South of Gaizhou, Bayuquan.

This strange ground means one thing, this area is rich in mackerel, also known as mackerel. In summer and autumn every year, mackerel swarm in clusters to spawn, which is the fishing season. Mackerel has a fierce temperament and swims very fast, and its shiny silver body often escapes from the sea when foraging. According to the textbook, mackerel has tight flesh, white color, few spines and delicious taste.

......, with such an attribute, what are you waiting for? In the hands of the people of the Great Foodie Empire, it can be regarded as having no regrets in life and no regrets in death, and it is guaranteed to cook all kinds of delicious food.

Zhou Qingfeng occupied three guards on the Liaodong Peninsula and looted a lot of grain. But when a large number of people poured in, he still faced huge food pressure. Don't look at the fact that he has brought in 20,000 or 30,000 tons of grain before and after, but in the face of hundreds of thousands of mouths eating and drinking day and night, this bit of food is really not enough. If we include the grain needed for subsequent agricultural construction, we must find other food sources.

Fortunately, there are plenty of fishery resources in the sea.

When Zhou Qingfeng set up the Yingkou base, he mobilized the common people to catch fish, and even shellfish were not spared. But the amount of catch at that point is too small, and it can't do it with a single fish per capita. After he took Gaizhou, he immediately checked the fishery data of the Bohai Sea, and those who went to the sea did not think about it, and the Bayuquan near the coast became the only hope to feed the population of the 'revolutionary army'.

Sea!

The 'Lushun' unfurled three hard sails, and Zhou Qingfeng held the 'Wind and Cloud Flag' to encourage the strong wind to accelerate the ship. On either side of the 'Lushun' were several transport ships, all of which lined up with the 'Lushun', moving in concert with the strong winds, while throwing huge fishing nets behind the winch at the stern.

In ancient times, fishing nets were woven with hemp fibers, which swelled when they absorbed water and were easily perishable. 'Three days of fishing, two days of drying nets' originally meant that the nets should be maintained frequently. In addition, the fishing boats used by ordinary fishermen are very small, and the fishing staff is often only one or two people, and the fishing nets are only a few square meters in size, so the fishing efficiency is extremely low.

Zhou Qingfeng had people weave hundreds of square meters of large fishing nets, which were strengthened with magic to improve toughness and durability – a job that the high-ranking monk had never done in the past. Who will improve the nets for fishermen? Isn't it good to have this kung fu to refine a furnace of elixir?

Now the large reinforced nets are lowered through the winch brackets at the stern of the boat, spreading out a huge trawl net beneath the surface. Zhou Qingfeng holds the 'Wind and Cloud Flag', which can not only control the wind, rain, thunder and lightning on the sea surface, but also probe a certain distance below the sea surface. This is like a fish-finding sonar that can efficiently determine targets.

The sea became stormy and the waves were high, and Zhou Qingfeng, who was in charge of the 'Wind and Cloud Banner', looked up at the sky and felt that a storm was coming. The might of nature can only be obeyed, not resisted. He tried to adjust the direction of the wind, and at the same time shouted to Xu Bing on the boat: "Hurry up, it's going to be a storm." ”

As soon as the words fell, the sky became gloomy, and big drops of rain fell like a pop, hurting on people's faces. Xu Bing seemed to ignore Zhou Qingfeng's shouts, and still operated according to the fishing regulations written in the book. Mackerel lives in the pelagic layer of the sea, and it is impossible to catch it if the nets do not sink deep enough.

It wasn't until the raindrops made splashes on the deck of the boat that Xu Bing was sure that the nets had been laid successfully. She turned around and shouted, "Alright, speed up towards the fish and put them in the net." ”

The sea breeze controlled by the 'Wind and Cloud Banner' was even more rapid, whirring by.

When Guo Jiao handed over this magic weapon to Zhou Qingfeng, her original intention was to help Zhou Qingfeng use it in naval battles. There is a big difference between the good and the bad on the sea. Who knew that Uncle Zhou's thinking has always diverged - trawling requires a big boat, and it is a high-speed big boat, so naturally he will use the 'Fengyun Banner' for fishing.

