Chapter 717: Shangguan Yi's Difficulties
It was already late at night, in the Haiyan County Yazhong, Shangguan Yi looked at the information collected in front of him but frowned, he had been coming to Haiyan for a while, and he gradually became familiar with the affairs of the county, originally according to his original plan, he wanted to restore the salt production of Haiyan County first, after all, it has been famous for producing sea salt since ancient times, but it was affected by the war before, which led to the destruction of many salt fields in the county, and the salt industry was also abandoned. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, it wasn't until Shangguan Yi learned about the situation in the county that he found that what he thought was too simple, or that he was a little too optimistic before, because in his opinion, even if the original salt pans were destroyed, Haiyan County inherited hundreds of years of salt production experience, or those experienced salt workers are still there, as long as there are these people, he is confident that the salt industry will flourish again.
However, when Shangguanyi came to Haiyan County, he found that the current Haiyan was no longer the original Haiyan, especially after the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Haiyan was originally a famous rich county around, after all, the salt industry was a monopoly, even if the majority was taken away by the imperial court, but the people here are still richer than other places.
In peacetime, having money is naturally a good thing, but if it is in chaos, money may bring about death, such as Haiyan, a rich county, after the chaos in the world, naturally become a fragrant bait in the eyes of others, as a result, several large and small forces around want to include Haiyan into their sphere of influence, for which they have been fighting for several years, and mainly in Haiyan County tug-of-war.
No matter who occupies this place, they must scrape a layer of land in Haiyan County, especially some people also know that the most valuable people in Haiyan County are actually those experienced salt workers, after all, as long as there are people, they can build salt fields in other places, so when the Tang Dynasty put down the war, the salt workers in Haiyan County died or fled or were arrested, and there were not a few craftsmen who knew how to make salt in a huge Haiyan.
But fortunately, the population of Haiyan County is quite a lot, mainly because after the end of the war, a large number of displaced people came to Haiyan nearby, and it happened that the population of Haiyan County was reduced by nearly half because of the war, so the state capital above resettled these displaced people to Haiyan, which finally restored some popularity of Haiyan, but although there are people, the salt industry has not been able to develop, which also makes Shangguanyi extremely headache.
"Husband, it's so late, don't look at these anymore, the concubine made you some supper, you can rest quickly after eating, don't get tired of your body!" At this moment, I saw Ha'er walk in with a tray, and then persuaded softly that since she came to Haiyan, Shangguan Yi had forgotten to sleep and eat for the affairs of the county, and she, as a wife, was really worried that Shangguan Yi would be tired.
Hearing his wife's persuasion, Shangguan Yi finally raised his head at this time, and then smiled apologetically at Ha'er, and pulled her to sit down beside him and said: "Don't worry about it, the husband is young now, and it's a good thing to be more busy, and after we came to Haiyan, you also saw that the people of Haiyan County are really poor, I heard that there were people who sold their sons and daughters for a living before, I, as a parent official, saw that the people couldn't even eat, and my heart was really uneasy!" ”
Ha'er also knew that Shangguan Yi was under a lot of pressure, so he could only sigh and not persuade him again, and then asked while giving him a meal: "The concubine was very distressed when she saw her husband just now, did you encounter any troubles again, it is better to talk to the concubine, even if I can't help my husband, I can make my husband feel better." ”
Seeing that Ha'er was so understanding, Shangguan Yi couldn't help but thank himself for marrying a good wife, and he also knew that Ha'er was not an ordinary daughter, and sometimes her insights were better than his own, so he talked about the current development dilemma of the salt industry.
"It turns out that this is the reason, but since there are difficulties in the development of the salt industry, then the husband simply put this matter aside, didn't we say that we would build a canning workshop to produce canned seafood? If this matter is done well, it should benefit the people of Haiyan County even more! After listening to Shangguan Yi's words, Ha'er suggested with a smile.
In order to build a canning workshop, Ma Ye also specially sent a few experienced stewards to Haiyan with Hate, and during this time, several stewards have been preparing for the workshop, and after the canning workshop is built, not only will Haiyan County recruit workers, but also will buy a large number of seafood from Haiyan County, in addition, the operation of the workshop also needs other industrial support, such as coal, transportation and the like, it can be said that the canning workshop will drive a series of industries, and the economy of Haiyan County will be alive.
However, Shangguan Yi showed a slightly embarrassed expression when she heard Ha'er's suggestion, hesitated for a moment and finally spoke: "Lady, I have also done a special investigation on the matter of the canning workshop, but I found that Haiyan County wants to support the operation of the canning workshop, but there is a big problem that needs to be solved. ”
"What's the problem?" Hearing Shangguan Yi's words, Ha'er couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"This ......" I saw Shangguan Yi hesitate again, and then spoke again, "The seafood around Haiyan County is still very rich, all kinds of fish and seafood, but there is a big problem, that is, the people of Haiyan County are too poor, and the fishermen can only rely on some small sampans to go out to sea to fish, and the harvest is very limited every time, and it is not easy to preserve seafood before, and they don't need to catch too much, so I counted it and found that the seafood production in Haiyan County is very low, and I want to increase the sea production. The fishermen had to be put on bigger boats and go farther out to sea to fish, but the fishermen probably didn't have the money to buy big boats! ”
When Shangguan Yi said the end, he also showed a helpless expression, originally he wanted the county government to subsidize the fishermen to buy boats, but Haiyan County was already very poor, and the county government's treasury was even cleaner enough to starve rats to death, and it was even no exaggeration to say that the dowry brought by the hater was simply more than the wealth of the entire county combined, in this case, he was also powerless.
"Giggle~, it turns out that my husband is worried about this problem, but why did you forget, Qi Niang originally opened a shipbuilding workshop!" When she heard Shangguan Yi's words, she couldn't help laughing.
"Qi Niang? We need a lot of fishing boats, can Qi Niang's shipbuilding workshop do it? Shangguan Yi heard Ha'er mention Qi Niang who came with them, but he showed a somewhat suspicious look and said, although he knew that Qi Niang came with them to see her shipbuilding workshop, but in his opinion, Qi Niang was just a girl who was a little nonsense, a few years younger than Ha'er, even if she had a shipbuilding workshop, I am afraid she could only build a few small boats to make her happy.