However, regardless of whether it is sold cheaply or not, the money from the fish sale is not his.
Moreover, as the magistrate of Wanping County, at this time, he had to get more big fish from Zhu Di in advance for the people of Wanping County.
"I dare to ask, Your Highness, if so many big fish are just sold in a few shops, wouldn't it cause a lot of confusion?"
"Um?"
Zhu Di subconsciously looked at Guo An, "What do you mean?"
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask the government officials of Wanping County to clear a wide space in Wanping County, or directly outside Shuncheng Gate, Pingze Gate, and Heyi Gate, for the stewards and shopkeepers of His Highness's residence. Set up a pergola and ask the stewards of Prince Yan's Palace and shopkeepers to sell marine fish under the pergola, and send young men and government servants to help maintain order!" Guo An said again.
Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but look a little confused, "You think about the people of Wanping County like this?"
Guo An said slowly: "Your Highness does not know something. In order to speed up the reclamation of wasteland in the past few months, the physical strength of the people in Wanping County has been exhausted, and they are in desperate need of meat to supplement their nutrition.
However, you know how poor the people in Beiping Prefecture are. They may not be able to eat a bite of minced meat for a month or two. Now they are all skinny and sallow.
In just over a month, it will be the autumn harvest.
If we don't get some meat for these people to eat, I'm really afraid that they won't have the strength to work during the autumn harvest. "
"Can!"
Zhu Di agreed directly, which surprised Guo An.
In his impression, Zhu Dike had never been so easy to talk to.
Zhu Di said again: "Shuncheng Gate, Pingze Gate, and Heyi Gate, each of the three city gates can sell ten thousand catties of sea fish."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Guo An was immediately overjoyed.
Then he thought of something and said again: "May I ask, Your Highness, do you need me to recruit someone to help carry these sea fish?"
"Is it possible that the king still needs to send someone to deliver it to you?"
"I'm going to find someone right now."
After saying this, Guo An did not stop for a moment. After saying goodbye to Zhu Di, he ran directly to Wanping County Government again.
When they arrived at the Wanping County Government Office, An Santie was no longer there, and Wang Zhen and some of the government officials were nowhere to be found. After asking, they found out that Wang Zhen had taken the officials to check An Santie's home.
Fortunately, the group of village chiefs who were found by Guo An in the morning were still there.
Seeing Guo An coming back with beads of sweat on his face, all the village chiefs gathered directly in front of Guo An, stretching their necks and looking forward to it.
Take a sip of herbal tea to quench your thirst.
Guo An then said directly: "His Royal Highness the King of Yan sent people to catch 60,000 kilograms of big fish from the sea. I request His Highness the King of Yan to send people to the three gates of Shunchengmen, Pingzemen and Heyimen in Wanping County. Each city gate sells 10,000 catties of sea fish, and each catty of sea fish costs fifteen cents!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the village chiefs opened their eyes wide with disbelief on their faces.
In this day and age, even to eat pig meat, you have to find someone to help you, and then pay a high price to buy it for a few taels. Now, they were suddenly told that 30,000 kilograms of marine fish were sold at the gates of three cities in Wanping County?
Moreover, it’s only fifteen dollars per pound?
Some of the long beards stood up in excitement, and their whole bodies trembled with excitement, staring straight at Guo An.
"My lord, is this true?"
"My lord, are you sure that each of the three city gates will sell 10,000 kilograms of sea fish to us and other common people?"
"Your Majesty, a pound of sea fish really only costs fifteen cents?"
"Your Majesty, when will these sea fish be sold?"
"..."
"When have I deceived you?"
Guo An smiled slowly, not annoyed by these surprises.
Because, in this era, good things are never something that common people like them can eat.
However, this time it was different.
"This matter is something that His Highness King Yan personally promised me. However, thirty thousand kilograms of sea fish is too much. I need you to bring some young men to Haizi Pier to transport all the sea fish to the three city gates and set up at the city gates." A pergola is used for the stewards and shopkeepers of Prince Yan’s Mansion to sell sea fish.”
"Don't worry, county magistrate, I and others will go and greet the sons and gentlemen of each army immediately!"
The village chiefs were even more overjoyed. They were asked to take people to transport sea fish. Wouldn't it mean that these 30,000 kilograms of sea fish would give them the first opportunity to get to the top of the water?
"In addition, in order to prevent the entire city gate from being blocked when people buy fish, you need to summon some young people and county government officials to maintain order!"
"Please rest assured, Lord County, you don't need any government servants for this matter. I and others can lead a group of young people from the countryside to maintain order!"
At this time, all the village chiefs were overjoyed again.
"In addition, although these sea fish came from me to plead with His Highness the King of Yan, they are still the fruits of the tens of thousands of people in our Wanping County who have worked hard to cultivate the fields, so they were specially placed in the three cities of our Wanping County. Sold at the door.
Therefore, you must inform every household about this matter, so that the people of Wanping County can eat more meat meals to replenish their health before the autumn harvest! "
"The county magistrate is kind, the old man and others understand!"
"That's right. Don't worry, your Majesty. I and the others will definitely live up to your kindness!"
All the village chiefs quickly saluted and thanked Guo An gratefully.
They are all a group of old men who are about to become sperms. Why don't they understand the purpose of Guo An's complicated operation?
As for sending a group of government officials to supervise them and prevent them from joining forces with outsiders?
How is this possible? Although they sometimes have some selfish motives, they are not the profit-minded people like An Santie. They can still clearly distinguish between outsiders and neighbors.
Not long after the village chiefs hurriedly left the city?
The people throughout Wanping County began to stir up excitement.
In particular, the people of Wanping County living in the city had already headed to Haizi Pier under the leadership of their respective heads, pushing a cart or carrying a list.
Then, under the supervision of King Yan's guards, he began to transport sea fish to the city gate.
"It's a fish!"
"Is this a sea fish?"
"How come there are so many sea fish? Didn't the Ming Dynasty ban the sea and not allow even a single piece of fish to enter the sea?"
The merchants who had been surrounding Haizi Pier reacted when they saw the frozen sea fish transported from the big ship.
Everyone's eyes widened with disbelief on their faces, and some merchants' eyes flickered.
King Yan actually sent a boat to the sea to catch marine fish?
This incident spread throughout Beiping Mansion in less than half an hour, and even spread outwards at an extremely fast speed.
The powerful and wealthy businessmen in Beiping Mansion, and even a group of low-level people, after talking for a while, ran directly home, took out the money they had saved at home, and ran to the various fish shops in Prince Yan's Mansion.
Sea fish are still extremely cheap sea fish. For the common people who have not had a meal of meat for several months, the temptation of these sea fish is no less than a few chunks of gold!
The Beiping Prefecture's Chief Envoy Department, Inspector's Envoy Department, Command Envoy Department, as well as the Beiping Prefecture Yamen, all the officials' expressions changed drastically when they heard what happened at Haizi Wharf.
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