Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 374: Tie a group of gentry to the chariot of Prince Yan’s palace

"..."

All the gentry were stunned!

How could they not harm the interests of Prince Yan's palace when they were working for the emperor's grandson?
Seeing this, Guo An couldn't help but smile lightly.

He can probably guess what these gentlemen are thinking!
"Don't worry, everyone, His Highness has absolutely no intention of embarrassing or amusing you!"

After hearing this, all the gentry looked at Guo An expectantly.

"As gentry, each of you has been in your family for hundreds of years. You all have a lot of rich experience in dealing with the officials and those in power in the current dynasty..."

Suddenly, Zhu Di couldn't help but feel a little weird when he looked at Guo An.

All the gentry also had strange faces.

In front of His Highness King Yan, Guo Changshi is trying to dig up the roots of the gentry like us?

Guo An ignored it and continued to say with a smile: "The capital is thousands of miles away from Beiping Mansion. That person doesn't know Beiping Mansion nor your situation.

Naturally, you have many excuses, for example, His Highness King Yan is very domineering, and if you disagree, you gentry will lose their families..."

"Or perhaps, His Highness Prince Yan is well-informed in Beiping Mansion, and nothing can be hidden from His Highness Prince Yan.

Regarding the lobbying by those merchants, His Highness King Yan knew everything as soon as those merchants left..."

"The one in the capital is just lobbying you, but he can't be so tyrannical. He has to let you risk your family and your family to embarrass the Yan Palace, right?

Moreover, even if so many gentry unite, they still can’t do it..."

"Anyway, you will all have your own reasons, so I won't give you an example. His Highness, King Yan, would not force your families to die.

However, you cannot come to make things difficult for the Yan Palace in order to protect your family.

Therefore, if you are forced to take action against Prince Yan's Mansion or the caravan under Prince Yan's Mansion, you can send a reliable person in advance to secretly inform His Highness Prince Yan...

If so, the loss to Prince Yan's Mansion can be reduced to a minimum.

Afterwards, you will still have to compensate for the losses suffered by Prince Yan’s Mansion.

When necessary, Prince Yan's Mansion can also communicate with you and take revenge on your families..."

"I wonder what your Highness thinks of Wei Chen's plan?"

With that said, Guo An asked Zhu Di for instructions.

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "We are not unreasonable people. That boy Zhu Yunwen is dissatisfied with us, so we will not implicate the gentry in Beiping Mansion."

Guo An looked at the gentry again.

"His Royal Highness, King Yan, is so magnanimous, and I am deeply grateful!"

"Yes, yes, we will never dare to be enemies with Prince Yan's Mansion..."

All the gentry nodded in response with gratitude on their faces.

Are you giving an example?
He was clearly threatening them gentry in a fair and just way!
"Since everyone agrees, then everyone is happy!"

Guo An smiled with great satisfaction.

All the gentry also quickly smiled.

Suddenly, Guo An remembered something and turned to look at Zhu Di.

"Your Highness, now our Prince Yan's Mansion is working hard to govern the Yan Kingdom of Goryeo. I wonder if we can also involve all the gentry families?"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment. He didn't know what he thought of, and his expression was a little strange.

And all the gentry could not help but tremble in their hearts, with bitter expressions on their faces.

How could Guo Changshi, a fellow gentry, be so evil-minded and still not let them go even though he was like this?
Guo An didn't know that his kind words directly misunderstood Zhu Di and the gentry.

Still continued: "Your Highness, the Goryeo Yan Kingdom is so big, and the officials in Prince Yan's Mansion alone are far from being able to control the Goryeo Yan Kingdom.

And all the gentry have great families and great businesses, and there are also many talented people in their families.

They can be allowed to open shops in the Goryeoyan Kingdom, or they can be allowed to purchase fields and properties in the Goryeoyan Kingdom.

They can even be allowed to trade with Goryeo Yan! "

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's expression suddenly narrowed.

Below, the group of gentry were shocked for a while.

Immediately, his face was filled with ecstasy again.

Nowadays, as their children have entered the Goryeoyan Kingdom as officials, they naturally have a certain understanding of the situation in the Goryeoyan Kingdom.

Compared with Beiping Prefecture, Goryeo Yan State was a little barren.

But there are also millions of people.

Moreover, the most important thing is that in the Goryeo Yan Kingdom, apart from the business of Prince Yan's Mansion, there were no merchants from the Ming Dynasty.

According to their perspective, the land of the Goryeo Yan Kingdom was enough to double the family fortune of the gentry like them.

Compared with these gentry, Zhu Di's brows furrowed.

The Kingdom of Yan in Goryeo has always been the back garden and money bag of Prince Yan's palace.

"Guo Qing, my father does not allow the Ming Dynasty to trade with foreign countries, let alone go to the sea privately!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the gentry suddenly dimmed.

Guo An smiled faintly, "Your Majesty, your Majesty does not allow the people of Ming Dynasty to go to the sea privately and trade with the outside world privately.

However, in this matter, it is still our Prince Yan’s Palace who is responsible for direct trade with the Yan Kingdom of Goryeo, which does not violate His Majesty’s edict! "

"Oh?"

A trace of curiosity flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "What good ideas does Guo Qing have?"

All the gentry looked at Guo An expectantly.

Guo An said quietly: "Your Highness, we can establish a chamber of commerce under Prince Yan's residence.

These gentry became shareholders, and they were ultimately responsible for the business with Goryeo Yan.

However, the trade with Goryeo Yan State is led by our Prince Yan’s Palace, and we still use our Prince Yan’s Palace’s ships, and even need our guards, channels, and money...”

