Zhu Di asked with a happy face: "Master also thinks that we can send people into the sea to fish?"
Although he was very reluctant in his heart, looking at Zhu Di's expression, Yao Guangxiao could only nod slightly, "This is the best time for His Highness to send people into the sea to fish."
Zhu Di asked with some surprise: "It's just that we send people into the sea to fish, and my father won't scold us?"
Yao Guangxiao shook his head slightly and said: "Your Highness may not have paid close attention to your Majesty's sea ban. In the fourth year of Hongwu, your Majesty issued a sea ban, prohibiting people near the sea from going to sea privately; in the fourteenth year of Hongwu, your majesty banned the sea.
It is forbidden for coastal people to communicate privately with overseas countries; it is forbidden to communicate with foreign vassals; it is forbidden to apply for overseas trade...
The edict issued by His Majesty only prohibits people living near the sea and private individuals, but does not prohibit the vassal kings such as Your Highness..."
Zhu Fu was stunned.
As for Zhu Di, he also looked stunned.
"Father did not prohibit the vassal king from sending people into the sea to fish? Even, there was no explicit prohibition that the people living near the sea were prohibited from fishing on the seashore?"
"this……"
The expressions on the two people's faces immediately became exciting.
It is common sense among everyone in the Ming Dynasty to prohibit all people from entering the sea for fishing and trade.
But now, in accordance with the sea ban edict that Yao Guangxiao chanted, they reacted.
It seems that His Majesty did not explicitly prohibit the coastal people from fishing from the very beginning.
"Your Highness has misunderstood the poor monk!"
Yao Guangxiao said again: "Your Majesty initially prohibited those merchants and gentry from entering the sea to trade in order to prevent the remnants of Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and others from colluding with those who fled to the sea, as well as those Japanese pirates.
However, with interests so popular, there are always some big businessmen who can't help but be tempted overseas and take desperate risks.
Therefore, His Majesty began to prohibit everyone from going to sea privately."
Zhu Di said: "However, my father did not prohibit the vassal kings from going to sea."
Yao Guangxiao nodded slightly, "Exactly!"
"Haha... In this case, we can send people into the sea to fish without any worries."
The worry in Zhu Di's heart suddenly disappeared, "Zhu Liang, Li Wang, do you know that among our guards, are there any people with good water qualities?"
Hearing this, Zhu Liang and Li Wang quickly frowned and thought.
After a while, Li Wang said: "Your Majesty, I have heard that among the Yanshan right guards, there is a hundred households named Xu Xiang, who is from Dazhi. In the late Yuan Dynasty, he followed Chen Youliang and later surrendered to Your Majesty in Jiangzhou.
It has excellent water properties and is known as white stripes in the waves!"
"Xu Xiang?"
Hearing this, Zhu Di nodded subconsciously, "We also remembered this person. We selected him as our right guard back then!"
On the side, Zhu Liang's face became anxious, and he quickly raised his hands and said: "Your Highness, the last general is from Huaiyuan, and his water quality is also very good."
"oh?"
A trace of surprise flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "Then can you swim in the sea?"
"Your Highness, this... general has never been to the sea."
Zhu Liang's eyes flashed with a trace of embarrassment.
Zhu Di chuckled and said, "That's just not possible."
Zhu Liang's face turned red, and then he remembered something, and defended with a stiff mouth: "Your Highness, I have heard this before, as long as a person falls into the sea, it doesn't matter whether he is good at water or not, he will not survive."
"Um?"
Zhu Di's expression condensed, "Is the sea that dangerous?"
On the side, Yao Guangxiao also echoed: "Your Highness, the poor monk has read an ancient book, the sea is bottomless and the waves are as high as mountains. No matter how good the water quality is, if a person falls into the sea, there will be no chance of survival as long as he encounters big waves.
Even for fishermen who live in the sea all year round, life or death is uncertain as long as they go out to sea."
"So, do you still want to go?"
