Chapter Thirty-Six Questions
Regardless of how developed the modern aquaculture industry is, anyone can raise a few fish at home.
In fact, before the Han Dynasty, fish farming, including catching fish, was a very difficult task.
At that time, there were no professional fishing gears and the fishing nets were very rough. Sometimes you could only catch three or four fish after a whole day of hard work.
After finally catching the fish, not many people know how to raise them, so they can only raise them by stocking them.
Throw the fish into the pond, whether it lives or dies depends on God's will.
There is no need to change the water, increase oxygen in the water and other more sophisticated techniques.
This is why in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and even in the Qin Dynasty, many people living by the sea, rivers and lakes starved to death without eating fish.
It’s not that they don’t want to eat, it’s that they really can’t catch any fish.
It was not until the middle period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that someone compiled a book called "Tao Zhu Gong's Fish Breeding Classic", which promoted the development of aquaculture.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even built a Kunming Pond to raise fish.
In your spare time, you can also relieve stress by feeding fish.
However, the Kunming Pool cost countless manpower, material resources and financial resources.
On this deserted island, Tang Qi was the only one who built a fish pond, and there seemed to be many marine fish in the pond.
This made Liu Che feel a little unbelievable.
But then I thought about it, this person is also a fairy after all. Isn’t it normal to build a fish pond and raise some fish?
"Mr. Tang, was your fish pond built using magic?"
Liu Che asked Tang Qi seriously for confirmation.
Tang Qi said helplessly: "Building a fish pond doesn't require magic. You can just dig it yourself with a shovel. It's a simple batch."
"Dig it yourself?"
Liu Che scratched his head and said, "Can this person dig it out? And how do you get the fish out of the fish pond?"
Tang Qi couldn't help but smile and said: "I would like to have someone to dig with me. The key is that there is none on this island. I can only dig by myself."
Liu Che wanted to say something more, but Tang Qi interrupted: "Okay, Lao Liu, I finally understand. You don't understand any common sense. Don't ask. I'll take care of you later."
You will know after you go to the fish pond and take a look."
"OK!"
Liu Che nodded and continued eating French fries.
Western fast food like French fries is still very attractive to people who are trying it for the first time.
Liu Che, Wei Qing and Wei Zifu ate two large bowls of French fries one after another, and then stopped while rubbing their stomachs.
If you can eat all-you-can-eat french fries, there will be no one left among these three people.
"Mr. Tang, can we go see the fish pond now?"
Liu Che asked eagerly.
Tang Qi shrugged his shoulders and said, "Let's go, I'll show you around and increase your common sense!"
After saying that, Tang Qi took the lead and walked towards the east side of the wooden house, followed by Liu Che, Wei Qing and Wei Zifu quickly.
On this barren island, Tang Qi raised many animals and sea fish in order to prevent himself from being driven crazy by the boring life.
Among them, the project of raising marine fish took a lot of effort from Tang Qi, and it was far from being as simple as he said.
The first step is to use tools to dig a pool.
The pool is not big, only about five or six meters vertically, but its depth is about eight or nine meters.
After all, he wants to raise sea fish, not shallow water fish.
Secondly, two canals connecting to the sea must be dug.
One is for water in and one is for water out.
The two canals are usually sealed.
This will prevent some ferocious big guys from rushing into the pool and messing around.
Only when the water is changed, the two ditches are dug, and a simple fence is used to block the connection between the ditch and the pool.
Seawater pours in from the higher-lying water inlet and then gushes out from the lower-lying water outlet.
This completes a water change.
The whole project is difficult to say and easy to say, but it did take a lot of time and energy from Tang Qi.
But in order to appear saintly in front of others (pretend to be cool), Tang Qi deliberately said it in a calm and relaxed manner.
When Liu Che, Wei Qing and Wei Zifu saw the fish pond, they were really shocked.
The water in the fish pond is very clear. Through the water surface, you can still see the marine fish and lobsters swimming in it. The aquatic products are very rich, with many types and quantities.
"Tang...Mr. Tang, where did this...the fish in this pond come from?"
Liu Che stammered and asked Tang Qi.
The Kunming Pond, which he spent a huge amount of money to build, only contains so much aquatic products, but the area of Kunming Pond is more than a hundred times that of this fish pond.
There is absolutely no comparison between the two.
Tang Qi still pretended to be indifferent and said: "Most of these fish rushed in by themselves when the tide was high, and some of them were caught by me!"
Liu Che probably knew the situation at high tide, so he asked again: "Mr. Tang, how do you fish? Why can you catch so many?"
Tang Qi raised his eyebrows and said: "Just use a fishing rod to fish, put some fish food on it, find a place where the water is relatively gentle, and fish slowly!"
He fishes purely to pass the time, regardless of whether he can catch something or not.
But even so, he still harvested a lot of sea fish.
Liu Che was quite interested in the making of fishing rods and fish food, and continued to ask more questions.
This question got to the bottom of Tang Qi's heart.
As a fishing enthusiast, it is so rare to meet a fellow fisherman.
So, Tang Qi took Liu Che and talked for half an hour about how to make fishing rods, how to make fish food, how to find areas suitable for fishing, and how to dig fish ponds.
Tang Qi was talking with such excitement that he didn't notice that there was a person behind him who was silently recording with paper and pen.
This person is naturally Wei Qing.
Liu Che said before that Tang Qi was one of the gods, with real skills, so Wei Qing should learn from Tang Qi.
Wei Qing felt stupid, so he thought of this method.
It is said that a good memory is not as good as a bad writing.
Wei Qing planned to record all the knowledge points Tang Qi said, and after returning to Chang'an, he would find someone to help sort them out, so that the abilities of the gods could be transferred to the great man.
Half an hour later, Tang Qi finished instilling knowledge into Liu Che and then began to direct Liu Che and Wei Qing to open canals and change water.
At first, Wei Qing was a little reluctant to let Liu Che work.
After all, Liu Che was also the emperor of the Han Dynasty, so doing such menial work was too low of a position.
But Liu Che himself was quite happy.
He had been worrying about this country before, but now he was finally free, and he just felt that whatever he was doing was interesting.
It's a pity that Liu Che's work level is really not very good, and he is a typical handicapped person.
Without Liu Che, Wei Qing could complete the water change in an hour alone.
After adding Liu Che, the working hours became one and a half hours.
This made Tang Qi couldn't help but laugh at Liu Che.
Chapter completed!