Chapter 333: Do It Yourself
(Thanks to the support of the two book friends of 324 Bridge and the Fall of Yan, Xie Luxie.) There will be a plus more in the evening! )
More than 100,000 fish were distributed to 50,000 households in Dengzhou, and the rest were specially let the people share the gift of the Dragon King.
However, the hundreds of thousands of fish sent by the Dragon King were quickly eaten, but it did not mean that there were no more fish in the sea. At present, there are no crops in the great dry land, but there is no shortage of crops in the sea. Since that heavy rain, the weather in Dengzhou has also been much cooler. The construction sites in various places were still continuing, and Li Jing mobilized many fishermen along the coast to organize them, and the two sailor battalions of Zhenhai and Nutao were escorted and cooperated, forming dozens of large fishing fleets to fish at sea.
It also fishes and catches sea vegetables, and many plants in the sea can also be eaten, such as kelp, kelp, red algae, seaweed, wakame, etc. Kelp was also called kelp in the Tang Dynasty, and wakame was called curtain, but in fact, although kelp and kelp are similar, they are not strictly speaking. However, at this time, these long kelps are almost all called kelp. At this time, kombu is rarely used as food, but as medicine, and the medical book uploads that kombu has phlegm and softness; Dilute water and reduce swelling. main scrofula; galls; choking; Hernia, beriberi, edema. It is used for galls, scrofula, testicular swelling and pain, phlegm and water emema.
When Li Jing asked people to fish for these kelp, red algae, seaweed and Judalai, saying that they were edible, many people felt a little reluctant. It's certain that these things can be eaten, but in their opinion, eating them is no different from eating grass root bark.
However, after Li Jing asked the chef to make various dishes according to his own methods, many people applauded them after tasting them. In particular, this kelp stewed bones, seaweed egg soup, and Judalai tofu soup. Chilled salad. Grilled seaweed. and so on, people who have eaten it can't help but applaud, and they are all called sea vegetables.
It doesn't take much manpower to fish these seaweeds, and some half-grown boys can hold up a small wooden raft and fish a lot of them back in the offshore area. These seaweeds can not only be eaten fresh, but also dried. Kombu dry, kelp dried. Dried seaweed, dried seaweed, dried red algae, dried wakame. After these dried vegetables are dried, they are easy to store, and when you want to eat them, you can soak them in water and cook them however you want. It can not only be eaten by the people of Dengzhou, but also sold as a new commodity.
If there is no oil and water in the dish, the rice will be eaten more, the same. If you don't have enough food, you have to eat more. Now fishing. Fishing sea vegetables is actually used as auxiliary food to reduce the consumption of other staple foods.
On the Liao Sea, there are fleets fishing back and forth everywhere.
In the past, fishermen caught fish, but the fish was very preserved, and they had to dry the fish except for their own food. But now it is different, in various ports along the coast, Li Jing has set up fish canning workshops, and even in several large fleets, there are several large ships with ten thousand stones. These ships integrate production, processing and transportation, and the fish caught at sea are slaughtered and processed directly on the ship to make canned products. In this way, the larger fleets can even be at sea for a month or two in a row when the wind and waves are calm. When I came back, I had canned fish with tens of thousands of stones.
The fish processed by canned fish is much more high-end than salted dried fish. Dried fish is limited in consumption, but canned fish can be eaten as a staple food, which is not only delicious and easier to preserve, but also popular. It can not only be eaten by the people of Dengzhou, but also sold to all over the world as an excellent commodity.
Li Jing is now sitting in Dengzhou, and there is only one thing he is doing with all his might, to stabilize Dengzhou.
There is only one thing to stabilize Dengzhou in such a disaster year, and that is to let the people have enough to eat. Although a million stone of relief food has been prepared, Li Jing will not relax there. The cash-for-work was in full swing, and Li Jing ordered two sailor battalions to guard the fishing fleet while also fishing.
The other infantry cavalry did not let go, and Li Jing ordered that the battalions of the Zhendong Army launch a military hunting operation. Not only the battalions in Dengzhou participated, but also the two chambers in Liaodong. Each battalion is organized into the mountains to hunt in the form of military training. On the one hand, it is to train by hunting, and on the other hand, it is also to let the army hunt to obtain prey, so as to alleviate the severe food shortage today.
At the same time, all battalions should carry out the production of pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, etc., so that each battalion can be self-sufficient; at the very least, there are these sea vegetables, fish and meat, and these chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep are eaten with grain, and the grain can be saved.
For Li Jing's arrangements, Zhang Hong was the first to applaud. Although there is a drought this year, those water conservancy projects have been built, and next year will definitely be a bumper year. On the other hand, because of the fishing team and hunting team, as well as the vigorous breeding and seaweed salvage, these victims in Dengzhou can stay at home instead of going out to escape the famine and ask for food as in previous years.
And you can eat a full meal every day, although this rice is almost mixed with large pieces of fish, kelp, seaweed, etc., which can only be regarded as miscellaneous rice. But in a disaster year, it is already a great luck to be able to eat enough every day. What's more, this fish is not salted dried fish, these fish are canned fish, and they taste good.
