As soon as he entered the yard, Guo An smelled a strong smell of mutton.
After walking a few steps, several dustpan-shaped bamboo trays appeared in front of them, with piles of white fluffy wool placed on them.
As Guo An came in, several craftsmen also hurriedly walked out of the houses nearby.
"The little cobbler Yin Jian has met Guo Changshi!"
"The little cobbler Shang Feng meets Guo Changshi..."
"Everyone, please get up!"
Guo An gave gentle instructions and walked towards the wool drying aside.
Grab a handful, put it to your nose and smell it!
"Ugh~"
Guo An instantly felt an unclean smell entering his nostrils, which was extremely sour.
Seeing this, Yin Jian, Shang Feng and other cobblers who had just stood up quickly said: "Guo Changshi, these wools have just been sheared from the sheep. Although the villain and others have washed them, the smell is still very strong.
Only after washing, drying and washing with plant ash several times will the smell fade away. "
"Wash with plant ashes?"
Hearing this, Guo An's eyes lit up, "After washing it with plant ash, how can the smell of sheep mutton be reduced?"
"Reporting to Guo Changshi, the villain and others have tried it before, and it took five or six times to remove more than half of the sheep's smell from the wool.
However, if you put it in front of your nose and smell it carefully, there will still be a smell of mutton. "
Yin Jian quickly replied.
Guo An asked again: "In this case, can you try soaking it in salt and washing it?"
"salt?"
Yin Jian, Shang Feng and others all stared wide-eyed, "Guo Changshi, salt is extremely precious, how can you waste it like this?"
Guo An asked again: "Have you ever tried using onions, ginger and garlic, mashing these three things, and then soaking them in to wash the wool?"
Yin Jian, Shang Feng and others once again had wry smiles on their faces, "Back to Guo Changshi, although onions, ginger and garlic are common vegetables, they are also food and cannot be treated like this!"
"Have you ever tried using pig pancreas soap?" Guo An asked again.
"My dear Guo Changshi, even the most common piece of pig pancreas soap costs more than ten cents, so you can't waste it like this?"
Yin Jian and Shang Feng said.
"I see!"
Guo An nodded slowly and said again: "I will pay you some money later, and you will try out all the methods I mentioned to see which method can remove the wool from the sheep." The smell is completely removed!”
"this……"
Yin Jian, Shang Feng and others all looked extremely distressed.
"Guo Changshi, are those precious objects?"
"If you can find a way to eliminate the smell of wool, it will be a great achievement, and His Highness King Yan will definitely reward you heavily!"
Guo An smiled softly, "Just like the blacksmiths in Shangzhuang Village!"
When they heard about the blacksmith in Shangzhuang Village, Yin Jian, Shang Feng and others immediately became energetic, "Guo Changshi, don't worry, the villain and the others will definitely try Guo Changshi's method!"
"Um!"
Guo An nodded slightly, "The best water for washing wool is boiling water. After testing these methods several times, I will tell you the results!"
"Please rest assured Guo Changshi..."
After Guo An dropped two pieces of treasure money, he left with peace of mind.
…
Two days later, a rumor spread inexplicably throughout Wanping County.
The textile machines sold by His Highness Prince Yan, and even the textile shops weaving on behalf of others, were all losing money in business.
As for the reason for this, it seems that His Royal Highness, King Yan, was very kind and sympathized with the people of Wanping County.
Hearing this, all the people in Wanping County were extremely excited. While praising His Highness King Yan's kindness, they hurriedly went to King Yan's Mansion to buy textile looms.
After hearing the news, Shen Zhuang and the merchants were overjoyed, and several of them celebrated directly.
However, when several people sobered up on the second day, they heard news like thunder.
People from Daxing County and several surrounding counties went to Prince Yan's Mansion to buy textile machines.
At this time, all the merchants were confused again.
"What should I do?"
"What are you afraid of? Even if the workshop in Prince Yan's Mansion can produce a hundred sets of textile looms in one day, with so many people in Beiping Mansion, how long will it take for the people in those prefectures and counties to get their hands on the textile machines?"
"That's right, hahaha. If they want to survive the winter, they have to sell cotton to me..."
With that said, all the merchants felt relieved again.
…
at the same time.
A large new harbor has been built outside the entrance of Dagu.
There are dozens of modified large ships moored in the port.
After the last inspection, following Fu Youde's order, thirty-five warships with more than 400 materials sailed out of the harbor one after another.
