Station.
After hearing the news from the officials below, Li Shihou, Bi Wenxi and others were all shocked and stared at the official.
"Are you sure you heard correctly? His Highness Prince Yan is really willing to sell the secret skills of transparent glass and cement, especially the secret skills of growing vegetables in the cold winter?"
"Bi Shaoqing, this matter is absolutely true. Now it has spread throughout Beiping Mansion!" the official said quickly.
"How is this possible?"
Bi Wenxi murmured to himself and stood up directly.
"Come here, hurry up and prepare the car. I want to go to see His Highness King Yan!"
"Yes, you must go and see His Highness King Yan!"
Li Shihou also said anxiously.
However, when the two of them arrived in front of Prince Yan's Mansion, they were dumbfounded.
The entire front door of Prince Yan's Mansion was full of carriages.
"Where did all these carriages come from?"
"You will come forward quickly and clear a path for me!"
Bi Wenxi shouted to the guards on the left and right sides of the carriage.
"Here!"
A guard from Baihu accepted the order and stepped forward to shout, asking the carriages to move to both sides.
"Why are you urging me? Your master is an official of the Ming Dynasty, but mine is not?"
"That's right. I'm still a young minister of Honglu Temple. I'm only a fifth-grade student, but we are the father-in-law!"
"What are you looking at? Our master is a Marquis!"
"Tsk, you are really short-sighted. Although our master is not an official, our young master is the chief envoy..."
"Hmph, the second master of our house is..."
After completing the circle, the man from the household returned to the carriage with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Please forgive me, Master..."
"Okay, I heard it too."
Those coachmen cursed Baihu loudly, and Bi Wenxi heard them on the carriage.
With a helpless sigh, he got off the carriage.
Behind him, Li Shihou didn't dare to say anything.
After squeezing through the long carriage queue, he walked to the door of Prince Yan's Mansion and handed over the greeting card.
Soon, two chamberlains came out and walked in with Bi Wenxi and Li Shihou.
At this moment, Chengyun Hall was already buzzing with people.
Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Lan Yu and other military generals, the Chief Envoy, the Inspector General, a number of officials in the Beiping Prefecture, as well as the major gentry and merchants in the Beiping Prefecture.
Everyone held a piece of paper and three contracts in their hands, looking at it intently.
As for some people who are dissatisfied with the price above or the contents of the contract, they want to argue.
It's a pity that the servants of the palace beside him, or the scribes of the long history department, all replied with smiles on their faces. The price and the contract were set by His Highness King Yan, and there is no possibility of changing them.
Bi Wenxi, Li Shihou and others who came in from outside just glanced at the people in the hall, and then quickly followed the waiter who led them in, walked to the empty table on one side, and asked them to take a seat.
At the same time, a chamberlain came over with two contracts.
"If Bi Shaoqing wants to buy the secret recipe for transparent glass and cement, as well as the secret technique for growing vegetables in the cold winter, just sign this contract and bring the money, and you can get the secret recipe!"
Bi Wenxi nodded slightly and started to read.
The more he looked, the more surprised his expression became.
As for Li Shihou on the side, his expression became increasingly gloomy.
"Why does His Highness Prince Yan still have such restrictions and does not allow the person who bought the secret recipe to reveal the secret recipe to the outside world?"
The chamberlain smiled slowly and said very straightforwardly, "Because this secret recipe was developed by Prince Yan at great cost and could have earned millions of taels of silver.
However, His Highness King Yan felt that it was boring for one person to make money, so it would be better for everyone to make money together.
Now we are ready to sell the secret skill to others, but if someone else spends such a small amount of money to buy the secret skill and sell it to others, then Prince Yan's Mansion will be taken advantage of, and His Highness will naturally not want to..."
Bi Wenxi nodded slightly. If this matter were placed on him, he might do better than King Yan.
However, for Li Shihou, his face was full of despair.
Because, he found that he could not afford even the cheapest secret recipe for growing vegetables in winter.
Moreover, the ally beside him will no longer support him.
"Bi Shaoqing..."
"Envoy Li, look at the contract, look at the contract..."
"..."
In one day, more than twenty people signed the contract.
However, the most important thing is the secret technique of growing vegetables in winter.
There were also two companies that signed the secret recipe for transparent glass, but the price was one hundred thousand taels of silver.
As for the secret recipe of cement, no one bought it.
"With four hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver, Guo Qing is truly the God of Wealth in Prince Yan's Palace!"
Zhu Di's face was full of joy.
"Wei Chen just came up with an idea. The success of this matter is all due to His Highness." Guo An looked modest.
"Okay, okay, Guo Qing doesn't need to be so humble."
Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "When those people send the money to Prince Yan's Mansion, we will send the 10% to Guo Qing."
Beside, Zhu Fu's eyes suddenly turned red.
Forty-two thousand taels of silver, with his salary as the chief historian of Prince Yan's palace, he would not be able to earn it in a hundred years.
Guo An was also surprised, "Thank you, Your Highness!"
Then, he said again: "Your Highness, I feel ashamed to receive such silver. Please allow me to give half of the silver to Your Highness, and Your Highness will reward the craftsmen, and for this matter." The officials and guards of Prince Yan's palace who have contributed."
Zhu Di took a deep look at Guo An and said, "Is Guo Qing willing to give up twenty thousand taels of silver?"
Guo Andao: "Your Highness, if it were not for the help of those craftsmen, officials, and guards, I alone would not be able to develop glass, let alone build a glass greenhouse, and there is no so-called technology for growing vegetables in cold winter...
Even if it is developed, it cannot be defended.
