Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 194 Goryeo hasn't paid back the money yet?

Following Shen Zhuang's departure, Jin Zhong's face was full of admiration.

"The villain has always heard that Guo Changshi is the chief treasurer of the Yan Palace, but I saw it today, and I admire it very much."

Guo An smiled lightly, and said inexplicably, "Do you think the Shen family will agree?"

Jin Zhong said to himself: "Going back to Guo Changshi, the Shen family will definitely agree.

Merchants seek profit, and now that His Majesty bans the sea, the Shen family's business is not as good as before.

Now, they cooperate with my Prince Yan's Mansion, not only can they monopolize all the white sugar in the south, but they can even board the big ship of my King Yan's Mansion. At least no official dares to seize his Shen family's caravan at will.

If they don't agree, when my Prince Yan's Mansion builds sugar workshops in Fujian and Guangdong, they will not only have no money to make, but even their Shen family's share of sucrose will decrease. "

Guo An nodded with joy, "In this way, my Yan Palace has another stable source of income."

"exactly."

Jin Zhong said affirmatively.

"Very good!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and then arranged: "Now, it will be the time of autumn harvest.

You go to inspect, how are the farms under my Prince Yan's mansion prepared?

In addition, how are the people in Wanping County prepared?

If there is any shortage, can you borrow it from my Yan Palace?
In short, everything is based on the autumn harvest..."

"Here!"

Jin Zhong responded and retreated.

……

A few more days passed.

Guo An came to Cunxin Palace with some doubts, "Your Highness, are you looking for me?"

"Ah."

Zhu Di sat on top with a gloomy face, motioned Guo An to sit down, and said coldly.

"Guo Qing, we heard that the envoy from Goryeo has come to pay tribute to Ming Dynasty twice this year."

"Uh-huh?"

Guo An nodded subconsciously, then realized something, and his face brightened.

"Dare to ask Your Highness, has the envoy from Goryeo not paid back the money to my Yan Palace?"

"Exactly...huh?"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An with displeasure on his face, "Guo Qing, why are you so happy that the Koryo official dares to default on our money?"

Guo An replied honestly: "Your Highness, do you still remember that when Weichen persuaded His Highness Jian to use loans to sell the transparent glass and winter vegetable planting technology to Korea, he didn't plan that Korea would return the money to His Highness!"

Zhu Di was taken aback for a moment, and then sullen.

"However, the small country of Goryeo can't just not give us back a penny, right? We have a deed signed by the King of Goryeo himself!"

Guo An sighed slightly, "Forgive me, Your Highness, I never thought that the Goryeo Kingdom would be so bold."

Zhu Di was still a little unwilling, "What can Guo Qing do?"

Guo Andao: "For the current plan, we can ask Zhu Changshi to write a letter to the imperial court, complaining that Koryo is ungrateful.

His Highness trusted Koryo so much, and lent them 21 taels of silver. So far, not only have they not paid back a penny, they have not even paid back the interest. Please order an order from the court to warn the Koryo country.

At the same time, His Highness can also send someone to send a letter to Goryeo, urging them to pay back the money..."

Zhu Di asked again: "So, what if they keep saying that they have no money?"

Guo An grinned, "His Royal Highness, you have just established three Mongolian Cavalry Thousand Households."

"good!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "The money from the Yan Palace is not easy to get."

Let's talk, Zhu Di told Ma He who was at the side: "Call Zhu Changshi here."

"Here!"

As the horse went down, Guo An also got up and said: "Your Highness, I have to go to the farm to check it out today, so I will take my leave first."

"Ok!"

Zhu Di waved his hand casually.

Guo An quickly resigned.

After returning to the public house, Guo An dragged Jin Zhong who hadn't left yet, and rushed to the farm before the old man Zhu Fu came back and raised his eyebrows at him.

"Chang Shi, the farm has only planted 300 mu of grain this year, plus a [-] mu of experimental fields, but there are more than [-] veterans on the farm, and there are often a hundred households around, so there is no need to worry about the autumn harvest."

On the carriage, Jin Zhong said slowly.

Guo An said: "We know."

Hearing this, a trace of astonishment flashed in Jin Zhong's eyes, and he didn't say anything more.

The carriage was walking on the road, flickering.

After a long while, Guo An frowned slightly, "Now the farm is considered a relatively important project in our Prince Yan's mansion. Why are the roads still so dilapidated?"

Jin Zhong lifted the curtain of the car, glanced at the road outside, and said: "Back to Guo Changshi, there has been a lot of rain these days, and no one has leveled it, making the road a little potholed."

Guo An said directly: "Let's build a concrete road."

"Paving concrete roads?"

Jin Zhong was startled, "Chang Shi, will this be a waste..."

"No need to worry."

Guo An said calmly, "In just the past two years, the money the farm has earned for the family is already enough to pave a cement road.

Moreover, the farm will inevitably expand in the future, and this trail alone is no longer useful! "

"Yes, Guo Changshi!"

Jin Zhong nodded and said, "As soon as the autumn harvest is over, the villain will start to gather laborers and craftsmen to start laying cement roads."

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

……

The farm of King Yan's Mansion has expanded a bit.

