Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 106
Xingji, the salt transport envoy of the two Huaidu capitals, personally escorted three salt transport ships to the west of Dinghai City. Seeing the busy scene in the shipyard area here, he still felt that it was not real.

It was only a month or two ago, and Xing Ji remembered it very clearly. At that time, he came from Mingzhou. There were barren slopes, forests, or farmland on both sides of the bank. He never imagined that the changes would be so fast and so big.

Officials came to pick him up, and took Xing Ji to an area a little farther from the shore, which was regarded as a net-weaving workshop.

Compared with the work in the shipyard area, most of them are young and strong. There are men, women and children here, all busy making fishing nets.

Moreover, it can be seen that the fishing nets being weaved are all very large, some of which are two feet wide. Xing Ji still has some knowledge, knowing that this is the kind of large pair of nets that can only be used by ships with more than [-] materials.

The boat could not be dragged at all.

When they came to a tent, the officials reported Xing Ji's name, and the guards checked carefully before letting him in, while Xing Ji's two attendants were blocked from the tent.

Xing Ji has no complaints about this.

In the assassination a few days ago, Xing Ji was also affected. He was in Mingzhou. Inexplicably, one month's salary was deducted.

Therefore, everyone understood that His Majesty the Emperor was reminding everyone in Mingzhou that if something went wrong with a certain young sea envoy, none of the officials, big or small, would be able to escape.

You all give me some leisure.

After this incident, the guards around Zhu Yuan were strengthened a lot. At the same time, all the officials in Mingzhou also had a deeper understanding of why the captain of the navy was like a subordinate by the side of a certain young boy.

This is really a little ancestor.

Zhu Yuan is discussing the hemp material with Yao Feng.

This is a problem that has been troubling here since Yinghai Division opened.

Several times in a row, Mingzhou obtained a total of 8.2 catties of linen and more than 1.7 pieces of linen from the coastal states and counties and the Yangtze River Basin.

That's not much.

Five years ago, the court of the Western Wu Dynasty issued a decree on taxation of mulberry and hemp.At that time, farmers were required to plant one mu of mulberry and kapok for every ten mu of land, and for those with more fields, and so on, the tax was collected according to the rules of [-] taels per mu for hemp, [-] taels per mu for cotton, and cash collection for mulberry fields.

Those who do not plant will be punished with cloth.

Among them, kapok was the later cotton, and the planting area was still very small in this era.

The main thing is still hemp.

Last year, only related to hemp, the court confiscated a total of 67 catties of hemp material and 13 pieces of finished linen.

Therefore, it can be seen that in Mingzhou alone, Zhu Yuan has already obtained more than 10% of the hemp material collected by the imperial court throughout the year.

That's not much.

After all, the current army is the big consumer of hemp, not to mention other things, it is just a linen bag for grain, and it costs hundreds of thousands at every turn.However, compared to the needs of Mingzhou, this is far from enough.

Let's talk about the fishing that is being prepared.

Zhu Yuan’s plan is mainly to fish with double nets, among which only the five-foot-long and one-foot-wide paired nets are made for fishing boats with two to three hundred materials. According to the standards formulated after discussions with craftsmen and fishermen recently, each net needs 100 catties of hemp material , and double the size is suitable for large-scale pairing nets for ships with more than [-] materials, and the materials used must also be doubled.

Wu Zhen and Zhang Cundao successively brought more than 500 large ships that were either less than 500 materials or too old to go to sea. According to recent statistics, there are 107 ships from Wu Zhen's department, of which 500 ships are less than 92 materials and 500 are larger than 15 materials. , 219 ships from Zhang Cun Dao Department, of which 500 ships were within 192 materials, and 500 ships were more than 27 materials.

A total of as many as 326 ships.

Moreover, even if it is a boat of less than 500 feed, since it was requisitioned at the beginning, it is definitely not a small fishing boat of two or three feet like ordinary fishermen. It is also six feet long, which is also the kind that ordinary fishermen can't afford in their lifetime.

