Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 180 Big Profit
Another half an hour later.

There are more and more gentry butlers who come with money around, and even the gentry who want to enter the sales shop with money, they all line up directly from the sales shop to the outside, and the boss is a long line .

Suddenly, there was a commotion from inside the sales office.

Soon, several gentry came out from inside anxiously.

Then, he rushed to some gentry who hadn't left yet, and his face was full of hospitality.

"Duke Zheng, I heard that you were the first to buy three houses at once. I want to increase the price by 100 taels of silver to buy the last one."

"Ok?"

That Zheng Gong's eyes were full of suspicion.

At this time, a clerk was already standing at the door of the sales shop, holding an iron horn in his hand and shouting loudly: "All the houses are sold out, and there is no need to queue up, everyone."

"What, three hundred houses, how did they sell so fast?"

"Yes, when did so many wealthy families appear in my Beiping Mansion?"

"..."

Immediately, there was a commotion in the whole crowd, and most of the people looked remorseful, as if mourning.

Regardless, a group of gentry and wealthy businessmen soon reacted, a crowd of people moved aside, and the group of gentry and businessmen with house deeds in their hands surrounded them.

"Wu Gong, you have three houses, how about we increase the price by 100 taels of silver and buy a house?"

"Wu Gong, let's increase the price by 200 taels of silver!"

"I'll increase the price by 300 taels..."

"Mr. Li, the second son of your family proposed to marry my daughter, and the old man agreed, but this house..."

"Mr. Zhao, our family is related by marriage. I will increase the price by 200 taels..."

"Qian Yuanwai..."

Outside the entire sales shop, there was a sudden commotion.

For the sake of a small three-room house, these wealthy gentry and businessmen who are famous in Beiping Mansion on weekdays, all of them fully showed their most philistine side.

Zhu Gaochi was dumbfounded.

On the other hand, Zhu Di's eyes were shining brightly, and his whole body was trembling with excitement.

Three hundred... 290 houses, 300 taels each, is nearly 9 taels of silver.

Just by building these houses, he directly earned more than 8 taels of silver in Yan Wang Mansion?When did his Prince Yan's mansion make money so quickly?
This is faster than stealing money, right?

When did the money of these gentry and rich merchants become so easy to earn?

When Zhu Di was full of joy, Zhu Gaochi said with some doubts: "Father, didn't they all want to buy it at first?"

"Hmph, these are the gentry who pride themselves on their good deeds."

Zhu Di sneered, "No matter how lofty they usually brag about themselves, at this meeting, after seeing the profits, each and every one of them is eager to take all the advantages.

Chi'er, you have to remember, the more a gentleman who brags about himself, the more vigilant he must be..."

"The child understands!"

……

Soon, all the gentry and merchants in front of the sales shop surrounded each other and disappeared.

"Come on, let's take you to the library of the academy."

Zhu Di said something to Zhu Gaochi who was beside him, and then walked inside first, regardless of whether Zhu Gaochi agreed or not.

"Your Highness, His Royal Highness?"

On the top floor of the library building, Guo An was leisurely looking at the scene at the door of the sales shop below.

Unexpectedly, when he looked up, Zhu Di, who hadn't been out for a long time, came up with Zhu Gaochi, and he couldn't help being surprised.

"What kind of coup did Guo Qing use to make those rich merchants not buy it for 100 taels of silver, but when it was raised to 300 taels, those gentry and wealthy merchants started scrambling to buy it one by one?"

Zhu Di asked with a smile, his eyes full of curiosity.

Guo An said proudly, "Your Highness, these houses are worth the price."

Zhu Di said: "We know that the construction of such a house costs only a dozen or so taels of silver at most."

Guo An quickly said: "Your Highness, it is 20 taels of silver."

"You are counting those shops and roads..."

Zhu Di retorted, and then urged: "It's alright, it's alright, why bother about trivial things like this.

Tell us quickly, how you sold these small houses for 300 taels of silver, and those gentry are all fighting for rare treasures, wishing everyone could buy more houses! "

Guo An said: "Your Highness, this matter is the simplest. In fact, although there are dormitories in the academy for the students of the academy to rest at night, but four of them are squeezed into one room.

This is extremely unaccustomed to the children of rich businessmen and gentry who were spoiled and spoiled since childhood.

And when we built these houses, those gentry and wealthy businessmen had already started to inquire.

It's just that they think 100 taels of silver is expensive..."

"However, at that time, the price of each house was 100 taels of silver, which was already the lowest price that could be sold under the comprehensive consideration of Wei Chen.

It never occurred to me that those gentry and wealthy businessmen were so cunning and stingy that they were reluctant to part with 100 taels of silver... and wanted to force the little minister to lower the price.

Weichen is not, anyway, if these houses can’t be sold, our Yanwang Mansion can only pay 6000 taels of silver at most... But don’t worry, Your Highness, even if they can’t be sold, Weichen can make Yanwang Mansion lose money..."

"However, those sons of gentry and wealthy merchants suffer all day long in the accommodation of the academy. Looking at the well-equipped house outside, they can't live in it. They don't need us to push them. They will be anxious. Coupled with the cold winter, it is even colder. ...

In fact, some of them want to buy these houses, but they just fantasize about uniting to persecute the humble ministers...

Weichen sent out a signal that if they didn't buy it, Weichen would keep raising the price.

At the same time, invisibly, a little value is given to these houses... that is, to invite great scholars to live in them, and to make them into school district houses...