The victims have something to do and food, even the old and young in the family, and they can have a full meal with some wild vegetables. However, many people will not be so extravagant, everyone is half grain and half wild vegetables every day, and the rest of the grain is accumulated. Even if the county marquis above loves the people and is considerate of everyone, the disaster year is not such a luxurious life, and the water has to flow often. Many people are tired all day during the day, but they always wake up in the middle of the night, and they have to check the rice jar several times to see the food in it before they can fall asleep with peace of mind.
Although Li Jing's time in Dengzhou is not long, his reputation is now growing day by day. Many people began to give Li Jing the immortal tablet of the ancestral hall at home. Pray for Li Jing, and hope that Li Jing will always be the assassin of Dengzhou in the future, so that everyone will not worry about a good life.
Every time Li Jing went out, when the people saw him, they would bow to him, and some people even knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Early in the morning, Li Jing woke up in Gongsun Lan's arms. Li Jing now often works in Dengzhou, and his mother and wives and concubines naturally all moved to Dengzhou. The family has a big house in Dengzhou, and good things have been going on recently, and Wang Guiniang and Wan'er, who have not moved, are pregnant at the same time, and the family is very happy. Mother Li was even more excited, and served Gui Niang in person every day regardless of her identity.
In addition, Wang Haojun and Pei Chenxi sisters are also getting heavier, and Li Jing sometimes goes back, and he has to sleep alone. I was so busy during this time that I didn't bother to go home. As a result, Li Hui'er and Gongsun Lan almost took turns to come. One day, two people touched each other in the middle of the night, but they bumped into each other and made a big red face.
But although it was broken, the two Li Jing's lovers didn't say who they were, and then, the two seemed to have a tacit understanding.
"Now Dengzhou seems to know about our relationship." Li Jing said to his grandson Landao.
"Who doesn't know the relationship between you and Li Hui'er!" Gongsun Landau.
Li Jing smiled, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and it can be hidden once or twice, but after a long time, this paper can't contain the fire after all. Now not to mention that the upper echelons of Dengzhou all know about the ambiguous affair between Li Jing and the county lord and Gongsun Lan, even Mother Li and Gui Niang have already known about the way. However, Li's mother didn't restrain Li Jing too much in this regard, perhaps because she felt that there was only one man left in the Li family to Li Jing, and she wanted him to spread out more. As for Wang Guiniang, as Li Jing's status increases, she seems to have become more and more weak, and the original pungency has long since disappeared. Especially if she has never been pregnant, she will not ask Li Jing about things outside. Now that she is finally pregnant, she doesn't care about Li Jing's affairs outside.
Wang Haojun was a little jealous, but she was very smart, and he calculated the ambiguity between Li Jing and the county lord and Gongsun Lan. But it is impossible for these two people to enter the door of the Li family, and the county lord has a noble status, so it is impossible to come to the Li family as a concubine. And that Gongsun Lan was born as a dancing girl, and she was also a widow, so it was impossible for her to enter Li Jing's door. Therefore, she will never make Li Jing unhappy because of this.
After saying a few words to Gongsun Lan, Li Jing also got up, first went to the horse, practiced archery and horse lance, sweated, and was directly served by Gongsun Lan to take a shower, and Li Jing went to the court.
"Lord, something has happened!" As soon as Li Jing entered the court, he saw Zhang Hong coming in a hurry.
"What's wrong?" At present, Song Wei in Qingzhou is still busy with Wang Jingwu, and it is reported that the fight is inextricable, each has a winner or a loser, and Zizhou has been recaptured. However, Tanma reported that Wang Jingwu took the initiative to withdraw from Zizhou, and his power in Qizhou did not weaken much. In addition to Qingzhou, the forces of Duli Town in Liaodong have been softened, and Li Jing has already sent many people to Liaodong to persuade those forces to belong to the Tang Dynasty, and there is no reason for anything to happen. As for Dengzhou, everything is just right now, how could something happen.
"It's the salt factory, there's something big going on in the salt factory!"
Hearing that it was the salt factory accident, Li Jing was stunned for a moment. In order to deal with Li Jing, Tian Lingzi deliberately asked him for trouble. On top of the Golden Palace, Li Jing was given an official position as a Liaohai salt and iron transfer envoy, and even the official position of the money envoy, Tian Lingzi directly contracted Li Jing with these two yamen. Three million yuan a year, Tian Lingzi is very vicious, if he can't give three million to the court by then, it is estimated that Tian Lingzi will have more tricks behind him.
However, after Li Jing received this appointment, he was not much embarrassed, but chuckled. Others may be worried about this, but Li Jing will not. With the name of this salt and iron transshipment envoy and money minting envoy, Li Jing can directly sell salt, tea, and even open mines, and can not only open gold and silver mines, but also copper, iron, tin, lead, and coal mines, and can directly mint money by himself.
From now on, it is completely possible to sell smuggled salt, open black mines, and mint private money openly! Are you still afraid that the money will not roll in, and you will not earn more than three million in contracting fees a year?
After receiving the appointment, Li Jing immediately opened ten salt factories in the coastal areas of Dengzhou and Qingnicheng in eastern Liaodong, and desperately dried salt in the current tide season. These ten salt factories, but right now, Li Jing has high hopes, and suddenly something happened, how could Li Jing not be surprised. This year's three million contract fees are all dependent on these salt factories.
"Something's going on, talk as you go!" Li Jing immediately got up. (To be continued......)