The ferry in Zhusankou is located about ten miles away from the city of Moling County. Moling County is a large county in the Yangtze River Basin with frequent commercial exchanges, so there are countless ships coming and going.
Zouma Pass in the north and punting ferry in the south, that is to say, the ferry ports on the rivers and the pass city defenses have an important position in the military.
There are two piers at the ferry outside Moling County. The lower pier was used by the imperial navy to garrison, while the upper pier was used by civilians. There are piles of rocks separating the two piers, making it difficult for civilian ships and commercial ships to mix into the area, and greatly preventing the entry of craftsmen.
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Zhu San sent the ship into the dock. The sail pole on his fishing boat was more conspicuous compared with the surroundings. It should be noted that only the large warships of Mengchong and Louchuan were equipped with cloth sails.
Fishermen selling fish from the villages along the river gathered here and rested beside the pier. They were all regular customers. Naturally, they knew Zhu San well. He was very capable at a young age, which left a deep impression on him, and they all said hello to him.
"Sanwa'er, here we come."
"Three babies."
"Sanwazi, why are you delivering the fish alone today? Where are the adults in the family?"
Zhu Laoshi is an adult, and sixteen-year-old Zhu Da can be considered an adult.
Zhu San tied up the boat, lifted up the two water tanks with bamboo poles, and lifted them up without any difficulty. He walked leisurely on the gravel road, and the early morning sun shone on his dark arms, which were bronze.
He smiled and replied to the people around him: "Uncle Wang, my eldest brother is getting married. The adults in the family will take him to pay the betrothal gift. When the date is set, I will invite you. You must come. It is so lively and lively."
Hearing this, the fisherman who was famous by Zhu San was stunned for a moment. He obviously didn't expect this section and said brightly: "I'll come if I have time."
The tone was a bit insincere. It turns out that attending weddings in the countryside requires gifts. The gifts can be money, but more often they are rice and food. Uncle Wang is stingy by nature, so when he heard that he was going to give gifts, he was naturally intimidated.
Zhu San also understood what he was thinking and didn't say anything. He quickened his pace and walked as fast as flying.
The pier market is on the upper left side of the ferry. There, a famous fisherman sets up a fish case, with poles vertically hung with fat fish, shouting loudly: "Come and see, come and see, fresh fish are cheap."
, everyone is here to buy it!”
The noisy fish market is not the destination. I walked through it in a few steps, not stopping to set up stalls and sell things like those around me.
At the end of the fish market, there is a three-way intersection, and there is a wine shop called Lingqu Winery. The owner of the wine shop is Zhao Bancheng, a large businessman in Moling County. Ling means spirituality, and Qu means distiller's song. Zhu Sanwei is pregnant, but Zhao Bancheng is not
You will think that the yellow soup in his shop is some kind of spiritual wine.
With wine, it is natural to pair it with meat. Since Zhu San left the fish market half a year ago, he has made an agreement with Lingqu Winery to exclusively supply fresh fish every three days.
The waterway between Qinhuai, Yangtze and Moling is close to the outlet of the Yangtze River and connects to the East China Sea. Its water is half salty, half light and acidic, so fishermen can catch river fish such as carp, crucian carp, grass carp, silver carp, as well as hairtail and tuna.
, swordfish, return fish and other marine fish.
After entering the wine shop, I looked around. It was early in the morning and I saw seven or eight men sitting in the corner of the wine shop. Each one was drinking and talking with a big bowl. The business was indeed booming.
Zhu San stepped in, and the counter owner looked up. Sure enough, he had been practicing for many years. With his head lowered, he could see all directions and listen to all directions. He shouted: "Three babies are here, hey! Why are you here today?"
Are you delivering the fish alone?"
"It's nothing, Dad, I took my eldest brother to propose marriage." Zhu San carried the water tank and walked to the counter without putting it down. He supported it and answered.
"Congratulations to your family, I wish your eldest brother will have a son soon."
"Thank you very much, shopkeeper Ji Yan. Please take the time to come to my house and thank you for your support." Zhu Sanke invited him politely. After all, he is the buyer and his parents.
"Oh, if I have time, I will go. If I don't have time, I will also bring a jar of wine to express my congratulations." The shopkeeper responded while arranging his calculations.
Being able to say these words is already a sign of respect for Zhu San. After all, he is the shopkeeper of a big businessman, and his identity is different from that of a fisherman and farmer. Zhu San did not take it to heart at all, and still smiled and said: "Hehe! Shopkeeper
, there are good goods coming today!”
