Zhu Houzhao personally served a bowl of fish soup to Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi took the silver spoon and looked at the white soup. In the soup, there was a piece of fish that was specially selected.

Drink it all in one gulp.

Suddenly...

There is a kind of...

An indescribable feeling.

Because of the sea ban, there was not much seafood in the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Hongzhi loved to eat fish, and all he ate was river fish.

No matter what, river fish has a fishy smell, and even a fishy smell. After all, this river fish lives on saprophytic organisms in the river. In order to eliminate fishy smell, there are not many means in this era. They often like to add more "ingredient" to the soup, but adding too much of this ingredients reduces the smell of fish.

This big yellow croaker is different. The big yellow croaker is delicious and only a little salt is added. Therefore, the rich fish suddenly rushed to Emperor Hongzhi's heart.

The deliciousness of the fish is invisible in this soup.

Emperor Hongzhi carefully savored it and carefully scooped a bite of the fish.

The taste of fish... is different from that river fish.

The meat of the river fish was immediately dissipated, and it was tasteless, but the big yellow croaker had a hint of elasticity in the meat, so it was so comfortable to eat...

This fragrant and tender fish meat, paired with this soup, is really amazing.

Emperor Hongzhi was full of eyebrows and danced: "This soup should only be found in the sky."

After finishing the meal quickly, he had no choice but to eat his fill's stomach: "Scoop another bowl. You all eat it, try it, and see what the victims of our Ningbo Prefecture are eating now."

In fact, this rich fish fragrance has already aroused everyone's appetite.

Now that His Majesty finally opened his mouth, he was already too late to wait.

The eunuchs scooped bowls of soup and distributed it to the ministers.

Liu Jian took a sip and sighed: "This fish tastes delicious. Old minister, I actually envied these victims, haha..."

What a baby.

Such a baby can be eaten by people and tastes good. Isn’t this... another potato?

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "This fish is not only delicious, but also nourishes the skin and is rich in nutrition. After eating it... well... it can make your body good and it is a nourishing thing."

"Is that true?" Emperor Hongzhi had already eaten the second bowl.

So delicious.

So he winked at Xiao Jing, and Xiao Jing continued to serve the soup bitterly.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly: "Doesn't this mean that eating too fast and nourishing too much... the victims..."

Emperor Hongzhi had a strange expression. What he was worried about was whether the victims would be weak and not be compensated.

But after thinking about it carefully, I suddenly felt a little sad.

Thinking that the victims were eating fish soup every day, they would not be replenished after eating it.

But I have eaten mashed potatoes for so many days in a row... This is a bit embarrassing.

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao were shameless. They didn't like to eat with small bowls. Zhu Houzhao directly took two basins and gave Fang Jifan one. The two of them didn't want eunuchs to scoop the soup, but did it themselves. In this big pot, after scooping the soup, he took a spoon to pick out the fat meat from the fish. Zhu Houzhao personally took the spoon. He cut a piece of fish and put it into his own basin. Fang Jifan stretched out the bowl with both hands, and Zhu Houzhao cut another piece, divided Fang Jifan a piece, and then gave himself and Fang Jifan a piece.

After a moment, the two of them had at least two pounds of the fattest meat, and then they happily squatted aside. When they were hungry, they started eating.

Emperor Hongzhi wanted to scold these two unrespicious things, but he just said that he swallowed them again.

He had a little stomach stretched, so he drank more soup.

The other ministers had a great time eating.

Ma Wensheng was burping while drinking the soup rustlingly.

This fish is hard-won, it looks like the imperial meal in the palace, and the potatoes just now... were eaten really...

Forget it, maybe after eating this fish, maybe you will be lucky?

Emperor Hongzhi was sweating profusely, so he reluctantly put down his bowls and chopsticks and looked up: "Fang Jifan, it's time to talk about it now."

Fang Jifan looked up and wanted to say something. Taking advantage of this, Zhu Houzhao's chopsticks quietly reached into Fang Jifan's bowl, picked up a piece of fish that Fang Jifan wanted to keep for later and stuffed it into his mouth.

Fang Jifan had never suffered such a big loss. He was worried that he would not finish the fish soup and said, "I am hungry, I will finish it first."

He lowered his head, and the wind blew the clouds, and then he touched his belly. He felt comfortable. He was not afraid of thieves stealing, but was afraid of thieves thinking about it. Now there is nothing to be missed by others, and he was relaxed all over: "Your Majesty, this fish, called the big yellow croaker, can not only nourish and produce a lot..."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan and thought that God knew how much knowledge he had in his stomach. He said, "That's all? You said it produces a lot. Does this fish in the sea have a yield?"

"This is nature." Fang Jifan said: "There are treasures everywhere above this ocean, not to mention other things. Just talk about this fish. Every year during the fishing season, the southeast coast is overwhelming. As long as you focus on its habits, understand their structure, and prescribe the right medicine. The annual fishing volume is enough for millions of people on the southeast coast to fill their stomachs. If it is only used to improve their lives, I can guarantee that as long as I fish with all my strength, I can improve my diet. On the table of the people, there cannot be only potatoes and rice, potatoes and rice, which can only make people not hungry, but only a large amount of meat can make the people stronger."

