Chapter 38: Taste

It's just that Zhu Xiongying can't understand He Xi's distress.

He is young and in good health, although his legs are unable to walk because of the pain yesterday. But the next day, I still didn't get much sleep. Get up quickly. But when he got up, he saw that the whole courtyard was empty. Immediately inquired, He Xi had already taken the attaché to inspect.

Zhu Xiongying immediately gritted his teeth, feeling that He Xi was fooling him again.

Although Zhu Xiongying also knew that He Xi was for his good. He rested for a few days until the wound healed. The next time you ride a horse, it won't hurt so much. But Zhu Xiongying's age and growth environment are the most middle and second era, and I feel that I am the most powerful in the whole world.

He could not accept such kindness.

He felt that He Xi was fooling him like a child.

After all, children always want to be adults. And adults want to be children.

This kind of half-grown child wants others to be adults.

So, Zhu Xiongying limped to the shipyard. directly stopped He Xi and said, "Uncle, you didn't say that before. ”

He Xi said: "I didn't lie to you, it's just that I have a lot of things, and I never have time to be idle." ”

Zhu Xiongying said: "Then you should take me with you." You're not asking me to do things by your side. ”

He Xi said: "You really want to do things by my side? Let's change the name first. You should know the truth that the family is the father and the son, and the matter is the king's minister. ”

Zhu Xiongying immediately tried to stand up straight, endured the pain, bowed down, and said, "Your Excellency." ”

He Xi nodded and said, "Join the ranks." ”

Zhu Xiongying immediately stood behind He Xi, in fact, there were many attachés behind He Xi. Some are still official. It stands to reason that if Zhu Xiongying is really new, he should stand behind. However, Zhu Xiongying stood behind He Xi, and the others immediately postponed one, and no one dared to talk nonsense.

He Xi didn't care, kept moving at a constant pace, and said to the people around him: "The first batch of salted fish, is there any problem?" ”

The official next to him said: "My lord, although I said that some people were invited from the south, many fish have not been processed, and for various reasons, many fish are broken. ”

He Xi said lightly: "How much?" Give me the numbers. Don't say a lot, very little of the kind. ”

The official saw sweat on his forehead and said, "About fifty percent." ”

He Xi took a deep look at this official. The official turned pale. However, He Xi did not pursue it. He Xi is dealing with many things, and he is grasping numbers. After all, the numbers don't lie. Even if you use numbers to deceive people, it's easy to debunk.

Mastering the key data of his own government affairs is He Xi's requirement for his subordinates.

It doesn't seem to be very demanding, but it's actually not low.

At least, most of the officials in Liaodong, in He Xi's opinion, are unqualified. But there is no way. The lack of talents in the Ming Dynasty is not a day or two. Even Nanjing Guozijian is graduating at a rate of more than 1,000 people every year. It's not enough to fill the entire Ming Dynasty.

What's more, He Xi's management of Liaodong is completely different from the original management system of the Ming Dynasty. It's too fine. There are many more officials in need.

Liaodong was originally a cultural desert. Talent is scarce. It has increased the demand for a large number of employees. If He Xi really wants to find faults, there will be no one to do things below.

There's no way around it.

He Xi secretly said in his heart: "It seems that the official school in Liaodong is going to be put on the agenda." ”

At this moment, there is not a decent school in Liaodong. However, the basic conditions for the establishment of schools were already in place, and there were enough books, especially the classics of Goryeo, which were mostly collected. Goryeo's talents have also been scraped a lot.

Of course, the talents of Korea have such and such problems. There are also some people who are loyal to Goryeo and do not cooperate with the Ming Dynasty at all. But such people, no matter what time it is, are in the minority.

A large number of literate people who are proficient in Confucianism are talents no matter where they are placed.

Moreover, in the current situation, it is impossible to use coercive means only against the remnants of Goryeo, anyway, Goryeo has already perished. Even the small court of Goryeo is gone. It seems like it's time to change some wrists, too.

