On January 1, 1856, Xinhua Daily officially raised the issue of the "solar calendar" and the "lunar calendar". The article is completely based on the literature and propaganda system in the Governor's Palace, and after describing the formation principle of the summer solstice and winter solstice, the solar calendar from abroad is combined with the lunar calendar in China. In the end, the Governor's Office announced that the official calendar was based on the solar calendar and that the seven-day week system was implemented. The lunar calendar is mainly used to determine the traditional holidays, and the official calendar of the Governor's Mansion has been temporarily withdrawn.

The news was not shocking, as the Governor's Office erected billboards in various cities and began to sell calendars cheaply in large quantities. It's not a desk calendar, but a piece of paper with a festive picture of the New Year printed on the top of the paper, and the calendar of the year below. When Luo Xuan, commander of the Wuzhou garrison and commander of the Pearl River Inland River Fleet, was ordered to meet Wei Ze in Guangdong on January 7, he saw that Wei Ze was meeting with several people, and Wei Ze asked them: "Are you sure you can make the lead characters smaller?" ”

Those few artificially spoke with a northern Jiangsu accent, "Dudu!" The cheat sheets we printed back then were smaller than this character. The set of characters you took out has fewer strokes, as long as your font factory can send more people, this is not a problem. ”

The more Luo Outline listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, how could he talk about fraud in the field. After the men left, he couldn't help but ask the question. After listening to this, Wei Ze first gave Luo Outline a booklet. This is a real "booklet", and the size is about one and a half inches long and one inch wide. The size of the word is at most two sesame grains, the paper is excellent, each word is clear, clean, and the cheating booklet is printed with the content of the Analects, the Four Books and other scientific research books. After reading it roughly, Luo couldn't help but sigh: "It's so fine!" ”

"This is still a traditional character, but if you use simplified characters, it will be clearer. Originally, I was worried about the lack of lead and lead printing talents, but now I see, it's completely me who is too worried! Wei Ze asked for the cheating booklet back, and said happily to Luo Xuan.

Luo Xuan didn't understand these culture-related things, and it was only because Wei Ze actually talked about work with a few people who printed cheating pamphlets, so he was a little interested in watching the excitement. Seeing Wei Ze say this, he knew that Wei Ze had done the job. He turned the subject to the purpose of the trip, "Governor, when you asked me to come back, you said that you were going to start begging for food at sea, what is the matter?" Is there going to be a war? ”

Wei Ze did not answer directly, but asked another question, "How many of the brothers of the boat army are willing to be fishermen?" ”

"Being a fisherman?" Luo Xuan was stunned, "Where to be a fisherman?" ”

Wei Ze smiled: "Now there is always not enough food to eat, and it is impossible for the ground to suddenly produce so much more, if you can get more food from the sea, it will naturally be able to make up a lot of things." So being a fisherman is naturally being a fisherman at sea. Of course, you can go up the mountain, not the sea. It's hard and dangerous to live at sea. So I'm working with the British to build a shipbuilding, a big ship that can be used for fishing. Or a steamship. But without a reliable army of sailors, it is useless to have a ship. The boat brothers are all begging for a living on the water, but I don't know how many of them are willing to beg for food at sea. ”

As a hero of Guangzhou, Luo Jian has also been in Guangzhou for a long time, and he is not a stranger to fishing at sea. He smiled and said, "Dudu, you think well, but it's far from that. If you've ever been to a place where you have dried fish, you know that the fish must be dried to last longer. Even then, it won't last long. ”

Just as Luo Jian was telling Wei Ze about the problems of the fishing industry, he saw Wei Ze waving outside, he stopped talking and turned his head to look, and saw the back of Wei Ze's guards leaving.

Wei Ze said with a smile: "I already said this question at the meeting, and there are many comrades on the coastal side who understand this. ”

"Is there a way to solve it?" Luo Xuan asked.

Weeser's guard soon returned, and he brought a plate with some straight legs on it. Luo Xuan was attracted by these buckets. It's not a bamboo tube, it's not a porcelain bucket, it's something that looks translucent. It's a lot like glass, but the texture is really not very good, it's not crystal clear, and it can be said to be quite cloudy. Holding it in his hand, Luo Xuan determined that it was a glass bucket, and a waxed lid was stuffed on the surface.

"This is a glass bucket that was made two months ago, and the fish were put in it, and it was sterilized. Let's see if there's something wrong with the fish. If it's okay, then the fish can be kept for two months. We in Guangxi can grow peppers and peppercorns. Anyway, it's an output, and after using chili peppers, peppercorns, and oil, and processing the dried fish, I think I can eat it. Weeser said as he lifted the lid open, and the smell of dried fish mixed with a pungent aroma immediately dispersed.

