Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 284 Everyone, do you want to start a farm?
"However, have you ever thought that if Daming had more acres of land and more people, the taxes, silver, and labor collected by the imperial court would decrease day by day?

Do you think His Majesty will not notice it?Or will His Royal Highness the King of Yan not be aware of it? "

Hearing this, all the gentry immediately became uneasy.

Guo An sighed softly, "Now, His Royal Highness King Yan has already noticed it!

Everyone, what kind of person is Han Gonggong?Now, what is the end..."

"As long as there are famous people in your family, your family will last for a long time."

"We have also learned about those land donations. Even if you donate [-] mu of fertile land, or even [-] mu of fertile land, how much money can you make in a year?"

"You should also understand what this act of dedicating means to the court. As long as there is a slight mistake, the famous people in your family will be punished by His Majesty, and your future will be lost..."

"You are not short-sighted people. For such a little money, it is really worthwhile to risk the future of those famous people in your family, or even the future of your entire family?"

The expressions of Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and others changed again and again.

"Guo Changshi, this matter is a benefit given by the imperial court to those who are famous. Since ancient times, all families have been like this..."

Guo An smiled lightly, then changed the subject, "Okay, we just found out about this, and we are worried that you will go astray, so I can't help reminding you, just let you have a number in your mind."

"Thank you Guo Changshi for still thinking about me."

Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and other gentry said quickly.

Guo An quickly smiled and said, "No problem, no problem, people from the same village should stick together, so as to avoid being bullied by outsiders!"

All the gentry breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile slowly appeared on their faces.

It should be so, after all, Guo Changshi is also a gentry.

Guo An asked again: "Everyone, the farm of His Royal Highness King Yan is now on the right track.
Do you want to start a farm in your own village?Raise some chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep and cattle? "

"Guo Changshi, can we really start a farm?"

The eyes of Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and others lit up immediately, and their faces were full of anticipation.

Although they don't know the specific account books of the farm, they can guess how profitable it will be to start a farm just by watching the ups and downs of the Yan Palace every year, and the improvement of Yanshan Guard's meat food.

"Of course!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "The Beiping Mansion is so big that it cannot be covered by the hands of the people in the Yanwang Mansion alone.

Moreover, more than half of the chickens, ducks, hogs and sheep in the farm will be supplied to Yanshanwei, or Yanwang Mansion, and cannot be sold to the people of Beiping Mansion.

After you start a farm, the meat produced by the farm can be sold to the people of Beiping Prefecture.

Presumably, you have also seen that according to the development of Beiping Prefecture, within a few years, half of the people in Beiping Prefecture, especially Wanping County, can eat meat twice every day.

By then, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money! "

"Thank you Guo Changshi!"

Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and others quickly thanked them.

"No need to be so polite."

Guo An chuckled, "But although you are all major gentry in my Beiping Mansion, and your children are also the best among my Ming scholars, it took a lot of hard work and a lot of manpower and material resources to open a farm in my Yanwang Mansion. , only today's results.

If you want to learn from my Yanwangfu farm, you also need to pay tuition fees to Yanwangfu.

Each family pays [-] guan, and can send one or two people to learn how to start a farm.

These people can study for one year, and then if you want to start a farm, or several companies jointly start a farm, that's up to you! "

"This……"

Hearing two thousand guan, some gentry had a look of embarrassment in their eyes.

Although their family has small assets, they can't be so prodigal!
However, Huang Bi and Zheng Jun responded directly.

"Guo Changshi, don't worry, I'll send the money in a while! In addition, send two smart people to study on the farm!"

It was not easy to get involved with Yanwang Mansion, not to mention two thousand guan, even if it was [-] thousand guan, Huang Bi and Zheng Jun, gentlemen with rich families, would grit their teeth and pay the money.

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "If you don't go to school, it will not affect the establishment of a farm. You should also know that to start a farm is to raise some hogs and sheep in places with abundant tender grass, so that these hogs and sheep can eat and drink well.

You only need to wait for them to grow and fatten up before slaughtering them. They are full of treasures, enough to make a lot of money for the farm! "

The faces of Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and others became stiff instantly.

Huang Bi couldn't help asking: "Guo Changshi, this farm raises pigs..."

"What's wrong?"

Guo An asked with a puzzled look.

Huang Bi forcefully put on a smiling face, "Thank you Guo Changshi for teaching me, this old man just thinks killing pigs is a bit too cruel!"

Guo An shook his head slowly, "Yuanwai Huang is too kind. Hogs are greedy, and grow fast and fat.

When there is no more meat in the owner's house, or if he wants to eat pigs, he will naturally kill it. No one is as kind as Huang Yuanwai! "

Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and other gentry shuddered in unison. Some of the gentry immediately turned pale as they thought of something.

Guo An sat by himself, drinking herbal tea leisurely.

"Also ask Guo Changshi to save me!"

Suddenly, a gentry kowtowed in front of Guo An and kowtowed repeatedly.

Seeing this, Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and other gentry also got up quickly and saluted Guo An respectfully.

