Chapter 306 Fisheries

"Bump!"

There was a heavy muffled sound, echoing through the main hall.

But seeing Su Zimo holding a concerto, his face showed unprecedented anger, and he said in a deep voice: "Within three days, more than ten towns on the border have been lost one after another, and they are all rice buckets!" ”

At this moment, in the hall, there was silence, and all the civil and military officials looked silent, all of them lowered their eyebrows and kept silent, lest they anger His Majesty the emperor in front of him.

"Well, that's fine."

Seeing this scene, Su Zimo couldn't help but shake his head, although he had already expected that the combat power of the Turkic cavalry was indeed not to be underestimated, but it was a little untouchable to usher in the opponent's head-on attack so quickly.

"Where is the great general Song Que?"

"The minister is here!"

In the main hall, Song Que's handsome face without the slightest flaw was joyless or sad at the moment, and he came out of the crowd and bowed slightly in the hall.

"I ordered you to lead an army of 500,000 and wave your army north, but you have the confidence to exterminate the Turks?"

"The ministers should do their best to prevent the Hu people from continuing to wreak havoc on my Great Sui territory!" Song said with a short head, but there was an inexplicable calmness in his words, but it was inspiring.

When many ministers heard this, they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Song Que, their eyes full of curiosity.

Many people still know a little about this Duke of Qianguo, who has always lived in Lingnan, who ruled Lingnan, and after the unification of the Sui Dynasty, in the face of Yang Jian's conquest, he returned in vain, but also showed outstanding military talent.

But I didn't want to, this person actually accepted the seal of the imperial court not long ago, and the Lingnan Song family was officially accepted under the rule of the Great Sui, which is indeed surprising.

Many people have already made up their minds that if Song Que returns smoothly from this expedition, they must find ways to establish a good relationship with Song Valve.

"As for the armament reserves needed by the army, as well as the ...... of food and grass"

"Your Majesty."

While speaking, a household minister hurriedly spoke: "Previously, General Zhang Xutuo led an army of 300,000 to go on the expedition, which has depleted nearly half of the reserves in the treasury. ”

"The matter...... It's true that I'm not thinking about it properly, and what Aiqing said is very true. ”

Glancing at the minister below, Su Zimo nodded slightly, and a hint of contemplation appeared on his face.

Although after more than ten years of development, the Great Sui did not build the Grand Canal and other projects that consumed a lot of people's fat and ointment, but the previous conquest of Goguryeo almost wiped out the national treasury.

Fortunately, after that, the discovery of Yang Gong's treasure house made up for this loss to a certain extent, but with the expansion of the Tiangongfang, various drawings in later generations were derived into real objects one by one in the hands of Lu Miaozi.

But how can there be no consumption of such a thing as climbing the technology tree?

As a result, in the past ten years, the state treasury has only been maintained to a basic self-sufficient level, and if there is such a large-scale deployment of troops as it is now, it is inevitable to transfer grain and grass from all over the country......

In this way, it will inevitably cause public resentment.

If it is used by someone with a heart, it is indeed easy to cause turmoil!

However, when the army goes out, grain and grass are extremely critical materials, and if there is not enough food and grass, let alone fighting against the Turks, it will cause mutiny and turmoil in the army's mind, and it is not impossible to happen.

After all, there are still Buddhism sects secretly ready to move, so naturally they can't let the other party take advantage of it.

That is why, in peacetime, there is a great deal of disarmament.

"Since you can't throttle, you can only open source ......"

As soon as he thought of this, a trace of essence flashed in Su Zimo's eyes, and he paced and said quietly: "I have a way to make up for this shortcoming." ”

"Please also make it clear to Your Majesty."

As soon as these words came out, in the hall, the ministers were also surprised.

"You can go to the sea."

"By the sea?"

The ministers looked at each other, a little confused.

And the household minister who spoke earlier frowned even more and said: "Your Majesty, the fishermen are barren and cannot be self-sufficient, how can they make up for the lack of food?" ”

In this regard, Su Zimo also smiled bitterly.

At this time, the fishery has not yet developed maturely, and can only be used as a means of livelihood for the people in some coastal areas, so it is naturally difficult to attract attention, and it is no wonder that the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu will have such an expression.

However, in later generations, in the 80s, there were people who rowed boats to sell hairtail, because there were no fast boats, no refrigerators, so the hairtail fish was only sold for a dime and a catty, but if it could not be sold that day, it could only be buried in the ground as a fertile field.

But once there were refrigerators, and faster means of transportation, the fishing industry began to grow rapidly.

Su Zimo remembered that there were 500 million tons of grain in the world, but the total output of aquatic products reached 50 million tons, what a huge proportion is this?

You must know that these 500 million tons of grain have only been reached through various means to increase production.

