Since he became Minister of Commerce, Qian Jin has been working hard to develop the business of the Ryukyus, and this year the population of the Ryukyus has swelled dramatically, and although twenty or thirty towns have been established, there are no decent commercial districts in each town.

Therefore, the first thing Qian Jin did as minister was to introduce various stores in Yixing Hutchison to prosper the business of the Ryukyus, and then enrich the categories of daily necessities, and after a month of combing, the business of the Ryukyus gradually improved.

With the establishment of various shops and small workshops, this makes Zhang San walk on the streets of Tamsui City with the feeling of a Great Song City, Zhang San is very satisfied with this, and secretly said that this money is still very talented.

Just as Zhang San was praising Qian Jin, Qian Jin did come over to apply for Zhang San to open a fishing industry and allow the fishermen on the island to go to the sea to fish, which made Zhang San hesitate, after all, Ryukyu and Fujian are very close, even if it is a fishing boat, it can return to Fujian, and the opening of fishing boats may cause a part of the population to be lost.

Qian Jin really didn't think so about this, not only did the island have few taxes, there was no forced labor, but also distributed fields, and now the residents of the island have their own homes and fields, so it is unlikely that they will defect back to the Great Song Dynasty.

Besides, the First Fleet is not vegetarian, there are fleets patrolling, and ordinary people still dare not defect, but if fishing is opened, then the people on the island will not only increase their income, but also solve part of the food problem and increase the meat supply of the islanders.

Zhang San thought about it for a while, anyway, the next step is to expand the size of the fleet, these newly recruited people can patrol while training, and after a year, they become stronger, and the income of the islanders on the island will further increase, so they don't have to worry about this problem.

Zhang San agreed to Qian Jin's request, and in order to increase the income of these small fishing boats, he deliberately introduced the bamboo tube fishing method and the Ecstasy Array fishing method, which could not make the fishermen rich, but could also increase their income.

Bamboo tube row fishing is Zhang San in another book to see, the reason is very simple, a long rope is tied to a bamboo tube at intervals of half a meter, and a fishing hook is tied under the bamboo tube, so that a person can guard a large area of fishing hook, which greatly improves the efficiency of fishing.

The Ecstasy Array is simpler, you don't even need people to look at it, you just need to look at it every few hours, there are many types of Ecstasy Array, but the principle is the same, it's nothing more than a big entrance and a small exit.

Fish don't reverse, so it's difficult for the fish to come out when they enter the array, and the common Ecstasy Array fishing has shrimp pots, ground cages, etc., Zhang San only needs to point out, as for the rest, it's completely up to everyone to play freely.

Of course, after thinking about it for a while, Zhang San decided to allow the islanders to use small trawl fishing, at least it is much more reliable than the existing nets, and the fish in the sea cannot be caught for the time being, and Zhang San does not expect to rely on this sea fish to make money from the islanders.

Even when a group of hard-working fishermen became rich, Zhang San would allow them to use large boats to use large trawls to fish, and Zhang San also arranged for canneries to buy the fishermen's catch, so as to prevent the fishermen from being unable to sell the fish because of the overcatch.

To this end, Zhang San built seven or eight smaller canneries on the basis of the freshwater cannery, and after three or five years later, the fruit trees planted on the island began to bear fruit, and it was impossible to transport them to freshwater for treatment, which was also built in advance.

Then Qian Jin said that there is a lack of blacksmiths on the island, although the farm tools are provided by Zhang Santong, but after a period of use, it is inevitable that there will be damage that needs to be repaired, and many people will encounter things such as building houses without enough iron, and even a pair of scissors and a kitchen knife are difficult to buy.

Although now there is a department store that can solve part of the problem, but the first department store does not repair ironware, and it is impossible for the common people to run dozens or hundreds of miles to repair the sickle without a nail, so for the convenience of the people's lives, Zhang San is asked to open the iron trade.

Zhang San has not considered this problem, but now that he thinks about it, although Zhang San has distributed some farm tools for the basic life of the islanders, but with the current smelting process, the damage rate of iron tools is still very high.

There is no shortage of blacksmiths on the island, and the blacksmiths in the village who repair and build agricultural tools do not need much skill, and there will be a blacksmith in several villages or a township in the Great Song Dynasty, so there are still many blacksmiths among the islanders recruited by Zhang San.

But most of the blacksmiths were concentrated in the iron ore smelting center by Zhang San to concentrate on making all kinds of things, and now after hard work, the iron ore factory now produces more than 50,000 tons of iron and more than 1,000 tons of steel every year.

The island's steel production may not be enough now, but the iron production is enough for the whole island, and since there is a demand for this on the island, Zhang San simply allowed the department store in Yixing Hutchison to sell iron ingots and coke, and of course, a full set of iron-smelting tools.

If it wasn't enough, Zhang San also planned to send some blacksmiths to all parts of the island to undertake the task of repairing ironworks, but Qian Jin was really not satisfied with this, seeing that Zhang San was not angry, Qian Jin said: "Tell the king, I don't know whether to talk about something or not. ”

Zhang San looked at him and smiled: "If you have anything to say, as long as it is beneficial to us, I will take it." I will not punish you for saying something wrong, even if you are bold enough to say so. ”

Qian Jin opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, I think we can arrange the blacksmiths who make agricultural tools in the freshwater iron mine to all parts of the island, and let them run their own blacksmith shops, so as to better promote their enthusiasm." ”

Zhang San frowned and said: "I have also thought about what you said, but I gathered these blacksmiths together to build more farm tools, we have always had new immigrants in the Ryukyus, if there is no such organization to make farm tools, then maybe the new immigrants will not have farm tools to use." ”

Qian Jin said: "Your Majesty, in fact, let these blacksmiths run their own blacksmith shops, we can solve the problem of shortage of farm tools by buying farm tools from them, we just need to send people to supervise the quality and set a profitable purchase price." ”

Zhang San's eyes lit up when he heard this, this is indeed a good method, and the shadow of the planned economy in the Ryukyus is too heavy, and it is indeed necessary to introduce more market economic means, otherwise the development of the Ryukyus may fall into a bottleneck.

This is not Zhang San's alarmism, Zhang San has recently received news that some workshops have seen workers slacking off and the person in charge of the workshop has filled his pockets. This is the disadvantage of the planned economy.

Not only agricultural tools can be used in this way, but also some other things can be carried out according to this standard, such as brick and tile factories, clay pot factories, carpentry workshops, weaving workshops, garment workshops, and so on, which are not particularly important industries can be released from the right to operate.

Even trawlers, sugar cane plantations, and brown sugar production workshops can be opened to private individuals, which can reduce the pressure on Zhang San's management and promote the productivity of the islanders. 10