"Oh, what good stuff? But a big tuna caught?"
"No, it's a bit harder than that."
"What kind of fish is that?"
Hearing Zhu San's words, the shopkeeper stopped what he was doing and looked at him with curiosity in his eyes, waiting...
Zhu San smiled mysteriously, held the bamboo pole with his right hand, and stepped forward with his left hand to open the lid of the water tank. A tail tip, a thick front body, a slightly arched back, a large gray-black fish filled the entire water tank, with its head on its side.
There are seven black spots bordered by white towards the tail.
"Gah!" "Seven-star swordfish, I caught it from the river the day before yesterday. This fish rushed in from the open sea and accidentally rushed into my fishing net. It's just this one. It's very rare. I don't know when the next time will be.
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Along the coast of the Yangtze River estuary, there are often marine fish, which are washed up by the seawater due to the backflow of the river.
Following Zhu San's gaze, the shopkeeper took a closer look: "Sure enough, it has seven stars. It's a seven-star swordfish. It looks like it's almost five feet long. It's big enough. It's very rare!" Suddenly, he stretched out his hand and reached into the water tank, thinking.
Feel the freshness of the fish. With this touch, the seven-star saury immediately jumped up and the crowded water tank shook from side to side. Seeing this, Zhu San quickly tightened his stance and held on with both hands.
“It’s really chewy and the fish is so fresh.”
"It's natural." Zhu San sniffed proudly, and then said: "My water tank is not big enough. The one in front contains seven-star saury, but the other tank contains fewer fish than usual."
"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter!" The shopkeeper laughed and said, "This seven-star swordfish is worth ten boxes."
"The chef is already in the backyard kitchen. You can send him in first."
The conversation between the shopkeeper and Zhu San was going on, but they didn't notice that beside the counter, there were four green forest men. They wore open shirts, thin black hair on their chests, and red square scarves on their heads. They exuded a sense of arrogance.
The taste makes people feel that it is mixed on the blade of a knife.
One of them has broad ears, and he is obviously a hearing person. Although he was chatting with his companions just now, he still noticed the four characters "Seven-starred Knife Fish" in Zhu San's conversation with the shopkeeper. It is obvious that this man is also a person who knows how delicious fish is and what is rare.
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Suddenly, he turned around, his eyes widened, and said in a fierce tone: "Shopkeeper, the Seven Star Swordfish is here. Get it for us brothers quickly. If you do it well, you won't be short of money."
After saying that, he turned around and explained to his companions, shouting along with the four people, "Hurry up, hurry up."
The shopkeeper heard the sound and looked back. He obviously recognized these four people as local gangsters who committed crimes and committed crimes.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Some officials were sold for money, and some were forgiven for their crimes. The four men were tyrannical, forcibly collecting protection fees, etc., and collected a lot of property. In these years, whenever someone sued an official, the money was channeled. After pardon,
, and then beat the man to pieces, and no one in the area would avoid him.
There will be no shortage of money. The shopkeeper doesn't believe this. The four of them have already borrowed nearly ten thousand yuan for food and have not yet paid off. It is absolutely impossible that they will pay back the money.
But he couldn't ignore such scoundrels, so the shopkeeper had no choice but to bend down and greet him flatteringly: "Four gentlemen, do you want seven-star saury? You came just in time, okay, I'll bring it to you right now."
After saying that, he turned around and chased Zhu San, who was walking towards the backyard, stopped him, his face turned bitter, and he said angrily: "San wa'er, it's really unlucky. You looked so happy that Gu said it, and let these four scoundrels listen. You
You have to help me."
"The shopkeeper won't call them to drive them away. As a child, I am no match." Zhu San is not stupid. He also knows that if these four people ask him to drive them away, he will not do such troublesome things.
"There are always customers coming in. I'm not asking you to help usher people away, but the seven-star swordfish is expensive and we can't let these idiots eat it. Your knife skills are better than that master's, so go ahead and cut it thinner to make the sashimi. You can't save it."
Less fish, I'll give them more yellow soup later to stretch their stomachs. If they can't eat anymore, they will leave." The shopkeeper looked behind him and saw that the four people were not looking here, so he ordered in a low voice.
"So I promise you."