"We will follow Guo Changshi's lead and ask Guo Changshi to save us."

"Forehead……"

Guo An smiled faintly, "Have you misunderstood? I sincerely want to sell you the skills of farming, let you start a farm with Yanwang Mansion, and make money so that the people of Beiping Mansion can eat meat."

Huang Bi said: "Guo Changshi, don't play charades, I will understand what you mean."

Guo An was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "It's the farm... Oh, no, it's a donation?"

Finally stop pretending to be confused.

Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and the other gentry breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "Guo Changshi Mingjian, we don't want to make that kind of money.

It's just that, as you know, our gentry's family has a big business and more people.

After a Jinshi finally appeared in the family, many people from the clan or fellow villagers would naturally come to him.

But for us, giving is just a small matter.

In addition, we are all relatives, so it is not easy to refuse! "

"This officer also understands this matter!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "Since ancient times, every big family has been very close to each other, only in this way can we avoid being bullied by outsiders.

Especially in the countryside, everyone is even more so. "

Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and other gentry nodded subconsciously.

"However, if you wantonly accept donations, what impact will it have on Daming's taxes, you should also understand.

If one day, each of your families will have tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, and the grain stored in your home will be piled up like a mountain.

As for the imperial court, they can't even pay the salaries to those who are famous and famous in your family. Can you guess what will happen? "

A group of gentry looked embarrassed, "But Guo Changshi, those who came to donate are either relatives or villagers..."

Guo An smiled faintly, "Have you heard the saying that fighting rice nourishes kindness, and bearing rice nourishes hatred?"

"This……"

Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and the other gentry couldn't help being startled.

"Everyone, the fewer favors you have, the more valuable they are. Sometimes, it is a good thing to take proper care of your family members and the village.

However, if you take care of it too much, it will be taken for granted.

In the end, maybe no matter what you do, you will become inhuman..."

After saying that, Guo An stood up directly, "Okay, that's all I have to say, everyone, please do your own thing!"

Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and other gentry were stunned for a moment, then slowly got up to say goodbye and salute.

"The villain is waiting for someone to say goodbye!"

……

After the gentry left, Zhu Di appeared out of nowhere and looked at Guo An with a teasing look on his face.

"We didn't expect that Guo Qing would be able to deceive people like this!"

Guo An bowed to Zhu Di, and said seriously: "Your Highness, I have never deceived those gentry."

Zhu Di laughed and said, "Guo Qing said that the gentry is a pig, and I, Daming, are a farm. In the end..."

As he said that, Zhu Di suddenly froze, and stared at Guo An solemnly.

"Guo Qing, if farmer donations prevail, will there really be a big problem with taxes and labor in Ming Dynasty?"

Guo Andao: "Your Highness, do you know how many scholars, candidates, Jinshi, or officials' homes there are in my Beiping Mansion?"

"More than twenty houses."

Zhu Di said lightly.

Guo An continued to ask: "Your Highness, what if it takes another ten years?"

Zhu Di replied, "That would count as sixty families!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Highness, I have the courage to do some calculations. If a scholar's name can accommodate [-] mu of dedicated land, a scholar's name can accommodate [-] mu of dedicated land, and a Jinshi's name can accommodate [-] mu of dedicated land." The land, as for the families of officials, depends on their official positions.

In this way, with the prosperity of the academy, there are more and more scholars, candidates, and Jinshi in our Beiping Prefecture.

Last year, there were ten Jinshi in my Beiping Mansion, and there were more than a dozen Juren. As for scholars, their fame is too small to count.

For this alone, they can take away more than 60 mu of land, plus those officials' homes, as long as they contribute to the prosperity.

Weichen is a little less, and 70 mu of fertile land will be donated.

Then, ten years later, [-] hectares will be devoted to fertile land.

Your Highness, the fertile land in my Beiping Mansion should only be around [-] hectares, so that would be [-]% less! "

Zhu Di's expression immediately became serious.

Guo An continued to calculate: "The most important thing is that even if only [-] hectares of land are dedicated, the taxes and labor imposed on the remaining farmers will increase by [-]%.

For those farmers, this is like the sky falling.

In this way, there will be more and more farmers scrambling to contribute..."

"So, those who have achieved fame but are not officials, wouldn't they become moths on my body, Daming?"

Zhu Di said bitterly, "We must play the emperor's brother and father!"

Guo An hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please also hide the name of the humble minister!"

Zhu Di said: "Guo Qing is afraid of offending the gentlemen of the world?"

Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Highness is wise."

"Those officials in the DPRK and China are indeed difficult to deal with."

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Immediately, he left.

Half an hour later, a memorial written by Zhu Di himself was sent directly to Yingtian City in the capital.

As for those gentry who returned from Yanwang Palace, as soon as they got home, they quickly asked the housekeeper to withdraw two thousand coins, and found two confidantes, and after explaining it for a while.

Let the two confidantes take two thousand guan and send them to Yanwang Palace.

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(End of this chapter)