Chapter Ninety-One: Developing Near with Far Away

Zhang Zhong didn't know that Ning Tingshi was still calculating him, in fact, even if he knew, he wouldn't care, some small means might be useful at some point, but in this case, it wouldn't work at all.

Zhang Zhong finally came from home today, he has something new to do, a road has been repaired, and the people who built the road are idle, plus the boatmen who came from the mountain, and the two hundred mountain people sent down from the mountain.

I can do other things, in fact, it is to repair windmills, and prepare to form a windmill array here, and then there will be a workshop below, which will naturally process some wood and fish bones in the sea.

The lathe made of stainless steel is not so accurate, and it is very easy to break, but Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan still insist on making this thing, at least faster than manual, easier than manual, and not afraid of damage, if it is broken, it will be done again, and learn from it.

A lathe is used to see wood, so as to make sofas and other furniture, and the other lathe is used to smash fish bones, good fish bones made of bone meal for people to eat, bad ones are used to feed poultry and livestock, if this resource is not used well, then sorry for the sea.

There are some other lathes just rotating there, to see if the structure is unreasonable, and when the time comes, it will be easy to adjust, this is not made by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, but the craftsmen at home pondered it themselves, even if it is only an attempt in this aspect, after all, it is also the first step.

The people who had finished the road and the people on the mountain were all found together, and the mountain people were very cautious, even though they knew that the new official was a good official, but they still had a trace of suspicion and distrust.

Zhang Zhong looked at the individuals standing in front of him, organized his language and said: "Whether it is the people who live in the mountains, or the people who used to live here, they will have to do things together in the future, don't attack each other, in the eyes of this official, they are all the same people, and someone will tell you what to do in a while, now eat something first, and work after eating." ”

Zhang Zhong actually had a lot of things to say, but he didn't know what to say when the words came to his lips, so he only said such a short sentence.

The local people can understand, only two people from the mountain understand Zhang Zhong's words, the two of them are temporary translators, and they are also responsible for managing these clansmen, and they have said Zhang Zhong's words to the clansmen and arranged them, so that they can do things together.

"Xiaobao, where are we going to go? The boat was too slow, but unfortunately two boats with propellers came over, and they both ran to Qinzhou. ”

On this side of the sea, Wang Juan ran to the lookout, pulled Zhang Xiaobao up as well, looked at the endless sea with clairvoyance and asked.

"Two more days of boating, you can go anywhere, and then go back in a circle, there are a lot of sharks here, it seems that the boat comes over whether it is fishing or trading, and it is easy to be eaten by sharks if you are not careful."

Zhang Xiaobao didn't think about where to go, it took too much time to breed boats, along the way, he saw a lot of sharks, he had been to this sea before, he hadn't seen so many sharks, at this time he was thinking about how to make sharks less, as long as it didn't threaten the ships coming and going.

"Even if there are no sharks, you can't use small boats to load goods for business, a big wave comes, the ship is finished, and now there are no satellites or anything, so you can only rely on human judgment to avoid the strong wind, send small boats, that is, there is no one.

How good the shark is, there are more shark fins, and there are shark people and skins, anti-sharks are all good things, when others have not hunted a large number of sharks, we can't kill the species even if we try to kill, but it's a pity that we have gone so far and haven't seen whales yet, otherwise, find a way to catch a few, it will be more valuable.

What do you say can deal with these sharks? The local fishermen are so poor at killing sharks that they have to find a way to make them safer and to make a lot of money by selling sharks. ”

Wang Juan didn't have the slightest idea of protecting this shark, so she wanted to get benefits from the shark, and she also loved to eat shark fin.

Zhang Xiaobao looked at another shark swimming over in the clairvoyance, pondered for a while and said: "It's not difficult to catch sharks, you can use a few big boats, get some iron nets, it's expensive, when the time comes, tie it with a thick rope and sink into the water, and then catch a few pigs, cut some holes on the pigs and still put them in the water, and naturally there are sharks to eat."