The winds whipped the ship's hard sails, and those on the deck had to hold on to a fixed object in order to move slowly. The bulky transport ship was stunned by Zhou Qingfeng's drive out of twelve knots of high speed, and even the mast was making a curved moan.

But soon, the speed of the ship decreased.

Everyone could feel that the ship seemed to be being towed by something, and it was very laborious to move forward.

Twelve, ten, eighth, sixth......

When the speed of the ship was only four knots, Zhou Qingfeng, who was standing at the bow of the ship, shouted: "Collect the net, close the net, the boat will not be able to hold on." ”

The order to close the net quickly spread throughout the entire fleet of ships sailing in parallel, and the boatmen shouted the trumpet and stood in front of the winch, and seven or eight people turned the metal levers of the winch together. Everyone's arm muscles were tense and bulging, and they let the raindrops fall from the sky on their faces, and their only thought was to drag the nets up from the sea.

The resistance on the winch is increasing, and from time to time there is an exhaustion of manpower, and immediately there is a reserve to replace it. When the fishing net emerged from the sea and approached the surface of the sea, Xu Bing stood on the open stern of the modified boat and looked at it, only to see that the sea at the stern of the boat was like a boiling cauldron, and countless fish jumped in it.

What a blessing the sea has been these days!

Any net is full of fish.

Xu Bing ignored the fact that he was drenched all over his body and wiped the rain from his hair, and shouted loudly: "Pull hard, this net is at least five tons of fish." Whether we can eat and drink enough depends on everyone's hard work! ”

The more the nets came out of the water, the heavier they became, but more men on the boat stepped forward to help, and each handle of the winch was full of several pairs of arms. The sea under the winch bracket slowly revealed a huge net, a net with an extremely complex structure, all thanks to the information provided by Zhou Qingfeng, and woven by hundreds of female workers.

The ferocious mackerel kept jumping in the net pocket, but the net bag was suspended from the water and suspended by a support made of pulleys, and slowly moved to the top of the fishing warehouse in the boat. The barns were opened, the nets were hoisted, and tons of fish were dumped into it – the harvest alone was equivalent to the toils of hundreds of fishermen in a day's work.

Enthusiastic shouts rang out from the flotilla of boats. There are five boats in total, and each boat catches about three to five tons. This is only the first time that we have fished for the first time, and there will be more to come.

"I think when I was in Ekhkulen, I also used lightning to blow up fish to feed the slaves." Zhou Qingfeng grabbed the 'Fengyun Flag' and jumped back from the bow of the boat, looked at the fish jumping in the fishing barn, and grinned: "Now everyone is going to eat fish until they get tired of eating." Mackerel dumplings, mackerel balls, mackerel risotto, guarantee that many years later, some people will have no appetite when they hear the word mackerel. ”

"It doesn't matter if it has an appetite or not, it can feed people now." Xu Bing was also smiling, "I feel that there is still huge room for improvement in boats, fishing gear, winches, and even fishing methods." For example, the speed of the ship does not need to be so high at all, just four or five knots. It is indispensable to have a monk to control this 'storm flag', after all, it is impossible for you to fish all the time. ”

"I can take it for the time being, and before the end of the fish news, I can catch enough fish so that we can expand our army. After all, the army must be well fed to be combat-ready. Zhou Qingfeng shouted to the boatmen beside him: "Come, second net." There are fish under the surface of the sea, let's see if we can catch more. ”

The emptied trawls were reorganized, and everyone was getting more and more energetic. Most of the boatmen on the boat are fishermen from Liaodong Bay, and in the past, they could catch more than a dozen catties of fish in a net. Now this catch is a hundredfold and a thousand times more, and it is easier.

Zhou Qingfeng spent a whole day laying three nets in Bayuquan, which was really more than one net. No one in this era has ever fished on such a large scale, and the fish in the sea are so dense that they are simply endless. When the five trawlers docked before dark, the catch shocked everyone who saw it.

