Chapter 55 Fisheries

With sufficient food and grass, Shi Bin is very happy, and it is really a sense of accomplishment to be able to feed 5,000 families in this troubled era, and it can be regarded as accumulating virtue.

Seeing the soldiers in the barracks gradually transform from a sick and malnourished appearance to a tiger and wolf army with a strong physique and high morale, he became more confident in the combat effectiveness of his army, believing that it was only a matter of time before the Yuan soldiers were driven out of the Central Plains or even made them surrender again.

There was a feeling of confinement in the barracks and mansions every day, so I picked a cloudless day and the weather was crisp to go to the main street.

Wandering the streets, this is his favorite thing to do, for him is actually walking on the road to blow the wind, there is no poetry at all, if there is a beautiful woman passing by, it can still attract attention.

It's a pity that what caught his eye on the road was the scene of the streets in ruins, full of unclothed people, where it was more like a city than a refugee camp.

Everywhere there were people leaning against the wall and despondent, lifeless. If someone comes up with a salary at this time, indicating that they need help, I believe that dozens of people will immediately compete for this job, even if the reward is just a steamed bun, this is not a natural diligence but hunger.

When he was tired of walking, he sat down at a tea shed, and when he saw this, he realized that the 5,000 households were just a few people.

Before he finished sighing, he heard a few people chatting next to him, and the ruffian-looking strong man said, "Do you know? Rich Liu's family has found a daughter-in-law who can run the house, what a blessing! I don't know what virtue Liu Papi has accumulated in his last life, and no matter how good things he has, he has bumped into them. ”

Another tall, thin man with sharp-beaked monkey cheeks asked, "To be clear, isn't she just a daughter-in-law?" What's the use of running a house at this time?"

Snorted coldly at the guy with the sharp beak and cheeks, and said disdainfully: "So you will always eat leftovers." The daughter-in-law there can actually cut the meat so that it can see through, don't you say it's amazing? Although their family usually has a little oil and water, if there is a noble person in the family, they must treat it with livestock meat, not fish and eggs. And there is not much meat, so if the knife is so skillful, won't you run a family? ”

After listening to the strong man's words, the tall and thin man couldn't help but nod and stretched out his thumb to express his admiration. It is estimated that when I heard the word "meat", my stomach screamed in protest.

"It's just that I still don't think that good knife skills can cut meat, even if I can run a family, you must know that these things are difficult to keep now, it is better to throw some fish fry into the pond to raise them, you don't have to take care of them too much, and you don't have to worry about running away." The tall and thin man said.

Although the two were still arguing with their own opinions, they soon left while chatting and strolling.

Shi Bin heard their conversation, and naturally remembered the words of the grain manager that day: "Our food is not as good as that of rich and noble families, basically there is no oil and water, all rely on rice grains to support their stomachs, and they are all adult strong men, each person is at least one and a half pounds of rice a day." ”

He couldn't help but think about the tall and thin man's words, livestock is indeed very difficult to raise, the growth cycle is long, and the meat production is not much, maybe he will die of illness, but it seems that he can try to raise fish.

In this way, it is simple and easy to improve the food of the soldiers, and it is more conducive to making the army concentric, anyway, Tanzhou is full of small ponds.

After making up his mind, Shi Bin rushed back to the barracks and summoned Wang San, Li Chao and Liu Xiao, two water bandits, to discuss the matter.

"Three virtuous brothers, I just heard a few scoundrels chatting on the street, and I thought of a way to improve the food of the soldiers, but I don't know if it is feasible." Shi Bin said with a smile.

"Big brother, please say, I believe that your methods are grounded, and a little effort should be feasible." Wang San replied. Li Chao and Liu Xiao also nodded yes together.

"Actually, it's simple, I want to vigorously promote the fishing industry in Tanzhou. I observed that we are full of ponds and hills, and these ponds are not good places to raise fish? However, the layman for the brother didn't know how to raise fish, so he had to invite the three virtuous brothers to come and discuss. ”

Knowing Shi Bin's thoughts, Li Chao was the first to say: "Big brother's idea is very good, but it really needs to be planned, because the living environment of various fish is different, and if you are not careful, you will be busy in vain." ”

Liu Xiao and Wang San also nodded in agreement, and Shi Bin said with a smile: "That's why I, the mountain people, specially invited Wang San, your wise man, Li Chao, Liu Xiao, and the two water bandits, haha!" Since Li Chao and you all know some doorways, just say it to us. ”

"Big brother, in fact, this is not a doorway, but a few tips. It can be summed up in eight words: 'water, species, bait, mix, dense, wheel, defense, and pipe'. ”

As soon as they heard Li Chao's words, several people understood that Li Chao must be a very experienced fisherman in Neihu, and they were even more impatient to signal him to hurry up and make it clear.

The original "water": that is, the environmental conditions and water quality conditions of the pond, require sufficient water sources, good water quality, no pollution, separate and convenient inlet and drainage.

"As we all know, water is the air of fish, of course, the air must be fresh, so how can we ensure that the water quality is good?" Shi Bin immediately asked.

Li Chao, an old fisherman, said that to raise fish, you must first raise water. First of all, the pond should be cleaned of cyanobacteria before releasing the fry, because the cyanobacteria can seriously affect the growth and reproduction of fish. The second is to put water hyacinth, water peanuts and other aquatic plants that are conducive to the growth and reproduction of fish into the pond.

Such a concept can subvert Shi Bin's cognition, don't the fish in the pond just eat the things in the pond? Do you want to remove the cyanobacteria and transplant water hyacinth and water peanuts? These little fish are delicate enough.

Then Li Chao introduced the concept of "species": that is, the fish species that are farmed must have complete specifications, good quality and sufficient quantity.

