Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 270 Autumn Harvest Begins

Because, after Guo An stopped patrolling around, it rained heavily in the entire Beiping Mansion.

After five days in a row, the entire Beiping Mansion fell silent.

Except for those merchants who need to run around with their goods, everyone in the Beiping mansion is full of joy.

Because, in the entire Beiping Prefecture this year, the water conservancy of the ditches has been repaired once with cement, and the heavy rain did not bring any major disasters.

Some roads have been washed out and at most have to be repaired.

The most important thing is that the tens of thousands of hectares of rice fields in Beiping Prefecture are full.

According to the speculation of some old farmers, after this heavy rain, the rice can grow some more.

This heavy rain is the auspiciousness of Beiping Mansion!

This year, there will be a bumper harvest!
People are full of joy.

……

Yan Palace.

After the heavy rain, within two days, Beiping Mansion began to become sweltering again.

Inside the hall.

Zhu Di directly ordered six basins of cold ice to be placed, but it was still a bit stuffy.

So, holding a pot of iced watermelon in his arms again, Zhu Di asked as he gnawed: "Guo Qing, you have been running around outside for a while, can you see how the rice fields in my Beiping Prefecture are doing this year?" ? Can the harvest be good?"

Guo An put down the watermelon in his hand and nodded seriously, "Reporting to Your Highness, as long as there are no natural disasters this year, the rice fields in my Beiping Mansion will surely have a bumper harvest!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed and laughed loudly, "We knew that since Guo Qing came to Beiping Mansion, there has been auspicious auspiciousness in our Beiping Mansion, and everything we do has been very smooth."

"This matter depends entirely on His Highness's trust!"

Guo An didn't take any credit.

Zhu Di lowered his head and took a few mouthfuls again, "Guo Qing, we heard that those gentry and wealthy businessmen in Wanping County and Daxing County are looking for you every day now?"

Guo An nodded slightly, "Returning to Your Highness, those gentry used to ignore my ministers, but now, they are rushing to get closer to my ministers!"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An, and asked with some expectation: "Guo Qing, what kind of business are you going to let those gentry do?"

Guo An shook his head slightly, "Your Highness, I don't have any thoughts yet."

A trace of disappointment flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, and he cheered up, "That's exactly what it should be. Now the autumn harvest is the big deal."

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "However, I suggest that those gentry should hire some craftsmen and buy some cement from my Yan Palace.

Put a layer of cement on the rice drying field in their home, and the rice in their home will definitely be able to dry faster! "

"Cement paddy field?"

Zhu Di was taken aback for a moment, and then asked with some interest: "Guo Qing, they will inevitably spend a lot of money in this way, is this feasible?"

"That's why Weichen suggested that those gentry should let those gentry lay cement drying yards."

Zhu Di asked: "Then my farm, and the two Zhuangzi in the house..."

Guo An said: "Return to Your Highness, I have ordered people to lay it!"

"Very good!"

Zhu Di looked happy.

Afterwards, Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, do we still need to reclaim some fields in the Yan Palace? Or build a few more workshops?"

Guo An sighed, "Your Highness, I also want to build. However, I don't have so many craftsmen in Beiping Mansion."

Zhu Di said directly: "There are so many farmers in my Beiping Mansion, how can there be no..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Di reacted.

"Guo Qing, my Ming Dynasty is still based on agriculture. Although craftsmen are good, what needs to be solved now is to let the common people cultivate the fields with peace of mind."

Guo An said with a straight face: "Your Highness, from this year onwards in our Beiping Mansion, as long as there are no natural or man-made disasters, the people will definitely be able to eat three meals a day, and eat every meal.

Even if there are some corrupt officials or some unpredictable natural disasters, people will no longer starve to death! "

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "We believe what Guo Qing said!"

Guo An couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.

Sure enough, no matter how rich Beiping Mansion was, Zhu Di still didn't dare to go against Lao Zhu's ideas on this matter.

Or, Zhu Di still believes that it is still necessary to take agriculture as the foundation of the country.

……

Now the gentry in Beiping Mansion, although they may still be somewhat obedient to Guo An's words.

However, on the surface, they obeyed Guo An's words very much.

In less than a few days, all the gentry bought a large amount of cement from the cement workshop.

Then, all the prefectures and counties in Beiping Prefecture built large and small cement drying fields.

The officials in Beiping Mansion were amazed.

In the past, they asked these rich and oily gentry to donate some money to repair the yamen, maybe the school, or even the roads. These gentry searched and searched for various benefits from them.

As a result, the current Guo Changshi of the Yanwang Mansion just passed a few words to a few gentry, and all the gentry in the entire Beiping Mansion, big and small, directly scrambled for it, and spent a lot of money to find the Yanwang Mansion. Buy cement.

Then, lay the grain drying field.

However, those gentry all enjoyed it.

They also think that spending a lot of money to dry the rice is a waste of money.

However, they are happy to spend money on that Guo Changshi!

The sight of a large number of licking dogs...

this season.

Beiping Mansion is very sunny, and it is even hotter than a stove.

Those cement drying fields can be dried in three days, until the farthest Liangcheng gentry have paved cement drying fields.

Large pieces of rice finally began to turn golden.

