Guo An glanced at the three acres of cement drying in the distance and said leisurely: "Your Highness, maybe it has been dried."
"Um?"
Zhu Di's expression condensed and he said with some doubts, "We remember that the earliest rice was only dried for half an afternoon yesterday, and today it has only been dried from morning to now..."
With that said, Zhu Di had already stood up and walked towards the drying yard.
Zhu Di grabbed a handful of rice and heated it up, but Zhu Di didn't care at all.
Then, Weiwei bites one open with his teeth.
Zhu Di looked surprised, "Did you really do it?"
With that said, without waiting for Guo An to reply, he directly put his hand on the cement drying field on the ground.
"hiss……"
Zhu Di quickly retracted his palm.
On the side, Zhu Gaochi also followed Zhu Di's example, put his hand in, and then quickly retracted it, with a miserable look on his face.
"Dad, this is so hot!"
"It's okay, just go to the shade and cool down for a while!"
Zhu Di touched Zhu Gaochi's head, and then dragged Zhu Gaochi towards the shade.
"Guo Qing, but are all cement drying fields like this?"
Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Highness, this should always be the case!"
Zhu Di's eyes were full of excitement, "So, the gentry who built the cement drying field can save at least five or six days of drying time this year?"
"Um!"
Guo An nodded, "Your Highness, the more fields a gentry has, the more time they can save for drying!"
Zhu Di looked relieved and said, "Humph, building a cement drying field has such a great effect, look at those officials, how can they have the shame to mock secretly!"
Guo An said: "Your Highness, they are all passers-by in my Beiping Mansion. As long as they are not greedy and do not harm the people, after a few years of serving, they will all be transferred or promoted, so you don't need to pay attention to them."
Zhu Di nodded slightly and said, "Sell less good rice to them."
Guo An nodded, "What His Highness said is reasonable... However, with so many gentry and some wealthy businessmen in charge, we can't tell the difference."
Zhu Di sighed helplessly.
"Forget it, even if they don't buy the fine rice from our farm, they will buy the fine rice from the officials and soldiers in Prince Yan's Mansion. We won't be so narrow-minded."
"Your Highness is wise, this matter can no longer be prevented. However, it can allow the families of the officials and soldiers in the mansion to make more money."
Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "A pound of good rice can be sold for ten times the price. Each of their families has at least ten or twenty acres of good rice.
In this way, wouldn't they be equivalent to planting one hundred acres or even two hundred acres of rice? "
Guo An shook his head slightly, "Your Highness, those gentry and wealthy businessmen can pay high prices for my farm because they trust my farm.
Moreover, the rice in my farm is indeed larger than the fine rice in the fields outside.
Therefore, it would be good if the fine rice outside could be sold for six or seven times the price.
If some villages are remote, or if you encounter some unscrupulous merchants and gentry, the price will be much lower. "
"A group of black-hearted profiteers."
Zhu Di cursed angrily, and then said: "Guo Qing, I also have a grain trading company in Prince Yan's palace. Can we sell these fine rice?"
Guo An replied: "Your Highness, the only people who can buy good rice at high prices now, apart from some gentry and wealthy people in our Beiping Prefecture, are the gentry from various states in the Ming Dynasty.
All the wealthy gentry households in our Beiping Prefecture came directly to the farm to buy.
The only people left who could afford to buy good rice were the wealthy gentry in the major state capitals outside.
Those wealthy gentry households are scattered across the country, and only major merchants have channels to sell...
If it is sold by our Yanwangfu Grain Trading Company, it will end up being a waste of manpower and money, and it will be thrown into the hands and cannot be sold! "
Zhu Di's face became unhappy, "In this case, we can only let those profiteers bully my farmers in Beiping Prefecture?"
Guo An smiled lightly, "Your Highness does not need to worry so much, those merchants can only lower the prices appropriately.
If they suppressed them too hard, the farmers below were not fools. They could sell their rice directly to wealthy households and farmers in the same town, and still earn favors.
Therefore, no matter what, those farmers will make a lot of money this year! "
"That's good!"
Zhu Di had a smile on his face.
Just think about the fact that ten acres of good rice are planted in the homes of the officials and soldiers under Prince Yan's Mansion, which is equivalent to fifty or sixty acres of rice. I feel excited just thinking about it. It is more expensive than the 200 acres of good rice on his farm. The price is ten times higher, and you still have to be excited.
An hour later.
The group of gentry and wealthy businessmen returned again.
Because Zhu Di came out this time, he did not bring many scribes with him.
Therefore, only four people, Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi, Guo Changchen, Guo Shanyuan, and a group of apprentices could be allowed to step in and serve as the scribes of Prince Yan's Mansion.
Although they have become the eighth-grade Di Gonglang, Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi, Guo Changchen and Guo Shanyuan did not feel any displeasure after they became their accountants, and they were even a little excited.
It is indescribable to see with my own eyes that the good rice they had worked hard to cultivate for a year was purchased at a high price by a group of gentry and merchants.
"I dare to ask Mr. Guo Digong, how many kilograms of the highest yield per mu is among this large area of good rice?"
After purchasing five hundred kilograms of good rice, a gentry from Wanping County couldn't help but ask, making everyone on the side stare angrily.
But then, they all looked at Guo Zhi and others with curiosity, and they also wanted to know.
Guo Zhi thought for a while and said: "Guo is ashamed. This year's rice production is not as advanced as last year. The highest yield per acre can only reach 500 kilograms!"
