Chen Shuren has never been a person who is afraid of things. No matter how difficult the task is, as long as it is right or wrong, he always has the ability to deal with the moves.

After asking my father for advice and reviewing the responsibilities and risks of the river channel official, and after understanding Zhu Dadian's tricks, Chen Shuren felt much more relaxed.

Isn’t it just that you can’t be greedy or pay for money, or even use the income you can use in previous years’ unspoken rules, and you have to transport the food in full! Just do it!

Compared with science and engineering technology innovation and financial management, modern people are the least afraid of the ancients.

The day after returning to Suzhou, Chen Shuren went to find his immediate boss, Cao Zhende, Susong River Channel, and took office. He delivered the procedures and received his own tasks.

It is September now, and the people's autumn grain has been collected, but the tax payment work has not been completed. It will take about October and the grain will be shipped to the Luzhou front line after it is put into the warehouse and cleared in batches.

Chen Shuren has more than a month to sort out accounts, ensure collection, and innovate transportation technology.

Fang Yizhi, who came to Suzhou to visit and watch, was very curious about Chen Shuren's calmness. In their spare time, Fang Yizhi reminded him many times:

"Brother Chen, I think you are not in a hurry at all. Could it be that there is some trick to be clear? Even an outsider can see that this is difficult to deal with.

In the past so many years, there has been no river official who transported grain to Jiangbei by just one cent three cents per stone, and all of them would be charged extra. You are so focused by Zhu Dadian, and the law is stricter. You can't use the bad rules that others can use, can you do it?"

Chen Shuren smiled calmly: "The cost of water transportation is mainly about changing boats, loading and unloading, and in turbulent places, you need to hold poles and pull fibers. If you really sail on rivers, lakes and seas, you can just walk a thousand miles, how much money can you spend?

As long as I can stabilize the storage of grain, load the ship regularly, and use some skillful means to reduce the loading and unloading fee, and toss a few times less, one and three cents are enough!"

After hearing this, Fang Yizhi obviously couldn't believe it. He had also asked about the market recently and knew that according to the original unspoken rules, the actual consumption of "Brigjiang Silver" has exceeded the openly more than twice.

It costs more than three cents per stone to transport the same amount of food to Yangzhou.

Chen Shuren now does not increase the price, and he has to transport it to Hefei at one or three cents of freight. He has traveled 300 miles more than to Yangzhou, 200 miles of Ruxu water, Feishui and Chaohu water, a total of 500 miles of waterways.

Although the cost of floating on the water is not much, mainly because loading and unloading is expensive, this account cannot be calculated no matter how much.

Chen Shuren knew that he didn't believe it yet, so he encouraged: "Brother Fang, don't you really want to know the content of Song Changgeng's "The Work of Heaven"? I've read it at least, but there are some things that can't be made. If you talk with me and try it out, you might get a lot of rewards."

Fang Yizhi was also aroused of competitive spirit: "Then give it a try."

...

More than a month later, Chen Shuren was not vague. He took Fang Yizhi and used all the resources that the Shen family could use in Suzhou.

While figuring out new machinery, we design a management system for water transportation, loading and unloading to see if we can reduce costs from various angles.

On the other hand, Chen Shuren did not forget to think of some ways to calm down the local grain prices in Suzhou. The grain prices had no direct relationship with him, and it was the political achievements of the prefect Zhang Xuezeng. But Chen Shuren knew that stable grain prices could allow him to obtain large quantities of grain faster and more steadily.

Otherwise, even if the local government cooperates, all the military rations that should be requisitioned will be collected, as long as the goods are delivered in batches and in separate warehouses, it will greatly reduce the shipping efficiency of Shenshuren.

As a modern person, Chen Shuren is very clear about a simple truth: scale brings benefits, and the larger the scale of anything, the cheaper the loss cost of each link will be amortized.

One hundred thousand stones of grain are divided into three time points and five docks, and handed over to you in batches. And one-time delivery at the same dock. The carrier's acceptance cost is completely different.

But these two delivery methods are not wrong, and they are in line with the court's legal requirements. Who makes the laws not so detailed?

