The establishment of the Royal Academy of Sciences means that Zhu Youxiao will no longer need to take action in various research work in the future.

The autumn harvest is coming, and the Jimin Grain Bank has drawn a large amount of funds and has begun to make quick arrangements in the south, thus monopolizing the acquisition of government-discounted grain.

The price of discounted grain in the south is extremely cheap, only three or four cents per stone. As long as you can purchase ten million stones, after deducting various expenses, the profit of five million taels of silver is a perfect match.

In order to purchase these discounted grains, Zhu Youxiao summoned Cao Jinyu and Qian Wan to discuss a plan together. At this time, the Royal Shipping Company and the shallow fat Hengchang Shipping Company had few sea ships. However, it does not mean that there are no ships, and there are many large ships in the Yangtze River water transportation system.

But these large ships generally do not travel to sea and land, because there are certain risks in sea and land.

After a large amount of funds were spent, shipyards in Jianghuai and other places also received orders. At the same time, they were still purchasing old ships. It basically only takes half a year for the fleet to reach its scale. At that time, it is feasible to transport grain from the south to the north, or to sell some grain in the south.

After this vote, the profit is huge.

In addition to giving Cao Jinyu the privilege of purchasing discounted grain, Zhu Youxiao also said: "I will ask the factory guards to cooperate. Which county magistrate dares to sell the discounted grain to other grain merchants and arrest and question immediately."

The north does not need to do this, but the south must be deterred.

At this time, the south was basically in a state of high autonomy, and Zhu Youxiao's government orders may not be able to be fully accessible in the south. This is also the reason why he could not reach the south for many things.

The power of the Southern gentry and chaebols is complicated, which is really a headache.

This time, Zhu Youxiao was involved in the interest of discounted grain, so he would naturally encounter resistance. Although this interest was originally from the court, it was only poached by businessmen with powerful backgrounds.

Jinyiwei and Dongchang are bound to cooperate.

"Your Majesty, in addition to purchasing discounted grain, I think we can also purchase some low-priced grain in the south, and the Jimin Grain Store can also open grain shops in major cities in the south." Cao Jinyu suggested.

"This can be slowed down, don't be alerted." Zhu Youxiao shook his head. This was inconsistent with his strategy. Because the power of the southern gentry and chaebols was too great, as long as it was reflected in the ability to control public opinion and financial resources, Zhu Youxiao did not intend to break up with them immediately.

So for a long time, most of Zhu Youxiao's actions were in the area north of the Yangtze River. There was no sign of taxation in the south, but commercial tax was levied in the north.

For those southern gentry and chaebols, as long as they have not threatened them in detail, they will at most shout out, and there will be no big moves. At least they have not broken up.

After all, Royal Capital is still incubating at this time and has not become a truly powerful capital group. At this time, it is easy to be surrounded by commercial siege balls by the Southern chaebols. Although Royal Capital has official power as a supporter, Southern chaebols also have political relations.

In the end, it is actually a matter of party struggles.

"We only purchase grain in the south, so don't touch the grain retail in the south for the time being. This is one of the main industries controlled by those chaebols." Zhu Youxiao added that compared with northern provinces, chaebols in the south have achieved a certain scale of commercial monopoly. Although many of this commercial monopoly is a cartel model, China's cartel monopoly model is often very effective.

The so-called cartel is a joint monopoly between competitors.

Chinese businessmen often pay more attention to credibility than Westerners.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the early stage of capital germination, merchants' monopoly on the market in the late Ming Dynasty basically adopted the cartel model, and syndicates were basically impossible. After all, China is so big and there are so many merchants, so syndicates are completely impossible.

As for the trust model, it is even more impossible for Jiangnan chaebol to create it.

In the monopoly mode, cartels are the lowest level and can only nurture small capital monsters. Syndicates are relatively advanced and can nurture large capital monsters. Trusts are the highest level of monopoly mode, and will nurture super capital monsters.

Later Britain developed the cartel model, while the Germans developed the syndicate model. Therefore, the Germans had the strength to challenge Britain, launched the First World War and the Second World War, and successfully pulled Britain off the throne of the world overlord.

The United States developed a trust monopoly model, with the most terrifying capital power. It began to be high-profile after World War I, and after World War II, it gained the position of world hegemony.

Let’s look at Royal Capital. In fact, the monopoly model of Royal Capital is the ultimate "trust" model. As long as the royal capital is successfully incubated, what is the Jiangnan chaebol? Even if there is no power to search the house, they can be easily swallowed through capital operation and market competition.

Capital incubation requires a relatively stable environment, and turmoil will cause losses, so it is better not to break up with the Jiangnan chaebol for the time being.

Cao Jinyu obviously did not have a deep understanding of the situation. After all, he did not stand at this level to think about the problem, and he did not need to think about the consortium strategy. Zhu Youxiao did not allow him to get involved in the retail market in the Southern Front, so he had no choice but to give up.

Just after Zhu Youxiao and Cao Jinyu and others agreed on the issue of grain purchase, Li Chaoqing hurriedly ran into the Palace of Harmony.

"Your Majesty, it's not good, the Yellow River has broken its mouth." Li Chaoqing presented a memorial. Zhu Youxiao was shocked and quickly took the memorial and started reading it.

In September of the autumn of the first year of Tianqi, the Yellow River was in Lingbi and the Huangpu area broke. From Yongji Lake, it came out of the mouth of the Baiyang River and was still connected with Huang, so the path was then dried up.

This time the breach flooded two counties.

The only good news is that the estuary of the Yellow River has not changed lanes, and it is still a good idea to capture the Huai River and the sea.

"How many people died? How many people were affected?" Zhu Youxiao found that there was no information on the memorial. Li Chaoqing quickly shook his head, obviously not knowing it.

"You sister!" Zhu Youxiao was so angry that he threw the memorial aside. The facts of the officials below were unreliable, and such important data were not counted.

After walking a few steps from side to side, Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment. There was still about 12 million silver dollars in the treasury, so there was no problem in disaster relief. However, the Yellow River is a hidden danger and must be managed.

In the past, when the Yellow River was governed, residents on both sides of the Yellow River had to use manpower to dredge during the dry season. Now, this is obviously not the case. The Ming Dynasty appointed Pan Jixun to manage the Yellow River and adopted the method of binding water to attack sand, which stabilized the Yellow River. However, because of the flooding of the imperial tomb, Pan Jixun was removed from his post.

If you don’t invest money to control the Yellow River, the dam will burst, and the breaking will surely occur from time to time. At that time, when there are more disaster victims, the problem will arise.

"Immediately allocate 300,000 yuan from the treasury for disaster relief, and another 2 million yuan will be allocated to strengthen the dam in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and recruit refugees to work in the flooded area." Zhu Youxiao made such a decision because he was not very clear about the number of people affected.

300,000 silver dollars are used to provide the food urgently needed by the victims, so don’t starve to death. Next, by recruiting victims to work, give the victims 20 cents a day, and the victims will not starve to death. As for employment, they can be provided by strengthening the Yellow River embankment.

The rest is to pay attention to the elderly, weak, sick and disabled who have lost their loved ones, so there will basically be no turmoil.

But who will send this disaster relief? It still needs to be discussed. When the court officials heard the news, they submitted recommendation candidates. Looking at the recommendation list, Zhu Youxiao looked suspicious. Basically, they were all officials of the Donglin Party. The crazy corruption of the Donglin Party during the Chongzhen period was shocking, which made it difficult for Zhu Youxiao to hand over the disaster relief operation to the Donglin Party officials.

The candidate is indeed a problem!
Chapter completed!