Once the most splendid moment of the flowering period is over, the entire Huaihe River begins to heat up.
The four distinct seasons actually depend on the place.
The Huaizhong Fisheries Bureau has been newly added to Huaizhong City. In addition to small-scale farming, it is also wild fishing.
Most of the fishing teams are led by "Baisha" veterans, and the armed personnel are led by injured and retired crocodiles and the first batch of Baisha brave men.
Half of the armed personnel also serve as sailors on a rotating basis.
These people are chosen based on righteousness.
Although the reward for working for Li Jie is generous, you also have to have the life to get the money.
The hard work is at least organized, and at least in the fishing team, you are not paid by the boss of the boat, but by the Huaizhong Fishery Bureau.
Rice, flour, grain, oil and cash can be collected once a month, or you can choose to settle it once a quarter, which is more flexible.
In addition to the normal seine nets, the fishing team will also place eel cages between river ditches. At the same time, the Huaizhong Fishery Bureau has more than 400 cormorants under its name, all of which were collected from "Baisha". A veteran
Keep at least twenty cormorants.
Over the past two years, about a thousand cormorants have been trained in the entire Yinxiang. These fierce-eyed ospreys are excellent helpers for freshwater fishing.
The fishing efficiency is definitely not as good as seine nets and trawl nets, but some winding river channels are a good battlefield for them.
Osprey has its place in complex waters, and the loss of fishing nets can also be reduced to a minimum.
Well-trained cormorants can cooperate to catch large freshwater fish underwater. Large fish such as herring, which have rich and nutritious meat, may not be able to be caught even if they are seined.
But with cormorants, if you find the right water area, three skilled cormorants can catch a big herring weighing more than 40 pounds out of the water.
The battle between eagles and fish is extremely thrilling. At such critical moments, every veteran eagle farmer is extremely worried.
Originally, these birds were just property, but over time, they became partners, comrades-in-arms, and even relatives.
So when the outside world saw the Wu people fishing in boats with birds standing on the sides of the boats, they would only think that they were barbarians living with animals.
But little did they know that if there was a conflict with a falconer, it would end in a fight at best.
But injuring the cormorant on the side of the ship is a crime of damaging public property and attacking Baisha Yongfu.
That's right, all cormorants that have been successfully trained are recruited into the ranks of "White Sand Warriors", but their military pay is smaller and their military rations are inferior.
Some time after the "Thousand Gold Banquet", Li Jie expanded the size of his fishing team in order to prepare meat protein for summer.
The entire Huaizhong Fishery Bureau is directly managed by Sha Gua, director of the Renhe Breeding Center. However, Sha Gua is not yet in charge of such a large department. However, relying on Sha Gua's prestige, he still selected a few people from the Renhe Breeding Center.
Shepherd slaves collected from other countries.
Among them were two herdsmen from the Qi State, both with the surname Jiang. They were sold to the Yan people by the Marquis of Qi fifteen years ago. Later, they fell into the hands of Young Master Jia and were brought to the Central Plains. Then they went south to the Huaihe River Basin.
Fortunately, he did not die in exile. Instead, he became Sha Gua's right-hand man because of his good breeding skills.
After denaturalization, he quickly became the acting deputy director. Until Li Jie established the Huaizhong Fishery Bureau, one of them became the acting director and the other became the acting deputy director.
One of the two focuses on wild fishing production, while the other organizes the construction of fish ponds or the transformation of small lakes so that domestic fish can be stocked.
Feed sources are mainly wheat bran, rice bran, soybean meal, silkworm manure, poultry manure and green materials. The planting area of southern alfalfa is mainly expanded in hills and mountainous areas.
After dehydration, it can be stored. In addition to being eaten by humans, it is really inedible. It can also be crushed and mixed with wheat bran, rice bran, and soybean meal to raise crucian carp and silver carp. There is no problem.
As for diseases during breeding, we can only leave it to fate.
The only thing that can be done is to drain and change the water regularly and clear the pond.
Because there is a step of lime disinfection, the shape of the fish pond also has certain requirements. When reorganizing the river channel, the dredging depression is often transformed into a more suitable shape.
Judging from the current situation, the two directors of the Huaizhong Fishery Bureau have done a pretty good job.
In a normal scholar-bureaucrat's home, even if someone works as a shepherd slave, the treatment is quite good, and the basic living standard will not drop too much. The meaning of its existence is that if you have talent, contribute your brain, if you don't have talent, contribute your reputation, and become the "master's family"
"Benevolence" embellishment.
As for the rest, probably none.
At this time, the two "herd slaves" named after Jiang were performing their respective duties. In addition to focusing on production, they also had to lead students to familiarize themselves with the fishing industry.
Some of the rice bugs who wanted to jump around a little bit, but after suffering a lot from Li Jie, they actually felt a little enlightened.
"Heaven will bestow great responsibilities on this people!"
At the wharf operation area of Huaizhong Fishery Bureau, a large number of fresh river fish were fished out of the cabin.
On the trestle, the porters and bearers were all bare-chested and began to work.