Suddenly, a strange smell wafted in.

Zhu Xiongying smelled it from a distance and endured the nausea, but the closer he got, the stronger the smell became. Zhu Xiongying couldn't help but say, "What kind of smell is this?" ”

The official, who had just returned to He Xi's question, said with some embarrassment: "This is the taste of salted fish." ”

He Xi actually endured it very hard.

What do you say about this taste?

It's completely stinky, that's not right. But it is even more wrong to say that there is no smell. It is the combination of the foul smell and the fishy smell, plus the smell of the ocean, and together with the salty taste, there is a taste that is very rich in layers and makes people feel disgusting when they smell it.

Some people say that the smell of some people's stinky feet is like the smell of salted fish. I guess I can refer to it.

The official hurriedly said: "The taste is a little unpleasant, but there is no problem at all." There's really no problem. In the past few days, all the salted fish rice has been sent to the bottom, and nothing has been said. ”

Although He Xi came to ancient times, he did not suffer much in terms of food. In general, it is a bit too much to say that the food is a bit too much. But apart from some special things, such as fried food, drinks, and some technology and hard work, what does he want to eat. There will be something. In particular, the delicacies of the mountains and seas, which have been banned from hunting in later generations, have been eaten all over again, especially in Liaodong, where Siberian tigers have eaten several heads. If it had been placed in the future generations, it would have been on the legal channel a long time ago.

So for this taste, he can't stand it.

It's just that He Xi knows that many people are doing things by looking at He Xi's face. He Xi's likes and dislikes for many things are not his own. It is the weather vane of the entire Liaodong. It doesn't matter if the salted fish is delicious or not, whether it smells good or not. But whether you can eat it or not is very important.

This kind of food supplement is also very important to Liaodong.

He Xi stood on a high place, looking at the coast, row by row, at a glance I couldn't see the shelves on the side, there were strings of salted fish hanging on this shelf, all of which had been processed very simply. That is, the belly of the fish is peeled open, the internal organs are taken out, and then wrapped in salt, and hung here to be exposed to the wind and sun. After a few days, it's fine.

It seems that He Xiwen has been hearing for a long time. I don't think the taste is too unacceptable. It's just that his nose reminds him all the time that it doesn't like this.

However, He Xi didn't care whether his nose liked it or not, he asked, "Have you eaten it?" ”

The official was stunned for a moment, and for a while he didn't know whether he had eaten it or not. After hesitating for a while, he said, "I've eaten it." ”

As soon as He Xi saw it, he knew that this official had not eaten it.

However, this is also normal.

Although He Xi is relatively strict with the officials below, in addition to He Xi's prestige, it is not comparable to others. Therefore, Liaodong officials did not dare to say that no one dared to embezzle, but there were absolutely no major embezzlers. But some deep-rooted habits are not something that can be changed overnight.

The prestige of officials over the people was unimaginable to later generations.

That's really a parental officer.

So he has the capital, he doesn't eat these things, even if he wants to eat fish, on the beach, there are many fresh sea fish, why eat these stinky dried fish.

He Xi said: "At noon today, I'll eat this." ”

He Xi said this. Many people behind him changed their complexions. Zhu Xiongying immediately said: "Eat this ------" The reluctance on his face was about to overflow.

He Xi turned around and looked at him lightly. said: "Why don't you want to? ”

Zhu Xiongying looked at He Xi, suddenly felt an invisible pressure, and immediately said, "There is no problem." ”

He Xi said: "That's good. ”

He Xi walked into the place where the salted fish was dried and talked with the people on the front line. And look at the sea salt that has just been produced. These sea salts are not refined salt, but coarse salt, He Xi can even see the sand inside, from this salt, you can see the taste of this salted fish.

However, this is all in a hurry. Not only is this one in a hurry, but the salt works dozens of miles away have just been built. It's nice to have salt.

It's hard to say anything at this point.

It's just that in this way, the value of this salted fish is definitely not high.