Chapter 15 Fish Price
As everyone was watching, Shaosi Minghu slowly landed on the dock, and the convenience of turning was amazing. The iron anchor fell after the cable was tied, which made people amazed again. The shape of the anchor would not appear until the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty was just a wooden claw and stone anchor, not an iron anchor. Now, when Shaosi Minghu fell, it was a black iron anchor, and even the anchor chain was iron, which made people feel very luxurious.
Sails, copper armor, and iron anchors. Such boats are not affordable by ordinary people, and can only be exclusive to the king. But in fact, Shaosiming is just an ordinary commercial sea boat, and there is nothing special about it. At least the stern tower has never been decorated with gold foil, nor has it inlaid with pearls, jade and gems.
The anchor chains of two sea boats fell, and Xiong Jing quickly landed. The Qi officials in the port were already waiting for each other on the wharf. In addition to the general Tian Wu, who was exempted from the ship, there were also port orders for the port, Guanshi Order, Fishing Shi and others who were transferred to the port.
"The king personally came to our Qi State, and I am very lucky. The wind here is strong, so please follow the emperor to the Hong Kong Imperial Palace." The Hong Kong Imperial Zhao Mo was an old man, probably an official appointed by the King of Qi to be transferred to the post. He wore Xuanduan, Xuanyi, simple clothes, and described it as a stern and singing, and was a doctor-like style.
"Not busy." The officials were crowded with people watching the fun with three or forty steps behind the officials. Then the crowd went over to a large city surrounded by high walls. The flags in the city hung high, indicating that the market was trading. "I want to turn to the market, but I wonder if it is possible?"
"King, the market is a fishy place, how can it be..." Zhao Mo was surprised. Merchants are a cheap business, and the market is even more mixed. How can a dignified king of a country enter the market?
"The city of Yingdu is not always viewed. Could it be that the city of Qi is more filthy than the market of Chu?" Xiong Jing asked with a smile.
"Naturally, naturally not." Qi State once proclaimed himself emperor, and the Qi people were always proud. Although Zhao Mo understood Xiong Jing's intention, he could only answer this way.
"Then why can't we just look at it?" Xiong Jing said, his steps towards the market, and Zhao Mo and other Qi officials could only follow closely.
The port is a harbor, and it is naturally aquatic products. Before they even entered, everyone smelled a fishy smell. When Qi Li was scolding the fishermen in his heart, Xiong Jing sniffed hard and said, "Scent!"
"Fragrant?" Zhao Mo opened his mouth wide in shock. It was obviously smelly.
"I like to eat sea fish." Xiong Jing explained that even if he could eat sea fish in Yingdu, he would probably be salted fish.
"So that's it." The Hong Kong Ling and the Qi officials behind him nodded together, breathing a sigh of relief.
Sewage flowed out of the city, and there were only a few vendors inside. Just now, Shaosi and Madam Xiang entered the port, and everyone in the city rushed outside to see the sea boats of Chu. It looked the same if there were too many people. Moreover, Xiong Jing was looking at sea fish.
Big yellow croaker, small yellow croaker, hairtail, cuttlefish are the most common near-shore fish in later generations. Salmon and tuna will not appear near-shore in East Asia, so it is naturally difficult for fishermen to catch it. April coincides with the news that big yellow croaker and small yellow croaker are placed in a dustpan, and one dustpan is piled up like a mountain, and there are also maroons.
"How much is the price?" He pointed to a pile of yellow croakers and asked for the price.
"The price..." Zhao Mo knew the price of fish, and as he said that, his mind turned around.
"Report to the king, the price of fish is low at this time, and one stone is only 200 coins." Shi Ling replied loudly.
"Oh." Xiong Jing didn't know if he was telling a real fool or a lie. If it was really two hundred coins per stone, it would be really cheap. The price comparison between fish and millet is generally about one to six to seven, and millet is thirty cents, and the fish will be sold for one to eighty cents and two hundred cents. Last year, the world's severe drought caused the price of millet to be as high as seventy cents in spring this year. If it was two hundred cents, it would be just one to three.
"This has been the case over the years?" Xiong Jing asked again, not expressing his satisfaction or dissatisfaction.
"Report to the king, this year, the price of corn is expensive, and the price of fish is naturally also high. If it were in previous years, the price of fish is less than a hundred coins at this time." The city order replied. "However, if it is to be transported to other places, the price is high, and it must be two hundred coins."
"How many thousand stones of fish are there in a year?" Xiong Jing asked again. The fishery in Qi is booming, but the output is still not clear.
"This..." The city ruling hesitated for a moment. Seeing that Zhao Mo did not object, he said: "There should be 100,000 stones a year."
"100,000 stones?" One hundred thousand stones sound like a lot, but in fact they are pitifully small.
The Fujisi of the Grand Sima Mansion formulated the physical standards for the Chu army to join the army and also formulated controversial nutrition standards. Based on the daily 850 grams of corn, the sauce is 250 grams, the meat is 50 grams, and the beans are 125 grams. This is the only way to eat fullness, among which meat is very important. Meat is mainly protein and fat, which is absorbed and digested into glucose amino acids. The protein fat content in corn is extremely low, and only a few grams of protein is 100 grams, and the fat is even less.
The soldiers are not the main thing to eat full. The main thing is that they must consume enough protein and fat every day. Only enough protein and fat can they have enough glucose amino acids and vitamin B12. According to SB, the army without meat and canned meat cannot secrete enough dopamine in high-risk operations, and then enters a typical hypoglycemia state, with pale face, panic, trembling, and even fainting and falling to the ground.
Xiong Jing has long forgotten the reason, but the army that does not eat meat will definitely not be able to defeat the army that eat meat. The Chu army strongly recommended that each soldier eats 50 grams of meat a day, and it is best to eat pork, beef, mutton, small livestock meat, and fish.
One hundred thousand stone fish is only 1,350 tons. According to the standards set by the Grand Sima Mansion, 200,000 troops will eat ten tons of fish in a day. According to this method of eating, there will be no fish to eat in 135 days.
There are many difficulties in promoting meat eating in the army. First of all, the cost of food and fodder increases. The price comparison between meat and grain is generally between 1 and 12, that is, one stone of meat is equal to 12 stone of millet. Fifty grams of meat is 600 grams of millet and 360 grams of millet. If it is in a state of eating, it will increase by 40%; if it is in a state of eating ginseng, it will increase to 70%.
In addition, there is not enough supply of meat. The 200,000 army has to eat 3,650 tons of meat a year, which is about 270,000 shi. Although the Chu State has already promoted domestic pigs and poultry breeding, the feeding of pigs requires costs, and the number of poultry cannot be expanded to four million at once. Only when it comes to foreign countries, cattle and horses on the grassland are cheap, and the price of meat and millet is generally one to three, and the price of fish in Qi State is roughly the same. If this is the case, the cost of increasing grain and fodder is only 10% or 20%.
Chapter completed!