Chapter 243： salmon

Chapter 243 Salmon

The carriage traveled on the path for half an hour, and finally arrived at Sunjia Village.

He thought about promising Lin Jinxiao to go back earlier, so he didn't dare to delay for a moment when he arrived at Sun Wuji's house. After drinking a sip of tea, he went straight to the topic and went to inspect the fish ponds everywhere.

I came here this time mainly for two things, to find out which fry are easy to raise, and to exchange experiences with fishermen, learn from each other, and learn from each other.

Furthermore, even if everything goes well in the fish pond contracted by oneself, it will take at least a year to produce fish. Therefore, after the restaurant opens, the initial fish supply channel must be guaranteed.

Since the Qi family has occupied the Donghua River, she has to find a way to establish a solid cooperative relationship with the fishermen here, so that this place becomes the fish base of her restaurant.

Especially resources at sea.

So she has to know what fish these fishermen can catch, and she has to know what kind of fish they can catch.

The men, women and children of Sunjia Village were very excited to see Sun Wuji return safely, and everyone had a backbone again, and they insisted on taking Chu Nanzhi to their fish pond to fetch fry.

Because she just came here a few days ago and knows the situation of each family well, she can't bear to buy fish fry, let alone give them away.

After persuading the villagers, she took Sibao and hurriedly followed Sun Lizheng to the side of the small pond he had found for putting the fish fry.

Sun Li was pointing at his own fish pond, and said with a smile on his face, "Miss Chu, all the fish in Wu Ji's family were salvaged by Kang Mingtang police after he was imprisoned. After arriving in these small pools, if you are not old enough, go to join them.”

"This is not possible, we must first ensure that the villagers' own fish ponds are filled."

Chu Nanzhi replied with a smile: "Everyone can only have a better way of life in the future if they raise the fish well. I'm afraid that my pond has just been taken care of, and I won't need many fry at first."

"Miss Chu, please don't be too polite. We rely on fishing for a living, and we can go to the river to salvage after the flood season. Every family will not worry about the source of fish."

Patriarch Sun said, turned his head to look at Sun Wuji, and smiled with wrinkled eyebrows: "Besides, now that Wuji is back, he will definitely lead everyone to live a good life."

Hearing this, Chu Nanzhi also looked over with a smile: "What plans does Mr. Sun have now?"

"I'm planning to rest for a few days, and then I will lead everyone to go to sea to catch the officials who go to sea, and then lead everyone to go fishing."

Sun Wuji answered firmly.

Chu Nanzhi nodded slightly: "Now that Peng Dianshi is in charge of the county affairs of Haikang County, and the imperial court encourages business exchanges, as long as it is a reasonable request, whether it is an official guide to go to sea or a road guide to Luyan Port, it is not difficult to think about it. "

Saying this, Chu Nanzhi casually looked at some fishing tools placed beside the fish pond, including harpoons, nets woven with iron thorns, and coarse nets woven with straw.

She walked over, inspected the straw net carefully, and asked curiously: "Do you usually use these tools for fishing?"

"Yes."

Sun Wuji replied seriously: "We will prepare the length of the straw seine net according to the different water areas. When fishing, some people pull one end of the straw net on the shore, and then put the rest into the boat, and gradually pull the net from the depth of the water. Pull it apart, extend it to the opposite bank, and finally pull the rope end from both sides to start pulling the straw net to the water’s edge, if you are lucky, you can sometimes surround hundreds of fish when you net it.”

As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and smiled naively: "Of course sometimes there are very few gains."

"The method is a good one, but the straw weaving net is too bulky."

Nylon mesh cannot be used in this era, but there are still some materials that are lighter and more corrosion-resistant than straw mesh.

After thinking about the materials that can be used at the moment, she looked at Sun Wuji and suggested: "You may wish to consider using hemp to wrap the coarse cloth to make a net, which can be much lighter, although the woven fishing net is still perishable. However, after two or three days of drying and one or two days in the sun, it can be used for a longer time, and the cost is not high."

Well, this is what I thought of three days of fishing and two days of drying the net.

Sun Wuji nodded in agreement when he heard it: "The hemp material is indeed a good material. Next, let everyone try to weave hemp silk nets."

"Well, it will be much more convenient if you go out to sea to fish and cast a net."

Chu Nanzhi continued to think about some fruitful fishing methods he had seen in his previous life in his mind, and then blurted out:

"The survival rate of bamboo planted in the south is actually very high. You can plant some bamboo on the beach of Sanghai Sea, and then weave them together with ropes to spread their wings towards the shore. In this way, when the tide comes, the fish and shrimp will pass over the bamboo branches, and when the tide goes out, they will be caught. Bamboo blocks it, so you can catch a lot of fish and shrimp during the tide, which should be much more efficient than fishing with tools such as harpoons."

The combination of such a variety of fishing methods will surely increase the annual fishing output.

Sun Wuji listened to her speak clearly and logically, and the fishing methods were richer than the fishermen on the seaside, and his eyes could not help showing deep admiration:

She is really a powerful person. Not only can she investigate cases, she even knows so much about fishing. No wonder she wants to raise fish.

If he lived with fishermen, he would catch the most fish every day, and he might be able to earn tens of taels of silver a year.

He quickly called the old man in the village who could read and write to take notes, and then asked earnestly, "Madam Chu, is there any other good fishing method?"

"Oh, no more."

Chu Nanzhi smiled embarrassingly, after all, she is not a fisherman either.

Looking up at the weir beams built on the dam in the distance, many bamboo rafts are floating on the water, which looks quite spectacular.

Sun Wuji followed her gaze and saw that she was fascinated, and quickly explained: "That is also a way of fishing in our fishing village. It is called weir fishing, and it is used in places with strong currents."

"It's not bad."

Looking around at these various fishing methods, Chu Nanzhi felt more at ease.

It seems that this trip to Haikang County was not in vain.

The fish in these rivers are not uncommon, and the selling price is only tens or hundreds of Wen. If you want to get high-end ingredients, you have to be sea fish. She has always been thinking about her favorite salmon, and I don’t know if there are any fishers at sea. This fish was caught.

Facing Sun Wuji, she tentatively asked: "What kind of fish do you usually get from fishing in Songhai?"

"This?"

Sun Wuji didn't know how to describe it, so he had to say broadly: "There are many, such as totoaba, white marlin, cuttlefish, and squid. It mainly depends on the season. The fish that can be caught in each season are different. There are Sometimes you will encounter dangerous sunfish."

"Can I have salmon?"

Chu Nanzhi asked expectantly.

"Fish in the sea are more expensive than freshwater fish. In our county, the least can be sold for hundreds of dollars. I heard that someone used dry ice to keep sea fish fresh and transport them to Jingling City for three or five taels of silver."

Sun Wuji also didn't understand, so he talked on his own, then stared at Chu Nanzhi with a light smile, and continued: "I'm afraid it's hard to find fish for three pennies a catty, at most you can buy a bigger fry , but since Mrs. Chu wanted it, don't talk about three pennies, even if you don't want a penny, I have to arrest you."

"Oh."

Chu Nanzhi nodded embarrassingly. This guy didn't know about salmon, so he changed the topic back.

She had no choice but to explain to him with a bitter face: "This salmon is also a kind of fish. This kind of fish has a short dorsal fin base, small scales, and well-developed teeth."

She was racking her brains to describe the image, but Patriarch Sun suddenly raised his eyebrows and screamed: "Could it be that Mrs. Chu is talking about salmon?"

(end of this chapter)