"Don't worry, I'll give you an extra two bucks for today's fish." The shopkeeper smiled lovingly and patted his shoulder, promising benefits.
When he came to the kitchen, Zhu San first poured the fish into the fish tank where the fish was stored, and then followed the
The master in charge of the ladle explained what was going on in the hall and the shopkeeper's instructions.
"The knife and the board are there, you can take care of it yourself." The chef didn't waste any time, pointed to the knife board on the table, and went to work on his own. It was early in the morning, and he had a lot of ingredients to prepare.
"Hey!" With a cry, Zhu San started to take action, fished out the seven-star swordfish from the tank, raised it to his head, and dropped it. With a "pop", the seven-star swordfish was still struggling on his head.
The saury fish was so fiercely photographed that it fainted...
They moved it to the table, disemboweled it, cut off its skin and scales, and the poor seven-star swordfish died unconsciously.
Clean it, pick up the kitchen knife, swipe it on the grindstone a few times, squint sideways, it's sharp enough! Inhale and exhale, calm down, and slowly fillet the fish.
After a while, the thin, almost transparent fish fillets were placed on the plate, and some wasabi was stirred out from the earthen pot, and some soy sauce was poured in, and a modern sashimi was completed.
Yes, this wasabi-soy sauce sashimi was actually invented by Zhu San. This is why his family can deliver the fish directly to the wine shop instead of selling it at the fish market.
People in the Han Dynasty liked to eat raw seafood. According to historical records, Chen Deng of Xuzhou liked to eat live shrimps, but eating them raw was prone to illness, and Chen Deng died early because of this. In my previous life, Zhu San told me that I like to eat Japanese food, and I knew some about eating raw fish.
Pay attention to the essentials. He used these to trade with the wine shop owner in exchange for the right to sell fish. He also accidentally encountered mustard in the wild, mixed it into a secret recipe, and presented it.
Zhu San's sashimi meals and the anti-malarial strips won him the trust and respect of the shopkeeper, which led to today's business cooperation. Over time, his fish cutting skills in his previous life also became known to him.
It was also the second time that he brought the knowledge of later generations to the Eastern Han Dynasty.
When Zhu San brought out the plate of sashimi, the four men couldn't wait. The shopkeeper was indeed cunning and found some hot sesame cakes from nowhere to serve them, and the four greedy men gnawed them.
The way to eat sashimi at Lingqu Restaurant has been spread for a long time. When the sharp-eared man saw the fish fillet coming, he immediately picked up the chopsticks, picked up the fish fillet, rolled it in the mustard sauce, and put it in his mouth.
"Okay," with a loud shout, the sharp-eared man picked up a bowl of wine on the table and poured it into his mouth. The cool liquid fell into his stomach and instantly extinguished the flames caused by the mustard. Then he felt the smell of alcohol coming on, and
A wave of heat rises from the abdomen again, making people feel like the third heaven of ice and fire.
"Seven-star saury is really delicious and different from ordinary raw fish."
After hearing this, his companions tried them one by one and praised them greatly.
One mouth for you, one mouth for me, the four of them chatted and talked carelessly. Even before Zhu San had gone far, he started talking about some secret things.
It was the sharp-eared man who said, "Several brothers have taken over a big deal for me."
"What kind of deal? Brother!"
"Kill someone! One million sticks."
"Who is this person who is responsible for this big business?"
"A little girl, six years old."
"Why kill a six-year-old? Whose girl is so precious?"
"This brother doesn't know who the girl is, but he is just the one who entrusted us with it. He has a strong connection in the green forest. He came to us because he is interested in our brother."
"Who commissioned it?"
"Brother, I can't tell you now. When it is done, you will naturally know that this girl will be protected by several green forest men when she passes our ferry to Moling County. Eat quickly and follow me out to ambush her." The sharp-eared man said.
Pretending to be mysterious, he said: "Don't the three brothers believe what they say?"
"The four of us have been sworn friends for so many years, how can we not believe what our brothers say? If our brothers say we should do it, then we will do it." The three of them patted their chests and said in a loud voice of loyalty.
Seeing his brother agree, the tip-eared man smiled with satisfaction, and the four of them started to devour the food.
Zhu San, who was walking away, listened to all this one by one, and smiled and sneered in his heart. It seemed that there was another vendetta in the green forest, and even the little girl was not spared. It was a pity that he was so petty. He sighed and shook the little girl.
Just put your mind aside and put this matter aside.