Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 132 Your Highness, It's time to pick it!

Beiping Prefecture.

The first heavy snow in winter is still falling from the dark clouds.

The entire Beiping Mansion was covered with a foot of snow, giving people an inexplicable sense of joy.

However, for Zhu Di who had to go around the farm every day, it was very disturbing.

Standing at the gate of the palace and watching for a long while, Zhu Di reluctantly gave up his plan to go to the farm, snorted coldly towards the sky, then turned back to the main hall, and sent Ma He to call Guo An over.

"Guo Qing, we heard that you are going to spend money to build a workshop again?"

"His Royal Highness, I just want to build another workshop."

Guo An blinked his eyes, and said slowly: "However, please rest assured, Your Highness, in this winter, all craftsmen are working hard to calcine glass, and there is not enough cement.

During these days, Weichen was just choosing the address and designing blueprints with Xu Yun and others.Construction will not begin until the spring of next year. "

"I see."

Hearing this, Zhu Di nodded a little relieved.

At this time, Zhu Liang came in from outside the hall, and asked slowly: "Your Highness, Song Guogong sent someone to ask, are the vegetables in the farm ready to eat?"

"Tell Song Guogong that it will take half a month."

Zhu Di was also a little used to this kind of urging question, so he said casually without raising his head.

"Yes."

Zhu Liang responded and walked out quickly.

Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, how is the sale of wool-proof weaving now?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, there are now [-] women in Beiping Prefecture who are spinning wool balls, and [-] women are weaving woolen clothes.

About 7000 pieces of woolen clothes can be woven every day. After excluding the wages paid to those women, the woolen clothes alone can earn more than [-] taels of silver a day.

After this month, he should earn 20 taels of silver. "

After speaking, Guo An paused, and then said again: "It's just that Your Highness will give each soldier a set of woolen clothes for the Yanshan guards, and each of the official guards in the mansion will also have a set of woolen clothes.

Then, you have to pay half of it to His Majesty, and His Highness should be able to earn 10 taels. "

The smile on Zhu Di's face suddenly disappeared, and he was still a little melancholy, "So, we just earned back our capital?"

"Exactly."

Guo An didn't feel anything, anyway, he was very satisfied.

Zhu Di asked again: "Then how much money can we earn in the future?"

Guo An replied: "Your Highness, at least 5 taels of silver."

Zhu Di was satisfied now, and his face was full of red, "In just two months, Guo Qing made a great contribution to earning 5 taels of silver."

Guo An reluctantly reminded: "Your Highness, it's not just the 5 taels of silver, but also the money earned from the glass."

Zhu Di hurriedly asked: "Yes, how much did the glass earn?"

Guo An replied without hesitation: "Your Highness, more than a dozen workshops in the entire Beiping Prefecture are working together, and they can calcinate more than 30 pieces of glass every day, and now they have earned 10 taels of silver.

In the treasury, there are still 30 shi of grain brought by those merchants.

However, now that it is snowing heavily and the canal is frozen, it is inconvenient for those merchants to come to Peiping.These glasses may take some time to build up. "

"It doesn't matter, as long as the heavy snow is over, those merchants will naturally have their own way to come to Peiping!"

Zhu Di said proudly, "So, this winter, we have already earned 10 taels of silver and 30 shi of grain. Moreover, there will be at least 25 taels of silver to earn in the future?"

"Your Highness is wise."

Guo An didn't say much, he just reported to Zhu Di as usual.

In this cold weather, even if he was wearing a tight-fitting sweater and a cotton coat over it, wrapping himself into a ball, he didn't want to go out and move around.

Under normal circumstances, apart from drawing blueprints in the public house, researching and researching, or going to the school, telling stories to those generals and Zhu Di's future team.

Over the past few months, military generals such as Zhu Liang and Li Wang memorized one by one by rote, but they could recognize a thousand characters.

This heavy snow only fell for a day and a night.

Therefore, in the early morning of the next day, Zhu Di took Guo An and the chubby Zhu Gaochi to the farm.

Behind him, there are Zhu Liang and Li Wang and a team of Yan Palace guards.

Although they were not wrapped into a ball like Guo An, their hands, feet, and heads were covered with thick sweater fabric, which was also very warm.

Along the way, nothing unexpected happened.

When they arrived at the farm, a team of one hundred Yanshan guards stationed on the farm were struggling to clear the snow from the greenhouse.

After taking a look, Zhu Di, Guo An and others got into the greenhouse.

"Ok?"

As soon as he entered, Guo An couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Your Highness, these vegetables grow so fast?"

He hadn't been here for just a month, and in the greenhouse, the scallions had grown to the height of a person's calf, and they were completely edible.

As for coriander, celery, and leeks, although they are not as high as green onions, they are obviously edible.

As for the courgettes, they had already climbed onto the wooden frame, and there were green courgettes hanging from them.

The same is true for the eggplant, which is as tall as half a person, with large round eggplants hanging from it...

It's a good harvest!

Guo An's eyes lit up, he couldn't help but took off a courgette, wiped it on his clothes a few times, then put it in his mouth and took a bite.

"Kacha... courgettes in winter are sweet!"

On the side, Zhu Di who heard the voice turned around and was furious.

"Guo thief, how can you just eat like this?"

Guo An was taken aback, "Your Highness, aren't we growing these courgettes for food?"