Later, moored side by side in the sea.
Following these thirty-five warships, there were thirty-four large ships six to seven feet long, which were ice cave ships specially modified to carry sea fish.
Then, all the warships were tied two by two with the wide nets just made.
Each net is fifteen feet wide and more than twenty-five feet long.
Put down from between the two sea ships, a huge wall of nets completely blocked the entire sea.
Even some of the guards on the boat could feel the tremor caused by the impact of the big fish in the sea.
Wait until all thirty-four nets are lowered into the sea.
The commander-in-chief Fu Youde gave the order again, the war drums beat, and the thirty-five warships began to move forward according to the previously determined direction and speed.
Although some warships often cannot control their speed, fortunately, there are ropes tied between each ship, and the nets between them also have a certain excess length.
Therefore, there were no accidents involving warship collisions.
However, just after the warship had sailed forward for about half an hour, half of the nets were already filled with sea fish.
A group of navy officers and soldiers were lying on the side of the ship, and they could see a large group of black fish between the two ships.
"Reporting to the general, out of the thirty-four nets, twenty are already full of fish. Hundreds of households on each ship requested the general to order the nets to be closed, otherwise most of the fish would have escaped in a short while. !”
On the ship, all the messengers gathered around Fu Youde, their faces full of anxiety.
"Twenty nets?"
A bright light flashed in Fu Youde's eyes, and he directly ordered: "Send the order, all warships close their nets, and then slowly stop the ships!"
"Here!"
"The general has ordered that all warships close their nets and stop the ships slowly!"
"The general has an order..."
As the general order was issued, the flag was waved, and the war drums sounded, hundreds of families on board the ships who could no longer hold back quickly ordered the closing of the nets.
When the fishing net is almost collected, report again.
Fu Youde ordered to stop the ship again.
The sound of the war drums changed again, and all the warships stopped in unison.
Seeing this, the thirty-four large ships that had been following the warship quickly came up and stopped in front of each net.
Later, the soldiers from both sides of the warships hoisted the net together, and a net full of sea fish emerged from the sea. The fish in the net were jumping alive.
As the net slowly rose, the ship quickly moved forward.
The soldiers turning the winches on the warships on both sides didn't stop until they stopped right under the snare net.
Then, they started to put the net out again.
Slowly place the net filled with sea fish on the sea boat below.
Suddenly, the big boat was filled with a mountain of sea fish.
"hiss……"
"How can you catch so many sea fish in just half an hour? It must be at least tens of thousands of catties, right?"
"Yes, there are so many fish in the sea!"
On the big boat, a group of fishermen from the coastal areas who had been recruited looked at the pile of sea fish in front of them that they had never seen so many in their lives, and their eyes were as big as copper bells.
"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and deal with the sea fish!"
"That's right, if so many sea fish stink, they will be struck by lightning!"
"..."
This scenario happens on every big ship.
As for the naval officers and soldiers on the thirty-five warships, each one was even more energetic.
It turns out that the fish in the sea are so easy to catch, and each one is bigger than the last!
It's just that they don't know that the fish in the sea have been guarding against natural enemies in the sea for tens of thousands of years, and the number of fish in the sea is increasing year by year.
They have never seen such a crazy fishing boat, thirty-five large boats, thirty-four large nets more than fifteen feet wide, and they net directly from the sea surface to the bottom of the sea, more than five hundred feet wide, from the head to the bottom. Tail, they can't run even if they want to.
"How many kilograms of sea fish were caught in total?"
On the ship, Fu Youde and all the naval officers looked at the messenger running over.
"Reporting back to the general, thirty-four nets captured a total of 120,000 kilograms of sea fish!"
The messenger quickly replied.
"One hundred and twenty thousand catties of sea fish?"
Hearing this, Fu Youde and all the naval officers were extremely surprised.
"God bless me, 120,000 catties of sea fish!"
"We only went out to sea to catch for half an hour, and we actually caught 120,000 kilograms of sea fish. Isn't this just like picking up fish?"
"The general is mighty!"
"The general is mighty..."
All the soldiers on the warship cheered.
Fu Youde was also excited for a while, and then his face turned serious.
"This is only 120,000 kilograms of sea fish. You must catch two million kilograms of sea fish before you can claim victory from His Majesty!"
"Yes, General!"
All the generals and commanders responded quickly, but instead of feeling uncomfortable, their faces were full of excitement.
