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Chapter 791 Change
Zhang Cheng had never imagined that his own brainstorm would have such a huge and far-reaching impact.

However, he naturally couldn't come forward to negotiate with the town commanders and merchants for profit. In the end, he sent the black-faced He Biao to sit in the town, and Wei Zhice and Xu Qingyi assisted him.

The three of them discussed with the general soldiers and various merchants for two days, and finally reached a series of business cooperation agreements.

A giant-level fishing firm was born!
Among them, Zhang Cheng, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, is naturally the largest shareholder, followed by Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, and Zhang Ruoqi, the commander-in-chief.

What's more, Zhang Ruoqi was originally a doctor in the Ministry of War, one of the powerful figures in the central military department of the Ming Dynasty, and he was the direct superior of the generals here.

And with his achievements in supervising the army and aiding the Liao Dynasty, it may not be impossible to be promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of War. It is not impossible for someone who is a few ignorant soldiers to succeed Chen Xinjia in the future as Minister of the Ministry of War.

Therefore, the current generals in Liaodong have no objection to the fact that Hong Chengchou and Zhang Ruoqi, like Zhang Cheng, directly took the big stakes.

Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, several military lords in Liaodong, and the generals in Liaodong at this time also participated in the shares. Although each person's shareholding is slightly different, they are roughly distributed according to their strengths. No objection.

In addition, there are also big businessmen from various business groups in other provinces who have also joined this fishery giant. Wan Daming official army.

But after all, the war in Liaodong cannot go on like this forever. If the war here stops for a while, the dried fish produced there will not have such a big sales volume.

Therefore, the dried fish products produced here must be sold to various places in Daming, so the concerted efforts of merchants from all over the place are indispensable.

As the saying goes, everyone earns money!

For example, Zu Dashou, the Liaodong striker general, is trapped in Jinzhou City at the moment, but everyone still counts him as a share.

After all, in the land of Daming Liaoxi, Zu Dashou's influence should not be underestimated. Even if others were not present, everyone still dare not ignore his existence.

In everyone's agreement, the dried fish produced is collectively called "general fish".

In addition, the unique logo of the Xuanbei Merchant Gang should be uniformly used on the outer packaging of the dried fish. This is the only point where everyone has no dispute, and everyone agrees with one voice!

Xuanbei, especially the unique imprint of Yunzhou Workshop, and the special texture pattern logos on Yunzhou cigarettes and other products, at this time in the northern region of the Ming Dynasty, Xuanbei and Yunzhou have become the endorsement of quality.

Just like many commodities such as cigarettes, glass, and fine salt produced in Yunzhou, they are well-known in Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, and even in Gyeonggi, Shandong, and Henan.

It seems that the goods produced here are synonymous with fine and exquisite products!
With the Yunzhou brand and other products produced in Xuanfu, the sales channels have been gradually expanded, and it is not impossible to become famous throughout the Ming Empire in the future.

Putting the brand of Xuanbei place on it, it seems that the product will be of a higher grade, the quality will be guaranteed, and it will be easier to be trusted by buyers.

This point is like some products of later generations, which are obviously produced in China, but they have to add a joint venture name or pretend to be a fake foreign name in order to be easy to sell.

Zhang Cheng is naturally happy to see the success of all these things caused by dried fish.

Because he knows that no matter in any era, there are only two ways to unite people's hearts. One is personal worship and thought control. But so far, it is only in Xuanbei that he can Barely counted as having supreme authority.

But in Xuanfu Town, he hasn't really fully established his prestige. Just take the newly returned General Guo Yingxian, Guerrilla He Zhenxiong, Kuang Yongzhong, and Du Sitang Xian as examples.

They are just more inclined to accept Zhang Cheng's command, not because they really belong to Zhang Cheng. After all, the treatment of the Xuanbei Army is unmatched by other towns. Get closer.

And the second way to unite people's hearts is gold and silver goods!

This is an effective method in any era, and it is simpler and easier to implement.

Just like this fishery firm, only the business of producing and selling "general fish" has tied together all the officials and generals in Liaodong, forming a new community of interests.

Perhaps many of them have not realized that in this emerging community of interests, who is the most powerful speaker?
Zhang Cheng didn't care about a lot this time, he gave a lot of profits, so the final result is naturally a happy one.

