Because, after Guo An stopped patrolling around, it started to rain heavily throughout Beiping Mansion.
It rained for five consecutive days, and the entire Beiping Mansion became quiet.
Except for those merchants who needed to carry goods around, everyone in the Peiping Mansion was full of joy.
Because all ditches and water conservancy projects in Beiping Prefecture have been repaired with cement this year, this heavy rain did not bring any major disaster.
Some of the roads were washed away and could at most be repaired.
The most important thing is that the tens of thousands of hectares of rice fields in Beiping Prefecture are all full.
According to the speculation of some old farmers, after this heavy rain, the rice can still grow a little longer.
This heavy rain is the auspiciousness of Beiping Mansion!
This year, there will definitely be a bumper harvest!
People are all happy.
…
Yanwang Palace.
After the heavy rain, within two days, Beiping Mansion began to get muggy again.
In the main hall.
Zhu Di directly asked people to place six basins of cold ice, but it was still a bit stuffy.
So, holding a pot of iced watermelon in his arms, and gnawing on it, Zhu Di asked: "Guo Qing, you have been running around outside for a while, how are the rice fields in Beiping Prefecture this year?" ?Can we have a good harvest?”
Guo An put down the watermelon in his hand and nodded seriously, "Reporting to Your Highness, as long as there are no natural disasters this year, my rice fields in Beiping Prefecture will definitely have a bumper harvest!"
Zhu Di was overjoyed and laughed loudly, "We knew that since Guo Qing came to Beiping Mansion, there has been auspiciousness in our Beiping Mansion. Everything we do goes very smoothly."
"This matter depends entirely on His Highness's trust!"
Guo An does not take any credit.
Zhu Di lowered his head and took a few big bites again, "Guo Qing, we heard that those gentry and wealthy businessmen from Wanping County and Daxing County are now looking for you every day?"
Guo An nodded slightly, "Back to Your Highness, those gentry used to ignore Wei Chen, but now, they are all rushing to get close to Wei Chen!"
Zhu Di looked at Guo An and asked expectantly: "Guo Qing, what kind of business are you prepared to let those gentry do?"
Guo An shook his head slightly, "Your Highness, I don't have any thoughts at the moment."
A trace of disappointment flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, and then he said excitedly, "That's right, the autumn harvest is the big thing now."
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An nodded slightly, "However, Wei Chen suggested that the gentry hire some craftsmen and buy some cement from our Prince Yan's Mansion.
If they lay a layer of cement on the rice drying ground in their home, the rice in their home will definitely dry faster! "
"Concrete rice field?"
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some interest: "Guo Qing, if this happens, they will definitely spend a lot of money. Is this feasible?"
"That's why Wei Chen suggested that the gentry lay cement drying fields."
Zhu Di asked: "What about my farm and the two Zhuangzi in my house..."
Guo An said: "Back to Your Highness, I have already ordered people to lay it!"
"Very good!"
Zhu Di looked happy.
Later, Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, does Prince Yan's Mansion still need to cultivate some more fields? Or build a few more workshops?"
Guo An sighed, "Your Highness, I also want to build it. However, I don't have that many craftsmen in Beiping Mansion."
Zhu Di said directly: "We have so many farmers in Beiping Prefecture, how can we not have..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Di reacted.
"Guo Qing, our Ming Dynasty is still based on agriculture. Although the craftsmen are good, what needs to be solved now is to let the people cultivate the fields with peace of mind."
Guo An said with a serious face: "Your Highness, from this year onwards, as long as there are no natural or man-made disasters, the people of Beiping Mansion will be able to eat three meals a day.
Even if there are some corrupt officials or some unpredictable natural disasters, people will no longer starve to death! "
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "We believe what Guo Qing said!"
Guo An couldn't help but sigh slightly.
Sure enough, no matter how wealthy the Beiping Mansion was, Zhu Di still did not dare to go against Lao Zhu's ideas on this matter.
Or maybe Zhu Di still believes that agriculture still needs to be the foundation of the country.
…
Although the gentry in Beiping Prefecture may still be somewhat obedient to Guo An's words.
However, on the surface, he obeyed Guo An's words very much.
Within a few days, all the gentry had purchased a large amount of cement from the cement factory.
Then, large and small cement drying fields were built in all the states and counties of Beiping Prefecture.
The officials in Beiping Mansion were amazed when they saw this.
In the past, they asked these rich and well-oiled gentry to donate some money to repair the yamen, perhaps schools, and even roads. These gentry scavenged and asked for various benefits from them.
As a result, the current Guo Changshi of Prince Yan's Mansion just passed a few words to a few gentry, and all the gentry in Beiping Mansion, big and small, were directly scrambling to find the prince of Yan's Mansion, spending a large amount of unjust money. Buy cement.
Then, lay the drying floor.
However, all those gentry enjoyed it.
They also believe that spending a lot of money to dry rice is a waste of money.
However, they are happy to spend money on that Guo Changshi!
The feeling of seeing a large number of licking dogs...
This season.
Beiping Mansion is very sunny, even hotter than a stove.
Those grain drying fields paved with cement could be dried out in three days, until the gentry in the farthest reaches of Liangcheng had all built cement drying fields.
The large tracts of rice finally began to turn golden.
The atmosphere in Beiping Mansion suddenly changed, and everyone looked solemn.
