Among the people who drove the sea, Dongqing finally selected seventy or eighty people, leaving twenty in the yard. They were all strong men and boatmen who transported the sea goods, so there were thirty people in total.
Yun Miaomiao counted carefully and found that there were almost a hundred people in total.
Yun Miaomiao felt like she had a headache after seeing this amount of food. If she was allowed to do this alone, she would probably tire herself to death.
There were simply more people rushing to sea today, so Yun Miaomiao only had to watch from the side, which made her feel much more relaxed.
There are also many seafood hidden in the small puddles on the rocks. Not only razor clams, but also fish, crabs, shrimps and conches were picked up.
Most of the fish are groupers, and the snails and shrimps are also quite large, but these cannot be transported back, so they can only be eaten here.
Yun Miaomiao originally wanted to bring back fresh sea freight, but now most of the goods she brings back are dry goods, so she has to find a way.
She found a cool place, clicked on the mall interface, and found some books on how to store and transport seafood. She had studied it before and found that only marinating with sea salt could preserve seafood for a long time, but this method was the most effective.
Only fish is suitable, other seafood is not so suitable.
Yun Miaomiao flipped through the book. If she wanted to keep seafood fresh, freezing was the best way. But where could she find ice this season?
Is it possible that she can't do it on her own?
Making it by herself, Yun Miaomiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly searched for books on making ice cubes.
"Qingyang, Qingyang~"
Yun Miaomiao couldn't hide her excitement. Qingyang thought something had happened to her and immediately came over, "What's the matter, madam?"
"I'll go back first, and I'll leave this place to you." After Yun Miaomiao finished speaking, she left Qingyang behind and trotted back to the yard.
After Yun Miaomiao returned to the yard, she entered the room directly and began to read various books on making ice cubes.
After reviewing many methods, I found the most suitable method.
But this method requires the use of a very important thing, which is saltpeter.
When saltpeter dissolves in water, it absorbs a large amount of heat, lowering the water temperature to the point where it freezes.
The book said that the layer of white hair on the base of the wall was saltpeter. With a skeptical attitude, Yun Miaomiao went out to look around in the small courtyard outside, and finally scraped off a little bit on the south wall of the kitchen.
With the saltpeter in hand, Yun Miaomiao brought another basin of water, put his own saltpeter in the water, and then followed the instructions in the book to make it step by step.
Each step requires extra care and patience, after several trials and a long wait and observation.
The water in the basin finally turned into ice cubes, and the corners of Yun Miaomiao's eyes rose up a bit visibly.
She was so ecstatic that she almost screamed, "Oh my god, I really did it!"
Yun Miaomiao immediately rushed out of the room, unable to hide the smile on her face, causing everyone in the yard to look at her.
Holly walked over curiously, "Madam, has something good happened to you?"
The sea goods are still the same as before. Madam is so happy. Could it be that she has a young master?
Yun Miaomiao nodded, "There is something good. Come in with me and have a look."
Dongqing looked at Yun Miaomiao's back, then at the other people in the yard, scratched her head and followed in.
After he walked in, Dongqing saw the ice cube in Yun Miaomiao's hand and asked with surprise, "Madam, where did you get this ice cube?"
Yun Miaomiao smiled proudly and said, "Of course I did it myself. I thought about it all afternoon and figured it out. I have seen people do it before, but I don't know if it can be successful. After trying it all afternoon, I finally figured it out.
It worked."
Dongqing nodded with admiration, and then said, "The weather here is not too hot. If Madam wants to drink something cold, she can just put the things in the well. It doesn't take so much effort."
Seeing that he misunderstood, Yun Miaomiao shook her head and replied, "I didn't do this to eat ice cubes. The day for us to go back is almost here. We can't just go back with some dry seafood. Pick it up on the beach."
We have enough people to collect seafood. In a few days, we will go out to sea again. The seafood caught in the sea will be frozen with ice cubes, put into wooden boxes, and shipped back together. Then they will be shipped to Ruizhou.
, Fuwang Tower, and even farther away in the capital, you can eat fresh food."
