Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

"Three pieces..." Liang Fu's expression was extremely complicated. He frowned and looked at Yin Wencai: "Isn't it too much for you to say this..."

"Too...too much?"

Yin Wencai was a little frustrated, but after all, the stone was naturally formed and needed no other capital except for artificial excavation, so the only thing he could do was to let the people earn less wages...

"Too..." Liang Fu raised his little finger and gestured, jokingly saying, "You're asking too little! You should be bolder in pricing! This is the raw material for colored glaze, colored glaze! Do you know what it is?"

Yin Wencai shook his head after hearing this, looking stunned: "I don't know..."

Shen Zheng pointed at herself and asked Liang Fu, "So I told you that Liuli is precious, but I harmed myself?"

The boomerang made a big circle and hit her again!

Hiss—it still hurts a little, but Baiyun County is our brother county!

Yin Wencai understood now. He looked at Shen Zheng with some curiosity: "The object you want to make with feldspar is 'glaze'?"

Shen Zheng nodded, and without hiding anything from Yin Wencai, she told him directly about the Queen Mother's birthday and the congratulations from foreign countries.

Yin Wencai opened his mouth wide when he heard this, his eyes full of surprise and admiration: "You, you...this is such a big deal, it concerns the reputation of our Great Zhou Kingdom!"

If Lord Shen helps the imperial court to slap the faces of foreign nations, who will not praise Lord Shen and say he is awesome in the future?

Yin Wencai felt proud and felt that it was a great blessing for him to meet Shen Zheng.

"In fact, it's just that colored glaze is precious right now." Shen Zheng said with a smile, "The raw materials for making colored glaze are not scarce. When the manufacturing process matures, the price will naturally not be too high. Now it's just for fun. But the price of your feldspar can be higher, and you can sell it in two types."

"Two kinds?" Yin Wencai thought about the feldspar he had seen today and was a little confused: "But there is only one kind of feldspar in the county...Does it have to be sold according to quality?"

Shen Zheng shook her finger: "No, no. Feldspar, feldspar, since it is an ore, it can be..."

She looked at Liang Fu.

Liang Fufu was so impressed that he immediately replied, "Purify it! Just like gold, silver and iron ore, remove the impurities before selling it. This way, not only can it be sold at a good price, but it can also add a lot of jobs to the local area!"

But Liang Fu didn't know how to purify feldspar, but he was more "confident" than Shen Zheng himself, and felt that Shen Zheng must know it.

"It can be like this!" Yin Wencai felt like he had opened the door to a new world. He counted on his fingers, "Detectors, diggers, movers, purification workshops, and even a shop specializing in selling feldspar!"

In this way, at least hundreds of people will have jobs!

Shen Zheng nodded and guided: "Secondly, your county borders Fuzhou Prefecture. Merchants from Fuzhou Prefecture and there will definitely come here when they hear the news. In addition, the cotton cloth workshop in Tongan County is about to start operation, and many merchants will pass through Baiyun County..."

"Hiss—" Yin Wencai immediately understood and slammed the table: "Food and lodging! Supplies! Everything has a bright future!"

Open the inn! Open the restaurant and wine shop! Open the carriage and horse business! Open all the shops!

Just thinking about it, Yin Wencai's heart was filled with excitement. He wanted to pawn the shopkeeper right there and then - how much is a night's accommodation? Thirty cents! Fifty cents! Eighty cents! Money, all money!

Looking at Yin Wencai who was laughing foolishly, Shen Zheng felt happy for him.

At this point, he and Baiyun County can be said to have finally reaped the rewards of their hard work.

Shen Zheng said, "Mr. Liang is right. The price you mentioned is indeed a bit low. I wonder if you still remember what I said in the village before. This kind of feldspar is not only useful in industry, but also in agriculture..."

"With so many uses, wouldn't the lower the price, the more beneficial it would be to the people?" Yin Wencai looked at Shen Zheng, wondering why she would state a paradox.

The feldspar he sold was at a low price, so the people could use cheaper porcelain and fertilizers.

He set a high price for such a beneficial thing...

Yin Wencai couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart - he couldn't suck the blood of the people.

He thought Shen Zheng, who loved the people like her own children, would agree with him, but she shook her head and said, "You can't calculate this account that way."

"Why?"

"Feldspar ore, like gold, silver, iron and copper ore, is a non-renewable mineral," said Shen Zheng.

"No...regeneration?" Not only Yin Wencai, but even Liang Fu was stunned.

"It's easy to understand." Shen Zheng looked at them with a serious expression: "Use a little bit of ore, a little bit less, and when it's used up, there's nothing left. The same principle applies to gold and silver currencies. It's precisely because gold and silver mines are non-renewable that the purchasing power of gold and silver currencies has remained stable to this day."

The amount of rice and flour that can be exchanged for one tael of gold has not fluctuated too much since ancient times, except in peacetime, except during wars.

This is the most special ability of mineral currency.

Liang Fu suddenly realized: "The more feldspar ore is used, the less it will be. That's why we can't set a low price to avoid mining it all out in a short period of time, which will result in no more ore to use in the future!"

Yin Wencai also understood: "So no matter how much the stone merchants set the price, the final selling price of feldspar ore will naturally change with market changes, unless someone deliberately hypes it up!"

day!

Looking back at these things from a long-term perspective, we can see that – just because they think it is “for the good of the people”, it is truly “for the good of the people”.

Lady Shen has a long-term vision. If she hadn’t told them, how could they understand these principles!

At this moment, Yin Wencai's admiration for Shen Zheng reached a new level.

"How about this..." Shen Zheng thought for a while and then said, "Let's set the price of ordinary raw stones at eight cents per pound. As for the purified feldspar powder... I will teach you how to purify it first, and then we can set the price based on the purity ratio."

"Eight, eight, eight...cents!" Yin Wencai raised his finger, his face full of shock.

Although he already knew the deepest meaning of this price, he still couldn't believe it for a moment, and quickly calculated in his mind: "More than 100 kilograms of feldspar ore is one tael of silver..."

"Gurgle——" He couldn't help swallowing.

According to the known mineral veins in the county, that would be tens of thousands of taels! He, he, he... when had he ever seen so much silver!

Under the calm gazes of Shen Zheng and Liang Fu, Yin Wencai's eyes rolled back and he fainted.

"Master Yin!" Liang Fu stepped forward and caught the back of Yin Wencai's head. "Master Shen, this, this Master Yin is too weak to bear it! Let's send him to the hospital immediately!"

Shen Zheng looked at Yin Wencai's still trembling eyelids, rolled up his sleeves and picked up the brush: "I want to write about how to purify feldspar ore..."

"Sir Liang!" Yin Wencai struggled in Liang Fu's arms before he even opened his eyes. "Please help me up. I can still learn!"

Liang Fu: “…”