Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 285 Winter Catch Results

Sitting in the dining room in the morning, I started to think. It was another busy day. It had been arranged before that today I would go to the palace to discuss the official plan of the first "three-year plan" from the second year of Hongwu to the fourth year of Hongwu.In addition, when he just woke up, Xieyi came in to talk about it, and the palace sent a copy of Ying Haisi's report.

About this year's winter catch.

The winter fishing in Zhoushan Fishing Ground in the first year of Hongwu began on the 81th of September and officially ended on the [-]th of the previous twelfth lunar month, and lasted exactly [-] days.

In two months and 83 days, Mingzhou Yinghai Division caught a total of 8300 tons of fish, that is, 1 million catties, with an average of about 50 stones per day, far exceeding the original target of about [-] tons.However, it was also expected.

After all, enough preparations have been made in advance, and there is experience accumulated in last year's summer fish season.

Furthermore, this is the first time in the history of the Zhoushan Fishing Ground that large-scale winter hairtail fishing has been organized in a large scale. In the [-]s, it belonged to a relatively remote offshore area.

The result of the first time was that the fish catch was unimaginably abundant, and more than one king hairtail with a length of more than three feet came out of the water in recent months.

If it weren't for Zhu Yuan's repeated exhortations, asking for restraint, asking for sustainability, and not being able to exhaust the fish, in fact, it would be easy to achieve the goal of 100 million tons.

In short, the fishing season harvested 83 tons, and it happened to be this time before the New Year's Day when the news was sent, and the Mingzhou Yinghai Division was asking for credit.

According to the news that Zhu Yuan heard, in the early morning, Lao Zhu once again looked very happy, and this person doesn't care about the many happy events recently.

Of course, the more the better.

Therefore, while once again announcing the rewards for the Mingzhou Yinghai Division, it also once again requested that the good news of this winter capture be announced to the world through the "Da Ming Monthly".

It also indirectly shows that Lao Zhu gradually realized the importance of "Da Ming Monthly".

Let's just say that the three major events that have been confirmed this month, 'Penicillin', 'Mingzhou Winter Catch' and 'Ping Mi Ming Xia', each are enough to arouse widespread discussion among the world, and quite clearly show that the newly born The great strength and vitality of the Ming Dynasty further stabilized the northern and southern regions that had just been conquered or subordinated this year.

Inside the dining room.

Zhu Yuan was thinking about this, while drinking a bowl of eight-treasure porridge, he accidentally raised his head and saw Wu Sanniang hanging her head diagonally opposite, and the girls beside her had strange expressions, and couldn't help but smile and drank three spoonfuls with a spoon, then said : "That's all, it's just a few sips, don't you need to do this?"

Everyone:"……"

Wu Sanniang covered her face, feeling her body was about to go limp.

Because I remembered.

grown ups……

Woke up this morning... just like that.

At that moment, he actually said in front of so many girls, whether he should run or not.

The atmosphere here is awkward, there is a voice, Zhu Yuan looks over, it is a tall parasol tree.The girl is still wearing a timeless outfit, with a brown leather jacket on her upper body, loose washed blue jeans on her lower body, and short boots. Her long brown hair is still loose.

Behind Wutong, there is Nuan Niang in a cloak and hood, looking dodgy.

After getting the permission from the house, Wutong entered the door, looked at the delicious food on the table unconsciously, then forcibly took it back, came to Zhu Yuan's side to bow down, and took Zhu Yuan's small hand to stick a sticker on his cheek, said jerky : "I want... to go out, come and say goodbye to... Daddy."

Zhu Yuan smiled and rubbed the girl's big head: "Good boy, who taught you?"

Wutong shook his head: "Wutong saw it, this is... a gift."

"Actually, you're not stupid," Zhu Yuan said, and looked at Wu Tong's clothes again: "Is it cold?"

Indus shook his head: "No."

The former hometown was much colder than here, and she survived.

Zhu Yuan thought for a while and said, "You are a bearded woman, so it's fine to dress like this, but don't be too ostentatious, and wear a cloak when you go out."