Dongqing was shocked. He didn't expect that Yun Miaomiao would come up with a way to make ice cubes for this seafood business.
He couldn't help but admire Yun Miaomiao, and secretly lamented what kind of blessing his young master had achieved in his previous life to be able to marry a woman like his wife.
Yun Miaomiao has found a way to make ice cubes, so she is not anxious anymore. However, just refrigeration by boat is not enough. Fresh seafood is what people like the most.
Fortunately, Yun Miaomiao had asked Qingyang to modify the ship before, and the middle part was hollowed out. It could be filled with seawater, and all the salvaged seafood could be put in. When it was still at sea, the water was changed frequently.
Some, the seafood should be able to reach the shore alive. If not, use ice cubes to freeze the seafood and send them back together to eat chilled.
After rushing to the sea for half a month, the quantity of dry goods stacked in the warehouse was almost exhausted, and it was time for Yun Miaomiao to go back.
She will go back to celebrate the New Year, but the business of sea goods cannot stop. In this way, when she comes back in the future, she can load the goods directly and leave, without having to wait for three or two months.
After thinking about it, Yun Miaomiao still decided to leave this matter to Jiang Lizheng, and leave the warehouse affairs to Aunt Wang, Dongqing and Wangcheng. She will take them back this time. It is estimated that if they don't go back
, no one in the family knows them anymore.
"You want to leave the job of catching the sea to us?" Jiang Lizheng said in shock.
Yun Miaomiao also thought carefully, "Yes, Jiang Lizheng, after all, you are the ones living on the island. You can make some money by picking up these seafood every day. I have given you the method. I will do it when I come back."
I will directly collect the sea goods from you. Of course, I will only pick the good ones. I won’t accept the bad ones. If you go out to sea, it will be very dangerous if you don’t have a big ship. Forget it, anyway, as long as you pick up the sea goods.
I accept all the goods, but there is a slight difference in price. After all, there are good and bad sea goods, don’t you think so?”
"Yes, yes, girl Yun, you have such a big head, I really don't know how you look like that."
Jiang Lizheng is getting older. Now that he has a peaceful place on the island, he is very satisfied and does not want to go out to wander around. Most of the people on the island are also elderly and have no intention of going out to make troubles. The younger ones in the family also
If you can't earn a bite to eat, you will have to starve to death if you go out, so you might as well stay on the island and feel free and comfortable.
Therefore, when it comes to going fishing at sea, Jiangli would not dare to go on his own without Yun Miaomiao to lead the way.
Yun Miaomiao smiled modestly, "We will go back tomorrow. If you have anything to bring, write it down in the notebook. I will bring it to you next time you come back. If I want to buy something for you again, just write it down.
You can just buy it and pay for it. After the new year, I will be back around the first month of the year. You don’t have to worry about us leaving and never coming back. Don’t worry, this is a golden nest for making money. I have to come here.”
The little worry in Jiang Lizheng's heart was all dismissed by Yun Miaomiao's few words.
"Okay, then I will go door-to-door tonight and see what each household wants to write. I will write it all and hand it over to you." Jiang Lizheng agreed.
After explaining to Jiang Lizheng, Yun Miaomiao went to Aunt Wang's house again and told everything about the courtyard and warehouse before returning home with confidence.
The next morning, Yun Miaomiao got up early and made scallion pancakes, which she divided among several people. After they were full, she went out with her bag and ordered people to move things to the boat.
There are four boats, three of which carry dried seafood, and one of which carries fresh seafood. There are live fish, shrimps, crabs, and some conchs of various types.
The seafood on this boat was brought back by Yun Miaomiao when he went fishing five days ago. The boat just docked on the shore. None of the seafood on it was dead and was still alive and well.
This is what really makes Yun Miaomiao happy.
The return journey was extremely smooth, with no entanglements or attacks from sea monsters. By the time we arrived at Ruizhou Pier, we had only walked less than four days.
