Chapter 164: Have You Ever Eaten Fish Balls?
The morning sun rises in the east, and last night's heavy rain made today's air particularly heavy and humid, and Emperor Yang of Sui finished washing up early and came to a hill on the right side outside the military camp where he was stationed!
Behind him were yawning local officials, as well as Zhang Yi and his lieutenants!
"Guys, have you thought of how to settle these people?"
Hearing Emperor Yang of Sui's inquiry, an official on the right side immediately knelt on the ground: "Tell Your Majesty, these people don't know how to farm, they have lived in the mountains since they were born, and they have survived by hunting and wild fruits in the mountains, and the accident caused by this heavy rain is not only this time, they have already gone through such an ordeal a few years ago, so the lower officials also sent people to inquire, and found that most of them are willing to return to the mountains, and only a few are willing to obey the dispatch!" ”
Emperor Yang of Sui nodded lightly when he heard this: "Although the living conditions in the mountains are bad, since they are used to it, they will not find it too difficult, but they are more afraid of integrating into other groups, this is human nature, you must do a good job of ideological work, you must not forcibly restrict but also try to keep as much as possible!" ”
Several officials had big heads: "Your Majesty, these people are mountain people, and it is not a good thing to force them to stay outside the city, and even if they stay, what can they do?" ”
Emperor Yang of Sui turned his head and looked at the flowing Weishui River, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"The flow of this river is very large, enough to carry boats, as the so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, there are both mountains and water here, why can't it feed people?"
The military department Shangshu pondered slightly: "Your Majesty wants these people to make a living by fishing?" I'm afraid this matter is difficult to implement, after all, the river is turbulent, if you are not careful, you may be swept into the river and die, and the fish is fishy and smelly, no one wants to eat it for a long time, not to mention that the people in the mountains are more than a thousand people, and the fish in this river will always be caught! ”
Emperor Yang of Sui suddenly frowned and turned his head to look at several officials.
Because he is really incomprehensible, in his previous life, he had also seen some turbulent rivers, but the rivers at that time were difficult to compare with those of the Sui Dynasty!
Just like the Weishui in front of you, it is really turbulent and surging, and the flow of its river water is probably comparable to a big river in later generations!
How many people can that river support? If it is understandable that you can't feed a city, but if you can't feed tens of thousands of people, that's a joke!
"Ladies and gentlemen, the people are dying of hunger, how can they taboo the smell of fish? I'm afraid you think the fish is not tasty, right? ”
Several people looked at each other: "Your Majesty's fish meat has thorns, and the taste is extremely fishy after cooking, and because of the turbulent flow of this river, it is extremely difficult to fish, so no one likes to eat fish inside and outside this Daxing City!" ”
The military department Shangshu thought that His Majesty didn't know the pain of fishing at all, so he patiently explained!
Emperor Yang of Sui waved his hand: "Fishing is not a difficult thing, the taste of fish is weird, and you don't know how to do it, this Weishui River is vast and wide, enough to feed tens of thousands of people, but you abandon such an important resource, An has the face to call himself a parent official?" Where is General Zhang Yi? ”
Zhang Yi immediately stepped forward: "The last general!" ”
"Go to the refugees rescued from the bottom of the mountain, find someone who knows the nature of the water, find a gentle riverside, and cast a net to fish!"
Several officials rolled their eyes on the sidelines!
In fact, what they said before was a bit biased, it was not that no one ate fish in the Sui Dynasty, and it was not that the people were really picky eaters, in fact, there were special fishermen who sold fish in the east and west markets every day, but this kind of fish is difficult to preserve for a long time, let alone salt!
After all, many people have never even seen a real piece of salt, so even if they call on the people to fish, it is only thankless, how can everything be as simple as Your Majesty said?
Therefore, several officials immediately felt in their hearts that this was just an idea raised by Emperor Yang of Sui, and besides, these refugees really had nothing to do, so it was better to let His Majesty try it and understand how to write the four characters of civil suffering!
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did not discourage his enthusiasm because of the performance of these officials, and ordered Zhang Yi to mobilize people to select manpower, and ordered people to vacate the iron pot in the army, and then let Zhang Yi take out some manpower and go to the west market to buy lard and fat.
After the planning was completed, the sun was already rising, and several officials gathered together, respectfully standing in the position of the handsome tent, and one of the household officials was holding the account book, chattering carefully!
"Your Majesty, the things used in this purchase cost a total of fifteen taels of silver, and you can get hundreds of catties of lard, and you can bring the rest by yourself, and if you buy corn to cook porridge, it can help nearly a thousand people!"
Emperor Yang of Sui nodded slightly: "I didn't expect lard to be so cheap, it only needs this money!" ”
Several officials were about to cry: "Your Majesty doesn't know, this lard is the most dirty, it smells bad when used as an oil lamp, and it is inedible, even the people are disgusted by it, except for the butcher, no one else asks, what is the use of Your Majesty buying so much at once!" ”
The officials below have also repeatedly discussed, but it is not that they are stingy, and they have to control Yang Guanghua's money!
It's just that they spent money to buy useless things, plus the statistics of the previous household officials, these 15 taels of silver are enough to feed the disaster victims and people here today, so naturally they feel that Yang Guang is squandering again!
Emperor Yang of Sui pretended to be profound, listening to the chatter of these officials, until Zhang Yi personally came to the big tent!
"Tell Your Majesty, what you have gained a lot today, more than a dozen people and more than 20 soldiers in the army, caught thousands of catties of fish in two hours, and now they have been transported to the camp by board truck!"
Emperor Yang of Sui was very happy when he heard this: "Such a small person has caught thousands of catties in two or three hours, it seems that no one really likes to eat fish!" ”
Emperor Yang of Sui stood up and followed many officials outside!
I saw a few carts pushed by the people, surrounded by fishing nets casually, each cart was full, the fish on it were very large, and there was a man who was long, and many people did not dare to approach, thinking that they had caught the river god!
Emperor Yang of Sui strode in front of the biggest one: "This fish will belong to the widow, and when the remaining fish is cleaned up, send two cooks over, and the widow will teach you to make fish today!" ”
The dignified Emperor of the Great Sui actually wanted to teach his people to forage for food in person, which made many officials dumbfounded!
And Zhang Yi was also at a loss: "Your Majesty, whether this fish is taken care of or cooked, it is fishy and smelly, you are the honor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, how can you do it yourself?" ”