Zhu Yuan stayed in the smoke-filled fish baking workshop on the opposite bank of the Yongjiang River in the southwest of Dinghai County until after lunch, and read all the details.

This is also the site of the Mingzhou Seafood Processing Company.

However, the current factories, similar to the shipyards on the other side, are all open-air, except for the experimental batch of drying kilns, the main thing is that there are no resources to build more for the time being, and the main urgent construction is the storage of fish catches.

Everyone's concept is very unified, even if people have no place to live, the priority must be to ensure that everyone's hard-earned fish has a place to store.

Let's talk about fish.

One of the benefits of large yellow croaker is that it is large.

Especially in this era, the big yellow croaker, two or three feet long are not uncommon, in the later generations, similar wild yellow croaker, one can be auctioned five or six figures, at the moment, just like an ordinary fish, peeled and cleaned, marinated for three or five days, and then hung on the grill iron hook in large strips to bake in the open air.

I didn't plan to grill it as dried fish, mainly for preservatives.

As for whether pickled and grilled fish is healthy to eat, there are no similar considerations in this era.

Each batch of fish is hung up, roasted slowly for two hours, and the next batch is immediately replaced. The finished baked fish will be packed in a basket of about 50 catties, from fresh fish to salted fish after baking, because a lot of salt is added, the baking is also appropriate, and the weight will not be lost too much.

Two baskets are about exactly one hundred catties, that is, one load.

As a result, it is conceivable that the baking workshop requires a large number of iron hooks and baskets, and, of course, indispensable firewood.

This is equivalent to extending a small industrial chain.

Industry means employment, whether it is an iron hook or a basket or firewood, a few seemingly small things can feed thousands or even tens of thousands or more people in the future. Moreover, these things may seem to have nothing to do with production on the surface, but in the end, it is the productivity of the entire fishery that increases.

Just like in Xiangshan before, if there are enough similar resources to deal with the catch in time, it will not cause hundreds of thousands of catties of fresh fish to be inedible because of decay, and in the same way, in the past, fishermen could not maximize their own production potential, and it happened that the shortage of various substances in the surrounding area limited the preservation of the catch.

What Zhu Yuan did during this time was only to solve a series of similar problems. As a result, the scale of sea fishing in Zhoushan Fishery immediately made a qualitative leap.

Again, this leads to another consequence.

According to Zhu Yuan's previous ration supply standard, the soldiers and soldiers who gathered in Dinghai would consume more than 40,000 stone of grain per month, and now, half of the ration is planned to be replaced by fish, which directly reduces the food demand to 20,000 stone.

And that's just the beginning.

In fact, with the money gained from Zhu Yuan's previous sale of the license of the maritime trading company, the Ying Haisi has been able to easily achieve self-sufficiency, and even raise the navy. With the establishment of Mingzhou Marine Development Group, the rapid spread of marine fishing, Yinghai Division will quickly enter the stage of complete positive output.

After having lunch on the spot, Zhu Yuan did not return to the city, but walked through the baking workshop area and continued to the southwest with Hua Gao, Liu Lian and others.

In the south of Dinghai City, about five miles on the other side of the Yongjiang River, this side is the Chen Mountain that connects with the Zhushan Mountain in the north. The highest Chen Mountain, which is only twenty or thirty zhang, presents a northeast direction parallel to this section of the Yongjiang River, stretching for more than ten miles.

This is another plot in the Zhu Yuan phase.

Zhu Yuan had the idea of expanding the county seat of Dinghai for a long time, and after the recent hurricane, the idea became even more urgent. Tens of thousands of soldiers, and there will definitely be more in the future. With so many people, they can't let them stay here and there in rainy weather.

Zhu Yuan's initial consideration was to expand the county seat of Dinghai to the west and north.

Similar thoughts have been dispelled at the moment.

In the northwest of Dinghai, a large area is a well-cultivated mature field, if Zhu Yuan occupies a large area of land on the north bank of the Yongjiang River in the west of Dinghai City to serve as a dock, it is reasonable, and then set aside a plot of land to serve as a residential area, the help will be very great.

In comparison, the south bank of the Yongjiang River, the further southeast it goes, the more mountainous and hilly, and many places have not yet been reclaimed, so it is just right to set aside for the resettlement of residents.

It's like Chen Shan's side.

The plan is like Zhushan, using local materials and opening up mountains and taking land.

The northern foot of Chen Mountain.

After listening to Zhu Yuan's plan, Hua Gao looked at the hill in front of him, shook his head and said, "Hanlin, according to your thoughts, those belongings of the Ying Hai Division...... But it's not enough? ”

The weather has become warmer and warmer, Zhu Yuan still has his hands on his sleeve, and when he heard this, he said: "We don't have much to come up with, the main thing is to give conditions, organize the manpower, plus the rations produced by the soldiers and men themselves, and the other ...... They all need to do it themselves. ”

Not only does it not require much investment, but if Zhu Yuan is willing, he can even make a lot of money.

However, Zhu Yuan did not plan to return to the Ming Dynasty to return to the local producers.

Accumulate virtue.

