Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 85

Zhu Di asked with a happy face: "Master also thinks, can we send people into the sea to fish?"

Although he was very reluctant in his heart, seeing Zhu Di's expression, Yao Guangxiao could only nod slightly, "At this time, it is the best time for His Highness to send people into the sea to fish."

Zhu Di was a little surprised and asked: "It's just that if we send people into the sea to fish, the emperor won't scold us?"

Yao Guangxiao shook his head slightly, and said: "Your Highness probably didn't pay attention to His Majesty's ban on the sea. In the fourth year of Hongwu, His Majesty issued an edict to ban the sea, prohibiting people near the sea from going to sea without permission; Coastal people privately communicate with overseas countries; prohibiting communication with foreign vassals; applying for a ban on overseas trading...

The edict issued by His Majesty only prohibits people near the sea and private individuals, but does not prohibit His Royal Highness and these vassal kings..."

Zhu Fu was stunned.

As for Zhu Di, he was also taken aback.

"Father didn't forbid the vassals to send people into the sea to fish? Even, there is no explicit prohibition, and the people near the sea are forbidden to fish by the sea?"

"This……"

The expressions of the two immediately became wonderful.

Prohibiting all common people from entering the sea for fishing and commerce is common sense in the minds of everyone in Ming Dynasty.

But now, according to Yao Guangxiao's edict to ban the sea, they only reacted.

It seems that from the very beginning, His Majesty did not explicitly prohibit the coastal people from fishing.

"Your Highness misunderstood the meaning of the poor monk!"

Yao Guangxiao said again: "At the beginning, His Majesty only prohibited those merchants and big gentry from entering the sea to do business in order to prevent the remnants of Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and others who fled to the sea in collusion, as well as those Japanese pirates, causing chaos in the sea.

It's just that the interests are intoxicating, and there are always big merchants who can't help being tempted overseas and take risks.

Therefore, His Majesty began to prohibit everyone from going to sea without permission. "

Zhu Di said: "However, my father did not forbid the princes from all over the world to go to sea."

Yao Guangxiao nodded slightly, "Exactly!"

"Haha... so, we can send people into the sea to fish without any worries."

Zhu Di suddenly felt worried, "Zhu Liang, Li Wang, you know, among our guards, is there anyone with good water quality?"

Hearing this, Zhu Liang and Li Wang immediately frowned and thought.

After a while, Li Wang said: "His Royal Highness, I heard that among the right guards of Yanshan, there are one hundred households named Xu Xiang, who belonged to Dazhi. The water quality is very good, and it has the name of white stripes in the waves!"

"Xu Xiang?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di nodded subconsciously, "We also remembered this person, we were the ones who picked him into our right guard back then!"

On the side, Zhu Liang's face became anxious, and he quickly cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, the last general is from Huaiyuan, and his water skills are also very good."

"Oh?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "Then can you swim in the sea?"

"Your Highness, this... the last general has never been to the sea."

A look of embarrassment flashed in Zhu Liang's eyes.

Zhu Di chuckled and said, "That's impossible."

Zhu Liang's face turned red, then he remembered something, and he argued hard: "Your Highness, I have heard before that as long as a person falls into the sea, it doesn't matter whether he is good at water or not, he will not survive."

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's expression froze, "How dangerous is the sea?"

On the side, Yao Guangxiao also echoed: "Your Highness, the poor monk has read an ancient book, the sea is bottomless, and the waves are as high as mountains. No matter how good the water quality falls into the sea, as long as it encounters big waves, there is no chance of survival.

Even fishermen who live in the sea all year round, as long as they go to sea, life and death are unpredictable. "

"So, do you still want to go?"

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Liang.

Zhu Liang raised his head directly, "Your Highness, don't underestimate the last general, the last general is someone who is afraid of death."

"Very good!"

Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction, "So we'll give you a big boat, Xu Xiang a big boat, and go fishing in the sea in two days."

"The final general will live up to His Highness's entrustment."

Zhu Liang was overjoyed.

Zhu Di said again: "Before you go, you'd better go find Guo An again."

"Dare to ask Your Highness, why is this?"

Zhu Liang was a little puzzled.

Zhu Di said: "You know how to go fishing in the sea, how to use saltpeter to make ice to transport fish, how... Although Guo An is a bit greedy for money, he can always come up with ideas that are very different from ordinary people..."

Zhu Liang's eyes lit up, "Thank you for your reminder, Your Highness, I will go to find Guozhi County early tomorrow morning."

"Send another person to guard Yanshan right, and find Xu Xiang from a hundred households."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

"Go find another two hundred soldiers with good water skills, and a hundred fishermen who can go fishing in the sea."

"Yes, Your Highness..."

As orders were sent out from Zhu Di's mouth, all the forces in the entire Palace of Yan began to operate quickly.

On the side, Zhu Fu was full of confusion.

He is not sure about other things, but as long as the news of King Yan sending people into the sea to fish reaches Yingtian City, that person will definitely issue an order to reprimand him.

Thinking about it, Zhu Fu couldn't help feeling a resentment in his heart.

A treacherous official, a treacherous monk, every day he would push His Royal Highness King Yan to do some outrageous things, but in the end he was the one to bear the blame.

At this time, Yao Guangxiao also looked at Zhu Fu in a strange way.

Now that it's over, Zhu Changshi from the Palace of Yan Palace still doesn't persuade His Highness to report this matter to Ying Tian Mansion?

However, he is just a small host, and such a big event has nothing to do with him.

……

The next day, Zhu Liang found Guo An early.

"What, His Royal Highness King Yan really wants to send people to go fishing in the sea?"

After hearing Zhu Liang's words, Guo An was surprised.

"Didn't Guo Xianzun propose this method yesterday? Why is Guo Xianzun so surprised?" Zhu Liang looked at Guo An with some doubts.

Guo An opened his mouth wide, almost holding back his breath.

"This method was not proposed by the official, but was forced by His Royal Highness King Yan, and he had to say it."

"Yes Yes."

Zhu Liang responded perfunctorily, and then asked again: "Then, can Mr. Guo tell the general how to catch fish with the net, how to find fish schools, and how to use the ice made by saltpeter?" block to transport sea fish?"

"..."

Guo An looked at Zhu Liang in a daze, "Zhu Baihu, shouldn't I ask those experienced coastal fishermen about this matter? I have never seen the sea in my life, nor have I ever caught sea fish. How do I know how two big boats work together?" Trawling?"

"Too!"

Zhu Liang nodded subconsciously. How could Guo An, the county official, know such a thing?

Immediately, he was ready to hand over to Guo An and prepare to leave.

Unexpectedly, before he could say it, Guo An spoke slowly again.

"However, I have read an ancient book about how to use two large boats to fish in the sea. The fishing nets used are called 罛.

The net is a very large fishing net, ten feet wide and fifteen feet long, with a rattan ring for five inches between the upper net and an iron ring for five inches between the lower net, and ropes for retracting and releasing.

The ropes need to be extremely strong and fastened firmly to the ship.

In this way, when the net is thrown into the sea, the net on the net can float on the sea surface, and the net on the net can hang down to the bottom of the sea, just like a net curtain.

The two boats dragged the fishnets and sailed in the sea. When a school of fish collided with the fishnets, the fishermen on the two big boats worked together to draw up the ropes on the fishnet nets and close the mouth of the fishnets, so that all the sea fish could be collected into the big boat.

In addition, the eyes of the girth should be sparse, and the sea fish caught will be big fish. "

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(End of this chapter)