Indus didn't quite understand this time.

Loulan, who happened to be still there, took the initiative to mutter a few words, and Wutong nodded: "Listen...Father."

Zhu Yuan looked at the dining table and pointed to a stack of pancakes: "Wrap this for her and take it with you on the way..." He said jokingly and motioned to his side: "You are not allowed to eat indiscriminately outside."

Wutong nodded again and again, looking very happy, and didn't know how much he understood.

Zhu Yuan himself got up late, knowing that Nuan Niang might be in a hurry to go to class, so he didn't stay any longer, and asked someone to wrap a stack of pancakes for Wu Tong to take, and sent them away.

When Wutong and Nuanniang left, the weird little atmosphere just now was gone, and Xieyi continued to serve her adults for dinner, while turning to another matter: "My lord, find Wutong... a martial artist, what exactly do you want?"

"Women, martial arts, horseback riding, archery... three things are enough," Zhu Yuan said, and motioned to the sack girl beside him: "At that time, Xiaoyu can also learn a little bit."

Freehand agreed.

Luo Shui said softly at this time: "My lord, I heard that you practice martial arts since you were young, the sycamore trees have grown up, and the fish have grown up. I'm afraid you can't learn it well?"

"Learning a little bit is a little bit," Zhu Yuan said, "I don't ask them to become martial arts masters."

Just a temporary thought.

Outside the mansion, the Arch Guard Division is in charge of security, so there must be no problem.

In the inner house...it was neglected in the past.

It's not enough to just have a sack girl around.

After thinking about it, he ordered Xieyi: "Find a few more, I mean, girls who know martial arts, there should be such people around you."

After breakfast like this, a quarter of the time had passed, and it was more than nine o'clock, and it was still the meeting that was in progress. Zhu Yuan made some preparations and was about to go out.

Xie Yi followed, obviously hesitant before her lord got into the sedan chair, but she still asked in a low voice: "My lord, Sanniang...do you want to mention the monthly payment?"

This morning I went to help the adults get up, and Xieyi also saw that Wu Sanniang... such as her neck... was exactly the same as Qingniang that day.

Zhu Yuan saw that Xie Yi was cautious and depressed, stepped forward to hold Nizi's face, kissed her, and said: "I just can't help it... I just tasted it, and you can do whatever you think the rules are."

rule?

That's it.

Of course, Xieyi knows the rules, the masters in the big family often do this, and the maids and servants can't always lift up their aunts.Not to mention your lord's royal status.

So he said, "I know."

Only then did Zhu Yuan get into the sedan chair.

As usual... the sack girl is already waiting inside.

Lifting the sedan chair, Zhu Yuan pinched Lin Xiaoyu's chin by his feet, and he took out the copy of the memorial that he had just flipped through from the briefcase that he was more and more used to carrying with him, and read it in detail.

In addition to the total number of 81 tons of fish harvested in 83 days, there are many detailed data in the report.

This winter, a total of 83 tans of fish were caught, of which, according to the arrangement of the court, 30 tans were transported north or west as military supplies through inland water transport.

Among them, 20 dan were sent to Dadu and 10 dan were sent to Shu.

Furthermore, according to the sales plan that Zhu Yuan made before he left, Yinghai Division has been shipping and selling the processed fish to cities such as Hangzhou, Yangzhou, and Jinling in recent months.

The sales situation was much better than what Zhu Yuan expected earlier.

In the same two months, Yinghai Division sold a total of 36 tons of fish catches, of which 13 tons were distributed to local merchants for resale.The other 23 tons were arranged for Yinghai’s own sales team to retail in ports and fish markets in various cities.

Among them, wholesale distribution, that is, each purchase of more than 10 dan, the Yinghai Division only gave the merchant a 18% discount, and the supply was [-] Wen per catty.

Their own retail is 20 Wen per catty set by Zhu Yuan.

