Hearing this, Shang Kezhou suddenly became excited.
"Your Highness, Guo Changshi, you two have never seen that after taking a bite of chili pepper, those Koreans seemed to have seen something like dragon liver and phoenix marrow, and they couldn't stop at all.
In fact, many people's mouths were so swollen that they were still eating.
In less than two days, the ten kilograms of chili peppers brought by the fleet were completely eaten by those Goryeo dignitaries! "
"This time, those Koreans were able to come up with gold and silver just to buy a lot of chili peppers."
"The pepper is so spicy, why do they like it so much?"
Hearing this, Zhu Di, who didn't care much at first, couldn't help but look weird.
"Back to Your Highness, those Korean people not only like it, but also eat it raw. They don't even put the chili pepper in their meals or steamed buns, and just bite it with their empty mouths..."
Shang Ke replied with a beaming look.
"This... will they feel any physical discomfort after eating it?"
At this time, Zhu Di couldn't help but be stunned.
Shang Kezhou nodded slightly, "Your Highness is wise."
Guo An, on the other hand, was much calmer. Later generations of Koreans also liked to eat chili peppers, and they ate them in an inhuman way. They were super spicy, abnormally spicy.
“This year, I didn’t receive many chili peppers, they had to be sold to Sichuan, and some were kept by Beiping Prefecture.
How much can those Koreans pay for each kilogram of peppers? "
Zhu Di also stared closely at Shang Kezhou.
Shang Kezhou replied: "Back to your highness, Guo Changshi, this time Wei Chen brought the ten kilograms of peppers and sold them at ten taels of silver per kilogram of peppers according to the price set by Guo Changshi.
However, I didn’t expect that after eating, those Goryeo dignitaries heard that I didn’t have many peppers in Ming Dynasty, and only I, Beiping Prefecture, could grow peppers, so they were willing to raise the price! "
"Twenty taels of silver per pound."
"Twenty taels per catty?"
Zhu Di's eyes widened, his whole body trembled, and he felt like he was in heaven.
Twenty taels per catty.
The price they paid for it from those common people was only a reasonable amount of money.
"Sell, as long as the Korean people pay, all the peppers taken back by Prince Yan's Mansion in the past few days will be sold to Korea."
Shang Kezhou looked at Guo An aside.
In terms of foreign trade, all of them knew that the matter still needed to be decided by Guo Changshi.
Sure enough, after calming down, Zhu Di also looked at Guo An.
"What do you think, Guo Qing?"
Guo An bowed respectfully and said, "Reporting to Your Highness, I believe that rare things are valuable.
Although the Goryeo dignitaries discovered gold and silver mines, they were not sure how many gold nuggets and silver they could produce every month.
Moreover, it is precisely because of the scarcity of peppers that they pay such a high price.
If they knew that Prince Yan's Mansion actually supplied them with more chili peppers, they would inevitably become greedy and want to lower the price.
Now, I can sell one catty of chili peppers for the price of two catties of chili peppers, so why not? "
"In addition, Your Highness Mingjian, although many farmers in Wanping County have planted peppers this year, the total is not too much.
In total, Prince Yan's Mansion purchased more than 8,000 kilograms of chili peppers.
Of these eight thousand kilograms, I, Prince Yan, have to keep some for my own consumption, donate several hundred kilograms to the capital, and then sell some to the merchants and dignitaries in Sichuan...
In this way, the maximum that can be sold to Goryeo dignitaries is four thousand catties. "
Zhu Di nodded slightly and said, "Four thousand catties, which is eighty thousand taels of silver, is quite a lot!"
Guo An said again: "Your Highness, these four thousand catties can only be sold to the powerful people of Goryeo for two thousand catties."
Zhu Di was stunned: "Why is this?"
Guo An explained: "Your Highness, chili peppers are spicy and can dispel cold.
The Goryeo Kingdom is geographically remote and suffers from extremely cold winters. At that time, those Goryeo dignitaries would definitely beg our Prince Yan’s Mansion to buy chili peppers. "
Zhu Di suddenly became energetic and said, "By then, the price of chili peppers will still rise!"
Guo An nodded, "Your Highness, it can still rise!"
"In that case, then sell one thousand catties to the powerful people of Goryeo and save three thousand catties!"
After a pause, Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, what is the price of the peppers sold to those people in Sichuan?"
Guo An replied: "Go back to your highness and sell it to Yingtian City for four guan per pound of pepper. Sell it to Sichuan for five guan per pound of pepper."
"Five Guan?"
Zhu Di pondered for a moment and then said: "Can you sell less chili peppers to Sichuan people and sell the rest to Korea?"
Guo An shook his head simply, "Your Highness, the barbarians of Goryeo are not worthy of eating so many chili peppers. Even if they are sold less to Sichuan people, they can still be sold to Shanxi and Shaanxi!
We, the common people of Ming Dynasty, can also eat some chili peppers to keep out the cold.
Moreover, if it was really sold to those Goryeo dignitaries, they would think that the peppers in Prince Yan’s Mansion are plentiful and worthless! "
"If so, then I will only give the Korean barbarians four thousand chili peppers!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An said again: "Your Highness, in the past two years, our cotton workshop and wool workshop in Prince Yan's Mansion have been able to weave tens of thousands of pieces of cotton and wool clothing every year.
Wei Chen thinks that he can try to send some to Gaoli this year. "
"Selling woolen clothes to the Koreans?"
