Ask for a monthly pass, and be the last on the list of classified monthly passes On the Yangtze River, there are white sails everywhere.
This river has become the busiest high-speed passage in Datang, with an endless stream of boats coming and going.
The boat travels on the river, but it does not worry about eating.
You don't need to anchor at the shore, you can enjoy delicious food while sailing.
The water of the Yangtze River is so clear, so clear that Zhang Chao sighed that the water of the Yangtze River in later generations, especially in the middle and lower reaches, is not so good.
You have to go to the tributary creek in the Three Gorges upstream to see the crystal clear water.
Cast a few nets while sailing, and you can easily catch fish in the nets.
Throw the net with one hand, cast it vigorously, and then put it away, and there will be fish.
You can also hang a net behind at night to catch a lot of fish.
If you're in the mood, you can also sit on a boat and go fishing.
The fish and shrimp in the Yangtze River are rich and diverse, and there are all kinds of fish.
During this season, there are even puffer fishes.
It rained for several days, and the water in the Yangtze River also rose a lot.
As the boat goes, fish in the water and shrimp in the water.
When the water is high, there are the most fish.
Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, on the Yangtze River, naturally eat the Yangtze River.
Nowadays, Datang shipping is developed, and there are many ships running on the Yangtze River.
Many of the boatmen who run the boats today are former fishermen fishing on the Yangtze River.
Day and night, the wind comes and goes in the rain, the nets are put and the nets are collected, and the fish are sold.
Fishing may seem simple, but in the past, fishermen had a hard time, and most of these people were landless people who could only make a living from fishing.
Some people, who don't even have their own boats, are fishing for the shipowners.
On the boat Zhang Chao was on, there were several young men who used to be fishermen, and an old fisherman.
The old fisherman's name is Yang Heiyu, who has been fishing for decades and is already in his fifties.
In the past, he helped the owner to catch fish, but later the owner bought a bigger boat to run the goods, and he also went to the cargo ship.
Over the years, he has been begging for a living on the river.
"It's hard to fish."
During the chat, Yang Heiyu showed Zhang Chao one of his hands, which were full of calluses, peeling everywhere and full of cracks and roughness.
This is because of long-term work in the water, which will grow like this.
Staying on the river boat for many years, the old fish head has become accustomed to the boat.
No matter how big the wind and waves, no matter how turbulent the ship is, he is steady.
The old fish head not only knows how to fish and sail, but also knows how to make fish.
The old fish head talked about the experience of fishing in the past.
"In the past few years, everyone has had a good life, especially when the river is full of merchant ships, and there are big market towns and cities on both sides of the strait, and fish is easy to sell.
In particular, the fish caught on the Yangtze River are better sold.
In some bazaars along the river, some people raise fish in mermaid ponds for only seven or eight yuan a catty, and the fish caught in our Yangtze River are fifteen yuan a catty, and they are still being scrambled for it. ” Li Shimin was reading a book in the cabin, and when he heard Zhang Chao chatting with an old fisherman, he couldn't help but join in.
"People sell seven or eight cents a catty, you sell fifteen, and there are still people who want this."
The old fish head is also used to staying on this boat, and is not as restrained as he was at the beginning.
He replied, "The place where this fish grows is different, the price is naturally different."
Usually, the fish raised in the fish pond will grow fast, and the fish will have a fishy smell.
And the fish we caught were all wild fish in the Yangtze River.
This fish grows freely in this big river, the water is clear and the fish is sweet. ” He said that people who love fish can usually make a difference at once, so their fish is never sold.
Early every morning, a little is sold at the dock, and then the rest is delivered to the regular customers who have booked it.
Li Shimin asked, "What kind of fish do you usually catch?"
"There are all kinds of fish, and there are many fish in this Yangtze River.
There are bream, grass carp, carp, chain fish, house fish, red-eyed, pomfret, etc. ” "What kind of fish is the red-eyed guy?"
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"It looks a bit like a grass carp, but the eyes are red."
