The quartermaster also set up a stall to buy specialties here, including wild black fungus, dried wild blueberries, beef jerky, cheese, kumis, hazelnuts, sweet white shrimp, etc.
The animals sold all their extra possessions. If Donkey Dan hadn't stopped them in time, they would have sold all their bedding.
Since the Sogdian merchants did not come this year, all the sable skins belong to them. Each of these guys is making a lot of money.
The herdsmen were also very satisfied. They took various stainless steel basins and plastic basins. Cotton jacket, cotton trousers, felt boots, riding boots. Small daggers, towels, refined salt, sugar, cold medicine, high-strength liquor, candies and chocolates... I am overjoyed.
Knowing that Yang Fan had food, Shuolei Khan specially sent people to pull away all the food on the three thousand kilograms of supply ships. Payment made in sand gold.
He loves pasta, but he hasn't had lamb braised noodles in a few years. He also likes to eat dumplings stuffed with shallots and mutton. I haven’t had this hobby in several years.
After all, he wanted to trade with the Central Plains, but he was still separated by Chahar and Monan Mongolia. There is a good thing that has been intercepted by the south, and it will be his turn there. Those Taiji people are not short of money either.
These three thousand kilograms of flour saved lives. In the past, the flour that could be purchased was only a hundred pounds at a time. After all, a camel can't carry too much stuff when it travels thousands of miles.
The price was sold by those black-hearted businessmen to one pound of sand gold and one pound of white flour. Simply outrageous. However, there is no way, who told this thing not to be transported.
He thought in his heart that General Lu Dan was a good friend.
Out of three thousand kilograms of flour, he received only five hundred kilograms of placer gold. What a righteous person.
It seems that Uncle Dingyuan was right, trade still relied on sea-going ships. The three melons and two dates carried by the camels were not enough to fill the gap between the teeth.
You see, these big white ships carry a lot of things.
He also bought hundreds of cabbages and 150 pounds of radishes from the cooking class. You can’t eat green leafy vegetables this season.
He found that all the ordinary soldiers under Uncle Dingyuan were better fed than him, the great Khan. Every day I have a boiled egg, a carrot, 600 grams of grain, and one tael of alcohol. Half a pound of meat. Three naan pancakes. Three cans of lunch meat.
Navy officers actually eat one piece of fruit a day.
The fruits include lemons, oranges, apples, pears, etc., which are simply incredible.
He didn't know that soldiers ate carrots and officers ate fruits to prevent scurvy.
He was full of jealousy at this time.
For a moment, he wanted to serve as a soldier under Yang Fan.
In three days, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty sold out all their belongings and had to withdraw their stalls and return to the ship. After all, it's too cold here, but it's still warm in the cabin. The heating was burning well above 23 degrees.
The herdsmen who came later were very disappointed. They learned the news late and got nothing in exchange.
Chen Zuwang had no choice but to comfort them. A city would be built across the lake in the spring of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone could help with the work when they had free time. The money would be calculated on a daily basis and settled on a daily basis. A market will be built there to allow everyone to trade freely. Only then did these disappointed Mongolians be persuaded to leave.
At the same time, at the Heilongjiang Estuary, nine blessing ships filled with supplies had docked at the pier of Temple Street. Su Tong directed the soldiers and civilians to unload the supplies from the ship and send them to the warehouse.
Nowadays, Temple Street has become the outlet of the Heilongjiang River Basin, and its status has suddenly become important. The future water and land terminal for river-sea combined transportation will be located here.
Xiao Niangpi and the others were cured of their seasickness and came here to play. Today they played ice fishing.
I have only heard about this project from my master and have never tried it.
Although Heilongjiang has not frozen, the lakes on land have already frozen.
They carved a one-foot-square hole in the ice. Then something amazing happened.
Because there is a lack of oxygen in the water below the ice surface. At the same time, the pressure on the water below also increases after freezing. Water will gush out. Fish will also jump out of the hole.
As soon as the window opened, there was a splash and black water came out. The little girl and the others were so frightened that they screamed and ran away. In this weather, it would be hard to get your boots wet.
Then, they ran back quickly. Because a scene that shocked them appeared.
Fish came from all directions one after another. Looking down from the transparent ice, the backs of the fish were all covered in black. Because there is too little oxygen down there.
Therefore, once the gap opens, these fish rush to this only window, breathing frantically.
Next, an even more shocking scene appeared.
Fish jumped out of the window one after another. These fish had long mouths and gills, breathing fresh air with big mouthfuls. The body draws a parabola in the air.
However, the winter in the outer Northeast is not a guarantee. These fish are still in the air, and the more they twist, the more clumsy and stiff they become. Before it hit the ground, it was frozen into ice.
When it landed on the ground, it was already a frozen fish that could not move. Just send someone to pull the basket and pick the frozen fish into the basket.
Xiao Niangpi exclaimed: "I really am not making this up. In the winter here, all you need to do is make a hole in the ice. The fish will actually jump out on their own and then freeze into frozen fish."
Lin Yueru also said: "That time, the master told us a bedtime story. He was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes. His words were confused. I clearly remember that I asked him about it. He said that he had already found one. Frozen river. Open the window on the ice and hang a fishhook at every joint of the longitude and latitude lines of the ultra-long fishing net. No bait is required."
"As long as you put the fishing net down overnight, turn the winch and pull the net up the next day, you can harvest tens of thousands of kilograms of various fish at once."
Xiao Niangpi also said: "Yes, yes, I remember this too. Judging from today's situation. Since the fish can really jump out on its own as the master said, we might as well find a frozen river and try it. Let’s see if we can catch tens of thousands of catties of fish in one net.”
Lin Yueru immediately agreed. She was led by the little girl and was full of playfulness.
"I use nylon nets. I'm afraid that ordinary fishing nets are not strong enough. If they break, it won't be fun." Lin Yueru said.
Su Tong naturally tried his best to satisfy the two ladies' plans. In order for them to have fun. More than a dozen people searched the surrounding area for fifty miles and finally found a tributary of the Duanwei River that met the requirements.
Su Tong and the others have suffered here for two hundred years, and this is the first time they have heard that fishing can be done like this. If only I had known this earlier. They wouldn't have people starving to death every winter.
A group of people opened a one-meter-square window on the ice of this shady river. After experiencing the gush of black water and a large number of fish jumping out of the window, they put a 200-meter-long fishing rod with a fishhook in it. The fishing nets were lowered down the current.
After Xiao Niangpi and the others watched the servants finish these things, they went back to the boat to stay. It's so cold here, so they don't want to blow the wind here. Even though they are wearing mink coats, it still feels quite cold here.
A tent will be set up here tonight, and people will be on duty to keep removing the ice from the windows with a net. Otherwise, it will freeze quickly.
Xiao Niangpi and the others ran back, and after eating caviar and grilled lamb chops on the boat, they took a hot bath and a sauna. Drive away the cold completely. Then he got into the snow-white eiderdown quilt and had a good sleep.
They set their alarms and prepared to go watch and close the net early the next morning.
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