Outside the west gate of Dinghai County, there is a lively scene today.

Trawling on the river to the net.

Two 500-material boats, with a large net of more than ten zhang, went back and forth on the river, just to demonstrate to the little adult who was surrounded by layers of people on the bank of the river.

Yes!

Or such a big net, if it can be put on the sea, the current rhubarb fishing flood is about to come, such a good boat, such a big net, a net can also have a few hundred catties of fish, ordinary fishermen dare not think of good things in a lifetime, once in the peaceful years, only those big fortunes can be purchased.

At the moment, it has become a thing, and it is empty on this Yongjiang River!

What is the reason of heaven!

That Qingtian Xue Zhi County, that Navy Governor's Mansion, and His Majesty the Emperor who was far away in Jinling City, why couldn't anyone stop this little adult from coming so nonsense?

In the crowd of onlookers, Chen Ning silently listened to an old man nearby muttering almost with tears in his eyes, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, but his eyes fell on the hundred-foot-wide Yongjiang River, when two trawlers came and went, other boats were not forbidden to pass on the river.

Looking at the person who was a little closer and surrounded by the crowd, if he was on the shore, he couldn't get close at all.

This man also likes to go to the river.

Probably, this is the only flaw.

After making up his mind, Chen Ning quietly squeezed out of the crowd.

He should go and meet that old friend of Zhang, otherwise, if the other party completely dies and returns to Haining, he can only re-plan many things.

……

After a morning of embarrassment, Zhu Yuan returned to the Yinghai Envoy's mansion at noon, and saw Hua Gao, who was running to rub his rice with a hippie smile, and he didn't have a good face.

Zhu Yuan wanted to go to the sea to personally feel the fishing effect of the net, Hua Gao resolutely disagreed, and looked like Zhu Yuan dared to run to the sea and the Governor was about to touch the pillar and die, and sternly warned everyone around Zhu Yuan, who dared to connive at him this time, don't blame him for messing around.

So the location can only be changed to Yongjiang River.

The first batch of grain ships departed, and there were still a lot of things to prepare for the second and third batches, but Zhu Yuan had also begun to find time to plan another thing that had been brewing these days.

Two simple words: fishing.

This seems too unstandard, more professional, it should be called 'fishery production'.

The key is production!

Today is one of those sections.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools.

Zhu Yuan's previous knowledge of marine fishing...... I basically don't know about it, so I've been starting from scratch lately. Fishing tools, types of fishing, large and small fish, and so on.

The more you know, the clearer your thinking becomes.

After lunch, Zhu Yuan came to the inner house, and did not immediately turn to the east house for a nap, but came to the study in the west room to re-browse the various materials that had been collected and sorted out recently.

It is planned to draw up a complete plan and send it to Jinling in the next few days.

Speaking of fishery production in this era, Zhu Yuan feels that it can be summed up in a short sentence: both primitive and not primitive.

The primitiveness lies in the fact that, first of all, the fishery productivity of this era, low, very low.

According to some data collected recently, the entire Zhoushan fishery area, according to the scale of the salt introduction for pickling fish imposed by the Yuan court according to the fishing boats, and then considering the share of the use of private salt and even direct fresh food and fresh sales, it is estimated that it is only about 3 million catties.

Three million catties, which sounds like a big number at first glance, is actually only 1,500 tons when converted into a unit of measurement hundreds of years later.

Zhu Yuan probably remembered that in later generations, the total annual marine fishing in the world reached hundreds of millions of tons, and even China alone had about 10 million tons.

In comparison, guarding one of the richest fishing grounds in China, with an annual output of 1,500 tons, sounds like a joke.

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

This is true.

Moreover, knowing this fact, Zhu Yuan finally understood why Lao Zhu would announce the relocation of the border and the ban on the sea so without burden.

1,500 tons of fish, and then converted into the current measurement of about 150 catties per stone, is only 20,000 stones, the entire Daming Haijiang, the total output is equivalent to 5 times that of Zhoushan area, but only 100,000 stone fish.

In comparison, not to mention the grain output of the entire Ming Dynasty, but compared with the grain income of up to 30 million stone during the Hongwu period, the 100,000 stone fish catch, even if all taxes are paid, it is really dispensable.

Since it is dispensable, this sea is forbidden if it is forbidden.

Therefore, it can also be seen that the fishery production in this era was primitive.

On the other hand, it is not primitive that all kinds of fishing methods that people can see hundreds of years later, such as all kinds of nets, gillnets, purse seine nets, trawls, etc., have appeared in this era.

What's missing is scale.

Just like the most efficient fishing method later, trawling, the most common in this era is a small variant, netting, which is also the kind that Zhu Yuan asked people to show on the Yongjiang River in the morning, the two boats cooperate in parallel, so it is called 'right', and it can be said that it is both common and uncommon at the moment.

The prevalent ones are 'small pairs'.

Looking at the meaning of the word, you can roughly guess that two small fishing boats cooperate, and the longest trawl is only two or three zhang.

What is rare is the 'big pair'.

Large ships above the level of 500 materials, trawls more than ten zhang long, and small boats with cooperation around are also needed.

Not to mention anything else, it's just the current cost of 800 taels of silver for a 500-material ship, and ordinary people can't afford it in a lifetime. In fact, the local wealthy households who can afford to buy it will not buy it easily, because the ratio of input to output is not high, and the risk of going to sea is also large.

It is said that the shipowner built the ship and hired people to go to sea, and in case of an accident and death, it is to be compensated. If you are unlucky, if you encounter strong winds and waves, the ship and people will lose it, and it will be a heavy loss.

Therefore, Zhu Yuan learned that it was only in the peaceful years a few decades ago, when the wealthy families had accumulated enough wealth, and the tax policy of the imperial court was clear, that people built large boats for large pairs of fishing. In recent years, various warlords along the coast have been fighting back and forth, and local tycoons have become conservative.

Or troubled gold.

To build a big ship, it may be forcibly requisitioned by the military town in a blink of an eye, and it will never go back, so it is better to keep cash in stock, and it can even save lives at critical moments.

As a result, efficient large-pair fishing has become very rare in the Minnesota area in recent years.

Zhu Yuan can also be sure that the current annual output of Zhoushan Fishery must not even be about 3 million catties in the record.

After the status quo, there are some more specific details.

Speaking of marine fishing, a key name in this era is 'fish flood'.

People who are far from the sea imagine that the coastal people can just cast their nets and return with a full load, especially in this era of low productivity.

This also involves a certain 'durable' term, the wrong time and place, just drive a boat out to sea to fish, the harvest may not be worth the 'durable' wear and tear on the boat's fishing gear.

Therefore, it is necessary to wait for the 'fish flood' to gather in a certain area at a certain time.

This is another unprimitive place, and at present, the coastal residents of Mingzhou have summed up the general situation of the fish flood in the four seasons of the year. However, eighty percent of the annual harvest depends on the rhubarb fishing flood in April and May after the Qingming Festival, which is due to the return to the original.

Insufficient production capacity.

Let's just say that the small yellow croaker flood in spring.

This should have been a bumper harvest season comparable to the big yellow fishing flood in early summer, however, after the beginning of spring in February every year, the small yellow croaker gathers and migrates from south to north, all the way through the Zhoushan Islands area, but does not stop, but runs to Sheshan Ocean outside the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Recently, the map of the sea has become more and more clear, and Zhu Yuan knows that Sheshanyang is about 200 to 300 li northeast of Mingzhou, probably due north of the Shengsi Islands.

Such a distance, in a few hundred years, is nothing. However, in this era, not to mention the Shengsi Islands, there are very few people who dare to go fishing in the Shengsi Islands area two hundred miles away.

Therefore, knowing that there will be a school of small yellow croakers further north, no one dares to go.

