Although Tian Suning still felt a little strange about this, he didn't know why Liu Deng did this.
However, over the past few days, he has gradually learned something, that is, never try to figure out what Liu Deng means.
Just follow Liu Deng's instructions. When it's time for him to know, Liu Deng will naturally tell him why he did what he did. After all, he is not Liu Deng's direct descendant.
Even though he is now prospering under Liu Deng, he knows in his heart that there are still many pairs of eyes staring at him around him!
As long as he dares to show the slightest hint of evil, someone will probably jump out and kill him on the spot.
But this is also a reasonable thing. If it were him, maybe he would go even further.
No matter what Tian Suning thought, the people in the city were really grateful for this decision.
Although it is said that the current era is not as exaggerated as the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Most of the officials admitted by the imperial court were children of powerful families, and some were talented people recommended by local officials. Of course, there was also a special way, which was the so-called promotion of filial piety and integrity.
In other words, good people who are filial to their parents can also be sent to Chang'an City to become officials.
But in the final analysis, how can you be an official if you are illiterate?
To put it bluntly, as long as you can read and write, even if you can't be an official, you can still support your family even if you work as an accountant in a wealthy family's shop.
No matter what, they are better than their parents facing the loess and back to the sky!
Originally, Liu Deng was hoping that there would still be some wealthy families left in the city, but after Du Ziteng's investigation, Liu Deng discovered that all the wealthy families had already run away.
Only a few half-dead businessmen who were completely tied up in this city by their own business were reluctant to stay here. The remaining people, as long as they could escape, had already disappeared without a trace.
In the entire city, there are only three big merchants left, two of which are half-lived shipyards.
However, with the outbreak of the food crisis some time ago, all the workers in the shipyard have basically disappeared. Although the remaining people are experienced, their physical strength has long been unable to do heavy work. .
As a result, large shipyards that originally produced thousands of materials for sea-going ships can now only produce fishing boats with a few hundred materials.
Although this business is said to be passed down from ancestors, after this chaos, the two businessmen are now frightened.
No matter how Tian Suning persuaded them, they still insisted on closing the shipyards, so after obtaining Liu Deng's consent, Du Ziteng simply spent 3,000 yuan to take over the two shipyards.
So Du Ziteng suddenly transformed and became Boss Du.
Although he himself knew nothing about shipbuilding, with those old shipwrights here, it only took a short time for the entire shipyard to come to life.
Everything was moving in a good direction, which made Liu Deng finally breathe a sigh of relief, and the entire Buqi City finally began to glow with vitality.
"What do you think this kid is doing? What's the use of fishing for salted fish up there day and night? Is it possible that after the food is gone, they are going to start eating salted fish?"
Ou Zhenming originally handled matters here with great confidence.
But after reading all the information compiled recently, he felt more and more like he couldn't understand it.
Liu Deng spent so much effort, used so much food, and hired so many people. So far, all they have been able to produce, except for those worthless pottery, are the ones hanging everywhere in the city. Salted fish.
Can this thing feed so many old, weak, women and children?
"Second Young Master, I think His Highness the King of Dai is probably dizzy. At this time, he seems to have no other options. Maybe His Highness the King of Dai is planning to sell some salted fish to Chang'an City. Oh! By the way, there’s also pig food that even pigs won’t eat!”
While Fang BuTong was talking, he picked up a sticky piece of kelp.
"I heard that in order to encourage the people to eat this stuff, His Royal Highness actually had to eat some of it with every meal. He really spared no effort!"
Hearing what Fang BuTong said was interesting, Ou Zhenming also laughed and said.
"Don't worry, young master, I think it will take another month at most, and His Highness, the Acting King, will not be able to hold on any longer!"
Fang BuTong said with a strange smile.
"That's what I said, but I always feel that something is not right. Send someone to keep an eye on me. I don't want to capsize in the gutter!"
Looking at the sticky kelp, Ou Zhenming suddenly felt nauseous. He kicked the bucket of kelp away angrily, as if this thing was like Liu Deng...
Ever since he accidentally discovered kelp, Liu Deng fell in love with its taste.
Add a little flavor when simmering the pork ribs soup, it is really delicious.
Even if you don't put anything in it, after blanching it in the pot, add more minced garlic, more chili pepper, some onions, ginger and garlic, and pour it with hot oil, the taste will be amazing.
But the people on the beach are stubborn and refuse to eat this stuff.
Liu Deng didn't mind, and he didn't force them to give it a try. The preparations for the cannery were almost in progress, and the location of the workshop had been selected. In three to five days, they would be ready. The first batch of cans are ready to go.
Of course, this first batch of products is the original canned fish, but Liu Deng thinks that other products can be developed in the future.
In this day and age, very few people can afford to eat meat.
However, Liu Deng believes that it won’t be long before the people of this city can at least have large chunks of pork on their dining tables.
Think about those fishermen. In the past, most fishermen were so poor that they only had a small broken boat and a small broken wooden house. This was almost all their property.
If this is a normal year, forget it. If you accidentally get a headache or something like that, you will have to rely on loans to make ends meet.
Now these years of borrowing and lending, nine times out and thirteen times back home are considered to be doing good deeds.
Anyone who gets involved in this kind of thing will have to shed a layer of their skin before they die!
But what now?
In just less than twenty days, as long as there is a boat at home, who doesn't have nearly a hundred dollars in his pocket?