There are many sharks waiting to come, as soon as you lift the net, that's fine, or use the usual net, make it stronger, and sink the stone below, but it's not as good as the iron net, well, that's it, after going back, wait for the next big ship to transport goods to come and pull out a few to catch sharks here. ”

Zhang Xiaobao thought of a way to trap sharks, Wang Juan also knew that this method was relatively good, if he was skilled, he could even keep catching like this, as long as there were sharks nearby, he would be attracted by blood and water, and the only thing to consider was that the iron net was not thorny.

If you have a thorn, it will be better if it pierces the shark, and the shark's blood will come out, but then the shark's skin will be broken, and it will be worthless to make something.

"Xiaobao, it's better to use an ordinary Internet café, if you don't use an iron net without thorns, it's not as good as an ordinary net, I'm going to make something shark skin, Xiaobao, do you think we're too cruel?"

Wang Juan suddenly asked such a sentence as he spoke.

"Well, cruel, it's too cruel, how can you do this, from today on, we won't eat any meat, and we must choose the kind of eggs that are not fertilized to eat when we eat eggs, and we don't want to raise hens, not a single rooster."

Zhang Xiaobao followed and said, he doesn't think there is any cruelty, if it is eating people, it is indeed cruel, but eating sharks is nothing, after all, sharks will not consider what cruelty is when eating people, people are just to survive, people eat sharks are also to survive, this survival is not only to live, but also to live better in it.

Wang Juan just said casually, she just thought of making things out of shark skin, that is, she didn't let go even when people died, and when she heard Zhang Xiaobao say that she wanted to be a kind of monk, she smiled and crawled down, "Xiaobao, don't look at it, it's time to eat, I'll eat something in the sea for lunch today." ”

When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan came to the restaurant, Li Xun and these people had already eaten, the shrimp caught from the sea were boiled directly, and the kelp fished out of the sea was also made into cold dishes, and Li Xun, who was still chewing in his mouth, still grabbed two prawns in his hands, and when he saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan coming in, he said happily:

"It's delicious, it's still good here, you can always eat fresh when you eat seafood, unlike in the capital, it costs a lot of money to eat some live seafood, and you have to use seawater to raise it along the way, come and eat, but unfortunately the crabs are no longer good now, otherwise, steam some crabs, I won't eat anything else for a day."

It's not just Li Xun who eats fast, Liu'er, Xin'er, and Weiwei also eat hard with their heads down, this time it's finally enjoyable, the only thing that's a little regrettable is that there are no drunk shrimp to eat, there are a lot of drunk shrimp here, in order not to get sick, you can only try to eat as little raw things as possible that are caught directly from the sea.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan washed their hands and sat down, and one of them also took a prawn and ate it, but both of them ate more elegantly, and after eating the meat, the shell of the shrimp was placed there, still like a whole shrimp.

As soon as Li Xun saw this situation, he also followed suit, but after all, he had just learned, and the shrimp shell couldn't be so complete, so he had to give up in the end, and said: "It's just a shrimp, is it still like this?" Is there any use in keeping the shrimp shells? ”

When he said this, Zhang Xiaobao's eyes lit up and said, "Yes, shrimp shells can't be wasted, and there are some small sea rice, which can be used to make food when the time comes." ”

"What food to make? Does anyone still eat this thing? Li Xun stopped, looked at Zhang Xiaobao and asked, he was very curious about this, and he didn't know what strange things Zhang Xiaobao came up with.

"Of course you can eat it, you can wait for it to be dried to form shrimp powder and feed it, or you can dry it and transport it to other places, our people in Datang don't eat it, and there are those places in Tubo and Turkic, where they are far away from the sea, I decided, when the goods here are not enough to transport these useless things."

Transported to the capital, and then processed into shrimp balls, crab balls and sea fish balls, sold to Turkic, Tibetan and other places, let them eat, okay, just do it, but they don't know what those things are made of, and the taste is not bad. ”

Zhang Xiaobao came up with a very immoral idea, and continued: "As for our side, the shrimp balls we eat are made of meat, don't look at the things we can eat now, there are still many places that we can't think of, and even some people don't know what the taste of the sea is for the rest of their lives, and it's a pity to live like that for a lifetime." ”

After listening to Zhang Xiaobao's words, Li Xun wiped his hands and said: "Indeed, it's not just that you can't eat seafood, how many people don't know what the sea is like in their lives, so many places only call some big lakes Haizi, I decided, I want to build more ships, build big ships, build fast boats, and then let people from some places take a boat to come here to see, and don't walk around the world once." ”

Li Xun thought very well, but Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan knew that this thing would not be possible at all, unless the roads were repaired, and then cars and other things appeared, otherwise, it would not be possible to pick up people somewhere else by boat just by boat.