...

Time soon came mid-October. In the past month, Shen Shuren was not visible or exposed, and outsiders did not know what he was tinkering with.

Early that morning, Chen Shuren, who had already made full preparations, finally entrusted his connections and prepared a gift. He went to Wuxian in person to meet with the governor of Suzhou Zhang Xuezeng.

I would like to ask Zhang Futai to come forward and help him say hello to the wealthy and wealthy gentry in various counties in Suzhou.

Zhang Xuezeng didn't want to meet such an eighth-rank official, but in the end he saw Chen Tingyang's face. As soon as he met, he felt quite moved:

"The nephew is really awesome. I haven't seen him for three months. Not only has he not been disturbed by the previous lawsuit, but he has also joined the Imperial College and donated his official position. It can be seen that the misfortune of the old man is not bad."

"Thanks to Yucheng, Mansion," Chen Shuren politely put down the gift, and then went straight to the point.

"I came here because I asked for something - I don't know the Futai thought, what is the price of grain in Suzhou now? The trend of civil gentry and giant houses rushing to buy grain, can Futai hope to alleviate it?"

When asked about Zhang Xuezeng's concerns, he was immediately aroused.

"Who said no, Zhejiang has a severe drought, and it takes more than three taels of stone per stone to go to Suzhou when I buy rice from outside! There is nothing to rich people, what should the poor people do? Can the nephew solve this stubborn disease?"

Zhang Xuezeng's tone was faintly expectant, but he did not dare to expect too much.

How could a 19-year-old boy who just became an official? How could he solve such a big problem? With this ability, he would still be an eighth-rank official?

Chen Shuren sincerely analyzed: "I think Suhu has always been a rich country in the world, and it is a place of fish and rice. Local large households have accumulated storage for many years. Even if they encounter drought in Zhejiang this year and purchases become expensive, Suzhou's local food storage is definitely enough.

The key is that people's hearts are fluctuating, which makes everyone expect it, and they feel that 'in the future, food will be more and more disasters, and grain prices will rise'. This has led to buying up but not buying down.

In the Futai, local poor people will suffer from rising grain prices. For the river yamen, if the grain managers in each township can be delayed, they will be delivered in batches and land, which will add a lot of inconvenience. Therefore, both parties should work together to solve this problem.

Zhang Xuezeng: "Is this what you Cao Daotai mean?"

Chen Shuren did not hide it: "Cao Daotai is Governor Zhu's member. Governor Zhu doesn't deal with our Shen family, and Futai should know that it is. But if this matter is done, it will be beneficial to both sides."

Zhang Xuezhang thought about it and felt that his political achievements were more important.

Cao Zhende can afford to offend him. At worst, outsiders know that he has in-depth cooperation with Shen Shuren, so just don’t offend Zhu Dadian.

Zhang Xuezeng took a deep breath: "Then what can you do?"

The Shen Shuren's picture was revealed: "A few months ago, Bei Zhi tried some methods to increase production in his own manors in Taicang, Kunshan and other places, and in the old manors of relatives and friends.

Although we can't produce much food by our own efforts, if these wonderful ideas can be extended, the wealthy families in Suhu will compete to follow the example.

It will definitely create an expectation that 'the self-sufficiency of local grain and meat will increase in the future, and the food that needs to be purchased will decrease.' Once this expectation changes, supply and demand will naturally soothe, and the situation of hoarding and delaying grain collection will also decrease."

Zhang Xuezeng finally lit up: "There is such a wonderful method? The official should take a look. If it is effective, the official will naturally use his power to promote it in various counties in Suzhou."

Chen Shuren: "Then please come to Kunshan tomorrow to observe my Shen family's manor."

...

The next morning, Zhang Xuezeng brought many staff members and trusted officials to Kunshan from Wuxian to boat along Liuhe.

Chen Shuren didn't let him go directly to Taicang, as the journey was too far, and the prefect was not patient.

The model pilot manor is actually the "Dong Family Embroidery House" that Chen Shuren just got from Dong Xiaowan a few months ago.