Taken together, during this winter fishing, Yinghai Division earned a total of 69 guan through the sale of fish.Roughly speaking, this figure is equivalent to half of Daming's current salt tax revenue.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuan understood why Yuhuo's sales went so smoothly after a little thought.

Simple is two words.

Cheap!

Let’s just say that the current price of grain in Jinling City has always been about five yuan a stone, and one stone is about 150 catties. That is to say, the price of grain in the capital has reached 10 yuan a catty.

Although the fish caught by Yinghai Division is not fresh fish, it is still very cost-effective at 20 renminbi a catty.

because……

There is also salt in it.

I have considered this problem at the beginning. The ratio of fish salt to fish is about 1 to 2, which is not so accurate, because the weight of fish meat will shrink during the process of pickling and baking, so the calculation is that [-] catties is processed. The fish is caught, about [-] taels of salt.

In this era, 1 catty is 16 taels.

After careful calculation, the current official salt price is 30 Wen a catty, and 2 taels of salt, the price is already 6 Wen, that is to say, 20 Wen is not only equivalent to getting nearly a catty of fish for 14 Wen, but also I got salt worth 6 Wen.

The price of fish meat has dropped to 14 Wen, which is not much different from the price of grain.

The problem is that even if they don't know the calories and nutrition of food, the common people can understand that fish is more filling than rice with the same weight.

So, one more question.

In two months and two days, 8300 million catties of fish were caught. How much did the Mingzhou Yinghai Division cost?
It is also mentioned in the report.

The current Mingzhou Yinghai Division... To be precise, the fishermen who control a total of seven prefectures from the north to the Songjiang River to Wenzhou. According to the registration carried out before Zhu Yuan returned, there are a total of 4.6 households, with a population over 8 years old. 15.3 people.

Among them, 3.2 households with a total of 8 people over the age of 11.9 are in Mingzhou.

Moreover, this was the result of allocating some experienced fishermen to support each battalion sea division at the request of Wu Liang, deputy envoy of the Guangzhou Yinghai Division.

A total of 15.3 people went out to sea to fish this time, more than 1300 fishing boats were dispatched, and the labor force that went to sea was actually less than 5 people.

Of course, everyone who doesn't go to sea actually has credit.

From shipbuilding to net weaving to pickling and baking, and even subsequent sales, every link is indispensable.

On average, it is equivalent to creating 5.4 tons of fish production value per person in less than three months, which is unimaginable on the current land.

At the end of the report, Mingzhou also mentioned the production target for the next year: 300 million tons.

Three fishing seasons in spring, summer and winter, with 100 million tons per season.

This is the upper limit of sea fishing production value set by Zhu Yuan earlier for the entire Daming coastal area next year. Now, only the Mingzhou Yinghai Division is enough to support it.

Zhu Yuan also knew that this figure was actually quite conservative.

Mingzhou should also understand that at the moment, given a not so high number, and exceeding the task again next year, it will be another achievement.

Coupled with the gradual expansion of other coastal areas from Shandong to Guangdong, Zhu Yuan's previous 10-year fishing target of 2000 million tons can be achieved. Perhaps, if it is more aggressive, it will only take half the time to complete the plan.

2000 million tons, equivalent to 20 billion catties, according to the brand-new ratio of 1000 catties equal to 1 ton determined by Zhu Yuan before, is 200 million tons.

The annual output of 200 million tons is actually far lower than the fishery potential of at least [-] million tons along the coast of China.

However, in the past, it should have been added to the statistical results of fishing in the far sea. Now, it is not easy to go fishing in the far sea, and it can only be fished in the near sea, so you can't be too aggressive.

Reaching an annual output of 2000 million tons is equivalent to contributing an additional grain tax revenue to Daming, so Zhu Yuan intends to limit it.

So as not to exhaust the water and fish.

Thinking about it this way, the sedan chair has already stopped in front of the East Pavilion on the left of Fengtian Gate in the imperial city.

