It was already late at night. In the Haiyan County Government, Shangguan Yi frowned when he looked at the information collected in front of him. He had been here for a while and became familiar with the affairs in the county. He originally wanted to restore the production of salt in Haiyan County first, after all, it has been famous for producing sea salt since ancient times. However, due to the impact of the war, many salt fields in the county were destroyed and the salt industry was abandoned.

However, when Shangguan Yi learned about the situation in the county, he realized that what he thought was too simple, or that he was a little optimistic before, because in his opinion, even if the salt fields were destroyed, Haiyan County had hundreds of years of salt making experience, or those experienced salt workers, were still there. As long as these people were there, he would be confident that the salt making industry would be prosperous again.

However, when Shangguan Yi came to Haiyan County, he found that the current sea salt was no longer the sea salt he had in the past. Especially after the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Haiyan was originally a well-known wealthy county around him. After all, the salt industry was monopolized. Even if the big head was taken away by the court, the people here were still richer than other places.

In peaceful times, having money is naturally a good thing, but if it is a chaotic situation, money may bring about a disaster. For example, a wealthy county like Haiyan will naturally become a hot commodity in the eyes of others after the chaos in the world. As a result, several forces around wanted to include Haiyan in their own sphere of influence, and have been fighting for several years, and mainly fought in a tug-of-war in Haiyan County.

Now the people in Haiyan County are in trouble. No matter who occupy this place, they have to scrape the land of Haiyan County. In particular, some people know that the most valuable thing in Haiyan County is actually those experienced salt workers. After all, as long as someone is there, they can build salt fields in other places. So when the Tang Dynasty quelled the war, the salt workers in Haiyan County either died or fled or were arrested. There were no few craftsmen who knew how to make salt in the huge sea salt.

Fortunately, Haiyan County has quite a large population, mainly because after the war ended, a large group of refugees came to Haiyan. The population of Haiyan County was reduced by nearly half due to war, so the upper prefectures placed these refugees in Haiyan, which finally restored some popularity to Haiyan. However, although there were people, the salt-making industry could not develop, which also gave Shangguan Yi an extremely headache.

"Husband, it's so late, so don't look at these anymore. I've made some midnight snack for you. After you have eaten, you should rest quickly. Don't get tired of your body!" At this moment, Hener walked in with a tray and then persuaded softly that since he came to Haiyan, Shangguan Yi has been forgetting to eat and sleep for the affairs of the county. As her wife, she is really worried that Shangguan Yi will get tired of her body.

Hearing his wife's persuasion, Shangguan Yi finally raised his head, then smiled apologetically at Hen'er, and pulled her to her side and sat down, "My wife, don't worry, you are young now, it's a good thing to be more busy. And after we come to Haiyan, you also see that the people in Haiyan County are really poor. I heard that there were people selling their children and daughters for a living before. As a parent, I, the people, can't even have enough food to eat, and I feel really uneasy!"

Hen'er also knew that Shangguan Yi was under great pressure, so he could only sigh and not persuade him again. Then he asked while giving him a meal: "I was very distressed just now. Have you encountered any trouble again? Why don't you tell me that even if I can't help you, I can make your husband feel better."

Seeing that Hen'er was so understanding, Shangguan Yi couldn't help but thank him for marrying a good wife. He also knew that Hen'er was not an ordinary daughter. Sometimes her insights were even more clever than her, so he talked about the current development dilemma of the salt manufacturing industry.

"It turns out that this is the reason, but since there is difficulty in the development of the salt manufacturing industry, my husband might as well put this matter aside. When we came, we wanted to build a canned workshop to produce canned seafood? If this matter is done well, it should benefit the people of Haiyan County more!" Hener smiled and suggested after hearing Shangguan Yi's words.

In order to build a canned workshop, Ma Ye also sent a few experienced managers to Haiyan with Hener. During this period, several managers were already preparing for the workshop. After the canned workshop was built, they will not only recruit local workers in Haiyan County, but also purchase large quantities of seafood in Haiyan County. In addition, the operation of the workshop also requires other industrial support, such as coal, transportation, etc. It can be said that the canned workshop will drive a series of industries, and the economy of Haiyan County will be alive.

However, Shangguan Yi showed a somewhat awkward expression when he heard the suggestion of Hener. After he hesitating for a while, he finally said: "Madam, I have also conducted special investigations on the canned workshop, but I found that Haiyan County wants to support the operation of the canned workshop, but there is a big problem that needs to be solved."

"What's the problem?" Hen'er couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Shangguan Yi's words.

"This..." Shangguan Yi hesitated for a moment and then spoke again, "The seafood around Haiyan County is still very rich, with all kinds of fish and seafood, but there is a big problem, that is, the people of Haiyan County are too poor, and fishermen can only rely on some small sampans to go fishing. The harvest is very limited every time. Moreover, seafood was not easy to preserve in the past, so they didn't need to catch too much. So I counted and found that the seafood in Haiyan County was very low. If you want to increase the seafood, you must change to a larger boat and go to the farther sea to catch fish. However, the fishermen may not have the money to buy a large fishing boat at all!"

Shangguan Yi showed a helpless expression when he spoke at the end. He originally wanted the county government to pay for subsidies to buy boats for fishermen, but Haiyan County was already very poor, and the warehouses of the county government were clean enough to starve mice to death. It is no exaggeration to say that the dowry brought by Hener was much more wealth than the entire county town. In this case, he was also powerless.

"Hehe~, it turns out that my husband is worried about this problem, but why did you forget that Qi Niang originally runs a shipbuilding workshop!" Hen'er couldn't help laughing when he heard Shangguan Yi's words.
Chapter completed!