roccoschili Chapter 427 What to do if you don’t have money
Chapter 427 What to do if you don’t have money
Mu Tou noticed that the person in front of him shuddered and walked forward with heavy steps.
"Your Majesty, I think that without silver, I can only mobilize the rich places to donate, and let every county in every state donate silver and grain."
“They are unwilling to donate.”
Chen Dou replied mercilessly.
Hu Xu's eyes went dark when he heard this. What should he do? Even a good cook cannot cook without rice.
"Then can the emperor issue an order, and the county magistrates in various places will not dare to disobey the order."
"I can issue an order, but you have to set a limit. No matter how rich the South is, it is impossible to send unlimited food. You have to know that the soldiers guarding the border in Jinyang City also rely on the food from the South."
Hu Xu also thought it was true when he heard it, but he didn't know how many people there were in Jinyang Prefecture.
After a suffocating silence, Hu Xu suddenly came to his senses.
"Your Majesty, I am incompetent. Please forgive me. I can only work under the governor."
"Get up and stand on the left."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Hu Xu stood to the left with his head down.
"No. 50, Yang Xuelin."
"Your Majesty, I think we can first attract disaster victims into Jinyang City, and then develop outside the city when Jinyang City recovers its previous prosperity."
"What do you think."
"I think we can first go to the south to borrow grain and silver, and then return the money to the south when Jinyang Province prospers."
“When will Jinyangzhou prosper?”
"This, given time,"
"Stand on the left."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Mu Tou suddenly wanted to laugh for some reason. He was glad that he was standing at the back, so even if he couldn't help trembling, he could still cover it up.
"No. 60, He Zhi."
"Your Majesty, my family is my backer. I can't rely on anyone else but myself. As the governor of Jinyang Prefecture, I will work hard for the prosperity of Jinyang Prefecture. We will donate money and grain, and we will properly settle all the disaster victims."
"Suppose the first batch of disaster victims is estimated to be 10,000. How much silver and food can you offer?"
"this,"
He Zhi wiped the sweat from his forehead and calculated the numbers.
"The He family behind me is willing to pay 200,000 taels and 20,000 kilograms of grain."
"Well, they can barely survive for two days. I'm afraid they'll die before they can even warm up the 20 taels they got."
He Zhi wanted to explain in a panic, but he accidentally glanced at the two people on his left. His brain was spinning rapidly, and then he lowered his head to answer.
"Your Majesty, I am incompetent and cannot be the governor. I am willing to donate 200,000 taels and 20,000 catties of grain to do my best."
"Stand on the right."
He Zhi was delighted, and after bowing seriously, he lowered his head and walked to the right.
It seemed that the predecessors had given some inspiration, and the people who were called out next were very straightforward.
"No. 63, Yang Hao."
"..."
"Stand on the left."
"No. 66, Wang Ke."
"..."
"Stand on the left."
............
"No. 168, Li Feng."
"..."
"Stand on the right."
"No. 169, Su Che."
At this time, there was no one in front of Mu Tou. There were people standing on both sides of him. In addition to Xu Wenyuan, there were 5 other people behind him.
"Your Majesty, in the past ten years, there has been no one in Jinyang Prefecture except the Chen family army. In other words, we have to start from scratch. I have drawn up a ten-year plan. I will explain how to achieve the prosperity of Jinyang Prefecture from four perspectives.
These four aspects are food, clothing, housing and transportation.
The first and most important thing is of course food. I wonder if Your Majesty knows that there is a thing called sweet potato in the south."
Chen Dou smiled, "I know. Please continue."
"Sweet potatoes were discovered by my sister by accident. After experimentation, we found that they not only have a high yield, but can be harvested twice a year. My family was lucky enough to leave some behind when they fled to the south ten years ago... The annual output of Tianyuan Village can feed 7000 people a year. I am confident that I can persuade the Guangyuan County Government to provide more food, and we can return it in three years."
"I heard that although this grain is good, it is difficult to store. How do you transport it to the north?"
"Bianguan Village is next to Tianyuan Village, and their population has exceeded 7,000. We can distribute the sweet potatoes directly to them, or dry them into sweet potato chips, or make them into sweet potato flour, or exchange them for rice. They can exchange them for food at local grain stores in every place they go to, so as to ensure that the food in their hands is fresh. As for how to transport the sweet potatoes used as seeds, Your Majesty, please allow me to keep it secret for now. This is a method that my family came up with. It is not convenient to make it public. I also want to make some money from it to feed the people of Jinyang Prefecture."
"Oh? You can't even tell me?"
"Your Majesty, this is the secret recipe I summarized. Your Majesty, please take a look."
Mu Tou took out a stack of prescriptions from his arms and presented them respectfully with both hands.
At this time, a eunuch naturally took it and gave it to Chen Dou.
"Go on."
"Yes, Your Majesty. As I said before, the people of Huaihe River have food. Now that they have enough food, they can start to work. The first thing is the road. My sister said that if you want to be rich, you must first build roads. Your Majesty, please look at the second piece of paper. This is about how to build roads. The materials needed here are all in the north. If they are not enough, I still have some ways. Your Majesty, you can look at it together with my paper."
Little Li, who was standing next to Chen Dou, glanced at Mu Tou. This kid was really bold and even dared to command His Majesty.
Chen Dou was unexpectedly tolerant. He gave a look to the eunuch next to him. Little Li bent down in response and turned around to look for the answer sheet.
"That is to say, the disaster victims behind us can pick up suitable stones on the roadside. Each person only needs to bring a small bag. When everyone adds fuel to the fire, the fire burns brighter... Once the road is built, our efficiency in rebuilding Jinyang City will be much higher. Then we can build houses. Your Majesty, please look at the third piece of paper. I originally planned to rebuild Huaihe County, so the drawings I made are for Huaihe County. This is how I plan..."
Chen Dou waited patiently for Mu Tou to finish speaking before asking his question.
“What is running volume?”
"In the eyes of businessmen, volume means to reduce the profit of goods to the lowest level, and then make profits by selling in large quantities. In general, it means small profits but quick turnover. We can find local people as workers, but we still have to spend money to buy various materials. We don't have to expect others to give them away for free. It is natural to make money in business. So why are these businessmen willing to cooperate with us? Our advantage is that we need to repair a lot of houses. As long as we pass our test, there will be a steady stream of business in the future. The profit is small, but it is very stable."
"continue."
"Next is the layout of Huaihe County. As a native of Huaihe County, I know how difficult it is for ordinary people like us to seek help from the county magistrate when we encounter troubles. Therefore, I..."
"I see you wrote about the preferential treatment given to the first batch of indigenous people. Are you sure you have enough silver?"
"Enough. Please read the following few pages. You will understand. Just give me three years, and we in Huaihe will be able to start providing food and wages to the soldiers at the border, and we will no longer need to send food from the south. And we can become rich on our own."
Chen Dou continued to look through the pages. The first page showed how to make a pen. The second page showed how to make ink. The third page showed how to make paper. The fourth page showed how to make an inkstone. The fifth page showed how a textile machine was constructed.
More than a dozen prescriptions in a row.
Chen Dou looked up at Mu Tou and said, "Lord Su, is this all your idea?"
"She is my elder sister. She likes to think in her spare time, so she has achieved some results. I followed her and learned a little bit."
As soon as these words were spoken, the tribute scholar next to him was dissatisfied. Just thinking about it could make the emperor sigh. He just liked to brag, so the recipe must have been bought.