The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 216 Taking back Wang Wei
Compared with Liu Kun and Zu Ti fighting against the Huns and Han Dynasty, they made a final effort to revive the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

At this time, the three northern states controlled by Liu Tai were in relative peace.

Liu Tai grasped this rare opportunity to recuperate and recuperate very tightly. Even though it was already a snowy winter, some major cities and factories, especially coastal cities, were still operating smoothly despite the heavy snow. The most important of them were various The spread of cold-resistant facilities.

Because in the area Liu Tai took over, how to build a heated kang house has become a skill that must be mastered.

As winter gets colder and colder, how to ensure the survival of people in winter is a political task that all officials must solve!
As long as someone freezes to death, the black gauze hat will be gone. If someone starves to death, the whole family will dig coal.

Therefore, officials have also worked very hard. It is better to say that in early winter, they can organize people to clear snow, keep roads open, and maintain basic exchanges of supplies and information.

But in late winter, even officials have no choice but to check their food and firewood reserves one by one.

Because the snow has been falling for a long time, the snow is often so thick in one night that it can fall to a depth of about seven feet in one breath.

Even if Cao Cao opened the coffin, he could not climb out because the snow was too deep and buried his whole body.

Not to mention that the vast majority of ordinary people who are malnourished have basically no activity in such a world of ice and snow.

Every winter, people stay at home, slowly waiting for winter to pass and spring to arrive.

At this time, the fire kang will be used as a top, and also matched with the fire kang is a warehouse for storing firewood.

Except for some people who have coal mines nearby, most people still use firewood to burn their kangs.

Because compared to coal mines, firewood is what I can easily collect in summer and autumn, and it is completely free of charge.

But coal mines need to be purchased by oneself, and this alone widens the gap between the two.

Not to mention, compared to coal, firewood burns relatively longer, which makes people think it is more cost-effective to burn.

Of course, it's different for rich people, because charcoal fires are smaller and more convenient to store.

Therefore, it is more comfortable to use, and even the vast majority of wealthy people do not use the technology of hot kang to keep warm.

For the Maison, it is more about using charcoal fire to boil water and using milder water vapor to warm the room.

It's just that the Coal and Steel Company in Tangshan has just started production. Now it mainly supplies Jie Fei's blast furnace steelmaking industry, which does not supply much to the city. When I want to release this coal to the entire territory of Liu Tai's power, I am afraid it will still be destroyed. For quite some time.

Although there are coal mines in Qingzhou, they are only small mines with high costs and low output.

After these people had a heated kang at home, in order to earn some rations and fuel for the heated kang in the winter, they took on various small tasks from the village chief, such as assembling arrows, weaving cloth, and polishing. Parts and more.

The wind and snow outside can't stop the people's enthusiasm for work, because if they work hard, they can really get rich and change their lives.

Each of these small rooms buried under the heavy snow actually contains the seeds of excitement and prosperity next spring.

While country houses are like this, cities that have established ports along the coast are even more prosperous.

These cities that were born around the Bohai Bay still have no intention of stopping even in the coldest months of winter.

First of all, there are ships still sailing on the sea, transporting materials back and forth.

Naturally, sea water is denser, so sea water is less likely to freeze than land.

But it is more because there are specialized ice sweepers passing through the port to break up the frozen ice, or they use their own boats to create water flow to avoid ice, and do their best to ensure that ships can sail smoothly even in winter.

In fact, the Prosperous Channel itself is the best thawing agent for ice. As long as busy shipping is ensured within a certain period of time, the ice sweepers basically only sweep the ice twice a day. Relatively speaking, such work is cold, but It's not hard.

When we come to the port, there are relatively dedicated snow plows on the ground to clear the snow, and salt is also specially sprinkled on the streets to promote the dissolution of snowflakes, thereby ensuring that the main roads of the port can at least operate smoothly.

Liu Tai inspected the port in Donglai and said to Yang Yu next to him,

"I'm afraid the snowy weather will get colder in the future. You can ask the professionals if they can dig tunnels underground to ensure that part of the transportation can be put underground. Even if it snows in winter, the industry can still carry out normal operations. contacts!"

