Not to mention this era, even in the future, medicinal herbs were a problem. As the saying goes, good medicinal herbs mean good medicine.
With Daming's productivity, it would be extremely difficult to solve the problem of medicinal herbs.
"Your Majesty, the medical academy has already sent people to inspect the various regions."
"The main places where medicinal herbs are produced will encourage the local people to grow medicinal herbs. If it doesn't work, they can also rent public land to grow medicinal herbs." Li Jianyuan quickly replied, "When the time comes, we will need Your Majesty's decree and the local officials will cooperate."
Zhu Yijun thought about it and said in a deep voice, "We will have the Ministry of Internal Affairs cooperate with you."
In reality, most common medicinal herbs could be grown artificially. It wasn't that Daming had never been a medicinal herb merchant.
It was just that there was no unified plan. Zhu Yijun believed that once the Royal Hospital opened everywhere, it would definitely stimulate the development of Daming's pharmaceutical industry.
The pharmaceutical industry's real estate exhibition would definitely give Daming's people another source of income.
Daming had more than ten million households and a population of more than sixty million. With the popularization of the new crop, the court would welcome a bumper harvest in the next ten years. In order to raise the price of food, Zhu Yijun felt that they had to start preparing now.
The current situation was that the rich Yangtze River Delta was the most developed area for mulberry, cotton, and handicrafts. Many lands had been converted from rice to mulberry, resulting in a shortage of food.
But Zhu Yijun believed that once the new crop was spread, Daming's food prices would definitely fall to the bottom of the valley.
According to the tax department's statistics, Daming's cultivated land had exceeded ten million hectares. One hectare of land in Daming was fifty hectares. In other words, Daming's cultivated land was around five hundred million hectares.
Although many places were planted with economic crops, the majority of the land was still planted with food.
Taking Shun Tian Province as an example, the court was promoting the new crop. The fertile fields were planted with high-yielding corn, and the sandy and mountainous areas were planted with potatoes and sweet potatoes. In the next year, Shun Tian Province would definitely welcome a bumper harvest.
In this era, transportation was backward and the cost of transporting food was high. Even if there were people buying the food in Shun Tian Province, it would greatly lower the price of food. This was something Zhu Yijun would not allow.
Stabilizing food prices, increasing the added value of food, and planting economic crops like medicinal herbs was also a good idea to increase income.
Coupled with his plans for breeding farms, the lives of the citizens of Shun Tian Prefecture would change drastically.
Of course, it would be more appropriate to call his breeding farm a breeding farm.
They used the method of artificial incubation to incubate chickens, ducks, and geese, and then sold them to the people at cost price or even subsidized price.
Compared to raising large livestock such as pigs, cows, and goats, chickens, ducks, and geese were relatively easier to raise.
Liao Yuan remembered very clearly that when he was young, his grandfather raised a flock of ducks and geese in the countryside.
When I opened the door in the morning, they squawked and ran into the river.
At night, he even knew to go home by himself. He didn't need to look for him or feed him anything.
Grass and insects were their food, so it wouldn't be too much of a burden for the people to raise them.
If the people of Daming had dozens of chickens, ducks, and geese in their homes, just the eggs they laid would be enough to improve their lives.
When his Beijing's First Roast Restaurant opened for business, he would have a place to sell his chickens, ducks, and geese.
Once the transition was completed, they could even adopt the harvesting and marketing system of the later generations.
The Shang family would provide the eggs and feed, and the people would provide the land and be responsible for raising them. When they grow up, the Shang family would be responsible for recycling them.
However, things had to be done step by step. For the time being, free-range breeding in the countryside was still the main focus.
Xu Guangqi had already made a thermometer. Large-scale artificial incubation of eggs could already be achieved.
Once the artificial incubation of eggs was achieved, the price of the eggs would definitely be greatly reduced.
Zhu Yijun believed that once his Beijing's First Roast Restaurant became popular, there would definitely be merchants following suit, and the price of chickens, ducks, and geese would definitely soar.
At that time, there might even be large-scale breeding farms, and he wouldn't even need to guide them.
If the price of food fell, other than the government purchasing, livestock farming would also become the mainstream, especially in the vicinity of a big city like Beijing.
This was also Zhu Yijun's plan to prepare for a rainy day. Otherwise, if the price of food really fell, he wouldn't have the money to introduce a protective price for food.
One must know that the Great Qing Dynasty relied on the new crops to feed two to three hundred million people. Even during the Republic of China, there were already four hundred million people.
Although there were many natural disasters in the Daming Dynasty, there were only sixty million people. If he deliberately promoted the new crops, the price of food would definitely fall.
Unless the population of the Daming Dynasty exploded. However, that would only show its power after ten to twenty years.
Right now, Zhu Yijun was thinking of ways to increase the income of the people. Li Jianyuan's idea was very good.
Zhu Yijun nodded his head in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Do well, I will see it all."
Li Jianyuan was naturally overjoyed. Originally, he didn't think that he had a bright future in medicine. However, he was the only son in his family, and could only inherit the medical skills of the Li family.
