strictlysupreme Chapter 472: Prerequisites For The Common People To Eat Salted Fish [Please Subscribe, Please Subscr
Chapter 472: Prerequisites For The Common People To Eat Salted Fish [Please Subscribe, Please Subscr
"The Western Jin Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and Northern Song Dynasty, these three dynasties also had a large number of naval forces at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China."
"Why didn't these three dynasties develop naval forces and then use them to catch large quantities of sea fish?!!"
King Yan Zhu Di asked curiously.
Other dynasties did not have large-scale navies, so they could not develop navies to salvage and capture large quantities of sea fish. This he could understand now.
However, the Western Jin Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and Northern Song Dynasty, as the initiators of one of the four most mature naval battles among the six large-scale naval battles in history, they had a large number of naval forces.
In other words, the Western Jin Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and Northern Song Dynasty were also able to form large-scale naval forces to salvage and capture large quantities of marine fish at the beginning of their founding.
However, looking back at past history, we have not seen any talk of forming large-scale naval forces to salvage and capture large quantities of marine fish in the Western Jin Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and Northern Song Dynasty.
"There are three reasons. The first reason is what I just said. There are very few emperors and court ministers who can clearly understand the value of the ocean."
"Whether it was the Western Jin Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, or the Northern Song Dynasty, they all only used the navy as a supplement to temporarily needed military power, rather than developing other uses of the navy.
"Just like before I said that hundreds of thousands of Ming Dynasty's navy could be used to fish, His Majesty and Your Highnesses also did not think that Ming Dynasty's navy could be used in this regard."
"The same was true for the Western Jin Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and Northern Song Dynasty. After they won the war, the role and importance of the navy gradually decreased."
"Until the end, like other dynasties, the navy once again became an embellishment of a country's military power."
"The second reason is that the ships are different."
"Ships traveling in rivers and lakes and ships traveling on the sea can be said to be two types of ships!!!"
"A ship suitable for traveling in rivers and lakes is likely to be damaged if it enters the sea and people will be killed."
"Ships that are also suitable for traveling on the sea may also run aground in rivers and lakes."
"Now that your Majesty's Ming Dynasty navy can sail freely on the sea, it has only developed to this day after thousands of years.'
"Before Your Majesty, the ships of the Northern Song Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and even the Western Jin Dynasty were not necessarily suitable for traveling on the sea."
“In other words, the navies of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty did not necessarily have the ability to enter the sea for salvage and fishing operations.
"The third reason, and also the most important reason, is lack of salt!!!"
"Before the "Salt Production Method" actually appeared, past dynasties had always been seriously short of salt [including the Ming Dynasty, which has not officially begun to produce salt."
"And if you want to pickle sea fish into salted fish, you need to consume a lot of salt."
"Based on the calculation of ten pounds of salted fish and one pound of salt, if 1,200 guard ships can salvage and catch millions to tens of millions of catties of marine fish in a month, it will require at least hundreds of thousands to millions of catties. of salt.”
"Now the Ming Dynasty can fry 1,629,000 kilograms of salt in a day and night, and about 48,870,000 kilograms of salt can be fried in a month.'
"But could the Ming Dynasty free up hundreds of thousands to millions of kilograms of salt from the 48.87 million kilograms of salt to pickle marine fish?!!"
"No, once the Ming Dynasty diverts hundreds of thousands to millions of kilograms of salt to pickle marine fish, then at least hundreds of thousands to millions of people will not be able to eat salt!!"
"The same was true for the past dynasties, including the Western Jin Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and Northern Song Dynasty."
"Even if they realized that they could salvage and catch large quantities of sea fish through large-scale naval fleets, even if they caught a large amount of sea fish, they would not have the extra salt to use to pickle the sea fish."
"If marine fish is not marinated into salted fish, it cannot be preserved for a long time."
"At the same time, because sea water is salt water and water in rivers and lakes is fresh water, marine fish cannot survive in fresh water for a long time."
"So even if you want to transport live marine fish to the inland for sale, it is still impossible."
"Therefore, in the end, even the Western Jin Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and the early days of the Northern Song Dynasty all had fully-organized naval fleets, and they even had the ability to salvage and capture marine fish on a large scale."
"But they have no way to transship and sell large quantities of marine fish from coastal areas to the inland."
"This is why the past dynasties have not been able to allow the common people to eat salted fish every now and then!!!"
Yan Changqing concluded calmly.
Don't look at what he said before that everyone should be able to eat salted fish every now and then [it seems very easy to do].
But actually, it's not easy.
Want to do this:
First, it requires the attention of the emperor and the court to vigorously develop the navy!
Second, the emperor and the imperial court need to further expand the use of the navy so that the navy can become an official salvage and fishing fleet!!
Third, the navy’s fleet ships need to be able to adapt to the sea environment, at least within the offshore range, and be able to travel normally!!!
Fourth, there needs to be enough salt. Only when the daily salt needs of the common people are met, there is still a large amount of salt, so that it is possible to pickle a large amount of sea fish into salted fish!!!
Only if these four conditions are met, will it be possible for everyone to be able to eat salted fish every now and then.
And looking through the past dynasties, it can be said that there is no dynasty that can meet these four requirements at the same time.
Even the Ming Dynasty only met the first and third requirements before Yan Changqing spoke.
Other past dynasties, such as the Western Jin Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, and the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, only satisfied these two points.
Zhu Yuanzhang below, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, all looked enlightened after listening to Yan Changqing's story.
[Unexpectedly, it sounds easy to make salted fish meat available to everyone, but in order to achieve this, it turns out there are so many prerequisites!!!]
[It seems that in 253, I, Daming, have better luck, and I happen to be able to meet all these requirements!!!]
[I didn’t expect the navy to have such a role in addition to resisting Japanese pirates. It seems that the navy was too underestimated in the past!!!]
[If this is the case, then Damingshui will have to expand by more than one million!!!]
[After all, Mr. Yan said before that if the people of the Ming Dynasty were to be able to eat salted fish meat once every half a month, the number of the Ming Navy would have to be doubled!!!]
[In other words, there would have to be millions of Ming Dynasty navy dedicated to salvaging and fishing in order to satisfy the Ming people’s daily salted fish consumption!!!]
[At the same time, there must be enough strength to resist Japanese pirates. It seems that the number must be expanded to at least 1.5 million to meet the needs of the Ming Dynasty!!!]
[But why does it feel like Mr. Yan has planned everything in advance?!!]
[First, the salt production method was improved, allowing Ming Dynasty to produce nearly 10 billion kilograms of salt annually, and then the excess salt was used to pickle marine fish, and then the salted fish was transported to the inland for sale. [Finally, everyone was able to eat it every now and then. It’s better to have salted fish!!!]
[This pile and each piece is like a ring within a ring, and the rings are interlocking!!!]
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