No one knew what kind of recipe Zhang Xiaobao could fish up. With the seven little guys around, everyone's attention turned to them.
Only Wang Juan was thinking about how fish could become a recipe. She sat down next to Zhang Xiaobao and watched Zhang Xiaobao fishing. She asked, "Fishing recipe? Do you want to make a good fishing rod or bait? "
"No. Speaking of which, my grandfather is an expert. Besides, Grandpa Bi won't be satisfied with this recipe. It's just to make some money. Do you want the imperial court to open a business to make fishing rods? If Grandpa Bi wants a recipe, it must be beneficial to the country and the people. I'm going to raise fish. "
When Zhang Xiaobao saw the float move, he immediately raised the rod. He didn't catch a single fish and withdrew the hook. The bait on the hook had been eaten up. When he put the bait on the hook, he said to Wang Juan.
"What kind of recipe is raising fish? Didn't you use it a long time ago? Even if you want to trick Grandpa Bi, you can't use this to trick him. "Wang Juan also took a fishing rod and gestured a few times, denying Zhang Xiaobao's idea.
With a whoosh, Zhang Xiaobao threw in again. He looked at the small fish in the basin next to him and said, "That depends on what kind of fish you raise. I'm going to ask Old Man Pi to organize people to raise pufferfish. No matter how many there are in the Yangtze River, it's easy to catch them all. Besides, transportation is not convenient. It's easy to raise them in other places.
As long as it's possible to raise them successfully, let people try raising them. Pufferfish, good stuff. Let's try it next spring. "
"I'm not eating it. I'm afraid of death. Can the current technology work? I've never eaten it before. It's not delicious if it's not poisonous. I don't dare to eat poisonous things. I doubt that the antidotes are 100% safe. You're not allowed to eat it, and neither is your family. What if you get poisoned? "
Wang Juan thought that Zhang Xiaobao would come up with a good idea. She didn't expect that he was preparing to start with the pufferfish. If other people raised all of them, the more people who ate them, the higher the probability of poisoning would be. Eating the spring pufferfish? Wouldn't it be better to find a rope and solve it themselves? It would be faster than dying from poisoning.
Just as Zhang Xiaobao was about to speak, the float moved again. He hurriedly lifted it up. This time, he caught more fish. There were three hooks in total. Two of them bit the hook, and the other one was caught by the hook when he was lifting it up.
When it was time to remove the hook, Zhang Xiaobao said to Wang Juan, "Who said we have to let others eat it? The locals haven't seen many deaths from eating it. I used to eat it a lot, and I even know a lot of stories about blowfish. It's said that a long, long time ago, the locals had never heard of anyone dying from eating it."
"Even so, he still won't eat it. Perhaps he won't take revenge even if he dies. Unless you can find a way to remove the poison from the pufferfish, I don't think there's any hope."
Wang Juan didn't compromise at all.
Seeing that Wang Juan insisted, Zhang Xiaobao nodded and said, "If you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it. The purpose of raising pufferfish is not to eat meat, but to make medicine. It can be used to make many kinds of medicine. You can tell this to the medical school and let them study it, try the dosage, and see what kind of diseases it can be used on. I know that it can be used to make anesthetics and to treat rheumatism.
In fact, most of the time, the reason why pufferfish is delicious is because of this poison. It's very, very little, the kind that won't kill people, but after eating it, it will affect people's nervous system. Do you think it can be used as a seasoning?
After it's diluted, it can be mixed with the MSG made from kelp. When it's time to cook, this can be tried. Use your three dogs as an experiment. It's beneficial to the country and the people. The people who raise pufferfish will also make money because of this. All the pufferfish raised will be bought by Deyi Hospital.
Yes, that's what I plan to do. It's a long-term plan. I believe that there will be a day when it will succeed. Many poisonous things have been used to treat diseases. Give it to Grandpa Bi. I believe that Grandpa Bi will be willing to carry out the plan. "
"Why do I feel that this matter is not reliable? You are not allowed to touch my dogs. If you want them, go find them yourself. But don't feed them poisoned food in front of me."
Wang Juan saw that Zhang Xiaobao said it well, but she always thought that it was too simple. Since it was proposed, then just do it. Even if it failed, she was not afraid. If she didn't take the first step, then she would never expect to succeed.
Zhang Xiaobao didn't intend to put the idea forward. Someone would study the results immediately. He put down the fishing rod and said, "Let others do the research. If it's successful, then his or her name will be left in history. Since we don't eat pufferfish, then eat mandarin fish. We can't poison people to death."
With the method, Zhang Xiaobao didn't wait for Old Man Pi and others to come back and ask. He directly wrote it and sent it to the three old men. It was a complete exchange of interests.
*****
"This is raising pufferfish? That's quite daring. "Old Man Chang received the plan written by Zhang Xiaobao and said.
