Xing Xiuyan didn't know the follow-up, because she left for Laizhou the next day with 5 taels of silver invoices to find her cheap aunt Bai Xu who hadn't officially become her aunt yet.

Laizhou is the capital of the coastal state. The land was barren and the arable land was scarce. In addition, the center of the salt administration of the state moved south. After Yangzhou became the new salt capital of the state, Laizhou gradually declined. Now it is almost the poorest in the country. One of the counties.

The poorer the place, the more ignorant it is.

In short, the situation in Laizhou is very bad, especially in Langya County.The people under the rule are ignorant, and there are a bunch of soap slaves to hinder them. As a result, the local people only know to worship the locust god and even use virgins and virgins to sacrifice to the sky, but they refuse to kill the migratory locusts.The former magistrate of Langya County was not good at controlling locusts, and he couldn't save the pair of children. He had no choice but to burn down the farmland full of locusts, and threw himself into the fire.

Now Langya County can only be named under the name of Laizhou Prefecture, which is under the concurrent management of the magistrate's yamen.But Laizhou is also the capital of the state, and there are so many affairs, how can it care whether Langya County is good or bad?

After hearing about Xing Xiuyan's intentions, Min Wanchong, the magistrate of Min, said, "Your Majesty's love for the people is admirable. If you want to say that the place under Laizhou's rule is suitable for hunting sea fish, it must be Langya County. It's just that there are many poor mountains and evil waters. Diaomin, I'm afraid..."

Bai Xu hesitated to speak on the sidelines.

Xing Xiuyan also knew that the good place had already been divided up, and she had no choice.

She immediately said: "If the prefect can mention my niece, it means he is sympathetic to her niece. If that's the case, then what do you think of the niece paying for this tidal flat along the coast of Langya County?"

The tidal flats are all saline-alkali lands that no one wants. Of course, there is no problem if Xing Xiuyan wants to buy them.

Although I'm afraid I won't be able to do it in the past two years if I go to the Ministry of Households to apply for a red deed, but if it's a white deed, there is no problem.As for the Bai Qi, the yamen of the prefect of Laizhou served as a guarantee, which also had legal effect.

This county magistrate is not as good as the current one.

How Xing Xiuyan manages her own field is her own business, even if the Emperor and Lao Tzu come, she can't control it.

Xing Xiuyan bought the beaches of Langya County connected to Qingshan Island in the middle of the bay at the price of three or two acres.After completing the formalities, the prefect even graciously asked Bai Xu to accompany Xing Xiuyan to Nalangya County.

After leaving the magistrate's yamen, Xing Xiuyan got into the car, Bai Xu sat on the shaft outside, and headed for the post station. On the way, Bai Xu couldn't help but say:

"Girl, you've been fooled!"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Could it be that my aunt is saying that the ban on the sea in Langya County is very strict?"

Bai Xu said: "How is that possible! There has been a plague of locusts for a year, and if the people are not allowed to go to the sea, isn't this forcing the people to their death? Now it is not limited to Shandong, as long as it is a disaster-prone province, although the sea ban has not been opened, fishing boats If it is fishing in the offshore, the state capitals will turn a blind eye."

"So there are pirates near Langya County?"

"That's not true!" Bai Xu said, "I mean, there are so many unruly people in Langya County. Especially the Zaoli, it's really hateful!"

"My niece knows that there are many troublesome people in poor mountains and rivers. In fact, the county magistrate was emptied, and those Zaoli relied on several generations of management to dominate the village. The first thing I encountered when buying property in Langya County , are those rogues backed by soap lizards who are looking for trouble. Is it not?"

"You all know?"

"My niece not only knows this, my niece also knows what my aunt is worried about. I am afraid that in my aunt's eyes, it would be better if my father came. After all, I am a man, but I am a girl and I am young. I am afraid that I will be bullied by those people. .Right? But let me tell you, this may be the reason why the prefect of Min specifically recommended Langya County to his niece."

"Master Prefect?"

"That's right! With such a place under the rule, the magistrate can feel at ease? After all, Langya County is under the rule of Laizhou Prefecture. If Langya County is not good, the magistrate's evaluation will also be implicated. My uncle hopes that I can do well, But the magistrate wants to use my hands to govern Langya County. After all, the matter of the county magistrate Wang is really..."

When Xing Xiuyan said this, her voice dropped, while Bai Xu was also silent.

That County Magistrate Wang was still his same year!With such an ending, how could Bai Xu not be sad?

After a long time, I heard Xing Xiuyan say: "Actually, my niece has no confidence in changing the usual life. But this is not a year of famine! The locust plague has been raging for a year, and the people at this time are the most honest. As long as they have something to eat, They will follow suit. As long as they rely on the sea, as long as the fleet continuously transports food to Laizhou, my niece is still afraid of those saponins?!"

It’s not that Xing Xiuyan said that although locust plagues began in Shandong Province in February, don’t forget that there is also a drought and locust plagues ahead!There was a plague of locusts in Henan last year. Whoever has experienced the harm of migratory locusts knows. Since migratory locusts have already flown to Shanshan, it is naturally impossible for them not to harm Shandong, which is next door to Henan!It's just that it might not have spread to the whole of Shandong last year.

Plus this year!

In other words, in terms of disasters, Shandong has been plagued by locust plagues for two consecutive years this year!There is less rain and snow this year, and there will be another trouble next year!

