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The Manchus and the Qing emptied half of Korea, leaving Hu Dinggui in a state of despair.

The 11th Division is stationed in Gaizhou and Jinzhou, and there are more than 100,000 civilians under its control. All the food depends on North Korea buying it at high prices.

If North Korea is out of food, it means the 11th Division is out of food.

After receiving the memorial from the civil and military officials of Liaodong, Zhao Han, who was already short of food, could only tighten his belt and move around to send ships to deliver it.

Fortunately, in spring, more than 100,000 people in the three cities of Liaodong have all planted wheat. If you wait another month, you can harvest food, but you have to beware of Manchu raids!

Not only Gaizhou, but also Jinzhou and Fuzhou must be defended.

Because some Jurchen tribes still live in the mountainous areas of the Liaodong Peninsula, Phoenix City (between Benxi and Dandong) also has the Eight Banners of Manchuria. The Manchu army could travel through mountains and ridges and plunder the countryside during the wheat harvest season.

Not that it might come, but that it will definitely come.

Because of the lack of food, they all went to fight Mongolia. How could they not seize the food under their skin?

The Eight Banners Army has about 100,000 soldiers left, and Hu Dinggui's 10,000 people will certainly not be able to defend it, and may even be heavily besieged.

Zhao Han immediately ordered the deployment of troops. Li Zheng's third division, Xiao Zongxian's fourth division, and Lu Xiangsheng's five thousand knights all sailed to the Liaodong Peninsula.

Hu Dinggui was stationed in Gaizhou, Li Zheng was stationed in Jinzhou, and Xiao Zongxian was stationed in Fuzhou. Lu Xiangsheng was also stationed in Fuzhou, providing support from the center and rescuing friendly forces in the north and south at any time.

Fei Ruhe moved to Tianjin and Zhang Tieniu moved to Dengzhou. At the critical moment, they immediately took a boat to Liaodong to fight!

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Zhoushan sea area.

Hong Xu, deputy commander of the Shanghai Navy in Datong, once ranked among the "Eighteen Zhi", but now he has become a professional fisherman.

In order to fish in the Zhoushan fishery, the Shanghai Navy even expanded its force and recruited Danhu fishermen as sailors in Zhoushan. These people knew the situation in the Zhoushan fishery best.

On the deck of the ship, Hong Xu held his pipe in his mouth and smoked Nangan tobacco.

The large and small warships under his command are trawling for fish.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, ocean fishing technology had matured. There were six main types of large nets: gill nets, seine nets, trawl nets, spread nets, built nets, and inserted nets.

In the Saxon era, the British used gill nets to catch herring. This technique was very common in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong.

Trawl technology, which can catch 400 tons of fish in one net, is also widely used in China, but the trawl net is relatively small.

This is because of the maritime ban and Japanese pirates. Going out to sea in a huge boat is not only risky, but also illegal and criminal. Therefore, all the merchants who own big ships are engaged in smuggling. Who is willing to risk their lives fishing?

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the largest fishing boats in coastal areas only carried three to four tons of cargo.

Due to food shortages, Zhao Han issued a policy to encourage marine fishing as early as last year.

First, cancel the fish and salt tax.

Second, a marine fishing trading company can be established to directly connect with the salt farm, bypassing salt sellers and purchase salt from the salt farm at low prices (a short-term policy, which will be canceled when food is sufficient).

There were fishing and salt classes in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Because of the ancient fishing seasons, a large number of saltwater fish and freshwater fish were caught. It cannot be sold out in a short period of time. Due to storage technology, it must be salted.

However, lawless people like to take advantage of loopholes, claiming to be selling salted fish, but in fact they are selling illegal salt.

A five-pound fish can be hung with half a pound of salt!

So the imperial court closed the fishing salt class and limited the supply of salt for pickling fish. This allowed the powerful, officials and gentry to take advantage of the opportunity to control fishermen and fisheries, which made it difficult for the fishing industry to develop in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

These policies to encourage fishing were all proposed by Wu Yingji Shangshu.

Wu Yingji, because of his many suggestions and meritorious services, has now been promoted to the position of envoy to the right of Jiangsu Province.

As soon as the policy came out, merchants and fishermen responded, and even some maritime merchants participated. The tonnage of fishing boats is getting bigger and bigger, and the fishing nets are getting bigger and bigger, which has alleviated the food crisis to a certain extent.

No matter how big the private fishing boats are, they are still no bigger than a naval warship!

Half of the warships of Zhao Han's major naval forces are currently fishing in coastal fisheries.

"Come back!"

More than twenty naval warships, working in pairs, dragged large nets to Haiyan County. Sea salt is naturally produced in Haiyan County, and it is dragged and marinated on site, which is a perfect match for Zhoushan fisheries.

Trawling is usually done directly to the shore. As for how much you catch, you won’t know until you get ashore. It’s as full of surprises as unboxing a blind box.

A large number of nearby people were hired to carry, sort, and pickle the fish.

The old, young, and women were all beaming, and this kind of work was paid on a piece-rate basis. During the fishing season, I don’t worry about not having a job. I just worry about not being able to finish every day. I wish my children would grow up early so that they can help after graduating from elementary school.

During primary school, you are not allowed to drop out of school or play truant without any reason!

"landing!"

Large nets were pulled up, and small boats sailed over to pick up fish from the nets and then transport them to the shore to be carried by coolies.

Navy warships tow special large nets. If you are lucky, you can catch dozens or hundreds of tons in one net.

It is now the summer flood season, and the fish caught in Zhoushan fisheries are mainly large yellow croaker, cuttlefish, anchovy and pomfret.

The harvest was good this time. More than 20 warships harvested more than 300 tons in total.

