Three hundred and ninetieth chapters well-intentioned
Shen Lin rarely planned to be "taken advantage of" for once.
In the past, when new grains came on the market, it was normal for wheat to cost 700 cents.
Although the current situation is tense, people still need to stock up.
But there is no choice but to stabilize. Zhong County and Yixian County are both major grain-producing counties.
The price is not much higher either.
But Shen Lin's next strategy was to discuss with a group of civil affairs ministries.
Try to raise the price of grain to one or two silver per load.
We must prevent those grain merchants from hoarding food.
Why?
With such a high purchase price for new wheat, the risk of hoarding is too great.
It would be great if all the grain from the plain areas east of Yixian County could be transported to Anding.
In fact, urban residents eat food.
The average price is just over one tael of silver per load.
During the lean years, I had one, two, six, seven, or even two taels of silver per load.
Shen Lin's move seems to be a loss, but in fact it is not.
He scattered the more exquisite silver coins, which contained only 87% silver.
But people like it!
Pick it up, blow on it, put it to your ear, it will buzz!
Usually when you go shopping with money, you have to cut it and weigh it.
Not to mention the trouble, I don’t know how many people have manipulated me.
The silver coins produced by Shen Lin are more trustworthy.
Businesses and people have benefited greatly.
Similarly, the price of new grain in Anding Prefecture has increased.
Folks will spontaneously save some food.
What are you keeping the money for?
The war is in chaos and there is nothing to eat or drink.
Wheat itself is very durable and does not resist moisture, so it can be stored for several years without any problem.
On Shen Lin's side, even if the rice fields expand year after year, the production will increase.
Tiecheng no longer needs to consume stored grain.
He can still use water milling technology to make high-quality flour and sell it.
For example, the newly released dry noodles and sweet potato starch are very popular among the people of Tiecheng.
It doesn’t make sense. People in Anding Mansion don’t like it?
With such an operation, the flour and noodles alone will make a lot of profits.
Wheat bran can also feed war horses and livestock, which can serve multiple purposes.
After some explanation from Shen Lin.
The third uncle sighed: "Now that I have heard your words, I will be able to open my eyes!"
"It turns out that grain trading can still be so complicated."
“It’s hard to lose money!”
Tian Wenqing shook his head and said.
"My lord, after doing this, a stone finally fell from my heart."
"It seems that even if there are 50,000 or 60,000 little kids, they can eat and drink for free."
"We can afford it in Tiecheng!"
The other officials all breathed a sigh of relief.
This big deal was left to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to handle.
Shen Lin will not take a penny of profit from the process.
He even asked Yinzhuang to advance the capital.
Of course, the silver banker should make the profit of one-third of the fire cost of the silver dollar.
It has no impact on the transaction itself.
A large amount of grain is eaten, and then further processed and sold one after another.
Only then did the business come alive.
Profits on public accounts will also increase.
After all, even if the population of Iron City will increase.
There is no need to store millions of tons of rations, right?
It takes up too much space!
Officials in the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry will feel that they are too incompetent.
What's going on if we always outsource?
We don’t get our monthly salary for nothing, do we just live on a dry diet?
Striving for self-sufficiency and even creating profits is the pursuit of every department!
White Snake asked.
"A friend in the mountains asked."
"Do we still need orphans?"
"It's very chaotic over there in Taiyuan Mansion right now."
"The children are so pathetic!"
Unexpectedly, the always kind-hearted Tian Wenqing tugged on his beard and objected.
"Second Madam, all of us here want to do good deeds!"
"No one can see those poor dolls being displaced."
"But the reality is grim."
"The population ratio of Iron City is already out of balance."
"There is no way we can adopt more orphans!"
The new campus is indeed big enough, but there are too many children, so they need someone to take care of them, right?
The number of adults in Iron City is limited.
The lecturer, who was already nervous, even showed up to a woman.
Daily accommodation and daily life are still not managed by anyone?
Shen Lin frowned and said.
"If... I say that there will be 30,000 more orphans added one after another."
"What do you think?"
"Can you barely take care of me?"
"The school doesn't have to worry about food and clothing."
"I can totally handle it!"
The officials present shook their heads.
We really can't spare any manpower.
Yuan Shijie, deputy director of the Department of Culture and Education, gritted his teeth and suggested.
"Then we have to let the older children come out to take care of things."
"Mixed dormitories, one big one and seven small ones."
“The older kids are in charge of the day-to-day management.”
“You can even teach after-school literacy.”
"It just so happens that there are nearly 10,000 children aged 12 or 3, and we can fully take care of more than 70,000 children."
The white lady's eyes were full of worry.
"Will there be a situation where the big one bullies the small ones?"
"These orphans encountered catastrophes when they were young, so they are very sensitive!"
"It would be bad if there was hatred."
This is certainly inevitable.
At the age of twelve or thirteen, my mind is still immature and I have no patience.
One person manages seven little carrot heads.
Even if you don't have any bad intentions, it is still simple and crude.
Shen Lin applauded.
"Mr. Yuan's plan is feasible."
"The premise is that schools must do a good job in supervision and prevention."
"Everything must be done step by step!"
"There's nothing wrong with letting older children take responsibility in advance."
"It's also a kind of exercise for them!"
Tian Wenqing sighed.
"I always feel... that pulling back the seedlings only encourages things to grow."
"At their age, they shouldn't bear too much pressure."
The old master is too idealistic.
The reality is so cruel.
Even if Tiecheng could save another 30,000 children, it would only be a drop in the bucket.
They are compared to those poor children who died in the war.
Already considered lucky.
Shen Lin assured.
"Teacher, this is the last batch of this year."
"In the future, we will replenish the number according to the normal number of graduates."
"How about taking back as many orphans as you leave the school?"
Tian Wenqing nodded helplessly.
Currently, the majority of children in school are boys and girls aged ten years old.
Don’t expect to graduate much this year or next.
But starting from the next year, we can enter a virtuous cycle.
Strive to achieve 30,000 in sales and 30,000 in new purchases. The situation will definitely get better and better.
Many of the graduates can stay in school and teach!
Teaching and learning at the same time takes three to five years of training.
These juniors are not much worse than those gentlemen born in childhood.
Maybe, it will actually make you more able to get along with the children.
The matter was agreed upon, and Shen Lin and the White Snake sisters rode home together.
He said rather curiously.
"Didn't my father-in-law say that I need to go back to the mountains to avoid the limelight?"
"Their previous harvests were pretty good, and they paid back their debts."
Of course, it was impossible for Chen Tianhao to rob hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
He asked Chen Liang to bring back a variety of things.
There are tents, Liao army weapons, beef tendons, salt, livestock and more.
They just left the food and war horses behind.
Of course, Shen Lin didn't care.
He can handle the weapons of the Liao army to Shen Ang, who likes to get bargains.
You can also send horses and other things to the mule and horse market to sell them at a good price.
Anyway, the discounted prices for the things my father-in-law sent me are quite low.
Just like the weapons and armor he wanted, Shen Lin only charged half the price.
This chapter has been completed!