Wu Yong only stayed in Taishou Mansion in Shanyin County for one night, and then rushed to Cheng County by horse-drawn carriage. At this time, Chengxian County was occupied by a large number of sea ponds and river flats, and most of the land in later generations was still missing, so in order to facilitate travel, the group took a boat to Zhoushan Fishing Ground.

In fact, there is no Zhoushan at this time. In the spring and autumn period, Zhoushan belongs to Yue, called

"Yongdong", also known as metaphorically

"Continent in the Sea". It was also Wu Yong who said casually for convenience. Unexpectedly, the villagers of Funiu Mountain occupied several islands, named after Zhoushan.

"The guests said about Zhoushan, and other idlers really don't know!" The boatman was an old man, very talkative, and chatted with Wu Yong while holding the boat.

Wu Yong smiled and asked, "Uncle, why is this?" ”

"Don't hide it from your nobles, no one has ever heard of the name of Zhoushan before. At the beginning of spring this year, a group of people suddenly occupied several islands in the middle of the sea and renamed them Zhoushan Island. Since then, he has been boiling salt and fishing, and has lived a life. ”

"Oh, there is still such a thing, didn't the people in the government say anything?" Wu Yong continued to inquire. The old man said disdainfully: "It's all some no-man's land on the sea, and the government doesn't care what he does!" They wish they could be inhabited and collect some taxes. Then he exclaimed, "Not to mention, these people are really powerful, they have not only lived in the middle of the sea, but also discovered a fishing ground." The dried salted fish made from this not only caused a huge sensation in Huiji County, but even the merchants of Wu County often went to Cheng County to sell it. At this time, Cen Sheng interjected: "Isn't there anyone who troubles them?" The old man glanced at him and sighed, "Why not! But they all solved it one by one. After speaking, he looked around and whispered: "It is said that Hu Yu led the pirates to rob them several times, but they all suffered heavy losses, and many people went in. Wu Yong smiled and didn't say anything.

He naturally knew the reason in his heart, because it was he who pulled the strings from it. After the villagers in Funiu Mountain arrived in Zhoushan and found a fishing ground.

Wu Yong discussed countermeasures with the five surnamed Hou Mansion in Luoyang. When they heard that an endless supply of dried salted fish could be made in that place in Zhoushan, they immediately decided to send a sturdy private soldier to support.

This is the situation where the later pirates returned several times. At this time, pirates were not as widespread as in later generations, they could scare and scare ordinary people, and they could only be crushed against truly trained soldiers.

While speaking, the ship has arrived at the so-called Zhoushan Island.

"Whoever comes, report it quickly." Before the ship could get closer, questions were heard from the island. When Wu Yong heard the shout, he felt a little familiar, and when he looked at the person's face, he immediately shouted with a smile: "Zhu Wang, it's me!" ”

"Ahh Wu Yong, why are you here? Zhu Wang exclaimed, and then ordered: "Quickly let them go, let them in." "At this time, the island is crowded and looks very lively.

After Wu Yong signaled Yan Zhan to give the old man a handful of copper coins, he took Cheng Zhao and others to the island to meet Zhu Wang.

The two were naturally very happy to meet. After learning that Wu Yong was just coming to take a look, although Zhu Wang was a little disappointed, he still led Wu Yong to meet the person in charge of the island, Xian Yuce and Li Qing.

Xian Yuce was originally one of the twelve village owners of Funiu Mountain, and because of some force, he led the villagers to Zhoushan Island to implement Wu Yong's plan.

Li Qingnai is a descendant of the Li family of the five surnames, and he has both martial arts and talents, so he was assigned here.

When they heard that Wu Yong was coming, they immediately left their work in their hands and came to pay a visit. When they came to the meeting room, Wu Yong's surroundings were already full of people.

Today, the residents of the island can't help but include the villagers of Funiu Mountain, and there are also many children of families with five surnames. Even in Fuwang, there are many people.

These people are all here because of the huge profits from salted dried fish, so they can work hard to improve the life of their families.

When they heard that Wu Yong was here, they all gathered together and wanted to talk to Wu Yong.

"Wu Yong, you are not studying with the Son of Heaven in Luoyang, why did you come here?"

"Yes, Wu Yong, you came here, why didn't you notify us in advance."

"Haha, Wu Yong, since you're here, let's go to the sea to swim in a while, okay?" …… The gossip of the crowd made Wu Yong be one of the two big ones they quarreled about.

Just when he didn't know how to answer, Li Qing appeared, only to see him shouting loudly: "What are you doing here?" Are all the work done? I didn't finish it before sunset, but I had to deduct my wages. As soon as the words fell, the crowd immediately dispersed, and Wu Yong breathed a sigh of relief and saluted the two.

After Li Qing heard Wu Yong's intention, he smiled and said, "In this case, I will take you around the island." ”

"Then thank you uncle!" Wu Yongbai thanked. Li Qing waved his hand,

"It's all my own family, so I don't have to be polite. Besides, if it weren't for your idea, this Zhoushan Island would not have the lively scene it has today. With that, Li Qing and Xian Yuce led Wu Yong and the four of them to the port.

