Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 78 Nie Zi Training Guo An
Zhu Di left disappointed.

Guo An lay down on the table and became bored.

In the past few months, he has led the people of Wanping County to reclaim enough fields, and also helped Zhu Di open a barbecue shop and build a farm. The monthly dividends given to him are enough for him to bloom.

Now, he has also improved steel and calcined cement.

As long as they wait until next year, the reclaimed fields will be planted with grain. Although there will be no bumper harvest, the shortage of grain should be alleviated a lot.

Moreover, cement can also be used to build Wanping County well.

Most importantly, it seemed, he had nothing else to do.

Lying corpses, touching fish, laying waste?

Thinking about it, Guo An quickly shook his head.

Without a mobile phone, without a TV, without any entertainment, two days of poor performance already made him feel extremely empty.

If he fell asleep again, he would definitely be driven crazy!

No wonder those literati in this era like to read books. There are not only golden houses in books, but also spiritual needs.

Otherwise, what should we do to find out?
Guo An was thinking boredly when he saw Guo Erniu walking in.

"Young Master, Young Master, the chief envoy has summoned you!"

Guo An sat up straight away, "Presidential envoy?"

"Yes, someone said that the chief minister wants to see you!" Guo Erniu replied quickly.

Guo An asked: "Did someone say when the chief envoy will see me?"

"It seems that this is where you are going."

"Come out with me..."

"Yes, Master!"

When he came to the front hall of the county yamen, he greeted Wang Zhen, and Guo An took Guo Erniu to go out to the office of the chief envoy.

The chief envoy is several squares away from Wanping County.

And Guo An was only a county magistrate, and he didn't have a carriage, so he could only walk forward.

So, I had to walk for about half an hour under the sun, before arriving at the chief envoy's yamen.

As soon as he entered, Guo An was led into the public house of Nie Zishi, the chief envoy.

"Guo An, the magistrate of Wanping County, met with Nie Bu's political envoy."

Guo An bowed respectfully, then looked up at Nie Zishi.

However, what surprised Guo An was that Nie Zishi looked calm, not as close as before.

"I heard that Guo Zhi County is very busy these days. I have invited Guo Zhi County here rashly. I won't miss the important affairs of Guo Zhi County."

Guo An quickly sneered and said, "Uncle Nie is serious, my nephew hasn't come to visit you these few days, it's my nephew's fault."

"Don't, I can't be Guo Xianzun's uncle, and I don't dare to be."

Nie Zishi waved his hands again and again, his face full of indifference.

Guo An's heart sank, he couldn't figure out when he would offend this Uncle Nie, but thinking about the relationship between the two families, this Uncle Nie would not harm him no matter what.

With a cheeky face again, he smiled sincerely and said: "Uncle Nie must not be like this, let alone the relationship between our two families, just because Uncle Nie recommended my nephew as an official all the way, he is my uncle for life. Nothing will change.

The little nephew really didn't know what the little nephew had done wrong these days, so he asked Uncle Nie to give some pointers, and the little nephew would definitely admit his mistake and correct it. "

Feeling the sincerity in Guo An's tone, Nie Zishi felt a little relieved.

However, the anger on his face still persisted, but the cold tone of repelling people thousands of miles away did not disappear.

"Do you still remember, whose official are you?"

"Who is the official?"

Guo An was taken aback, but he hurriedly replied: "Uncle Nie, as the magistrate of Wanping County, my nephew should be an official of the Ming Dynasty, and an official of His Majesty, of course, can also be regarded as an official of the people of Wanping County!"

"What an official of the people!"

A flash of astonishment flashed in Nie Zishi's eyes, and then his face became serious, "Since you are an official of His Majesty and the common people, why do you ignore the affairs of the yamen all day long, but stay in front of His Royal Highness, instead of helping King Yan open a barbecue shop? To start a farm, is to go to the iron smelter in Shangzhuang Village, King Yan?

I don't think you are an official of His Majesty, but an official in Yanwang Palace! "

At this moment, Guo An finally came to his senses, and immediately smiled wryly.

"Uncle Nie, you have misunderstood, my nephew is not the kind of person who climbs the ranks."

"Huh?" Nie Zishi's expression darkened.

"Uncle, among the several ideas that my nephew gave His Royal Highness King Yan, opening a barbecue restaurant is the only one that has self-interest.

The barbecue shop has my nephew's secret recipe as a stake, and my nephew gets [-]% of the monthly dividends. "

Guo An quickly explained: "But the rest of the matter is for Wanping County.

Especially the farm, this is really my nephew's sincerity.Think about it, there are so many barren mountains and wastelands in Wanping County. His Royal Highness King Yan encloses a few hills and a few pieces of wasteland. Not only are people farming, but they can also raise a large flock of chickens, ducks, hogs, cattle and sheep.

As long as they are kept for one or two years, the people in Wanping County will no longer be short of meat.

Of course, cattle cannot be eaten, but these cattle can be used to plow the land..."

"As for my little nephew, I have been running to the iron smelting workshop in Shangzhuang Village for a while, because firstly, His Highness King Yan requested it, and secondly, my nephew also wanted to use His Highness Yan's iron smelting workshop to research some objects and improve them. Improve the environment and conditions in our Wanping County."

"Study objects?" Nie Zishi was a little curious.

"Exactly!"

Guo An nodded quickly, "Our ancestor Guo Taishi likes to study astronomy and geography, but my nephew likes to study physics."

"physics?"

Nie Zishi looked puzzled, "What school of physics is it? Why has the old man never heard of it?"

Guo An chuckled and said, "Uncle Nie, please don't make fun of my nephew. I refer to the principles of the operation of all things as physics. For example, why the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, why the moon waxes and wanes, why rivers and streams always To the sea?

Or, why can iron ore be smelted from iron stone?Why can coal be ignited?Why can sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal be mixed into gunpowder?

or……"

"So, what did you come up with from this research?"

Nie Zi really knew the details of the Guo family, so he was really interested in what Guo An said.

Guo An said: "My nephew has really researched something!"

Nie Zishi asked curiously: "What is it? What is it for?"

Guo An said: "One can speed up ironmaking, one can be used to build walls, and of course it can also be used to smooth roads."

"So, you went to the Iron Smelter to be a craftsman?"

Hearing this, Nie Zishi lost all interest.

"Uncle Nie, please don't say anything about this." Guo An was not annoyed and said with a sneer.

"Hmph, I am ashamed to say that the descendants of Guo Taishi are going to be craftsmen."

Nie Zishi snorted coldly, and then revealed the real purpose of calling Guo An.

"Do you know that there is an unwritten practice in my officialdom in Ming Dynasty that officials from all over the country, even domestic officials, cannot get too close to the feudal lord?

And you have just become the county magistrate, so you are so close to King Yan.Even if the King of Yan strongly recommended you as the magistrate of Wanping County, then you can't be so close.

The old man heard that in the past few months, there have been more than a dozen people just impeaching your officials.

The most serious thing is that while you were getting close to King Yan, you also did a stupid thing. "

"Big fool?"

Guo An was a little puzzled.

Nie Zishi said with a bit of resentment: "You know, you encouraged King Yan to build a farm and bought a lot of chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep from the surrounding counties.

Unknowingly, it caused a shortage of a large number of chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep in Beiping Prefecture, and even in Shanxi and Shandong, which caused the price of chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep in these areas to rise suddenly, and the common people couldn't afford these meats? "

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(End of this chapter)