In the Datang world, although the cultivated land area continues to grow, coupled with the promotion of sweet potatoes, the total grain output in the world has not yet reached 50 million tons, as long as there are 10 million tons of aquatic supplements, it can immediately meet the food needs of 2 million people.

What a huge number?

In addition, as the neon country with the most developed fishery in the world, it also attaches great importance to fisheries.

Affected by the Kuroshio Current, the mud bomb fishery has become one of the world's three major fishing grounds, rich in fish resources, and aquatic products occupy an important position in the diet of the mud bomb people, and the annual fishing volume of the mud bomb country ranks first in the world!

Although due to various reasons, it is not possible to focus on fishing like the mud bombardment country, but once the fishing industry is popularized in the Tang world, then the food problem will no longer be a shackle to limit population growth in the future......

Then, the population of the entire Datang world will be able to achieve a huge leap in less than twenty years!

In this way, even the construction of the canal, which has been bothering Su Zimo's heart, can also be put on the agenda.

After all, if you want to transport aquatic products from coastal areas to various places as soon as possible, water transportation is the most convenient method.

After revealing the benefits of fishing to the civil and military officials in the main hall, looking at the excited faces below, Su Zimo also smiled.

Being able to blend in with the court, these courtiers are naturally not stupid people, and they have never considered fishing before, just because they don't have such a vision beyond the times, but after this point, they can't help but light up their eyes.

"Your Majesty, how to solve the problem of fish entering the country?" One of the courtiers said.

After thinking about it for a long time, everyone began to pay attention to the importance of fisheries, and how to preserve these aquatic products became the primary problem.

After all, fish are no better than others, after fishing at sea, go ashore and row boats, can only go more than 20 miles a day, and after the second day, they will rot and deteriorate, and it will be difficult to eat.

And in the Datang world, it is naturally difficult to have things like freezers.

In this regard, Su Zimo smiled slightly.

"Dried fish!"

The voice fell, but it beckoned.

After a while, a group of palace people, holding a large bowl in their hands, came to the palace.

After the example of the last sweet potato, many ministers naturally did not be polite, and picked up the contents of the bowl from the hands of the palace people - it was the dried fish that had already been processed.

At Su Zimo's suggestion, these ministers hurriedly put the dried fish in their mouths, only to find that there were fish bones attached to it, which were a little hard, but they were cooked thoroughly and could be chewed and eaten.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how does this dried fish taste?"

Looking at the ministers below, the look of the changed face, Su Zimo suddenly looked at it, and there was a hint of playfulness on his face.

These dried fish are simply dried and salted. As for the taste...... Naturally, it is not as good as the brocade clothes and jade food that the ministers usually taste, but for those ordinary people who usually find it difficult to even see meat, it is already a rare delicacy!

Moreover, the cost of dried fish is not high, and if it is promoted, it will surely be welcomed by many people.

"It's a little salty, a little fishy!"

"Even so, if you swallow it with your feet, you can quench your hunger."

"Your Majesty, dare to ask how long this dried fish can be kept?" One of the ministers said.

In this regard, Su Zimo nodded and said: "These dried fish, after processing, are enough to preserve more than a month, if they are sealed, it will take half a year, and it is not impossible." ”

After all, the dried fish has been dried, the internal moisture has been removed, and after salting, it can naturally be stored for a long time.

It is the various dry goods prepared by ordinary people in later generations, such as bacon, sausages and other foods during the New Year, which can be kept for half a year or even longer.

Hearing this, the ministers were also overjoyed.

"Your Majesty, this kind of dried fish is worth no less than a million new fields, and the fields need to be cultivated, not only to build water conservancy, but also to follow the climate, and there are only one or two seasons a year.

And this fishing is completely free, the fish is born in water, and the fishermen only need to catch it.

This is drought and flood to ensure harvest, if this skill is good, the food shortage in the coming year will not be a problem, and there will be no fear of disaster in the future! ”

"It's a bit exaggerated not to be afraid of a disaster year, but it's not a problem to be able to live millions more," Su Zimo said with a light smile.

But he had more than that.

These dried fish, after pickling, naturally have enough salt, and with dried fish, why should the people buy salt?

A few dried fish can not only supplement the meat quality, but also replenish the salt, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone, but it is invisibly destroying the salt industry.

In the Tang Dynasty, there are not a few illegal salt sales.

The most famous of these is the Haisha Gang.

In the original work, Shuanglong had the idea of selling illicit salt, and even made contact with Mrs. Dongming of the Dongming faction, Yun Yuzhen of the Jukun gang and others.

And Ssangyong started from the subjugation of the Haisha Gang.

It can be seen that the sale of illicit salt is indeed a headache. There is a way that people die for money, and birds die for food, which is the imperial court, and it is also repeatedly prohibited.

"It seems that if you want to develop the fishery smoothly, the private salt also needs to be rectified!"

(End of chapter)