Chapter 14 The Bigger the Wind and the Waves, the More Expensive the Fish?
It has been two days since Lin Tai came to work in the fish market, and he has gradually become familiar with the environment here, and there are some details that he did not expect.
For example, in the wholesale trade here, there is no need to weigh the pound or other tools at all, but to use a fish bucket.
This fish bucket is very similar to the bucket used for grain collection, a standard weighing vessel made by the county government, and there are two kinds of scales.
Fill the bucket with fish, a large bucket should be counted as ten catties, and a small bucket should be counted as two and a half catties.
Usually, the fish bucket is kept by Donald, and every time he trades, he must apply to Donald to use the fish bucket and pay a fee of four cents or six cents of silver.
The 100 taels of fees collected every year are accumulated in this way, and the market management level of this era is like this.
Although Lin Tailai is familiar with the environment, it does not mean adaptation, especially the strong fishy smell.
There are two rooms in the fish market, which are used by the people who watch the farm, as well as to store important items such as fish buckets, but Lin Tailai does not like to sit in the fish market.
He placed the chaise longue on the upwind outlet outside the fence of the fish market, and near the surface of the Xu River, tried his best to avoid the smell of fish, and then lay down comfortably.
At this moment, his mood seemed to be silent, and the night of Nanhao Street's lecture and the Yitang Hall Master seemed to be very far away.
Since the crossing, all kinds of things have been tense, one after the other, and only now have a little relaxation.
In the early spring of February, although it was warm and cold at first, the sunshine was still good today.
Holding blades of grass in his mouth, humming a little song, basking in the sun, across the sparkling river, and then looking at the farmers working the other side.
For a moment, Dr. Lin seemed to think that it would be good to just keep the fish market like this.
Although the income of young people is not high, they are regarded as idle sticks, and there is still a lot of danger, and there are cases of being beaten and maimed from time to time.
But one of the biggest advantages of the mixed community is that you don't have to work hard to farm and be caught by the government to serve, which is one of the reasons why Dr. Lin still mixed in the hall and didn't run away.
As for the danger, Dr. Lin feels that this body is still very safe, as long as it prevents drinking fragments, there is no big problem.
Speaking of security, Lin Tailai remembered the soldiers who were working in the blacksmith shop in the town...... Something.
The things I want are slightly complicated, and after the iron material is added to the labor, the price is very expensive, even if it is a cooperative blacksmith shop in the community, you can't give it to yourself in vain.
Helpless, Lin Tailai could only go to the hall again, find Uncle Song, the accountant in charge of the club's finances, and apply for a little production fund in the name of bonuses, so that he could barely pay the bill.
If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and it is very worthwhile to spend money on equipment.
The fish market is different from other markets in that the peak trading hours are in the morning and evening. After the market closed after dark, the trio went to Dr. Lim's recliner to report on the day's situation.
Dr. Lin suddenly said, "Should we invite the inspection department to have a meal and make a relationship?" ”
The security inside the city depends on the officials and the firemen in the neighborhoods, while the security outside the city depends on the inspection department.
Twenty inspection divisions have been set up around the periphery of Suzhou, and basically every town has an inspection division, and Hengtang Town is no exception.
Under normal circumstances, the inspection department and the hall are well water and do not interfere with river water, because the upper family is a county government, but their functions are different.
Lin Tailai thought that if he made a big move in the fish market, ah no, after deepening the restructuring, maybe there would be a place to use the Inspection Division.
Dr. Lin is not worried that there will be mass incidents under the intensification of conflicts, and he can handle this himself.
What worries him is that under the influence of the market laws of the commodity economy, the fish sellers will leave the Hengtang fish market and sell fish elsewhere.
Therefore, it may be necessary to need the help of the inspection department with law enforcement powers, set up a card at Hengxukou to intercept all the fish selling boats from Taihu Lake in the west and Shihu Lake in the south in Hengtang Town.
Old man Tang nodded: "Yes, it should be invited, after all, the Inspection Department is an official office with soldiers in hand, and it is okay to be prepared."
It's just a question, do you have the money to make friends with the inspection department? ”
Lin Tailai: "......"
Damn, the idea is good, but there is no money!
Even the funds for building equipment took a lot of effort to get special approval from Uncle Song.
Sometimes I think, just be a pure gold medal fighter, then there won't be so many career-type troubles.
"Let's talk about the content of the fish market reform!" Lin Tailai said with a little interest: "First, you have to charge a health fee!" Look at the chaos in the fish market, all kinds of garbage everywhere, what a system!
Therefore, there is a sanitation fee to be charged, but if you want to enter the fish market to sell fish, you must pay the sanitation fee before entering the market!
Go back and find two old people from the surrounding villages who can't do heavy work, take care of a few meals, and let them clean the fish market! ”
"Sit in the hall and see it!" The trio responded together.
In fact, it is not important to think of this name, the important thing is how to implement it, which depends on the restaurant to persuade the merchants.
Lin Tailai continued: "Second, we will start collecting booth fees in the future! ”
Old Man Tang said with doubts: "The booth fee mentioned in the hall is a variant of the merchant's stall silver?"
However, according to the regulations of the imperial court, only vendors with shops, stores or fixed facilities along the street are allowed to collect stall silver.