"Master, Master, the lady is back. Come and see her quickly." Butler Zhao ran in a hurry and almost fell. When Master Zhao came out, he held him back in fear, "Butler Zhao, you are like this
I am an elderly person now, so I have to be careful when walking. My legs were not as good as last time, so what if I fall again?"
Butler Zhao smiled sheepishly, "Master, aren't I happy?"
"Yes, yes, I know you are happy, but if you break your leg again, I don't see how you can go to see the excitement and be happy." Mr. Zhao scolded him while walking out, his pace was no slower than Butler Zhao's.
Seeing that he was thrown away a lot, Butler Zhao's words that he wanted to argue instantly turned into a smile. The master said that he was impatient. Wasn't he more anxious than everyone else when he heard the news of the young lady's return?
As soon as Hualu finished the dishes at the silk shop, she saw her master and Butler Zhao hurriedly walking out of the city. She quickly walked over and grabbed Butler Zhao.
"Steward Zhao, why are you so anxious? Did something happen?"
Butler Zhao was suddenly pulled over and wanted to get angry. When he saw that the person holding him was Hua Lu, he immediately changed his face to a smile and said, "It turns out to be Hua Lu. The lady is back. The master is going to the pier to pick someone up. I don't want to get angry."
I told you, I’m going to the dock too.”
After saying this, she shook off Hua Lu's hand. Hua Lu looked at his hurried back, and after reacting, her face was full of excitement.
"The young lady is back, the young lady is back." Hualu cried with joy. The young lady was considered to be back. She followed him without saying anything about the erhu.
The lady is back, how can I be left out?
The owner of the satin shop saw Hua Lu walking out of the city crying and laughing. He looked at the boy next to him with confusion on his face, "Miss? What lady?"
The boy glanced at Hua Lu who had disappeared, and said clearly, "Shopkeeper, you have just come from out of town, so of course you don't know our lady's name. She is the apple of the eye of Lord Magistrate Zhao and is our current employer.
, we are very busy on weekdays, so everything in the shop is left to Miss Hualu. This time, our lady went to the Qinlan River. It has been half a year. The master and Miss Hualu think about it day and night.
I have been looking forward to her coming back. Now that she is back, can you not be excited?"
The original owner of the silk shop was cheating and cheating, but was driven away by Hua Lu. The shopkeeper who is now promoted is Ouyang, the shopkeeper who fled to Ruizhou from other places. He has only been in Ruizhou for two months, and he is not so familiar with Yun Miaomiao's existence.
of clarity.
"Don't you, your master, have only one son? And I heard that Mr. Zhao's son died at the hands of rioting refugees in his early years. Mrs. Zhao was also hit hard at that time and couldn't survive. There was no son and a half left.
Come on, I haven’t heard of Mr. Zhao getting married in so many years. Could it be that this young lady was raised outside before?"
"Hey~ No, no, no, our master is a good official, but he can't do the thing of raising a mistress. Our lady is the adopted daughter recognized by Mr. Zhao, and our lady not only saved our master during the riot,
She also saved our wife and all the people in Ruizhou City. Not only does our master love her, we also like her."
The boy said proudly, and did not forget to tell shopkeeper Ouyang about what happened back then. In the end, the door of the silk shop was filled with a bunch of outsiders, listening to the boy talk about Yun Miaomiao.
"Madam, we are here." Qingyang knocked on Yun Miaomiao's door, and the door opened from the inside, "Arrived? How about the overseas goods?"
Qingyang nodded, "The seafood is in good condition and is still alive and kicking, but the fish will die if it leaves the sea water. How are we going to transport it to Fuwang Tower and the capital?"
Yun Miaomiao had not arrived in Ruizhou City and was not fully prepared. "Well, you go ask the best restaurants in Ruizhou City and ask them if they want seafood. If you want more, this seafood will be the best."
Now they are sold in Ruizhou City. If they don’t want it, I will find someone to design a small water tank when I go back and load it on the sea to be transported to Fuwang Building. The sea goods on the left and right can stay on the ship for a few more days, and they will not die all at once.
."
"Okay, I'll go and inquire first." Qingyang hurriedly went down to find someone to go to the hall.