If you really only use boats to pick up people, not to mention how many places there are no big rivers, and even if there are, what about remote mountainous areas? Do you want people to walk out for a few months, then go to the river, go out to sea in a big boat, go around and go back? That person is no longer working? Waste all your time on the road.

Especially in some farther places, such as *** and ***, the road doesn't want to be repaired in a short time, and the two of them can't bear to pour cold water on him when they look at Li Xun's yearning look, since he wants to do that, let him try, even if he fails in the end, at least he has tried.

"Well, okay, I support, we must build more big boats, so that everyone can know what the sea is like, and all people can eat seafood, but this is not enough, some places do not have such a big river, only a small river, the big boat can't get in, even if the boat goes in, the road there is too remote, and it will take several months for people living in the mountains to come out once.

It's better to build the boat first, and then let's make a lot of money, and when we have a lot of money, we will take it out to build roads, and build roads everywhere, and raise more horses, and then let those who live in the mountains come out on fast horses, and then change to small boats, and go to sea after getting on big ships. ”

Zhang Xiaobao followed Li Xun's words, there is a goal first, and I don't know if it can be achieved, but Zhang Xiaobao thinks that it is very difficult, let alone now, that is, how many of him and Wang Juan have not seen the sea in person at that time? I look at it from the TV and other things by myself.

Li Xun didn't think so much, as soon as he heard Zhang Xiaobao's words, he seemed to have great confidence, nodded and said: "Yes, yes, that's what it looks like, Xiaobao, then your family needs to find more profitable transactions, otherwise you have to build so many roads, and hundreds of thousands of dollars of money are like a small stone thrown into the sea, and you can't make any waves at all." ”

Li Xun is not stupid, as soon as he hears about the construction of the road, he knows how much money will be used, it is not at all what he and the Zhang family can support now, and the money will be spent like flowing water, thinking about it, it is not easy to get, the amount is too huge.

But he believes in the Zhang family's ability to make money, and some local people are willing to build roads themselves, as long as they take out the money, then they don't have to worry about it, let the people repair it themselves.

Zhang Xiaobao pondered Li Xun's words, sped up the speed of eating, and at the same time glanced at Wang Juan, Wang Juan also sped up, and the two of them hurriedly ate and ran to the lookout again.

"Xiaobao, what do you want to say?" As soon as Wang Juan climbed up, he asked Zhang Xiaobao.

"Yes, I think we should speed up a little bit, especially some varieties of grain and vegetables outside, we should get them as soon as possible, and after planting here, we will be able to eat and wear without worry, so that we will have spare money to repair the road, and we will go back tomorrow.

When the time comes, send someone out and go to ten ships, and only one will come back, with the goods of other places on it, it will be worth it, and the sea is like this, wealth and danger coexist, and while the foreign race has not yet formed a scale of aggression, it is necessary to lay a good foundation, and it seems that every time in history it is going to develop, it is interrupted by war. ”

Zhang Xiaobao saw that Li Xun was so ambitious, and it also aroused the pride in his heart, why can't he develop it well, as long as the foundation is played, even if it is internal at that time, he is not afraid, at least when he is ahead of others, then when he has a certain success, he can distance himself, and he can't just beat it down.

What's more, if it's really strong, it's impossible to wait for others to fight all the time, maybe you'll go to fight others, so in this case, the first thing that needs to be solved is the food problem, in addition to this is the population, this is not the time when the population is more than a billion yuan, and the population base must be increased.

Wang Juan listened to Zhang Xiaobao's words, and immediately understood what he thought, and she also agreed with this, after living a good life in her own family, she could think about making the motherland strong, and took Zhang Xiaobao's hand and said:

"It's useless to rush this thing, after all, if you want to find things and transport them back, it seems impossible to get things in front of you every few years, it's better to get the things in front of you first, now it's the Kaiyuan year, and it hasn't reached the heyday of Kaiyuan, so you have time to do it, don't be in a hurry."

