Chapter 163 New method of catching fish
"Your Majesty," Li Si said, "Sir Meng Yi is right. Nowadays, the salt-making workshops of the imperial court are all scattered in various places and handed over to local officials. The profits obtained must be greater than those operated by merchants."
Ying Zheng did not answer, but looked at Fusu and asked, "What do you think?"
Fusu thought for a while and said: "Reporting to my father, I remember that my husband said that if state-owned enterprises are handed over to officials, they will only be negative and corruption will become common.
Erchen agreed to his husband's suggestion and established the headquarters of Daqin Refined Salt in Xianyang City. Businessmen who want to sell salt can come to the headquarters to explore cooperation.
My father said last time that I would give him a county to manage. I have been waiting for him. Now that there is a matter of refined salt in Da Qin, why not let him handle it as well.
Give me a seaside county minister and ask him to hand over the salt production to a businessman. Then it will be clear who can do better between my father and the salt-making workshop in Xianyang City. . "
Ying Zheng said happily: "My Fusu has grown up, and I am very happy. I will let you choose a city according to your words."
"I heard that Cai County (now Fengtai County, Anhui Province) produces salt, and I am willing to go to Cai County," Fusu said.
"That's right, I'm right."
"Thank you, Father."
Both father and son were very happy at this time.
Soon, everyone came to the river and saw someone holding some flour and a few eggs. Then they mixed the flour and egg liquid together and kneaded them into a small ball.
Then the small ball was thrown into the river by a villager.
Upon seeing this, Ying Zheng said: "Li Si, go and call Young Master Gao over to me."
"promise."
After a while, Gongzi Gao, who was waiting to catch fish, came to Ying Zheng.
"See you, father." Young Master Gao saluted.
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "No need to be polite, I ask you why they put eggs and flour together and finally threw them into the river. It is so wasteful."
"Reporting to my father, what you saw were only the final steps, but you didn't see the previous things.
In fact, this is a fishing method invented by my husband. There is a plant called Buddleia in our mountains. This is a medicinal material that can be used to treat gills, carbuncles, scrofula, ascariasis, hookworms, and various fish diseases. Bone worm.
In addition, it can also be used to drunken fish. After taking Buddleia, the fish will faint and then float to the surface.
After the effects of the medicine wear off, your mobility will be restored. "
"So magical?" Ying Zheng was dubious.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the villagers by the river shouted happily.
"It's floating, all the fish are floating."
"Hurry up, everyone, hurry up."
"Yes, catch it quickly. Don't let the medicine wear off, otherwise the fish will run away."
…
Immediately, everyone jumped into the river and started catching fish.
After a while, everyone caught thousands of catties of fish.
Then everyone picked fish on the shore, and all the small fish were thrown into the river, and all the big fish were put into fish baskets.
Ying Zheng saw everything in his eyes and asked puzzledly: "If Buddleia is so powerful, why do you still use flour and eggs?"
"Report to my father, this is making fish food. At the same time, mix the buddleia into the flour and turn it into pieces of fish food and throw them into the river so that the fish can eat them.
Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to just put in buddleia and not know how long it will take for fish to take the bait. "
"Okay, let's tell the people of the world this method, so that the people can have more delicious food." Ying Zheng said.
"Absolutely not." Young Master Gao immediately stopped him, "Father, once this method is announced to the world, wouldn't everyone go to the river to catch fish? At that time, in order to eat a bite, the people would not know whether it is a big fish or not. The small fish were all caught and eaten in the end.
As a result, there will be fewer and fewer fish in the river. If the fish population becomes extinct, this will be very detrimental to Da Qin. "
"It makes sense." Ying Zheng said, "It only needs to be known to a few people."
"Father is wise."
"Now that we've caught the fish, let's go back."
"promise."
Immediately everyone returned to the yard and happened to see Qin An put a bunch of green vegetables into his mouth.
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
It turned out that Qin An had already lit a fire, prepared the ingredients, and also prepared some vegetables. However, there were too few seasonings, only salt and chili powder.
Because the peppers were already ripe, Qin An left some seeds and ground the rest into powder. The quantity was not large and he was reluctant to use it. He planned to use it for barbecue today.
Barbeque without chili lacks soul.
After waiting for a while, they still didn't see Ying Zheng and the others coming back, so they planned to roast some vegetables first.
When it comes to barbecue, there is nothing in the world that cannot be grilled.
There are certain things to be careful about when roasting vegetables. You can't roast them for too long, as the moisture will be dried out and the taste will be unpalatable. You can't roast them too short, too, and the vegetables will still be raw.
Therefore, he pays great attention to the heat. For this reason, Qin An failed several times. Finally, when the fifth time it was baked, Ying Zheng and the others came to the yard one after another.
I saw him eating alone.
"Whoosh."
Qin An quickly put the green vegetables into his mouth and began to chew them.
While eating, he said: "Village chief, you are back."
Ying Zheng nodded, and then said dissatisfiedly: "Sir, you are not kind. You eat alone. What's so delicious about these vegetables?"
Qin An smiled, swallowed the green vegetables in his mouth, and said, "Village chief, please wait a moment."
Then he started roasting vegetables.
After a few minutes, the green vegetables were roasted by Qiang An, and then he handed one bunch to Ying Zheng, and then handed the others to Fusu.
"You share it with everyone to taste."
"No." Fusu responded, and then he gave away the green vegetables in his hands one by one, and finally kept a bunch for himself.
After Ying Zheng took the green vegetables, he did not eat them immediately. Instead, he looked at the green vegetables carefully and finally concluded that this was just a bunch of ordinary green vegetables.
"This is just an ordinary vegetable. Could it be possible, sir, to turn rotten vegetables into something magical?"
"Village Chief, you'll know if you taste it." Qin An smiled, then looked at the others, "Don't look at it anymore, give it a taste. It took me several attempts before I finally mastered the heat. Roasted vegetables. They don’t taste good when they’re cold.”
Ying Zheng saw that everyone was staring at him and knew that if he didn't eat, no one would eat, so he said, "Everyone, let's start eating."
Then he put all the vegetables into his mouth and ate them, and the others also ate them without hesitation.
The moment the green vegetables entered their mouth, everyone was stunned. What kind of delicious food was this? Why do ordinary vegetables taste so unforgettable?
"Ah, it's so spicy. Why didn't I see that the spicy food my husband put in (today's called dogwood) was so spicy?" Fusu asked.