"I will record it now and report it to Mr. Chu when I return to Guanggu City!" Yang Yu said to Liu Tai.

Liu Tai nodded, and only Chu Hui sat in the center, shouldering all kinds of matters that needed to be handled.

Only then would he have the opportunity to visit various Qingzhou counties.

To be honest, although Zhenlu can handle government affairs himself, his way of handling it is relatively direct. Unlike Chu Hui who is familiar with the rules of this era and handles it more mellowly, so compared to himself, Chu Hui should sit in the center.

As for myself, it is better to observe the public sentiment. Even if there are any government affairs accumulated, it is still too late to deal with them when I return to the Government Affairs Office.

Yang Yu looked at the ferry that never stopped and said, "With the rise of shipping in the Bohai Bay, youzhou Jinkou, Jizhou Leling, and Qingzhou Donglai, it can be said that the entire Bohai Sea has become the most lively place in the north. !”

"Yeah!" Liu Tai nodded when he heard Yang Yu's words. Soon Liu Tai shook his head and said, "It's just a rootless ping!"

"Businessmen have always pursued profits, and their prosperity and decline are also sudden. This is the way of heaven!" Yang Yu said calmly.

When Liu Tai heard Yang Yu's words, he still shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about these businessmen."

As Liu Tai spoke, he saw a two-story wooden house with some dried salted fish hanging from the eaves.

Seeing these dried salted fish, Liu Tai showed a somewhat satisfied smile.

The emergence of these processed fish by-products shows that the fishing industry hidden under commodity trading is also gradually emerging in these coastal cities.

Liu Tai knew that he was not vigorously developing the navigation industry just to make a few small changes.

My real goal is not to reach the level of offshore fishing in this life, but at least to the level of offshore fishing.

Not to mention, before his death, the four major fisheries in China will at least develop the Bohai Rim fisheries and Zhoushan fisheries.All of this requires enough ships, but the ship project cannot be accelerated even if it wants to be.

Needless to say, it would take more than a year to dry the wood in this era alone, which made it difficult to speed up the progress of the ship.

However, after running Qingzhou for so long, Liu Tai has built a complete industrial chain from materials to ships. When necessary, Liu Tai is even ready to transfer the retired fourth-generation ships to ordinary people to make fishing boats.

By then, I think we will be able to gradually allow people to go fishing offshore.

Before that, the first thing Liu Tai had to do was teach the fishermen how to preserve fish meat as long as possible.

What Liu Tai teaches is to cut off the head of the fish, dig out the internal organs, apply salt on it, and then dry it in the sun. This is a relatively simple method.

This piece of fish meat is placed in a conspicuous place in every port, so that these people can come and have a look if they want to verify how long it actually takes for this piece of fish meat to rot.

Then Liu Tai said that anyone who can provide suggestions to slow down the rotting speed of fish meat can come and report to you. As long as you follow the method you mentioned and make the fish meat rottening speed slower, you will be directly rewarded with 100 gold!
For Liu Tai, knowing the technology itself is not important. What is really important is to let the fishing people know how to handle fish meat in order to slow down the decay rate of fish meat.

And the value of 100 gold is enough for the people to remember.

Liu Tai wants people to master the technology of keeping fish fresh as much as possible before fishing offshore.

After all, ancient times were not like modern fishing. The overall efficiency was so high that there was a natural difference.

For ancient people, if they took a fishing boat to go fishing in a place that was too far away, not only was the process difficult, but they also had to know that many fish caught from the sea simply died, so they must master the preservation technology. .

Yes, many fish in the sea will die soon after being caught successfully. Generally, fishing boats simply do not have the ability to keep them alive.

In addition to the fact that the salinity in seawater is different from that on land, many people also ignore the pressure of some deep-sea fish, which is different from the pressure of offshore fish. This often causes them to catch them and die from the pressure. Lose.

Therefore, when fishing on the ocean, how to keep fish safe for a longer period of time is the key to allowing people to go offshore and even go fishing in the ocean in the future.

If the people cannot keep the wealth they catch, it is simply impossible for them to become interested in fishing. Instead of working hard to fish, it would be better to be a businessman.

Liu Tai walked step by step, watching the prosperity of Donglai County's port. It must be said that the local officials here did not slack off after all.

