Chen Zhizhong left, not taking a cloud with him, leaving behind an appointment: Fang Zhong Yongquan Zhitaizhou, and Ninghai Zhixian. To be reported to the imperial court, the officials will send personnel to take office.

In other words, Fang Zhongyong became the number one leader on the ground in Taizhou from the beginning of Zhizhou, and became the temporary leader with the endorsement of Shangguan. Although it is temporary, with the current traffic, Fang Zhongyong has been a powerful figure for at least a year. As for a year later, where will Fang Zhongyong go to high school?

The so-called one term of office for the benefit of one party.

Fang Zhongyong really wanted to benefit the people of Taizhou, especially the people of Ninghai. Without him, the people of this place are too poor.

According to the general assumption, since Ninghai relies on the sea, there is so much production in the sea, and there is always no problem if there is no food and clothing! Not really.

The most common and cheapest seafood in later generations - kelp, for example. At this time, it was just a weed growing randomly in the sea, and no one would eat it except for a few people who picked it to feed the pigs. The rest of the seaweed, sea cabbage and so on are even more unattended. Would you take a handful of water hyacinth to taste it?

In the eyes of fishermen, only fish, shrimp and crabs are seafood and can be sold for money. However, the fishermen are poor and cannot afford to buy large sea boats, so where can they catch big fish only by small sampans, and they often go to sea once, and they only get 100 catties of fish and shrimp. Like when it's cold, you can keep it for a few more days. In the summer, when it's hot, the air is filled with the smell of fish and shrimp.

Moreover, everyone goes out to sea to fish, who will buy your stinky fish and shrimp, and their own can't sell it?

As for farming, that's a joke. Ninghai is full of saline-alkali land, who wants to do the thing of planting a gourd and harvesting two scoops. With that spare time, it's the right thing to do to mend the torn fishing nets.

After asking about the local situation, Fang Zhongyong had a sense of absurdity holding a golden bowl and begging for food.

Is it a burden to have more fish and shrimp? Wouldn't you salt it and sell it all over the country?

When I asked, there was no salt.

Isn't there a lot of salt in the sea? Why is there no salt?

Ninghai County Cheng looked at Fang Zhongyong like a fool and said, "There is a lot of salt in the sea, but if you eat it directly, you will vomit and have diarrhea." If you scrape the salty soil from the seashore and pour brine and fry salt, you need a lot of wood as fuel, but there is very little bamboo and wood in the local area. Moreover, the imperial court was very strict in the management of salt production, and it was not allowed to make salt when it was idle. Therefore, the salt consumed in the local area is purchased by the government and then sold to the people. Besides, the official salt is only forty-seven wen per catty, so why take the risk to make salt yourself! ”

This won't work! In later generations, the fine tradition of "chicken feathers for sugar" in Jiangsu and Zhejiang cannot be lost! Oh, no, is it because the business skills of these ancestors of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have not been clicked on?

If you only rely on those stinky fish and rotten shrimp that basically no one eats, how can you lead the people of Ninghai to become rich and well-off?

You still have to start with the pickled products of the fish.

In ancient China, salted fish was called "abalone", and there was a negative idiom "enter the abalone, and you will not smell it for a long time" (this is not abalone that is now a precious seafood). When many people marinate salted fish, either they give too little salt and cause the salted fish to stink, or they give too much salt and the salted fish is so salty that it is difficult to swallow.

Fang Zhongyong is a mainland baby, and he has little experience in pickling salted fish, but he has a lot of pickles (Jiangxi people love to eat and make pickles). Ask the local cook, but they know very well how to make salted fish.

It's nothing more than a few steps:

First, the back is cut from the backbone, and the bones of the back are cut to remove the internal organs and gills of the fish. Then use a clean rag to remove the blood and black lining in the fish's body little by little, revealing the tender fish meat; Use fine salt or peppercorn salt that you have processed separately (put the pepper and fine salt in an iron pot and fry it), and smear it on the fish, evenly, and do not wipe it on the skin; Put it in a clay pot, porcelain altar or basin, cover it with a piece of white paper, and then press a stone to squeeze out the fishy water in the fish, and keep it pressed for about seven days; Finally, take out the fish that has been marinated for a week, use bamboo slices to stretch the salted side, use a relatively strong string, pass through the fish head and eyes, and hang it outside to dry. The production method can be described as SO EASY!

To pay attention to it, the salt can be mixed with peppercorns, which is the so-called pepper salt. After the salt is smeared, you can also sprinkle it lightly with wine on the salted fish meat to increase the mellow flavor of the salted fish.

The price is also not high. The salt required is not much, three or four catties of salt for 100 catties of fish; The fish is made by the family and is worthless; Although the price of pepper and liquor is slightly higher, the amount is not much. In general, if you buy it from fishermen for ten cents per catty of fish, the production cost of salted fish per 100 catties does not exceed two yuan.

So, Uncle Zhong came forward, and the "Six Yuan Firm" was put into business. Mainly engaged in salted fish, concurrently engaged in all kinds of seafood.

In addition, the fishermen are simple, and the fish is cleaned for free before being handed over to the business, so that Uncle Zhong only needs to arrange for people to apply salt, press stones, and air dry, and the cost is reduced.

For a time, Ninghai was full of fishy smells, and there were people related to making salted fish. It was the fishermen in the next county who saw that the adults were very kind, and they also sent their catches of large and small sea fish for sale.