It wasn't that Xing Xiuyan said that if she were the emperor, she would be crazy too!

As long as the emperor knows the seriousness, then she will not be afraid.Even if Laizhou is sky high and the emperor is far away, isn’t there Min Wanzhong, the magistrate of Laizhou?The magistrate of Laizhou didn't look like a fool either.As long as his mind is not confused, she will be able to gain a firm foothold in Langya County.

Because it was getting late, Xing Xiuyan decided to rest at the station for one night, and set off again the next day, but he did not forget to check with the postman for news.

Only in the era of material abundance, people would dislike the fact that shark meat is woody and smells like urine, just like a diaper that has never been washed for more than ten years!And in this era when most of the people are half-starved and half-fed, there is really nothing to choose from shark meat.

Although it stinks, it's still meat, isn't it?

Even stinky tofu can be liked, let alone shark meat?Shark meat is only a little bit more smelly, and it has a stronger smell of urine than stinky tofu.

Hearing that Shandong has actually fished sharks since ancient times, Xing Xiuyan feels more at ease.

Although the matter in Langya County sounds terrible, the news that the people in Laizhou also eat shark meat makes Xing Xiuyan feel that her affairs are half done.The rest is nothing more than hiring people to repair the pier, repair the warehouse, repair the fish processing workshop, weave fishing nets, and go fishing.

Chen Li, the third housekeeper of the Lin family who followed her to Langya County, is even more used to doing this.

Someone bought Langya County's large beaches, tidal flats and Qingshan Island in the middle of the bay?

How could Zaoli in Langya County not mutter about such a big matter?When they were undecided, notices were posted on the bulletin boards of Langya County and Laizhou Prefecture, hiring people to repair the pier, repair the warehouse, weave fishing nets, and hunt and kill sharks with a large number of people.

Laizhou Mansion exploded immediately.

Now Laizhou is almost at the end of its rope, but as long as there is a way to survive, the people are willing to fight with their lives!Shark meat is not tasty, but at this time, as long as it can be eaten, even mud is good.What about the smell of shark meat?It is meat and can be eaten!It's not like Guanyin soil, if you eat it, you will die!

I heard that someone is willing to hire them, and the wages are half copper and half grain. Who would not want to do it?

The people who signed up almost burst their heads!

But for Xing Xiuyan, the local people in Laizhou are too thin!Most of the people who signed up were barely skinny. Although the people were very enthusiastic, Xing Xiuyan really didn't want these people to go to sea.

No one else, lest they fall into the sea and give the sharks their heads.

Although the sharks in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea are small sharks, not big ones like bull sharks, but sharks are sharks, and they also eat people!

Some people may think that it is the first time for Xing Xiuyan, a young girl, to leave her hometown and her parents, and take on such a big job, with a housekeeper and some male servants by her side. The trip to Langya County must be a very severe test.

But in Xing Xiuyan's eyes, Langya County and his party were incredibly relaxed.

Among other things, Chen Li is a very capable person. Whether it is arranging people to do work or selecting reliable personnel to strengthen patrols, they are all at his fingertips, without ambiguity at all.The strong men sent by Jia Amnesty are all considered to be of great value in force, and they can also help train Zhuang Ding and tenants, and with the help of Bai Xu and Laizhou Mansion, Xing Xiuyan is actually fine at all!

The main thing she needs to do is to put on the phoenix coronet and Xiapei to inspire the farmers and tenants below!

Then it is to review the books to make sure that every copper plate is used.

Less than five days after Xing Xiuyan settled down in Langya County, the Fan family sent boats and sailors.Of course, the boat was sold to Xing Xiuyan, and the sailors were hired by Xing Xiuyan.

Xing Xiuyan asked people to connect these boats with iron chains to resist the wind and waves, sprinkled countless fishing nets underwater, and installed wheels on the boats to collect the fishing nets, and then arranged three shifts of people to watch them, waiting for the sharks delivered to your door.

There are also sharks in the waters of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, and they are small sharks. Although they are not as big as the bull sharks, they are better than the breeding grounds and habitats nearby. They smell blood, and they come to Qingshan Island to enjoy the feast, but they don’t want to fall into it. trap!

The sharks caught are dragged ashore for processing, the fins are dried to make shark fins, the livers are refined into oil, the skins are peeled off to make isinglass, and the flesh is soaked in brine for a day and night before being fished out. The meat is dried in the sun, and the other internal organs are thrown back into the sea to become new bait to lure sharks to take the bait.

The concentrated salt water that Xing Xiuyan can use is actually the new fields on the beach—although it can be turned into a salt field with a little modification, but Xing Xiuyan is not an idiot after all, she knows what sun-dried salt means—and then use sun-dried salt The method is to sun-dry the seawater to the point where the saturated brine is just short of the precipitation of salt, and then throw it into the shark meat.

Xing Xiuyan didn't know if the urine smell of shark meat would be less after this treatment, because every time she visited these fields, she used a handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose.

It stinks without him.

But the jerky made of shark meat treated in this way can last longer!Can also afford the price!

The author has something to say: According to the information found on the Internet, there is cod liver oil in the ancient Chinese pharmacopoeia.However, the processing method is unknown.

Here it is.

Therefore, the shark oil in this article may be fish oil or cod liver oil.

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