Of course, it's not unique, otherwise no one would know that there are fish over there, it's just that there are almost no fish over there.

From the perspective of this era, the Sheshan Island area outside the mouth of the Yangtze River is not as dense as the islands off the coast of Mingzhou, and it can be docked at any time.

Let's talk about the winter ribbon fish flood.

This age has also been discovered.

However, compared with the small yellow croaker, which has to pass through the Zhoushan archipelago area, the migratory route of the ribbon fish, which gathers from the sea off the Shengsi Islands, has also been migrating southward along the surrounding area of the Zhoushan Islands, so it is still easy to reach in this era.

As for the big yellow fish, similar to the small yellow croaker, it crossed the Zhoushan archipelago area from south to north, and fortunately, it did not go to Sheshanyang again, but stopped near Daji Mountain.

Mt. Daiji is also located in the northeast of Dinghai, two hundred li away, but it is only forty or fifty li away from the coast of Matsue Prefecture due west, so it is a relatively safe area.

This is also the reason why 80% of the fishermen's annual catch in Mingzhou comes from the rhubarb fishing flood.

Knowing this, if you want to break through, it's actually simple.

Scale.

Official sea fishing was organized by the imperial court.

In this way, the first step is to break through the limitations of fishery production at the tool level.

Ordinary people can't afford to build big ships, but officials can. Ordinary people can't buy a big net, and the official can.

At the same time, the government also has to provide ...... for fishing in the open sea Of course, it is a variety of safety measures necessary for offshore fishing in this era.

For example, a navigation lighthouse that can be used for both military and civilian purposes.

For example, the construction of ports on offshore islands that can also be used for both military and civilian purposes.

For example, drawing more accurate maps and providing more accurate navigation.

For example, the Navy provides security for fishing fleets to avoid piracy.

And so on and so forth.

Speaking of which, these are the powers of Zhu Yuan, the envoy of the camp.

He has been in charge of grain transportation for more than a month, but Zhu Yuan has not forgotten that he has other more important things to do.

Camp Sea!

What's more, compared with the original concept of the model lake, after more than a month at the beach, Zhu Yuan's thinking has become clearer and clearer through continuous inquiries and collection of various documents.

Gentleman's business!

The foundation of Yinghai, the first one, should actually be 'production'.

Without 'production', it is impossible to have enough resources to do more, and even the ultimate goal, to build Daming into an advanced maritime hegemon.

And, it's actually mutual.

If the ocean does not produce enough output, just blindly investing, Lao Zhu will not have enough motivation to continue to promote Daming to become a maritime hegemon.

Just like in the past, the output of the ocean is really dispensable, of course, it is forbidden to ban.

What if it wasn't so dispensable?

And even more than terrestrial output?

When the time comes, whoever dares to mention the forbidden sea, without anyone else to speak, Lao Zhu himself will be the first to go crazy!

The freehand and blank space guarding the side stepped forward to remind Zhu Yuan to come back from his thoughts, put down the paperwork in his hand and went to the east house to take a nap.

Lying on the bed, a short time before going to bed, Zhu Yuan also made a plan.

When I woke up from a nap, I began to write the plan that had been brewing for a long time.

It's already the end of March, and it can't be delayed any longer, and at the same time as giving Lao Zhu a book, we must also start organizing here, after all, the rhubarb fishing flood has begun, and when the camp is ready, the fish flood will also come to the highest peak in April and May.

Zhu Yuan also thought of a name for this article, which is very straightforward, but it will definitely impress Lao Zhu.

……

When Zhu Yuan was taking a nap here, in another mansion in the city, the host and guest were pushing cups and changing lamps.

The owner is still refusing to leave Dinghai's Haiyan Zhangjaw.

The guest was Chen Ning.

Chen Ning suddenly came to visit before noon, not to mention the embarrassment of this person in the Yinghai Division's mansion, Zhang Jaw also knew more about the other party, such as His Majesty the Emperor's sentence 'never hired', so he didn't want to see it.

