Lao Zhu glanced at Zhu Biao and said angrily: "Is that bastard Lao Si worried that we will fall in love with his recipe for calcined glass?"
Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment, then he quickly smiled and said: "Father, the fourth child has handed over the prescription to the son, and asked the son to pass it on to the father."
"Um?"
Lao Zhu was startled, "What else does this kid want you to intercede for?"
"Father is wise!"
Zhu Biao said quickly: "You also know the temper of the fourth child. He likes to lead troops in war. Song Guogong and Ying Guogong have been training in Peiping for such a long time. The fourth child has been able to endure until now, which has surprised my son. "
"This bastard thing..."
Lao Zhu smiled and cursed, then looked at Zhu Biao and asked again.
"This kid is so proactive this time. I'm afraid it's not only because of this incident, but also because of other things? He told us all about it!"
A trace of relief flashed across Zhu Biao's eyes, "Father is wise and I can hide nothing from you."
"Okay, you don't have to flatter us, just tell me now."
Lao Zhu returned to the chair, lay back, and looked at Zhu Biao quietly.
"Father, the fourth child used these glasses to build a 100-acre greenhouse on the farm to grow vegetables in the winter. As a result, Song Guogong and Ying Guogong found out about this.
So Song Guogong and Ying Guogong approached the fourth child and wanted to share some.
As for the fourth child, he will be served with delicious food and drinks... Let Song Guogong help him speak well in front of his father...
When he left, he also sent two carts of meat and two carts of vegetables... and promised that as long as Song Guogong and Ying Guogong helped him speak well in front of his father...
Grow vegetables in winter and send a cart of vegetables to Song Guogong and others every five days! "
Lao Zhu's face darkened and he cursed directly, "Feng Sheng and Fu Youde, these two old bastards... Lao Si, this prodigal son..."
Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as his father continued to curse, it meant that his father did not care too much about this matter.
"Father, who in the north is not greedy for the vegetables grown in the cold winter?"
"That bastard Fourth Brother really dares to give you a cart of vegetables every five days, huh!"
Lao Zhu snorted with some dissatisfaction and ignored the matter, but looked directly at the glass in the hall.
"Erhu, call a few craftsmen to try replacing the windows in the hall with this piece of glass?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Erhu responded and quickly retreated.
Soon, Erhu came over with several craftsmen.
Then, in front of Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao, all the windows around the hall were replaced with glass.
In an instant, the entire hall became much brighter.
Seeing this, Lao Zhu was overjoyed: "Okay, this glass is really a good object!"
"Then Guo An is really a capable minister."
Zhu Biao couldn't help but beam with joy.
"If Biao'er likes it, we will issue an imperial edict and transfer Guo An to your East Palace tomorrow." Lao Zhu couldn't help but say.
Zhu Biao shook his head quickly, "Thank you, Father, but as the fourth son said in public, Guo An is the minister of humerus in the Yan Palace, and the fourth son is also suffering in Beiping Mansion alone, how can I take away his capable ministers."
Lao Zhu nodded and said no more, but ordered again: "Er Hu, quickly install the ten cars of glass that Lao Si sent to us in our palace and the prince's palace."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Erhu responded with excitement and walked out quickly.
Then, Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Biao again and said, "Biao'er, you need to find a confidant for this method of calcining glass, and ask him to calcine it well, and don't let the thieves outside know about it.
Even though these glasses are made of sand and stone, it is a treasure to make the interior of the house so bright.
After it is calcined, you can find a confidant and ask them to help you sell it, and you will definitely make a lot of money. "
"ah?"
Zhu Biao was startled and looked at Lao Zhu in disbelief.
"Father, do you want your son to do the business of a merchant?"
"nonsense."
Lao Zhu directly glared at Zhu Biao and said: "You are the prince of the East Palace of the Ming Dynasty, how can you do what a merchant does.
Since the fourth child has given you the secret recipe, you must not waste it.
How can we bear to trap such good glass in our palace?
Just find someone you trust and ask him to calcine glass and sell it! "
Zhu Biao: "..."
Lao Zhu said again: "Biao'er, you may think that we are the emperor and you are the prince of Ming Dynasty, but compared with those wealthy businessmen and gentry, we are the poorest people.
These glasses are like catching fish in the sea, we need to calcine them well.
After it is calcined, it will be sold south of the Yangtze River, and the north will be given to Lao Si.
The fourth child is having a hard time in Peiping, so let him make some money. "
"Yes, Father!"
Zhu Biao responded quickly.
…
Peking Mansion.
After receiving Zhu Biao's letter, Zhu Di blushed.
"Guo Qing, my father has asked the prince to sell glass! In this way, we want to follow Song Guogong in his northern expedition, and my father has already agreed."
"Congratulations, Your Highness." Guo An quickly congratulated.
"It's just that we lost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver by just giving the secret recipe of glass to our father."
As he said this, Zhu Di felt extremely distressed when he thought that in Yingtian City, glass would be calcined day and night.
"Your Highness, it is better to take advantage of the emperor and the prince than to take advantage of outsiders." Guo An said.
"Um?"
Zhu Di was startled and asked, "What does this mean?"
"Your Highness, in just this half month, more than 200,000 pieces of glass have been sold, which is more than 20,000 taels of silver."