Hua Gao thought about it along Zhu Yuan's train of thought, and had to admit that this was really the case.

Then I felt that something was wrong.

If it's really that simple, why are there still so many people in this world who can't survive?

Then I looked around and understood.

It's still this teenager.

Just like recently, who would have imagined that, according to the young man around him, it was just an experimental sea catch, with a total of 3.8 million catties of fish, which exceeded the total annual sea catch of about 3 million catties in Mingzhou during the Yuan Dynasty's control.

Therefore, just as someone can easily transport grain by sea, knowing how to do it is not easy in itself.

This was followed by a more detailed discussion as we walked.

The first batch of people who can settle down here are the soldiers and soldiers who participated in the shipping. Just like the grain fleet that recently returned from Shandong, as long as you want, you can move your family rolls to Mingzhou one after another.

It's a reward.

Zhu Yuan planned to build a large number of private houses at the foot of Chen Mountain at one time, unified organization, unified planning, and unified design. In addition, the schools and other facilities that were promised at the beginning will also be built at the same time.

In the second batch, it will be the turn of the employees under Mingzhou Marine Development Group.

The plan is to let the Yinghai Division plan the neighborhood in the near future, and the business cannot be delayed, so it will officially start after the summer fishing season is over and will not be until the winter fishing season.

Moreover, the location of the Mingzhou Maritime Academy has not been determined, and Zhu Yuan also plans to settle here and build it on the mountain.

Originally, it was planned to be built in the west or north of the city, but because of the land, Zhu Yuan hoped that the school would be as large as possible, and the plain area would not be realistic.

In Dinghai County, a radius of two miles, there are only more than 1,200 households in the city, with less than 7,000 people.

Not only the present, but also considering the future, the population that Zhu Yuan wants to resettle on the south bank of the Yongjiang River will exceed 100,000, which is already equivalent to a large city in this era, the difference is that this time, Zhu Yuan did not plan to build a city wall.

Not to mention that a new era is coming, if one day in the future, someone will be beaten to Mingzhou, whether there is a city wall or not, in fact, it doesn't matter.

After walking and stopping at the northern foot of Chen Mountain for more than an hour, Zhu Yuan set off to return to the city.

When he arrived at the mansion in the west of Dinghai City, as soon as he entered the door, Pu Zhongheng, the deputy commander of the Taicang Guard, who had been recuperating here, brought his two sons to greet him, and after nearly two months of recuperation, Pu Zhongheng had recovered, and this time he came to thank Zhu Yuan.

The father and son made a big gift together, and hoped that Zhu Yuan would be able to take time to attend the banquet in a few days, which could be regarded as a formal thank you from the Pu family.

Pu has already found another house in the city and will move out tomorrow.

Zhu Yuan naturally retained.

Pu Zhongheng immediately confessed his other thoughts.

Now that his injuries have healed, he will return to Taicang in the near future, but he will not stay long. Pu Zhongheng has already talked with Hua Gao that he will select some people from Taicang to join Dinghaiwei, which is being formed.

As for Taicang Wei, it is still in charge of Zhu Ju, the son of Zhu Yu, the former deputy commander.

Pu Zhongheng was transferred to Dinghaiwei, and the whole family would settle down in Dinghai directly, and besides, Pu Zhongheng hoped that his two sons could worship Zhu Yuan as a teacher and learn some knowledge.

Obviously, the last point is the most important.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was no strict military household system that later came, just like Chang Ying, the son of the commander of Ying Haiwei and the commander of the same knowledge, Chang Ying, was a scholar who planned to participate in this year's imperial examination.

Pu Zhongheng obviously didn't want his two sons to lick the blood again.

It's easy to understand.

However, Zhu Yuan couldn't agree.

There are too many reasons.

Zhu Yuan is happy to teach people, but with only one 'Zhu' character, he is actually not suitable for accepting disciples.

This cannot be explained yet.

Pu Zhongheng was obviously mentally prepared and didn't expect much, but when he saw Zhu Yuan's refusal, he retreated to the next best thing, hoping that Zhu Yuan would help him say that his two sons would worship Liu Lian in Yinghai Shilang.

Zhu Yuan didn't mind helping.

It's just that...... Looking at the two little guys with tiger heads and brains, think about the two children following Liu Lian to study......

Since it was Pu Zhongheng's choice, Zhu Yuan couldn't say anything.

Liu Lian's character is definitely no problem.

Pu Zhongheng is now the deputy commander of Zheng Sipin, and letting his two sons worship under the middle door of Zheng Wupin's Ying Hai Shilang, to a certain extent, can be regarded as a kind of family pair.

This is probably the reason why Pu Zhongheng chose Liu Lian.

Pu Zhongheng must have known about Zhu Yuan's arrangement for a few boys of the Liu family to worship under Li Gui's door, and he didn't mention Li Gui, obviously he still didn't think much of it in his heart.

Liu Lian is different.

is just the name of Liu Bowen's eldest son, which is enough weight.