Empty baskets were handed to the boat, and baskets of fish were brought down. Almost no number of people counted how many baskets were handed over, anyway, the baskets prepared later were full, but there were still fish in the fishing barn on the boat.

A series of wooden sheds have been built along the pier of Bayuquan, and under each wooden shed is a long wooden table. Hundreds of recruited laborers had been waiting here for a day, and when the fish in the baskets were dumped, they were quick to rough each fish with knives in hand.

It was raining heavily before the ships docked, and the laborers were afraid that they would get nothing for the day. But now that one fish after another had fallen in front of them, they were both delighted and amazed at the abundance of the harvest - how many fucking fish were there? We can't finish it when we're tired!

There are so many fishermen in this Liaodong Bay, no one has ever seen so many fish!

For the ignorant people, the scene in front of them is beyond their imagination, and probably only the Sea Dragon King has the ability to order the fish to go into the net by themselves. The boatman who came down from the boat also said with certainty: "Our young marshal is standing at the bow of the ship with a 'wind and cloud flag' in his hand. Just a few times he shouted, and we caught the fish. ”

Miracles, miracles, this is really to be worshipped.

The rough-processed mackerel is registered and loaded onto the wagon. As the head of the administration department, Xu Bing has long planned the use of these catches. About forty tons of fish were caught on this day, and they will be quickly sent to the Guards, hospitals, schools, administrations for redistribution. Each functional department has its own canteen, and thousands of people will be able to eat a good meal.

This is the only meat that the 'revolutionary army' can guarantee on a large scale at present. Zhou Qingfeng also guessed that many people would feel extremely delicious when they ate it for the first time, and it would be uncomfortable to eat it for a few more days. If you eat it for a week, it will be miserable.

"Fish that can't be eaten is preserved by smoking and salting, and can be sold. We have a good relationship with the businessmen in Shandong, and it should be a product that we can sell to the outside world. Zhou Qingfeng also got off the boat, glanced at the busy workers, and said: "We need more boats to catch fish, 40 tons a day is not too much, but too little." ”

"The more than 20 transport ships we have rented from Shandong can be redeployed for refitting, and at the same time we order ships from merchants in Shandong and the south. As long as the price we give is high enough, someone will sell the boat. Xu Bing said. There are hundreds of thousands of millions of tons of fish in the sea, enough for us to catch. Now it's the ability to fish. ”

The decision of the two was carried out and soon changed the lives of countless people.

Zhou Qingfeng couldn't stand this boring work after taking the lead in fishing for a few days, and he transferred several cultivated guys in the guards to take charge of the 'Fengyun Banner' - the first battle of Kiba Station, Sang Wenlai and Li Yanxi also successfully awakened the true yuan and mastered the way of the military formation. They can all use the military array to continuously control the 'Wind and Storm Banner'.

In the end, everyone found that Zhu Chengxiu, the commander of the sailor, was not bad in cultivation, and the water attribute spiritual power was also the most suitable for operating the boat, so he was pulled to do this work and catch fish every day. Zhu Chengxiu was forcibly taken away by Zhou Qingfeng, and he could only hold on to treasures such as the 'Fengyun Banner' and work day and night on the sea.

Zhu Chengxiu scolded angrily - everyone is a thief, why let me fish alone? After saying that everyone is equal and come in turn, why has this become my own work? At the beginning, I lied to me that I was the commander of the sailors, but now I am the commander of fishing. You're just bullying me too late, aren't you? Is there still a distinction between high and low revolutionary work?

There is a lot of resentment!

For the 'revolutionary army', which is leaping from tens of thousands of people to hundreds of thousands, the supply of dozens of tons of fish and meat every day seems to be quite a lot, but in fact it only adds one more dish to the table of a small number of people. The situation of getting tired of eating has not happened for the time being, but it has made the cohesion within the group higher.

When the Guards began to expand, a large number of young people flocked to the Guards just to get an extra bite of fish. After all, it is not easy to eat meat continuously these days, which makes many people envious.