Author: Go with the breeze

The Jiangnan Nai Shui Township is a country, so the relationship between Suzhou people and fish has a long history and has been good at using fish since ancient times.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period two thousand years ago, the famous case of Zhuangzhu assassinating King Liao of Wu was to kill people with fish.

Today, Suzhou City, Daming and surrounding towns and villages have a settlement population of up to one or two million, and its economy is prosperous. It is the world's leading developed region, and the consumption demand for fish products is naturally huge.

Taihu Lake, with a vast water area, is only more than 30 miles away from Suzhou City, and is an important fishery production area. There are tens of thousands of ship owners in the counties around the lake.

In this era when there is no cold chain technology, most fish can only be sold nearby. If you want to eat something fresh, the transportation route should of course not be too long.

From Taihu Lake to Suzhou City, the shortest mileage route is to go east from Xukou Town by the lake, along the Xu River, and can directly access Xumen.

Hengtang Town is the nearest town node to Suzhou City on this transportation route. It will reach Xumen and Nanhao for about ten miles eastward.

Moreover, there is a Grand Canal along Hengtang Town that passes through the North and South Canal. To the north, you can reach the extremely prosperous Fengqiao Shangtang and Huqiu Shantang area, with very convenient transportation conditions.

So at the south wharf of Hengtang Town, a large-scale fish market was formed, mainly wholesale and very little retail, which is a good tax source, so the yamen turned it into an official market.

The Ming Dynasty yamen was in a "small government" model, so the fish market was handed over to Anletang, who was also in Hengtang Town to see the venue.

After all, looking at the fish market is like going to the countryside to collect money and grain, it is still working for the yamen.

In the fish market, there are three members of the lower level of Anletang, called the fish market trio, responsible for daily affairs.

An old man named Tang is responsible for keeping fish buckets, charging fees, and accounting because he can write numbers and is proficient in addition and subtraction within 100.

The other two young men are two brothers, named Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu, who are responsible for maintaining order and mediating disputes.

The area of ​​the fish market is similar to that of the larger vegetable markets in later generations. It simply enclosed a piece of land with a rough wooden fence and also included a large pier.

Many fresh fish are stored on the boat, and they find customers on the shore and negotiate prices before they are transported to land for delivery.

Most of the fish placed directly on land are reprocessed, such as dried fish and salted fish, piled up in baskets and sold at will.

Wutou Lin Tailai, the newly appointed Anletang Fish Market, covered his nose and patrolled the fishy terrain.

Then Lin Tailai walked to the air outlet outside the fence, took a few steps away from the fish market, then put down his hand and started to breathe freely again.

After recovering, Dr. Lin sighed to himself: "I thought I got the script of selling fish, but it turned out to be the script of the market administrator."

The two brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu looked at Lin Tailai with admiration and said, "I heard that Lin Wutou beat Heyitang Wu Yikui, so Mr. Zhang in the county made the decision to distribute Yidu, the treasure land to Anletang for management.

Our brothers all thought that Lin Wutou, you would go to Yidu to fight the country, but they didn’t expect that a warrior like you would come to the fish market to take charge!

Could it be that the key development direction of Tangkou will be the fish market and the wharf?"

Lin Tailai frowned, "Don't call me Wu Tou, this name is too ugly."

The two brothers of Zhang asked in confusion: "But this is the rank specified by the hall, otherwise what should we call it?"

Lin Tailai instructed: "My position can be called a restaurant, a restaurant in a fish market!"

The two brothers were stunned together, "Sitting in a restaurant? Isn't that what it means to teach in someone else's home? This title does not match the rules of the church."

Lin Tailai looked at the two brothers sideways and moved his knuckles, "I don't know what the rules are, but I am a person who likes elegance. Please call me Dr. Lin in the future."

This title is also a thought of Lin Tailai for his previous life.

In ancient times, a doctor was meant as a knowledgeable man, and it was also a kind of official in the court, but in this era it had been abused by the people, and those who opened tea shops and sold tea were called Tea Doctors.

It’s like the Hanlin Attendant, which was also called by various folk craftsmen. Later, after the hair shaving and haircutting industry, even Teacher Tony called Attendant.

Therefore, the title "Dr. Lin" is also circulated among the people, and it does not make the Zhang brothers too strange.

Anyway, the fish market is really acre and three-point land, and the boss has the final say. He can just call it whatever he likes.

If the name is not correct, the words will not go well. After Lin Tailai confirmed his name, he asked again: "Let's talk about it, how is the flowing water in this fish market?"

Zhang Wen replied: "We can collect about 100 taels of silver fees a year, and half of them will be handed over to the county treasury and half to the hall. If we have more details, we will ask Old Man Tang."

Damn! Dr. Lin couldn't help but scold the street. In other novels, silver was like paper, and thousands of them were in and out.

