Luzhou is now docked with a large number of grain ships, and everyone is waiting for the imperial court to transport grain to the eight southern states after the closure is lifted.

And this must have gathered a large number of grain merchants to negotiate with the local people in Luzhou, but at present, there is no result at all.

In addition, the grain merchants in the eight southern states are also making efforts to prevent these grain ships from Luzhou from entering the eight southern states.

If the grain from outside cannot be transported in, then the local grain merchants in the eight southern states can sit on the ground and raise prices, and behind these grain merchants are the interests of the powerful.

They don't care about the lives and deaths of the common people, it's a good thing that grain ships from other places can't come to the eight southern states, anyway, this year's grain will definitely be eaten early, and if there is no grain to eat, the grain in their hands will be all white silver, and the price of grain will definitely go up.

Will the yamen take care of it?

Yes, but they are definitely on the side of the grain merchants, and they even maintain order for the grain merchants.

The current grain price in Qingzhou has not moved at all, that is because Chen Ze has suppressed it, and the granary of the county government currently has enough grain to stabilize the grain price, and no one dares to raise the grain price first.

Don't think that these powerful people are not moving because they are really scared, they are just waiting for the opportunity.

On the side of the victims, they didn't make a fuss and just waited for a large number of victims to come in, didn't you Qingzhou County Ya take care of these victims?

What a good thing!

You can take care of the tens of thousands of victims in the back!

The grain stored by the county government is simply not enough for you to toss for a long time, and when the food is gone, I will see what you will do!

Although this may be a few months later, Chen Ze has to plan ahead.

If you can send the grain from Luzhou, then you can solve the big problem, but the problem is that the imperial court is closed and controlled, and the grain merchants can't transport the grain back, and once it is transported back, I don't know how many will go bankrupt in situ.

Are you kidding?

Grain is transported down the waterway all the way, it is tens of thousands of catties at every turn, and now it is blocked in Luzhou, you can't transport it back by land, the cost of transporting it back is ridiculously high, and even the freight is more expensive than the grain itself, and it is strange not to go bankrupt!

Therefore, now the grain merchants from other places are consuming in Luzhou, and it is absolutely impossible to transport them back.

Chen Ze thought about this matter for a long time before he came up with a ghost idea.

It is impossible for the imperial court to let the grain merchants transport the grain over, and there is an army stationed in Luzhou now, so it is absolutely impossible for a ship to get by, and all ships have to be inspected before they can go down, and if there is food, they will not let it go.

But the boat can't pass, you can find a way to let the food come by itself!

The key is waterproofing, if you can make a waterproof bag, even if you soak it for a long time, it will not penetrate into the bag, then it can be achieved.

Luzhou and Qingzhou are separated by the Nu River, and the waterway for foreign grain merchants to transport grain from the north is Linjiang, all the way down to the Nu River.

Now all the grain ships are stuck in Luzhou City, and then there are about one or two hundred miles of waterway to the Nujiang Pass in Qingzhou, which can be reached in only half a day.

However, the prerequisite for all this is to make a qualified waterproof bag, and the sealing performance must be guaranteed, otherwise once the water penetrates in, the food will not be eaten.

Chen Ze hasn't discussed this matter with the Qingzhou office yet, after all, this idea is a bit too out-of-the-way.

Therefore, Chen Ze immediately asked the design and research department to toss the waterproof bag, and must verify its waterproof performance and sealing after many experiments.

The waterproof performance has been verified, you can use a tarpaulin to do this base, for the sake of insurance, you can also add oil paper to do secondary processing, the difficulty of the study is mainly in the sealing, after all, the waterproof bag to enter the water once the seal into the water will fall short.

The first consideration is to use the ground rat paste for sealing, and use the large equipment of the cement workshop to seal the physical high pressure and high heat.

It can also be made by manual means, using two metal planes to physically extrude after baking, and using ropes at both ends to shrink and exert force, which also has an effect, and then begin to soak the experiment, which lasts up to a day, and then take out these waterproof bags the next day to check whether the grain inside is seepage.

After confirming the waterproof performance of the waterproof bag, it is a buoyancy test, dozens of catties of grain are filled with the bag and thrown into the water will sink directly, so it is necessary to add buoyancy equipment to it, such as a full air bag, to ensure that the grain at the bottom can have a certain buoyancy and will not sink directly to the bottom, of course, it is not possible to let the grain directly surface the water.

Chen Ze's idea was to use the towing of the boat to transport the grain from the bottom of the water, bypassing the blockade of the imperial court, and once this technology was realized, it would be possible to transport more than just grain.

However, this method is a real secret, and it must be operated by trustworthy people, otherwise once the imperial court knows that there is such a mode of transportation, this method will be invalid, and the imperial court will definitely have to let people swim underwater in the future.

This would have to be done with a separate convoy.

The special service must be the first choice, but in the future, you have to be stationed in Luzhou, and after going to Luzhou, you need to build a good relationship with the grain merchants in various places, and at the same time, you also need to communicate with the local yamen, to put it bluntly, it is infiltration.

This candidate must be selected carefully, so Chen Ze began to screen personnel within the intelligence department, and he could recommend himself.

Then, as soon as the analysis team heard that Chen Ze was going to Luzhou to install people, they immediately provided an important piece of information.

Zhou Dafa, the current head of the prison department, is a distant relative of the Zhou family in Luzhou, and Zhou Dafang was able to become the prison warden, and the Zhou family also contributed.

As soon as Chen Ze heard that there was such a thing, he immediately called Zhou Dafa over and asked what Zhou Dafa's relationship was with the Zhou family in Luzhou.

"Your Highness, the head of the Zhou family is the second uncle of my clan."

"Then you can become this prison warden, is it the Zhou family's contribution?"

Zhou Dafa was a little embarrassed: "Yes, yes, I gave Song Zhizhang some silver taels." ”

"Then why don't you work on an errand in Luzhou?"

Zhou Dafa scratched his head and said a little embarrassed: "My daughter-in-law is a local from Qingzhou, and my second uncle arranged this family affair for me, and there is such a girl in the family, so I ......"

Chen Zeyile: "Rich? ”

"It's not there, but it's ......" Zhou Dafa's old face flushed: "It's about the same." ”

Zhou Dafa is indeed a bit of a chicken thief, but he really comes to things, and his brain turns very fast.

Coupled with the care of the Zhou family, Chen Ze felt that there was something wrong with this matter.