At this time, Dongqing also bent over and walked in, "Madam, Mr. Zhao is here."
"Godfather?" Yun Miaomiao asked, Dongqing nodded, "Master Zhao is waiting for you on the pier below."
Yun Miaomiao immediately became energetic. It must be said that her godfather would always come to see her as soon as she appeared in Ruizhou. He really treated her as his own daughter.
She came out of the cabin and when she got off the boat, she saw Mr. Zhao looking around, "Godfather!"
Yun Miaomiao shouted happily and ran towards Master Zhao. Master Zhao heard the cry and finally saw Yun Miaomiao's figure, and immediately smiled happily.
"Miaomiao, you're finally back. You're okay after traveling far away this time. Are there any injuries?" Mr. Zhao looked up and down. Seeing no obvious injuries, he was half relieved, "It's dark.
Look at this little face, how come it’s so dark?”
Dongqing and Qingyang who had just got off the boat, and Wang Cheng who was a step behind, "..."
For someone who covered herself tightly when going out like Madam, not even a single hair was exposed, she only had a little bit of black hair. Or Madam was sunburned on the way to the boat before she came back. This County Magistrate Zhao, not Zhao
What the prefect said was too hurtful.
This is called black, so are they as black as carbon?
Yun Miaomiao pursed her lips and asked uncertainly, "Am I black?"
Mr. Zhao paused for a moment, realized that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately shook his head, "No, my godfather's eyes have not been very good recently, and his mouth has not been good. I just saw that you have lost weight. Is the food outside not to your taste? Come on, follow me."
When your godfather goes back, he will ask the kitchen to cook whatever you like."
Yun Miaomiao immediately put on a smile. These days, she has been doing the cooking. Now she doesn't have to cook by herself, which is great.
Dongqing, Qingyang, and Wang Cheng walked up to them. Master Zhao had already taken Yun Miaomiao back. Just as Butler Zhao was about to turn around, he saw three men as black as the bottom of a pot. They looked very much like blacksmith Liu, who was blacksmithing.
strong.
"Who are you?" Butler Zhao thought they were the people brought back by Yun Miaomiao and asked uncertainly.
Three people, "..."
It’s really heartbreaking!
"Steward Zhao, don't you also have bad eyesight?" Qingyang stabbed.
Mr. Zhao is a court official. They dare not speak, let alone speak like this. Butler Zhao is different, he can bully.
Butler Zhao heard the familiar voice and asked uncertainly, "You, are you Qingyang?"
After saying that, he pointed at Dongqing and Wangcheng on the side, "Aren't you that kid from Dongqing and Wangcheng?"
"Thank you, Butler Zhao, for remembering us!" Wang Cheng said coldly.
Butler Zhao's eyes suddenly widened, he couldn't believe what he saw, "You, you three went to dig coal?"
Dongqing walked over with a smile and hugged Butler Zhao's neck, "Butler Zhao, how long have we been gone and you have forgotten the time when we were with you through thick and thin? Don't we look good like this? Are we ugly?
?”
"Not ugly, not ugly. You three gentlemen, come back with me quickly to wash up and have a good sleep today."
How dare Butler Zhao say yes? These three people went out for a while and turned into rude men. They could scare people to death just standing there.
Hualu stood aside and looked at the three people who had turned into black charcoal. She was also shocked and speechless. In such a comparison, their young lady was really not tanned.
"If you don't want to go, we still have to unload the goods." Dongqing waved her hand, "By the way, Butler Zhao, don't leave yet. You can take a few baskets of seafood back later and let the cook at home cook them for you.
This seafood, let me tell you, the taste is really amazing."
Butler Zhao looked at the four large ships, "Sea goods? Did you really bring back sea goods?"
"That's natural. Who is our wife? She said she wanted to find meat for you. Isn't she going to get it for you?"
While he was showing off, he had a few boxes of dry goods unloaded from the boat, and he also picked up two baskets of fresh fish and shrimps, which were loaded onto the carriage and sent to the Zhao Mansion.