"Food is the most important thing for the people. Your Majesty is the saint. If these people can eat enough and eat well, this is the real great merit. Relying on fish to save disasters is nothing. This is not a long-term solution, but because everything is born in nature, and everything can be eaten. The military and civilians of the Ming Dynasty have too few foods on the table. This is the same as the Ministry of Revenue. If you want to make the Ministry of Revenue rich in money and food, it is nothing more than the words "enhancing revenue and reducing expenditure."

"In the past, the imperial court kept thinking about reducing expenses, thinking that as long as everyone was frugal, more people could eat enough. But I didn't think so. There was food everywhere in the world, so why did I have to reduce expenses? In the vast ocean, this big yellow croaker is just a kind of fish..."

Emperor Hongzhi took a breath.

What Fang Jifan said is not without reason. In the past, if you wanted to have a full meal, the court thought that the emperor would always take it away and eat less. Under the influence of the emperor's morality, the dignitaries and gentry also ate less and helped some people. In this way, more people could eat more.

But...this idea has been a thousand years, so...why not take the initiative to open source?

Potatoes are open source, sweet potatoes are open source, dolphin meat is open source, and this big yellow croaker... isn't it also open source?

In the past, the Ming Dynasty was afraid of the vast ocean and the sea. It always believed that the harm brought to the Ming Dynasty was more than the benefits.

But today, Emperor Hongzhi was calculating the huge amount of fishing in his mind, and then looked down at the big yellow croaker soup, thinking about the people of Ningbo Prefecture.

If there were no such big yellow croaker and no Zhenguo Preparation for Japanese Guards to catch them, I think... Ningbo military and civilians are really eating dirt now.

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Fang Jifan: "But I heard that the fishermen in the Song and Yuan dynasties also fished, but their harvest was not as great as they imagined. On the contrary, many fishermen took risks because of poverty. After going to sea, the overseas world became lawless and without a king's law, but they were unruly and increasingly difficult to control. Why is this...?"

The core of the problem is that overseas people are often unable to restrain them.

These people went out of the sea, in groups of three or five, and some gathered hundreds or thousands. Once they had no harvest, they simply attacked merchant ships and even raided the inland. Once they committed a crime, the court arrested them and they fled abroad and were free from now on.

And in this era, under such productivity, the court had no way to effectively attack it.

The final result is... more and more people from such out-of-the-box people are in a state of confusion.

"So... where did the Japanese pirates come from?" Fang Jifan said: "Aren't Japanese pirates also a group of lawless people? Without the Ming people being pirates, there will naturally be Japanese pirates. As long as there is huge wealth in this vast ocean, if the Ming Dynasty does not take it, someone will take it. Your Majesty, I think that blindly banning it is not a long-term way. Over the years, Japanese pirates have become more and more intense, precisely because plundering is profitable in this vast ocean. But if fishing can make people rich, then who is willing to be a pirate? Who in the world, whether it is the Ming or the Japanese, is willing to be a pirate? It's just that it can't survive..."

Fang Jifan looked a little ugly when he saw the ministers.

It seems that everyone realizes that Fang Jifan wants to shake the foundation of the maritime ban.

In fact, the imperial court has huge controversy over opening the sea and banning the sea. There are countless people in the court who agree with opening the sea.

The problem is that there is too much dark wave behind this sea ban. Once touched, it will immediately cause huge controversy and the sound of opposition is overwhelming. This is no longer as simple as the opposition of several ministers, but it triggers the criticism of gentry and scholars in many places.

It is easy to offend a few officials, or even some private parties in the court, but if it offends a class and triggers their biggest rebound, it is fatal.

Therefore, no one is willing to be so ugly, even His Majesty the Emperor seems extremely cautious about this.

Fang Jifan seemed to have never thought of opening the sea completely. Everything had to be done slowly, and said slowly: "So my suggestion is that in order to prevent the people from going into the sea, you might as well go into the sea. For this matter, the Zhenguo Mansion will temporarily prepare the Japanese guards. Please allow His Majesty to allow the Zhenguo Mansion to build more ships, recruit some personnel, and fish overseas."

Emperor Hongzhi's brows stretched.

He glanced at Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao also looked full of expectations.

To be honest, Emperor Hongzhi was uneasy if he didn't catch such a big yellow croaker: "I'm right. I'm issuing an order to prepare Japanese guards in Zhenguo, so I can ignore the sea ban!"

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Chapter 4, Yes, there will be another chapter.

Many people say that they cry and feel sad. In fact, it is not watery. In fact, what is really touching is the details. When writing novels, details are the most difficult to write. Tiger faces difficulties and is scolded so seriously... Hurry up, get some monthly tickets to suppress shock.
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