Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 349: Your Highness, can Prince Ning work for Prince Yan’s Mansion (please ask for monthly votes)
Above, Zhu Di also looked happy.

"You are all willing to serve as officials in Prince Yan's palace?"

Everyone hurriedly responded: "Go back to His Highness King Yan, I and the others are willing!"

Zhu Di continued: "You should also know that there are not so many official positions in Prince Yan's palace. If you want to be an official in the palace, you need to go to Goryeo."

"The villain and others are willing to go!"

Everyone continued.

Before, when the Ming Dynasty was first established, these two families could be regarded as descendants of high-ranking officials in the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

In addition, the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang has been killing and implicating officials.

These people have been living in Shunde Mansion and dare not easily enter the court as officials.

But now, the Ming Dynasty has stabilized, Guo An is deeply trusted by King Yan, and has captured Goryeo. Japan is not too far away, and King Yan's palace lacks a large number of officials.

In particular, Beiping Mansion has developed too prosperously, and the treatment of officials by Prince Yan's Mansion is really good.

Being an official not only educates the people and governs the Yan Kingdom, but you can also earn a lot of money!
Zhu Di nodded slightly and asked, "I wonder if you all have any fame?"

"Your Highness, the student is a candidate!"

"Your Highness, students are talented people!"

"Your Highness, students are also scholars..."

On the side, Zhu Di couldn't help but look surprised.

They did not expect that among the 25 Guo and Liu families, there were actually two candidates and twelve scholars.

"Very good!"

Zhu Di said directly: "You can first serve as scribes in Prince Yan's Mansion and familiarize yourself with the government affairs of the Prince's Mansion. After two months, you can go to Goryeo to serve as officials!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

A group of people from the Guo and Liu families quickly thanked him.

However, Guo An's expression changed slightly, and he quickly said: "No, Your Highness, as a result, there will be 35 scribes from the Guo and Liu families in the entire Yan Palace Chief Shisi!

Now, how many scribes does Chang Shisi have?
The Guo and Liu families only occupy half of it, which is not good!
even……"

Hearing this, everyone from the Guo and Liu families also looked startled.

Zhu Di waved his hand with a nonchalant expression.

"Guo Qing is overly worried. They will only stay in Changshi Division for two months before going to Goryeo!"

"That's okay!"

Guo An hesitated for a moment, then just nodded slowly.

Then, he directly told the scribes of the Guo and Liu families in front of him: "Your Highness shows great love to our Guo and Liu families, and directly recruits you into the Yan Palace as scribes or even officials without taking the exam.

You must know how to repay your kindness.

Beiping Mansion was okay, but when I went to Goryeo Yan State, there were only [-] Yanshan Guard troops there, and the rest were thousands of Ming Dynasty military generals and officials who had been exiled.

In the Goryeo Kingdom of Yan, you are the most trusted officials of His Highness. You must do your best. You must not take advantage of others, nor deceive His Highness, nor do you do anything that harms the Palace of Prince Yan just for some trivial bribes!

You must not form a group or bully other officials..."

"Thank you very much, Guo Changshi, for your teachings, and please rest assured, Your Highness, the ministers and others will be loyal to Your Highness, educate the people of Goryeo Yan State, and govern Goryeo for Your Highness!"

A group of newly promoted scribes in Prince Yan's Mansion responded quickly.

"Very good!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed.

Suddenly, a member of the Guo family hesitated for a moment and said cautiously: "Your Highness, I am a humble minister who is not very talented and has little knowledge. I am afraid he will not be a good official!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di and Guo An were both stunned.

"Brother Thirteen, what are you talking about?"

A clerk from the Guo family next to him also followed up and said, "Your Highness, Guo Changshi, the ministers are also very talented and have little knowledge. I'm afraid they won't be able to be officials!"

Zhu Di frowned slightly, "Since you don't want to be an official, why do you come to our Prince Yan's Mansion?"

"Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

The two Guo family scribes said quickly: "Your Highness, Wei Chen and others are short of ambition and talent. They just want to learn from the fourth brother and study some objects!"

"Research object?"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, still a little disbelieving, "Are you going to be a craftsman?"

On the side, Guo An quickly said: "Your Highness, these brothers are all scholars, proficient in mathematics and astronomy. Even if they go to the workshop, they should be in charge of the workshop!"

Hearing this, the several Guo family scribes immediately nodded their heads.

Zhu Di couldn't help but take a deep look at these Guo family scribes, "I wonder where you want to go?"

"Your Highness, I want to go to the Craftsman School!"

"Your Highness, I want to go to the Gongzheng Institute!"

"Wei Chen wants to go to the camp..."

"Can!"

Zhu Di nodded directly.

Although it was a pity, they did not want to be officials, and Zhu Di did not force it.

However, he never expected that people in the Guo family would be of such a temperament that they did not want to be officials. They just liked to study those objects and be craftsmen.

but.

Being a craftsman can help him make money for Prince Yan's Palace.

The next two days.

In Prince Yan's palace, there were twenty more scribes from the Guo and Liu families.

There are also five more master craftsmen in charge of the Guo family in the Gongzheng Office and Camp Repair Office of Prince Yan's Mansion.

Regarding this, Father Guo, Liu Huiyuan, and everyone from the Guo and Liu families were very happy.

He even thanked Guo An repeatedly.

Guo An was humbled one after another, followed by a series of stern warnings.

Although he is the chief historian of Prince Yan's palace, those people will still be severely punished by His Highness Prince Yan if they do not serve as officials properly.

The Guo and Liu families are naturally very understanding.

……

this day.

Zhu Di and Guo An couldn't help but be shocked by the news brought by a caravan steward.

"What? A severe drought in the Central Plains?"

The steward said with a serious face: "Back to Your Highness, Guo Changshi, Henan Province, Daming Prefecture, De'an Prefecture... none of these prefectures have had rain in three months.

The crops in the fields didn’t even produce ears!

Although the people in these places can barely have enough to eat this year, the autumn harvest will be fruitless. After winter, they will all starve.In fact, many people will not be able to survive these winters! "

"Now, food prices in these places have begun to skyrocket..."

"Ugh!"

Zhu Di took a long breath and looked at Guo An.

"Guo Qing..."

Guo An said directly: "Your Highness, our Beiping Mansion will have a great harvest this year!"

Zhu Di said: "Father, I should allocate food from my Beiping Mansion!"

Guo An thought for a while and then said: "My Beiping Mansion still has a lot of food from last year!"

"good!"

Zhu Di was relieved.

A few more days passed.

Zhu Yuanzhang's edict was indeed sent to Beiping Mansion.

There was a severe drought in the Central Plains, and the people had no harvest. When they heard that Beiping Prefecture had a bumper harvest, they ordered the troops of Beiping Prefecture to prepare 30 dan of grain and send it to Henan to relieve the victims.

Zhu Di looked happy, "In the past, Jiangnan sent food to Beiping Prefecture to provide disaster relief and rescue the people. I didn't expect that now, I, Beiping Prefecture, can actually deliver food to the Central Plains and rescue the victims!"

Guo An chuckled and said, "These are all the work of His Highness!"

"Hahaha……"

……

Regarding the transportation of food, Prince Yan's Mansion only has the duty of supervision.

Specific matters are all handled by the Beiping Prefecture’s Chief Envoy Department and the Inspectorate Envoy Department.

Regarding this matter, although these yamen officials were a little distressed, they were also full of pride.

These grains are the political achievements of these officials.

They in the north finally began to no longer need food and disaster relief from the south.

this day.

Zhu Di and Guo An were planning the remaining abandoned city walls in the northern part of Beiping City.

Suddenly, a Yanshan Guard, accompanied by a strange captain, hurriedly walked in.

