Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 131

Old Zhu glanced at Zhu Biao, and said angrily, "Is that bastard, fourth son, worried that we will fall in love with his recipe for calcining glass?"

Zhu Biao was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly smiled and said: "Father, the fourth child has already handed over the recipe to my son, and asked my son to pass it on to my father."

"Ok?"

Old Zhu was taken aback, "What does this kid want you to intercede for him?"

"Father is wise!"

Zhu Biao quickly said: "You know the temperament of the fourth brother, he likes to lead troops to fight. Song Guogong and Ying Guogong have been training soldiers in Beiping for so long, and the fourth brother can endure until now, which has already surprised my son. "

"This bastard..."

Old Zhu cursed with a smile, then looked at Zhu Biao and asked again.

"This kid is so active this time, I'm afraid not only because of this incident, but what else? He told us all of it!"

A gleam of relief flashed in Zhu Biao's eyes, "Father is wise, I can't hide anything from you."

"Okay, you don't have to flatter us, just talk about it quickly."

Lao Zhu returned to the chair, lay back, and looked at Zhu Biao quietly.

"Father, the fourth child used these glasses to build a [-]-acre greenhouse on the farm, preparing to grow vegetables in winter, but Song Guogong and Ying Guogong found out about it.

So, Song Guogong and Ying Guogong went to the fourth child and wanted to share some.

As for the fourth child, he just needs to serve him with good food and drink... Let Song Guogong help him speak well in front of his father...

When he left, he also sent two carts of meat and two carts of vegetables... and promised that as long as Song Guogong and Ying Guogong help him speak well in front of his father...

Plant vegetables in winter, and send a cart of vegetables to Song Guogong and the others every five days! "

Old Zhu's face darkened, and he cursed directly, "Feng Sheng and Fu Youde, these two old bastards...the fourth son, a prodigal son..."

Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the father still cursed, it meant that the father didn't care too much about it.

"Father, who in the north is not greedy for the vegetables grown in the cold winter?"

"That bastard of the fourth brother really dares to give it away, a cart of vegetables every five days, hmph!"

Old Zhu snorted with some dissatisfaction, then ignored the matter, but looked directly at the glass in the hall.

"Erhu, call a few craftsmen to replace the windows in the main hall with this piece of glass for a try?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The two tigers responded, and quickly retreated.

Soon, Erhu brought a few craftsmen over.

Then, in front of Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao, the windows around the main hall were replaced with glass.

In an instant, the entire hall became much brighter.

Seeing this, Lao Zhu was overjoyed: "Okay, this glass is really a good thing!"

"Then Guo An is really a capable minister."

Zhu Biao couldn't help but beam with joy.

"If Biao'er likes it, let's issue an imperial decree to transfer Guo An to your East Palace tomorrow." Old Zhu couldn't help but said.

Zhu Biao quickly shook his head, "Thank you, Father, but the fourth son has said in public that Guo An is the minister of the humerus of Yanwang's mansion, and the fourth son is also suffering in Beiping mansion, how can a son take away his capable minister."

Lao Zhu nodded, and didn't say any more, but ordered again: "Two tigers, quickly install the ten carts of glass that the fourth brother sent us in our palace and the prince's palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Erhu replied excitedly, and walked out quickly.

Afterwards, Old Zhu looked at Zhu Biao again, "Biaoer, you need to find a confidant for this method of sintering glass, so that he can sinter it properly, and don't let the thieves outside know about it.

Even though these glasses are made of sand and stone, it is a treasure to make the house so bright.

When it is calcined, you can find a confidant and let him sell it for you, and you will surely earn a lot of money. "

"what?"

Zhu Biao was startled, and looked at Lao Zhu in disbelief.

"Father, do you want your son to do business?"

"nonsense."

Old Zhu glared at Zhu Biao directly, and said, "You are the prince of the Eastern Palace of the Ming Dynasty, how can you do business like that.

Since the fourth child gave you the secret recipe, you can't waste it.

How can such a fine glass have the heart to trap it in our palace.

You find a trustworthy person, let him calcine the glass, and let him sell it! "

Zhu Biao: "..."

Lao Zhu said again: "Biao'er, don't think that we are the emperor, you are the prince of Ming Dynasty, but compared to those wealthy businessmen and gentry, we are the poorest people.

These glasses are the same as catching sea fish in the sea, so we have to calcine them properly.

After being calcined, it will be sold in the south of the Yangtze River, and the north will be handed over to the fourth child.

The fourth child is also suffering in Beiping, so let him earn some money. "

"Yes, Father!"

Zhu Biao responded quickly.

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Beiping Prefecture.

After receiving Zhu Biao's letter, Zhu Di blushed.

"Guo Qing, my father asked the prince to sell glass too! So, if we want to follow Song Guogong in the northern expedition, my father has already agreed."

"Congratulations, Your Highness." Guo An congratulated quickly.

"It's just that we lost tens of thousands of taels of silver just by handing over the secret recipe of glass to Father."

As he said that, Zhu Di felt extremely distressed at the thought of burning glass day and night in Yingtian City.

"Your Highness, it's better to take advantage of the emperor and the prince than to take advantage of outsiders." Guo An said.

"Ok?"

Zhu Di was startled, and asked, "What does this mean?"

"Your Highness, in just half a month, the glass has been sold for more than 20 yuan, more than 2 taels of silver."