Guo An explained, "However, there are still countless wealthy businessmen who want to see their ministers and buy glass every day."
"Yes, there are quite a few craftsmen available for calcining glass."
Zhu Di nodded slightly and said, "I'm sure you can hire reliable young men from Wanping County or even Beiping Prefecture to calcine glass for us."
Guo An smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, if this happens, there will be many people with mixed eyes. As long as those merchants give those young men some money, the secret of the glass will be leaked!"
Zhu Di had a depressed look on his face, "This... is damning. It's really frustrating to see a lot of money but no profit."
Guo An said again: "Your Highness, the craftsmen in our house spent more than three months researching on calcining these glasses.
There are many skilled craftsmen in the world. In the past, the quality of glass was not good and it was not favored by the gentry and wealthy businessmen.
Nowadays, glass is extremely hard to find. When all the skilled craftsmen see this, they will definitely immerse themselves in firing glass.
Wei Chen guessed that within three months, these craftsmen would be able to produce this kind of glass. Now the craftsmen in the house can produce this kind of glass. "
Zhu Di's eyes were red and he said angrily: "Who dares?..."
However, after shouting, he looked helpless.
Guo An continued: "Since the secret recipe will be discovered sooner or later, it is better to take the initiative to dedicate the secret recipe to the prince and the emperor.
In this way, His Highness not only benefited from the emperor and the prince, but also allowed the emperor and the prince to burn more glass and earn more money. "
"But our Beiping Mansion is poor!"
Zhu Di screamed subconsciously.
Guo An's face darkened. It was too much to call him poor in front of him.
"Your Highness, this month alone, the money my family has made from cotton has exceeded ten thousand taels of silver.
In addition, in the past three months, the sales of sea fish have earned at least 50,000 taels of silver.
Also, the women in Wanping County have been asked to spin more than 400,000 kilograms of wool thread.
In another month, when all the wool has been spun into wool, we will ask Mrs. Tu to teach the women how to knit sweaters.
In this way, His Highness can earn at least fifty thousand taels of silver again.
As for selling glass, Your Highness, this winter, you can actually select some trustworthy people, lock them up and concentrate on calcining glass.
Any amount of glass produced by calcining can be sold.
In this way, His Highness will earn at least more than 400,000 taels of silver...
However, when these young men come out in the spring of next year, those merchants will definitely know the secret recipe for calcining clear glass..."
Zhu Di said harshly: "It doesn't matter, you know it if you know it. Anyway, this cold winter, the glass produced is enough to supply more than half of the north and south!"
"Your Highness, there is no need to consider the area south of the Yangtze River. Yingtian City is occupied!" Guo An reminded.
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then said fiercely: "Then let's go to the north. We will burn glass for all the wealthy businessmen and gentry in the whole north within one winter!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An smiled and said, "In this case, even if those merchants and craftsmen know the secret recipe for calcining clean and clear glass, they will find that they can no longer sell it for many yuan!"
"Very good!"
Zhu Di's face was overjoyed and his eyes were shining.
With Zhu Di's authorization, Guo An began to work hard.
When hiring a large number of young people, the first thing to consider is the young people in Wanping County.
However, for the safety of the homes of the people in the village, a village can only employ at most half of the young people.
In this way, Guo An had to go to Daxing County next door to hire young people.
In this era, all young people are very motivated to have a job that provides food, shelter, and money in the winter.
Fortunately, Guo An's reputation in Beiping Mansion is quite good.
In addition, Guo An represented the Yan Palace, and the officials of the Beiping Palace did not stop him.
The gentry chiefs and village chiefs also actively cooperated.
As a result, within a few days, there were more than ten glass-burning workshops in Beiping Mansion.
After hearing this, merchants from all over the Ming Dynasty began to crowd towards Beiping Mansion crazily.
Naturally.
These merchants brought tens of thousands of shi of grain to Beiping Mansion.
In this regard, Guo An did not refuse anyone who came.
When exchanging grain for glass, there is no discount and the price is directly based on the market price.
Seeing this, the merchants all became excited.
In itself, food in the north is more expensive than in the south, and you can make some money by transporting food from the south to the north.
Now, when you transport grain to Peiping, you don't have to bother selling it, and you can directly exchange it for glass.
You can also make a lot of money by transporting the glass to the south, or to Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and other places.
In this way, in less than a month, Beiping Mansion had hundreds of thousands of more grains.
At this point, the 10,000 Qingzhuang grains recruited by Guo An have been solved, and there are still dozens of stones of grain left.
After straightening out the glass.
Guo An then began to lead a group of officials from Prince Yan's Palace, especially those from the Gongzheng Office, to look at the piles of hundreds of thousands of kilograms of wool in the treasury.
This month, Mrs. Tu has already taught hundreds of family members of the Yan Palace guards to knit sweaters with wool.
In this way, Guo An began to notify a group of women in Wanping County and Daxing County to learn to knit sweaters one by one.
With two wooden sticks and a ball of wool yarn that they had spun in the past, they sat there and stirred it for a few times, and then they could weave a piece of woolen cloth... and then after two or three more days of weaving, they actually weaved a beautiful piece of woolen cloth. Clothing.
All the women in Daxing County and Wanping County suddenly became excited.
In winter, they can stay in a warm house again and start making money!
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(End of chapter)
