"Just wait here." The middle-aged officials in the farm supervisor pointed to an open space and asked the carriage to park there.

The guard on duty nodded slightly when he saw Tuoba Yichang.

Tuoba Yichang returned the gift and prepared to go to the barracks for a holiday.

The middle-aged official who was familiar with him whispered, "Previous General Tuoba has missed the opportunity."

Tuoba Yichang was puzzled and asked, "What happened?"

"The saint invited the soldiers of the Chishui Army and the Changzhi Guards outside the Huangnu Palace. If General Tuoba was on duty, he would definitely be close to the saint today." said the middle official.

Tuoba Yichang was stunned when he heard this, and then sighed in annoyance.

Indeed, as he is, he can indeed sit beside His Majesty. In no way, he can be closer to His Majesty.

"Forget it, my life is my life." Tuoba Yichang smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, Zhang Gongjian."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Zhang Gongjian smiled.

A warm cheer suddenly broke out in the distance.

Tuoba Yichang looked up, but couldn't see clearly. But he knew that this level of cheer was either a reward or a large shop, or a good thing in any case.

Damn, what leave I'll take!

Outside the Huangnu Palace, a large iron pot had been set up, the fire was burning and the heat was filled with mist.

Today, it is rare to see the sun, which dispels a little cold air that fills the world. But don’t expect too much. The ghost thing hanging in the sky is as dim as a small red ball, and looks weak.

This winter is especially cold!

The big iron pot actually existed very early. When Shao Shude first conquered the grassland, there was a big iron pot. But the big iron pot at this time is completely different from the big iron pot at that time.

Different weights and purity. The most important thing is that the cost is also different.

This is actually due to the advancement of metallurgical technology, mainly due to the advancement of concepts.

In the iron smelting workshop in Xiuwu County, Heyang, senior craftsmen have recorded the melting points of various ferroalloys - unfortunately, without temperature measurement instruments, we can only know a rough idea.

Some "iron" can turn into molten iron, some "iron" can only turn into semi-solid substances, and some "iron" cannot even be melted. To put it bluntly, these so-called "iron" are not real iron, but iron alloys containing a large number of other elements - more precisely, mixtures containing iron.

Different ferroalloys have different melting points. If you don’t know this, you will always be confused and can only rely on experience to collide with your luck. This time you can melt iron, but suddenly you can’t do it next time. You are so anxious that you scratch your head and don’t know what happened.

Salted fish were stewed in the iron pot, to be precise, dried salted fish, and presented to Dengzhou.

This year, the Ping Navy's main energy is all about transporting personnel and materials. "Military farming" has been reduced, but it still has a large number of fishing catches, a considerable part of which was naturally dedicated to the palace, because when Shao Sheng visited the east, he once said that he loved sea fish very much.

Pinghai’s “military farming” lineup was also guided by Shao Sheng himself: more than ten fishing boats were equipped with a processing boat.

The fish caught are immediately sent to the processing boat for slaughtering, cleaning, marinating, and then drying them. They are made of dried salted fish by the sun and sea breeze and sent to the rear.

This is a group fishing method that was almost never seen in the past. Later Europeans drove small sailboats of thirty or fifty tons across the Atlantic Ocean and went to Newfoundland to catch cod. There was a logistics ship called "pocket boat" following behind, selling supplies to sailors on the fishing boat, purchasing their catch, and processing them on site. After the cabin was filled, they crossed the Atlantic Ocean and returned to ports such as London, Amsterdam, Nantes, Bilbao, Lisbon, etc., and concentrated wholesale to seafood producers...

The existence of "pocket boats" is good for both parties. It increases the time for fishermen to operate at sea. If the fishing gear is damaged, they can repair or buy a new one. If the fishing boat captain is unlucky and has not caught many fish, but the supplies are used up, these "pocket boats" can also provide physical loans, which are commercial geniuses.

There are many species of fish caught by the Ping Navy, mainly small yellow croaker and even cod.

Shao Shude carefully picked up the cod and looked at it. It should be Beitaiping.

Foreign species are mainly produced in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. Later generations heard that cod in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk died of more than one million tons every year, and they felt very good. The Russians really couldn't do anything. Even fishing boats and fishing gear were scarce, and they put their treasure land and let them waste it.

Cold waters are the main production areas of marine fisheries. For example, the South Kuril Islands, which borders the Qiandao Cold Current and Japan's warm current, and the Hokkaido Sea, gave birth to the world's largest fishery. Even when the famous Newfoundland fishery fishery resources were almost exhausted, the output here is still extremely high and its status remains unchanged.

"I haven't tasted sea fish, have you?" Shao Shude threw the fish on the iron plate, then fryed and grilled it, and asked with a smile.

"I really haven't eaten it." The Chishui Army sent Fan He and others to look at the fish curiously and said.

"Freshwater fish are not hungry. When you are famine, relying on fish to fill your stomach is just a phantom in the water, but cold water sea fish can do it. Look at this oil flower." Shao Shude said happily.

Fan He and others were all local buns in the northwest. They had only eaten fish from the Yellow River. Naturally, they could not recognize the huge cod, and their eyes were almost wide open.

"I don't know how many years no one has caught fish in the Liaohai. Zhao Zonghui told me that they had caught a fishing flood, and they were all fish in the net, and they couldn't even drag it. Unfortunately, the ship was too slow and was not flexible to control it, so they couldn't catch up with the dense fish." Shao Shude said.

"Your Majesty, can this dried fish be transported to Henan?" Fan He asked.

Shao Shude pondered for a while and said, "It's hard to say. If the national highway is built to Qingzhou and Dengzhou, it should be a little colder. It's probably difficult when the heat is hot."