At this time, dozens of fishing boats are docking, and baskets of fish are constantly being unloaded from the boats. Wu Yong took a look, good guys, they are all big yellow croaker, and they are all big fish of more than one foot, this one weighs at least two or three catties, and it can be sold for a sky-high price in the future!

After about half an hour, all the catch on board was unloaded, and the fishing boat began to fish again.

"Now they're out twice a day, and each time they're almost fully loaded." Xian Yuce explained.

Wu Yong roughly estimated that although due to technical reasons, small fishing boats carrying four or five people are now used, but a boat can also pull thousands of catties of fish.

Therefore, when they go to sea once, they can harvest tens of thousands of catties of fish, and how can they have 100,000 catties in a day.

What, you say it's not necessarily a full load every time? Just kidding, you are in the future at this time, this Zhoushan fishing ground has never been developed.

As for whether there are enough fish to catch, there is no need to worry about this. You must know that in the case of crazy fishing, the Zhoushan Fishery in later generations can harvest billions or even tens of billions of catties of fish every year.

At this time, the catch in these natural fishing grounds is basically untouched, and it is a drizzle to catch millions of catties a year.

To be honest, at the beginning, Xian Yuce didn't know the bottom of his heart. Even the fishing boats were rented by others, and when he really saw the fish in the fishing boats, he immediately decided to buy several fishing boats.

No, in less than a year, they have developed dozens of fishing boats, and that's not enough! He intends to at least double the number of fishing boats next year.

Next, the two took Wu Yong to visit the salt pool. As mentioned earlier, the salt and iron policy of the Eastern Han Dynasty was a combination of government and private enterprises.

Due to the opening up of salt and iron, the price of salt is no longer controlled as in a unified manner like the Western Han Dynasty, but is regulated by market supply and demand.

But even so, it has become a huge expense for ordinary people to eat a little salt, and many people have to count the grains of salt when stir-frying.

Of course, such an expensive price is also related to the backward production process at this time, and the way of boiling salt is basically used nowadays.

This salt-making method not only consumes a lot of firewood, but also the loss of the iron pot is also very large, and the iron pot is generally scrapped after several times, and most people are reluctant to use the only iron pot at home to do this kind of thing.

And a pot of seawater is boiled dry to get a few grains of salt for poor baba, and the efficiency is very poor. It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qi State, which boiled the sea for salt, cut down almost all the woods near Linzi.

However, the salt drying method at the time of the invention and maturity of the Song and Ming dynasties made full use of the high concentration precipitation of salt, which could easily produce a large amount of sea salt, saving a lot of fuel and cooking manpower.

Zhoushan is a place with less precipitation, greater evaporation, greater salinity of seawater, and better water quality, just like a natural salt farm.

So Wu Yong is completely confident that he can not only make salt, but also make high-quality salt! It is the finest salt with a snow-white color, fine crystal particles, and a pure fresh and salty taste, which is no different from the salt eaten by the inhabitants of later generations, except that it is not iodized.

This is compared with the salt that the people eat nowadays with a yellow color and a bitter and astringent taste, one in the sky and one on the ground.

And the most important thing is that the cost of advanced sea salt made by advanced technology is extremely low, and even negligible, so that the people can completely afford it!

However, Wu Yong did not intend to do this, because it was very likely that he would be besieged by the imperial court and other big families.

He only planned to make 'snowflake salt' for the powerful family. As for ordinary people, he intends to sell salted dried fish.

After all, salt is not only used for eating, but also as the best means of preserving food in ancient times. All kinds of cured meat, salted fish, etc. rely on large quantities of cheap salt, especially Zhoushan Island, now has a large amount of low-cost salt, and the catch in the harvest season can be stored as a reserve ration.

As for the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases caused by high salt intake, forget it, eating salted fish and eating these diseases are all diseases of wealth and nobility at this time, and ordinary people can't get them even if they think about it.

Of course, the advantage of this is that he perfectly avoided the conflict with the court and the family! You say I'm selling illicit salt and disrupting the market?

Wu Yong will pick up a dried salted fish for the other party to see clearly! There's salt on it! Of course, if you are serious about it, there is a suspicion of sophistry, or a suspicion of playing a side ball.

But Wu Yong thinks that as long as it is beneficial to the people, the country, and the whole nation, what is the harm in quibbling?

Therefore, Wu Yong is confident that he will make dried salted fish, promote dried salted fish, and will definitely succeed! Of course, in the case of making salted dried fish, two ingredients are needed, fish and salt.

But this is not a problem in Zhoushan Island, just use local materials.

"Let's go! Let's take a look at the production of dried salted fish! Wu Yong gave an order, and the group came to a flat and spacious field on the island.

There were one or two hundred people at the scene, and everyone was very busy. The area on the left is where a large number of fresh catches are placed, and it is also the area with the most people, everyone sits on a small bench, killing fish, scraping fish scales, and there is no effort to talk.

In the area on the right, rows of large tanks are placed, and fresh fish are constantly being put into the tanks. Not far away, there is a pile of wooden shelves on which salted fish are dried.

Wu Yong looked at all this, and he was also very relieved in his heart. There are some things that he must do since he has come to this world.