As he spoke, he also went to the side of the bucket and fished one up, Zhang Chao recognized that it was a red-eyed trout, which was thinner than grass carp, and the taste was more tender, which was more popular.
Yang Heiyu's general grass carp sells for fifteen wen a catty, and this kind of red-eyed guy sells for twenty wen a catty.
He also told Zhang Chao that there is another kind of eel that sells for 50 wen a catty, and if you can hit the fat rope fish, the price is higher, and it can be sold for 150 wen 11 catty.
"This season, puffer fish are even more popular.
If you can catch fresh live pufferfish, they are collected at high prices at various wharves along the river, and it is said that there are also merchants from Hankyung who collect them, and they are specially supplied to the court and nobles of Hankyung, and the price is even higher. ” Yang Heiyu has been fishing for half his life, and he has caught countless kinds of fish.
But he has always fished for others, and he is paid.
In the past, fishing for others was basically a mixed meal, and I couldn't get much food all year round, so it was difficult to support a family.
The wife also had to wash clothes and weave nets.
At a very young age, the children also began to fish and weave nets.
Speaking of the changes in the past few years, Lao Yang is very happy.
It is said that life is better now, although the price of fish has fallen, but the fish is easy to sell.
He said that his sons are now running boats on the river, relying on bank loans to buy their own boats, some fishing and some running goods.
Life was good, but the children said that he was old, and let him go ashore to enjoy the blessings.
He had heard it before, but after half a year of going ashore, he couldn't stay.
I feel like I'm not always comfortable on the shore.
Now that he is on this boat, he is no longer fishing, this is an official ship, and he is equivalent to a consultant on this boat.
With decades of rich experience on the Yangtze River, he gave guidance to the crew.
It is difficult to get five yuan in January, and there is also food and accommodation on the ship.
He has been fishing all his life, and he has been on the boat for most of his life, and he likes to stay on the boat.
Li Shimin asked him, "Don't your family have any land?"
Lao Yang smiled.
"It's divided, why isn't it?
The eldest sons of my family separated and started their own families.
I lived with my youngest son, and the family split into four.
In the early years, the government encouraged us to go to the frontier, saying that there were many fields there, but I did not agree to go.
Later, many aristocratic families also came to persuade us, saying that they were willing to settle in their territory, not only to divide the land and give the land, but also to pay the road fee to settle in.
I'm used to being here, old man, and I don't want to go. ” "Later, the imperial court also divided the land for the people we left, that time our father and son four families, each Ding divided a hundred acres, our father and son four families have seven adults, and they divided 700 acres of land, but some of them are mountainous, and they can only plant trees."
"There's a lot of land besides the mountains."
Li Shimin said.
"It's quite a few miles."
Lao Yang's father and son are four households, with seven families in Dingding, and they have divided 700 acres of land, many of which are the land of the people who immigrated to the frontier, and then distributed it to the people who left behind after the imperial court recovered it.
Speaking of which, Lao Yang is still very grateful, although the land allocated to them by the imperial court is not the best, it is indeed a lot, and it is distributed for free, and the money is confiscated.
After that time, the court no longer divided the land, and the people could only buy the land from others.
The 700 acres of land of Lao Yang's father and son were sold one after another, and now there are more than 100 acres of land left in the family, all of which are better paddy fields, and these lands are left to the women and children of the family to manage.
Li Shimin heard that Lao Yang's family had 700 acres of land, and only about 100 acres were left for sale, so he blew his beard angrily and stared.
Lao Yang thinks this is also very good, they took the money from the sale of land, borrowed some from the bank, bought boats for their sons, fished or ran goods, and now their income is very good.
He said that the income from running a boat is much higher than that from farming, especially after having his own boat, he earns all his own.
There are more than 100 acres of land at home, which is completely enough for rations.
Anyway, the land was sold, the land tax was also reduced, and the two taxes were levied according to the acres of land.
As for the separate tax for running boats, he also thinks it is very reasonable.
In and out of the words, Lao Yang is indeed very satisfied with his current life.
