Chapter 175 Sea Monster
Mingzhou Pier, as troubled as ever.
After more than a month of successful fishing, the famine problem in Mingzhou City has long been solved.
Even the people in Mingzhou ate more meat and their faces became much rosy.
Many young women can see their red faces after being busy at night and can also be seen during the day.
"Empress, you can definitely get a top-notch assessment from the Ministry of Personnel this year. Our Mingzhou has suffered various disasters one after another, but the lives of the people have not only not worsened, but have improved.
If the current situation continues, the Qin family's shipbuilding workshops and salt drying farms will need to recruit thousands of people and pay a lot of taxes.
It doesn’t take a few years to see the situation in the entire Mingzhou City change drastically.”
Wang Zhiming cooked a cup of tea for Xie Jin with a look of terror, and then left it beside him and spoke.
"This is mainly due to Qin Dalang. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't know what the situation in Mingzhou would be like.
Unlike now, the people's spirits are completely different."
Xie Jin said this, but he knew very well that this year's assessment would definitely have a good result.
No matter who brought this good result, as the governor of Mingzhou, he can definitely enjoy the best benefits.
"I heard that the Qin family's salt drying farm has started to dry salt. If the problem of shortage of salt and high prices is solved, the number of fishing boats will immediately increase.
At that time, all kinds of salted fish can consume all the excess sea fish to avoid the problem of too hot weather and the fish will be completely unable to eat overnight."
Wang Zhiming was favored by Xie Jin, obviously not just because he could flatter, but because he was always able to think of what to know and report it to Xie Jin.
If you are the leader, you will definitely like such subordinates.
"I heard that the salt drying farm has been almost built, but it is hard to say whether it can be dried out. From ancient times to the present, we mainly eat salt produced in salt mines. Although there are people cooking salt by the sea, the cost of sea salt is not as low as that of ore salt. In addition to being on the coast, there are certain advantages, so we can't sell it in other places."
Xie Jin is not very optimistic about the Qin family’s salt drying field.
In his opinion, drying salt directly in the sea water is simply a fantasy plan.
However, considering that Qin Xiedao hired thousands of people to help build a salt drying workshop, Xie Jin never jumped out and said anything.
"The envoy is right, but this time they seem to be serious. I heard that this was a drawing designed by Qin Dalang himself, and he personally directed the craftsmen to build a salt drying field according to the drawings.
They probably did experiments with how effective they were. Now they are just doing it again in front of everyone.”
"Well, no matter what, at least in the past month, thousands of people in Weimingzhou have provided a livelihood. We will definitely not forget this credit."
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"Mr. Langjun, the court should have received your memorial. I think we can set off for Chang'an next month.
However, I think Mingzhou has a promising future and can be an important stronghold for us.”
Ma Zhou has been very busy during this period, but it is very fulfilling.
Qin Xiedao provided him with a very good stage to display his talents, and he can now be said to be like a fish in water.
"We first came here with this Mingzhou Pier, but now it looks a bit prosperous.
Compared with Yangzhou, I think Mingzhou has a relatively large advantage.
Departing from Mingzhou, the ship can quickly reach Quanzhou, Hangzhou, and even go to Nanyang.
Moreover, the prefectures and counties around Mingzhou are generally poor, which means that these people have stronger ideas to change their destiny.
What the Tang Dynasty lacks the most now is the people with this kind of thinking.”
Qin Xiedao and Ma Zhou were walking on the pier while talking.
If Ma Zhou was a girl, the atmosphere would be even more perfect.
However, before they could start chatting, they were interrupted by a hurry figure.
"Langjun, something happened. I heard that the Zhu family's fleet encountered a sea monster on the sea, and the ship was almost sunk."
Lin Sanwa is a newly recruited fisherman from Qin Xiedao in Mingzhou. Because of his clever mind and familiarity with the situation in Mingzhou, he is now highly valued and has become the captain of one of the sea ships.
"Sea Monster? This...is impossible?"
Qin Xiedao hadn't said anything yet, but after hearing this, Ma Zhou couldn't help but question it.
The fleet has been fishing for almost a month, and every time it is full of loads.
Even if you go out to sea on heavy rain, you will get a lot of harvest.
But no one has ever heard of a sea monster.
"Manager Zhou, although this matter sounds a bit incredible, many people on the ship saw the figure of the sea monster, and it seems to be true.
And I was by the beach, and I heard from the old man before that there were some sea monsters outside the sea, larger than a boat, so that fishermen would not provoke them.”
Lin Sanwa obviously believed that there were sea monsters in the sea.
In fact, in this era, most people believed that there were sea monsters in the sea.
"Lin Sanwa, what are the characteristics of this sea monster besides its huge size? Did it actively attack our ship?"
Qin Xiedao naturally didn't believe that there were any sea monsters in this world.
If so, it must be an animal that no one has discovered yet, that's all.
"I heard that this sea monster can spray water, and it can spray it to two meters high with just a spray of water. Then I also like to wander around our fishing boats, as if I am not afraid of us at all."
As soon as Lin Sanwa said this, Qin Xiedao knew it completely.
Sure enough, I have encountered everything that time travelers will encounter.
In the Nianda without electric lights, relying on these sea monsters can promote a new industry to Mingzhou.
Even relying on this industry, Mingzhou can live a comfortable life of decades or even hundreds of years.
"Today, the Zhu family's fleet encountered a sea monster, so I guess there was no gain?"
"No fish was caught! The fishing net has not been put down yet. Langjun, once the news of sea monsters spread, many seamen may not dare to go out to sea. It is estimated that the production of sea fish in the next few days will be worrying."
"Since everyone has seen the sea monster, I will take everyone to catch the sea monster back.
This kind of sea monster that everyone has never seen before may be full of treasures."
This is not the time to talk about conscience to the animals.
Chapter completed!