The atmosphere in Beiping Mansion suddenly changed, and everyone looked solemn.

Every household began to polish their sickles, and then went into their respective fields to plant, picking out the dried rice, and harvesting small pieces.

God likes to rain heavy natural disasters on vulnerable farmers during the busy autumn harvest.

Therefore, at this time of year, all farmers are competing with God.

Even though there were two hundred acres of paddy fields, and there were still thousands of young adults helping to harvest rice at any time, Zhu Di still took Zhu Gaochi, and even Guo An, and stood beside the paddy fields of the farm, staring closely.

Although Guo An was a little helpless about this.

However, he is also well aware of the importance of these [-] mu of good rice to Yanwang Mansion, and even Beiping Mansion.

This time, the [-] mu of good rice, including the good rice grown by the two villages under King Yan's Mansion, will select the best five thousand catties and leave it in King Yan's Mansion.

For the remaining good rice, someone should come directly to buy it at a high price.

really.

On the second day, seeing that half of the [-] mu of good rice had been harvested, a group of people were already begging to see them outside the farm.

"Let them in."

For these visitors, Zhu Di was not surprised at all, he waved his hands indifferently, and asked the guards beside him to lead them.

Soon, a large group of people came in under the leadership of the guards.

Both Zhu Di and Guo An couldn't help being taken aback, there are too many people here!

"The villain Huang Bi met His Royal Highness King Yan, His Royal Highness, and met Guo Changshi!"

"The villain Zheng Jun has met His Royal Highness King Yan, His Royal Highness, and Guo Changshi!"

"The villain Shen Zhuang sees His Royal Highness King Yan..."

"The villain Nie Guang..."

"Why did you come here suddenly?"

Zhu Di asked quietly.

Hearing this, a group of people who had already been exposed to the sun quickly said.

"Reporting to His Highness King Yan, the villain and others heard that the farm's good rice has begun to be harvested, so they came here specially to ask His Highness King Yan, can you sell some good rice to the villain as a good seed for next year!"

"His Royal Highness, the villain also has the same intention!"

"The villain is also..."

"Buy these rice as improved varieties?"

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly and muttered to himself.

The crowd was suddenly nervous. They knew how many people rushed to buy the good rice in this farm last year, and how high the price was?
It's a pity that not many people can buy it, and basically all the good rice is sold to the families of officials and soldiers under King Yan's mansion.

And this year, many rich businessmen from the south are already on their way.Of course, among their crowd, there are also a few shameless wealthy southerners!

I have been waiting in Beiping mansion for a long time, and have been guarding it!

"Your Highness King Yan please take pity on me and the people of Beiping Mansion. The fields in my Beiping Mansion are not as fertile as the soil in the south, and it is not as rainy as in the south. The people of my Beiping Mansion are much poorer than the people in the south.

Now, the people of our Beiping Mansion are finally lucky enough to have such good rice.

The villain and other people in Beiping Prefecture were overjoyed, and were willing to buy some good rice at ten times the price. "

A gentry from Beiping directly raised the price of good rice by two times.

Hearing this, the gentry around were also anxious.

"His Royal Highness, the villain is willing to pay ten times the price for a thousand catties of good rice."

"His Royal Highness, the villain is willing to exchange ten times the new grain for a thousand catties of good rice..."

"His Royal Highness King Yan..."

Before Zhu Di could open his mouth, the crowd immediately began to raise the price on their own.

Moreover, one by one, it seems that these rice grains are not food, but some rare treasures.

Of course, none of these gentry and wealthy businessmen were fools.

When they came in, they had already secretly looked at the rice field beside them.

The rice in the farm of His Royal Highness King Yan is much larger than the rice in the homes of the officials or soldiers in the King Yan's mansion outside.

Obviously, the four sages of the Guo family cultivated better rice seeds this year.

In this way, not to mention ten times the high price, even if it is twenty times higher, these gentry and wealthy businessmen will make a lot of money when they buy it back.

After Zhu Di was surprised, he saw this group of excited gentry and wealthy businessmen in front of him, and he already had a guess in his heart that these people must have misunderstood something.

He raised his hand and shook it slightly.

The dark crowd suddenly fell silent, looking at Zhu Di expectantly.

"As the king of Yan, I will not guard this kind of good rice alone. If you want to buy it, I will be happy to do so.

but……"

As he said that, Zhu Di looked at the group of people in front of him with a serious face.

"There are good books and bad books in Yanwang's mansion. People with good books can buy them at half price. People with bad books, although we don't cut off their livelihood, we must wait until the end and no one buys them before it will be his turn. The premium is doubled!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

The faces of all the people were overjoyed.

"In addition, the good rice in this king's farm is also cultivated with hard work by a group of sages and veterans of the farm.

Therefore, one catty of rice needs to be exchanged for ten catties of grain, or ten times the price! "

"Thank you, Your Highness King Yan!"

Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed again
"Your Highness, the villain will go back and get the money!"

"The villain goes back to fetch food..."

A group of people saluted Zhu Di, and then hurried back.

Zhu Di opened his mouth, but still restrained himself from shouting.

When the group of people returned, Zhu Di couldn't help turning his head to Guo An and asked, "Guo Qing, these people are so anxious, our rice hasn't dried yet!"

……

(End of this chapter)