Zhu Yuan stepped out of the sedan chair, and just happened to meet Yang Xian, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who came from the Meridian Gate. Seeing Zhu Yuan, Yang Xian stepped forward with a smile, and saluted: "I have seen Pingzhang, but Pingzhang has seen it." Mingzhou Zoubao?"

Zhu Yuan nodded: "Just finished watching."

"In less than three months, 83 tons of fish were caught, and the sea is really rich." Yang Xian said with emotion, and then turned to Zhu Yuan: "Speaking of it, this is also the credit of Pingzhang. If there is no Pingzhang's proposal to open up Haiyang, we can get such a good job in Daming."

Zhu Yuan said modestly: "Ideas are actually the least valuable. The key is Mingzhou. Well done everyone."

"Pingzhang is too modest."

After saying a few words, seeing Li Shanchang also coming from the direction of the Meridian Gate, no matter what he thought in his heart, he still greeted him on the surface.

After saying a few words, Li Shanchang went to the meeting room first, Yang Xian paused, and before parting from Zhu Yuan, he seemed unintentional and said: "Yinghai Division is so eye-catching, I'm afraid that Hebo Division will be mentioned again."

He Bosi?
If Yang Xian doesn't mention it, Zhu Yuan will forget about it.

As Lao Zhu said before, Zhu Yuan vetoed it.Because of this, he added a nickname to himself: Zhu Duancai.

Cut off people's wealth.

Before Zhu Yuan could answer, Yang Xian had already bowed his hands and walked towards the meeting room.

Zhu Yuan and Kang Maocai, the minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and field envoy who also came over, greeted him again. There was still a little time before Sizheng, so he turned to Lao Zhu's study in the East Pavilion.

As soon as he entered the door, Lao Zhu, who was lowering his head to review the memorial, said, "Mingzhou Memorial, but have you read it?"

After saluting, Zhu Yuan took the initiative to pull his special chair and sat down, and said, "I've seen it, what does your ancestor think?"

"You said earlier... that it takes 10 years to achieve the goal of 2000 million tan fish harvests and create another big Ming tax. I still can't believe it completely," Lao Zhu shook his head: "I didn't think about it, but next year, Jiangsu and Zhejiang In one place, there can be 300 million dan. I can see that this is still conservative. If Shandong, Fujian and Guangdong are added, 500 million dan will be conservative next year. In this way, 2000 million tons, how can it take 10 years."

Zhu Yuan said with a smile: "Yuan'er just thought that five years would be enough, but things should not be rushed. Earlier, I said in a letter with my ancestors that the sea is a field, and my ancestors have seen how rich it is. Yes, but the field of the sea is also fragile. We must take care of it very carefully so as not to damage the continuous output of this field, so that our children and grandchildren can continue to enjoy this field for thousands of years in the future. The output of a field, instead of being fished up in one or two generations, turning the sea into a desert, leaving nothing.”

Listening to what Zhu Yuan said, Lao Zhu put away his joyful expression, nodded seriously, and then laughed again: "You child...you are old...but...too old."

"Ancestor, you know me," Zhu Yuan also laughed, "I just look at Xiao."

Old Zhu hummed, remembered one, and said again: "I also ordered to give meritorious service to the Mingzhou Yinghai Division this morning. This time... still without you, how do you think?"

"Ancestor, I'm from my own family, so I don't need to talk about it all the time." Zhu Yuan said, "Besides, after living two lifetimes, what I have shown in front of my ancestors is true. Yuan'er enjoys her daily life a little bit, But, if you say more, I really don’t care, I just hope that this life will be safe and secure, and not wasted, that’s enough.”

Lao Zhu nodded his head lightly, and suddenly felt inexplicable: "Back then...if I were like you...well...let's not talk about these old things."

Old Zhu was clueless, but Zhu Yuan understood.

This is thinking of Zhu Wenzheng again.

At that time, Zhu Wenzheng kept saying that he was not in a hurry, and when his uncle became a great career, how could his achievements be missing.But... After Chen Youliang was eliminated, Lao Zhu went to all the ministers last time and temporarily skipped his nephew, Zhu Wenzheng was out of balance.

