Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 134
"So, then Shen Zhuang started to sell vegetables in the greenhouse?"

Guo An was a little angry.

"Who doesn't like vegetables in cold winter?" Zhu Di said.

That night, he also figured it out, and was even a little annoyed. The price of vegetables was definitely set low, and it should be two taels of silver per catty.

"Your Highness, something is wrong."

At this time, Zhu Liang ran in from the outside with a hurried expression.

"What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, the gentry and merchants in Changping, Liangxiang, Shunyi, Miyun, Huairou and other counties, as well as Tongzhou, Jizhou, Zhuozhou and other counties, somehow heard about the farm vegetables.

Now, more than 300 people have gathered outside the farm to buy vegetables, and the number is still increasing! "

Zhu Liang said hastily.

"Where do we get so many wealthy households in Beiping Mansion?" Zhu Di's eyes widened, and he was still a little angry.

"The end general doesn't know..."

"That's what they hide on weekdays!"

Guo An slandered secretly in his heart, feeling a little dark about Zhu Di.

Immediately, he remembered something, and asked quickly: "Are there only two hundred generals guarding the farm now? Have the Three Guards of Yanshan sent any more generals to guard the farm?"

Zhu Di also quickly looked at Zhu Liang.

Zhu Liang replied: "Your Highness, Guo Changshi, after Tang Commander found out that something was wrong, he quickly sent two more generals from hundreds of households to the farm.

However, the stewards who came to the farm each brought more than a dozen young and strong nurses.

There are more than 300 people, so there are at least 3000 people, occupying all the open space outside the farm. "

"The most important thing is that each of these people has to buy more than 20 catties of vegetables, or even more.

In the greenhouse, there are not so many vegetables at all, even if you sell all the ten acres of vegetables that were specially left yesterday, it is not enough. "

"Can't pick it up!"

Guo An hurriedly looked at Zhu Di, "Your Highness, I have worked so hard to build such a big greenhouse just to eat vegetables in winter.

Now that there are so many profitable shops in the house, they are not short of those ten acres of vegetables.

Your Highness, those ten acres of vegetables must not be sold to those gentlemen and merchants! "

Zhu Di waved his hands impatiently, "Do you think we are the short-sighted people?"

Guo An breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Di thought for a moment, then said to Zhu Liang: "The ten acres of vegetables are the vegetable garden of the mansion, and they are absolutely not allowed to be sold outside.

As for the remaining acres of vegetable fields, merchants and gentry cannot be allowed to buy them at will.

Each family can purchase up to ten catties of vegetables at a time, and the next purchase must be five days later. "

"If this is the case, is there enough vegetables for the greenhouse?"

"This……"

Zhu Liang stared and tried hard to think for a moment, then replied with shame on his face: "Please forgive me, Your Highness, I will not be able to think about it in the end."

Zhu Di said: "Then go back to the farm and do the math. If ten catties is not enough for each family, then five catties will be given to each family."

"The end will obey orders!"

Zhu Liang bowed his hands to Zhu Di to salute, then he resigned and rushed to the farm.

In the main hall, Zhu Di was full of indignation.

"Damn it, these bastards usually don't show their mountains and dews, and each family is poorer than the other family, but now, because of these vegetables, the family is richer than the family..."

Guo An sat aside, smiling slightly, but didn't say much.

These things are not something he can solve now.

Moreover, his old Guo family seems to be a gentry class.

However, the sale of a vegetable did cause wealthy businessmen, gentry, and even officials in the entire Beiping Prefecture to report one by one under Zhu Di's nose.

Guo An's eyelids twitched as he watched.

Even in Wanping County, there are several gentry and wealthy businessmen that he has never heard of.

……

After returning home, before Guo An had a cup of hot tea, Er Niu walked in and reported to Guo An: "Master, there are two people looking for you outside the house."

"not see!"

Guo An directly and decisively refused.

However, this time Erniu didn't leave like in the past, but smiled, put his head in front of Guo Anman, took out a shiny silver ingot from his arms, and said in a low voice.

"Master, these two people outside the door are very generous this time. Let the villain come in and report once, and they gave the villain ten taels of silver."

Guo An raised his head and glanced at Guo Erniu, and took the ten taels of silver without being annoyed. He just sneered and said, "Whose family do they belong to so generously?"

"Master, the leader of the staff seems to say his name is Shen Zhuang!" Guo Erniu glanced at the ten taels of silver very enviously, and said slowly.

"Shen Zhuang?"

Guo An paused, narrowed his eyes slightly, and threw the ten taels of silver in his hand to Guo Erniu again.

"Invite Shen Zhuang in, we want to see how powerful Daming's wealthy family is."

"Yes, sir."

Guo Erniu didn't care who Shen Zhuang was, put the silver in his arms, and walked out with a happy face.

Soon, Guo Erniu led a young man slightly older than Guo An, and walked in.

Behind the young man was a strong guard.

If they fought hard, their own Erniu seemed to be pressed to the ground and rubbed.

As soon as Shen Zhuang entered the door, he recognized that he was sitting on a chair casually in front of him, and was still looking at him, no, it was Guo An, the guard beside him who was distracted.

Feeling a little surprised in his heart, Shen Zhuang hurriedly bowed his hands in a respectful salute.

"Xiaomin Shen Zhuang met Guo Changshi."

At this moment, Guo An came back to his senses, looked at Shen Zhuang and asked quietly.

"Shen Zhuang, who are you and why are you here looking for me?"

Shen Zhuang was taken aback for a moment, he didn't believe that Guo An was such a greedy person, and he had never heard of his name, Shen Zhuang.