Your Highness, in the entire Ming Dynasty, I can't guarantee it, but in the territory of Beiping Mansion, our academy is definitely the best one.

In the future, I don't know how many people in Beiping Prefecture want to sharpen their heads and enter the academy to study.

Therefore, when those people hear the news that anyone who has a house deed can directly enter the reading school, it is inevitable that they will not be tempted.

In everyone's minds, only reading is the foundation of their family's long-term prosperity, especially the Duke Jijiu in the Academy..."

"At this point, I'm not afraid of them uniting again. In fact, the people who know the gentry and wealthy businessmen best are their own people.

The ministers haven't sent anyone to release the news of someone buying it yet, their own people just couldn't bear it, and one by one sneaked enough money to buy the house.

Your Highness, do you know that the first gentry who came to buy a house brought a full 3000 taels of silver and bought ten houses at a time.

In the back, each of those gentry was priced at 2000 taels or more than 1000 taels, obviously they all wanted to buy the house and sell it at a premium..."

Listening to Guo An's words, and thinking about the scenes he saw below, Zhu Di couldn't help but look contemptuous, "It's really a group of people who see profit and forget righteousness..."

Guo An didn't realize that he was a gentry at all, so he said with a smile: "What Your Highness said is very true, these gentry and wealthy businessmen still have various relationships such as in-laws, relatives, classmates, teachers and students, and the same year.

However, for a mere few hundred taels of silver, they began to calculate each other.

Wei Chen speculates that when these 200 houses were sold, at least 300 houses were resold by them at an additional price of [-] taels, or even [-] taels..."

A flash of surprise flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "Why did Guo Qing say that?"

Guo An smiled faintly, "Your Highness, because only in this way can those gentry earn money and make the houses they buy more valuable."

Zhu Di said again: "Let's see that there is still a large piece of land around the academy. If Guo Qing builds another [-] houses on these lands, wouldn't those houses be worthless?"

Guo An shook his head slightly, "Your Highness, are you willing to sell the newly built house for less than 300 taels of silver?"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "Is it really possible to build a house again?"

"Return to Your Highness, it should be fine." Guo An replied.

Zhu Di couldn't help asking curiously: "What if no one buys it? Is it possible that you still have to drop it to 100 taels of silver?"

Guo An smiled softly, "Your Highness, there will be no one who will not buy it! Because those gentry and merchants will not allow the price of those houses to drop below 300 taels of silver!"

Zhu Di's eyes widened suddenly, "Guo Qing means that the Prince Yan's Mansion can build another batch of houses and earn another 9 to [-] taels of silver?"

"Your Highness is wise."

Guo An replied respectfully.

Zhu Di suddenly became short of breath, "How is this possible? How many rich people do we have in Beiping?"

Guo An said: "Your Highness, don't underestimate those merchants! Maybe it's not impossible to sell a house for 500 taels of silver."

Zhu Di hurriedly urged: "That's it, you wait to prepare quickly, and then go to build a house for us."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Guo An responded, and then thought of something, a little confused: "Your Highness, it is not possible to build a house in the cold winter.

And when the spring begins, the minister will have to go to war with His Highness, and the more than one hundred thousand taels of silver may not be earned for a while! "

"..."

Zhu Di took a deep look at Guo An and said, "This matter can be handed over to Jin Zhong."

Guo An replied: "Your Highness, Jin Zhong has won the trust of my servant, and this person is familiar with many military books, and I am going to let this person accompany me."

Zhu Di said: "If that's the case, then when Bei Zheng returns, he can earn more than one hundred thousand taels of silver."

Guo An: "..."

……

It was a few days later.

In King Yan's mansion, there suddenly appeared a rumor that made all the scribes happy.

Guo Changshi took the sugar workshop built by a group of artisans in Gongzheng Institute, and the sugar production was successful.

Moreover, the sugar produced is as crystal clear as white snow particles.

In this way, their Prince Yan's Mansion has another source of income, which is still the kind of golden source of income that is invisible at a glance!

In the hall of heart.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were sitting on a chair and reading a book, and a red iron stove was placed beside them, making the hall very warm.

"Then the sugar workshop really produces sugar?"

After listening to Ma He's report, Zhu Di's eyes flashed with astonishment, and he subconsciously put down the books in his hands.

"Returning to Your Highness, white sugar has really been made." Ma He replied hastily.

Zhu Di couldn't help but praised: "Guo Qing is really talented. He can make white sugar without using sucrose...Huh? White sugar is the name of the sugar workshop?"

Ma He also replied with a happy face: "Returning to Your Highness, that's exactly the case. I heard that the white sugar produced by the sugar workshop is crystal clear, and Guo Changshi casually named it white sugar."

"Sugar..."

Zhu Di frowned slightly, "Guo Qing's name is still as bad as ever."

Ma He quickly apologized, but he didn't dare to speak up.

He didn't dare to provoke Guo Changshi either.

Just as Zhu Di continued to ask, a voice suddenly came from the side: "Father, the child wants to eat that white sugar."

Zhu Di turned his head to look, and at the corner of Zhu Gaochi's mouth, there was a stream of crystal clear saliva.

Couldn't help but cry.

However, he had never eaten such crystal clear white sugar, so he told Ma He, "Go to the sugar workshop quickly and bring us back a catty of that white sugar."

"Your Highness..."

Ma He looked embarrassed.

……

(End of this chapter)