What's more, the recently incorporated Mingzhou fishermen also have more than 800 fishing boats of various types, almost none of which exceed a hundred, and the length is generally within three feet.However, although it is small, it is better than the large number. Taken together, it is also a productivity that cannot be underestimated.

Now that it has been incorporated into the Mingzhou Ocean Development Group, the public will also need to provide it in the future, whether it is the maintenance of ships or the tools needed for fishing.

Roughly calculated, based on 150 large paired nets plus 500 sets of various small fishing nets, hemp materials are required, at least 3 catties.This does not even take into account the consumption of fishing nets during fishing. In fact, plant fiber fishing nets are very undurable in this era, and consumption is the bulk.

At present, everything is just to deal with the large yellow croaker flood this time.

In addition, the first priority of the Yinghai Division is to transport food.The 8.2 jin of hemp material obtained before was used for the most critical shipbuilding and other aspects, and the balance was less than 1 jin.

In addition, there is a difference of [-] catties.

Matter!
Recently, we have been continuously promoting and increasing the planting of various hemp materials, and even thought of Shandong, but these are distant waters and cannot quench our thirst.

inside the tent.

The result of the discussion is actually very simple, the acquisition.

In fact, there is no second way.

The folks must have reserves of hemp materials. Moreover, many plant fiber materials are wild in this era. As long as the government can afford the money, it is no problem to pick them now.

After roughly finalizing the plan, Zhu Yuan, who stood in front of the book case with Yao Feng and others for a long time, looked up and saw Xing Ji.

Quickly salute.

Xing Ji has been waiting for a while, but he is not unhappy. If he can, he doesn't mind waiting a little longer to show his sincerity in front of this young adult. During this time, Xing Ji has been secretly regretting one thing, It was just that when the young man came to Mingzhou, he didn't greet him immediately.

Although, the other party did not show up at the first time.However, Xing Ji was always worried that the young man would know about it.

After the two parties met, Xing Ji said: "My lord, I have brought 200 salts here this time. I don't know if it is enough. If it is not enough, can I adjust some more?"

"That's enough," Zhu Yuan said, signaling outwards, "Let's go and have a look."

The first batch of fishing boats will set off tomorrow. There will be 100 large-scale boats and 200 fishing boats. They plan to go to the South Yushan Islands area of ​​Xiangshan.

Why didn't all the staff go out?

Because there is no internet!

The annual large yellow croaker flood from south to north has already taken shape there.

The Yushan Islands are 200 miles away from Dinghai by sea. In the past, fishermen near Dinghai and Changguo would not have traveled that far, it was too dangerous.However, now that the Mingzhou Ocean Development Group is established, since there is an imperial organization, the first thing to break through is the traditional geographical restrictions.

Furthermore, sea fishing, in order to ensure the continuity of production activities, cannot go ashore at any time. Therefore, the fish must be processed at the same time during the fishing process. After all, the weather is warm now, and fresh fish are piled up in the cabin, and they will die and deteriorate in a short time. It's not too slow either.

The sea treatment method is, of course, a word, marinated.

As for the baking, after the production target is achieved, it will be close to the coast of Xiangshan. The Yinghai Division has already arranged for it, and will build a drying kiln there for secondary treatment.

Therefore, Zhu Yuan greeted Xing Ji in advance and asked to send 200 salts today, which is 8 catties. He planned to bring 2 salts on the road with each large ship, which was 800 catties. This was also actuarially calculated.

Zhu Yuan hopes that each big boat can bring back an average of 8000 catties of fish in the future.

Ten to one ratio of salt to salt.

Eight thousand catties, in fact, is not much. According to the 100 catties of fish set by Zhu Yuan, it is only 80 catties.

This time, there are 100 large ships with a total task of 8000 loads, which is equivalent to 80 catties.

It's just an experiment after all.

However, then again, in the most mature large yellow croaker season in this era, the official organization of sea fishing under various logistical support generally has more than two to three hundred boats, and even ordinary fishermen's boats are not counted. If 100 large ships cannot bring back an average harvest of 80 loads per ship, then there is no need to worry about the follow-up.

(End of this chapter)