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The first Dragon Beard Banquet
p>01 Rain is coming
In April of the 22nd year of Guangxu, the price of fish in Yangzhou City skyrocketed overnight because of a seventeen-year-old girl.
It is said that the fishermen along the river should be overjoyed, but they cannot be happy because the price increase is for the wrong species of fish. This time in previous years was the season when anchovies were in hot sale. People in Guangdong and Guangxi often said "spring bream, autumn carp, and summer three Li". These three Li are anchovies, the first of the three delicacies of the Yangtze River. The governors and admirals of Guangdong were in a hurry but had no luck. The anchovies moved up the river between April and June. The first delicacies had to be tasted by the Huaihe people. Moreover, the anchovies were delicate and died when they came out of the water. By the time they were shipped to Guangdong, The taste has long since changed.
The big salt merchants in Yangzhou City like to send a few small boats and hire professional fishermen to set up nets in the rapids of Jiaoshan Mountain to catch fish. Nets are very particular. People who often fish know that shad are the most delicate fish. Even if they touch the scales with their hands, let alone the wind and light, they will immediately move. So Su Dongpo called it "Cherishing Scales". "Fish" has reached a certain level of nobleness and cannot be caught with ordinary nets. Experienced fishermen will choose to use river grass and castor rope. The castor rope is on the inside and the river grass is on the outside. It is like a layer of camouflage. With the intelligence of shad, it will never be able to tell the difference the moment it is caught. Is the thing grass or net.
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