The Northern Song Yuanyou years, Xihu(西湖) for many years due to repair lost the original function of the water supply, while unable to supply the city's canals and public water. The Xihu long-term stagnation leaving the lake the hyperplasia weeds form residents occupied “Feng Tian” (葑田), this phenomenon may not be able to pipe the Su Shi took office time, become one of the arable land in Hangzhou Geographic traffic, Hangzhou canal through is important treaty ports along the southeast coast, with the rise of commercial trade in Jiangnan,Hangzhou also will become one of the important stronghold. Under such conditions, Hangzhou rapid population growth, the original land has been inadequate. Way around the lake accounting field is flexible, but a direct impact on water features to Xihu, Xihu conservancy corrupt, and it gets implicated in the Qiantang River(錢塘江), Hangzhou within Canal basin.Therefore, Su Shi not only for the Xihu itself remediation, “Feng Tian” (葑田)more to the legalization of rental income, on the one hand, to solve the problem of shortage of arable land in Hangzhou, on the one hand, to solve the shortage of local financial problem, is to serve both the policy. This article describe Su Shi care regarding the construction of the Xihu in Hangzhou City,the start of the commercial development, population, land and local economic issues encountered.