Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 175 The Catch
"Prefect Gan, thank you for your hard work." Pang Tong stepped forward and helped Gan Ning jump out of the boat.

Of course, given their physiques, this is completely confusing...

Gan Ning soaked in the sea for three days, throwing away all the soldier charms for him, and he can still fight ten Pang Tong after landing!

Lu Kang noticed that the two seemed to exchange some information at this time, and then Pang Tong's eyes flickered slightly.

Lu Kang frowned, instinctively feeling that someone was about to bleed, but he didn't speak, not even Lu Tan reminded him.

Seeing Pang Tong exaggeratingly praising Gan Ning, who also looked like "I have wasted so much effort on fishing, are you embarrassed not to buy it?", the representatives of the wealthy families present all put on business-like smiles, and expressed disingenuous concern about fish catches.

"Hahaha, it seems that everyone is waiting for the fish from me? You are in for a treat this time! I have cooked fish soup and grilled fish on the boat. The fish caught by this governor has a taste that you have never experienced before. It's so delicious!" Gan Ning said half truthfully, half bragging.

Bai Tu actually does have a better cooking method, but... Knock Bang has already been sacrificed. Although Bai Tu will try his best to avoid its spread and will ban it in the future, it will not make yellow croaker more popular, otherwise wouldn't it? Is the yellow croaker repeatedly splashing on the edge of extinction?
"I'm not blackmailing you either. Ten pounds of meat and one stone of rice are fair, right? Of course...and these dozen, noble super goldfish, the heaviest one, I will offer it to my lord, and you can bid on the others. Go!" Gan Ning said.

Gan Ning was more business (qiao) and business (zha) savvy than he imagined. Without a teacher, he picked out a dozen of the yellow croakers he got, which is what he called "goldfish", weighing more than [-] catties. The biggest one probably weighed fifty pounds.

Thirty kilograms made in Han Dynasty is roughly equivalent to fifteen kilograms in modern times - such a large yellow croaker is worth at least hundreds of thousands in modern times, and it is not impossible for the largest one to be auctioned for millions.

Of course, it was impossible to sell it for such a high price in the Eastern Han Dynasty unless Gan Ning directly copied the knife.

And when a group of wealthy families heard that "ten pounds of meat, one stone of rice", their hearts were relieved - in terms of weight, it was about 1:10, which is the usual price of meat!
Of course, with the current drought situation, even if Wu County, which is well protected by Bai Tu, is not short of food, the price of food is still very high. In addition, due to the drought, many livestock have been slaughtered in advance due to lack of water. Meat this year cannot be exchanged for one stone of rice.

But before that, they were all prepared to be blackmailed.

Now it seems that it is not so difficult for Prefect Gan to speak - after all, in their view, although the fleet is not small, with more than 30 ships carrying forty or fifty sailors, it is far beyond what ordinary fishermen can compare with, but... …Amazing hundreds or thousands of catties of fish.

Although food prices are relatively high now, anyone present can easily take out a few hundred kilograms of rice.

After all, the dozen or so "most noble" fish should be the highlight - although most of them still don't understand the word "show", they understand its meaning.

In the eyes of everyone, Gan Ning's personal fishing trip was just a show, expressing that the local officials in Jiangdong were personally fighting against the drought.

And after this "show" was done, they, the big dogs, were embarrassed not to follow.

However, at this moment, Pang Tong said from the side: "Prefect Gan, the price of food this year is not low, otherwise...it would be twenty kilograms of meat and one stone of rice."

When Gan Ning heard this and frowned, Zheng Xing took the initiative to shout: "Prefect Gan has worked hard and has achieved great results. Ten pounds of meat and one stone of rice are worthy of it!"

"That's right, that's right, we will never underestimate the price of Prefect Gan's harvest..."

"Prefect Gan, leave one of those big goldfish for me, Mr. Wei, and we will pay you ten thousand yuan... no, one hundred shi rice!"

Just "ten pounds of meat, one stone of rice", everyone behaved very generously.

The young master of the Zhao family also came to see the world today. At this time, he couldn't help shouting: "My Zhao family will buy all the fish for Prefect Gan today..."

Fortunately, the clan uncle on the side pulled him down at this time, and explained to his nephew in a low voice that he should not be too showy at this time, otherwise he would feel like "not giving other families a chance" and would be hated.

"Hahaha, okay! We Jiangdong elders are so enthusiastic. I would like to thank you all on behalf of the disaster-stricken compatriots in Huainan." Gan Ning said cheerfully, and looked at Pang Tong cryptically.

That's right, I'm not blackmailing you, you set the price yourself. If I don't sell, wouldn't I look down on you?

Gan Ning specifically started bidding on the distinguished yellow croaker first, because Gan Ning had already said that the largest one would be donated to the Cavalry General's Mansion, so the others had no taboos.

Lu Kang also signaled to Lu Da with his eyes that it would be okay to ask for more prices...

Whether it was because he really wanted to stand out or to give Gan Ning some face, just these fourteen noble goldfish collected more than 2000 shi of food.

Then the fleet began to "unload", and when the two "hills" were piled up at first, everyone was a little surprised - it seemed that Governor Gan had worked hard.

However, what happened next was disturbing.

The third and fourth buildings... there were constantly piles of goldfish being piled up by the sailors coming and going!