"Yes, don't worry, it's still the Kaiyuan year, it's early, then stay one more day, come little by little, you said that there is really a ship to pass by then, do you want to organize others to go there to make money? This matter is really very complicated, and the most fearful thing is that the people in power are unwilling. ”

Zhang Xiaobao also felt that he was a little anxious, he was influenced by Li Xun just now, Li Xun can think of letting everyone see the sea, will he and Wang Juan be different?

Wang Juan also thought of this thing that made people go elsewhere, what if there were too many people who passed by, and they also brought their families over, what if they settled down there? Who will you listen to in the future? This problem is very difficult to solve, not to mention the current Tang Dynasty, that is, after the rise of the industrial age, the speed of the steamer is faster, and there are not many colonies *** out.

Those colonies that want to be *** are not all the ideas of the locals, but more people who colonized the past from other places, and they are some individuals who get more benefits, well, a problem that is very difficult to solve, unless there is something that can *** stop them.

"Xiaobao, don't think about things so far now, think about it here, how can you improve the living standards of the people in Luzhou as soon as possible."

Wang Juan really couldn't think of a solution, so he had to put it down for the time being, and studied the people's life problems with Zhang Xiaobao, the people's lives are really good now, but it has not reached the level she and Zhang Xiaobao expected.

But in the future, the construction here is almost the same, or to live separately, the adjustment between various industries, and the work that the people can do, must be arranged, so as to take advantage of such an opportunity to lay a good foundation first, even if other people come over in the future, or after the local population increases, they can continue to develop according to this plan.

The two of them discussed the matter, and went down to the cabin again to think of an idea.

Li Xun didn't know what was wrong with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and he didn't bother when he saw the two of them busy, but there were still four people left, let two people be referees, and he was going to play a game of Monopoly with Xin'er, this game was also played separately, and the two people stayed in one place on the deck, and they couldn't see where each other was.

Then Liu Er and Weiwei watched from both sides, that is, there was another chessboard, and there were two little people on the chessboard, who could clearly know who was doing what, and then they could judge who made money in a certain area and who lost money somewhere according to certain rules.

This kind of gameplay is not suitable for some people with poor family conditions, there are too many props used, and it would be good for a few ordinary children's babies to have a picture together, they can only play the kind of dice played.

The sound of seabirds and the crashing of the waves on the boat makes the boat seem very peaceful.

On Luzhou's side, Old Man Zhang and Old Man Bi didn't go out with the boat, the two of them were still playing billiards, after all, Old Man Zhang's previous foundation was better, he had been a guard, and all the controls on the body were better than Old Man Bi, the two of them played a few games, but Old Man Bi didn't win a game, and finally couldn't help but say:

"Don't play, you must have practiced secretly while I was doing something else, and after I did things well, I would also practice, and then win you."

"Didn't I do things when you did things? My pigeon now has a lot of eggs gone, I still have to send a letter to my master, and I have to be busy teaching others how to train pigeons, I don't have time to practice secretly, you can't do it yourself and complain about others, you say you're busy, then what are you busy with? ”

Not to be outdone, Old Man Zhang said, he can't be soft on this game, and at the same time he is curious about what Bi Gou has been doing in the past few days, he can only see Bi Gou for a short time every day, and he doesn't know what he is busy with in the rest of the time.

Old man Bi put down the pole, looked at Old Man Zhang, hesitated for a while and said: "I'm not afraid to tell you, I'm writing down all the things in Luzhou, and looking at what is the difference between Luzhou and now in the last year and a half, which place is developing in a better direction, and which place is getting worse and worse."

In this way, you can know how other places are going to develop, which is a good thing that is not easy to get, if Luzhou really does a good job, then wouldn't other states like Luzhou be able to do the same thing as Luzhou? That's the real blessing of the people, you can't always count on Zhang Zhong to take care of it alone, right? ”

"Hehe, old man Bi, it seems that you think well, you can take this into account, okay, give me a copy when the time comes, I will give it to my master, let him see, so that he can follow and learn, as long as it is useful, then all places in Datang must follow to learn, a great achievement."

When Old Man Zhang heard Bi Gou say this, he also came to his senses and wanted to write a copy.