After the memorial was handed over, Emperor Chenghua was furious and the Xichang dispatched to Danyang County to thoroughly investigate the case this time.

This decision made many people puzzled. Isn’t it just a comrade who was corruption and a river bank breaking, so it was necessary to send people from the West Factory? Although everyone doesn’t know why, they dare not ask. Many people can guess that there is something tricky inside, but no one knows what tricks inside. Except for Ge Qi and Liu Ji, it is unknown outside.

Danyang County.

The sunny weather just arrived a few days ago, and it started to rain again in the past two days. Ge Dan stood in the yard and looked at the drizzling raindrops outside the window, and felt relieved.

Fortunately, this time it was this kind of continuous rain, not the rainstorm like last time. If it was like last time, it would be troublesome. Looking at Ge Lin who came in, Ge Dan handed a cup of hot tea to Ge Lin, and then said, "Uncle Lin, have a cup of hot tea!"

Gelin was not polite, so he picked up the teacup and took a sip, then Gelin said, "There is no problem with the victims, but our food is about to bottom out. If the above food is not sent, the victims will go hungry. In addition, it is the matter of the Jiuqu River embankment. We still need to renovate the Jiuqu River embankment. It will be July soon. When the time comes, heavy rain will continue, and the place where the Jiuqu River breach is not blocked, and the trouble will be great."

After hearing Ge Lin's words, Ge Dan said angrily: "What's the use of blocking the river bank? It's going to rain next time it rains!"

Ge Lin took a sip of tea, then smiled and said, "Although the river bank is not very good, it has been four years since it was not for the heavy rain this time, the water would have come urgently, and it would probably not have been cleared. We should use snacks to supplement it, and we have to survive this year's rainy season. If it is really not enough, it will be rebuilt after the autumn harvest. It will be like a rich family raising a little, and a court raising a little."

After hearing Ge Lin's words, Ge Dan sighed helplessly. He was also a poor man. He would ask local gentry to raise money when he had something to do. He would not be able to survive without them as a county magistrate.

Under such circumstances, it is strange that you can raise your head when facing the gentry. Is this the way for the officials of the Ming Dynasty to get along with the gentry?

The money given by the court was not enough. There was no funding in this era, only tax collection and local interception. Once natural disasters were bad, there would be no taxes and local governments would have no income. At the same time, the salaries of the clerks, etc., carriages, horses, food and expenses were all required by Ge Dan, the magistrate. Ge Dan couldn't help but have an idea in his mind, that is, business.

In later generations, the country strictly prohibited collusion between officials and businessmen, but in this era, which official family has no industry? What will you live without industry?

"Let the victims go to build the river embankment!"

Ge Dan also knew that what Ge Lin said made sense. This river embankment must be built, so he just complained. However, for Ge Dan, this matter was easy to solve. When the money and grain above came, it would be just for labor to provide relief. At the same time, the gentry raised donations. However, Ge Dan felt that there should not be too many donations. There were already a lot of donations raised in the last disaster relief period, and now it is still raising funds, and the gentry is not digging unworkable wells.

The last time the gentry did not take the opportunity to raise prices and donate money to themselves, which was actually considered giving themselves face.

Of course, this has something to do with a small place like Danyang County. If you change to a big place, no one behind those rich businessmen will be behind them, and they will not even give the prefect the prefect.

Ge Lin understood as soon as he heard Ge Dan's words. He knew that the current situation could only be done like this. Looking at Ge Dan with a little concern, Ge Lin deliberately lowered his voice and said, "What should I do about the matter over the past two days? I have become more and more impatient. It's not a solution for you to pretend to be sick all day long! The ruling master from the prefect has been here for a long time. Apart from meeting you, you have been leaving him there, and this is not a problem!"

"Is there any news in Nanjing?" Ge Dan did not answer Ge Lin's question, but asked back: "We don't have any news!"

Danyang County belongs to Zhenjiang Prefecture, and Zhenjiang Prefecture belongs to Nanzhili, so everything here has to be decided by Nanjing. Ge Dan has been waiting for news there, but there is no news. If the court established Governor Yingtian, this matter would be easier. However, Governor Yingtian is not a permanent official, and there is really no yamen now. But Ge Dan doesn't know that this yamen will be there soon.

Not only should there be, but the person who accepts his fate is also a very amazing person. This person is the famous Wang Shu.

Gelin didn't know why Ge Dan was so old and sage. This was a big deal, but seeing Ge Dan was like this, Gelin knew that it was useless to say it.

Instead of continuing to argue with Ge Lin, Ge Dan spoke to Ge Lin and said, "Let me find a few craftsmen, I want to get something out!"

For Ge Dan, whether it is to save the victims or make money by himself, what Ge Dan needs to do is very simple, that is, find a profitable project. In this era, there are many projects that make money, but you may not dare to do it. Ge Dan's selected project is very simple, that is, hatching eggs, which is an exclusive business that no one else can do.

The difficulty of artificially hatching eggs lies in temperature control. A slight deviation will lead to failure of hatching eggs. Gedan has a light brain, which can monitor the temperature in real time.

If you have small investment, you only need to buy eggs and build a greenhouse, which will take effect quickly. The egg hatching cycle is about 20 days. At that time, you can send the chickens and ducks to the people, or you might as well build a farm and hire these people to raise chickens and ducks for yourself. As for sales, Gedan will not worry about it, because the cost will be reduced by using artificial hatching eggs.

Large-scale breeding has low labor costs, and people can be hired to raise them manually, and they can even be enclosed for land. Anyway, there is no need for too good land, just mountains and forests.

Ge Dan is confident that he will reduce the price of eggs and duck eggs on the market by half, and then he will not have to worry about not being able to increase sales. Later generations can rely on low prices to make Xiaomi. Can Ge Dan do business at low prices in the Ming Dynasty?

I want to make good products with good prices and touching hearts.

This is the first time Ge Dan has done something, and it is also the first time he wants to do things in this world. Ge Dan really wants to say hello to this world: are you ok?
Chapter completed!