It’s just two million kilograms of sea fish. With so many of them, it would take less than half a month to catch it.
"Send the order, all warships move, continue fishing!"
"The general has an order! All warships are moving and continue fishing!"
"The general has an order..."
As the war drums beat, all the warships set off again.
In the eyes of sea fish, a fishing net that looked like a huge dragon gate began to move slowly and quickly in the sea again.
An hour later.
All the warships closed their nets again and slowly stopped.
Then, thirty-four large boats rushed forward to pick up the fish!
"General, we caught a total of 150,000 catties of sea fish this time!"
"One hundred and fifty thousand catties?"
"God bless you..."
After a period of excitement, the warship set off again!
Another hour later...
"General, we will catch 80,000 catties of sea fish this time..."
…
Two days later!
In the Peking Mansion, in the Palace of Prince Yan.
After hearing the news reported by Zhu Liang, Zhu Di, Guo An and others opened their mouths in disbelief!
Guo An asked hurriedly: "Zhu Baihu, are you sure you are right? That Duke Ying and his thirty-five warships really caught 460,000 kilograms of sea fish in one day?"
"Back to Your Highness, Guo Changshi, this is absolutely true. Thirty-four 15-foot-wide jade nets are placed in the sea, which is more than 500 feet wide.
Once this net is passed, not a single fish within 500 feet can escape.
If the two warships hadn't made an operational error and released a large school of marine fish, I'm afraid Ying Guogong and others could have caught more than 600,000 kilograms of marine fish in one day! "
"Fuck..."
Zhu Di's eyes were red with envy.
Then, staring at Guo An closely, "Why didn't you tell us earlier if you had such a good idea? If we also sent thirty-five large ships into the sea, wouldn't we, the people of Beiping Prefecture, be able to eat sea fish every time?" "
Guo An smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, I did not expect that thirty-five warships united to plow the net and drag fish so well.
However, even if the minister could tell His Highness this method earlier, His Majesty has not lifted the ban on the sea. Not to mention whether His Highness has so many big ships, even if he can get them together, he cannot send so many big ships into the sea! "
Zhu Di sighed helplessly and said: "Oh, we feel sad. If we continue to catch Ying Guogong like this, won't they be able to catch all the big fish in the Bohai Sea!"
Guo An comforted him: "Your Highness, don't worry, even if you give Duke Ying a year, they will not be able to catch all the fish in the Bohai Sea.
After all, if there are no marine fish in the Bohai Sea, there will be marine fish from other seas swimming in! "
As he said this, Guo An suddenly realized something and quickly added: "However, it wouldn't be a big deal if Duke Ying is allowed to capture him like this all the time!
The minister boldly asked His Majesty to report that Duke Ying could only fish in the Bohai Sea for a month at most.
Otherwise, if Ying Guogong continues to fish like this, although the marine fish in the Bohai Sea will not become extinct, there will be very few marine fish.
In the future, if I, Prince Yan, want to catch marine fish in the Bohai Sea, it will be difficult!
Moreover, there are so many sea areas in Ming Dynasty, so we can’t just focus on fishing in the Bohai Sea! "
"That's the reason. Let's go and give a memorial to our father!"
Zhu Di walked directly to the throne, while the chamberlain waiting on the side quickly stepped forward to study the ink.
Soon, a memorial was sent from Beiping Mansion to Yingtian Mansion.
…
Not long after Zhu Di received Fu Youde's fishing information, Lao Zhu in Yingtian City also received Fu Youde's report.
Looking at the numbers on Fu Youde's report, Lao Zhu grinned and laughed heartily.
"Okay, okay, Youde's contribution to catching sea fish this time is worthy of building a city for us!"
Below, Zhu Biao asked with some curiosity: "Father, I wonder how many sea fish Duke Ying has caught, and how much joy has made my father so happy?"
"Forty thousand catties of sea fish!"
Zhu Yuanzhang handed the report to Zhu Biao and said with a smile: "Youde used thirty-five warships to connect them side by side. Between each two warships, they dragged a piece of paper fifteen feet wide and twenty-five feet long. The total length of the net is more than 500 feet.
In the sea, like an invisible wall, as the warship moves forward quickly, the big fish in the sea will be trapped in the net, making it difficult to escape.
In this way, if you add up to a small amount, you can collect a net every hour, and there are a lot of fish in each net..."
(End of chapter)
