Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 115 We will definitely not let them bully Guo Qing
I don't know when, among the civil servants, the civil servants who are in charge of inspecting, compiling, and lecturing are the real Confucian scholars, the clean stream of the country, and the most honorable!
In the future, the future is also unlimited.Naturally, there are more and more officials following behind.

As for civil officials like Guo An, who like yellow and white vulgar things, and often deal with money, food and craftsmen, they are inexplicably low-level civil officials.

Therefore, it will be looked down upon.

Moreover, Guo An had won the trust of Zhu Di when he was the magistrate of Wanping County, which had already made the officials of the Changshi Division jealous.

Now, Guo An was in his weak years, and after he made a big mistake in messing with His Royal Highness King Yan, he even directly became the right-hand official of King Yan's mansion.Although Guo An's future is gone, he has become the superior of the officials of the Chief History Department, and naturally he is even more rejected and hated by the officials of the Chief History Department.

Zhu Di knew this, Zhu Fu also knew it, and Guo An had experienced it from the first day he took office!
However, Guo An was really unwilling to quarrel with those officials, so he never paid any attention to them, wanting to have a non-interference.

Unexpectedly, when he backed down again and again, those officials turned their noses up a little bit!
Zhu Di was startled. He had just begun to enjoy the benefits brought by Guo An, especially the sea fish, the iron smelter, and the farm. Zhu Di gradually felt the benefits of being rich. How could Guo An be allowed to sink like this?

He quickly comforted, "Don't underestimate yourself, Guo Taishi also deals with farmland, water conservancy, astronomy and other craftsman's things every day?

And under such circumstances, Guo Taishi could have been an official in the former Yuan Dynasty to a bachelor of Zhaowenguan and a member of Taishi Academy, and he was admired by future generations! "

"..."

Guo An stopped and looked at Zhu Di strangely!
Are you playing me like a fool?

Zhu Di said with some joy: "Guo Qing has figured it out?"

Guo An sighed helplessly, "Your Highness, the book written by the ancestor can almost fill up the study of my minister!"

The embarrassment on Zhu Di's face flashed, and then he spoke directly.

"Okay, okay, Guo Changshi is unmatched in terms of crafting skills, he is a talent of the world, maybe he can surpass Guo Taishi in the future!"

"Your Highness is wise!" Guo An said directly.

Zhu Di: "..."

Brazen people!
Coincidentally, the two of them had also walked into the small courtyard of the textile factory at this moment. Seeing the neatly arranged textile machines in the house, and a famous woman who was concentrating on spinning cotton and weaving, Zhu Di's eyes flashed with surprise.

However, Zhu Di didn't say much when he watched Guo An keep his head buried in the innermost place.

"Concubine see His Royal Highness King Yan, see Guo Changshi!"

In the innermost shop, Guo An saw Mrs. Tu who was struggling to knit a sweater!

After seeing what Mrs. Tu was holding, Guo An stared wide-eyed with surprise on his face. He didn't expect Mrs. Tu's talent to be so high, so he directly knitted a double-breasted top with a stand-up collar with wool.

The velvet and white velvet, even Guo An, who has the aesthetic impact of later generations, thinks this stand-up collar cardigan is very delicate and beautiful.

As for Zhu Di, his eyes were staring like copper bells, staring so closely at the cardigan with a stand-up collar in Mrs. Tu's hand that he didn't even respond to Mrs. Tu's salute.

It was Guo An who smiled softly at Mrs. Tu, "Mrs. Tu gets up first."

"Thank you Your Highness, thank you Guo Changshi!"

After Mrs. Tu got up, Guo An took the cardigan and tried it on himself.

Guo An smiled lightly and praised: "Mrs. Tu is good at craftsmanship, it just suits us!"

Mrs. Tu quickly replied: "Thank you Guo Changshi!"

"Is this really made of that wool?"

At this moment, Zhu Di finally came to his senses, grabbed the cardigan from Guo An's hand, and touched it over and over for a long time.

In the end, I put it on directly on the body, it is soft, there is no smell of sheep, and the most important thing is that it is very warm.

"How does Your Highness feel?"

Guo An asked.

As for Mrs. Tu, she looked at Zhu Di nervously.

"The clothes are comparable to cotton clothes." Zhu Di nodded excitedly.

Guo An smiled lightly, and said again: "Your Highness, if such a sweater is sold in winter, what price do you think is appropriate?"

"A cotton coat costs two taels of silver. This sweater is more exquisite and comfortable than the cotton coat. Why can't it be sold for two taels of silver?"

Zhu Di said directly.

However, as he spoke, Zhu Di's expression immediately became serious.

Such a sweater weighs no more than three catties in his hands, so the wool consumed is naturally less than three catties.

Three catties of wool can be sold for two taels of silver by weaving it like this. He can earn at least one tael or five taels of silver for such a piece of clothing?
The more I think about it, the more I love the cardigan in my hand!
"Your Highness, what about the wool business?"

Seeing this, Guo An was overjoyed, it was done!

Zhu Di solemnly said: "Leave all this matter to Guo Qing!"

"This humble minister will never disappoint His Highness' expectations!"

Guo An nodded heavily, thinking of something, he asked again: "Then Mrs. Tu?"

"Reward! Great reward!"

After coming down so many times, Zhu Di is already very good.

"A reward of ten taels of silver!"

Guo An's face brightened, "Your Highness is wise!"

