parentshiftbook Chapter 556: The Curiosity Of The Princes, The Big Whale In Haizhou City [Please Subscribe, Please S
Chapter 556: The Curiosity Of The Princes, The Big Whale In Haizhou City [Please Subscribe, Please S
Time passed by in the blink of an eye from the beginning of Hongwu's fifteenth year to the end of Hongwu's fifteenth year.
The gate of Haizhou City under the jurisdiction of Huai'an Prefecture also welcomed several special guests today.
One looks gentle, kind and approachable.
One looks tough, brave, unruly and restrained.
One of them looked like he had good eyes and a beautiful beard, and he looked forward and looked powerful.
One of them looked heroic and majestic.
One of them looked heroic and dignified.
One of them looked high-spirited and high-spirited.
All of them are wearing brocade clothes and mink fur, and one can tell at a glance that they are distinguished and noble.
Just standing here, I don't know how many people have attracted the attention.
However, the people passing by also knew that they could not afford to offend such people, so they all looked up and then lowered their heads and walked away.
"Brother, don't we give Fifth Brother and the others a warning in advance?!!"
Chu King Zhu Zhen looked up at his eldest brother Zhu Biao and asked.
The few people standing at the gate of the city were none other than Prince Zhu Biao, King of Qin Zhu Di, King of Jin Zhu Fan, King of Yan Zhu Di, King of Chu Zhu Zhen, and King of Qi Zhu Su.
This time, the main reason why they came to Haizhou was because they had received an imperial edict from Zhu Yuanzhang, asking them to arrange the follow-up work in their respective counties and end their tenure as local county magistrates one month in advance.
Then the brothers gathered together again, and finally went to Haizhou to pick up Zhou Wang Zhu Ji, Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Jixi, and Yan Qing to return to Beijing for the "Seventh Five-Year Plan"
"There's no rush, let's go into the city and take a look first."
Prince Zhu Biao said with a gentle smile.
This time they came to Haizhou to pick up Zhou Wang Zhu Xi, Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Ji, and Yan Changqing back to Beijing together.
On the other hand, what is more important is to look at how Haizhou has developed today after one year has passed.
For example, how much of the sea salt they care about most is now produced.
After all, the "Glass Focused Seawater Salting Method" mentioned by Yan Changqing when he taught them the "Dragon Slaying Technique" at the beginning of the year can produce tens of thousands of kilograms of salt in a day.
Of course, if you want to achieve the goal of drying tens of millions of kilograms of salt per day, the area requirements for coastal areas are a bit large.
Haizhou alone may not be able to produce tens of millions of kilograms of salt a day.
However, considering the area of Haizhou, it should be possible to dry salt from hundreds of thousands to one million jins a day.
In addition to sea salt, there is also salty sea fish!!!
When it comes to importance, salty sea fish meat is no less important than sea salt.
After all, salty sea fish and meat are a major issue related to whether the people of Ming Dynasty can eat meat every now and then!!!
You know, food is the most important thing for people!!!
If the Ming Dynasty could allow the people to eat meat every now and then, even if it was just salty sea fish, that would be an unprecedented feat!!!
By then, the hearts and minds of the 60 million people in the world will be firmly won by the Ming Dynasty!!!
And Haizhou City, which is rich in sea salt and salty sea fish, will become one of the true national destiny and national foundation cities of the Ming Dynasty in the future!!!
That's why Zhu Yuanzhang asked Prince Zhu Biao, King of Qin Zhu Xi, King of Jin Zhu Fan, King of Yan Zhu Di, King of Chu Zhu Zhen, and King of Qi Zhu Shu to visit Haizhou City in person.
The purpose is to give them a clear understanding of the importance of Haizhou City.
"Come on, let's go into the city."
Following the greeting from Prince Zhu Biao, King Zhu Xi of Qin, King Zhu Fan of Jin, King Zhu Di of Yan, King Zhu Zhen of Chu, and King Zhu Bo of Qi all subconsciously spread out on both sides with Prince Zhu Biao as the center.
And around them, there were also bright or dark guards in brocade robes, guarding them from far or near.
As soon as he passed the city gate and walked on the city entrance street, Jin King Zhu Fan said:
"Look at your feet and in front of you!!!"
As Jin King Zhu Fan spoke, Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Di and other princes also looked down one after another, then looked up at the road ahead, and then understood what Jin King Zhu Fan meant.
"Is this a concrete road?!!"
King Qin Zhu Ping stamped his feet vigorously. Well, his feet were a little numb. It was obvious that the cement road under his feet was very strong and durable.
“How could a concrete road be built so quickly?!”
Qi King Zhu Su looked at the concrete road under his feet in surprise.
They also know about cement roads.
After all, one of the national policies of the Ming Dynasty for the next hundred years is to build cement roads to break the current extreme wall policy of the Ming Empire.
However, that should be after the implementation of "work instead of labor".
At present, Ming Dynasty does not have the manpower, material resources, and financial resources to support the construction of such cement roads.
"I'm afraid, maybe all the roads in Haizhou City will be cement roads!!!"
King Yan Zhu Di said with a somewhat certain tone.
Because he followed the road under his feet until he saw the end of the road in the distance, and found that everything he could see was a flat cement road.