I have to say that this military general obviously does not have the well-informed news and mature sense of officialdom like Chang Xuan, otherwise he would not choose Liu Lian. After all, choosing Liu Lian is equivalent to hanging up with Liu Ji. Even if Liu Ji has retired, in the current court, even with His Majesty the Emperor, he is not a too likable character.

promised to go to Pu's house for a banquet at noon the day after tomorrow, and there was something to say about Xiang, and when Pu Zhongheng left, Zhu Yuan directly asked people to call Liu Lian.

Liu Lian obviously had contact with Pu Zhongheng and the two boys of the Pu family, and he had a good impression, so after thinking about it, he agreed.

also asked Zhu Yuan to spread the word first that he would be a very strict gentleman if he followed him to study.

Zhu Yuan agreed on the spot without passing the word.

If the teaching is not strict, the teacher is lazy.

In this era, if you are a gentleman, if you are not strict, you will be looked down upon.

Liu Lian left, Zhu Yuan handled some official documents in his office in the outer courtyard, and in the evening, just as he was about to return to the inner courtyard, Yao Feng rushed over again.

I brought a sample of a 'scale'.

Similar to the old-fashioned floor scale in memory, but there is a difference, the key is the scale scale.

In this era, a pound is 16 taels.

Zhu Yuan is keen to promote the decimal system, but it is unlikely in the short term, and strong twisting will cause chaos.

The base ruler is 25 pounds.

The minimum scale is two taels per tick.

Then, there is a 25 catties, a 50 catties, two 100 catties and a 200 catties four pounds, and the maximum can weigh 500 catties.

After a brief look, Zhu Yuan ordered the scales to be moved to his yard.

Following the walk to the inner house, the women were already looking around the new gadgets that the servants had just moved into.

Zhu Yuan stood up with a smile.

Weighing.

61 pounds.

I shouldn't be that light.

Then I remembered that in this era, a pound is not only 16 taels, but also more than 500 grams in my memory, and Zhu Yuan is not very clear.

According to later standards, although Zhu Yuan is still very thin now, he should still have 70 pounds and above.

After weighing himself, Zhu Yuan came down and pointed to the tallest young lady in the courtyard: "Come up, I'll take a look." ”

Qingniang looked scared, and when she heard the words, she still walked up obediently.

No need to ask, Zhu Yuan directly added a 50-pound pound, and found that he couldn't press it down, so he put the 25-pound one on it, but it didn't work, so he could only take off both of them, replace them with 100 catties, and add a scale, 106 catties.

didn't confirm how many taels it was, Zhu Yuan looked up with a smile and said, "106 pounds, you are almost worth two of me." ”

Qingniang suddenly showed a pitiful expression, she didn't even dare to come down, and stood on the scale obediently.

Seeing that his petty officials were ridiculing, a few freehand people just laughed, leaving blank but not forgiving, they came over and pretended to look at it, and then said: "I eat a lot on weekdays, and I must be the only one in our yard who exceeds 100 catties." ”

Hearing that she might be the 'only one', Qing Niang suddenly wanted to shed tears, and looked at Zhu Yuan with watery eyes: "Slave...... Didn't eat much. ”

Zhu Yuan raised his hand and gently gave her a slap on the back of Nizi beside her, and motioned to Qingniang: "Come down, it's just a joke, you're just right." ”

Qingniang's height, Zhu Yuan didn't deliberately measure it, but it was probably one meter seven to one meter seven five later, not to mention the current women, even if they add men, they are also tall, the current 106 pounds, in the future, maybe about 120 pounds, it must not be fat.

Zhu Yuan likes the feel very much.

Seeing that the little official let herself down, Qingniang escaped and got off the scale, continued to be pitiful to Zhu Yuan's side, and whispered: "Slave...... No, not a slave. ”

Qing Niang really doesn't want to be the only person in this yard who is more than 100 pounds. What's more, it's almost worth two petty officials, how can this work?

Blank space has jumped up.

Zhu Yuan weighed Nizi, and at the same time reached over, hugged the woman and patted her, and said, "Go, call all the people behind, and I'll see if there is a second one hundred catties." ”

Qingniang was patted by her own petty officials, and she felt that her body was a little soft, and when she heard the words, she subconsciously moved her steps, and obediently went to the back of the room, and it took a few steps to reflect, although it was ...... However, she has the same thoughts as Freehand.

Whether it is the front yard or the back room, the large and small groups must be guarded against.

However, the petty officials all said that they were so obedient that they must not be disobedient, so they paused, and continued to turn to the back.

After weighing the blank space at the beginning, he let a certain sack come up, hoping that there was one lighter than himself, but unfortunately, the sack girl was shorter than Zhu Yuan, but she was exactly two catties heavier than him.

Don't you eat at home?

Zhu Yuan was thinking about it, when a group of girls poured out from behind like flowing water with small steps, and some people were fiddling with their headdresses while walking, very anxious, and they didn't forget to dress up.

When they came to the front, they gave gifts one after another, shouting all kinds of things.

"Petty Officials ......"

"Adult ......"

"Old man......"

"Daddy......"

"Giving up people's ......"

Zhu Yuan originally smiled and agreed, and was looking down to weigh Luoshui, who had taken the initiative to step on, when he suddenly heard one of the voices and looked up: "Who is that...... Well, what are you shouting? ”