Luo Xuan saw that there were not only canned food but also chopsticks on the tray, especially a pot of wine and two small bowls of rice. He smiled, "This is to invite me to dinner." ”

"Taste it!" Wei Ze picked up his chopsticks and took out a dried red oil fish from the glass bottle.

Luo Xuan also took out one, and after tasting it, he put down the one he had just bitten, and took out another one and took a bite. Then Luo Xuan asked in a skeptical tone, "Dudu, is this really done two months ago?" ”

Wei Ze said happily: "I still want to make money from this, why should I lie to you?" ”

Luo Xuan opened the three bottles of dried red oil fish in front of him, and almost took a small bite of each fish. Then he said, "There are a few fish that don't dry well. It's a bit stinky! ”

Wei Ze calmly listened to the comments of the expert Luo Xuan, and did not look unhappy because of the problem of the failure of the deposit.

Luo Xuan continued: "But the feeling I eat is that these dried fish are similar to those that have just been dried. You said that this is something that has been stored for two months, and I just feel a little bit of it. If I hadn't said it, I really hadn't eaten it. ”

"That means you're capable?" Weeser asked.

"The question is, how many fish can be processed on this day? There are a lot of people who need to use it, right? Luo Jian asked.

Wei Ze replied: "It's not as much as you think, after using the steam engine, the steam is used for high-temperature sterilization, but you don't have to worry about other problems." These things are all made by a production line, and one person can process hundreds of catties of fish a day. ”

"A person is a few hundred pounds a day?" Luo Xuan was completely dizzy, "Dudu, you can't do it even if you tire people to death!" ”

"Just check it out!" Weeser stood up.

Luo Outline followed Wei Ze to the food processing factory, and when he walked into the factory, Luo Outline immediately smelled a familiar smell not long ago. That's the taste of dried fish in red oil.

The two were not idle on the road, and they exchanged the situation in Wuzhou and the situation of the Wuzhou boat army. There were staff members leading the way, and the two of them arrived at the fish sorting yard first, where a large number of dried fish were piled up, and some workers were sorting the quality of the dried fish.

"We've recently shortened the drying and increased the amount of salt used, and the fish have a lot less of smelly problems." The staff introduced.

Luo Xuan picked up a few fish and smelled them, and sure enough, the salty smell was heavier and fishy, but the smell of decay was basically absent. The smelly fish are also selected by the workers and divided into several categories according to their quality.

Entering the dried fish processing plant, there are some huge iron stoves, and coal is burning underneath. Every worker wore a mask, and the whole workshop smelled of the fish being heated and grilled.

The dried fish is cooled and then sent to the red oil workshop. There was no special feeling outside, and after entering the workshop, Luo Xuan, who was not wearing a mask, was stimulated by the strong spicy smell and sneezed a few times in a row. Workers cut the dried fish, weigh it, and soak it in hot red oil. After soaking for a certain period of time, take it out again, control the oil, let it cool, and finally put it into batches of glass bottles. Cap sealed.

This visit made the well-informed Luo Xuan feel a little frightened, or at least shocked. Cooking is a lot of fun, and the chefs use the utensils freely, adding a variety of condiments based on experience and skill, and processing the ingredients. There are also tools in this food factory, but this is not a light kitchen knife or spatula, most of the processing tools are shovels and forks that can be used as heavy weapons.

In the workshop, which can almost choke people to death, the workers are equipped like a great enemy, with bitter expressions, and use all kinds of huge tools to do food processing work.

Even sorting fish, which is a relatively common job, looks small against the backdrop of mountains of fish. What should have been the joy of a good harvest has now turned into a sad face under heavy labor.

Luo Xuan had seen ordinary fish processing, and his evaluation of the canned fish that Wei Ze took out was not bad, but looking at the style of these staff, he immediately felt that the taste of fish had become strange. He finally believed what Wei Ze said, this worker had to process hundreds of catties of fish a day. And this heavy work has undoubtedly overwhelmed these people.

Leaving the factory, Luo Xuan said: "Dudu, this is ...... How many people do you think you need to fish? ”

Wei Ze said slowly: "This is not just a matter of fishing, you will soon lead troops to conquer Qiongzhou." Once we take Qiongzhou, this big place will become our fishing ground. It is also an important source of food for us in the short term. I don't think 100,000 people are many. But Chief of Staff Luo, I don't look down on you, I'm very worried about whether we have the ability to manage these 100,000 people. ”

"I don't think I can manage 100,000 people myself!" Luo Xuan readily admitted.

"So! Initially, send more than 10,000 people, and I'll give you as many people as I can. I hope that everyone will be able to establish a new social system. Wei Ze said calmly.

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