Guo An explained, "However, there are still countless wealthy businessmen who want to see the humble officials and buy glass every day."

"Extremely, there are few craftsmen who can burn glass."

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and said, "I promise you can hire reliable young men from Wanping County, or even Beiping Prefecture, to burn glass for us."

Guo An wryly smiled and said, "Your Highness, in this way, there are so many people with mixed eyes. As long as those merchants give those young men some money, the secret of the glass will be revealed!"

Zhu Di had a gloomy expression on his face, "This...fucking shit, seeing a lot of money but not being able to earn it, really makes people feel angry."

Guo An said again: "Your Highness, the artisans in our mansion have spent more than three months researching and calcining these glasses.

There are so many skilled craftsmen in the world, the quality of glass was not good before, and it was not loved by gentry and rich businessmen.

Now that glass is hard to come by, those skilled craftsmen will definitely bury their heads in calcining glass when they see this.

Weichen guessed that within three months, these craftsmen would be able to calcine the glass that the craftsmen in the house now can calcine. "

Zhu Di's eyes were red, and he said angrily, "Who dares?..."

However, after shouting, he looked helpless.

Guo An continued: "Since the secret recipe will be discovered sooner or later, it is better to take the initiative to dedicate the secret recipe to the prince and emperor.

In this way, His Highness not only benefited from the presence of the emperor and the prince, but also allowed the emperor and the prince to burn more glass and earn more money. "

"But our Beiping mansion is poor!"

Zhu Di cried subconsciously.

Guo An's face darkened, it would be too much to call poor in front of him.

"Your Highness, in this month alone, the family has earned more than 1 taels of silver from cotton cloth.

In addition, after these three months, the sale of sea fish has at least 5 taels of silver.

In addition, the woolen thread spun by the women in Wanping County, which the government invited, has already reached more than 40 catties.

In another month, when all the wool is spun into wool, we will ask Mrs. Tu to teach those women how to knit sweaters.

In this way, His Highness can earn at least another 5 taels of silver.

As for the sale of glass, Your Highness, this winter, we can actually select some trustworthy people and lock them up to calcine the glass.
How much glass is calcined can be sold.

In this way, His Highness will earn at least 40 taels of silver...

It's just that, when these young adults come out in the spring of next year, those merchants will definitely know the secret recipe for calcining clear glass..."

Zhu Di said harshly: "It's okay, if you know it, you know it. Anyway, in this cold winter, the glass calcined is enough to supply more than half of the north and south!"

"Your Highness, you don't need to think about the south of the Yangtze River, the one from Yingtian City is occupied!" Guo An reminded.

Zhu Di was taken aback for a moment, and then said viciously: "Then in the north, we will calcinate glass for the rich businessmen and gentry in the whole of the north within one winter!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An said with a smile, "In this way, even if those merchants and craftsmen know the secret recipe of calcining clean and clear glass, they will find that they can't sell much!"

"Very good!"

Zhu Di's face was overjoyed, his eyes sparkled.

With Zhu Di's authorization, Guo An began to work hard.

When hiring a large number of young and strong, the first consideration is the young and strong in Wanping County.

However, for the safety of the houses of the people in the village, a village can only hire half of the young and strong at most.

In this way, Guo An had to go to the next-door Daxing County to hire young men.

In this day and age, all the young and middle-aged are very active in having a job that takes care of food and housing in winter and can also make money.

Fortunately, Guo An's reputation in Beiping Mansion is quite good.

In addition, Guo An represented Yanwang Mansion, and all the officials of Beiping Mansion did not stop him.

And those gentry chiefs and village chiefs also actively cooperated.

As a result, within a few days, there were more than a dozen workshops for calcining glass in Beiping Mansion.

Hearing this, the merchants of the entire Ming Dynasty began to frantically crowd towards Beiping Mansion again.

Naturally.

These merchants brought tens of thousands of shi of grain to Beiping Prefecture.

In this regard, Guo An did not refuse anyone who came.

When exchanging grain for glass, there is no discount, and the market price is used directly.

Seeing this, the merchants all became active.

In itself, grain in the north is more expensive than in the south, and you can make some money by transporting grain from the south to the north.

Now, when the food is transported to Peiping, it doesn't need to bother to sell it, and it can be directly exchanged for glass.

Then transport the glass to the south, or Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and other places, and make a lot of money.

In this way, in less than a month, Beiping Prefecture had an additional hundreds of thousands of shi of grain.

So far, the grain of the [-] young and strong recruited by Guo An has been resolved, and there are still dozens of grains left.

After straightening the glass.

Guo An then led a group of officials from King Yan's Mansion, especially those from Gongzheng Office, to look at the piles of hundreds of thousands of catties of wool in the treasury.

This month, Mrs. Tu has already used wool to teach hundreds of family members guarding Yanwang Mansion to knit sweaters.

In this way, Guo An began to inform all the women in Wanping County and Daxing County to come to learn how to knit sweaters one by one.

Two wooden sticks, a ball of wool thread that they spun in the past, sit there and stir a few times, and then a piece of woolen cloth can be woven... Then after two or three days of weaving, a beautiful piece of wool can be woven clothing.

All the women in Daxing County and Wanping County became excited immediately.

In winter, they can hide in the warm house again and start making money!

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(End of this chapter)