Not far south from Niangniang Palace, it is the estuary of the Xiaoling River in Jinzhou Bay, which the locals call the East Sea. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since the Song Dynasty, the sea area of Niangniang Palace is a prosperous port, and in the Ming Dynasty, it is a thousand sails racing, and a large number of commercial goods are directly transported to Jinzhou City through the Xiaoling River.

When Wang Dou stood here, he saw patches of Suaeda grass, scattered on both sides of the estuary of the Xiaoling River, revealing a charming red light, and it can be clearly seen that on the opposite bank of the Niangniang Palace Wharf, there is also a rather large wharf, but at this time, those ferries were either destroyed by the Qing soldiers, or collected away.

"This river is very important, and it can directly transport the baggage to the city of Jinzhou."

Wang Dou thought secretly.

It is not better than the Xiaoling River that has been silted up in later generations, and the Xiaoling River section at this time, below Jinzhou, can be navigated by boat, and the geographical advantage is very obvious.

Walking down the mouth of the Xiaoling River, there are many salt pans on both sides of the river, which spread to the mouth of the Daling River. In the past, these salt pans were an important income for local officials and generals, but with the war, these salt pans were abandoned, and those salt farmers also lost their livelihoods.

Fortunately, a few days ago, they found a job again, that is, fishing for the Jingbian Army and others.

A very important reason why Wang Dou's Jingbian Army has strong combat effectiveness is that there is often meat to eat. If you talk about the generous treatment, you should be the first in the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible for the families under the command of the officials and generals to have such food as the Jingbian Army.

However, it is a big problem to rush thousands of miles to fight in Liaodong and to transport logistics and baggage. In this era, the best bacon can only be stored for about seven or eight days at most in hot weather.

As for the meat porcelain jar, there are merchants on the East Road who participate in the transportation, and it is thousands of miles away, and it cannot meet the needs of the huge Jingbian army, so Wang Dou hit the idea on the head of the sea fish.

The ocean is the world's largest treasure trove of resources, but in this era, it is too inefficient.

Take marine fish as an example, no matter how many fish fishermen catch, because there is no means of preservation in later generations, especially in summer, it often stinks and spoils after a day or two, and it cannot be used for trading and selling at all, nor can it be eaten as food, so fishermen are poor, and it can be said that they are guarding the gold mountain and returning empty-handed.

In the inland area, fresh fish is precious, one expensive and one cheap, forming a stark contrast.

In view of this, Wang Dou had an idea, recalled some dried fish materials that he had seen in later generations, and proposed a method of making them.

It is to treat the internal organs and scales of fresh fish, and then boil and dry them in a large pot, so that the dried fish can be stored for at least one or two months even in the hot summer. It is somewhat similar to the processing method of canned food in later generations, or meat porcelain jars at this time.

This method caused a sensation immediately.

It is important to know that although there is also dried fish production in the coastal area at this time, it is only fresh fish that is caught and dried on fishing boats, and generally does not form a large-scale fish drying place.

Moreover, such dried fish can not be stored for long in summer, and there are problems such as poor color and easy insects.

In order to preserve dried fish for a long time, a large amount of salt is needed, and in this era, salt is expensive, and poor fishermen are willing to use it on a large scale.

Even if some merchants have this kind of dried fish with salt and financial resources, if the people who buy it eat meat and salt at the same time, it not only conflicts with the salt policy of the government but also offends a huge interest group, and they don't know how to die.

Therefore, for thousands of years, fishermen have guarded Baoshan, but they have been poor, and the huge marine resources have not been utilized.

Wang Dou's method is simple, but if it is popularized, so that large-scale aquatic products can enter the inland, not only countless fishermen can get a livelihood and get rich, but also countless people, at least the coastal people, in the year of famine, eating fish is better than eating bark and grass roots, right? …,

Of course, this kind of great historical significance, many people can't think of at this time, but businessmen are always sensitive to interests, Wang Dou's original intention was only to supply the meat needs of the Jingbian army, but many businessmen immediately glimpsed the huge business opportunities.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was difficult to raise pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, cattle or something, but the marine fish resources of this era can be described as endless, although there is a fish season, but the huge and rich fish resources are obviously not lacking.

