fake prince

Chapter 599
Su Ziji hired a fast boat, which is a long and narrow sailing boat that can only accommodate a few people. He set off lightly and simply along the canal waterway to the mouth of the sea.

Depart in the afternoon, double the boat fare, drive overnight, and arrive at the mouth of the sea the next morning.

The red sun rises in the distance, and dots of gold appear on the sea due to the morning glow. Since going out to sea must replenish a wave of food and fresh water, and will also rest when returning, so the arrow tower for defense against pirates is standing upright. The lanterns were still on, boats were parked vaguely everywhere, and the crowds of early risers on the shore were bustling.

"We don't need to compete for a spot, we just stop on the nearby beach." Su Ziji called the wild Taoist and smiled.

The two got off the boat, there was nothing to say, the whole pier was full of fishy smell, and there were countless rotting fish, the fisherman yelled loudly: "Fresh fish just caught in the sea, sold cheap .”

"Sea shrimp, two cents a catty."

"Oilfish, the meat is delicious, one penny per piece."

The seaside in winter is windy and humid, but neither Su Ziji nor Ye Daoist care about this, but put all their attention on the fish stalls along the way.

Su Ziji pointed to the fish stall, and said to the wild Taoist: "You have also seen that the sea is still full of vitality in winter. Our newly opened restaurant mainly deals in seafood, how about it?"

Of course, the wild Taoist also knows the price of seafood in the capital, but he still has to pour cold water on the master, reminding: "Master, you want the new restaurant to make seafood. If you sell it, you can make a lot of money.”

"But the process waste, and the risks, are simply too great."

"Most sea fish often die when they come out of the water, and they are particularly easy to rot and deteriorate."

"Even if the estuary is opened, the Clippers can reach the capital in one day, but they can't be used in summer."

"It's fine in winter. It's still fresh when it's transported to the capital overnight, but as long as it can't be sold on the same day, even if it's winter, the sea fish will still deteriorate the next day."

"Even if it is frozen, the taste of frozen fish is different from that of live fish. We are in the restaurant business, not for the common people. People can buy a fish in winter, even if it is frozen fish, they can still find it delicious. They can come to the big restaurant for dinner. , most of them are wealthy businessmen and officials, such customers, frozen fish cannot make them repeat customers."

Let alone a repeat customer, if I use frozen fish, I am afraid that the signboard will be smashed.

It's still winter, at least there are some options, but there are only a few months of winter in a year?Besides winter, do you still sell sea fish on other days?If they were sold, the dead fish would stink before they could be sold when the weather was hot in the capital.

This means that sea fish will rot if they do not enter the land for thirty miles.

Of course, there are canals and boats, and one or two hundred miles can be passed, but this is the limit. If it is farther away, dead fish will stink halfway.

Of course Su Ziji understood this truth.

It can be said that this is the reason why the protein in the ocean has not been developed.

A large amount of seafood can only rot in vain, and the price just now is a penny for a hairtail. Therefore, coastal fishermen are not only working hard, but also very poor.

Before the invention of transportation and ice storage, fresh seafood could only be eaten if you went to the coast and had to be within ten miles of the sea.

The only thing left is to eat salted fish.

But the sale of salted fish conflicts with the monopoly of the salt government—with cheap salted fish, who will buy your unscrupulous salt.

But who would eat expensive, smelly salted fish?
Just like opening a chain store, it's not that the ancients didn't think of it, but that there is no such condition at all.

Su Ziji asked again, "What about raising fish in sea water?"

Ye Daoist seems to have really researched it, checked the market, and shook his head quickly: "Our fast boat can only carry fifty stones. Fish farming in seawater can delay death, but a tank of seawater is very heavy. I asked the boatman, and more than four Tanks, the boat can’t handle it.”

"And you can't put too many fish in the tank. If you put too much, the fish will die very quickly."

"If you put less, the shipping cost will be very high. Therefore, there are seafood businesses in Beijing, but they are all high-cost transactions. Without a group of regular customers, no one dares to do this business."

Su Ziji nodded with emotion, the ancients said they were not smart, before the invention of oxygen water injection, there was really no way.

Su Ziji smiled and said: "Actually, if you want to sell sea fish, it's not that there is no way to make them live to Beijing."

Ye Daoist was stunned: "The Lord has a way?"

That's right, I know that sea fish cannot be stored, how could the master not know?
Knowing that he intends to sell sea fish and seafood, this shows that the Lord must have mastered a method that can change the transportation of sea fish.

But even if he has trust in Su Ziji, the wild Taoist really can't think of a way to keep the sea fish alive, so he can only look forward to Su Ziji, waiting for the Lord to answer his questions.

Su Ziji didn't intend to continue to whet the wild Taoist's appetite, so he quickly said his own method: "There is a solution. There are bellows among the people, and bamboo tubes are inserted into the seawater, and the bellows are used to transport air, so you can guarantee that you will not die for several days."

Although it won't work after a long time, but under the conditions of this era, it is extremely novel to be able to bring back live sea fish without dying for several days, and it is enough to attract customers who want to try something new.

Ye Taoist's eyes lit up when he heard this: "If this method is really feasible, we can supply fresh sea fish in Beijing, and the business will be good!"

"You can even fight against Tianguanglou."

Tianguanglou is the No. [-] restaurant for seafood in the capital. As for the confidentiality of the technology, Ye Daoist thought that when the time comes, he will be responsible for the step of ensuring that the sea fish will not die, and let the soldiers of the Daihou Mansion take care of it. , Ordinary commercial poaching is useless.

As for more methods, Tianguanglou Restaurant and the dignitaries behind the restaurant probably don't have the right to do something that offends taboos. After all, the emperor's grandson and the prince of the country have nothing to do with water, so how can others still complain?
Ye Daoist thought of this almost instantly, and immediately couldn't wait: "Then I'll find someone to try it out?"

"Don't worry." Su Ziji shook his head, telling him not to rush to deal with this matter.

"This time, it's not just for this matter. You come with me, and I'll show you something." Su Ziji said, and actually searched on the beach.

The beach is full of filth, seeing him like this, the savage Taoist is puzzled, and it is not good to ask the Lord when he is looking for it with a frown, so he can only follow forward in a daze.

After walking for a while, Su Ziji suddenly saw a hole. He knelt down and pulled out a dagger from his waist. Using the dagger as a small shovel, he carefully dug a small hole in the sand. The wriggling fat worm was thrown onto the beach by Su Ziji, and before it could escape, he wrapped it in a handkerchief.

Standing up, Su Ziji signaled the wild Taoist to come closer and watch the bug.

"My lord, what is this?" Ye Daoist saw it clearly, and subconsciously showed a little rejection. Although he was a gangster, he had never seen such a disgusting thing.

(End of this chapter)