Many people's feelings about this period of history are that Lao Zhu deliberately got rid of his nephew, but... Zhu Yuan still insists on his attitude.

After Chen Youliang's fall, he learned that his nephew who was still stationed in Hongdu was doing all kinds of mischief because he didn't get rewards, and even had a heart of misconduct. Lao Zhu's reaction was to leave Jinling and go all the way to the city of Hongdu to question his nephew. Son 'what do you want to do'.

If it was a black-bellied superior who wanted to get rid of his nephew wholeheartedly, why would he need to do so extravagantly.

With conclusive evidence, they sent someone to arrest Zhu Wenzheng, and deposed him from prison, which was a snap.

As for Lao Zhu, he didn't give a reward.

On the one hand, I really remembered what my nephew said. On the other hand, at that time, Zhu Wenzheng was already a first-rank governor, and Lao Zhu was only a first-rank king of Wu. How can I reward him?
Could it be that...a prince, and another prince?
Moreover, after the founding of the country, Lao Zhu did not feel sorry for his nephew. In the Ming Dynasty, the Jingjiang line was clearly the king of the county, but they all enjoyed the treatment of a prince.

It's like making both other nieces princesses.

For his family, Lao Zhu subconsciously gave more.

Therefore, for Zhu Wenzheng, if it was an inhuman conspiracy without any family affection, with Lao Zhu's temperament, he would not give so much.Since he gave it, it wasn't that Lao Zhu felt ashamed from guessing from another angle, but it was an expression of inner calm.

Just like what Lao Zhu said to his grandnephew who was afraid after learning that his father was deposed, the general idea is: Don’t be afraid, although your father is a bastard, it does not affect you. When you grow up, your uncle will still give you a knighthood of.

If other black-bellied emperors had mentioned it, they would probably have forgotten it.Before he knew it, a certain grandnephew might have disappeared from everyone's sight.

This is commonplace.

Lao Zhu did what he said, and he gave more than normal.

Ok.

Is it overturned again?
In fact, with regard to history, if one can put aside the inherent concepts that have been instilled unconsciously since childhood, and carefully analyze and think through various details, everyone can discover more subversions.

probably...

Oh.

It turns out that this person... seems, maybe, should... not be what he imagined before.

Then.

Why did it become like that?
This... is another interesting thing worth pondering over.

As for whether the historical records are false?

A general overview of a historical figure, such as Lao Zhu, various records, records, biographies, unofficial histories, etc., can basically clearly outline the life experience and character outline of the other party.

As for the parts that seem incompatible with the subject's impression, it is likely to be fake.

For example, in "Taizu Shilu" there are always occasional inexplicable praises for King Yan, and even Lao Zhu shouted "King Yan is coming" when he was dying, which feels very distorted.Lao Zhu's attitude towards passing on the throne to his grandson in his last years was very clear, so he did not hesitate to bear some infamy to help pave the way for his grandson.

In the study of the East Pavilion.

The grandparents and grandchildren sighed and the other lost their minds. They were silent for a short time and recovered quickly.

Old Zhu first turned to the business: "This time, Liu Lian, Fang Li and Yao Feng in Mingzhou can all be promoted to a higher level. Besides, the camp envoy can't always be vacant. Yuan'er, for the three of them , what do you think?"

Liu Lian, Fang Li, and Yao Feng are now the fourth-rank Ying Hai Si Qian Shi, and if they are promoted to another level, they will be Ying Hai Deputy Envoys alongside Wu Liang, Hu Weiyong, and He Huai.

As for the battalion envoys who went up to the next level, the three of them were even worse.

Liu Lian is too straight.

Fang Li... also needs to limit it. After all, the Fang family was entrenched in Zhejiang before. Zhu Yuan's attitude towards similar matters is that it is best not to give people the opportunity to make mistakes.

As for Yao Feng, he is competent in engineering and other aspects, but he is not good at managing the overall situation.

