"I came to you because the academy lacks a superintendent, I think you are more suitable, I don't know if you are willing."

"Your Majesty, the grass people have been running restaurants for three generations, I don't know what the hospital supervisors have to do? I'm afraid that if I don't do it well, I'll cause you trouble, and I'm afraid that the identity of the grass people won't be able to get an axe in front of all the gentlemen, so please ask the emperor to check it clearly. Cai Dafa pondered this and said carefully.

"I know what you said, what the superintendent has to do is simple, that is, to control the expenses of the academy, and the other is to sell some of the things invented by the academy on the market, so that the academy can support itself, of course, it would be better if it could increase some income for the imperial court. For the time being, there is no confidence. ”

"Yes, this is not difficult, but please allow the grass people to dare to ask." When it comes to business, Cai Dafa has no previous panic.

"You say—"

"Why would you give such a big burden to the grass people, a person who has no merit." This matter must be asked clearly, there is no trivial matter in the court, and if something goes wrong, it is a matter of losing your head.

"Do you remember guessing lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival?"

Hearing this, Cai Dafa dared to raise his head, and when he saw that the emperor was the one who guessed the lantern riddle that day, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "The emperor forgives the sin, the grass people didn't know your identity at that time, how offended."

"I can't talk about it, you get up, after that meeting, I feel that your character is not bad, and the restaurant is also well maintained, you are a usable talent, do you have any questions to ask together."

"After the grass people served as the hospital supervisor, I don't know if they can continue to run the restaurant."

"It's up to you, as long as you don't delay the affairs of the academy."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty."

"If there are no other problems, you can go to the academy in three days."

"The grass people obeyed."

Cai Dafa left the palace, looking back at it felt incredible, under the yin and yang, he actually had an intersection with the emperor, and he also sat together and ate wine, and the emperor even took a fancy to his talent and appointed an official position. I just don't know what grade the superintendent of this academy is.

When he returned home, his wife Hou asked, "Master, what is the emperor looking for you?"

"You're going to make me an official."

"Huh? Really fake. ”

"You don't believe it, I still thought I was dreaming, you still remember the lantern riddle you made during the Lantern Festival."

"Of course I remember, hasn't someone already guessed the answer to the riddle?"

"Yes, but you can't imagine that the person who guessed the answer to the mystery turned out to be the current emperor, and the life experience is really incomprehensible, who would have thought that because of a game, I got acquainted with the emperor, and the emperor took a fancy to my ability to manage business, and made me the supervisor of Daming Academy."

"Huh? Our ancestors have not yet produced officials, can you do well? How is it good to blame the emperor for not doing well? ”

"At first, I was also worried, but the emperor asked me to run the academy with the model of running a restaurant, this idea is very novel, we used to think that the academy is a place to do learning, and I can't guess the emperor's intention to do this, but I think as long as I can ensure that the academy can survive on its own, it shouldn't be difficult."

"Then let's try it, if you can't do it, you must return the errand to the emperor as soon as possible, so as not to miss the major affairs of the country."

"What Madame said is that Madame also asked Madame to help more."

"This is natural, don't worry, sir."

The next day, the decree appointing Cai Dafa as the superintendent of the academy was sent to the academy, although the officials of the academy were very strange how the emperor could use a merchant to manage the academy, but because the holy decree clearly stated that the superintendent was the official position of the sixth grade, the academy still held a small ceremony to welcome Cai Dafa's arrival.

After Cai Dafa came to the college, he first checked the incoming and outgoing accounts of the college, and then under the supervision of the court, he made an understanding of the factory belonging to the college, so as to facilitate the later operation.

After the establishment of the college, Gao Yiming assigned some factories related to people's livelihood to the college, such as tractor factories and civil steam engine shipyards, and he planned to use mature technology to let the college try to go on the road of combining production and research.

The judge of the academy is a great Confucian of the Ministry of Rites, named Kong Shangfeng, is a decent person, although Cai Dafa, who was born in a businessman, is a little disdainful, but he still faithfully performs his duties and seriously introduces the inventions of the college to Cai Dafa.

Although it is a bit reluctant to say that tractors and steam engines are the patents of the academy, some of the masters who make tractors and steam engines work in the academy, and the factory belongs to the academy, so Kong Shangfeng thinks that these things are also the academy's, and there is nothing wrong with it.

"Mr. Kong, I would like to ask, how long does it take to build such a tractor?"

"Half a year."

"Huh? We have a total of four production lines, and we can only make eight of these things in a year, so our sales price must be sold at a high level, and strange goods can be lived, of course, the high price cannot be sold to the people, how about we sell it to the rich landlord first? When the technology is improved, we can slowly control the cost, reduce the price, and then sell it to the people. ”

"This is your business, don't ask me, the old man just asks you for money to spend, okay, you have also figured out the situation of the academy, and say goodbye."

Originally, the boat driven by tractors and steam engines, Kong Shangfeng thought that it would be best if it could be promoted among the people as soon as possible, which could greatly save people's labor, but now it was being sold at a high price by Cai Dafa, so he was a little disliked.

Cai Dafa didn't care, he was now responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of more than 2,000 people in the college, and how to quickly achieve a balance of income and expenditure was his current major matter. Of course, he is not worried that no one will buy it, as long as it is really profitable after experiments, tractors and steam engine ships will not be unmarketable, after all, price is second in goods, the key is to be practical and can create value.

After thinking about it for a few days, Cai Dafa formulated a method of combining rental and sales for tractors, and was ready to test the water first.

Specifically, in each state to set up a rental and sales station, the object of rent is the ordinary people, because with the cost of today's tractor, the cost price to sell to the people he can not afford it, but the tractor is really important for agriculture, so the method of rent is used to let ordinary people enjoy the dividends brought by high technology. For landlords with a large amount of land, if they want to use a tractor, then I'm sorry, they can only buy it, it doesn't matter if they don't have cash, they can go to the cabinet of the imperial court for a loan, of course, they have to pay interest.

As soon as this method came out, it was passed to Gao Yiming, Gao Yiming praised Cai Dafa's approach, this method takes into account the rich and the poor, it can be regarded as the best policy, he is not wrong, once this step is lived, then Daming can slowly go on the road of scientific and technological innovation, and the future can be expected.