Think about the huge amount of dried fish that is made every year, how much profit is there? Not to mention anything else, in Liaodong alone, the dried fish needed by these hundreds of thousands of Ming troops is an astronomical amount.

Soon, Zheng Jinglun, the president of the Zhendong Commercial Bank who was in the army at this time, visited Wang Dou with a large number of merchants from the East Road, and offered to share with Zhongyongbo, in addition to supplying the dried fish of the Jingbian Army, he also planned to transport this dried fish to all parts of the Ming Dynasty for sale.

They all thought of the name of the dried fish, and they called it Wang Gongyu, which included Zheng Jinglun and others to curry favor with Wang Dou, as well as the Jingbian Army Intelligence Department.

Not only the merchants of the East Road, but also the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, the supervisor Wang Chengen, the supervisor Zhang Ruoqi and others were also shaken, as well as the general soldiers in Liaodong, and even at this time, many businessmen gathered in Xingshan and Songshan were also moved.

In this war, in addition to the transport team organized by the government, there were also a large number of Ming merchants who transported or provided grain and grass for the army, which can be described as Jin merchants, Beijing merchants, Zhejiang merchants, and Hui merchants.

Hong Chengchou and other officers saw the significance of dried fish instead of part of the grain, after all, it was extremely urgent for the Ming Dynasty to supply front-line grain and grass, so that the soldiers could eat a large amount of dried fish, which could not only supplement meat, but also save a lot of grain and grass.

After all, fishing in Liaodong is much lower than transporting grain for thousands of miles, and it is not easy to preserve fresh fish in the past.

If Wang Dou is just a humble pawn, they will copy such a good prescription, and steal it, so what will happen?

But at this time, I didn't dare.

Loyal and brave Bo is powerful and powerful in the world, if in a fit of anger, what if they encounter Tartar thieves on the way? Although everyone has a deep backstage, many people have a close relationship with Hong Chengchou, Qiu Minyang, Wang Chengen, etc., but they may not necessarily fall out with Wang Dou in the background to protect them.

Therefore, it is inevitable to cooperate with Wang Dou.

Behind the general soldiers, there are dense businessmen, they are the umbrella or partner of many merchant forces in the jurisdiction, and many industries in the territory have their dry shares, so if the general soldiers of the past dynasties of Datong are actually one of the spokesmen of the Jin merchants.

Before the rise of Manchuria, Mongolia was strong, and at that time, the generals of the border towns had already smuggled and transported, selling all kinds of in-demand and contraband goods, and made a fortune. Of course, they can't go out openly, so businessmen of all sizes are their partners.

These general soldiers, of course, had to speak for the businessmen behind them, and by the way, they also made some fortune themselves, and for a while, there was an endless stream of people who said that they visited Wang Dou.

Wang Dou did not expect that his inspiration would have such a huge impact, and finally he instructed Sun Sanjie, the general of the baggage battalion, to negotiate with everyone and reach a series of agreements to form a giant fishing trading house.

In this, Wang Dou, the loyal and brave uncle, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, Zhang Ruoqi, the supervisor, Wang Chengen, the governor of Liaodong, Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, and many general soldiers in Liaodong at this time have joined the shares, as well as the big businessmen from all over the provinces.

In the agreement, the dried fish produced is called the king fish, and the East Road sign is uniformly used, which is unanimously agreed.

Donglu is now famous, and it seems that the commercial goods produced there are synonymous with fine and exquisite. The meat porcelain jar on the East Road, the product of the Shunxiang Fort brand, has actually flowed to other places and has become the object of many wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the sophisticated weapons. …,

The commercial sign on the East Road seems to be of a higher grade and is more trusted by buyers. Just like some commodities in later generations, which are obviously produced domestically, they have to add a joint venture, or pretend to be produced abroad.