Although Hong Chengchou did not come forward, he is the governor of Jiliao. At this moment, all the officials and generals in Liaodong naturally respect him. Xie Sixin was doing it in secret.

Although the dried fish business seems to be very profitable now and can be maintained in the future, in Zhang Cheng's eyes, it is not very serious.

He is now the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, and what he urgently needs now is to fight the tough battle under Jinzhou City, return to Xuanfu Town as soon as possible, and first rectify all forces on his own territory.

Only in this way can he be more than capable in all kinds of battles in the future, so he doesn't want to make extra troubles now, and let out more profits today, so as to form a good relationship with the generals.

In the future, it will be easier and cheaper to rectify the various forces in Xuanfu Town, at least they will not come against him.

As for the lost profits, they can earn them back later when they cooperate with the generals of the towns to open workshops. Anyway, they don't lack ways to make money.

What's more, in another year or so, some military supplies such as firecrackers, artillery, and sub-drugs produced by Yunzhou Workshop can also be sold to today's generals who have made money. The money that I have received will not be transferred into my own hands.

There are also various merchants gathered in Songjin. The Xuanbei Merchant Gang has cooperated with them today, and in the future, they can also use their business routes to sell their products to wealthy places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

There are also many merchants from Tianjin, Shandong, Shanhaiguan, and even local sea merchants in western Liaoning.

The formation of a commercial alliance between the Xuanbei Merchant Gang and them will help expand the territory and power of the Xuanbei Merchant Gang. After all, in the area north of the Yellow River, Zhang Cheng has already laid out for many years, and hiding his network strength is no small matter.

And by cooperating with major local merchants, you can hide yourself well, and use their strength to better collect information and store supplies.

The "General Fish" dried fish will become a model for Zhang Cheng to cooperate with the generals, and perhaps even become a means for him to control the generals in the future!
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After the official establishment of the "General Fish" dried fish business, the fishermen in the western Liaoning area immediately became popular. They had only sold their labor before, but they turned into professional fishermen, earning money every day they worked.

In addition, there are also sailors of the Longwu Navy docked on Juehua Island. They were tempted by the huge profits of the dried fish business, and they rushed to join the fishing army.

This Longwu navy is the collective name of the five water battalions created by Sun Chengzong, the governor of Jiliao back then.

However, during the Ningyuan War that year, Wu Nage led the Houjin Cavalry to capture Juehua Island in one fell swoop, and all the water camps were destroyed. Although it was rebuilt afterwards, it was hard to regain its original prosperity.

Apart from transporting food, fodder and supplies for the army, they had no other role. Fortunately, the Qing Dynasty navy was not strong at this time, so they could continue to exist in the sea of ​​Liaodong.

At this time, the navy officers and soldiers went fishing in the sea, which finally added another layer of meaning to their existence.

In addition to the local fishermen and the officers and soldiers of the Longwu Navy, there are also many local military households who are familiar with water, and they are also scrambling to go fishing in the sea. For a while, the sea in the Liaoxi Corridor is really dry sailing, and it is very lively.

Especially at this time, it is the peak fishing season, and in just a few days, a large number of various types of marine fish have been caught ashore.

In the various temporary workshops, large and small pots are erected, and the scaled and dirty sea fish are put into the big pot and boiled until they are smashed. Dried fish that can be stored for a long time is produced.

Of course, these are still the lowest-grade dried fish, and they are only used as dried fish products that can be produced quickly, and are supplied to ordinary soldiers in each battalion.

Most of the generals and soldiers of the Xuanfu Army eat fish porcelain jars, and the ordinary dried fish products are only used as supplements when the supply of fish porcelain jars is insufficient.

The so-called "fish porcelain pot" is to cut fresh sea fish into pieces, and after being cooked, add appropriate amount of soy sauce, sugar, koji wine, oyster sauce and other seasonings.

It is best to add some fresh vegetables or dried vegetables in an appropriate amount to supplement the nutrients needed by the human body, and then seal them. The fish porcelain jars made in this way are not only delicious, but also can be stored for several months.

This kind of fish porcelain jar is mainly produced by the newly established workshop of the Xuanbei Merchant Gang near Songshan Castle.

The finished products produced by it will be sold to the generals of the Liaodong armies in addition to being eaten by the soldiers of the Xuanfu Army. If there is any surplus, they will be sold to various parts of Daming to supply the needs of local wealthy households.

