The two aquaculture workers who delivered the fish saw Chao Gai and walked over and said, "Owner, Director Ruan said that there are many small fish in the nearby Maisui Lake, and the price is very low, so I asked if we can charge more." ”

"We have hundreds of miles of water here, dozens of catties of big fish are not rare, carp, grassland, silver carp less than two catties of no one to see, so small fish not many people love to eat, a hundred catties of small fish every day, a hundred catties of small shrimp forget it." Chao Gaidao.

Originally, the guards didn't want small fish, because Li Kui often got stuck when he ate big fish, so he let him eat fried small fish.

The two long-term workers who delivered the fish said no more, and said, "Okay, the owner, we will leave." ”

Chao Gai thought about it, no, even if Ruan Ying wants to report this kind of thing, she will report to Chao Xun, and Chao Xun will definitely not agree or have no choice.

"You two go back first, I'll go to your supervisor later." Chao Gai said.

Due to the increase in the number of new escorts, the training tasks are very heavy, and several platoon commanders have to train their own martial arts in addition to training recruits. Chao Gai didn't bring anyone, he rode on the dark clouds and snow, took a bow and arrows and waist knives out of the camp gate and went straight to Shijie Village.

Shijie Village is busy, there are more than 10 newly dug fish ponds by the lake, each is dozens of acres of area, but the water is not deep, Chao Gai got off the horse and took a closer look at it is all dense small fish. It turns out that this is a fish pond for nursery cultivation, obedient, terrible.

Ruan Ying put down the guy at hand and walked over and introduced: "The cultivation of fish fry is simpler than expected, only a single fish is placed in each pond, and there are hundreds of grass carp here, and hundreds of dozens of large grass carp are released, and so many eggs are hatched, and the spawning volume of a female fish is tens of thousands." Grass carp, carp, silver carp, fathead fish, these four conventional species can already be cultivated fry. ”

Chao Gai said: "For those who concentrate on research and can concentrate on work, they can increase their wages appropriately. Fishing is not a long-term solution, fish farming is king. ”

Ruan Ying was very happy: "These fry are expected to be in cages in two months, at least 10,000 cages can be raised, I have informed Lu Wu in Luhua Village, they are working day and night, and they can ensure that the task is completed." ”

"How much can this small fry grow in late autumn until the end of the year?" Chao Gai asked.

Ruan Ying said: "Grass carp forage is sufficient, a small amount of bran and cooked soybean meal can grow to more than a catty, which is the best level." At present, we have very little investment in bran soybean meal, mainly grass, so I estimate the weight of grass carp in seven or eight taels in autumn, silver carp and fathead fish can grow to about half a catty, as for carp, we raise very little, that eats too much. ”

This speed is very slow, but Chao Gai does not have too much food to raise fish, so he can only take his time. At present, there are already 2,000 grass carp in cages, all of which are about one pound of grass carp purchased, and they can grow to at least three catties in autumn.

Chao Gai asked: "Uncle Ruan said that let me buy more small fish and shrimps?" ”

Ruan Ying sighed and said: "There is a wheat ear lake nearby, ten miles long, two or three miles wide, the water there is shallow and tight, usually only three or four feet deep, there are few big fish in it, all are wheat ears and white fish, there is a village by the lake called Kongjia Village, forty or fifty households, hundreds of people. It is all dependent on fishing to make a living, and now it is difficult to sell big fish, let alone small fish, which no one wants at all, and the head tax of 200 copper coins per person in the village every year cannot be paid. The young people all go outside to do all kinds of livelihoods, and there are only old people, women, and children left in the village, and life is extremely difficult, so I want to ask the owner if he can collect more, and I also know that this ear of wheat is of little use, but I can't bear it. ”

Chao Gai also sighed, there are many people in difficulty in the world, and how much Chao Gai's ability can help at present. But this is close at hand, and it can't be said without help.

Chao Gai and Ruan Ying got into the boat, arranged for two boatmen to row, and soon entered the Wheat Ear Lake through a reed like a maze array, where the lake water is very shallow, sparkling, the fish fly shallowly, the birds fly high in the sky, the shore is full of green grass, and it is a good place for birds to sing and flowers. Ruan Ying grabbed the net casually, and more than a dozen wheat ear fish were bouncing in the net, all of which were small fish about ten centimeters long.

Chao Gai said: "How many of these small fish can be caught here in a year." ”

"The problem is that no one wants this kind of fish, now the weather can still dry some dried fish, and then a few days the fish can only be caught and eaten on the same day, and the dried fish can't be dried, but this kind of small fish don't look small, the nutrition is not worse than the big fish, the owner has more industries, you can purchase less, anyway, it is cheaper than food, and it is not difficult to collect one or two thousand catties a day."

"What price?"

"Three catties a penny, it's cheap." Nguyen Anh Dao.

Chao Gai also smiled, now that the drought and locusts are the double problem, the price of grain has skyrocketed, and the cheapest sorghum rice has doubled in price.

Chao Gai calculated that the infantry guards were 300 catties a day, and although the water guards also had 100 people, there was no need to send them fish. The ironware workshop and the woodware workshop are 300 catties per day, and the long-term workers who do farm work on the village are 300 catties per day, so that the small fish consume 900 catties every day.

"Every day, small fish buy 900 catties, remember that it must be fresh, and you can't eat bad people. Large fish harvest more grass carp, and they can be temporarily stocked in cages if they are not needed. Chao Gai said.

