438 Take the Fishing Boat to Expedition
The vast sea surface is endless, the light blue sea water is like a gem, the blue sky is as clear as a washing, and the sea and sky are the same color.
Taichang couldn't help but sigh slightly when he saw such a beautiful scenery.
Alas, he is an emperor and can't go back to the palace a few times a year.
The imperial concubine Wu Wan'er had already complained a lot. When the concubines in the palace heard that he was leaving again, they were full of resentment.
If they hadn't been accompanied by the little prince and the little princess, they would have become resentful wives in the deep palace.
He doesn't want to fight outside all year round!
There is no way, this is a crazy era, everyone is fighting for territories, resources, and even money and people.
If he doesn't fight, he will be able to divide the whole world sooner or later.
The Ming Dynasty cannot be in seclusion, and must fight!
Alas, man, it’s really tiring to live, unless you don’t want to be a real man.
He was sighing secretly, and King Zhu Youjian of Xin suddenly rushed up and said excitedly: "Father, it's getting late, let's go fishing."
This kid is addicted to fishing.
In fact, it's still early this time, and it's at least one hour before dark.
However, because they brought more than 200,000 troops of water and land this time, the consumption of them was really amazing in one day. Not to mention food, just vegetables, it would not be enough to not have hundreds of thousands of kilograms a day.
They can bring tens of millions of kilograms or even hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain, which is not a big problem, but they can't bring so many vegetables because many dishes cannot be stored for a few days without a refrigerator.
This problem can only be solved by fishing.
They happened to take fishing boats, so there was no problem catching fish on the sea.
However, if you want to catch enough fish, you have to find the fish.
You know, these are all big men in their prime. If you eat them with your stomach, you will be fine if you eat a few kilograms of fish in one meal.
More than 200,000 soldiers will be more than one million pounds a day!
Fortunately, it is not very urgent now. It is still early before the date agreed with the King of Siam. If you sail at full speed, you will even arrive in Guiren in advance.
He had agreed to have a month to go, and it would be embarrassing if he had to wait for someone if he had gone too early.
So, he simply issued an order to start looking for fishing around an hour before dark every day. When he found the fish, he stopped to catch enough fishing, so that the water and land troops could eat enough, raise them to be fat and strong, so that they could join the next battle.
As for what his precious son said about fishing, it is not called fishing, it is actually to lay out hooks and find fish.
However, the scene of fishing on a bunch of fish looks really good.
This kid actually just wants to catch fish.
If you really sit there for an hour or two, you can't catch a few fish, this kid probably has no interest at all.
Taichang shook his head slightly and smiled, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, send the order, the fleet slows down and is ready to find the fish."
After saying that, he took Zhu Youjian, Zhang Zhiji, Zheng Zhilong, Xu Erjue and others to the lower level.
This time they also have to go to Annan, Siam and Nanyang to establish Western merchants and Daming Money House semicolons, so the directors of several merchants and shareholders of the money house followed.
When everyone arrived at the first floor, the entire fleet had already dropped to the slowest speed of entering the port and began to float on the sea.
Taichang ordered the cabin door to be opened, and the group walked down the ladder under the escort of a group of experts who were proficient in water, and went directly to the wolf-tooth warship next to them. They followed the paved wooden board to the outermost warship and were ready to set off.
The navy soldiers skillfully removed the wooden boards and then removed the iron boards connecting the warships. The wolf-toothed warship began to accelerate and headed straight for the ten large fishing boats behind.
At this time, all ten large fishing boats had already started to release hooks, and the fishing line, which was more than a hundred feet long, was sliding down the chute.
The wolf-tooth warship quickly leaned on a large fishing boat. The fishermen on it were also very skillful to take the connected iron plate and put the screws on it. The wolf-tooth warship was fixed to the side of the fishing boat platform.
These are already standard configurations. Whether it is the Dragon Tooth Warship or the Large Fishing Boat, they can be combined with the Wolf Tooth Warship and the Wolf Tooth Warship in this way. In this way, large fishing boats can also be assured to take the Wolf Tooth Warship and even the Wolf Tooth Warship to fish in the sea, and they are not afraid of encountering storms.
The group got off the Wolf Tooth Battleship, got on the platforms on both sides of the large fishing boat, climbed up along the ladder beside the side of the boat, and soon arrived on the deck.
The fishermen on this big fishing boat are also familiar with them, and everyone knows the emperor's rules. When they are busy, they just need to say hello politely. The old fisherman who led the lead even smiled kindly at Zhu Youjian: "Your Highness, you are here, and you are waiting for you. Otherwise, let's start closing the line now?"
"OK!"