Because making fish porcelain jars requires a lot of ceramic jars.

At the beginning, meat porcelain jars could be vacated after use, cleaned and dried, and used to make fish porcelain jars.

As a result, a number of pottery workshops had to be opened in suitable locations around Gaoqiao and Xingshan in Liaodong. Because of the development of the fishery industry, the ceramic trade in Liaodong was even promoted, which was unexpected by everyone.

Moreover, the simple version of "General Fish" dried fish is very popular among the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the Songxing area because of its high quality and low price.

There are too many orders for dried fish to be supplied here, and a lot of manpower is required in each production process, so in addition to coastal fishermen, there are also many Liaodong military households, and even grain transporters, who have joined in dried fish Here comes the work of making.

The people who have experienced wars and chaos for years have also learned to be thieves and thieves at this time.

They work in the dried fish workshop here, but they only need food to pay for their wages, not money.

Moreover, they also said that if they could not pay for food as wages, then the worst case would be to use the same amount of dried fish as wages to pay them.

Today's dried general fish has quickly become a substitute for meat in the eyes of many Liaodong soldiers and civilians, and has become the second largest staple food after grain.

In fact, for many low-level soldiers, as long as they can often eat meat, they are satisfied, and they don't have too many other requirements.

Zhang Chengfang led a group of personal guards to follow closely. Zhang Cheng, the commander Zhang Ruoqi, and the two general soldiers Wang Pu and Chen Jiugao walked slowly along the Niangniang Palace area, all the way to the southeast coastline.

People along the way are all in a hurry, and the surrounding area is also a busy scene. From time to time, columns of smoke can be seen rising into the sky, as if the war in Jinzhou has nothing to do with it.

The vast sea is boundless, the waves are surging, and even the air is filled with a strong smell of sea oysters.

Although there is still a Qing army stationed on Huangtu Ridge, a part of Wang Pu's Datong Army and most of Zhang Cheng's Xuanfu Army are stationed below Huangtu Ridge. There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed there.

The camps they set up were connected and spread all the way to the mouth of Xiaoling River, which effectively blocked the penetration of Qingqi to this side, so that they could only watch from a distance, but could not go close to explore the reality.

Therefore, from the Niangnianggong Dried Fish Market all the way to the southeast, until the seaside area of ​​Xiaoling River Estuary, there are densely packed fish drying farms and processing workshops, and the busy people are like ants.

All kinds of chants for starting work continued like a wave, and it was very lively. If someone who didn't know the details came here, it would be impossible to connect this place with the ongoing Songjin battle.

On the sea in the distance, countless sails, like flying seagulls, are swiftly passing through the waves. They unload the sea goods like hills from various piers, and the busy scenery is eye-catching.

Maybe it's because I've seen a lot of the sea these days, and I'm already getting used to it. The fear of being small and insignificant when I first saw the vastness of the sea has eased a lot.

Wei Zhice and others followed behind Zhang Cheng, and they were no longer filled with awe as they were when they saw the sea for the first time. However, when they saw the busy scene along the way and the magnificent scene of thousands of sails racing in the sea, everyone was still amazed. I am deeply moved.

Wei Zhice said with great admiration: "The commander-in-chief is really unpredictable. Not only did we admire him for leading the army to fight, but he also excelled in the preparation of ordnance.

How could I have thought that the method of preparing dried fish mentioned this time, not only saved countless lives of Liao people, but also solved the problem of rations and meat for my tens of thousands of troops. Buddha! "

All the generals in Xuanfu town beside him laughed, and Zhang Guodong also laughed beside him and said: "Scholar is really amazing, although you speak of your own feelings, but you speak of our heart."

Everyone else laughed softly, and Zhang Guangda's eyes became more determined. Among these people, only he and Lin Fangping were the first to follow Zhang Cheng.

In front of them, Zhang Cheng stood upright on a rock, Zhang Ruoqi, the commander of the army, on his left, and Chen Jiugao and Wang Pu on his right.

Zhang Cheng seemed to be the center of everyone's focus!

Looking at the sea in front of him, he felt refreshed, and couldn't help but said, "I, Zhang Cheng, have been most proud of changing the fate of many people since I came to Daming."

(End of this chapter)