Moreover, if he didn't study well, he wouldn't have a chance to take the imperial examinations.
Originally, Li Jianyuan thought that by relying on his father's influence, he might be able to become a doctor in the Imperial Academy of Medicine.
He didn't expect the government to suddenly establish the Royal Academy of Medicine, and now the Royal Hospital. These were all places where he could show off his skills.
Li Jianyuan's desire for fame was ignited once again. He felt that he could do very well.
Not to mention other things, just the Chancellor of the Royal Academy of Medicine alone was a third-class official.
If it was in the past, he wouldn't even dare to think about it. However, now, Li Jianyuan felt that he could still think about it.
After all, the person sitting in that position was his father!
"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty. I will definitely do my best!" Li Jianyuan quickly said.
The group passed through the main building and soon arrived at the backyard. Compared to the main building, the construction of this backyard was much better.
There were gardens on both sides, and there was also a pavilion. At the back, there was a row of single-story buildings.
On the right side, there were many courtyards. Among the green trees, it was quite interesting.
"Your Majesty, this is the place to be hospitalized!"
Li Jianyuan pointed to the row of single-story buildings and said, "If the patient's condition is serious, then you need to arrange to stay here."
Zhu Yijun nodded his head. This was his idea.
Behind Zhu Yijun, British Duke Zhang Yong asked, "Director Li, what is that small courtyard?"
Li Jianyuan was stunned. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he quickly explained, "That is a sanatorium. If any patient needs long-term treatment and is disturbed by worldly affairs outside, they can stay in the sanatorium.
Not only are there professional doctors to check on the body every day, but there are also the best ingredients to nourish the body and mind.
We have also arranged for apprentices to do maintenance, so that the people who stay here can receive comprehensive care every day. "
Li Jianyuan spoke eloquently, and Zhu Yijun nodded his head in satisfaction.
In fact, this place was used by Zhu Yijun to scam money, and it was a scam from the rich.
In the future, there were VIP wards, and in this era, one would be letting down the Daming Rich if they didn't do something that would make them look like nobles.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs had already taken out the proposal of the luxury goods project.
As an emperor, it was embarrassing that he had to spend money on food and clothing.
In the future, all the special supplies of the royal family would not only be given to him for free, but they would also have to pay him every year.
The price he had to pay was very simple, and that was to allow them to hang the words "special supplies of the royal family".
This way, not only could he collect a large sum of money, but he could also rope in a large number of officials and merchants.
He wanted them to stand on his side when he was collecting business taxes. He would pull one group and fight the other.
Of course, after the luxury goods were established, it would be easy to go to sea trade in the future.
One had to know that two-thirds of the luxury goods in this world came from the Daming Rich.
However, those things were indeed good stuff. What Zhu Yijun wanted to do was to sell the straw for the price of gold.
Lei Jun didn't need such a talent, but he did.
As for whether there would be ministers who would jump out to object, or whether it would damage the prestige of the royal family, Zhu Yijun wasn't worried at all.
Who do you think those merchants are?
They are all scholars, and they are all officials.
If there is no one in your house, do you want to do a big business?
Stop fooling around.
If you want to set up a stall on the street, you also need to know two people from the city management!
These people were happy to have the name of the royal family's special supplies. If anyone stood out to object, they would probably be trampled into dregs by these people without Zhu Yijun needing to do anything.
Anyway, he had a lot of things to do, and earning money was always the first priority.
As Li Jianyuan explained, the Honours present immediately became interested in the courtyard.
"Director Li, how much does that courtyard charge?" British Duke Zhang Yong asked as he stroked his beard.
After this question was asked, Zhu Yijun was stunned. Did these old fellows take a fancy to this place?
However, after thinking about it, he understood. They were of high status, and they weren't young anymore, but none of them wanted to die!
Now that there was such a good place, why didn't they come over earlier?
Li Jianyuan was stunned. Then, he turned to look at Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun waved his hand, indicating for him to speak freely.
Zhu Yijun felt that his hospital would probably need to be expanded.
After getting Zhu Yijun's permission, Li Jianyuan smiled and said to Zhang Yong, "British Duke, this courtyard charges a monthly fee. Every month, it's three hundred taels of silver."
"In addition to the three hundred taels of silver a month, other things such as medicine apprentices' wages are also charged."
Three hundred taels of silver a month, this was definitely a black-hearted price.
However, this courtyard wasn't for the common people to live in. If it was cheap, then these people wouldn't be interested.
"Then, can I book a room?"
Zhang Yong smiled and said, "I'm old, and my body isn't good. With such a good place, it's good to come over and recuperate!"
Zhu Yijun was stunned. Are they treating this place as a nursing home?
However, Zhu Yijun didn't care. Anyway, if they were willing to spend money, then let them spend it.
However, for these dukes, it wasn't a lot of money, so they could accept it.
"Of course!" Li Jianyuan was stunned, but he quickly nodded and said.
When the Honours heard this, they immediately became interested. "Then, let's book a room too."