The manor he got at that time also included some mulberry fields near the embroidery farm. Later, the Shen family had a lot of money, and the Chen Shuren also merged some mulberry fields around him, which is now quite large.

In late October, the wind is blowing by the Yangcheng Lake. The harbor is marching in the mud, and the countryside is divided into small pieces by natural low-lying terrain.

After walking for a while, Zhang Xuezhang entered the Shen family's manor area and found that the terrain became more and more complex.

Lines of dense mulberry forests alternate with long shallow ponds, and the width of each ridge is no more than three meters.

Zhang Xuezhang couldn't help but feel strange: "I also know that there are many low-lying muds around Yangcheng Lake, but I don't think it's so complicated and difficult to walk. Are you building fields around the lake again?"

Chen Shuren pointed at the side: "Good Church Mansions learned that this was a humble job and several people in the same year. According to Xu Ge Lao's "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" and Song Changgeng's "Natural Works to Open Things", and then improved it to create a "mulberry fish pond".

The biggest disadvantage of Suhu and Hu people’s livelihood is that the benefits of sericulture are several times that of rice planting, and Susihu silk is the most expensive in the world, so most of the fertile fields have become mulberry gardens.

However, after studying, I found that mulberry forests only require more water and fertilizer. As long as the irrigation is abundant and the fertility is sufficient, mulberry trees can be planted more intensively than the current common seeds used by farmers.

Suzhou is low-lying and has many mud wetlands. As long as you dig the low point a little deeper, the digging soil will be piled up on the high places on both sides, and the height difference between the ditch and ridges can be widened. You can raise fish in the ditch and plant mulberry on the ridges.

Planting two rows of trees on each ridge like this ensures that each mulberry tree is no more than eight feet away from the shore, and it can even save the hard work of irrigation. The roots of the mulberry tree are enough to absorb water from the bottom of the next pond, and fish manure can also directly nourish the mulberry.

In this way, if the total amount of mulberry trees remains unabated, one more fish can be raised than the original dry fields. Although the fish is inconvenient to transport and preserve, it can at least subsidize local people's food and let the people eat less rice. Squeeze out more purchases of grain and rice to pay grain and military rations."

Large-scale fish farming in the late Ming Dynasty was relatively rare. Natural water bodies could not be raised, and artificial domestic fish was mostly just in small ponds. Fish with high commercialization were mainly sold.

After all, in ancient times, there were a small population and poor fishing equipment. Natural resources were not exhausted, so I was too lazy to breed artificially.

Zhang Xuezeng was a little suspicious, so he picked a long pool and asked Chen Shuren to cover the net to confirm the output per unit area.

Chen Shuren was not vague. His operations quickly opened Zhang Xuezeng's eyes: these mulberry fish ponds on the shore of Yangcheng Lake even made several gradients based on the natural terrain.

Although the water level drop between each step is only a few feet, which makes Suzhou flat, but it is enough.

Shen Shuren was at the end of a pond, blocking the hole with a fishing net, then digging open the soil, so that the pond water naturally flowed into the fish pond on the lower step. When the water level of the first-step pond ditch above dropped by two feet, many fish were washed and wrapped around the blocking fishing net, even saving the energy to catch.

There are also many hairy crabs that were not planted in the seedlings and breeding, but were naturally flowing in when they were diverting water from Yangcheng Lake. After one or two months of fattening, it was quite full in late autumn.

Unfortunately, hairy crabs were obviously not as valuable as fish for people in the Ming Dynasty, and this thing had too little meat.

"So convenient? It seems that letting people raise fish is indeed much more labor-saving than fishing on Taihu Lake and Yangcheng Lake. There are so many people in Suzhou mulberry planting gardens, so there is no need to prepare food for fish, which is simply a huge profit."

After Zhang Xue once understood this truth, he was overjoyed.

The Shen family's fish and crabs are not at all due to their problems, but this technical idea is too valuable. Chen Shuren is willing to take it out for everyone to learn, and the psychological expectations of the trend of grain prices in Su and Hugong will change.

The "Fast Futures News" was considered to be played by Chen Shuren.
Chapter completed!