The people who were employed as workers were busy sorting and pickling, while Hong Xu was sleeping in a hammock.

boring!

However, Hong Xu was quite satisfied with this kind of life. He drank a little wine and smoked tobacco every day. After the fishing season, he took his soldiers out to sea for training. If an emergency military situation is received, lead the navy to set off immediately.

Although he was Zheng Zhilong's subordinate, his background was much better than Zheng Zhilong's.

Hong Xu was born in a family of hereditary military attachés, and his father Hong Gong was assigned to the garrison.

The Li people in Hainan Island rebelled, and Hong Gongluan personally went to Li Village to appease them. All the rebellious Li people agreed to recruit them. However, Wan Ji, a general in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi, felt that recruiting troops for peace could not achieve success, so he sent troops to sneak attack Li Village, but was defeated by the Li rebel army.

The Li people rebelled again and it was difficult to deal with it. Hong Gongluan, who had successfully recruited people, was angered to death by this cunning operation, and even after his death, Wan Ji took the blame.

As a result, Hong Xu became a second-generation martial artist and suddenly became helpless and could only make a living as a sailor at sea. Then he became a sworn ally with Zheng Zhilong and became a member of the "Eighteen Zhi". Now he is the deputy commander of the Shanghai Navy.

Like Zheng Zhilong, Hong Xu worked hard at sea and did not want his son to come and eat this bowl of rice.

His son Hong Lei is now the county magistrate.

In the evening of that day, a merchant ship came to purchase, carrying a large amount of newly pickled sea fish. It set off for Shanghai early the next morning, and then distributed it to the coast of the Yangtze River for sale.

This quickly sold newly pickled sea fish is called "fresh pickled fish" in Nanjing. It is cheaper than real fresh fish, but far more expensive than dried salted fish.

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"Fresh pickled sea fish" arrived in Nanjing and were already shipped on inland river merchant ships.

"The fish are coming!"

"The fresh pickled sea fish that even the emperor eats is high quality, cheap, delicious and delicious!"

Just shout on the pier and many vendors will come to buy it.

No retail, only wholesale!

From Zhoushan to Nanjing, these fish have been transferred to other ships three times, and retail fishmongers have to make money once more.

But when sold to the people, the price is still very low, and they bring their own salt. Families who are careless or have financial difficulties are reluctant to wash the salt and cook directly, which can also save the money for adding salt.

During a period when food prices soared, cooking with newly pickled sea fish and eating it with grains or brown rice porridge was a rare delicacy for the lower class people.

If you are poorer, buy dried salted fish.

Saltier and cheaper!

In the palace.

Zhang'er, who was already six and a half years old, looked at the dishes on the table and said with a grimace: "It's the braised large yellow croaker again. I almost vomited after eating it."

Zhao Han said: "There has been a fishing season in the past two months. Large yellow croaker is easy to catch and the price is cheap."

"But daddy is the emperor. We have money at home, so we can buy better food." Gun'er pouted.

Zhao Han put down his chopsticks and asked his eldest son to also put down his chopsticks: "My father is indeed rich and can eat other delicacies from the mountains and seas. But if my father often eats fresh pickled sea fish, the officials and the people will definitely follow suit, and these pickled sea fish will have more people." Eat. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Zhang'er picked up the chopsticks perfunctorily.

Zhao Han smiled and asked, "What do you understand?"

Zhang'er replied: "To be an emperor, you need to eat more sea fish."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Everyone at the table was amused and laughed.

Zhao Han couldn't help but smile and said: "Today my father taught you an idiom, which is called up and down. What does up and down mean? The emperor is above, and the officials and the people are below. If the emperor wants the officials and the people to eat sea fish, he should eat the sea fish first. The emperor wants the officials and the people to eat the sea fish first. Whatever you do, you should lead by example. Do you understand?"

Zhang'er nodded: "I understand."

"Do you really understand?" Zhao Han asked again.

Zhuan'er said: "I really understand. What you ask others to do is what you do first."

Now Zhao Han has three sons and two daughters, Fei Rulan has given birth to two sons and one daughter, Pan Qimei directly gave birth to a pair of twins, Fei Rumei and Liu Rushi are also pregnant.

The eldest son, Guner, was named Zhao Kuanghuan. The eldest daughter, Zhao Furong.

The twins, a boy and a girl, are about to turn three years old and are named Zhao Kuanglui and Zhao Hanjin respectively.

The third son is Zhao Kuangbiao.

There is no taboo here in Zhao Han as long as there is no table of chemical elements, as long as the full names are not exactly the same.

After educating his son, Zhao Han glanced at one of the dishes and was surprised: "Hey, where did the kelp come from?"

Pan Qimei replied: "The navy came back from Shandong and brought back some kelp, and asked someone to send it to Nanjing to pay tribute. Those who gave the money are considered to have purchased it."

Pan Qimei likes to cook and eat, and often goes to the imperial kitchen to do it herself.

Anyway, she hasn't moved into the palace yet, so she can do whatever she wants. Liu Rushi was still working in the Hanlin Academy before she got pregnant.

Zhao Han took a bite of kelp and found the familiar taste. He decided to let the Agricultural Science Museum try artificial cultivation.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, ancient people ate kelp, which is a kind of seaweed food. It belongs to the same family as kelp, but is classified into a different genus.

It can be roughly understood that kelp is a cousin of kelp.

Today's kelp is grown in Korea and Japan. However, it is also found on the rocks off the coast of Shandong. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" specifically lists the origin and also introduces the difference between kelp and kelp.

Gun'er was tired of eating big yellow croaker. When he saw a new dish, he picked up the kelp and ate it with gusto.

If Gun'er becomes emperor, kelp will definitely be popular.

What works first and what works below works.