Looking at the more and more salted fish piled up, Uncle Zhong said worriedly: "This salted fish is not on the table, how can the young master sell it if he buys so much?" ”

Fang Zhongyong looked like a mountain man with his own clever plan: "Salted fish is a good thing!" It's just that a group of ordinary people don't know the art of cooking, and they have ruined the heavens. Master, I have been instructed by strangers since I was a child, and I have a deep understanding of cooking skills, which can turn decay into magic. Look at the "Salted Fish Cooking Encyclopedia" I sorted out recently, and I guarantee that you will not bring the same for three years! ”

Uncle Zhong took a look at the whole book. Ho, salted fish with ginger, stir-fried kale with salted fish, salted fish original pot rice, salted fish steamed chicken, salted fish chicken rice, salted fish fried rice, salted fish steamed pork, salted fish roast pork, salted fish fried pork, salted fish fried meat, salted fish fried cakes, salted fish steamed flower pork, braised air-dried salted fish...... And so on and so forth, and so on, and so And under each list, there are detailed cooking methods, which is really intimate, and the "sunflower book" of the culinary industry.

Of course, Uncle Zhong doesn't understand the stalk of the "Sunflower Treasure Book", it's because he is uneducated, let's not blame him. But you dare to question the young master's decision that I want to buy stone cauliflower and Jiang Li in a big way, it is inevitably too inappropriate.

Uncle Zhong took out the posture of death and said sadly: "In order to give the people on this side a way to live, the young master bought worthless fish and shrimp in the hands of fishermen. Although he can't make a few bucks, he has the young master's magic method, so he won't lose all his money. But young master, the kelp and stone cauliflower are the cheap things that fishermen come to feed the pigs, how can they let the young master and his wife eat these things? spread it, and the official reputation of the young master is not good! ”

Fang Zhongyong smiled: "You don't understand! This kelp has a lot of benefits for the body, and the taste is excellent, when the young master makes a few things to taste in his spare time, you will know! As for the stone cauliflower and the lily, whether the salted fish can sell well or not depends on them. You don't have to worry about it, just wash the cauliflower and Jiang Li and cook them separately, and wait until they are all boiled and melted! ”

About an hour later, the two large pots of stone cauliflower and Jiang Li were boiled to a pulp. Fang Zhongyong carefully skimmed off the impurities on it, and did not want the part of the pot that contained sediment. Place in clean wooden barrels and let cool in cold air. Wait until it is not completely solidified, add preserved fruits, sugar, red beans, etc. and stir well.

As you can see, yes, that's how agar works. When sugar and preserved fruits are added, it becomes the most primitive jelly.

Looking at the colorful and cute jelly, which beauty can not be tempted?

Wang Lingwei, who had already come to Fang Zhongyong's side to see the rarity, asked very excitedly, "Is it delicious?" ”

Don't ask if you can eat it first, but directly ask if it's delicious, a foodie's temperament has been exposed. But who is his wife, it is not a big problem to eat more and be plump.

After getting Fang Zhongyong's affirmative answer, Wang Lingwei let go of her cheeks and feasted happily.

I ate about three or four bowls, but I couldn't eat it anymore, and I still held the bowl.

Fang Zhongyong also generously invited a group of people in the house to try it, and asked everyone to put forward their own opinions or suggestions. The most common opinion is not sweet enough, and the most advice is to add more sugar. This kind of unreliable opinion was solved by Fang Zhongyong's sentence "eating too much sugar and bad teeth".

What are you kidding, how expensive is sugar?

Of course, jelly is good, but don't be greedy, uh no, you can't eat it as a meal.

Fang Zhongyong also selected thick kelp slices and cooked them with pork ribs, and cut the boiled kelp into thin strips and mixed them with sesame oil, coriander, sesame seeds, dogwood and other condiments, and invited Daxiong and Gongsun Ce, who had been extended by him as a staff member, to taste the "food" together.

The big bear is used to suffering, and it is said that Fang Zhongyong let him eat delicious food, even if it is real pig food, he is happy to obey his fate.

Gongsun Ce, as a scholar who pays attention to "not getting tired of eating, never getting tired of being fine", has never seen such a "heroic" diet. Hesitantly, he grabbed a pair of chopsticks, and said good things in his mouth, but he didn't send them to his mouth.

Fang Zhongyong pretended to be annoyed and said: "Gongsun Ce, this official kindly invited you to taste the food, why did you dare not give this official face?" ”

Gongsun Ce had no choice but to succumb to Fang Zhongyong's "obscenity", and put a piece of kelp in his mouth, but he didn't chew it, and swallowed it directly.

The big bear who was munching said, "Mr. Gongsun is not happy! This thing is really delicious, will the young master still harm you? ”

Gongsun Ce half-convinced and took a few more clips, and after a rough chew, it was unusually delicious. I no longer cared about whether it was pig food or not, and the etiquette of Professor Master was put aside. There is only one thing on my mind, eat!

After eating and drinking, Fang Zhongyong got down to business: "Ace, do you think that with jelly to open the way, supplemented by kelp stewed pork ribs, can salted fish be a big seller?" ”

Gongsun Ce is indeed a talent, and he went straight to the point: "I don't know where the adults are going to sell the salted fish?" Who endorses it? Students think that the face of Lord Yan alone is not enough to form a long-term industry? ”

Look at the level of others, and then look at the big bear who is still gnawing on ribs, why is the gap between people and people so big?

Fang Zhongyong smiled and said, "Naturally, I am the most powerful person in the Great Song Dynasty!" ”