Zhu Di's eyes lit up again, "Guo Qing has the final say on these matters!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Guo An thanked him again.
This time, Guo An finally found a happy way to make money by doing business with Goryeo.
As for Zhu Di, Shang Kezhou and others, the same is true.
If you sell any items to the Koreans, you can earn several times the profit. Moreover, the Korean people always have a grateful expression.
Is there anything more exciting than this?
Moreover, Shang Kezhou also brought bigger news to Zhu Di, Guo An and others.
The 10,000 Yanshan Guards stationed in Goryeo actually made more than 6,000 Goryeo women pregnant.
In response, Zhu Di grinned.
As for Guo An, he didn't know whether to congratulate or scold those six thousand scumbags!
However, when they came back this time, the Yanshan guards stationed in Goryeo still brought some family letters and money to their homes.
It actually made Guo An feel less guilty.
It didn't take a few days until the fleet of Shang Kezhou and others left again loaded with cargo.
Zhu Di also took Zhu Liang and two ships of goods to Yingtian Mansion.
As for Guo An, he stayed in Peiping.
After the autumn harvest, the agricultural slack begins.
The entire Beiping Mansion seems to have just officially started to get busy.
Steel workshops, cotton workshops, sweater workshops, sugar workshops, and brick kilns all had groups of people registering to work.
However, there are also some farmers who feel that there is not enough land at home, and they bring their whole family to reclaim wasteland.
At the same time, some merchants, gentry, and wealthy households in Beiping Prefecture also began to repair their houses, or build brick and stone houses, or warehouses made of cement.
The labor force in Beiping Mansion became inexplicably nervous.
Even those local ruffians disappeared.
Within a few days, the wealthy gentry discovered the biggest problem.
Not enough bricks and stones!
Although Prince Yan's Mansion, together with Huang Yuanwai of Huangcun and Zheng Yuanwai of Zhengcun, have built several brick kilns this year.
However, the brick kilns of these three companies are far from enough.
For many people, more than half of their houses have been built, leaving only the roofs or courtyard walls.
In order to build houses as soon as possible, these gentry and merchants had to raise prices and then compete to buy bricks, stones and cement.
As a result, the price of bricks and stones in Yingtian Mansion began to skyrocket in just one month.
At the same time, the price of bricks and stones in surrounding states and counties has also increased slightly.
The brick kilns of Prince Yan's Mansion, as well as the brick kilns of the Huang family and the Zheng family, are constantly recruiting young and strong craftsmen.
Naturally, the money earned in just one month is probably what brick kilns in surrounding states and counties can earn in a year.
Now, the eyes of those wealthy merchants in Beiping Mansion who had not listened to Guo An's advice before were all red, and their intestines were turning green with regret.
Who would think that money is too little?
They have spent all these years working hard and risking their heads!
Lending loans to those people, seizing land from farmers, buying slaves, or opening those shops, isn't it just to save a lot of money for the family's future generations?
And now, they only lose some reputation, but they can make money that they haven't been able to make for several years?
How could they miss such a good thing?
"Such a good thing must not be allowed to the Huang family and the Zheng family to monopolize such a huge advantage! Butler, quickly summon a few craftsmen to build a brick kiln!"
"Sir, the Huang family and the Zheng family have already built brick kilns. If we build another one, wouldn't we already fall behind others?"
"What do you know? According to the current prosperity of Peiping, more and more businessmen will come to Peiping next year, or even the year after that.
Moreover, more and more wealthy households will appear in Beiping Mansion, and by then, more bricks and stones will be needed..."
"Okay, you old servant, don't say anything. Go find craftsmen quickly and build a brick kiln!"
"Yes, sir!"
…
"Butler, prepare the car, we are going to visit Guo Changshi!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Butler, prepare the car and bring some gifts to visit Guo Changshi..."
"Yes, sir!"
…
During the period when Zhu Di went to the capital to meet Lao Zhu with other princes, Guo An lived a very comfortable life.
However, as soon as Zhu Di returned to Beiping Mansion, Guo An's leisurely days were gone forever.
"Guo Qing, it's shameful that our brothers are still jealous of our trade with Goryeo...
They actually asked their father in the main hall for permission to form a fleet to trade with Goryeo...
They didn't even think about it, their territory was so far away, and did they have the brains to do business?
Thanks to Guo Qing's idea, Goryeo Wangjing, Ganghwa Island, and Haifeng County became the vassal territory of our Prince Yan's Mansion. We are doing business between our own vassals, so we can stop their mouths! "
It seemed that Zhu Di was very unhappy during his trip to the capital, and he complained angrily to Guo An.
"Finally, seeing that my father was very determined, they actually bewitched him and asked me to hand over some money to him...
Hum hum, let's just say that we pay one and a half million taels of silver to our father every year...
Guo Qing, you don’t know what the expressions of our brothers were when they heard about the one and a half million taels of silver? "
Guo An slowly replied: "He must be extremely jealous and his expression is twisted!"
"How did Guo Qing know?"
"Because during the period when His Highness went to the capital, the gentry in Beiping Prefecture had the same expression after seeing the two gentry who built brick kilns making money!"
"I see!"
Zhu Di's face was full of anger, "Sure enough, people's hearts are not enough!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An flattered casually.
After taking a long breath, Zhu Di thought of something and said again.
"Guo Qing, we have decided to transport the one million taels of silver to the capital while the weather is still not cold and the rivers are not frozen during this period!"
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(End of chapter)