"Five hundred pounds?"
The eyes of everyone around him widened.
Later, the gentry in Beiping Prefecture said that five hundred kilograms of fine rice was enough for them to plant their own fields.
However, those merchants who came from the south turned around quickly and ran towards Zhu Di and Guo An under the shade.
"I pay my respects to Your Highness!
"What's the matter?"
"Your Highness, can I increase the price and buy several thousand more kilograms of fine rice?"
"Price increase?"
Zhu Di couldn't help but look at Guo An aside.
Guo An slowly shook his head, "No!"
"Since Your Highness has settled on one thousand catties, then it will be one thousand catties. These wealthy people in the south of the Yangtze River are rich and powerful, and if you are allowed to buy rice at will, one family can buy all the two hundred acres of rice.
So how can those wealthy gentry households in Beiping Prefecture buy it? "
Zhu Di nodded slightly.
"Your Highness is wise, thank you Guo Changshi!"
Some of the wealthy businessmen and merchants of Beiping Prefecture on the side were immediately filled with gratitude.
Guo Changshi and His Highness King Yan still thought of their common people.
…
"Your Highness, Guo Changshi, all the rice on the farm has been harvested."
At this time, Ding Shang came over with a happy face.
"Very good!"
Zhu Di looked happy.
Ding Shang said again: "Your Highness, this time, the highest yield per mu of rice fields on my farm is 515 kilograms!"
"Five hundred and fifteen pounds?"
Zhu Di's face became even more joyful, "Reward, everyone on the farm will reward you generously this time."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Ding Shang also looked happy.
Around them, all the wealthy businessmen were shocked. They had traveled all over the country for so many years. When had they ever heard of rice with such a high yield per mu?
In this way, if the thousand kilograms of good rice they harvested were sold to the wealthy gentry in the south, they would surely make a fortune.
Thinking about it, everyone couldn't help but feel excited.
Everyone directly purchased a thousand kilograms of good rice, including the gentry from Beiping Prefecture.
By the time it was getting dark, the entire farm's 200 acres of good rice, except for the 5,000 jins left for personal use, had all been sold out.
There were even some gentry and wealthy businessmen who came over, standing aside with regretful expressions on their faces.
They were only half a day late, but not even a pound of food was left for them.
On the contrary, Zhu Di was overjoyed.
90,000 jins of good rice was directly sold for the price of 900,000 jins of grain. Even half of it was the grain exchanged. This time, you made a big profit!
On the side, Guo An felt slightly moved when he saw this.
"Your Highness, I have two farms and four thousand acres of fertile land, all of which are planted with fine rice. It just so happens that there are so many wealthy businessmen who want to buy fine rice now. Can the two thousand acres of fine rice be sold as well? "
Hearing this, all the wealthy businessmen glanced at Guo An with gratitude, and then looked at Zhu Di expectantly.
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Sell! There is no limit to the quantity of good rice from the farm."
"Thank you, His Highness King Yan, and thank you, Guo Changshi!"
All the merchants looked overjoyed.
Especially the merchants who came later were full of joy.
Immediately, everyone hurried down and began to order the stewards below to mobilize money.
Even if they borrow, they still need to borrow enough money.
…
"Your Highness, Guo Changshi!"
Just when Zhu Di, Guo An and others were preparing to go back, Shen Zhuang suddenly came out and stopped in front of the carriage.
"Shen Boxi?"
A trace of curiosity flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "What's the matter with you?"
Shen Zhuang said quickly: "I beg your Highness, can you sell all the good rice from a farm to me alone?"
"A farm?"
Zhu Di's eyes flashed, "Do you know that a farm has two thousand acres of good rice, how many kilograms of rice can be harvested?"
Shen Zhuang looked confident, "Your Majesty, I have already calculated that two thousand acres of good rice is at most ten thousand dan."
Zhu Di asked: "So, do you still want to buy it?"
Shen Zhuang nodded affirmatively, "Your Highness, this little man has more acres of land and needs this good rice as seed.
In addition, I know many wealthy businessmen and gentry in the south, and those people must also need these fine rice as rice seeds. "
"Can!"
Zhu Di nodded directly, "You can bring people to the palace tomorrow."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Shen Zhuang was overjoyed.
On the way back.
Zhu Di asked: "Guo Qing, do you know how many farm rice Shen Boxi purchased?"
Guo An said: "It should weigh three to four thousand catties."
"snort!"
Zhu Di's face darkened slightly, "This person is also a profiteer."
Guo An said: "Your Highness, as long as he does not harm farmers, it is fine. Anyway, his Shen family has tens of thousands of hectares of farmland.
It just so happened that I could exchange the good rice from a farm in my house for the Shen family's 20,000 acres of rice. "
A trace of surprise flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "Guo Qing wants Shen Zhuang to exchange rice for good rice?"
Guo An said: "Your Highness, our Prince Yan's Mansion is not short of money now. Just using 10,000 shi of good rice can be exchanged for 100,000 shi of grain. It is also a great thing for the people of our Beiping Mansion."
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "In this case, it's not impossible for us to give Shen Boxi a cheaper price!"
Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Highness, the Shen family is very wealthy, so they shouldn't care about that. In addition, for the remaining farm, the minister also suggested that your Highness let the merchants exchange for food!"
"Can!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
…
(End of chapter)
