The Changchun Festival is coming soon, and the salted fish in Changxia Commercial Bank has been wiped out again.
The supply of salted fish this year has increased compared with last year. The reason is also very simple. More people go fishing at sea.
But what is puzzling is that as the supply of fish increases, the price does not fall, and even rises slightly.
There are only two reasons, either there is too much money on the market and inflation occurs, or the demand is rising and supply exceeds supply - after a little investigation, you can find out that the reason is the latter.
Shao Shengdu Ping Chengde, Hedong Second Town, has become the veritable lord of the Northland, with unrivaled prestige. Naturally, in the eyes of many people, the Changchun Festival has become more important - like the prince of Le'an County
By the way, did anyone celebrate the Jiahui Festival?
Compared with salted fish, kelp fever has recently emerged in Beijing.
Whether it is China's native kelp (goosefoot) or kelp (kelp) paid tribute by the Bohai State's Nanhai Prefecture, its price is more expensive than salted fish, which is also an anomaly.
I heard that the saint distributed Bohai kelp to his ministers, just like whale meat and whale oil candles in the past. A small amount of Bohai kelp on the market came from this.
It is easy to understand that kelp is more expensive than salted fish. It is a rare thing. Bohai people also fished it on the seashore, and the yield was less than fish. In the Northern Dynasties, the emperor gave kelp to his officials as a rare treasure in the sea, which shows its high demand.
Shao Sheng has ordered the Ping navy to search for Bohai kelp and introduce it back to Liaohai.
But it doesn’t seem to be easy, because Bohai Kelonbu is produced in the sea east of Nanhai Prefecture in Nanjing. To reach this place, you have to go around Silla and then sail north.
This is a completely unfamiliar sea.
Looking through the historical records of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there is no record of this sea area, and its name is just "Dahai".
But the saint's will is very firm, let me find him! Ping Haijun has decided to send two mackerel boats to search northward after summer next year.
Outside Rende Hall, Shao Shude personally set up a large iron pot and cooked kelp and pork ribs soup.
When I was young, I tried to restore the life before time travel, but I no longer think so.
The milk tea made in the palace never tastes right. Could it be that the essence is missing? Or is there something wrong with the sugar? Just drink it, at least the ingredients are really sufficient, the milk is fragrant, and the tea is top-notch. Now he has
got used to.
Sinong Temple has not yet cultivated the watermelon that his later generations would eat. When he was escaping from the heat in the summer, looking at the shocking shape, it was really hard for him to connect it with watermelon.
Before time travel, he worked in a city with the most cafes in the world and drank coffee often. Now he occasionally misses the taste and is helpless.
He knew that coffee originated in Ethiopia (Arabica species). The local shepherds chewed a few coffee beans to refresh themselves, and later spread slowly. The coffee trade was initially monopolized by the Arabs, and East African coffee was concentrated on the Arabian Peninsula.
Mocha Port and then distribute it to various places.
Later, Europeans introduced it to West Africa. After adapting to the local environment, they mutated into the Robusta variety, which has a stronger taste.
Shao Shude once sent his lieutenant-general to Guangzhou to visit Dashi Hu merchants. He learned that this crop was introduced in Dashi China more than 300 years ago, but the spread was not very wide and not many people grew it. He wanted to transport it over long distances.
Coming to Daxia is actually not easy.
In desperation, we can only promise a lot of money and hope that someone will bring live coffee trees or seeds to the Central Plains - for the time being, they can only be planted in Annan.
Of course, the reason why Shao Shude is so obsessed with coffee is not just to miss his past life, he has a deeper plan.
Annan is a place that is isolated from the outside world. Since the south has not yet been developed on a large scale and the environment is generally quite harsh, it is possible to escape if you are not careful.
He had to find a way to increase the value of Annan so that the Luoyang court would not give it up easily. Economic benefits were undoubtedly the best way.
So, is there anything that the court cannot give up easily? He only thought of tropical cash crops such as sugar and coffee.
Although there is no Tahitian sugarcane species that became popular in later generations. The sugar content of sugarcane is very low, but it is more diverse and the output will not be small. Considering the high price of honey, a substitute for sugar, in the Central Plains, this kind of thing is
The economic value cannot be underestimated.
As a refreshing thing, coffee also has economic value.
The Chinese discovered tea very early, but the real development of tea drinking was in the Tang Dynasty. The reason is that it has a refreshing effect. The Tang people were also very receptive to foreign things. Foreign crops such as watermelons and Uighur beans were acceptable, and coffee should be too.
Can.
For now, he only thinks of these two cash crops that can increase the value of Annan and may have large-scale markets. He will slowly refine the details later.
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"Grandpa, the meat is cooked." Liulang Shao Mingyi filled a bowl of soup with his own hands and brought it to Shao Shude.
Shao Shude happily took it, took a bite, sighed with satisfaction, and said: "This is not the first time you have eaten it, what do you think?"
Shao Mingyi brought another bowl of Zhe Fang Miao to the Queen and said, "It's very delicious."
Shao Shude nodded and said: "The word "Xian" is right. There are many strange things in the sea, so we must not underestimate them."
"Grandpa, you once said that the sea is larger than the land. Doesn't that mean that the sea is far more fertile than the mainland?" Shao Mingyi asked.
Shao Shude pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, no. The richest people in the sea are only in the near sea. Especially where rivers flow into the sea, there are many fish. In the deep sea, unless there is a cold current and a warm current meeting, it will be a desert without much
product."
Shao Mingyi seemed to understand but still nodded obediently.
Shao Shude touched his son's head lovingly and said, "Liu Lang will be fourteen years old next year. I will go east to visit the Dragon Palace with my grandpa to see the scenery outside the territory."