Li Shimin felt that Lao Yang's family had failed the court's kindness.
Zhang Chao smiled and said to Li Shimin, "This is the people's own choice, the Lao Yang family has been running a boat all their lives, and they can't plant it well if they give them fields, they are more expert in running boats, and it is more profitable to do this, why stop it."
The imperial court did not suppress annexation, and the sale of their land was also in accordance with the system and decree, and the court also collected eight points of deed tax from the buyer for the sale of the land. ” In fact, this is also a microcosm of the current social characteristics, which are no longer solidified.
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The class is not solidified, and the profession is not solidified.
A peasant may become a fisherman, a fisherman may become a shipping man, and a son who runs a shipping line may become a reader and then an official for the imperial examination, or even a soldier.
People have more options.
Ten years ago, the imperial court granted land to the last time, giving 700 acres of land to Lao Yang's father and son, who were originally landless, but Lao Yang did not choose to be a farmer or a landlord when he had land, they sold land and bought boats, and then became fishermen and freight forwarders.
Just like Lao Yang is now on the ship, there are five times a month of food and lodging, and there is still some grain and oil on the New Year's Festival.
It must be much better than his own farming, farming is hard, and he can't make so much money in a year.
Seeing that it was noon, Lao Yang smiled and said that he wanted to cook a fisherman's dish.
Zhang Chao agreed with a smile.
The boat is huge, but the crew runs on the river, but they also make a fire on the boat to cook.
The big boat also had a small boat dragged behind, and Lao Yang got down to the small boat.
Zhang Chao also joined in the fun.
Small boats are used for communication and sometimes for fishing.
There are also sets of cooking guys on it, with small stoves and woks.
In the small cabin, there are oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and other spices.
There was also a bucket of water on one side.
The water was very clear, it was directly drawn from the river, and it was placed on the boat for half a day.
The people on the boat all drank from the Yangtze River, and only the water supplied to Li Shimin and other nobles was bottled mountain spring water or well water transported from the shore.
For Lao Yang, the river water is very clear and delicious.
Wash and cut vegetables in the river water.
Lao Yang's craftsmanship is very rough, but it is very fisherman's style.
The fish are freshly caught, and there are all kinds of fish, such as crucian carp, red-eyed man, carp, grass carp, etc., all in size.
Lao Yang poured water into the bucket, cut his abdomen and scraped the scales, and asked Zhang Chao to help light the fire.
There are briquette stoves on board, which are first started with wood chips.
After the fire was burned, pour oil into the wok, the oil had just smoked, and Lao Yang had already killed the fish over there.
With the little oil at the bottom of the pot, put the fish on the pan and fry it, saying that it is fried, but it looks like roasting.
After turning over, Lao Yang directly scooped a spoonful of water from the bucket and poured it into the pot.
"Boil the fish on high heat and simmer it on low heat," this is Lao Yang's secret to cooking fish.
After a while, the fish soup in the pot was beating and boiling, overflowing with an attractive fish aroma.
Taking advantage of this effort, Lao Yang began to wash rice again, poured the washed rice into the pot where the fish was boiling, and then covered it.
"It's fish and rice."
Zhang Chao said with a smile.
"By the way, the fish stewed rice is quite delicious."
Cooking the rice, Zhang Chao and Lao Yang continued to chat, the people on the boat always like to chat, and the time passed quickly.
When the lid is lifted, the soup is already boiled and the rice is cooked.
"Let's start eating" Zhang Chao served a bowl first, and when Li Shimin saw that the rice was cooked, he immediately put down the book and jumped to the boat along the rope ladder along the fragrance.
I picked up the chopsticks and took a chopstick to the rice first, and the rice was soaked in the soup of the fish.
After only tasting one bite, Li Shimin didn't even have time to say words of admiration, and immediately picked up another piece of fish.
The fish has been boiled, but it tastes better.
Tender and smooth, it slides straight down the throat.
Looking at the emperor's fierce eating, Lao Yang felt extremely satisfied, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile. t1706231537: