The first lord of the poor family

Chapter 430 Fishing with a big net
After the corrupt officials were purged, officials at all levels in the government were suddenly empty.

Almost all government orders have completely stopped functioning.

Lin Hai could only promote a group of literate people from the local area to join the government and serve as master bookkeepers or something like that.

As long as these people do well, they can be promoted to formal official positions.

Lin Hai wrote a memorial to Gong Yanwu in advance.

Let the court select some officials to take over.

This incident shocked the court. A small prefect and several magistrates had embezzled so much money.

Lin Hai's method of doing things was too radical, which also aroused the opposition of many censors.

However, Lin Tiangui and the family heads jointly refuted it.

As the saying goes, special treatment under special circumstances.

Without thunderous means, it would be impossible to catch all the corrupt officials so quickly.

The most important thing is that Lin Hai recommended many children from aristocratic families to serve as officials in the memorial.

These people were selected by Yuhuashi, and they were quite willing to serve the country.

Coming to Haidong to take charge of the salt administration is a big deal.

Even if you don't embezzle money, you can easily make a lot of money in a year.

The five major families have completely regarded Lin Hai as an ally, and of course they will not let anyone attack him in the court.

What's more, this shipbuilding requires a lot of wood and grain.

The five major aristocratic families also received a lot of business.

The family's income suddenly more than doubled, and Lin Hai was completely regarded as the God of Wealth.

If any descendant of the aristocratic family dares to offend Lin Hai now, even if he is slapped in the face, the aristocratic family will probably teach him a lesson.

After recruiting some people, Lin Hai was finally not so busy.

Although corrupt officials have been eliminated, the lives of the people cannot suddenly improve.

In winter, many people can’t even afford decent cotton-padded clothes.

There is not enough food to eat.

Seeing the child wearing thin and shabby clothes, Lin Hai felt very distressed.

In ancient times, when the climate was poor, it was common for people to freeze to death in winter.

Shipyards don't need that much labor.

The effect of drying salt in winter is very poor, and many people have lost their livelihood.

The navy recruitment quota of [-] has also been successfully completed.

The lives of these people's families have temporarily settled.

But there are still many people who don't have enough to eat.

What's more, both shipbuilding craftsmen and the army consume a lot of food every day, which is all transported from other places.

This is no small sum.

Lin Hai set his sights on the sea.

Ancient fishing technology was very backward and could only catch some shallow sea fish.

There is nothing you can do about the big fish in the deep sea.

Relying on the sea, we are facing a huge treasure, and we cannot waste such a good resource.

Lin Hai asked people to gather all the nearby net-making craftsmen.

Let them weave huge trawl nets.

This kind of fishing net is thousands of meters long and is put into the sea water and pulled to the shore.

As long as you encounter a school of fish, it is easy to catch several thousand kilograms or even tens of thousands of kilograms at a time.

A large number of people were deployed to weave fishing nets, and all that was left was to get the fishing boats.

A smaller fishing boat would definitely not be able to carry such a large fishing net.

Ordinary fishermen simply cannot afford to keep a big boat.

The large ships built by the government before were in disrepair and could no longer sail.

Lin Hai took Cao Fang to inspect the official ship.

“Although these ships are badly damaged, can they be repaired and sail nearby?

After making new fishing boats, these boats will be eliminated. "

Cao Fang checked it carefully.

"Sir, I think there are still three boats that can be repaired. If there are enough manpower, it will take more than ten days at the fastest." "This is already good. Send people over to repair the fishing boats quickly. So many people are starving, can you? We rely on these boats to have enough food.”

"Don't worry, sir. I will definitely lead people to work overnight and repair these ships as soon as possible."

"You are too tired from working all alone, so you must pay more attention to rest.

If you are exhausted, it will be a huge loss for our shipbuilding workshop.

You need to train more capable subordinates and assign more work to them.

I have decided to promote you to the position of Water Officer of the Shipbuilding Department Yamen.

From now on, you will be in charge of the shipbuilding workshop.

All other official positions are promoted by you alone. "

Cao Fang was shocked when he heard this.

This is the official position of the fifth rank in the imperial court. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was promoted to such a high official position all of a sudden. It is like smoke rising from the ancestral grave.

He knelt down on the ground in excitement.

"Thank you for the promotion, sir. I will never give up even if I die!"

"What are you doing? Get up quickly! From now on, we will all be officials in the same court and serve the court."

"Yes, my old bones still have a chance to be useful, and it all depends on Mr. Lin's promotion.

We must serve the imperial court with all our strength! "

Cao Fang sent craftsmen to repair the ship quickly.

This kind of large ship was used to drive away Japanese pirates.

However, it is expensive to maintain and has been abandoned by the government directly on the beach.

In particular, the bottom of the ship has been corroded a lot due to the invasion of sea water all year round.

It must be replaced with new wood quickly before it can continue sailing.

Repairing such a ship is very difficult, requiring craftsmen to dive underwater to work.

Moreover, the boat must be pulled to the shore when the tide is high, and the work must be accelerated when the tide recedes.

In order to ensure the safety of the craftsmen, Lin Hai specially made a water support out of sheepskin so that they could wear it on their bodies to be waterproof and heat-insulating.

Yuhuashi had nothing to do during this time, and also helped train the army.

Try to let the navy have a certain combat effectiveness.

More than ten days later, the three fishing boats were finally repaired and were floating safely on the sea.

A huge fishing net has also been completed, more than 2000 meters long.

The two ends are tied with thick ropes, the net is lowered into the water by boat, and then dragged back to the shore by a large boat.

Then use animals to pull the rope and drag the fishing net to the shore.

The local people have never seen this kind of fishing method.

When he went fishing for the first time, many people came to watch.

Not only did the three large ships sail forward together, but ten small boats were also sent to assist in lowering the net.

It took more than half a day to put the fishing net into the sea.

The fishing boats began to return.

There were hundreds of people on each boat rowing hard, dragging the fishing nets forward.

When you get close to the shore, use animals to pull the rope to the shore.

When the fishing net was almost pulled up, many fish were already seen jumping out of the water.

"Look, a lot of fish have been driven ashore!" Someone pointed in front and shouted loudly.

Everyone was extremely excited.

“This big fishing net is really powerful, I don’t know how many fish it can catch.

If you do this every day, you will never get rich! "

Many people also looked envious.

From the perspective of the common people, this is government fishing, and no matter how many fish are caught, it has nothing to do with the common people.

Lin Hai stood in the distance and looked forward, with a knowing smile on his face.

This fishing method is indeed feasible.

There is no need to consider how much money you can make, as long as you can feed the people by the sea, you will have achieved your goal.

(End of this chapter)