Lu Si entered the spring famine after experiencing a bad harvest. Some people on the construction site had already fainted from hunger. The rumors about people starving to death made the people even more uneasy.Zhang Jian first asked Li Shenzhi to go to the city to raise food. Even if he was borrowing or buying food, he had to deliver the first batch of food as soon as possible.However, the grain transport ship crashed in the wind and waves, and the rescue plan failed again. The civilians who had been without food for many days began to stop work, and the situation could get out of control at any time.

Zhang Jian did not see the problem as just a shutdown at the construction site.On the one hand, he tried to bring in food to alleviate the immediate crisis; on the other hand, he listened to the opinions of the squire and realized that Tongzhou's local food sources were insufficient and that he had to find ways from outside.Zhao Yingde hoped that he would take the lead in donating money, and Zhang Jian agreed to help lobby shareholders, but he also explained that all the pressure could not be put on one company.

In order to make grain from other places willing to flow into Tongzhou, Zhang Jian proposed to first raise the price of grain to attract supply, and then sell it at a fair price after the grain was concentrated.As soon as the list came out, it was difficult for the people to understand it, and other places also held Tongzhou accountable due to the increase in refugees.Zhao Yingde hesitated at first, but finally adopted the plan.At the same time, Guo Huamao threatened to withdraw investment on the grounds that the cost of land reclamation and animal husbandry was too high, and Shen Yuhe did not understand why Zhang Jian focused on the deserted beaches.

Zhang Jian put the solution to the grain shortage and the promotion of land reclamation and animal husbandry on the same line: first let the people survive, and then let them have a long-term livelihood.He proposed to move the sea festival to Lu Sihuangtan, with Dasheng bearing the expenses, hoping to use the ceremony to gain local support; he also asked Wu Daoyin to prepare Liu Kunyi's favorite chili sauce and personally win his presence.Wu Daoyin also asked his father to contact businessmen to stabilize Guo Huamao. In the end, the sea festival was successfully held, the resistance to land reclamation and animal husbandry was lifted, and migrant workers returned to the construction site.

After Liu Kunyi came to Lusi to participate in the Sea Festival, Kenmu received clearer local support.Guo Huamao did not withdraw his capital rashly, and the number of migrant workers began to rebound. Zhang Jian finally opened up the situation for Tonghai Reclamation and Animal Husbandry to continue to advance.