Then he raised his head and looked at the beams of Funing Hall.

"I wonder how people in the future will view these heroes who went south today?"

"Will someone make a movie about their story..."

As Zhao Xu spoke, some strange movie titles inexplicably came to mind.

"Once Upon a Time in Jiaozhou", "Into the Wild", "Sunset in Guangyuanzhou", "Dances with Wolves"...

He quickly shook his head, it was so ridiculous!

…

Dengzhou.

Su Shi is currently on the beach in Dengzhou, inspecting a pier that was built in winter.

Some fishermen have already begun to go out to sea to fish.

Dengzhou's offshore bays are rich in fishery resources.

However, in the past, people rarely went out to sea to fish, mainly because of the dangers of the sea. Once encountered a storm, the boat would be destroyed and people would die.

Secondly, most people cannot afford to buy fishing boats, let alone fishing nets for fishing in the sea.

If you can afford people, you can't bear the hardship of going to sea!

Until Su Shi arrived.

After he accidentally tasted the deliciousness of sea fish, he vigorously developed the fishery.

In July last year, shortly after taking office, Su Shi took out 3,000 yuan from Dengzhou's leftover money to build a government-built shipyard.

This shipyard mainly produces small offshore fishing boats.

Then, Su Shi rented the fishing boats and fishing gear to fishermen who volunteered to go fishing, and agreed with them that the rent would be paid with fish catch.

Generally, it is 40% of the fish caught.

At the same time, Su Shi also personally promoted dried sea fish and distributed recipes everywhere.

He even wrote the lyrics to "Shui Tiao Ge Tou. Chongyang Solar Eclipse Dengzhou Fish".

Under his promotion, the name of Dengzhou Dongpo Fish spread like wildfire.

Dengzhou dried fish not only quickly appeared on the dining tables of Dengzhou people.

It also appeared in nearby Laizhou, Mizhou, Weizhou and other places.

Even businessmen from Bianjing came to Dengzhou to purchase.

The reputation of Dengzhou Dried Fish became instantaneous.

Fishermen no longer have to worry about the market for their dried fish.

The government also made a lot of money. Although we only fished for a few months last year, we still made more than a thousand guan.

It is expected that all investment will be recovered this year!

It will all be profitable starting next year!

For this reason, Kumamoto, the transfer envoy of Jingdong Road, came to Dengzhou in person and praised his measures for facilitating the people and benefiting the country and implementing good governance for the country.

He also plans to report to the imperial court to ask for his merit, and to promote it throughout the coastal areas along Jingdong Road.

But Su Shi persuaded him to stop.

Because he feels that it needs to be implemented in Dengzhou for at least three years to gain enough experience and summarize the system before it can be promoted to other places.

Otherwise, I’m afraid it will harm the people!

Su Shi rode his horse and looked around with satisfaction at the several fishing boat docks along the coast outside Penglai, the capital city of Dengzhou.

Watching the fishermen, setting up their fishing boats, going out to sea from piers one after another, and then returning with full loads.

Su Shi felt unprecedented satisfaction.

However, the fishermen and the problems he responded to also made him a little worried.

Many people said - In the Ming Dynasty, ordinary people like us often suffered from typhoid fever when we went fishing, but we had no medicine!

This matter is indeed difficult to handle!

Fishermen are already poor and cannot afford to hire a doctor, see a doctor, or take medicine.

What's more, they still live by the sea. Even if they have money, it will be difficult to find a doctor if they have an emergency!

"I can definitely think of a way!" Su Shi said.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he remembered the righteous village, righteous school and righteous field founded by his idol Fan Zhongyan in his hometown.

"Why can't I follow the example of Wen Zhenggong in Dengzhou and build a charity hospital with government money?"

"This hospital is a bit difficult to pronounce..."

"Why don't we just name it Yangjiyuan in the name of keeping people healthy and helping the poor!"

Su Shi suddenly became alert and could no longer sit still.

He immediately hit his horse and hurried back to the government office with his accompanying officials.

Entering the government office lobby, Su Shi was about to summon his staff, assistant officials and officials from Dengzhou to discuss this matter.

His concubine Chaoyun came to him and whispered: "Official, an angel has come to Bianjing City, saying that there is an official order..."

Su Shi was stunned for a moment: "Angel? An official edict?"

Chao Yun nodded.

Su Shi could only go to the back house of the government office first, meet the angel who came from Bianjing, and receive the imperial edict from the latter.

Su Shi took the edict in hand and read it over.

After confirming that it was indeed the handwriting of the emperor, he looked at the content and felt a little dazed.

"The government allocated five thousand guan to Dengzhou and ordered me to build a wharf, check the rocks on the coast of Dengzhou, and sort out the shipping route?"

Su Shi murmured to himself.

Then, a flash of lightning flashed in his mind.

"Shibo Division!"

“It is possible to open a shipping company in Dengzhou!”

Then, everything suddenly became clear.

Shibo Division, that is a good organization that makes a lot of money every day!

So far, in the Song Dynasty, only Guangzhou and Hangzhou had shipping companies.

Then, there is Quanzhou, a shipping company that is about to open a port.

If Dengzhou could also have a shipping department...

Su Shi's breathing began to quicken.

He seemed to see overseas merchants coming one after another and the Dengzhou market prospering.

Dengzhou can accept merchants from Goryeo, Beilu, and Japan!

At the same time, Su Shi also knew who to ask for the money and silk that the nursing home needed.

The situation in Dengzhou!

So, after Su Shi saw off the envoy, he ordered his concubine to grind ink toward the clouds.

He took up his pen and began to write letters to the local households and gentry families in Dengzhou, asking them to come to the government office for consultation in three days.

Naturally no one would refuse Su Shi's invitation - who could refuse an invitation from a world-famous literary figure?

So, on the day of the banquet, all the gentry in Dengzhou gathered in the Dengzhou government office.

The next day, news came out from Dengzhou.

At the request of Su Gong, the prefect of Dengzhou, dozens of large households in Dengzhou are willing to donate a total of 500 taels of gold and 3,000 guan to build almshouses near Dengzhou City and various docks to sell medicine at low prices.

It also takes in orphans, widows and poor patients.

At the same time, Dengzhou began full mobilization.

The fishermen had a new task. They began to explore the coastline and report reefs, undercurrents and weather conditions to the government.

The gentry households in Dengzhou took their people along the coast of Dengzhou to find a place with deep water and flat terrain where they could build a harbor.

Officials in Dengzhou began to rummage through various documents, looking for past records.

The entire Dengzhou began to go crazy for Shibosi.

no way!

In the Song Dynasty, the folk custom has always been like this: everything depends on money!

In order to make money, heroes from all over the world gathered in Dengzhou and Laizhou to eat and sleep in the open air in search of gold.
To be continued...