Ruan Ying was very happy, but she didn't expect Chao Gai to agree so quickly.

Soon the boat went ashore and came to Kongjia Village, the patriarch of Kongjia Village was an old man in his sixties. When he saw Ruan Ying coming to visit Lao Yuan, he asked: "Brother Ruan, can we buy small fish in our village?" ”

Ruan Ying said: "This is my Zhuangzi, Chao Gai." He has agreed to buy 900 catties of small fish every day. ”

The old man thanked him, and in this way, he left a way for the village to live. The old man arranged to kill the big goose that laid the eggs, and wanted to leave Chao Gai Ruan Ying to eat, but Chao Gai refused to let him, and a big goose was a lot of wealth for the peasant family.

At this time, there was a sound of fighting and noisy outside, and the old man's face changed, and he said, "It's bad, something happened, those people are here again, quickly bang the gong and call people." ”

The old man's son, who was also in his forties, took out the gong and struck it, and the old man took a stick and went out. Chao Gai Ruan Ying followed, walking a short distance along the village road, in front of a courtyard of blue bricks and red tiles, the door was noisy and noisy, more than 20 men in black, carrying waist knives, holding sticks in their hands, one by one, led by a bald head without a hat, the jacket of the strong suit was not buttoned, and a tiger was tattooed on his chest to go down the mountain.

The man grabbed the collar of a villager in his fifties and pulled it out of the courtyard, behind the sound of several women crying, seventy or eighty people came out of the village one after another, there were old people and women, one by one holding sticks, but no one dared to step forward, the patriarch ordered people to go to no avail, every young person in the village, the youngest was also in his forties. Then there are women and children.

Chao Gai asked about the situation, it turned out that the person who was beaten had a son named Kong Yang, who was a figure with both civil and military skills, and in his early years, he made thousands of pieces of silver by running maritime merchants, and later when he ran maritime merchants from Qingzhou to Liao, he was caught by the Dengzhou sailors, and all the money and goods were gone. Recently, I borrowed money from Ren County to sell porcelain to Qingzhou, but I ran into bandits from Qingfeng Mountain, and the goods were naturally gone. The creditors of Ren County naturally came to the door to force the debt.

"Stop." Chao Gai shouted, startling the big bald head.

When the man saw that Chao Gai was tall and mighty, with a bow and arrows on his back, and a waist knife hanging from his waist, he didn't dare to be too presumptuous.

"Something." Big bald road.

"It's natural to repay debts, but if someone's son is not at home, what is it if you beat his old man." Chao Gai rebuked angrily.

"If I don't beat this old man, can he pay back the money, if I don't pay back the money, I will pay my master what I do." Big bald road.

"How much money I owe you."

"No more, no less, just one hundred and twenty." Big bald road.

Kong Yang's father said: "Fart, my son borrowed 50 yuan a year ago, and agreed to repay 60 yuan with interest for a year." has already returned thirty times, and another thirty times is enough, how can I say that one hundred and twenty times. ”

"Hmph, we are so profitable, who told your son not to pay it back quickly, let us more than 20 people run twice." The big bald head said fiercely.

Chao Gai said: "I will help him pay back this money, give you thirty taels, and quickly take someone to get out." ”

Chao Gai said and took out a thirty taels of silver, the big bald head was gone, and said: "The Ren family said that one hundred and twenty is one hundred and twenty yuan, and the face of the Ren family can't be broken, which onion are you, dare to pretend in front of the uncle, look at what you are wearing, there are five people and six people, and you will get out of the way."

Chao Gai put away the silver and sneered: "The face of the Ren family is face, but the face of the Chao family is not face?" Do you think you're a tiger if you have a tattoo? Today is not only about losing your face, but also about knocking out your front teeth. ”

The big bald head was angry, threw away his clothes, shook his arms, shook his neck, step by step, and walked towards Chao Gai with solid steps, obviously wanting to teach Chao Gai a profound lesson. When the big bald head arrived, he picked up his big fist and hit, Chao Gai did not move at all, and a swing fist came first, and a punch hit the chin of the big bald head, and the teeth and blood of the big bald head spurted out, and the person fell to the ground.

The bald subordinates were dumbfounded, but they didn't expect that the leader, who had always been very powerful, couldn't even catch a punch.

"What are you looking at stupidly, give the old chicken a beating." The big bald head slurred his speech, let everyone go together.

The big bald head brought more than 20 people, and they all took wooden sticks to beat Chao Gai, Chao Gai came in a hurry today, and he didn't bring guards, but he just practiced his fists and feet, and he didn't need to use a knife, a pair of big iron fists, all of them were put down with one punch, and after putting down seven or eight people, the other more than ten people didn't care about the fallen companions, and ran away, and the first one had already run out of thirty steps.

Chao Gai bent his bow and arrow, and an arrow went like a meteor, and swooped on the hair of the person in front of him, trembling, quite scary.

"Whoever wants to eat an arrow will run." Chao Gai shouted.

Immediately, no one dared to run. Chao Gai said to the patriarch, "They have come to the village to spread wilderness, collected their weapons, and watched, and I will send someone to escort them away in a moment." ”

Ruan Ying sent someone to inform the water guards of Luhua Village, and Ruan Xiaoqi brought people over to bring the big bald head and all his men back to the camp of the water guards of Luhua Village.