However, this time he had something to ask for, so he quickly replied: "I want to report to Guo Changshi, Xiao Min is from the Shen family in Zhouzhuang. This time I came to look for Guo Changshi because I have something important to ask Guo Changshi."

"Ok?"

Guo An showed surprise, frowned and stared at Shen Zhuang for a moment, then asked, "Are you from the wealthy Shen family in Suzhou?"

The corners of Shen Zhuang's lips curled up slightly, "What Guo Changshi said is correct, Xiaomin is a member of the Shen family."

In Daming, the status of merchants was low, and ordinary merchants were like slaves in front of officials.But when the Shen family is so rich that it can rival a country, they are the guests of the feudal officials.

He believed that Guo An would be very enthusiastic towards him like other officials.

As expected, Guo An's eyes lit up, and his attitude immediately improved a lot.

"Come on, please sit down."

As he said that, he turned to Guo Erniu who was at the side and said: "I didn't see the distinguished guest coming, so I quickly ordered the maid to serve tea."

"Yes, sir."

Guo Erniu responded and quickly retreated.

"Guo Changshi is too polite!"

Shen Zhuang smiled reservedly, and took advantage of the opportunity to sit on the chair below Guo An.

Soon, a maid brought hot tea.

Afterwards, Guo An asked again: "How many shops does the Shen family have in Beiping Mansion? How much money can they make every year?"

"Guo Changshi..."

Shen Zhuang was a little caught off guard, and was startled by Guo An's straightforward question.

"It's not convenient to say it."

Guo An waved his hand indifferently, he was just curious, how powerful is this legendary family in Daming?

Can we cooperate.

"Guo Changshi misunderstood."

And this time, Shen Zhuang laughed quickly, and said: "Xiaomin is just a descendant of the Shen family's branch, and he just came to Beiping Mansion a year ago, and there are only twenty shops, most of which are in the grain and cotton business.

As for the money he made, Guo Changshi laughed at him. After more than a year, he only earned more than 2 taels. "

"It's a little less."

Guo An nodded slightly.

"..."

Shen Zhuang was taken aback for a moment, if he had just come in, he was still a little bit sure, he could figure out what Guo An was thinking.

However, this can be completely confusing.

Does he earn less?

He, Shen Zhuang, was alone, and he came to Beiping Mansion for more than a year with just some money and nearly a hundred cronies, and opened up such a big situation?
Is 1 taels less?

Of course, if Guo An hadn't come out to disrupt the situation, either by researching textile machines, opening barbecue shops, or even hiring the entire Beiping Prefecture to weave cotton and wool cloth in the name of King Yan's Mansion, he would earn more in Shenzhuang next year.

Similarly, Guo An somehow lost interest in Shen Zhuang, so he didn't bother to write with Shen Zhuang.

"What are you looking for us for? If you go around in circles with me again, then I won't accompany you." Guo An looked directly at Shen Zhuang and asked.

A gleam of joy flashed in Shen Zhuang's eyes, and he opened his mouth and said, "Guo Changshi..."

However, he didn't continue talking, but looked at Guo Erniu who was at the side with a troubled expression.

Seeing this, a hint of impatience flashed across Guo An's face, "If Mr. Shen finds it inconvenient, then there's no need to say it."

"Guo Changshi calm down, calm down!"

Shen Zhuang's face froze, he didn't expect Guo Changshi's face to change as soon as he said it, and he quickly apologized with a smile, "Xiaomin just say it, just say it."

Immediately, under Guo An's indifferent gaze, he slowly said, "Xiaomin wants to cooperate with Guo Changshi."

"Cooperation?"

Guo An smiled slightly and asked, "What is the cooperation?"

"For example, the vegetables in His Royal Highness Yan's farm."

Shen Zhuang said, "As long as Guo Changshi can sell five hundred catties of vegetables to Xiaomin every day, Xiaomin will receive two taels of silver per catty."

"The extra tael of silver will be disposed of by the official." Guo An said.

Shen Zhuang's face brightened, and he quickly said: "Guo Changshi is really smart."

Guo Jing looked at Shenzhuang for a while, then asked: "Then why didn't the official sell it directly to the stewards at the farm for two taels of silver?"

Shen Zhuang's face froze, and he said embarrassingly: "In this way, the money from the sale will belong to His Royal Highness Yan Wang, and has nothing to do with Guo Changshi."

Guo An picked up his teacup, took a sip slowly, and calmly said, "How do you know that I don't get a share of the money from selling vegetables?"

Shen Zhuang's face was startled, he couldn't believe it, "How is this possible?"

"Furthermore, Yuanwai Shen is not afraid that Ying Tiancheng's sword will be cut off again?"

Guo An chuckled, "What other plans does Mr. Shen have?"

Shen Zhuang quickly said: "Since Guo Changshi is unwilling, I wonder if Guo Changshi can tell you the secret recipe for growing vegetables in winter. Xiaomin is willing to buy it for 5 taels of silver."

Guo An sighed helplessly, and asked, "If member Shen came to look for us just for such a small matter, then I am really disappointed with the Shen family."

Shen Zhuang said ashamedly: "It's Xiaomin who has dishonored the name of the Shen family."

"It's really humiliating."

Guo An nodded solemnly, making Shen Zhuang stunned again.

"We originally thought that member Shen came to find me because I wanted to cooperate with the Yan Palace through him, but I didn't expect... oh... If member Shen has nothing else to do, please come back."

Shen Zhuang's eyes widened, and he looked at Guo An with surprise.

"Guo Changshi means that Xiaomin can cooperate with Yan Palace?"

……

(End of this chapter)