Zhu Yuan was even more dissatisfied with the lack of experience in the other sub-divisions of the Yinghai Branch.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuan also stated his own thoughts bluntly, and finally said: "My ancestors, why don't the three deputy envoys of Yinghai stand side by side for a year, and then look, it just so happens that the Zhoushan fishing ground off the coast of Mingzhou is the The largest fishing ground along the coast of Daming is larger than the other three sub-divisions combined, and it deserves to be listed alongside the three sub-envoys. As for the sub-envoys of the sea camp... I don't think it doesn't matter if there are any for the time being, huh... It's enough for me to watch for my ancestors."

next year……

Whether it is the Mingzhou Yinghai Division or the three major Yinghai divisions in other provinces, it will be fully deployed.

In this situation, it is better to be still than to move.

Keep the status quo and continue to take another look, and you can more clearly distinguish the abilities of everyone along the coast for subsequent adjustments.

Even now, there are fewer pitfalls.

Wait for another year, and many things will be spread out, and with more personnel vacancies, assignments and dispatches will be able to be carried out more calmly.

No one will be too wronged.

For those who have been with him and are confirmed to be capable, Zhu Yuan does not want them to be wronged after they have done something clearly, but also hopes that they can still be in a position where they can do things in the future, instead of simply being promoted in official positions, but idle. Once down, you can no longer display your talents.

Thinking about next year, Lao Zhu also nodded: "That's it, you look at it, and I don't worry... You mentioned this matter of responsibility earlier, so I just thought about it and made it clear."

Zhu Yuan had resigned from many official positions before, but the position was gone. In fact, with the acquiescence of Lao Zhu, the imperial court, as the deputy prime minister, still took care of all the previous ones, whether it was the Navy Governor's Mansion or the The Ying Hai Division, or a series of new departments recently, require Zhu Yuan to intervene from time to time.

However, these ministries are actually unclear.

Zhu Yuan can control it if he wants to, and he can ignore it when he doesn't want to.

In the same way, if the people below have other thoughts and don't want to report to a young Pingzhang who has been relieved of some official positions, they can ignore it.

Ok.

This has not happened yet.

Zhu Yuan felt that this also proved that his busy work this year was not considered a failure.

Thinking this way, Zhu Yuan took the initiative to bring up another thing that he had thought about before: "My ancestors, the Mingzhou Yinghai Division's harvest is still very rich, especially the sales part. In addition, it is also returned to Yinghai. The Department of Shipping under the jurisdiction of the department should have good trade and tax income this year. What I think is that unless the imperial court urgently needs it, the center should not rush to withdraw from it, but invest all of it in the construction of the coast, including for the navy. construction."

"Oh, what you said is all right, I don't lack this kind of patience," Lao Zhu nodded, and said, "That's right, I have to be more careful about the money spent."

"Before I came back, I arranged for Liu Lian to be in charge of the accounts," Zhu Yuan said, "After this reward and promotion, Liu Lian can also supervise the accounts of the various camp and sea divisions. For Liu Lian, I think the ancestors must be at ease."

"Liu Ji's son, how can you worry about it?"

Zhu Yuan laughed: "I don't know what Liu Bowen is doing now?"

Old Zhu Mie came over and said, "Don't worry about him any more. I don't even care about him. Just let him be safe and sound. It's like giving me a share in the end."

Zhu Yuan flattered him habitually: "My ancestor's intelligence is beyond Yuan's."

"That is to say, with you, I have learned a lot in just this year. I know how to govern the country in the future, how to employ people, and I can even think clearly about things that have happened for hundreds of years," said Lao Zhu. Feeling: "If not, I still want to miss Liu Ji."

The former Lao Zhu... really loved and hated Liu Ji.This time, because Zhu Yuan is a big butterfly, he sees it very openly.

Zhu Yuan also only mentioned one sentence, and didn't say anything more.

The grandparents and grandchildren briefly talked about the personnel and financial arrangements of Mingzhou Yinghai Division. Seeing that the time was about the same, they got up together and turned to the meeting room next door.

(End of this chapter)