In the reality I face, dozens or hundreds of taels sound like huge sums of money, and I have to pay them all.

It’s not that Dr. Lin is greedy for money, but according to the current world, how can he go to the imperial examination without money? Dr. Lin is not a talented person, so he can use his hard power to be realistic.

The county exam is equivalent to the primary school graduation exam, the government exam is equivalent to the middle school exam, the Taoist exam is equivalent to the college entrance exam, and the scholar exam is equivalent to the college entrance exam.

Then the provincial examination is equivalent to taking the national examination after graduating from university, and the imperial examination is equivalent to the internal selection examination of the system.

Even if it is only equivalent to the county examination that goes to junior high school, even if the seal and grain books are really willing to help, it is likely that the magistrate’s magistrate will tell the magistrate that the magistrate will not directly participate in the transaction.

According to industry rules, even if the master nods, he still has to give it to him with some pleasure! Dr. Lin has to pay the money himself!

"We should hurry up and generate income." Lin Tailai sighed. The world of the late Ming Dynasty was no longer good, and the desire to survive fame and fortune is inseparable from money.

It is not only the county exam for junior high school to junior high school, but also the preparations for the future high school entrance examination and college entrance examination.

Only by passing the scholar’s ​​entrance exam can it be considered relatively safe in this society, which is equivalent to becoming a legal representative of public opinion.

Lin Tailai looked at the fish market with a complicated expression. He relied on the mountains to eat the mountains and water to eat the water. So what about the fish market?

Seeing that the newly appointed boss didn't say anything for a while, Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu took the initiative to ask: "What are the instructions for the hospital?"

"Awen and Awu, I want to eat fish." Dr. Lin said lightly.

Thanks to a lot of experience reading films, several ideas of bullying and taking advantage of the market have flashed in my mind.

Dr. Lin didn't want to make money like this, but now he understands what it means to "a person is in the world and he has no choice but to do so."

Forget it, at most, you can do it lightly and you should contribute to the standardized management level of the Ming Dynasty market.

Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu responded together and said positively: "I'll go to the merchants to find some fresh and plump ones so that I can eat enough in the restaurant! I just don't know what fish I like in the restaurant?"

Lin Tailai said with a smile: "If you like the most, of course, the yellow croaker is yellow croaker. We like both the big yellow croaker and the small yellow croaker!"

The two brothers of Wen and Wu suddenly became embarrassed, "Yellow croaker is a sea fish, only in the fish market in Changshu County to the north, we are all lake fish and river fish."

Another person from the fish market trio, Old Man Tang, appeared behind Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu at some point, and Lin was in the hall and scolded: "Forget it stupid for you two!"

The two brothers suddenly realized that they wanted to make money when they were in the restaurant? Do they still want to take them together?

Old Man Tang was responsible for the charges. He couldn't leave for a while just now, and now he had free time, so he quickly came to accompany the new and old man.

After scolding the two brothers, the knowledgeable old man Tang said to Lin Tai: "If you want to eat more fish in the restaurant, it may not be easy.

The fish sellers also echo each other, and there are fish bullies inside. They make a big fuss together, and the manpower in the hall can't suppress it."

The little brothers in the community that Anletang can afford are only a few dozen people, and they often go to the countryside to collect money and grain. If they encounter sudden group incidents, they may not necessarily hit anyone.

The trio is in the fish market, and most of the time, they just do things in the name of the government.

Facing the newly-acquired younger brother, Lin Tailai was very theoretically encouraged: "The commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty is too small. Why is the farmer tax so heavy and the commercial tax so light?

We should do our best to do the same for heaven and pay taxes on average!”

Old Man Tang: "."

Dr. Lin, your slogan is sure that you don’t want to launch an uprising?

The fish market trio looked at each other again, feeling a little lack of confidence.

Lin Tailai encouraged everyone and said: "In execution, as long as you can convince people with virtue, move people with reason, and move people with emotions, you will definitely succeed!

Don’t worry, I have my own rules and regulations, so I can convince you! Come on, life will be sweeter and sweeter!"

Then Lin Tailai ordered: "But we have to wait a few days, and we will have a dinner together tonight.

You can do whatever you should do. I'll go to the blacksmith shop in the town to prepare."

Old Man Tang said in confusion: "What are you going to the blacksmith shop to prepare?"

Lin Tailai answered truthfully: "Build some handy weapons, otherwise how can you eat fish?"

Fish Market Trio: "."

Is this to convince people with virtue, move people with reason, and touch people with emotion?

Looking at the back of Dr. Lin in the hall, Old Man Tang sighed: "This acre of three-point land is probably going to be bloody again!"

The Zhang brothers were a little excited and eager to try.

Continue to ask for monthly tickets, recommend tickets, and of course there are more important readings!

(End of this chapter)
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