Every household began to polish their sickles, then went into their respective fields to plant, picking out the dried rice and harvesting it piece by piece.
God likes nothing more than to send heavy rains to vulnerable farmers during the busy autumn harvest season.
Therefore, at this time of year, all farmers are competing with God.
Even though there were two hundred acres of rice fields and thousands of young people helping to harvest the rice at any time, Zhu Di still took Zhu Gaochi and even Guo An to stand beside the rice fields on the farm and stare closely.
Although Guo An was a little helpless about this.
However, he also knew the importance of these two hundred acres of good rice to Prince Yan's Mansion, and even to Beiping Mansion.
This time, the best 5,000 kilograms of the two hundred acres of good rice, including the rice grown in the two villages under Prince Yan's Mansion, will be selected and left in Prince Yan's Mansion.
For the remaining good rice, someone should come directly to buy it at a high price.
really.
On the second day, when half of the 200 acres of rice had been harvested, a group of people came outside the farm asking to see him.
"Let them in."
Zhu Di was not surprised at all about these visitors. He waved his hand indifferently and asked the guards beside him to receive them.
Soon, a large group of people walked in under the leadership of personal guards.
Zhu Di and Guo An couldn't help but be stunned. There were a lot of people coming!
"The villain Huang Bi met His Royal Highness King Yan, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and met Guo Changshi!"
"The villain Zheng Jun has met His Royal Highness King Yan, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and has met Guo Changshi!"
"The villain Shen Zhuang meets His Highness Prince Yan..."
"Villain Nie Guang..."
"Why are you here suddenly?"
Zhu Di asked quietly.
Hearing this, a group of people who had already been unable to bear the sun said quickly.
"Reporting to His Highness King Yan, the villain and others heard that the harvest of the farm's fine rice has begun, so they came here specifically to ask His Highness, Prince Yan, if they could sell some fine rice to the villain to use as next year's seeds!"
"Your Highness, I mean the same thing!"
"The villain is also..."
"Buy these rice as improved varieties?"
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly and murmured to himself.
Everyone was suddenly nervous. They knew how many people were rushing to buy the fine rice on this farm last year, and how high the price was?
Unfortunately, not many people could buy it. Basically, all the good rice was sold to the families of officials and soldiers under Prince Yan's Mansion.
And this year, many wealthy businessmen from the south are on their way. Of course, there are also a few shameless wealthy businessmen from the south among their crowd!
I have been waiting at Beiping Mansion for a long time and have been keeping watch!
"Please, Your Highness King Yan, have mercy on us, the people of Beiping Prefecture. Our fields in Beiping Prefecture are not as fertile as the soil in the south, and there is less rain than in the south. We, the people of Beiping Prefecture, are already much poorer than those in the south.
Now, we, the people of Beiping Prefecture, are finally blessed with such good rice from a wise king.
The villain and other people in Beiping Prefecture were overjoyed and were willing to buy some good rice at ten times the price. "
A gentry from Beiping Prefecture directly raised the price of high-quality rice by three times.
Hearing this, the surrounding gentry also became anxious.
"Your Highness King Yan, I am willing to pay ten times the price for a thousand catties of good rice."
"Your Highness King Yan, I am willing to exchange ten times the new grain for a thousand catties of good rice..."
"His Royal Highness King Yan..."
Without waiting for Zhu Di to speak, the group of people directly began to raise the price.
Moreover, they compete one by one, as if these rice grains are not food, but some kind of rare treasure.
Of course, none of these gentry and wealthy businessmen are fools.
When they came in, they had already secretly looked at the rice fields on the side.
The rice in the farm of His Highness Prince Yan is much larger than the rice in the homes of officials or soldiers in Prince Yan's mansion outside.
Obviously, the four great farmers of the Guo family have cultivated better rice seeds this year.
In this way, not to mention ten times the price, even twenty times, they, the gentry and wealthy businessmen, would make a lot of money if they bought it back.
After Zhu Di was surprised, he saw the excited group of gentry and wealthy businessmen in front of him, and he already had a guess in his mind that these people must have some misunderstanding.
He raised his hand and shook it slightly.
The dark crowd suddenly became quiet and looked at Zhu Di expectantly.
"As the King of Yan, I will not keep such good rice alone. If you want to buy it, I will be happy to do so.
but……"
As he spoke, Zhu Di looked at the group of people in front of him with a solemn expression.
"We have a good book and a bad book in Prince Yan's house. Those in the good book can buy them at half price. Although we will not stop the livelihood of those in the bad book, we must wait until the end. No one buys them before it is his turn. The person in the bad book can buy it at half price. People get twice the premium!”
"Your Highness is wise!"
Everyone looked overjoyed.
"In addition, the good rice on my farm is also cultivated through the hard work of a group of wise farmers and veterans.
Therefore, one kilogram of grain and rice needs to be exchanged for ten kilograms of grain, or purchased at ten times the price! "
"Thank you, His Highness King Yan!"
Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed again
"Your Highness, I will go back and get the money now!"
"The villain goes back to get food..."
A group of people saluted Zhu Di and then hurried back.
Zhu Di opened his mouth, but still held back from shouting.
When the group of people returned, Zhu Di couldn't help but turned to Guo An and asked: "Guo Qing, these people are so anxious, our rice hasn't even been dried yet!"
…
(End of chapter)