However, coming to Donglai Port was just a matter of convenience for Liu Tai.

The biggest purpose of coming to Donglai is to visit the largest and quietest palace in Donglai, the Royal Palace!

He sent someone to knock on the door, and soon a maid carefully opened the small door and said, "I wonder if this is the Donglai Palace?"

"Uncle Wang Mi's period of filial piety has passed. I'm here to take your lady back to Guanggu City, Xiao Qian!" Liu Tai said to the maid.

"Ah~ Yeah, it's my uncle, my young master, my aunt... I'm going to call the young lady!" At this time, the maid, Queen Qian, didn't expect that Liu Tai would come to pick up their young lady in person, and she was a little surprised for a moment.

Soon the main door of the palace was opened, and Wang Wei, dressed in white, came to greet Liu Tai.

Wang Wei saw Liu Tai and wanted to salute, but Liu Tai supported Wang Wei and said, "Take me to pay homage to my uncle first!"

Wang Wei nodded, Wang Mi was not buried in Linzi, but in the ancestral land of the Wang family in Donglai.

Basically after Wang Mi's death, Liu Tai would come over personally to visit Wang Mi's grave during the Qingming Festival as long as he did not go out to fight.

Even if he went out because of the war, he would at least ask Chu Hui to let officials deliver gifts during the Qingming Festival.

Because if you are in Linzi, it is easy to take care of yourself, but the problem is that in Donglai, it is a bit troublesome to take care of yourself.

It would be a trivial matter if my etiquette was not thorough, causing the people to think that they had forgotten Wang Mi. But if Wang Wei did not have a strong husband's family to support her, she would not be able to support the Donglai Wang family as a woman.

After Liu Tai offered incense to Wang Mi, Liu Tai said to Wang Wei, "It's been a hard work for you to keep your filial piety these past three years."

"The Wang family has no children, so I am lucky to be able to honor my father for three years." Wang Wei shook her head when she heard Liu Tai's words.

"I am here this time to take you back to Guanggu City. We will get married on a suitable day next year!" Liu Tai looked at Wang Wei and said,
"These days, you just pack up and bring whatever you want with you. I'm afraid you don't know how long it will take when you want to go back to the Wang family next time!"

"Well!" Wang Wei heard Liu Tai's words and said, "It's all up to my brother. It's enough for me to bring Qian'er and Qian'er with me."

"Where's your piano? Don't you want to bring it with you?" Liu Tai was a little confused when he heard Wang Wei's words.

"I haven't touched the strings in three years, and my skills are already rusty. If my brother likes it, I can just pick it up again!" Wang Wei said sincerely after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"Nothing, just follow your interest!" Liu Tai shook his head, "If you want to play the piano again in the future, just go back to Guanggu City and I will find a famous expert to teach you. After all, it would be a pity to lose the skills you have mastered so hard! "

"Everything is according to brother's instructions!" Wang Wei replied calmly after hearing Liu Tai's words.

Liu Tai did not stay at Wang Wei's house for too long, and set out the next day to take Wang Wei back to Guanggu City.

Of course, Wang Wei was not sent directly to Liu Tai's mansion. After all, it could not be as simple as Liu Yao accepting a sheep to show his face.

I still need to arrange for Wang Sang to be my natal family member. At the same time, I have to carefully follow the procedures for the princes' wives for half a year, three matchmakers and six appointments. Even if Wang Mi dies, I will always help Wang Wei find his elders. .

Liu Tai arranged for Wang Wei to live in an independent mansion near the library. There would be uniform patrols of soldiers here every hour, and it was one of the most highly guarded places in Guanggu City.

There is no way, because almost all the books in Guanggu City are contained in the library. If anything happens to the library, these patrols will still need to intervene.

Wang Wei did not object to Liu Tai's arrangement, because when Wang Mi died, Wang Wei knew her own destiny, and keeping her filial piety for Wang Mi only pressed the pause button on her own destiny.

Now that Wang Mi's period of filial piety has passed, he just needs to face his fate.

But what Wang Wei didn't expect was that the boy who was praised by his father had now become a prince in charge of three states. Sometimes when he thinks about it, it's really incredible.

(End of this chapter)