Tang Dynasty: Nine-year-old County Grandpa

On the construction site of Penglai Fishery in Shandong, countless people are still busy.

In the distance, on the ocean, one after another schooning boats showed their figures.

"It's back, the first fleet is back!" the

workers who were working immediately rushed to tell each other.

Everyone's eyes were on the fishing boats on the sea.

These three-gown fishing boats, which are tens of meters long, float up and down with the waves on the sea.

Unlike the ships of this era, which swayed from side to side on the sea, these ships were as steady as Mount Tai above the waves.

With a strong wind, move closer to the shore.

"Quick, shuttle boat, get on!" Zhang

Yang, the magistrate of Penglai County, who was commanding the overall situation at the scene, also ordered with excitement on his face at this time.

Along with his orders, hundreds of flat-bottomed single-sail barges shaped a bit like later generations swayed out of Penglai Port on the sea.

Those schooners were pointed-bottomed boats, and it was impossible to get too close to the shore.

And their dedicated docks must stretch hundreds of meters to accommodate their moorings.

In this way, the cargo had to be unloaded before it could be docked.

After all, there are no very effective technologies in this era to deepen the seabed.

So if they want to land, they have to unload their cargo on the surface.

Those flat-bottomed boats are responsible for unloading.

However, the crew of the punt were all very worried at this time.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been working here for more than a month.

If the fishing boats can't bring back the fish, won't they soon lose their jobs?

This job is a once-in-a-lifetime job!

The punt dwellers were nervous as they approached the pointed-bottomed fishing boats.

After a short time, one after another, the tender boat approached the fishing boat and tied the rope.

"Hey, are there any fish?" asked

the boatman on a flat-bottomed boat, at a high level of voice, to the boatman on the fishing boat next to them, several meters above them.

"Yes, there are many

!" "You can't finish loading one boat, hurry up in a while, and there are two more boats after unloading!"

came

the excited voice of the boatman on the fishing boat.

"Three trips!?"

"Okay, great!"

"Hahaha, we don't have to lose our jobs!" cheered

the gondoliers.

This trip finally got fish, so you don't have to worry about whether Lord Chu's set is useful all day long.

At this time, the fishermen began to drag up the hundreds of fishing nets that were used as storage in the stern of the boat.

The fish that have been hanging in the water by fishing nets are very fresh.

Still struggling desperately.

They extended a conveyor belt made of bamboo tubes to a shorter feeder punt next to them and untied the nets.

The fish inside were poured into the belly of the tender ship.

The flat-bottomed boat, which was originally somewhat floating, was soon filled with all kinds of marine fish and shrimp, and became as stable as Mount Tai.

In a short time, the tender boat, full of fish, swam back and forth between the fishing boat and the shore in charge of it.

The unloaded fish were quickly released onto the beach.

"Fish, so many fish!" the

crowd suddenly boiled.

"Lord Chu's fishing boat can indeed catch fish!" A

middle-aged man grabbed a grouper that was still struggling, and shouted with tears in his eyes.

"Great, we finally have an output

!" "Don't worry about it this time

!" "Lord Chu, it's really the wisest official in the Tang Dynasty!"

In the midst of the cheers and gratitude to Chu Jie, a large group of women who were in charge of handling the fish stepped forward with knives.

Except for some of the fresh fish that was left for food, they disemboweled.

Half of it is salted with locally sourced sea salt and made into salted fish.

These salted fish, rich in salt, will be a rare tonic for civilians in inland cities with higher salt prices.

The other part is hung up and smoked over a wood fire to become a higher grade of smoked dried fish.

Salted fish has a long storage cycle, the price is not too high, and there is salt in it, so it will be favored by the common people.

With the fishery officially out of production, hundreds of thousands of people happily began to get busy every day.

Even wooden sheds, which were originally used as temporary shelters, began to be dismantled in batches to build formal housing.

All kinds of signs show that the fishing ground has really become a reality this time.

And they will take on their iron rice bowls for generations!

Three days later, in the early morning of Chang'an City, in the county government.

Chu Jie, who was sleeping, was woken up by Chen Xiu's voice.

"My lord, Lord Chu!" Chen

Xiu shouted outside.

"What's the matter?" Chu

Jie opened his eyes, and his pupils did not have the slightest confusion, but flashed with wisdom.

"The first batch of fish from the fishery has been sent to the Chang'an warehouse, a total of 600,000 stone of dried sea fish, which are divided into dried fish and salted fish according to your requirements.

"At the same time, there are also 10,000 stone refined salt

!" "Now the guys from the Royal Chamber of Commerce are entering the warehouse!"

Chen

Xiu shouted excitedly.

"Yes, that's good.

Chu Jie got up with a bone, and the maid Xiaoyu put on an official robe for him with ease.

After taking a sip of millet porridge with honey in it, he Shi Shiran walked out of the room.

Soon, the carriage came to the warehouse of the Royal Chamber of Commerce in the east of the city.

What caught my eye was a long line of carriages.

There are also sweaty men carrying these goods.

"Lord Chu, Lord Chu is here!" "Meet Lord Chu!" "

Good morning Lord Chu!" "

Those people are almost all refugees from before.

After seeing Chu Jie's arrival, they greeted each other with a fanatical look on their faces.

Chu Jie glanced at the dried fish, then walked in front of a cart of refined salt, grabbed a handful of refined salt with his hand, and felt the delicacy inside.

This is refined salt made by modern methods, and the initiator is of course Chu Jie himself.

Compared with the coarse salt of this era, these salts have a more delicate flavor and a more uniform taste.

But those who have the conditions, as long as they have used refined salt, will not touch coarse salt again.

"Very well, you guys have done a great job.

"Let's get this grain into the market as soon as possible!" Chu

Jie nodded with satisfaction, and after consoling these people, he left satisfied.

In the afternoon, all the diners of the restaurant found that there was a lot more seafood in the restaurant, which is equivalent to a canteen.

There are salted fish, and there are dried fish.

Dried goods made from the fattest sea fish and steamed with mutton fat are delicious.

"It's ...... Sea fish?"

"This is the sea fish produced by the fishing farm run by Lord Chu in Shandong!"

"Hahaha, I can't imagine that I can eat things by the sea in my lifetime!"

"Fat, so fat!" The

excited voices of the diners suddenly resounded throughout Chang'an.

These things are not only delicious, but also cheap, usually for the price of one pound of wheat, you can buy two catties of salted fish, or half a catty of dried fish.

This is real meat!