The establishment of the Royal Institute of Science and Technology means that there is no longer a need for Zhu Youxiao to personally participate in various research work in the future.

The autumn harvest was approaching, and the Jimin Grain Bank had withdrawn a large amount of funds and began to pay close attention to the layout in the south, thus monopolizing the government's purchase of grain.

The price of grain in the south is extremely cheap, only three or four cents per stone. As long as you can buy 10 million stones, after deducting all kinds of expenses, the profit of 5 million taels of silver is proper.

In order to purchase these discounted grains, Zhu Youxiao summoned Cao Jinyu and Qian Wanyuan to discuss a plan together. At this time, the Royal Shipping Company, as well as the Hengchang Shipping Company of the Light Fat Man, did not have a few sea vessels at present. However, it does not mean that there are no ships, there are many large ships in the Yangtze River water transport system.

It's just that these big ships generally don't go by sea and land, because there are certain risks on sea and land.

After a large amount of money was smashed, shipyards in Jianghuai and other places also received orders. At the same time, they are also buying old ships, and it basically only takes half a year to start the scale of the fleet. When the time comes, it is feasible to transport grain from the south to the north, or to sell some grain in the south.

This vote is dry, and the profit is huge.

In addition to giving Cao Jinyu the privilege of purchasing discounted grain, Zhu Youxiao also said: "I will let the factory guards cooperate, and any county official who dares to sell discounted grain to other grain merchants will be immediately arrested and questioned." ”

The North doesn't need to do that, but the South has to be deterred.

At this time, the south was basically in a state of high autonomy, and Zhu Youxiao's decree may not be able to completely pass in the south, which is also the reason why he can't reach out to the south for many things.

The power of the southern gentry clan and the chaebol is intertwined, which is really a headache.

This time, Zhu Youxiao got involved in the interests of discounting grain, and naturally he would encounter resistance. Although this interest originally belonged to the imperial court, it was only dug into the corner by businessmen with powerful backgrounds.

Jinyiwei and Dongchang must cooperate.

"Your Majesty, in addition to purchasing discounted grain, Weichen thought that he could also buy some low-cost grain in the south, and Jimin Grain Bank could also open grain stores in those big cities in the south." Cao Jinyu built yì said.

"This can be slowed down, don't startle the snake." Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said, this is not in line with his strategy. Because the power of the southern scholars and chaebols is a little too great, as long as they are in terms of public opinion control ability and financial resources, Zhu Youxiao does not intend to tear his face with them immediately.

So all along, most of Zhu Youxiao's actions have been in the area north of the Yangtze River. There was no sign of taxation in the south, but a commercial tax was levied in the north.

For those southern scholars and chaebols, as long as they have not specifically threatened them, they will shout at most, and they will not make much action, and at least the two sides have not torn their faces.

After all, the royal capital is still incubating at this time, and has not become a really powerful capital group, at this time it is torn up, and it is easy to be surrounded and suppressed by the business of the southern chaebol, although the royal capital has official power to rely on, and the southern chaebol also has political relations.

In the end, in fact, it is a matter of party contention.

"We only buy grain in the south, and don't touch the grain retail in the south for the time being, which is one of the main industries controlled by the chaebols." Zhu Youxiao added that compared with the northern provinces, the chaebols in the south have achieved a certain scale of commercial monopoly, and although many of these commercial monopolies are cartel models, China's cartel monopoly models are often very effective.

The so-called cartel is a joint monopoly between competitors who agree on their respective market shares and commodity prices.

Chinese businessmen tend to be more credit-conscious than Westerners.

In the embryonic stage of capital at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the monopoly of the market by businessmen in the late Ming Dynasty basically adopted the cartel model, and the syndicate was basically impossible, after all, China is so big and there are so many businessmen, and the syndicate is completely impossible.

As for the trust model, it is even more impossible for the Jiangnan chaebol to come up with it.

In terms of monopoly mode, cartels are the lowest and can only breed small monsters of capital. Syndicates are relatively advanced and can breed capital monsters. Trusts are the most advanced form of monopoly, and they will give birth to capital supermonsters.

Later Britain developed the cartel model, and the Germans developed the syndicate model, so the Germans had the strength to challenge Britain, launched the First World War and the Second World War, and successfully dragged Britain from the throne of world hegemony.

The United States has developed a trust monopoly model, and the power of capital is the most terrifying. After the First World War, it began to raise its profile, and after the Second World War, it gained the status of world hegemon.

So let's look at the royal capital, in fact, the monopoly model of the 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 need to use power to raid the house, through the operation of guò capital and the competition for the market, they can easily swallow them.

The incubation of capital needs a relatively stable environment, and turbulence will produce losses, so it is better not to tear up with the Jiangnan chaebol for the time being.

Cao Jinyu obviously does not have a deep understanding of the situation, after all, he does not stand at this height to think about the problem, and he does not need to think about the consortium strategy. Zhu Youxiao didn't let him dye the guide retail market, and he had no choice but to give up.

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

"Your Majesty, it's not good, the Yellow River has burst." Li Chaoqing presented a fold, Zhu Youxiao was shocked, and hurriedly took the fold and read it.

In the autumn and September of the first year of the Apocalypse, the Yellow River broke in the area of Lingbi and Huangpu, and the mouth of the Baiyang River came out of Yongji Lake, and it was still with the Yellow River, so the road dried up.

This breach flooded two counties.

The only good news is that the mouth of the Yellow River has not changed its course, and it is still a pattern of seizing the Huai into the sea.

"How many people died? How many people have been affected? Zhu Youxiao found that there was no such information on the concert, and Li Chaoqing hurriedly shook his head, obviously not knowing.

"Your sister!" Zhu Youxiao was so angry that he threw the chapter aside, the officials below were really unreliable, and such an important number was not counted.

After walking a few steps left and right, Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment, there were still about 12 million silver dollars in the treasury, and disaster relief was no problem. However, the Yellow River is a hidden danger and must be controlled.

In the past, the Yellow River was treated with manpower during the dry season of the residents on both sides of the Yellow River every year, but now there is obviously no such thing. Before the Ming Dynasty appointed Pan Jitao to govern the Yellow River, he used the method of harnessing water and attacking sand, but he managed the Yellow River steadily, but because of the flooding of the imperial tomb, Pan Jitao was cut down.

If no money is invested in the management of the Yellow River, the breach of the embankment and the breach of the river will definitely occur from time to time. When the time comes, as soon as the number of victims increases, the problem will come.

"Immediately allocate 300,000 yuan from internal funds for disaster relief, and another 2 million yuan to strengthen the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River embankment, and recruit refugees to work in the flooded areas." Zhu Youxiao made such a decision because he did not know the number of people affected.

300,000 silver dollars were used to provide the food that the victims urgently needed, so as not to starve people to death. Next, the victims were recruited to work, and the victims were paid 20 wen a day, so that the victims could not starve to death. As for jobs, they can be provided by reinforcing the Yellow River embankment.

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

But who will be sent to this disaster relief? This still had to be discussed, and when the courtiers learned the news, they recommended candidates one after another. Looking at these recommended lists, Zhu Youxiao looked suspicious. Basically, they are all Donglin Party officials, and the crazy corruption of the Donglin Party during the Chongzhen period is simply shocking, which makes it difficult for Zhu Youxiao to hand over this disaster relief operation to Donglin Party officials.

Candidates are indeed a problem!