"Okay!" Shao Mingyi picked some weeds for his two sisters. Que'er each filled a bowl of broth and nodded: "I have read a lot of books and am more and more yearning for the outside world. I really need to go out with my grandpa to see and read books."
Let’s verify what is said in it and see if it is true or false.”
"You don't believe what is said in the book?" Shao Shude asked.
"I don't believe it all." Shao Mingyi replied: "Books are written by people, and people are biased. You should read it yourself."
"That's great if you think so." Shao Shude smiled happily, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "How are you doing with your martial arts training?"
"My son has been working hard. Although he is not as good as my second brother, he is not worse than those martial arts students." Shao Mingyi said: "Master, you want me to go into battle?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Zhe Fang'ai put down her bowl and chopsticks, glared at her son, and said, "Your second brother spends all day fighting on the battlefield, which has already made my mother worried. Do you want to follow suit? Why doesn't General An?
"
"I know I was wrong." Shao Mingyi quickly replied.
"General An" is An Xiuxiu, You Yishi, the commander of the Wuwei Army, who died at the hands of bandits a month ago...
The process is rather speechless.
A group of Chengde soldiers occupied the mountains, and An Xiuxiu led his troops to encircle and suppress them. When he saw that there were only a few hundred thieves, he was overjoyed and led more than a hundred cavalry to charge them, but he was killed in the process.
The process of An Xiuxiu's death in battle reminded Shao Shude of Liang General Guo Yan.
When Zhu Quanzhong was fighting with Shi Pu, Guo Yan met Xu Bing. At that time, Xu had more than 5,000 soldiers, while Guo Yan only had 2,000 soldiers - "Yan was brave enough to fight in the field, and he was happy to encounter a powerful enemy. He led his own sharp troops to attack Pu, killing and injuring him a lot.
Everyone."
When 2,000 men encountered 5,000 enemy troops, Guo Yan's reaction was "overjoyed" and he personally led his troops to fight in the field and repel the enemy troops.
But he was extremely happy and sad, "Xu Rong retreated, saying that he was hit by a stray arrow and died overnight."
Shao Shude also recalled the old events of the expedition against Li Guochang and his son, and the generals who were shot by stray arrows and died in battle.
Even with a small number of soldiers, they are happy to hear about the battle, and are brave enough to fight in the field, and even fight on the front line to boost their morale. This kind of general is brave when he is brave, but the mortality rate is quite high.
But there are many people like this - in fact, Shao Shude admires this kind of brave behavior that shows the style of a warrior.
"Okay, just follow my father and learn military strategy." Shao Shude smiled and helped his son out of the siege, and then said: "Do you have any suggestions for conquering the Khitans?"
"Sir." Shao Mingyi saluted solemnly, and then said: "I read history books. In the former Tang Dynasty, the barbarians in the grasslands always started to fight among themselves. Their hearts were distracted and their strength was greatly reduced. Finally, a large army was dispatched to make the final decision. Even
, many times they did not send troops. In the third year of Tianbao, Bashmi defeated the Turkic Usumish Khan and passed the imperial capital. The remaining people made his younger brother Baimei Tele of the Uygur Khan the Khan. In the fourth year of Tianbao, the Uighur Huairen Khan attacked the Turks.
, killed the Baimei Khan and passed it on to the capital. The heads of the rebel chieftains were sent to Chang'an by their own people. Tang Ting's skill was considered superb."
"Is it possible for the Khitan to be so weakened?" Shao Shude asked again.
"During the Dahe alliance, many Khitan people surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. There were many outstanding officials among the yamen, and they were not necessarily inferior to Abaoji. However, they were born at the wrong time and killed their own people for their own sake, and spread the news to Luoyang.
Isn't it true that Su Yu is worse than Abaoji?" Shao Mingyi said: "With the king's army attacking the Khitans, victory is not a problem. But the Khitans can run away, so how can we kill all their chiefs and prevent them from resurrecting?
, more importantly, this may require them to do it themselves.”
"Where will the Khitan run?" Shao Shude asked.
"It's possible to go west and north. After the Great He clan's alliance was wiped out, the remnants ran north and finally resurrected." Shao Mingyi said: "This is not the first time that the Khitan has resurrected. Among Wei Qinglong, Chief Bu is slightly better.
Unruly, he was killed by Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, and the crowd fled to the south of Huangshui. During the Jin Dynasty, Murong Kuai defeated the Khitan, and the remnants of the Khitan fled among the pine deserts. After decades of growth, more tribes appeared.
Helongzhibei. In the Tang Dynasty, the Dahe clan alliance collapsed and was suddenly killed. Nieli picked up the embers, endured hardships, and recovered again, with its current momentum. It is not difficult to defeat the Khitan, but how to uproot it is difficult.
rise."
"Liu Lang has done his homework." Shao Shude smiled.
Speaking of which, Khitan is also a weakling who cannot be beaten to death.
Historically, when they had some strength, they would come out to show off, and then get beaten up, defeated miserably, escape, collapse, and regroup. But the amazing thing is that after they regrouped, they could breathe a sigh of relief and survive a death.
Another enemy whose tenacity is admirable.
But Shao Shude is different from Murong Huang and Li Longji. After Murong and Li finished their work, they no longer paid attention to the Khitan who only had half a life left, but Shao Shude was really staring at them. If you dare to run away, I will chase, chase.
I will kill you to the end of the world.
Zhe Fang Ai was also very satisfied with her son's performance. She called him to her side and said, "After a few more years of study, I can help your second brother."
Shao Shude looked at their mother and son with a smile on his face. The queen's words meant something, and he understood.