Zhizhang Datang

Chapter 420

The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, since Dengzhou is surrounded by mountains and the sea, this resource is actually quite rich.

However, Lin Sen's choice must not be selling seafood. This kind of thing should not be sold too much, but it is basically limited to the coastal and surrounding areas.

In these places, all kinds of fish are not rare, and the price will naturally not go up.

This is not an extinct fishing tool like trawlers in later generations. Now people's fishing speed can be fully compensated by the ocean itself, and the overall impact on marine ecology is still very limited, and it is not even likely to cause local production reduction.

Well, Hepu pearls are an exception.

However, with the existing transportation efficiency and fresh-keeping methods, only various dried products, such as dried fish or salted fish, can be guaranteed to be transported to distant places.

If the word "fresh" is lost, the appeal of these seafood will definitely drop a lot for mainlanders.

Now there is no ocean fishing, and the species that can be caught offshore are not particularly novel.

With shipping included, the cost is much higher.

And do people in the mainland still have river seafood to choose from, so in general, there are actually many restrictions on seafood.

It’s not a political show like the original Shishi Shishi’s practice. Pulling a whole boat of dried fish to sell in Chang’an still has the meaning of fundraising. It’s not very easy for other seafood to open up the inland market. Easy.

It is probably because abalone, sea cucumber or scallops and other well-known good products only have some markets in the mainland, and the prices are not as exaggerated as in later generations.

The main reason is that most of these things are on the bottom of the sea. With the current technology, most of them rely on manual work, diving to the bottom of the sea to get them up one by one, which is very dangerous, and the efficiency is much lower. The higher price is completely understandable.

But the quantity is not as rare as later generations, so the price is not going up too much.

Of course, it’s pretty good to put these things in Duyiwei, so you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell them at a good price.

But the demand for such things is relatively small after all. It is obviously the kind that can be used to conquer the hearts of more than a thousand subordinates and develop into a prosperous business that can keep customers coming in and out here. Missed.

Lin Sen's goal is aimed at some things that are very common in the sea.

First of all, in later generations, it has not been able to exert too much iodine supplementation ability, and more of it is purely used as a kind of food material, and it wins the kelp that many people love by its taste.

This thing is very common at the seaside, it is a dish that can be seen everywhere on the dining table of fishermen, but it can be said in Datang where there is no iodized salt, in fact, its iodine supplement effect is more important. Not too much.

At this time, there is no shortage of patients with "big neck disease".Correspondingly, as long as the publicity work is done well, whether it is a food tonic medicinal material with the same origin as medicine and food, or a simple vegetable, they should be able to be quickly promoted.

As for the problem of transportation, it is very simple. It is similar to handling sea fish. Either make it into dried kelp, or make it into kelp pickles.

Given the lack of iodine supplements today and the relatively common iodine deficiency patients, the demand for this thing is definitely not that small.

It is still a persistent demand, which is completely in line with Lin Sen's vision, and there is no problem in making it a big industry.

The situation is similar to that of seaweed, that is, seaweed. In addition to the previous two methods, you can also make roasted dried seaweed with modified flavors according to the methods of later generations. Is it also very good as a relatively expensive snack?

The last but most important one is salt!

Most of the salt in the Tang Dynasty is well salt and so-called green salt. Due to the relative concentration of salt wells and the inconvenience of transportation, eating salt is still a big problem in some places.

Even now that grain is being harvested year after year, there is still a big market for things like vinegar cloth.

If Lin Sen hadn't traveled to the vicinity of Chang'an City, eating salt would have been a big problem.

And the price of those exquisite green salt is very high, and the luxury behavior of brushing teeth with green salt can only be enjoyed by those big families.

Because the Tang Dynasty mainly used the method of decocting salt, relying on this kind of soil method to purify some saline-alkaline water, and the so-called green salt was obtained well. .

Ordinary ones are just simple coarse salt, the color is amazing, and there may be a lot of impurities in it. Because of heavy metals exceeding the standard, it is not uncommon to eat dead people.

The output is not guaranteed, the cost is still high, and the transportation is inconvenient. Most of the salt wells are located in some corners, so the supply of the most important salt is not so timely.The frontier army is better, they all have their own salt wells, but except for places like Chang'an, the supply of salt in ordinary prefectures and counties is quite stretched.

So it is not difficult to imagine that if the idea of ​​Linsen sea salt drying technology is successful, there will be no need to worry about sales at all. Basically, as many as there are will be pulled away. The popularity of the scene is absolutely predictable.And this kind of industry is quite stable, as long as there are people who need to eat salt, then the high-quality and cheap sea salt must have more advantages than the well-made well salt that looks rough, plus the transportation here in Dengzhou The network extends in all directions, and compared with those salt wells, it can naturally radiate to a wider area.

However, the system issue that needs to be worried about the most, which is the "salt and iron monopoly" that is usually considered, is not a big problem for Lin Sen, at least during his tenure in the early stage, this is very guaranteed.

Lin Sen had Li Shimin's secret intentions in his hands, so he had the right to act cheaply. As long as he didn't go too far, no one could use this to find fault with him.

Another one actually has a lot to do with Datang’s salt industry policy. Datang’s is not a one-size-fits-all monopoly in people’s impression, but divided into many different policies according to different situations in different places.

There are inheritances and innovations to the system of the former Sui Dynasty.

Not to mention the taxation system, there are more people who pay a fixed amount of salt tax, and the government-run system includes civilian villages and military villages, which are naturally based on local conditions.

Bianzhou, which has a large number of troops, naturally uses the method of military camps and official camps, and the salt fields in Mintun are also official, but the people have a share.

Among them, some local specialties are more popular, and the government will directly use these specialties to replace the government's share.

Some salt wells with less production may even adopt a tax-free system.

These were all measures taken before the Sui Dynasty, and the government of the Tang Dynasty inherited them.

The salt-replacing rent system and the rent-tenancy system had never existed before the Sui Dynasty, and they were new systems in the Tang Dynasty.It can be said to be quite flexible.

Because Lin Sen is close to the sea, he still has more than 1000 leading soldiers under his command, and if he uses the method of drying salt, the output will definitely be quite considerable, and it is absolutely impossible to have no tax.

In that case, Lin Sen wouldn't have subdued his subordinates. He put on the label of inviting people's hearts and didn't run away, which is a typical example of harming public welfare and personal gain.

Therefore, the official camp is still certain, but it is just a military-style official camp similar to the civilian village.

In other words, these soldiers under his command have a share, which is enough to keep them motivated.

　I want to explain here that in fact, sea salt was widely used in the Tang Dynasty, but it was still the method of decocting salt, and there was indeed no complete method of sun-drying salt.Here is a slight change for the plot, please forgive me.

　　In addition, I still have to complain. Originally, I said that I had a lot of work and would not come to the training, but the leader disagreed.I came here and was in a hurry to call me back to work. I was called back when I was eating at noon. I have been working overtime until now, and now I am doing three jobs at the same time. In addition to training, this weekend is completely abolished again. It's just cheating...

　　
　
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