Wang Dou was happy to see it, and many of these merchants were maritime merchants from Tianjin, Shandong, Shanhaiguan, and Liaoxi. The alliance between the East Road Merchant House and them will help to expand the power of the East Road merchants, and dried fish can also become one of the fist commodities of the East Road.

After the establishment of the dried fish trading house, the fishermen in the western Liaoning area immediately became fragrant and sweet, and the sailors of the Longwu Sailor Division of Juehua Island also rushed to fish.

This dragon martial water division, was the general name of the five water battalions built by Sun Chengzong that year, but during the Ningyuan War, Wu Nage led the Houjin cavalry to capture Juehua Island, and the battalions were destroyed.

At this time, the sailors went to the sea to fish, and finally made their role even more important.

In addition to the fishermen, there are many local military households who are familiar with the water, and the grain transporters are also scrambling to go to the sea.

Especially at this time is the peak season of fishing, only a few days, there are a large number of all kinds of marine fish caught up, between the workshops, dense cauldron erection, peeling off the scales and dirty sea fish are boiled to a thin rot, dumped flat on the stone slab exposed to the sun, and then rolled with a stone roller, a large piece of dried fish stored for a long time will be prepared out.

Of course, this is only the lowest level of dried fish, the fish porcelain jar eaten by the Jingbian army is to cut the fish into pieces, put in an appropriate amount of soy sauce, sugar, koji wine, oyster sauce and other seasonings after cooking, if there are vegetables, but also add appropriately, in order to supplement the nutrients needed by the human body, and then sealed, so that the fish porcelain jar is delicious, and can be stored for several months.

This kind of fish porcelain jar is mainly produced by the newly established workshop of the East Road Commercial Bank near Songshan Fort, in addition to supplying the Jingbian army, it is also supplied to the officers of the Liaodong army, or sold to all parts of the Ming Dynasty to supply the needs of wealthy households.

Because the fish porcelain jar needs a large amount of ceramics, it also drives the prosperity of the ceramic trade in Liaodong. Moreover, there are too many dried fish to be supplied, and a large number of people are required for all kinds of steps, so in addition to fishermen, many Liaodong military households and grain transporters have also been employed.

Now the people are all well educated, and they want food, not silver, but the poorest of their wages can also be paid with dried fish. In the eyes of many Liaodong soldiers and civilians, Wang Gongyu has quickly become the second substitute food.

For many soldiers and civilians, as long as there is meat to eat, they are satisfied, and they will not be so demanding.

With the escort team, as well as Han Chao, Zhong Xiancai, Zhong Tiaoyang and other Jingbian officers and generals, Wang Dou walked along the Niangniang Palace section to the southeast coast.

The sea was choppy, and the air was filled with a smell of sea, because in the Loess Ridge area, tens of thousands of troops such as Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, and Jingbian Army were stationed, and their large battalions spread all the way to the edge of the Xiaoling River, effectively blocking the infiltration of Qing cavalry on this side.

Therefore, from the southeast of Niangniang Palace, all the way to the seaside areas, densely covered with merchants' fish drying grounds and processing plants, busy crowds like ants, all kinds of work and the sound of work. And constantly, countless sails unloaded the hill-like seafood from the various docks, and the busy scenery was eye-catching.

Maybe I have seen the sea a lot these days, and the feeling of fear and insignificance has been reduced a lot, Zhong Xiancai and others will not be as afraid as they were when they first saw the sea, but seeing this busy scene, everyone still sighed.

Zhong Xiancai looked at Wang Dou admiringly: "The general's gift of dried fish, this alone has countless people, and it is really a Buddha of ten thousand families." ”

Everyone laughed, and Wang Dou also smiled: "You are becoming more and more able to speak." ”

He looked at the sea, feeling relaxed and happy, he said: "My Wang Dou came to Daming, and the proudest thing is that he has changed the fate of many people. ” 。 ）