Therefore, the craftsmen, officials, and guards also deserve this money. "
After that, Guo An said again: "The most important thing is that Wei Chen knows that nowadays, there are still many guards and craftsmen whose families are very poor, and having enough food is a problem..."
Looking at Guo An who was talking endlessly, Zhu Di seemed to have a flash of relief in his eyes, but it quickly passed away. Zhu Fu blinked his eyes, wondering whether he had seen it wrong.
Guo An dared to use his own money to reward the ministers, guards and craftsmen of the Yan Palace. He was so bold. The King of Yan should have wanted to get rid of him, so how could he still appreciate it?
However, if His Highness King Yan was so angry, wouldn't he stand up and plead for Guo Thief?
When Guo An said, Zhu Di finally spoke, "Don't worry about this matter for Guo Qing, we will reward you.
In the past, it was difficult for our Prince Yan Mansion to only support the three guards of Yanshan, so naturally the salary for those craftsmen and guards was less.
In this way, in this year, Guo Qing earned nearly one million taels of silver for Prince Yan's Mansion. This time, I will use 10% of the silver to reward all officials, guards and craftsmen. "
Zhu Fu's face was filled with joy, "Thank you so much, His Highness King Yan!"
Guo An was stunned for a moment, then quickly praised, "His Highness is so generous. When the craftsmen, guards and officials learned about it, they would be ecstatic and loyal to His Highness."
Zhu Di: "We have never been that stingy person!"
"Yes, yes, Wei Chen is too narrow-minded..."
…
The inn, in a certain house.
Li Shihou looked at Bi Wenxi with a flattering face, "Xiaoguan begged Bi Shaoqing to give Xiaguan the secret recipe for growing vegetables in cold winter. Xiaguan will never reveal anything to outsiders.
Moreover, when I, Goryeo, come to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty again, I will privately give Bi Shaoqing a hundred taels of gold and ten beautiful prostitutes! "
Bi Wenxi looked at Li Shihou with a strange expression, "Mr. Li, do you know what is the crime of deceiving a Ming prince?"
Li Shihou was stunned.
Bi Wenxi said leisurely: "Although it is not a crime of deceiving the emperor, it will also cause the family to be confiscated and exterminated, which will harm the whole family..."
"I am not like Ambassador Li. As a foreign minister of a foreign country, if I am questioned by King Yan or His Majesty, the worst I can do is hand over my head to pay for the crime, and my family will still be alive.
However, once the matter is revealed, my family will not be able to survive..."
Li Shihou came to his senses, his eyes widened with anger, "Bi Shaoqing is going to break his promise, cross the river, burn down the bridge, and tear up the covenant!"
Bi Wenxi looked at Li Shihou calmly and said, "Master Li, please be careful. I have never had any covenant with Master Li!"
Li Shihou said: "But when I came to Beiping Mansion, I made an appointment with Bi Shaoqing..."
Bi Wenxi interrupted directly, with a stern look on his face, "Mr. Li, please don't slander me like this. I am the young minister of Honglu Temple and I am accompanying Mr. Li here in compliance with the order.
If Ambassador Li dares to slander and slander me again, I will definitely write to His Majesty and have Ambassador Li exiled..."
"you……"
Li Shihou's eyes widened with disbelief on his face. Who is the capricious and dishonest villain?
However, Bi Wenxi insisted that he was simply accompanying the Goryeo envoy on orders, and Li Shihou really had no choice.
Moreover, he was really afraid that His Majesty the Ming Dynasty would exile him to Qiongzhou thousands of miles away...
A few years ago, the seniors who were released to their country of Korea had already explained to them how terrible it was to be exiled to Yunnan or Qiongzhou.
…
As King Yan sold glass, cement, and even secret techniques for growing vegetables in cold winter, the news quickly spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.
Ming Dynasty was shocked.
For a time, all the powerful merchants, countless gentry, and even some princes, marquises and other nobles in the capital also sent people to Peking.
Every day, Zhu Di had to sign several contracts.
This time, Zhu Di made a lot of money directly!
As for the Goryeo envoy Li Shihou, he stayed in Beiping Mansion and never left.
Bi Wenxi was also happy to stay in Beiping Mansion and have some leisure time.
When there were fewer visitors to the house, Zhu Di finally had time to pay attention to Li Shihou's whereabouts, and suddenly became a little annoyed.
"The envoys of Goryeo are becoming more and more impudent, and now they even don't let go of the gentry in Beiping Prefecture."
On the side, Guo An said quietly, "Your Highness, you want to drive this person away?"
"Um?"
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, "What bad water is coming out of Guo Qing's belly again?"
Guo An: "..."
Zhu Fu stood on one side with smiles in his eyes.
Since a few days ago, Zhu Di took out one hundred thousand taels of silver and distributed the rewards to all the officials, craftsmen, and guards of the Yan Palace, the entire Yan Palace officials no longer secretly called Guo a thief.
Even Zhu Fu received a reward of one thousand taels.
Although it was not as good as Guo An's one hundred thousand taels of silver, it was enough to make Zhu Fu very happy.
Zhu Di urged: "If you have any ideas, tell me. I will not miss your money!"
Guo An's face was filled with grievances, "Why does Your Highness treat Wei Chen like this? Is Wei Chen the kind of person who is greedy for money?"
Zhu Di looked at Guo An quietly.
Guo An coughed twice and looked serious, "After being born in the world and getting enough money, a real man should make contributions and expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty..."
"Opening up territory and expanding the territory?"
Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "What does Guo Qing mean?"
Guo Andao: "Weichen thinks that he can now sell his cold-winter vegetable planting technology to the Korean envoy."
…
(End of chapter)