According to Ping Haijun's report, they believe that there will be a fishing flood in the Liaohai Sea between May and June and October, which is an excellent fishing season - either it cannot be caught during the non-fishing flood season, or the output is definitely not as good as the fishing flood season.

In fact, Shao Shude couldn't figure out what month the fishing flood was. He once remembered that the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea fishing floods in the 1950s and 1960s after the founding of the People's Republic of China were different from the fishing floods in the 21st century. Sometimes it was a few months apart, and I don't know what factors were affected.

The fishing floods in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea must be more than the two discovered by the Ping Navy. He even doubted whether the fishing floods they reported were accurate. Perhaps they only encountered a rare fish migration occasionally, so they mistakenly thought it was a fishing flood? It still needs to be observed for a long time and accumulated over a long period of time.

The long-term "despair" of Huang and Bohai Sea has created a great enrichment of fishery resources. Although the fishing grounds in China's offshore are not as rich as those in the Kuril Islands (Hokkaido), Peru and Newfoundland, there are also several small fishing grounds distributed in the offshore, such as Zhoushan Fishing Ground, which once claimed to be the fourth largest fishing ground in the world.

"What a pity." Fan He sighed: "If it can be supplied all year round, what if the Luoyang men can't afford it?"...

You know, the soldiers have a lot of money in their pockets. If there is a large amount of sea fish supply, even if it is not fresh fish, but air-dried salted fish, there will still be people who are willing to try it out.

Shao Shude laughed and said, "If the fishing flood in October is true, it may be available to Luoyang."

He suddenly thought of an idea.

The former saint of Tang set his birthday as a national festival, but he had never done this.

His birthday is in the twelfth lunar month. If he set it as a festival and promoted eating sea fish on this day, will it stimulate the development of marine fisheries?

Why did the medieval Europeans go so crazily to the sea to catch cod? This is actually due to religious reasons.

Catholicism envelops all of Europe. On fasting days, people cannot eat meat, but can eat fish, which stimulated the long-lasting popularity of the cod fishing industry. At that time, 60 to 70% of the fish eaten by Europeans were cod. Over time, it became a cultural custom. There are so many festivals in Catholicism, such as Christmas Day, the Assumption Day, etc., that people buy cod in large quantities, and even the poor have to do their best to buy some to go back to celebrate the festival.

The terrain of China is definitely not good compared to Europe, which penetrates the ocean. However, in winter and spring, it is very likely to be transported to the inland, if it is air-dried pickled fish, it is nothing more than a cost issue - the transportation cost is low, and the farther away from the sea, the higher the cost.

But the dignitaries don’t care about this cost, as long as they are willing to buy it. If the east-west first-class national highway is completed, Luoyang will go to Dengzhou and use a cart to use a horse cart

Transportation does not take a month, which provides the possibility for internal transportation of sea fish, although its price may be relatively expensive.

Thinking of this, Shao Shude decided to drive another trend and bring "better interests" to the extreme.

Sea fish must become the iconic holiday food for his birthday. As long as the demand increases, it will stimulate more people to go out to fish in the sea, and in turn stimulate the development of shipbuilding and navigation industries.

Even if it fails, it doesn't matter. Anyway, it doesn't cost much. Just try it.

"Today we will eat sea fish with all the soldiers." Shao Shude signaled with his eyes, and "Chef" Li Yixian immediately brought a few plates of fried cod.

Shao Shude - to the generals and officers of the Chishui Army, said, "I can't treat my sons with all hard work. Sit down, sit down, sit down."

Shao Shude smiled and gave him a plate of fish with a smile, and gave him some encouragement.

The soldiers of the Chishui Army were so grateful that they all thanked them.

After giving the gift, Shao Shude even fryed and roasted it with his own hands, and then took fish soup and fish from the large iron pot and distributed it to the soldiers.

Although many people despise it, it is really useful.

Shao Shude likes to communicate with his martial artists the most and show them in front of them. It is one thing to give enough money, but it is another thing to have feelings. Sometimes when the relationship is in place, you can tolerate less money. If the money is in place and the relationship is in place, it is amazing. Others can't pull this army away.

"Can you guys know where this fish is produced?" Shao Shude raised his wine bottle and drank a glass with everyone, and suddenly asked.

The generals and captains of the Chishui Army were a little confused and shook their heads.

"Produced in the Liaohai." Shao Shude said, "Are you willing to go to the Liaohai to take a look?"

"Your Majesty, we are all landslides, we won't go into the sea." Someone smiled.

"I am not afraid of killing the enemy by horse. The ant attacks the city and does not frown. But when I get to the sea, I am afraid that my legs will tremble, and I will be forced to bear His Majesty's heavy trust."

"As long as the saint gives the order, I will go to the river tonight to learn swimming, and I will never hate it if I freeze to death."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Shao Shude also laughed loudly, and raised the wine bottle from afar to drink with the soldiers.

"When will I ask you to go into the sea to fight?" Shao Shude put down his wine bottle and said, "After the first month of the year, the Chishui Army set sail to Dengzhou to obey the order."

Fan He and others were overjoyed when they heard this.

They have been stationed in Dongduyuan for a long time. Although they are close to the saints, they have no chance to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. Seeing that they are finally going to move next year, they are naturally overjoyed.

Martial arts should be happy when you hear the battle.

How can you make money if you don’t fight? How can you get promoted? How can you win a wife and a son to gain wealth?

"Your Majesty, do you want me to cross the sea to fight the Khitans?" Fan He asked in a low voice.
Chapter completed!