"But, but this courgette is obviously not fully grown yet."

Zhu Di was in a hurry, "Since we got this courgette, we brought Chi'er here to see it every day, and we didn't even bother to pick one up and try it. Once you come here, you Guo thief, you'll eat it by yourself!"

"Your Highness forgive me, I don't know."

Guo An quickly apologized very sincerely, but the movements in his hands did not stop, "However, don't tell me, Your Highness, such a big courgette is the tenderest and sweetest.

And, Your Highness, you listened to me, it's time to pick such a big courgette.Otherwise, after a few more days, it will not taste good when you are old.

The most important thing is that after picking these courgettes, the nutrients left behind can form a few more crops of courgettes. "

After finishing speaking, Guo An said to Zhu Gaochi who was staring at the courgette in his hand: "Come on, come on, Your Royal Highness, don't stare, you can pick one yourself and taste it, it's really delicious."

Zhu Gaochi licked his lips lightly, looking expectantly at Zhu Di beside him.

"We're ready!"

Zhu Di's eyelids twitched, and he gave Guo An a hard look, but he couldn't hold it back, so he picked one and wiped it with his hands casually, and then started eating.

Cucumbers are sweet, but when he thinks that Guo thief next to him is the first to eat, he feels very uncomfortable.

As for Zhu Gaochi, who was not as petty as Zhu Di, he held a courgette by himself and gnawed it.

After eating, Zhu Di turned to Guo An and asked again: "Guo Qing, after picking these courgettes, how many more courgettes can really grow?"

"Your Highness, it stands to reason that it should be so."

Guo An replied solemnly, "This courgette plant only has so much nutrients, and if these courgettes grow thick and long, there will be less nutrients left for the courgettes behind.

And if the courgettes with the best taste are removed, the courgettes behind will have more nutrients, and naturally they can grow better and more! "

Zhu Di looked at Guo An suspiciously, "You didn't lie to us?"

Guo An quickly replied: "I will never dare to lie to Your Highness!"

"So, let's start picking!"

Zhu Di nodded slowly, then shouted loudly: "Zhu Liang!"

"Your Highness!"

After the words fell, a voice sounded beside him.

Zhu Di turned his head and saw that Zhu Liang, Li Wang and the others had gathered behind them at some point, all of them staring straight at the half courgette in his hand.

Zhu Di was taken aback.

"Wait, what kind of look is this?"

"Your Highness, the last general hasn't eaten green vegetables for several months!"

"Yes, Your Highness, the last general and others..."

Zhu Liang, Li Wang and others said.

"Look at your worthless appearance!"

Zhu Di glared at him with disgust, and said, "We will wait for a courgette each!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhu Liang, Li Wang and the others were immediately overjoyed, and quickly each picked one, and started eating without rubbing it.

Inside the greenhouse, there was a crisp clicking sound.

Guo An felt a bit bitter in his mouth, couldn't help pursing his lips, and looked down at a few courgettes on one side.

However, before Guo An could take any action, he noticed that Zhu Di was staring at him.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Lao Si suddenly became so stingy, Guo An smiled coyly, "Your Highness, after picking this courgette, you have to eat it quickly, otherwise the taste will not be good in two or three days!"

"Do you still want to eat?"

"Weichen is thinking, how many vegetables should I pick first?
Is it according to what His Highness said yesterday, to deliver that cart of vegetables to Song Guogong in [-] days?
But if they want to pick today, they have to send two carts to Ying Tian first.

Also, are these vegetables eaten by all the officials in our Yan Palace first?How much did Yanshan Sanwei send? "

Zhu Di was taken aback subconsciously, and after thinking for a moment, he said directly: "Send two carts of vegetables to Ying Tian first.

In addition, another [-] carts of vegetables were picked and sent to Yanshan Sanwei, and our family also brought ten carts of vegetables.

We share food.

In addition, send another car to Song Guogong..."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Guo An, Zhu Liang, Li Wang and others responded quickly.

Immediately, several soldiers ran out of the farm in a hurry, heading for Sanwei of Yanshan Mountain and Prince Yan's Mansion.

After half an hour.

Tang Yun, the commander of the Yanshan Three Guards, personally led a team of soldiers, at least a thousand people, with rangers shuttled back and forth on both sides, and came to the farm in a hurry.

At the same time, there are thirty carts.

As soon as he entered the farm, Tang Yun greeted Zhu Di excitedly.

"Your Highness, are vegetables really edible?..."

Without Zhu Di's answer, Tang Yun saw baskets of courgettes and eggplants picked out from the greenhouse...

"It's actually planted, and it's still so green. God bless Daming, God bless Beiping..."

Tang Yun and the rest of the Yanshan guards wept with joy and trembled with excitement.

Green vegetables!

Who would have thought that they could still eat so many green vegetables in this snow-covered winter.

Afterwards, a team of guards and thirteen carts came to Yanwang's mansion.

Similarly, seeing the baskets of vegetables in front of them, the guards were all stunned.

They actually saw baskets of green vegetables?
Moreover, it seems that it was just picked out of the glass houses in front of it?

After another half hour,

Tang Yun bowed gratefully to Zhu Di and Guo An, and then returned to Yanshan Sanwei with thirty carts of vegetables under the guard of a thousand soldiers.

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(End of this chapter)