Zhu Di looked at Zhu Liang.
Zhu Liang raised his head directly and said, "Your Highness, don't underestimate the general. Is the general afraid of death?"
"Very good!"
Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, "In this case, I will give you a big boat and Xu Xiang a big boat. We will go to sea to fish in two days."
"The general will definitely live up to His Highness's trust."
Zhu Liang's face was full of joy.
Zhu Di said again: "Before you go, you'd better go look for Guo An again."
"May I ask, Your Highness, why is this?"
Zhu Liang was a little confused.
Zhu Di said: "You know how to go fishing in the sea, how to use saltpeter to make ice to transport fish, how... Although Guo An, a thief official, is greedy for money, he can always come up with some ideas in his mind that are very different from ordinary people..."
Zhu Liang's eyes lit up, "Thank you for the reminder, Your Highness. I will go look for Magistrate Guo early tomorrow morning."
"Send people to Yanshan to protect you and find Xu Xiang from one hundred households."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
"Let's find another two hundred soldiers with good water skills and a hundred fishermen who can fish in the sea."
"Yes, Your Highness..."
As orders came out of Zhu Di's mouth, all the forces in the Yan Palace began to move quickly.
On the side, Zhu Fu's face was full of confusion.
He was not sure about anything else, but as long as the news about King Yan sending people into the sea to fish reached Yingtian City, he would definitely issue an edict to reprimand him.
Thinking about it, Zhu Fu couldn't help but feel a sense of resentment in his heart.
A treacherous minister and a treacherous monk would incite His Highness the King of Yan to do some outrageous things every day, but in the end it was him who took the blame.
At this time, Yao Guangxiao also looked at Zhu Fu strangely.
Now, Zhu Changshi of the Palace of the Prince of Yan, is he still not admonishing His Highness to report this matter to Yingtian Mansion?
However, he is just a small host, and such major events have nothing to do with him.
…
The next day, Zhu Liang found Guo An early.
"What, His Highness King Yan really wants to send people into the sea to fish?"
After hearing what Zhu Liang said, Guo An suddenly looked surprised.
"Isn't this method proposed by Lord Guo yesterday? Why is Lord Guo so surprised?" Zhu Liang looked at Guo An with some confusion.
Guo An opened his mouth wide and almost couldn't hold back his breath.
"This method was not proposed by me. It was suggested by His Highness King Yan as a last resort."
"Yes Yes."
Zhu Liang responded with a perfunctory expression, and then asked again: "Then Mr. Guo County, can you tell me how to lower the net to catch fish, how to find fish schools, and how to use the ice made from saltpeter?"
To transport sea fish?”
"..."
Guo An looked at Zhu Liang blankly, "Zhu Baihu, you shouldn't ask those experienced coastal fishermen about this matter? I have never seen the sea in my life, and I have never caught sea fish. How do I know how two big boats work together?"
Trawling?”
"Too!"
Zhu Liang nodded subconsciously. How could Guo An, the county official, know about such a thing?
Immediately, he was ready to hand over to Guo An and prepare to leave.
But he didn't expect that before he could say anything, Guo An said slowly again.
"However, I have read an ancient book about how to use two large boats to fish in the sea. The fishing net used is called Feng.
The fishing net is a very large fishing net, ten feet wide and fifteen feet long. A rattan ring needs to be placed five inches between the upper net and an iron ring five inches between the lower net, and ropes are used to open and close it.
The ropes need to be extremely strong and tied securely to the ship.
In this way, when the basket is thrown into the sea, the net of the basket can float on the sea surface, and the lower net can hang down to the bottom of the sea, like a net curtain.
The two boats were dragging the traps while sailing in the sea. When they encountered a school of fish hitting the traps, the fishermen on the two large boats worked together to close the ropes on the trap nets and close the mouth of the trap, so that all the sea fish could be collected into the big boat.
In addition, the holes in the trap should be sparse, so that all the sea fish caught will be big fish."