As he said that, Guo An couldn't help but be stunned.

"In this case, don't you, the gentlemen, have any advantages that can be used to invest in the Chamber of Commerce of Prince Yan's Mansion?"

Zhu Di also had a weird look on his face. He always had a feeling that his Guo Changshi was a little abnormal today.

And below, outside the group of gentry, it was even more abnormal.One by one, they hurriedly said to Guo An: "Guo Changshi, the villain and others can use their money to invest in the Yanwang Mansion Chamber of Commerce."

"Yes, yes, His Royal Highness King Yan, Guo Changshi, Xiaoren and others can invest in shares with money or invest in people."

"His Royal Highness King Yan, Guo Changshi, Xiaoren and others still have some disciples and stewards who can read and keep accounts. We can also let these people join the Chamber of Commerce..."

After saying that, they all looked at Zhu Di and Guo An eagerly, for fear that Guo An and Zhu Di would refuse again.

Trading with Goryeo?
How could they miss this kind of guaranteed profit without losing money?
Moreover, they came to plead guilty to His Highness King Yan because of the imperial grandson of the capital, and now Guo Changshi brought up such a topic again.

It’s hard for them to think about it or not!
This time, Guo Changshi definitely had the intention of pulling gentry families like them and tying them to the carriage in Prince Yan's Mansion.

They even thought about moving all members of their family to Goryeo!
The most important thing is that they, the gentry, cannot refuse!

They would not believe that these two people in front of them could be such good people!

Guo An nodded slightly, then looked at Zhu Di and asked, "I don't know what His Highness means?"

Zhu Di still looked cautious.

"What Guo Qing said does make some sense. But this matter is quite big. I wonder if there are any specific regulations?"

Guo An thought for a while and said again: "Your Highness, each of these gentry families can contribute a sum of money as capital to invest in our Yanwang Mansion Chamber of Commerce.

At the same time, each of their families sent two caravan stewards, accountants, and dozens of young and strong boys to enter the chamber of commerce.

However, the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce are still handled by me, the caravan manager of Prince Yan’s Mansion.

However, due to the addition of gentry, the business affairs between the Yan Palace and the Goryeo Yan Kingdom should not be limited to those great Goryeo families.

It is entirely possible for the various managers of the Chamber of Commerce to communicate with the merchants of Goryeo's large and small aristocratic families.

Only the final benefit…

As the main owner of the caravan, Prince Yan's Mansion can account for [-]% of the entire caravan's income, and the remaining [-]% will be divided equally among the gentry...

However, because of this, the Chamber of Commerce still needs to pay tribute of 150 million taels of silver to His Majesty every year.

Therefore, the money shared equally between the Yan Palace and the caravans can only be the profit after deducting the 150 million taels of silver! "

After saying that, Guo An looked at Zhu Di.

"These are really some rough regulations that I thought of. I wonder what Your Highness thinks?"

Zhu Di thought for a moment and then looked at the gentry.

"What do you guys think?"

It can be divided into [-]%, which is beyond their expectations.

All the gentry nodded repeatedly, "Your Highness, we have no objections!"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An again, "Guo Qing, how much money does each family need to contribute?"

Hearing this, the gentry once again stared closely at Guo An.

Guo An thought for a while and then said: "Your Highness, since we want a group of gentry to invest in the company, we need to negotiate it as a business.

You can’t lose me, Prince Yan’s Mansion, nor can you lose a group of gentry.

If not, let’s calculate it based on the amount of money our Prince Yan’s Mansion needs to spend on a trade deal with the Yan Kingdom of Goryeo! "

"Money from a trade deal?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di felt a little distressed.

As for the gentry, their faces were full of joy.

In this way, they made a huge profit!
However, Zhu Di quickly shook his head and disagreed.

"No, no! If this happens, won't our Yan Palace become the victim of Guo Qing's mouth?"

All the gentry immediately looked at Guo An.

Guo An thought for a while and then said: "If so, then let's calculate the money from two trade transactions?"

Zhu Di still frowned.

Guo An said tentatively: "Your Highness, what about three times?"

The faces of all the gentry suddenly became sad.

Each time, Prince Yan's Mansion brought back dozens of ships of goods from Goryeo, and then purchased dozens of ships of goods from Beiping Mansion to go to Goryeo.

How much money will be spent during this period, they, the gentry, see it in their eyes and have an idea in their hearts.

At double the price, dozens of them could divide it evenly, easily.

Twice, grit your teeth, that’s fine too!
Three times, and you’ll have to bleed!

No matter how high it is, they will have to sell their property...

"Yes, then three times!"

Fortunately, Zhu Di could also see the limits of these gentry, and finally agreed to triple the price.

"Thank you, Your Highness King Yan!"

"Your Highness is merciful..."

All the gentry were immediately overjoyed.

"Okay, you are also the people under our rule. We can't just watch Zhu Yunwen bully you like that!"

Zhu Di smiled slowly and said casually.

Then, he looked at Guo An!

"Guo Qing..."

Guo An immediately understood what Zhu Di meant and said quickly: "Your Highness, our Prince Yan's Mansion wants to build a chamber of commerce, and we also need to settle accounts and arrange manpower... This is also a big project and requires the full cooperation of Chang Shisi.

Now, Zhu Changshi has too many general affairs in his hands and can't spare any time.

In that matter, we can only trouble His Royal Highness. It just so happens that during this period of time, His Royal Highness has also become familiar with Chang Shisi's affairs! "

"Can!"

Zhu Di nodded slowly, "Come, go and invite the crown prince here!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

A waiter responded and quickly ran out.

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(End of this chapter)