"Dang~dang~"

As the bells on the observation deck rang, everyone's spirits were shaken.

"A fishing boat has returned to port~"

Soon, the lookout took the tin trumpet and shouted into the port. Suddenly there was another commotion at the port wharf. The merchants at the fish shop looked eagerly at the fishing boats slowly approaching the port.

"Brothers on the ship, do you have any good goods?"

Before the ship even moored at the dock, the merchants were shouting from the air.

"There are a lot of good products, you can get whatever you want."

The crew members on the ship responded with smiles on their faces. Every time they went to sea, they were able to return home with a full load. Naturally, the income of these crew members also increased with the tide. The crew members have long been synonymous with the rich.

Soon, the fishing boat that arrived at the port slowly moored, and one boat after another continued to transport marine fish. Suddenly, there were waves of hawking in the entire port.

As the habit of eating seafood slowly becomes popular in the Beijing-Tianjin area, seafood is becoming more and more subdivided. Scarce and good products such as grouper, tuna, etc. are becoming more and more expensive.

As for various large and small yellow croakers, the prices are very cheap, and because the on-site production is getting larger and the weather is getting hotter, they have begun to become unsaleable.

At the pier, after all the excitement, all the good stuff was picked out, leaving only baskets of large yellow croakers, small yellow croakers and other ordinary fish that could not be sold.

"Alas~ This fish is getting harder and harder to sell. Why is it that no one wants the good fish~"

Looking at the mountains of fish, the captain Lin Yang sighed. He is a crew member who graduated from Tianjin Maritime University. He found a few crew members of the same period and together they paid for a fishing boat. The business was not bad, but this fish

It was getting harder and harder to sell, which made him worried.

The price of a fishing boat is very expensive, more than 20,000 taels of silver, which is almost the entire worth of the brothers, and now only half of it has been recovered.

"If this continues, we can only change the ship and turn it into a cargo ship. We can also go to Japan and North Korea to do business. That way we can get money faster."

Next to Lin Yang, deputy captain Deng Yuqun also sighed.

"Let's see, there are so many fish that no one wants, what a pity!"

Lin Yang smiled and said.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the production of marine fish is getting bigger and bigger. There are often fishing boats that can't sell the fish, so the losses are not big. It's just that everyone makes less, and no one wants the large amount of fish, so they can only slow down.

It slowly stinks away, this feeling is really bad.

"Brothers, why doesn't anyone want these fish?"

Liu Jin silently took in everything in front of him. He came to Tianjin this time to solve this problem. There were so many fish caught that they could not be sold. This was very detrimental to the newly emerging marine fishing industry.

Yes, so Liu Jin must solve this problem.

“Too many fish~”

Lin Yang and Deng Yuqun took a closer look at Liu Jin. When they saw that Liu Jin was dressed in an extraordinary way and looked like a noble prince, they quickly raised their hands in salute.

"Last year, there were only a few dozen fishing boats in Tianjin. There was no need to sell the marine fish caught every day. As soon as it was brought back, people wanted it, and the price was high."

"But now, there are hundreds of fishing boats in the entire Tianjin port. This does not include the whaling ships. If we include the whaling ships, there will be even more. There are dozens of fishing boats returning to the port every day."

"When there are more fishing boats, more fish will be caught. Naturally, the fish will be harder to sell. The price is lower than before, and there are still many fish that cannot be sold."

"Look at these large yellow croakers and small yellow croakers. They are such beautiful fish. They are all caught at night and are very fresh now. But there are too many large and small yellow croakers. They are too common and no one wants them."

"Also, because these crabs have little meat, they are just shells, and no one wants them. They are all money-losing jobs."

As Lin Yang spoke, he pointed at various kinds of seafood and sighed.

"If we can't sell this fish, won't we lose money?"

Liu Jin listened carefully, thought about it and asked.

"It's not like we're losing money, we're just making less money."

"Of course I feel it is a pity. If such a good fish cannot be sold, it will just stink. Think about last year when there was a famine, everyone even ate the bark of the trees. But now such a good fish has to stink. This is not

What a waste of natural resources."

Lin Yang smiled and shook his head, there was still money to be made from fishing.

"That's it~"

"Are all fishing boats out to sea like you?"

Liu Jin nodded, thought for a while and asked again.