“Has the entire Haizhou City been paved with cement roads?!!”
A look of shock flashed across the face of Chu King Zhu Zhen.
Just one road is paved with cement road and the entire Haizhou City is paved with cement road. These are two completely different concepts.
Because if it's the former, they can do it themselves.
For example, the various local counties they were responsible for before they left.
They have also more or less built one or several cement roads in their local counties, making it easier for people in local counties to enter and exit transportation and trade.
After all, Yan Changqing mentioned the formula and production method of cement to them as early as the beginning of the year when he taught "Dragon Slaying Technique".
The rest is to see if they have the ability to make reasonable use of the local county's manpower and material resources to build it.
But no matter how small a state is, it still contains several to more than a dozen counties.
If they want to lay cement roads throughout the entire prefecture and county, the manpower and material resources required are beyond what they can compare to building a set of eight roads.
After hearing what his brothers said, Prince Zhu Biao showed a smile on his face and said:
"When a leaf falls, you know autumn!!!"
"Now, I am even more looking forward to what Haizhou City will become in the hands of Mr. Yan and Fifth Brother!!!"
Immediately, the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes did not want carriages, and just walked slowly along the street at the city gate, looking left and right.
When I walked to the middle of the street at the city gate, I suddenly saw a group of children running towards me, shouting and yelling:
"Big whale caught!!!"
“Big whale caught!!!”
As the words of the group of children fell, most of the people around them hurriedly put down their work and walked towards the dock.
Seeing this scene, a look of curiosity flashed across the faces of Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Lou, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di and other princes.
Then, Prince Zhu Biao couldn't help but stretched out his hand to stop an old man and asked:
“I don’t know what’s going on, I’m in such a hurry?!”
The old man looked up and saw that the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes were well-dressed and distinguished. He immediately raised his hands and replied without daring to neglect:
"These nobles must be outsiders, right?!!"
Zhu Biao nodded and smiled gently:
"My father-in-law is right. My brothers and I came here for the first time today and suddenly saw people running forward all around, so we were quite curious."
Seeing Zhu Biao's gentle attitude, the old man relaxed a little, and then said respectfully:
"The reason for this is mainly because the imperial court's fishing fleet caught a big whale!!!"
"Generally after catching a big whale, the salted fish meat factory personnel will slaughter it directly at the dock!!!"
"However, the slaughter is usually not very clean. There will be a small amount of whale meat left behind, which can be collected by us and other people for free!!!"
"Although the amount that can be collected is not large, it is enough for my family of five to eat for one or two days...
"If you save some money, it's not impossible to eat for three or five days."
“However, the whale meat that is allowed to be collected for free is limited in quantity and is first come, first served.
"That's why I was so excited when I heard the news about catching a big whale."
At the end of the sentence, Han glanced at the dock ahead with some regret.
After being stopped by Prince Zhu Biao, he might not be able to catch up with the collection of free whale meat this time.
Although they are fishermen, they don't seem to be short of fish and meat.
But most of the fish they caught were sold to the court's salted fish factory in exchange for money.
If they were really allowed to eat fish, they themselves would not be willing to do so.
But the whale meat that the imperial court collected for free was different. First of all, the salted fish factory in Choufu Chou would not accept this kind of whale meat.
And if they sell it to other fish merchants, the quantity is too small, only enough to feed a family of five for one or two days, and other fish merchants will not want it.
In the end, if it is sold to other people, other people will not want it. Even if they want it, the price will be so low that it is almost free.
So the best option in the end was for their family to eat the whale meat collected for free.
After hearing what the father-in-law said, the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di and other princes all had thoughtful looks on their faces.
After a while, Prince Zhu Biao came back to his senses, looked at his father-in-law and said sheepishly:
"I'm sorry for delaying my father-in-law. This is my compensation for delaying my husband."
After saying that, he took out a piece of Ming Dynasty Tongxingbao banknote from his sleeve and gave it to the other party.
After all, because of his obstruction, it is very likely that the old man in front of him will not be able to collect free whale meat, so he will naturally have to make some compensation.
"Hey, it can't be done! It can't be done! It can't be done!!!"
The old man refused again and again, although he was very attracted to the money-loving man.
But he didn't dare to accept the money from the noble man in front of him. If he accepted it, he would be in trouble.
"Just keep it, I won't have any trouble because of 2.6!!!"
Zhu Slogan's temperament is gentle but firm, and a bit domineering.
Seeing that he couldn't refuse, the father-in-law accepted the money with a respectful and grateful face, then saluted him again, and then continued running towards the pier to see if he could catch up.
"Let's go, let's go see how old that so-called big whale is!!!"
Prince Zhu Biao looked at his younger brothers and smiled.
Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes also had smiles on their faces, and they all said:
"The big whale, I've seen descriptions in ancient books, saying it's as big as a house, but I don't know if that's true!!!"
“It’s impossible to have a fish as big as a house. How could there be such a big fish?!!”
"No, I think it's still very possible. If it wasn't so big, how could it be possible for the common people to collect it for free?!!"
"But do you know what the sea looks like?! Have you ever seen the sea before?!!"
"I don't know! I haven't seen it!! It's my first time to come to the coastal area, but I think it might be similar to Panyang Lake?!"
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