And if you look carefully, it seems that they were all unloaded from the four ships in front, and there were...nearly thirty ships in the back.

"My lord's method is indeed effective. Today's harvest is good. It looks like a total of over 30 catties. You all subscribe for it yourself! Hahaha." Gan Ning laughed a lot today.

After all, no one messed with him today, everyone was very enthusiastic, and no one even lowered the price. Just one day's fish catch was worth [-] shi of grain.

As for the harvest of 30 catties...is it a lot?

According to records, in the 50s after the founding of the People's Republic of China, a fleet of 500 people went out to sea to bang bang once and caught hundreds of tons of fish, most of which were yellow croaker.

Gan Ning's 30 kilograms is only dozens of tons larger...

Gan Ning’s fleet on the boats was no better than the fishing boats at that time. In fact, when fishing, there were small boats to cooperate, but the small boats did not need to stop at the port. A fishing club can be much more.

The manpower is even more abundant. After all, it is half fishing and half training. Normal fishing does not require so many people in one boat.

The reason why the harvest is a little "less" is mainly because of lack of proficiency...

Although the representatives of each family now look at the piles of "fish mountains" with expressions like those salted fish in "Looking Up at the Stars", but...it's only tens of thousands of stones of food, and it still doesn't matter if so many families share it. People are willing to offend Gan Ning and regret it.

After all, this fish is indeed real...

Mr. Zhao, who had just about to pay for all the fish and meat today, was even more fortunate to be held back by his clan uncle. Otherwise, [-] shi of food... Although Zhao could not afford it, it would still hurt his father to the point of beating him to death.

It's just that they really can't figure out why Bai Tu can change salt and fish?

Could it be that the sea that their ancestors "eat" for generations was a fake sea?After Bai Tu came, it was consecrated?

Seeing each family subscribing to the goldfish "harmony", Gan Ning burst into laughter again.

At the same time, he "comforted": "Don't regret it if you buy less. During the disaster years from now on, as long as conditions permit, we will go to sea every day to make everyone eat healthily! This time, I am a little unskilled, but it doesn't matter... Reincarnation, second time familiarity!"

Every day...it was still fresh and cooked again, and Zheng Xing suddenly felt a little pain in his liver.

Based on this calculation, Gan Ning felt that if he worked harder, expanded the fleet five times, and went out to sea and fish every day, he could produce the total grain output of the six counties in Jiangdong in one year...

Of course, in reality this was just a dream.

Not to mention whether it will be sustainable or not, whether it is possible to go to sea every day, the most important thing is... the meat price that can be sold at the usual price today is entirely the result of the swollen faces of various companies, and the price will definitely not reach such a high price in the future.

Simple storage methods limit the price of bulk fish.

Today, most of the fish bought by various wealthy families "with tears in their eyes" were actually given to the people nearby, which was supposed to give them a good reputation, but... the price they spent was hundreds of times more than they imagined.

This "show" is a bit expensive!

Afterwards, everyone held a fish banquet on the spot. Gan Ning directed his officers and Ji Zao soldiers to light a bonfire and cook fish soup. Looking at the IOUs totaling [-] shi, Gan Ning felt that his service should be better. .

"Ahem, Prefect Gan, the price of fish should be a little lower from now on." Pang Tong said at the right time.

"This... Well, it's not impossible. After all, this prefect is shortening his life just to save the people from the disaster. He can't just save the compatriots in Huainan and suffer disasters for all the elders in Jiangdong, right? Hahaha..." Gan Ning said with a smile. .

Why the hell do you still want to impoverish us?
Zheng Xing took a fierce sip of the fish soup...it was so delicious!

"Prefect Gan, will there be so many fish every day from now on?" Mr. Zhao, who almost paid the bill, asked weakly.

"As long as it's not impossible to go to sea, there are most of the times in disaster years." Gan Ning said.

These words made many people think - today, they were definitely taken advantage of, but according to Gan Ning, the price will not always be the same in the future, but will be an equal transaction... It is said that officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs will come to negotiate. , don’t worry about people named Gan being unreasonable.

If that's the case, it might also be a way to make money...

It's just that they haven't understood why there are so many fish during the "disaster years" that Gan Ning emphasized!

"I wonder what method Mr. Bai gave you to catch so many fish? Is this fishing method... for sale?" someone asked curiously.

"Bah! Haven't you heard of shortening your life span? My lord said, this method is easy to be punished by God. Even the General's Mansion will only be used in disaster years, so don't even think about it! Otherwise, one day the Dragon King will take revenge and overthrow him with a hook. The boat died in the sea, don’t blame me for not warning you." Gan Ning said.

Overturned with one hook...Did the Dragon Prince use a hook?It's obviously you!
At this time, Lu Tao quietly came to the side and asked Pang Tong, Yan Gang...if he could buy a second copy!

Ordinary people only see fish, but what Lu Tao sees is... salted fish.

At this catch, storage will be a big problem, and the solution is simple—salt.

Before, he was a little worried that because it takes time to expand sales, the surge in salt production would cause the price of salt to fall in the short term. Now it seems... General Chariot Mansion has also prepared a combination of punches, and the salt will be used soon. The big guys are coming!

There were quite a few quick-thinking people present, and several of them approached Pang Tong at this time. Apparently, their interest in salt had greatly increased...

(End of this chapter)