"At the end of my visit to His Highness King Yan, my Highness Prince Ning has a letter to send to His Highness King Yan!"

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, opened the letter, read it for a long time, and frowned slightly.

Then, he said to the captain: "Go down and rest for a while!"

"The last will obey!"

When the captain went down, Guo An asked curiously.

"Your Highness, what happened to the Daning Frontier Fortress?"

“There are no Tatars trespassing!”

Zhu Di shook his head slowly and said, "It's Prince Ning who wants to buy some cement from Prince Yan's Mansion!"

"Buying cement?"

Guo An asked, "Why did His Highness Prince Ning buy cement?"

Zhu Di said slowly: "I want to strengthen the city walls, build houses, and pave roads!"

"so much……"

Guo An narrowed his eyes slightly, "His Royal Highness Prince Ning probably doesn't just want to buy cement!"

"Guo Qing means that Prince Ning wants the secret recipe for cement?" Zhu Di also said thoughtfully.

"Your Highness, the secret recipe for cement will never be sold to anyone else in Prince Yan's Mansion!"

Guo An slowly shook his head, "His Royal Highness Prince Ning should also know about this, so he might want me, Prince Yan, to build a cement workshop in Daning!"

"Ok?"

A bright light flashed in Zhu Di's eyes.

"Guo Qing, is this possible?"

Guo An said: "Your Highness, as long as the cement has pebbles and stone mountains, it will be fine!
And in Daning, there seems to be coal and stone mountains too!

So, it should work! "

Zhu Di was a little confused and said: "But if our Prince Yan's palace builds a cement workshop in Daning, wouldn't Prince Ning know the secret recipe for calcining cement?"

Guo An sighed softly, "Your Highness, the imperial court already knows the secret recipe of cement. So, as long as His Highness Prince Ning gives me enough benefits from Prince Yan's Mansion, what's the harm in letting His Highness Prince Ning know about it?"

"good!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed, "In Guoqing, Daning and other places, are there any items that can make money?"

"Your Highness, Daning controls dozens of cities and covers a vast area of ​​thousands of miles. King Ning has [-] armored soldiers and [-] leather chariots under his command!
Although Daning is relatively poor, it is better because of its large number of people.

Moreover, Daning is mostly grazed.

And my Prince Yan’s Mansion needs wool, and my Prince Yan’s Mansion also needs a lot of cattle...

Moreover, the cement calcined in cement workshops can be sold in Daning.

If a cement workshop is built in Daning, with His Highness Prince Ning taking care of it, no one will dare to build a cement workshop.

This is equivalent to His Highness Prince Ning taking charge of my cement workshop and working for Prince Yan’s Mansion to make money..."

"Let Seventeenth work for Prince Yan's Mansion to make money?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and then he became a little suspicious.

"This is a good idea, but why does Old Seventeen take such good care of our cement workshop?"

Guo An said quietly: "Your Highness, I will give [-]% of the money earned by the cement workshop to His Highness Prince Ning!"

"Fifty percent?"

Zhu Di's eyes widened. "The cement workshop is ours, and the secret recipe is also ours. Why should we give him so much money?"

Guo An said: "Your Highness, Daning is so far away from our Beiping Mansion. Let His Highness Prince Ning build the cement workshop, let His Highness Prince Ning recruit craftsmen, let His Highness Prince Ning be responsible for the coal and stone mountains, and let His Highness Prince Ning take care of the cement workshop." , and our Prince Yan's Mansion only needs to send one or two stewards, a counting house, and a few old craftsmen..."

Zhu Di nodded slightly, still a little reluctant, "It's just that [-]% is a bit too much!"

"Then forty percent!"

Guo Andao said, "These matters still need to be discussed between His Highness and His Highness Prince Ning!"

"good!"

Zhu Di said directly: "In general, Old Seventeen took advantage of us, and we have to have a good discussion with him!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

……

(End of this chapter)