"They actually came up with a plan after asking their family to come up with a prescription. They are really thoughtful. But if the medical school can really figure out a way, it can really help a lot of people. The people who are raising pufferfish will benefit, and the medicine can also save people. But why do I feel that this matter is not so simple? Don't they have their own goals?"
Old Man Yao now knew a lot about the Zhang family. Every prescription made by the Zhang family was not as ordinary as it seemed. The Zhang family would definitely benefit from such a prescription.
For example, the prescription for growing vegetables in winter did benefit the people in the north, but the restaurant also had fresh vegetables in winter.
Old Man Pi took the paper and stared at it, as if he wanted to see some other purpose from the words. He looked at it and said, "If they want to use pufferfish in the restaurant, I think they don't have to support other people to raise them. If they directly ship them from the Yangtze River, the price will be higher.
Besides, the things that the Zhang family does are not something that can be easily guessed by others. Many times, they are puzzling, and when the results are out, they will understand. Since they can't figure it out, then don't think about it. Let's see if they can raise pufferfish in the north. Won't they freeze to death in cold weather?
When someone raises pufferfish, let more people raise them. Didn't they say that they will buy them all? Then we will sell them. In short, the people won't lose money. "
Old Man Pi said this, but in fact, he hoped that the medical school could find a way to use pufferfish poisoning, especially since it was written on the paper that it might be able to treat joint pain. This was a disease that many people suffered from.
When they were young, they didn't pay attention. As a result, when they were older, it was too late to regret. He was like this. In the past, when it rained on a cloudy day, his left leg hurt so much that he didn't dare to move. Fortunately, after he met Xiao Bao and Cuckoo, he drank medicinal wine and soaked in it. As long as he was careful, he wouldn't be afraid of rain on cloudy days.
However, too many medicines were used, especially ginseng. It was not something that ordinary people could afford. If pufferfish could really alleviate this disease, ordinary people could also use it. It was cheap. All of this depended on the medical school of Huayuan County, which represented the highest achievement of the Tang Dynasty's medical school.
*****
While the three old men were looking forward to it, Zhang Xiaobao really did what he said. He really did ask people to find pufferfish, even if the season was not right. Then, he would try to see if it could be used in seasoning. If it was successful, then there would be many pufferfish in the future that could be used to make more seasoning.
If it failed, then it would be like this matter had never happened. There wouldn't be too much loss.
When the weather gradually turned cold, the food in Shuzhou was all sorted out. Although a large area was washed away, the crab and mandarin fish were selling very well. Especially after the crab eight pieces, many people liked this set of tools. For a time, eating crabs was not just about eating meat, but also mixed with some kind of elegant thinking.
Zhang Xiaobao did what he said. In addition to letting merchants come to taste the crab, the extra crabs were transported to other places to buy back food to make up for the lost rent.
There was also a small success in the breeding. The pigs had not grown too big yet. Compared to the normal size of a pig to be slaughtered, it still took a few months to raise them. The poultry had not laid eggs, but this did not affect people's eating.
For those who were bred in the breeding industry, some of them were killed to exchange for money or their own food. The money exchanged was used to pay back the loan. If they couldn't pay it back in one year, they would have to wait until the next year to pay it back.
According to the practice of the local people, they would never be willing to eat it themselves. However, since Zhang Zhong and Li Xun came to Shuzhou, when the people gained benefits, they changed their minds.
In the past, they were short of money and had no good way. Even if they raised a few chickens, they would not be willing to eat them casually. They would leave them for emergencies or exchange them for necessities. Now, it was different. With so many chickens, why not eat them? In the future, their lives would be better and better. There was no need to let their families suffer.
When autumn passed and winter came, Shuzhou began to transport things to the imperial court. There was money and food. It was all used by the fleet of the Zhang Family and Wang Family. People went down the river and then entered the canal. When they reached a frozen place, they changed to land.
This time, Zhang Zhong wrote and sent the memorial to the imperial court. The officials in the imperial court all knew why the emperor sent Zhang Zhong to Shuzhou. However, they were harmed there. They did not have any thoughts about the rent in Shuzhou this year.
But when the memorial was delivered, all the officials couldn't help but admire the Zhang family from the bottom of their hearts. This year's rent and tax had actually reached 280,000 strings of coins, and this was not including the money given to Li Xun and the copper ore shipped to the capital.
Even Li Longji said, "That's really amazing."
At the same time, he hated the previous officials in Shuzhou even more. They did not mention the copper mine and the marble mine. They did not even think about how to help the people live a good life.
The officials stood in the cold wind in the hall. In their hearts, they were thinking about how to let their families find a place to plant cold melons next year. This year, cold melons accounted for a large part of the tax paid by Shuzhou.
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