During the famine in ancient times, there was no shortage of fish and shrimp in rivers and lakes. Why didn't people catch them?

I believe everyone has heard such a historical joke. There was a famine among the people, and the messenger reported the disaster to the emperor. Sima Zhong, the Emperor of Jinhui, was puzzled and asked the messenger because the people had no food to eat. Why not eat minced meat? ? Hearing this sentence, I believe many people laughed. This is really fooling the emperor, so this sentence has been circulated as a joke to this day. But now the same problem has arisen. Why didn't they go to the river to catch fish and shrimp when there was famine in ancient times? In fact, no matter how many fish and shrimp there are in the river, they are not enough for hungry people to eat, and they are eaten up at once, and because they are hungry, they have no strength to fish.

The productivity of ancient society was very low, and the food source was almost farming. But for backward agriculture, a disaster can destroy all crops, followed by famine. For those rich families, they usually have food stocks and can survive the famine, but for those poor people, it is a disaster.

In ancient times, there was no pollution everywhere like we do now. It was beautiful at that time, and there were naturally many fish and shrimp in the river. But when the famine comes, people will catch it quickly, even if there are more fish and shrimp, it will not be enough for so many people to eat. Moreover, famine usually lasts for quite some time, and these fish and shrimp simply can't last for two or three days. Famine is often caused by drought, and there is no water to grow crops. Where there will be rivers, it will be even worse. The people have no talent for fish and shrimp.

Eating fish and shrimp is not a long-term solution to survive the famine. More people choose to eat bark and grass roots. Everything that can be eaten in the distance will not be let go. Moreover, fishing requires a lot of physical strength, and those who are not hungry can't have the strength to fish.

So, it's not that ordinary people don't catch it, but that they can't catch it at all, or even at all.