Mrs. Tu was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and walked out with the cardigan in his hand.

Guo An hurriedly followed.

Along the way, after entering the gate of King Yan Palace.

Guo Ancai reported again: "Your Highness, my Beiping Mansion is in the north, and now is the time when wool is abundant, and I am going to buy wool in a big way!"

"That's it!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Guo An said again: "The next official needs money!"

"How much?"

"At least 5 taels of silver!" Guo An said.

"5 million taels?"

Zhu Di stopped in his tracks and stared at Guo An, "You know we don't have 5 taels of silver in the entire Palace of King Yan."

Guo An said: "Your Highness, yes, just a while ago, there were such a batch of ungrateful things in your mansion..."

Zhu Di's face darkened immediately, he naturally knew what Guo An was talking about.

But, let him pay so much money for the purchase of wool?

Zhu Di directly shook his head, "Our Prince Yan's family has a great business, and there are many stalls that need to be supported every day. Don't you know that?"

Guo An said slowly: "Your Highness, spend 5 taels of silver to buy wool, and then weave all the wool into the woolen clothes in your hand, at least double the profit!"

Zhu Di was startled, he actually forgot about it.

After thinking for a while, he asked: "5 taels of silver can recover at least 100 million catties of wool. Can so much wool be woven into sweaters?"

Guo An smiled confidently, "Your Highness, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Beiping Mansion, and among them there are at least more than [-] women.

In more than ten days, it will be harvested in autumn.

As soon as the autumn harvest was over, these women were all free.

Ten catties of wool per woman can be knitted into sweaters in just half a month! "

Zhu Di said directly: "So, I will give you 10 taels of silver!"

"10 taels of silver?"

Guo An couldn't help being surprised, "Your Highness, 200 million catties of wool, it's terrible that even if all the wool in Beiping, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places is recovered, it may not be complete."

"You can take as much as you can!"

Zhu Di looked determined.

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An quickly flattered him.

Zhu Di waved his hand, "Okay, we'll let He Zhong look for you in a while!"

Guo An arched his hands slightly, then retreated.

Inside the Changshi Department, all the officials of the Changshi Department were much more respectful than before when they saw Guo An coming in.

Of course, there is also some deliberate alienation and fear.

Guo An ignored him, he was still young, and these officials, including Chang Shi Zhu Fu, were a bit old.

Ten years later, when he was waiting for middle age, these officials had already buried half of their bodies in the soil, so there was no need for him to look directly at them.

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inner court.

After Zhu Di sent Guo An away, he directly took the sweater and rushed to the palace where Xu Miaoyun was.

"Sister, sister!"

"Concubine sees Your Highness!"

Xu Miaoyun stood up to greet her.

"Sister, wait a minute, wait a minute!"

Zhu Di's face changed slightly, and he hurried forward to support Xu Miaoyun, "My sister is about to give birth, don't be so polite!"

As he spoke, Zhu Di slowly helped Xu Miaoyun to sit down.

"Your Highness is in a hurry to find a concubine, but what's the big deal?"

Finding a comfortable position, Xu Miaoyun asked while lying down.

"Sister, let's find a treasure!"

As if offering a treasure directly, Zhu Di took out the cardigan in his hand.

"What is this made of?"

Xu Miaoyun's eyes lit up, she took the cardigan and groped it for a while, then put it under her nostrils and smelled it, her expression became more and more shocked.

After a while, he looked at Zhu Di with disbelief.

"Your Highness, are these clothes made of wool?"

"Sister is really very intelligent, this clothes is made of wool!" Zhu Di proudly said.

Xu Miaoyun asked again: "Why is the wool used in this shirt much softer than normal wool, and this wool doesn't even have the slightest smell of sheep?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di's eyelids twitched slightly.

However, Zhu Di or Guo An told Xu Miaoyun about everything he did.

"This Guo Changshi is really a great talent!"

Xu Miaoyun unconsciously stroked her bulging abdomen, her face full of emotion.

"Your Highness is really lucky to have this person in the mansion!"

Zhu Di said again: "It's just that Guo An is only a weak crown year, and his beard and hair are not yet full, but he is favored by us every day.

Now, even Zhu Fu, Xia Si and other officials in the mansion are jealous of Guo Qing. "

"Your Highness, since Guo Changshi entered the mansion, has he competed with Zhu Changshi, Xia Dianbo and others for power?" Xu Miaoyun asked with a frown.

A trace of strangeness flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "Since Guo Qing entered the government, she has never intervened in the government affairs of the Chief History Department.

It seems that Guo Qing has no interest in these powers, and has been staring at those craftsmanship all day long! "

Xu Miaoyun said slowly: "In this way, Zhu Changshi, Xia Dianbo and others should not be too jealous of Guo Changshi, if His Highness is worried, you can warn Zhu Changshi and Xia Dianbo, after all, His Highness is still the master of Yan Palace! "

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Don't worry, sister, we know how important Guo Qing is to us, and we will never let Zhu Changshi and others make things difficult for Guo Qing!"

Xu Miaoyun nodded reassuringly, then remembered something, and asked curiously: "Your Highness, I heard that Guo Changshi is not married yet?"

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di also reacted, his eyes widened.

"It's true, at Guo Qing's age, she hasn't gotten married, not even a matchmaker!"

"If Your Highness can introduce a good wife to that Guo Changshi, wouldn't it make Guo Changshi even more loyal to His Highness?"

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(End of this chapter)