Although I haven't been here for a long time, Guo An can clearly feel that the farm has definitely expanded again.

"Meet Guo Changshi!"

Seeing Guo An, Ding Shang, the manager of the farm, beamed with joy.

Guo An said with a smile: "Congratulations to Old General Ding for gaining a bigger territory!"

"Hahaha, Guo Changshi is very clear, there are two more hills, and there are six hundred acres of wasteland."

Ding Shang said proudly.

"Very good!"

Guo An nodded in satisfaction, and asked casually, "Are any of the hogs, sheep, and chickens and ducks sick this year?"

Ding Shang said with joy on his face: "Following Guo Changshi's instructions, we expanded the enclosure for these animals and cleaned them every few days.

Their pens are cleaner than the houses I live in, and the number of diseases among these animals this year has been reduced by half compared to last year. "

Guo An smiled and said, "Old General Ding is waiting for you veterans."

Ding Shang smiled even more, "Hahaha, Guo Changshi is serious. What's the trouble in feeding some poultry and livestock?"

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly, but did not continue to exchange pleasantries, but asked directly: "Old General Ding, where are Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi and others?"

Hearing this, a trace of respect flashed in Ding Shang's eyes.

"Back to Guo Changshi, the four master farmers of Guo Village should go to the test field to inspect one by one."

"The master farmer?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Guo An's eyes, he smiled lightly, and did not refute, "I'll go and see them."

"Let's take Guo Changshi forward."

After finishing speaking, Ding Shang led the way very attentively.

Behind them, Guo An and Jin Zhong looked at each other, and there was a glimmer of expectation in their eyes.

The rice fields are only 200 meters away from the entrance of the farm.

Therefore, before walking a few steps, Guo An saw that in the rice fields with clear lines on the far side, there were four thin literati, two of them bent down from time to time, observing carefully, and the other two held hands. Holding the booklet, he quickly recorded it.

Guo An walked closer, opened his mouth and shouted, "Fourth brother, sixth brother, tenth brother, eleventh brother!"

The few people who were busy in the field raised their heads, glanced at Guo An outside, and their faces were happy, "Ning Yi, you are back!"

Immediately, before Guo An could speak, Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi yelled again, "Ning Yi, wait for a while, I will observe for a while, and then I will come out."

After finishing speaking, the four of them lowered their heads again and looked at it seriously.

On the side, Jin Zhong asked: "Chang Shi, now that the rice is almost ripe, what else do they want?"

Guo An glanced at Jin Zhong, "Who knows what else they want to observe and record? It's okay, we are all members of the same family, as long as we study something, we don't care about foreign things. Wait for a while, we Go in and have a look."

Jin Zhong was also a little curious, "I also want to see the rice."

"Can!"

Guo An responded casually and walked in.

The paddy field in the experimental field is quite different from the paddy field next door.

The ridges of the paddy fields in the experimental field are all separate, and people can walk freely in the middle.

In addition, the rice in the experimental field, every two ridges, the density, height, and length of the rice ears, and even if you look carefully, the fullness of the rice ears on each ridge is somewhat different.

However, after looking at it, Guo An noticed something was wrong.

Looking back, Ding Shangzheng has been staring at the two of them closely, as if guarding against them?
"Hey, the villain was worried that Guo Changshi didn't know him, so he followed in. Please don't blame Guo Changshi."

Guo An was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's okay, you don't need to worry, we just came in to have a look at the research results of a few big brothers, and we won't pick and play at will."

Ding Shang laughed all over his face.

However, there was no step-by-step follow-up.

When Guo An turned around and came out, Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi also came out with happy faces.

"Congratulations Ning Yi."

Guo An also came back with hands clapped with joy on his face, "Congratulations to the four brothers, you have finally researched something."

Although Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi belong to the same family of Guo An's village, their ancestors have been there for many generations.

Therefore, the ages of several people and Guo An are very different. The oldest Guo Bingyong is already thirty-six this year.

Hearing Guo An's words, the four of them couldn't help but feel ashamed. Guo Bingyong quickly shook his head and said, "I'm disappointed with Ning Yi. We have taken up so many fertile fields, and borrowed as many methods as Ning Yi, and ordered the farm There are so many veterans, but there is still no improved rice variety that can increase the yield per mu.”

Guo An was a little puzzled and said: "But I saw that in the rice field, there are already several ridges of rice with ears that are obviously much larger than others, and the rice is even very full."

Guo Bingyong explained: "Well, Guo An didn't know that when these rices were bought, they were all good varieties with full grains. Although the ears of rice are larger and the grains are full, they are almost the same as the previous good varieties."

Guo An's face brightened, "So, doesn't it mean that as long as the four elder brothers continue to plant this kind of fine seed, the rice will be so big in the future?
Then, if this rice seed is used to plant the field, wouldn't the rice yield per mu increase naturally after a few years? "

"This?"

Hearing this, Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi couldn't help being taken aback.

Immediately, the four of them quickly flipped through the books in their hands and read them carefully.

Then, he ran quickly to their house and dug out a pile of rice seeds for comparison.

After a while, I ran to the rice fields next door and began to check one by one.

Guo An stood aside, watching the four of them run back and forth.

……

(End of this chapter)