Zhang Liang reported the news of the pirates, and Li Shimin immediately became excited, he held an invincible fleet in his hand, and he had long wanted to show off his might.

As soon as Zhang Liang finished speaking, Li Shimin said: Piracy has been rampant for a long time, and it is time to deal a heavy blow to it. After the dispersal of the dynasty, Li You, Fang Xuanling, Zhang Liang, and Li Jing went to the Liangyi Hall to discuss matters. ”

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Soon after, the imperial court promulgated personnel appointments, and Li You led Yangzhou and Dengzhou to assassinate the history and governors, and the governors of maritime affairs and the suppression of bandits. An independent naval fleet was established, and Liu Renliang served as the commander of the naval fleet and was crowned General Zhenhai. The ocean-going fleet was established, with Lu Tong as the commander of the ocean-going fleet, and the captain of Weihai was added to carry out the great navigation plan.

On March 28, 638, Li You, the four ladies, Zhang Guigui, Du Mei, Baihu, Magpie, Zhao Fu, Liu Renliang, Hou Cheng, Gao Tong and others, as well as Wang Liao and several imperial chefs, went to Yangzhou under the escort of Wang San's squadron of the special combat team led by Xue Rengui.

Because Li You was leaving Chang'an, it was inconvenient to promise to send medical materials to Sun Simiao every month, so he simply invited the old gentleman to follow him to Yangzhou.

Liu Renliang and Lu Tong rode south first. In order to avoid the fatigue of the saddle horse, Li You and others took the waterway by boat and roamed freely.

After Li You came to the Tang Dynasty, he went out several times, not only in a hurry, but also to some desolate and depressed places. This time he went south to Yangzhou, and he decided to eat all the way and enjoy it.

At the first stop, Li You and others came to Tongguan.

Tongguan is located at the eastern end of the Guanzhong Plain, at the junction of Qin, Shanxi and Henan provinces. It is bordered by Henan Lingbao in the east, Huayin in the west, and the Yellow River in the north by the Qinling Mountains in the south, which is the east gate of Chang'an, and is the throat artery connecting the northwest, North China and the Central Plains.

On this day, everyone climbed the head of Tongguan together.

The magpie is in charge of the communication of the flying pigeons, she followed Li You out, and by the way checked the various flying pigeon communication stations along the way from Chang'an to Yangzhou. Wang Ye's poetry is her favorite thing, and she has now published two collections of Li You's poems, and the third is in the pipeline.

At this moment, she stood at the head of Tongguan City, looking at the roaring Yellow River, and couldn't help but say: "Lord, don't you give a poem in this situation?" As he spoke, he took out a pen and paper and prepared to record it.

Sun Simiao had also heard the eagerness of this prince's poem, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, please write a poem, so that the old man can appreciate His Highness's literary brilliance." ”

Li You was not hypocritical, and opened his mouth to groan: "In the end, high clouds gather in this city, and the autumn wind blows away the sound of horses' hooves." The river is still too tight, and the mountain enters the Tongguan and is uneven. ”

"What poetry." Everyone was amazed. Sun Simiao couldn't help but nod slightly.

Next, what Li You has to do is what a foodie should do.

The special dishes of customs clearance include meat sandwich buns, duck slice soup, risotto, Yellow River catfish soup, mutton puffs, beef boils, etc., as well as Tongguan pickles with unique taste.

What interests Li You the most is the Yellow River catfish. The Yellow River catfish is very different from the catfish pond lice in the south, the Yellow River catfish has a large flat head and wide eyes, a large mouth full of sharp teeth under the two whiskers, the whole body is brown, the abdomen is soft and fat, the tail is very powerful, the meat is delicate and less thorny. In modern times, the price of a kilogram of carp is around 6 yuan, while the price of Yellow River catfish is 80 yuan to 100 yuan.

Tongguan is the east gate of Chang'an, where a military town is set up, and the town guarding the city will organize local fishermen to catch fresh catfish in order to welcome the prince of Qi.

In the evening of this day, Tongguan Town will hold a banquet to entertain Li You and his party, just before dinner, Bai Hu Xing rushed in and said: "Lord Wang, what a lot, the fishermen caught the catfish king today." ”

When Li You and the others came to the courtyard, they saw a chief leading four fishermen, who came in with two poles and a big fish. There was also a fisherman in the back, carrying a catfish of about a dozen catties in his hand.

"Drink, what a big catfish." When everyone saw this catfish, they couldn't help but be taken aback. I saw this catfish, with a head as big as a bucket and a body more than a meter long. The mouth of the big catfish is closed one by one, and it is still alive.

The town general immediately weighed people, and it was 126 pounds. He said: "Your Highness, the minister has been guarding here for many years, and he has never seen such a big catfish. As soon as you came, this catfish king appeared. Your Highness is truly blessed. ”

Xiao Wanyu also paid attention to the catfish at first, and then she turned her attention to those fishermen. She whispered to Li You: "Brother You, look at those fishermen. ”

In fact, Li You also noticed that these fishermen were all dark-faced, looked a little thin, and their clothes were very shabby.

Li You said: "Jue'er, pay them fish money according to the local fish price. Wu Jue took out the copper coins and paid them to the fishermen. The fishermen were so grateful that they were leaving. Li You instructed: "Wait a minute, take some Hu beds, and let's talk together." ”

After a while, the soldiers fetched a lot of Hu beds, and everyone sat down in the courtyard, and Li You asked, "The people of Chang'an are living a good life now. Tongguan is not far from Chang'an, why is your life here so hard? ”

The town general gave a presentation on the local situation. Tongguan has been a military town since ancient times, and the population is mainly military. Later, as some military dependents lived in the area, some other civilians were attracted. There is very little arable land in the area, and many people have become fishermen.

However, the market in Tongguan is too small, and it is difficult for these fishermen to improve their living standards. The consumption level of Chang'an City is high, and there is a market for pangasius. However, the fishermen in Tongguan could not solve the transportation problem, and the dead fish stinked when they were transported to Chang'an.

Li You said: "It's simple, you can use the water tank in the cabin to transport live fish. In order to prevent dead fish during transportation, bellows, blowers or sheepskin blowers can be used to increase the oxygen ...... in the tank."

Li You gave some science popularization to the fishermen. Then, he instructed Zhao Fu. A craftsman was left behind to guide local fishermen in the modification of their fishing boats.

"Oh, yes, okay. We can give it a try. The fishermen said excitedly.

"However, in Chang'an City, we are not familiar with the place, how can we sell this fish?" The fishermen said worriedly.

"It's simple. If you bring the fish to Chang'an, just go to the Magpie Trading Company and find me, and I will directly buy the catfish you sent. Wu Jue said. In business, she is about to discover a way to make money.

"That's great." The fishermen said happily.

Li You said to the town general: "The market in Chang'an City is very large, in order to form a large-scale delivery, you come forward to organize local fishermen to fish, and then send it to Chang'an." ”

After saying these things, he asked Wang Liao to cook, made a sweet and sour catfish from the smaller catfish, and invited these fishermen to taste it together.

"Lord Qi invited me to dinner." This sentence has since become the pride of these fishermen's lives.

After dinner, Li You asked the fishermen to send the king catfish back to the Yellow River and release it.

Li You and others left Tongguan, passed through Sanmen and Hanjia, and also passed through Luoyang during the period, but they only went to Luoyang, and they had to turn back for a distance, so they didn't go. They came straight to Luokou.

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