These fish sellers in the fish market, even if they sell dried fish and salted fish, are placed in baskets at will, and there is never a fixed stall, which does not meet the conditions for collecting money from the door. ”
Dr. Lin said thoughtfully: "It's the booth fee, not the door stall silver!" As for your argument that there is no basis for charging without a fixed booth, this is indeed a problem.
But that's okay, draw a lattice on the ground of the fish market! Placement or trading must be done in the grid! Each grid is a stall! ”
The fish market trio was speechless, can the cost of sitting in your painted stall be lower?
"And you can also charge an extra benefit by adjusting the booth regularly!" Lin Tailai added another sentence based on his rich experience in reading films.
After searching his intestines and scraping his stomach, Old Man Tang praised from the bottom of his heart: "The storyteller said that when the ancient sage King Wen of Zhou governed Xiqi, he could draw the ground as a prison and rule Xiqi Dazhi!"
I see that the move of sitting in the museum has the style of the ancients, and the little old man is deeply admired! ”
Lin Tailai: "......"
It's really unfortunate for the country, such a talent can only be wronged in the fish market and be an old stick in charge of fish fighting.
I heard Old Man Tang say again: "Sitting in the restaurant is so enterprising, I'm afraid that the fish market will have strong winds and waves!" ”
Lin Tailai couldn't help but feel something, and said proudly: "The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish!" ”
The two civil and military brothers, who hadn't interjected for a long time, said in surprise: "Sitting in the hall is the opposite, right?" Obviously, the stronger the wind and waves, the cheaper the fish. ”
Dr. Lin: "??? ”
It is rare for the two brothers to show their knowledge with the hall, and you and I will talk about it in detail.
"In that part of Taihu Lake, the largest type of fishing boat is called the boat, which is often eight or nine zhang long, and operates in groups of four boats.
This kind of boat is too big to dock or enter the river, so it can only float on the surface of Taihu Lake all the time, powered by wind and waves.
Only when there are strong winds and waves on Taihu Lake, can the boats operate fishing, and the price of fish in the fish market is cheap.
If there were no wind and waves, the boat would have to anchor on the surface of the lake and would not be able to fish.
So, when the wind and waves are stronger, how can the price of fish be more expensive, hahahaha......"
History, there is a specialization in the art industry, no one can be proficient in all the sub-categories, and Dr. Lin's half-bottle vinegar is no exception.
In the end, Lin Tailai ordered with a calm face: "When the new fees start to be collected in a few days, you two brothers will go to the dock and collect money directly from the fish sellers on the shore!" ”
After a few more days, as Dr. Lim's sense of security was further strengthened, the clarion call for improving the fish market sounded.
In the early spring sun, Dr. Lin habitually enjoyed comfort on the recliner, while Old Man Tang reported things beside him.
Suddenly, on the Xujiang River in the field of vision, a very eye-catching color boat appeared, and this color boat was gradually docking, of course, at the wharf a little away from the fish market.
Dr. Lin immediately stood up and looked over with some expectation, will there be some famous ladies on the color boat, or a famous lady on the flower list?
While he was fantasizing, he pulled out a wooden plank from the boat, and a woman with a beautiful figure landed on the shore.
Lin Tailai looked at it hard, then he was disappointed and lay back again.
Isn't this the sister-in-law of Heyitang, filial piety is still so energetic, but unfortunately it has no value in the field of humanities.
After Fan Niangzi went ashore, she turned her head and saw the equally eye-catching Lin Tailai, so she moved her steps and walked over.
Then he greeted and said, "It's really a coincidence, I don't want to meet Lin Zhuangshi by the way." You, the No. 1 man in Anletang, are actually here to take care of the fish market. ”
Lin Tailai sighed in his heart, how could this treatment be like the protagonist of the online article, so he said very truthfully: "Didn't you just come to me, and what did you say about a chance encounter?" Everyone is an adult, so speak directly. ”
The corners of Fan Niangzi's mouth twitched, and she responded: "You are really self-inflicted." ”
Immediately, I saw a group of several people coming from the town, led by Wang Inspector of the Inspection Division.
Fan Niangzi glanced at Lin Tailai provocatively, and then took a few steps towards the Wang Patrol, "How dare you alarm Master Wang to greet and kill me!" ”
Inspector Wang smiled on his face, and seemed to have a special intention to say: "Today's spring is very good, just come out to breathe!" ”
In a blink of an eye, the two came together, separated by more than ten steps from Lin Tailai, talking and laughing.
Lin Tailai was speechless, could it be that Fan Niangzi went to Hengtang Town to meet Wang Inspector, and indeed met herself by chance?
The old man next to him twisted his sparse white beard and said faintly: "Sit down!" This doesn't look like a good person!
She is deliberately getting close to other men in front of you in order to provoke your jealousy and play with your heart! ”
Lin Tailai sighed secretly, letting Old Man Tang waste his whole life is a loss for the country.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion from the direction of the fish market.
Lin Tailai turned his head to look, but saw the two brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu shouting, and rushed towards him in a panic.
And there are more than a dozen people chasing after them, all of whom look like boat people selling fish!
Lin Tailai couldn't help but sigh again, this contradiction has intensified after all, and the reform of the fish market has a long way to go.