Upon hearing this, King Zhu Youjian of Xin ran over happily, rolled up his sleeves and stood next to the fishing line.
Seeing this, the old fisherman hurriedly opened the steam valve.
The wheel that retracted the fishing line turned and the fishing line was immediately pulled up quickly.
At the beginning, there were not many fish on the fishing line, but after collecting more than ten feet, the fishing line began to be loaded one by one, and there were also big yellow croakers more than one foot long.
The old fisherman looked at the golden yellow croaker and couldn't help but grin and said, "Oh, thank you for the blessing of the emperor and His Highness Xin, we have encountered a large yellow croaker again."
Seeing this, King Zhu Youjian immediately rushed up excitedly, caught the biggest laugh and said, "Hahaha, what a big yellow croaker!"
Seeing this, Taichang was secretly happy.
This big yellow croaker is a good thing. It is not only delicious in meat, but also rich in nutrition. Eating it frequently can also have a little effect on strengthening the body.
The length of this foot is at least five or six kilograms. If it is in later generations, it will cost tens of thousands of yuan per person!
However, the price of big yellow croaker is just about the same as that of bass, because there are basically no large fishing boats that have been caught in large quantities at the area over a hundred miles from the coast. There are many big yellow croakers inside, and it is no problem to catch hundreds of thousands of kilograms a day.
Just as the fishing boats were fishing, a burst of laughter broke out from several fishing boats next to them. It was obvious that they had encountered a large yellow croaker.
Seeing this, the manager of the Western businessman quickly took out the book and recorded it. Several old fishermen also shouted, asking the wheel boats on both sides to quickly take off the connecting board and prepare to put the net.
When you go to the nets on both sides, you will find a large area of dense croaker, with golden yellow croakers on both sides, and at least tens of thousands of pounds in one net.
At this time, there is no need to collect the deck, because dozens of ASCHS and Dragon-Tooth Warships have sent wolf-Tooth Warships to come over. Several wolf-Tooth Warships are surrounded by each large fishing boat. You just need to use a small net to cover it and pour it directly on the deck of the wolf-Tooth Warship.
There were at least a thousand people on a Dragon Tooth warship, and there were also thousands on more than ten Wolf Tooth warships on both sides. They took ten thousand pounds and finished their meal.
The ASCHS was even more amazing. The three-layer dense cabin was filled with five or six thousand people, and the more than ten wolf-toothed warships on both sides were 6 or 7,000. It was only enough for them to squeeze their teeth into the gap!
Ten large fishing boats kept putting the nets and closing the nets, and the wolf-toothed warships on both sides kept shuttleing back and forth. Not long after, smoke from cooking fired from nearly a thousand ships, a fleet of more than ten miles long was floating.
The tempting smell of fish floated over the gentle sea breeze, and Taichang was a little hungry unknowingly.
At this moment, King Xin Zhu Youjian was still lying on the side of the boat and looking excitedly at the fish on the net.
The dense fishing catches are really satisfying to watch.
This kid, if he doesn't ask him to have a meal, he will have a crush on him for a few hours!
Taichang shook his head slightly and smiled, then ordered: "Go, let the chef bring the guy over and do it here."
There are naturally places to cook on this large fishing boat, but there are not as many guys on the ASCH.
Soon, several imperial chefs came over with a bunch of things.
They had eaten on this fishing boat again and again, and the imperial chefs were used to it. They worked hard in the cabin that specialized in cooking, and soon, the strong smell of fish filled the entire deck.
Taichang directly ordered people to carry a few tables and compete in the middle of the deck. The freshly prepared seafood fish harvest was brought up like running water.
Of course, they not only have big yellow croaker, but also the ones coming from the net are not all big yellow croaker. If there is anything delicious, the fishermen below also know to grab some for them.
Soon, dozens of dishes filled a large table.
Taichang greeted her and everyone sat together and started eating happily.
If you buy such a large table of fresh seafood on the market, it will cost hundreds of taels of silver.
However, they are making money and eating it now, and no matter how much they eat, they don’t need to pay.
This method is actually quite good. If you take a fishing boat to fight, you don’t have to worry about not having meat to eat. After all, fish is also meat, and many fish are more nutritious than ordinary meat.
Perhaps, each fleet can be equipped with several large fishing boats.
Don’t the Mongolian cavalry like to bring cattle and sheep as military rations when they went to war. If the battle lasted too long, people would have to grab military rations after eating all the cattle and sheep.
They took them directly onto the fishing boat, and they could not finish eating any time they took!
As he ate, Taichang couldn't help but nodded slightly.
From then on, each fleet was equipped with several large fishing boats.
Chapter completed!