Everyone was very happy eating seafood and drinking wine.
Everyone is not only interested in this delicious seafood meal, but also in this seafood business.
After drinking and eating, everyone gathered together to discuss the seafood business.
"You can leave it to me to fish for seafood. No matter what kind of seafood you want, as long as you speak up, I promise to get it for you." Wei Lanyi took care of the raw seafood.
Not only him, but all of his brothers grew up on the sea. There is no water in water. It is possible for them to be more present than robbing other people’s fishing boats.
Hua Laoyue naturally had no objection: "The source of this seafood is naturally you."
They had all seen this person's seafood fishing skills before, and he was indeed a good player in the sea. And he grew up on the sea. He knows better than anyone what seafood is in the East China Sea, and this job couldn't be more suitable for him.
Wei Lan’s fishing for seafood is naturally okay, but...
"This seafood will die when it gets out of the water. Even if it is transported to Dongyao Imperial City, it is not fresh anymore. What's more, Nan Yan and Xi Miao are so far away, I'm afraid they will smell bad there." Wei Lanyi thought about it more and more. It's a question, "In fact, this is why no one eats Donghai seafood."
In fact, fresh seafood is not too unpalatable even if it is simply boiled in water, but over time, even if it is given to people to eat, they will not eat this smelly food.
Emperor Xuan Ling also frowned and said: "This is indeed a problem. Even if the palace wants to eat seafood, it is expedited from the fishing village here, but even so, it is not fresh in the palace. Winter is better, but In summer, you can’t even eat seafood in the palace.”
The weather is hot in summer, seafood spoils so fast that it is impossible to transport it at all.
Speaking of this transportation problem, it has been difficult since ancient times.
Gong Yuhuang and Jun Moran didn't have a particularly good way.
Hua Laoyue is not in a hurry: "In fact, I have thought about these issues a long time ago. It takes about ten days to get to the Nanyan Imperial City. The transportation may have to use horse and ox carts, and the time will be longer. It is estimated that it will take 20 days or even longer. If no method is used, just transport it in this way. The seafood will definitely be there.
It stinks. "
There is no need to think about this. Anything fresh will not be broken for a month, and there are no preservatives in ancient times.
Hearing what Hua Laoyue said, everyone was looking forward to it: "Do you have any idea?"
Wei Lanyi was most excited: "Quickly talk about it, what is a good transportation method?"
Hua Laoyue laughed, "I don't have a good transportation method. Based on our current conditions, it will only take about 20 days at the earliest. Even if there is a way, it will be wasted for us to do business."
All the people sitting here are emperors. If you want to be fast, naturally there is a way, but this method is used to transmit urgent documents or border war reports. This kind of faster horse can be used for more important things. It was too violent for them to sell seafood. She didn't want to be a concubine Yang, eating a lychee would be so laborious.
Hua Laoyue's words, Emperor Xuanling, Jun Moran, and Gong Yuhuang were all intentional.
There are fast horses and fast ways, but it is really unnecessary to do business.
Wei Lanyi didn't speak anymore, and looked at Hua Laoyue, waiting for her words, he thought she must have a way.
Hua Siluan and Hua Qingchen also looked at Hua Laoyue.
Hua Laoyue looked at everyone and said, “In fact, we don’t need to worry about transportation. We can think of ways to better preserve seafood, so that whether it is transported to Dongyao or Nanyan, Ximiao can maintain a certain degree of freshness. Even if it can’t be 100% fresh, 80%, 70%, I still have a way to make them a delicacy."
Everyone looked at each other without knowing what Hua Laoyue was talking about.
Wei Lanyi finally understood what Hua Laoyue meant. He was a little excited: "Do you have any way to better preserve seafood?"
This problem has troubled them for a long time. Not only the people on these islands, but also the small fishing villages on the coast of Dongyao also want to know how to preserve seafood.
Hua Laoyue raised her eyebrows: "I thought about it a few times. There are roughly three methods. The first is to transport with ice, the second is to dry for work, and the third is to pickle."
When Wei Lanyi heard these methods of Hua Laoyue, he was a little disappointed, "The people here have all done what you said. The pickled and dried ones, not to mention the deliciousness, just that
The cost of ice transportation is too high. Ice cubes are very expensive. We transport seafood, not just a little bit of ice cubes. Maybe seafood is not as expensive as ice cubes. "
Everyone also thinks that Wei Lanyi's words are reasonable. Needless to say, in winter, ice in summer is very expensive. It is too uneconomical to transport seafood.
Seeing everyone's thoughts, Hua Laoyue smiled and said, "Don't worry about ice cubes. I can teach you how to make ice. The cost is not high. You can use as much ice as you want."
When Wei Lanyi heard this, his eyes widened in surprise: "What does ice making mean? Can I turn water into ice by myself?"
"Yes." Hua Laoyue smiled and nodded, "Very simple ice making technique can make a lot of ice."
Everyone was overwhelmed in surprise, and Wei Lanyi became even more excited: "Then what kind of seafood do we sell? Just sell ice directly."
Ice cubes are so expensive, selling ice is not more valuable.
Hua Laoyue was a little bit unable to catch up with his thoughts, and she couldn't laugh or cry: "If you want to make the sound of ice, of course you can. But ice has its limitations. It can't be sold in spring, autumn and winter. In summer, those high-ranking officials can do everything There is an ice cellar, who do you sell it to."
In fact, you can sell or sell, but you can't make a big business and make a lot of money.
Hua Laoyue’s words were like a basin of cold water poured on Wei Lanyi’s head, but he was still excited: “Then don’t sell ice, continue selling seafood. If there are a lot of ice cubes, the seafood will be shipped for ten to twenty days. There should be more than 80% freshness."
This emperor Xuan Ling had the most say. Their Dongyao Palace used ice to transport seafood. They used more ice, and the seafood was indeed fresh.
"As for the processing of dried seafood, it is not a random process. I will also give you the method. For example, rare seafood such as mackerel and sea cucumbers can be dried. When you eat it, you just need to rinse it with water. As for the pickling The ones are mainly fish. Some fish will have a unique flavor after being marinated and taste better than fresh ones.” Hua Laoyue knows that they must have been dried or marinated, but the taste may not be good.
"I believe you, if you say it is delicious, it must be delicious." But Wei Lanyi worshipped Hua Laoyue to death. Even if she said now that she could pick off the stars in the sky, he was afraid he would believe it.
(End of this chapter)