After everyone sat down, Su Ziheng saw that the seafood served by the store was just some common fish, shrimp, shellfish and the like in the sea, and there were basically no algae varieties, and he didn't know if they were inconvenient to fish or not know how to make them.

Su Ziheng tasted two bites, these are fresh fish and shrimp caught in the pollution-free sea, and the quality of the fish and shrimp is much better than the fish and shrimp he tasted when he traveled to the coastal city in his previous life. It's just that because of the lack of cooking skills and the lack of a lot of condiments, the taste in the mouth is a little less delicious.

On the contrary, looking at Zhong Qinghan, Zhongqiu and others are still happy to eat, obviously trying it for the first time, and it feels good.

Although Zhongfu is a national prince, it is located deep inland, so it is impossible to taste such fresh seafood. At most, I have eaten some dried scallops, dried fish and the like. The taste of dry goods and fresh catch is still quite big.

Zhao Chengming put down his chopsticks when he saw him eat two bites, and asked in surprise: "Ziheng, are these seafood not to your liking?" ”

He had already received a letter from his eldest brother Zhao Chengwen, and knew that when he was in Xining, he was taken care of a lot by Su Ziheng. also knows that Su Ziheng is engaged to his precious niece, although it is a fake engagement, but his good impression of Su Ziheng is still not weak, and he is even more concerned about Su Ziheng at this moment.

Su Ziheng shook his head and said: "No, the quality of these fish and shrimp is good, but unfortunately there are no good seasonings to cook, resulting in a lot of less taste." ”

Zhao Chengming said with a smile: "Ziheng, Donghai County doesn't have to be the capital Chang'an, and even Jinling, the capital of Jiangnan, can't compare." People here can't even afford to eat, so how can they pay attention to so many flavors? ”

Su Ziheng smiled, "Uncle is reasonable, but since I have come to Donghai County, we have the obligation and responsibility to develop and build Donghai County, and we can't let it continue to fall like this." ”

Zhao Chengming sighed: "It's not easy to talk about! To tell you the truth, I have been in Donghai County for a few months, and although I have not been in contact with many things, I have seen some ways clearly. Donghai County wants to develop, and there are several very troublesome places. ”

When Zhong Qinghan and Su Ziheng heard him say this, they both put down the chopsticks in their hands, revealing a look of attentive listening, Zhong Qinghan said with a straight face: "Lord Zhao, I would like to hear it in detail!" ”

Zhao Chengming pondered: "First of all, the most important thing is the environment, the environment here in Donghai County is too harsh, summer and autumn, almost every month there are typhoons passing through, resulting in the inability to grow crops near Donghai County, can only buy food from outside, this alone, costs most of the money that people use their lives to catch fish in exchange for life-threatening fish." ”

"Second, Donghai County is inconvenient and is close to the sea in the east, but there are no large ships that can sail on the sea; The south is the mouth of the big river, the river is turbulent and difficult for small boats to cross, and the south is the boundary of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, civil strife continues, even if there is a good catch, it cannot be sold at a price; To the north is the highest peak in the East China Sea Mountains, Yufeng Mountain, and there are groups of bandits on the mountain, who want to take advantage of the road to the north, and are often robbed. ”

"In this way, there is only one road in the west to go out, but the seafood can be sold at a good price only in Jiangnan and Beijing, and the road in the west has not been repaired, the road is difficult to walk, many fish have not been sold and rotted, the number of times, the fishermen are too lazy to send the caught fish out to sell, they are kept for their own food, and the ones that cannot be eaten are made into dry goods, in exchange for a few dollars to spend their days."

Su Ziheng's face was like a relative, as the saying goes: If you want to get rich, build roads first. There's really nothing wrong with that. It's just that Donghai County is in ruins, where can someone be drawn to build roads?

I only heard Zhao Chengming continue: "However, the above are not the most critical factors that lead to poverty and backwardness in Donghai County, the most critical is caused by piracy. Almost like a typhoon, every month pirates come to the county town to sweep and loot the fishermen's hard-earned income every month. ”

"Pirates?" Zhong Qinghan frowned and said in a deep voice, "Where did these pirates come from?" Does anyone know where their nest is? ”

Zhao Chengming shook his head and said: "I heard that on an island overseas, no one knows the specific location. Donghai County has no naval army, and it is not capable of forming a large fleet, so there is no way to launch an encirclement and suppression operation against those pirates. ”

Zhong Qinghan slapped it on the table, and said coldly: "It's really unreasonable, there are thieves who dare to loot my fiefdom, I really don't know whether to live or die." If they don't come, they will come, and if they dare to come again, they will definitely let them have no return. ”

Donghai County is now protected by nearly 3,000 crow troops and escorts, and naval battles may not be possible, but in land battles, in the Jiangnan and Donghai areas, the number of people below 5,000 can be said to have no opponents.

Leng Buding Su Ziheng asked, "Uncle, do you know where pirates usually log in?" Although we don't have the ability to encircle and suppress them for the time being, we must grasp their whereabouts in time, and we can't let them appear in the boundary of Donghai County. In addition, the bandits of Yufeng Mountain also have to carry out some encirclement and suppression, and they must not let any robbers exist in Donghai County. ”

After a pause, Su Ziheng continued: "The current situation in Donghai County is that there is a shortage of people, and many people can't bear the oppression of bandits and have fled from the Donghai border. The first thing to do is to calm the people's minds, and only then can we find ways to develop the economy. ”

Zhong Qinghan looked at Su Ziheng with a pair of wonderful eyes, and a smile appeared on his face, "Ziheng, do you have any specific plans?" ”

Su Ziheng said: "At present, there is no specific plan for the time being, but in our team, the largest number is the Crow Army, but if you use the Crow Army as a miscellaneous service, it will be too wasteful." Moreover, it is the middle of winter, and the construction is inconvenient, so it is better to take this opportunity to let the Black Crow Army sweep all the Donghai County within a hundred miles, and wait for the spring of next year to carry out comprehensive construction. ”

"Well, I just took advantage of this more than a month to go to the Jiangnan provinces to recruit some people to build the city. If you want to vigorously develop Donghai County, you must have a stable environment, and it is very necessary to build a city. Zhong Qinghan nodded approvingly.

Su Ziheng said with a smile: "Although Donghai County has various inconvenient geographical situations, from the other side, this is not bad news. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack on three sides, so we only need to build the western wall first, and the other three sides do not need to be in too much of a hurry. ”

Zhao Chengming said: "Building a city is not a simple matter, it is a waste of time to have someone to have money. The emperor arranged for the lower officials to come to the East China Sea to build a city, and the lower officials had inspected for a long time and made a preliminary plan, but it turned out that the investment was too large, and the imperial court never gave approval, and the matter of building the city was stopped. If the county lord wants to build a city, he must be fully prepared, otherwise it will delay other things, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Zhong Qinghan smiled and said, "Thank you Lord Zhao for reminding me, this palace will think about it." Let's eat today, and when we have time tomorrow, we'll ask Lord Zhao for advice, I heard that Lord Zhao was a waiter in the Ministry of Works before, and what he was best at was this. ”