"That's not true. Some fishing boats are owned by merchants. Their fish are shipped to the capital as soon as they arrive at the port. They have their own sales channels, so they don't have to worry about selling."

"We have no way to sell it ourselves, so we can only sell it to merchants at the fish shop. Sometimes we can sell them all. Sometimes there are too many fishing boats returning to Hong Kong, and it is difficult to sell them at a low price."

Lin Yang thought for a while and replied.

"I see, thank you brother for informing me, I want all of your fish~"

After hearing this, Liu Jin raised his hands to express his gratitude.

"real?"

When Lin Yang and Deng Yuqun heard this, they immediately asked happily.

"Of course it's true. Not only will I buy the fish you have now, but I will also buy all the fish that no one else can sell in the future."

Liu Jin smiled and nodded.

It’s time to start the salted fish industry. There are excess cheap fish and endless salt. When the two are combined, they become salted fish, which can be sold to every corner of the Ming Dynasty. It not only makes money from fish, but also

Earned salt money.

"Very good."

When Lin Yang and Deng Yuqun heard this, they almost jumped for joy.

If someone really comes to take out the bottom line and buy all the fish that everyone can't sell, then everyone will have no worries, and they can be more confident when negotiating prices with merchants, and they don't have to sell the fish they worked so hard to catch at a low price.

of fish.

Soon, Liu Jin nodded to the person following him, who immediately understood and ran to call the steward at Tianjin Port to sell all the remaining fish from Lin Yang.

"Son~"

Upon learning that Liu Jin had arrived at Tianjin Port, Chen Mu, the general manager of Tianjin Port, also hurried to Liu Jin's side.

"Hmm~"

Liu Jin smiled and nodded, then thought about it and asked: "How are you preparing for what I asked you to prepare?"

"Master, everything has been prepared according to your instructions. The salted fish factory has been built a long time ago. Now I am waiting for your order, Master. I can immediately recruit people to purchase sea fish and make salted fish.

"

Of course Chen Mu knew what Liu Jin had ordered. Liu Jin had already explained this matter before returning to the capital last time, and he had never forgotten it.

"That's good~"

"From now on, the salted fish factory will be started to process all the excess fish at the port into salted fish."

Liu Jin nodded with satisfaction, then thought about it and said, "Let's go and have a look at the salted fish factory."

"Okay, sir, please come this way~"

Chen Mu quickly led the way.

The Salted Fish Factory is right next to the Tianjin Port. It was originally a saline-alkali land. A factory and a huge cement field built on the site were built specifically for drying salted fish.

Liu Jin inspected the salted fish factory. At this time, the salted fish factory had not yet started operation. There were not many people inside, and only a few people were taking care of everything inside and outside the factory.

"Sir, this is the slaughtering area, a place specially used to remove fish internal organs and fish gills~"

"This is the salting area, used to salt the salted fish~"

“The huge area outside is used for drying fish~”

The factory is very simple, and the processing of salted fish is not difficult. The key is to solve the problem of salt. Because salt is too expensive in this era, few people use salt to pickle food.

Liu Jin came to the huge venue and saw some salted fish drying, so he quickly walked over, picked up a salted fish and observed it carefully.

This salted fish is similar to that of later generations. The fish is disemboweled, opened with bamboo sticks, then salted for pickling, and then dried in the sun. The salted fish made in this way can be stored for a very long time, even

There is a saying that pickled salted fish is similar to bacon. The longer it is stored, the more fragrant it will be.

Of course, for Liu Jin, the role of salted fish is to solve the problem of excess production capacity, and it can also preserve food so that more people can taste the delicious food from the sea.

"Sir, a lot of salt is needed to pickle salted fish, this salt?"

Chen Mu followed Liu Jin and thought for a while before raising his own issue.

"You don't have to worry about the salt. I have already given instructions to the Changlu Saltworks. From now on, we will use salt from the Changlu Saltworks. You can discuss the price with Li Jiye yourself."

"Although they are all my properties, you each operate independently, so I don't care about this aspect. You can just negotiate."

Liu Jin thought for a while and replied.

"Yes~ I will go to Changlu Salt Farm later and have a special talk with Li Jiye."

Chen Mu nodded quickly. If you have salt, it will be easier to do things. The most worrying thing is the salt problem.

While the two were talking, Li Jiye also hurried over.
To be continued...