Shi Bin can barely understand this aspect, and it can be regarded as survival of the fittest. But he still doesn't understand how to increase production by putting carnivorous fish and vegetarian fish together, although he never thinks that Li Chao will perineum, but he always feels unreasonable, like a fish in his throat.

Hearing Shi Bin's question, Li Chao couldn't help laughing and said, "Big brother, this fish is not vegetarian, only omnivorous and carnivorous. I understand what you mean, in fact, it is that docile fish should not be mixed with grumpy fish, and that's right. Another point is that large fish should not be polycultured with small fish. Otherwise, all the docile fish and the small ones will be destroyed. ”

Shi Bin fully understood this, and immediately said that he would encourage the breeding of four kinds of fish: blue, grass, silver carp and bighead carp.

"Bait": that is, bait, to meet the nutritional needs of the breed, according to the different growth and development stages of fish to prepare different bait feeding. Bait can also be divided into natural bait and artificial bait. The so-called natural bait refers to the various algae and shrimp produced by the water body itself. Artificially blended bait refers to the preparation according to the needs of different fish.

"Mixing": that is, reasonable polyculture. According to Li Chao, ponds can make full use of the water and bait through polyculture of fish to obtain greater profits, and polyculture should consider the mutual benefit and competition between various fish.

This concept reminded Shi Bin of the balance of yin and yang. I think of the girls' school with the imbalance of yin and yang in the United States, the ordinary school with the balance of yin and yang.

Of course, this is just an ignorant concept, in order to prevent Shi Bin from being stuck in his throat again, this time Li Chao took the initiative to explain it smartly.

It turns out that leftover bait and excreted feces such as green, grass, bream, and carp can cultivate a large number of plankton and make the water quality fatten. On the other hand, silver carp and bighead carp feed on plankton, which controls the amount of plankton in the water column and improves the water quality conditions, which can promote the growth of blue, grass, bream and carp. Carp, crucian carp, tilapia, etc., can not only make full use of the bait in the pond, but also through their foraging activities, turning the sediment and stirring the water layer, naturally balanced nutrition.

"Dense": that is, a certain breeding density, only to reach a certain density, in order to obtain high yield and high efficiency, the density of breeding can be determined according to the natural environment, feed resources, technology, management level, fish specifications, etc.

"Wheel": that is, the rotation of fishing and release, in the middle of the breeding process, the grown fish are caught and eaten, which can reduce the pressure on the pond and accelerate the growth of the pond fish.

"Prevention": that is, the prevention and control of fish plague.

"Tube": that is, the daily management work, which is the most critical of breeding. Fish farming is three points of cultivation and seven points of management. Daily management includes: water quality management, feed and fertilizer management, disease management, pond patrol, harvesting, etc.

Listening to Li Chao's endless talk, Shi Bin and Wang San were very happy, and even Liu Xiao admired it very much. Shi Bin even seemed to see all kinds of fish on the table of the people of Tanzhou.

And Liu Xiao also said at this time: "Big brother, the main things we breed in Tanzhou are carp, silver carp, herring, bighead carp, grass carp and crucian carp. These are very docile and adaptable, which is the most suitable for us. ”

Knowing that a layman who only knows how to eat should not interfere with the operation of these professionals, he said: "Li Xiandi and Liu Xiandi, you are in charge of fishery, as for how much to raise, how to decide for yourself, if you want to support, come to me, you can also ask Ah San to help you come up with ideas." Don't worry about failure, there will definitely be difficulties at the beginning, what we have to do is to be brothers. ”

As soon as Shi Bin finished speaking, Li Chao and Liu Xiao were immediately overjoyed, after all, such decentralization is absolute trust. Naturally, they made a commitment to increase fish production so that everyone had fish to eat. The two of them are full of confidence, after all, they used to be water bandits, and they are tired of eating fish, so it shouldn't be a big deal to raise fish for a few days.

It's a pity that the two of them were beaten back to the Commander's Mansion before they could be happy.

Seeing that the two of them were covered in mud, Shi Bin could only patiently ask what was going on.

"Big brother, those fishermen don't know what to do, and they think that we are helping them to release fish fry for their property. They were fine, and they started to move their hands when they said two things wrong. If I hadn't looked at your face, I would have chopped them a long time ago. Li Chao shouted angrily.

"Are you saying you throw in a few fry and they won't? Is there such a xenophobia? "It's a tricky thing, and it won't be possible to do it without figuring out the distant causes.

"Wang San, you send someone to investigate nearby to see if there is any bad news about the fish pond." Shi Bin was already an acute child, but now the food problem is just better, but the meat problem has not been solved. You can't let the soldiers eat tofu every day and be monks, so he Shi Bin immediately ordered.

Thanks to Wang San, he is a clever man, and instead of saying good things for Li Chao and Liu Xiao, he scolded them as rich man's dog slaves, but the fishermen have never seen them.

In this way, trust was gained, and it didn't take a few words to understand why.

It turned out that the nearby landlords all raised fish, and they were not only insatiable, forcible and brazen. It can be that if there is a fish in a pond, the pond is his, and the fish in the pond is his.

Therefore, these farmers who raise fish in the pond will definitely not let two people like Li Chao and Liu Xiao who don't know the roots to stock the fish fry.

It turned out that he didn't pay attention to the method of doing things, and he did bad things with good intentions. had to simply ask Wang San to take Li Chao and the others to sign a tax reduction contract with the owners of those fish ponds.

After the news came out, the situation immediately changed, and there was a huge crowd in front of the Commander's Mansion, lest they would not be able to sign the tax reduction contract.

And the commander in the mansion tasted Jia Ling's gift to Jia Rudao, and the West Lake Longjing that was knocked on was youzao, and you remembered the next thing.