Lu Zhiping and his wife did not object, and asked where to open the school.
Chen Ze said he would wait for some time to discuss, and he would make proper arrangements then.
Nowadays, the Yamen's mouth is tightly closed. Chen Ze strictly forbids anyone from spreading this matter before making arrangements properly.
The location of the school, teaching system, dormitories, teaching equipment, etc. are all being arranged.
The food needed for the meal supply has also been stored.
However, the overall food supply and demand problem in Qingzhou has begun to appear.
Food prices in Qingzhou City have been rising, but the increase is not huge.
The palace's control of grain is one of the reasons. Another reason is that grain from Jiangzhou stopped being transported to Qingzhou a few months ago.
Chen Chu didn't know exactly how much grain the palace had collected. Anyway, the granary in Qingzhou City had already reached the bottom.
The granaries in each county were almost completely cleared.
This kind of behavior of not caring whether people live or die... is quite normal in this era.
The situation is not too bad now, there is food to eat, but this situation will not last long, at most it will only be half a year, and Qingzhou will probably start to suffer from famine.
Unless the palace is willing to release the food.
But don't expect this kind of thing. It is impossible for the palace to provide food, especially at this juncture.
The mountain rat is one of the prepared plans.
It's just one of them. It's impossible for Chen Ze to pin all his hopes for food on the mountain rats.
We must take a multi-pronged approach and cast the net everywhere.
Lu Qingyun, Lin Yuanchao and others have also proposed many ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, which are currently being implemented. It is estimated that there will not be much effect in the short term, but the results should be visible in two to three months.
This matter is in charge of the Department of Agriculture, and there are three people, headed by Xie Changping.
Now he has returned to Lanxi County to organize the masses and start mobilization.
Because the current situation is too tense, Chen Ze cannot directly take over the land from the powerful and give it to the people.
The landlords and squires do indeed have a large amount of food hoarded in their hands, but they are just not moving now.
That is prepared food.
Only when the situation is urgent will Chen Ze consider directly requisitioning food from the powerful.
There is still room for buffering in time.
After Xie Changping returned this time, he called on the people to leave Lanxi County, find suitable areas in Qingzhou Prefecture, and actively cultivate wasteland.
Because of Lu Qingyun's reputation and Lu Qingyun's strong mass base, there should be no problem in mobilizing hundreds of households.
Moreover, these hundreds of households all have certain agricultural-related foundations. When the time comes, they will spread out to find suitable wasteland for reclamation and prepare to try what Chen Ze calls large-scale planting and promote underground greenhouse technology.
Although there are no greenhouses in Dachu, there is already a concept of greenhouses, and there are even off-season vegetables. There are no plastic or glass greenhouses, but there are underground greenhouses.
It's just that this kind of technology is generally enjoyed by the rich and powerful, and ordinary people have never seen it.
Xie Changping has long wanted to promote this technology, but firstly, the cost is high, and secondly, there is obstruction from the powerful class.
What level of untouchables are they? Eat the same vegetables as my rich man! ?
Now with Chen Ze's support, Xie Changping has a full 100,000 taels of funding, and there is no limit to the amount!
Chen Ze had one idea, whether it was expensive or not, he tried to find some ways to reduce costs during the process of exploration and worked together.
Be active in exploring while looking for the right area.
What if there are some migratory birds that have traveled thousands of miles to poop across the ocean, and they might have pooped some potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, corns, etc., and the seeds have taken root in the eight southern states! ?
What you must pay attention to is whether there are rubber trees. There will be thick white liquid after making a puncture!
Although Chen Ze knew that these things were unlikely to appear in the eight southern states, but... what if?
This world is not the original world. Although historical civilizations are highly similar, they have not evolved according to the original history.
The regional environment has changed, and the evolution of plants is also very likely to change.
Even if you can't find it, actively exploring it is of great significance.
So on this trip, Chen Ze hired some special talents from Qingzhou at a high price to follow Xie Changping.
Including but not limited to painters with experience in drawing maps, masters with basic geological exploration experience, blacksmiths with experience in ore identification, etc.
The so-called land reclamation is more like a detailed exploration of Qingzhou Prefecture.
One hundred thousand is just the first round of venture capital.
Burning money is really burning money, and you may even fail.
But that’s the case with venture capital, and the results of failure are currently something Chen Ze can afford.
As long as you succeed once, the benefits will be immeasurable.
If you can find an underground mineral vein, it will be profitable.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Ze discovered that the budget of 200,000 taels had been almost spent.
When Qin Boyang heard that the flowers were almost spent, his scalp went numb.
"Brother Xian, two hundred thousand taels are gone!?"
"There are only ten or twenty thousand left that have not entered the budget." Chen Ze said hurriedly: "The approximately seventy thousand in cash in the hands of the bureaucrats can last for a while, but for those antique calligraphy and paintings, do we have to find someone else?" How to cash in?"
"If these things were brought to Zhongzhou or Beizhou, they would be very popular!"
"It's very popular..." Qin Boyang said helplessly: "You also have to give it to Zhongzhou and Beizhou, and what kind of people can afford these things? If you don't have a good relationship there, say To be honest, you may not be able to see the money.”
"To be on the safe side, just do it in the eight southern states, and find some pawn shops besides Qingzhou to deal with it?"
"That won't work. The price offered by the pawn shop is a bit low." Chen Ze frowned and said, "How about I try to hold an auction? The highest bidder will win!?"
"Ah?" Qin Boyang was startled, then came to his senses and quickly shook his head: "No, no, it's too ostentatious, it will make people anxious."
It's just that you forcibly decentralized people, occupied their houses, and robbed their assets. Now you're taking their collection of antique calligraphy and paintings and auctioning them off openly. It's really a bit too much.
Scholars can be killed but not humiliated!
Chen Ze decided to wait. Dealing with the antique calligraphy and painting cheaply felt a bit disadvantageous.
Fortunately, funds are not so tight now.
The perfume managed by Lu Zhiping has also officially entered production practice, and the first batch of toilet water is currently being trialled.
Chen Ze handed over the alcohol extraction method to Qin Boyang, including exploring similar soap technology.
The cost is relatively high, so we take the luxury route and sell it to Ningyuxuan to build a brand.
Even the market in the eight southern states is still too small. If we can enter the Dachu market, we can make money at a serious rate.
It’s not that it’s impossible to operate, Chen Ze doesn’t have the means and manpower, but the Qingzhou Zhao family definitely has the means.
Drunken Beauty's business has even reached Zhongzhou and Beizhou, and it has a place.
Now I have to find a way to lure the Zhao family onto my pirate ship...