Chen Ning moved him with just one sentence: "Do you want to make friends with Zuo Xiang?" ”

Zuo Xiang Li Shanchang, that is a big man who has stood up to the sky, Xuan Guogong, Zheng Yipin, from the minister of the dragon, is much higher than the camp sea envoy.

If you can make friends, how can you be unwilling?

Therefore, although he doubted in his heart whether Chen Ning could still have contact with Lord Zuo Xiang at the moment, Zhang Jaw heard the words from the porter, and immediately changed his warm face, opened the door in person to greet him, and asked his family to buy sumptuous wine and food.

Chen Ning went to the table, but he was no longer in a hurry to get down to business, but talked about the big boat he saw on the bank of the Yongjiang River in the afternoon.

By extension, he also talked about all the ridiculous things that the young camp envoy did after he arrived in Mingzhou.

For example, asking the local government to record eight-year-old fishermen and children, such as giving a uniform two-liter ration standard to soldiers and soldiers, is actually to fill their own pockets, such as the scene where the concubines were crowded when they first came, such as a sea trading company license to snatch 200,000 taels of silver, and not only privately own a large number of shares, but also exclude generations of maritime merchants such as Zhang Jaw from sea trade......

All these words finally pointed to a goal: that Zhu Yuan is a minister!

The Great Treacherous.

Zhang Jaw has been depressed layer after layer of anger these days, plus he has drunk alcohol again, how can he withstand Chen Ning's pandering like this, and he soon beat his chest and was filled with righteous indignation.

Seeing that the atmosphere was created enough, Chen Ning peeked at Zhang Jaw's face while slowly leading the topic in another direction.

Get rid of the traitor!

There are traitors in the court, and the emperor is deceived, and those of them who are subjects have the obligation to take the initiative.

Chen Ning also hinted that this would certainly not be his personal idea, but something arranged by the loyal Prime Minister Zuo.

Zhang Jaw was not a fool, and gradually understood the meaning of Chen Ning's words, and before he knew it, most of the wine had already dissipated.

Zhangjaw's first thought was - snitching!

Tell this matter to the little master of the camp, the least risk, the greatest credit.

As for what traitor is not a traitor, he is a commoner, where can he care about such a big thing?

Of course, Chen Ning knew very well what kind of person Zhang Jaw was, and he had already preset a response to many possibilities before entering the door.

Seeing Zhang Jaw's hesitant expression, Chen Ning just smiled, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Brother Shuyi, tell the naval envoy about this matter, you can only get a maritime trading company license at most, but there is no evidence, just in the next remarks, do you think that the naval envoy can bring down the left minister?" The first person to target is you. ”

Chen Ning's tone became more and more ruthless, and after hearing this, Zhang Jaw became more sober, and asked rhetorically: "You say that there is no evidence, how can I believe you?" ”

Chen Ning said: "I have the credentials, if Brother Shuyi is willing to contribute, I can also show you in the future." And, I'm not afraid to explain it again, even if I let you see the credentials, Brother Shuyi will tell you later, Zuo has been loyal to His Majesty for more than ten years, and he just needs to say that it is forged, and he still can't do it. ”

Zhang Jaw was silent for a moment, and finally said, "Ren can't run away?" ”

Chen Ning smiled freely: "I am gambling on my life, you may have also heard that because the envoy of the camp made a hindrance from it, His Majesty decided that I would never be hired." As long as the camp is gone, Zuo Xiang will help me recover. Brother Shuyi, I know that you have dealings with some righteous people at sea, even if you don't succeed in big things, you can still have a way out. If it happens, don't say that a maritime trade license is for you to be the envoy of this camp, and it is not an extravagant hope. Brother Shuyi, do you dare to gamble and bet on a glory and wealth? ”

After listening to this, Zhang Jaw fell into a longer silence again.