Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

"Oh, then you should tell me, what kind of conflict did they have?"

After hearing what Li Ke said, Chu Mo suddenly became interested.

Li Ke nodded and said with some embarrassment:

"Actually, it's nothing, just trivial things."

"for example?"

Chu Mo asked.

"For example...this..."

After thinking for a while, Li Ke finally said:

"When we first moved here, the local people were very enthusiastic. The chiefs and clan leaders would invite us to their places from time to time and entertain us with some delicacies from the mountains and seas."

"We accepted their invitation, so naturally we have to invite them back."

"I don't know why, but after that banquet, the locals became uncharacteristically hostile to us."

"But we didn't offend them in any way. We were very polite when we entertained them without any slights."

As he said that, Li Ke looked at Chu Mo with an aggrieved look.

When Chu Mo heard this, he was confused and said:

"Are you sure you didn't neglect them when entertaining them?"

Li Ke said very firmly:

"I can guarantee that when they are having a banquet, I will accompany them throughout the whole process, and I will never slack off at all."

Chu Mo touched his chin and looked at Li Ke doubtfully.

It's not that he doesn't trust the other party, nor does he doubt the other party's ability to do things, it's just that he can't figure out whether the change in attitude of the leaders and clan leaders is mixed with something else.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he asked:

"Tell me exactly how you entertained them that day."

Li Ke was confused, but he still followed Chu Mo's wishes and started narrating.

When Chu Mo heard that Li Ke was hosting a banquet and asked several master chefs brought from Chang'an to serve him, his heart skipped a beat and he asked hurriedly:

"Do you still remember the recipe for the banquet that day?"

Li Ke nodded: "Remember, those are all carefully selected by me."

"Because we had just arrived, we didn't prepare any good ingredients. So, when I learned that those people were coming to our place as guests, I immediately sent people to the city to buy a few big fat pigs. According to the principle of "eating is the first thing" The recipe I brought was a whole pig feast."

“The first dish is braised pork platter, the second dish is braised pork elbow, and the third dish is braised pork...”

Before he finished speaking, Chu Mo interrupted Li Ke with a livid face and asked:

"Those people saw the food you served and didn't they just show off and leave on the spot?"

Li Ke looked at Chu Mo with a confused face and shook his head:

"How can that be possible? I have prepared such good dishes to entertain them. How could they be there on the spot..."

Speaking of this, Li Ke seemed to realize something and looked at Chu Mo in surprise:

"Uncle, are you saying that the reason those leaders and clan elders have objections to us is because of this banquet?"

Chu Mo nodded, patted his shoulder and said:

"Ke'er, when you come into contact with those ethnic minority people, it's best to understand their customs and taboos first. This will help you avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble."

"Just like this time, as far as I know, there are several ethnic groups here who don't eat pork. If you treat pork as the main dish of the banquet, isn't this a slap in their face? Those people don't agree with you on the spot. It would be nice to fall out."

When Li Ke heard this, he immediately froze, looked at Chu Mo blankly and said:

"But uncle, I haven't heard anyone talk about it before. Besides, there were several local officials around when I was formulating the recipe, and they didn't..."

Speaking of this, Li Ke seemed to understand something, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes.

Seeing this, Chu Mo didn't say anything more, he just laughed and said:

"Ke'er, it's not scary if you make a mistake. What's scary is not knowing where you went wrong and being taken advantage of without realizing it."

"Now that you know what's going on, I believe you can handle the rest."

Li Ke nodded, saluted Chu Mo and said:

"Thank you uncle for your teaching. When I go back later, I will punish those officials properly and then take them to the leaders to apologize."

"Well, you can apologize, but don't forget to prepare a generous gift, such as wine and the like, supplies they are in short supply."

After hearing what Chu Mo said, Li Ke immediately nodded in agreement.

After thinking about it, Chu Mo suddenly changed the subject and said:

"Ke'er, when you go to apologize to them this time, help me ask if there are any of their tribesmen who are familiar with the nature of water, have grown up on the seaside, and have been dealing with the sea for many years."

"Uncle, there is no need to ask specifically. I can answer you now."

"Oh, you know?"

Chu Mo asked in surprise.

Li Ke nodded: "Yes, uncle, when I first arrived here, they often sent some seafood and other things, so I know that many of them grew up by the sea and are very familiar with the sea."

When Chu Mo heard this, his eyes immediately lit up and he said:

"In that case, when you go to apologize this time, my uncle will teach you another task."

"When you go to find them, help me ask if any of them is willing to be used by my governor's office. Once hired, you can receive 10 taels of silver and 100 kilograms of rice a month."

"Uncle, are you serious about this?"

Li Ke was stunned when he heard that Chu Mo actually offered such a high price.

Chu Mo nodded and confirmed Li Ke's question.

"Yes, this is just the most basic monthly bonus. If it performs well, I don't mind giving them another increase."

"Then I wonder why my uncle spent so much money to hire them?"

Feeling that Chu Mo's words didn't seem to be fake, Li Ke hurriedly asked.

"Aren't you leading those people to open up wasteland and farm fields in the mountains now?"

"I recruited these people to carry out land reclamation on the seaside."

As soon as these words came out, Li Ke looked at Chu Mo with a strange look in his eyes.

"Uncle, I'm afraid you don't know that nothing can survive on the seashore, right?"

Seeing Li Ke's weird eyes, Chu Mo knew that the other party was thinking wrong.

Hehe smiled and said:

"The Tian I'm talking about is not what you think."

"Your fields are just for planting food and other vegetation, while mine are for growing seafood."

Hearing what Chu Mo said, Li Ke was immediately confused. At this age, this was the first time he heard that seafood could be grown.

Chu Mo suddenly felt happy when he saw the other person's look, "I'm not a fool, don't lie to me."

"Ke'er, when I say planting, I actually mean raising. I plan to build a fishery on the seaside to cultivate fish, shrimp, sea cucumbers, abalone and other seafood in a large area."