"Biao'er, has something new arrived?" Zhu Yuanzhang called for his son in the afternoon. He was busy today and did not go back for dinner.
I am busy arranging the promotion of the beach tanning method to see which places in Daming are suitable. Now I am trying it in Putian County, Fujian.
He was thinking about Xiaqiu Village. Someone reported that His Royal Highness was having someone make dark blue glazed lanterns.
Obviously something has happened, otherwise why would the colored glaze lamp be specified in color? Dark blue is darker than blue? Indigo? green?
"Go back to my father and ask. I sent you a question book. Please read it."
Zhu Biao stood directly next to Zhu Yuanzhang and put the question book on the table.
Zhu Yuanzhang put down his pen, opened the question book, and frowned slightly, then relaxed.
"Order the newly appointed Daming navy to take the coastal fishermen out to fish. After catching the sea fish, they will return to the shore to make dried salted fish. Dark blue lights will lure the fish. The more the better and the brighter the better.
Another method is to avoid the time when large yellow croakers are spawning, and use it to catch fish at other times. This involves knocking the croakers, surrounding them with boats, vibrating them with sound, and catching them with nets.
If this method is used during the spawning period, countless fish will be wiped out, so be careful, limit it, and order it. "
Zhu Yuanzhang muttered while reading. The title book said that the Ming Dynasty navy took others out to sea to fish, providing two methods, a lamp, a thick bamboo pole that was beaten on the side of the ship and put into the sea.
"No wonder the purpose of drying salt on a beach first is to pickle fish. After the sea ban, fishermen looked for other ways to make a living. This gave the original fishermen one more choice.
The fishermen followed them to fish, so they had no way to smuggle their goods privately. What a great plan, did you notice it, Biaoer? The man began to exert his strength from the court.
In the past, he led a village to cultivate land, raise livestock, and build things. Now he is engaged in national policy. "
Zhu Yuanzhang analyzed, and he felt that the opponent was rising little by little, with a far-reaching layout, requiring skills and strategies, and strategies.
Zhu Biao thought about it and answered: "It is said in "Lunheng": The combination of river ice does not freeze in a day; the accumulation of soil into a mountain does not occur in a single day. The masters in Xiaqiu Village are forming ice and breaking it." Those who freeze the ice work step by step; those who break the ice work slowly to figure it out."
Zhu Biao gave his own opinion. He found that the master was too stable. He did not go directly to the court to point out the country, but stayed in the village honestly.
It took two years to prove himself. In these two years, he never touched the major national issues, which are increasing production and income, making money with technology, medical technology, and livestock and poultry breeding technology.
It wasn't until he tentatively mentioned the drought this year and the existence of alkali mines that he and his father chose to believe that the master took further action.
In particular, Xiaqiu Village was allowed to be equipped with firearms, so people in the village were invited to watch the ceremony.
He was given a bunch of telescopes, glass mirrors, flintlocks, and muskets with new uses, and the pros and cons of attacking the northern and southern Sichuan Route armies were explained. He even guessed the enemy's iron rope across the river.
At present, two serious question books are handed in, one involves salt policy and the other involves sea ban. The key is not like the Song Dynasty's reform, which is not drastic at all.
The expert did not directly say that the current salt guide will be changed, nor did he mention the adjustment of the sea ban. He only told how to increase salt production and how to catch more fish.
But when the court does it, there must be some discrepancies. Thinking of this, the master already knows the result, so what's the next step?
"He is really not someone else's advisor." Zhu Yuanzhang affirmed for the third time. If an expert is someone else's advisor, how can he conquer the world?
"Father, what is your plan for now? I have ordered someone to make a dark blue glazed lamp."
Zhu Biao has never learned the relationship between dark blue fish and fishing, it is beyond the scope of his knowledge.
"They are far away from the village and it is inconvenient to travel. Ask them what else they need, such as any letters they want to take back to the village.
The dark blue glazed lamp is made. Let's go to the river to see if it works. Could it be that red lanterns don’t work? What's wrong? "
Zhu Yuanzhang began to struggle with the relationship between dark blue and fish. Why?
"I know, I will ask people to make other colors and try them all." Zhu Biao also wanted to find out the reason.
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Behind the original Sihai grocery store, craftsmen were working hard, and Xiaocao was responsible for carrying heavier items.
He already knew that Hanhan, the village guard in Xiaqiu Village, was much stronger than him, but Hanhan didn't do this kind of physical work.
Hanhanshou was cooking something next to a pot. Just after it was cooked, he put it in a bowl and used well water to calm it down. Oops! Put ice cubes? On such a hot day, it would be nice if I could hold a piece of ice in my mouth.
Only when it's cold in winter can you see a little thin ice. I heard that the rivers farther north are all icy.
Just as Xiaocao was thinking about it, the children brought a tray over with several bowls on it.
"Brother Xiaocao, have a bowl of iced sour plum soup to cool down." The little girl took a bowl of iced sour plum soup from the tray carried by her companion and handed it to Xiaocao.
"Here, for me?" Xiaocao swallowed: "How much does this bowl cost? You drink it!"
"Let's drink! It's too much to finish. Let's drink it together. We made the ice ourselves, and we mixed the sour plum soup ourselves. We bought the medicine at the pharmacy."
The little girl moved forward again, it was such a big pot! You can even take it back to Fuhua Building in the evening.
Xiaocao rubbed her hands on her pants, carefully took the bowl, licked her lips with her tongue, took a sip against the edge of the bowl, and then drank again.
"It tastes delicious, sour and sweet, and cool. Your village is really amazing." Xiaocao said enviously.
"Really? Can you believe that our village has its own pharmacy? The medicines that the Royal Palace Hospital has are available in the pharmacy in my village.
Our village chief has learned some medical knowledge and can treat minor illnesses. When people from other villages get sick, they can come to our village to get medicine without paying any money, just like Huimin Pharmacy.
Because some of the medicines in our village are given by the palace. If you feel uncomfortable and want to take medicine, just tell me and I will ask the village chief to take a look at it. "
The little girl followed the conversation and finally said that the village did not need to pay for medicine and the village chief could see the doctor.
Xiaocao stopped drinking the sour plum soup: "I, I'm bringing someone here, can you help me take a look?"
"That must be your relative, not outsiders. We said we took the medicine from the palace, but we are not Huimin Pharmacy, right?" the little girl explained.
"My mother, my mother, my mother, Huimin Pharmacy, told me to drink astragalus and atractylodes soup. Do you, the mayor, know?" Xiaocao found hope.
"Why do you need to ask the doctor for this recipe? Let me tell you, it's Asarum, Evodia, Ligusticum Chuanxiong... Atractylodes, Ginseng, Phellodendron, right?"
The little girl spoke out the recipe she had just memorized, as if she understood it.
"There is no ginseng, I remember." Xiaocao shook his head.
"Huh? There is one missing thing! This... um! I'll ask the mayor. Drink it, there's a lot of it! Drink it as water."
The little girl didn't know how to do it anymore, so she let the other party drink sour plum soup.
Xiaocao raised his head and drank it all: "It tastes so good. Is there any more?"
"This bowl is for you." The little girl went to bring the bowl again.
"I won't drink it for now. I'll drink it later. It'll be good if I have it." Xiaocao felt happy, being able to drink ice-cold sour plum soup at any time on a hot day.
"Brother Xiaocao has put it in the shade over there. If you want to drink it, go get it."
The little girl said and left to report the situation to the head of the village. Her mission was completed.