The young people coming and going were constantly copying the species, portions, and numbers of fish.
Even when there is not enough manpower, some young people take off their robes and act as porters on the trestle with bare feet.
"Quick! Deputy Director Bao said the new salt has arrived and we want herring today!"
"Not all the ships have docked yet!"
"Pull the new one over first!"
"Where's the car?"
"The breeding center's car has just arrived. Get Deputy Director Bao's warrant and borrow it first."
"**! The porters here are still short of manpower. If we leave again, will it be at night?"
"Night is night, hurry up!"
"**!"
I was sitting on the trestle in a hurry, my dirty feet dangled in the Huai River for a few times, and just as I was shaking them dry, I heard a clang and a pair of wooden clogs were thrown to my side.
A student on the shore shouted: "The director also said to kill the fish and pickle it first, and then take advantage of the good weather to dry out the salted fish."
"Come here!" The student who was washing his feet looked unhappy. After getting up, he stepped on his wooden clogs and headed for the carriage.
Just as he was about to go over, the man on the shore immediately grabbed him: "Here is five hundred dollars, take it."
"What?"
"What are you doing?! The fish killers are all seconded here. Remember to have extra meals at night. This is a public account!"
A glass plate was handed over, with a piece of paper inside. There was a denomination on the paper: five hundred round hole coins.
It's the same as the rags after the "Thousand Gold Banquet", but the sealing is more complicated.
"You're not going?!"
"The fish pond needs to be disinfected!**!"
He roared and waved his hands impatiently, "Leave some meat for me. If I get back in time, I can have a supper tonight."
"I'll eat your daddy!**!"
The pier was so busy. Seeing his classmates leaving, the students had no choice but to say to the classmates who were too busy to lift their heads: "I'm leaving first."
"If there are many fish, keep two good ones."
"knew."
He also left without looking back. At home, he was a good horseman and driver, but at this moment, he was quite familiar with driving.
Driving the long-haired short-legged draft horses, the cart gurgled forward. The road was quite smooth, and soon we arrived at the temporary fish pond on the shore.
There are pumps on both sides that can compress air into the fish pond. When the water power is not enough, the external water wheel can also work using human and animal power.
"Pretend to be fish!"
"yes!"
There is a large shed in the temporary fish pond, and there is a large pillar outside the shed. A blackboard is hung on the pillar. In addition to the date, there is today's production on the blackboard.
In addition, there is a wooden sign similar to a slanderous wood, with densely packed small wooden boards hanging on it, with different names written on them. After different names, there are different numbers, which are individual outputs.
"I'll sign."
"good."
"ha……"
I breathed a sigh of relief at the seal, then stamped my signature. The bamboo basket in the car was filled with fish.
After covering the bamboo basket and tying it tightly with hemp rope, just as he was about to set off, he saw two carriages coming. The carriages were somewhat different in shape. At first glance, they were privately owned by civilians, and they were also properties such as restaurants and restaurants.
"Chief of the nest, we need to hurry up and bring two more herrings."
"No, no, no, no, Deputy Director Bao has a mission today, no, no, no, no..."
"Here are twenty crucian carp."
"good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the fish buyer had already taken out a bag of money. After shaking it open, he found that it was full of money with round holes.
Buying fish here, transporting fish there, the entire small fish market on the Huai River is already very busy.
Going east along the embankment avenue, there is a coarse salt pier with a large drying area next to it. On the bamboo shelf that I am looking at at the moment, there are strings of split salted fish hanging on it. Only the dark purple hair can be seen.
The red color means it has been sun-dried and pickled for a long time.
As soon as the carriage arrived, several students came over and were busy unloading the goods. In addition to loading the scales, several shirtless students wiped their sweat and said: "Wait a minute, there are customers coming to buy salted fish, help me keep an account!"
"
"**!"
Despite the scolding, he still complied, stepped on his clogs and went to the office shack.
Sure enough, after a while, an oxcart came over, and it looked like it was from Chen Guoren. Chen Guoren came out of the shack, took out two glass plates, put them on the desk, wiped his sweat and said, "Salted fish this year."
The market is definitely not bad. In the past, at this time of year, Wanqiu didn’t have much meat to eat, but with this salted fish, it’s really in short supply!”
"Five hundred horses! Use this large amount to buy salted fish?!"
"I can't manage that much, so I'll record the accounts quickly. If there are any leftovers, I'll ship another batch in ten days. There's no need to worry about it for a while."
"After ten days, the price of cloth will definitely fall!"
"you!"
After Chen Guoren came in, he went straight to the youngest one, with the intention of getting some profit margin.
It's just that no one knows that this student is not working for nothing in Li Jie's sect. After smelling the fishy smell for so long, if he doesn't even have any eyesight, he is still messing around.
"That's all, let's transport them away together!"
As he said that, Chen Guoren took away another glass plate with a rather unhappy look on his face.
The student sneered and gave him the account, but he muttered: "...you must first work hard on your mind, work your muscles and bones, starve your body and skin, and deplete your body..."