily.

"Okay, okay, Youde's contribution to catching sea fish this time can be worthy of building a city for us!"

Down below, Zhu Biao asked curiously: "Father, I wonder how many sea fish Duke Ying caught, so that Father is so happy?"

"46 catties of sea fish!"

Zhu Yuanzhang handed the report in his hand to Zhu Biao, and said with a smile: "Youde connected 35 warships side by side in series, and each two warships dragged a net fifteen feet wide and 25 feet long. It is more than 500 feet.

In the sea, it is like an invisible city wall. As the warship moves forward quickly, the big fish in the sea will be trapped by the net, making it difficult to escape.

In this way, the accumulation of small nets makes a lot of money, and the nets can be collected every hour, and there are very many sea fish in each net..."

(End of this chapter)