Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 256
Hearing this, Shang Kezhou suddenly became excited.

"Your Highness, Guo Changshi, you two haven't seen that after those Korean people took a bite of chili, they seemed to see some dragon liver and phoenix marrow, and they couldn't stop at all.

Even, many people's mouths were swollen from eating, but they were still eating.

In less than two days, the ten catties of chilies brought by the fleet were eaten up by the nobles in Korea! "

"This time, those Koreans were able to take out gold and silver to buy a lot of peppers."

"Chili is so hot, they like it so much?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di, who didn't pay much attention at first, couldn't help but look weird.

"Returning to Your Highness, those Koreans not only like it, but also eat it raw. They don't even put chili peppers on the food and steamed buns, and just eat it with empty mouths..."

Shang Ke Zhou replied happily.

"This... will they feel uncomfortable after eating?"

Now, Zhu Di couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Shang Kezhou nodded slightly, "Your Highness is wise."

On the contrary, Guo An is much more indifferent. The Koreans of later generations also like to eat chili, and they still eat it inhumanly, what is super spicy, abnormally spicy.

"This year, we didn't receive many chili peppers, so we have to sell them to Sichuan, and we have to keep some in Beiping Prefecture.

How much can those Koreans pay per catty of chili? "

Zhu Di also stared at Shang Kezhou closely.

Shang Kezhou replied: "Return to Your Highness, Guo Changshi, the ten catties of peppers that I brought with me this time are sold at the price set by Guo Changshi, ten taels of silver per catty.

However, I didn't expect those Korean dignitaries to hear that I didn't have many chili peppers in Ming Dynasty after eating them, and that chili peppers can only be grown by me in Beiping Prefecture, so they were willing to raise the price! "

"20 taels of silver per catty."

"20 taels per catty?"

Zhu Di's eyes were wide open, and his whole body trembled, feeling like he was in a celestial state.

20 taels a catty.

The price they bought from those common people was only a thousand dollars.

"Sell, as long as the Koreans pay, all the peppers recovered from the Yan Palace in the past few days will be sold to Korea."

Shang Kezhou looked at Guo An who was on the side.

In terms of foreign trade, all of them know that Guo Changshi still needs to make a decision on this matter.

Sure enough, after calming down, Zhu Di also looked at Guo An.

"What's Guo Qing thinking?"

Guo An bowed respectfully and said, "Reporting to Your Highness, I believe that rare things are the most precious.

Although the nobles in Korea discovered gold and silver mines, they were not sure how many gold nuggets and silver they could calcine every month.

Moreover, it is precisely because of the scarcity of peppers that they will charge such a high price.

If we let them know that my Prince Yan's Mansion actually supplies them with more peppers, they will inevitably become greedy and want to lower the price.

Now, I can sell a catty of peppers for two catties of peppers, so why not do it? "

"In addition, Your Highness has learned that even though farmers in many villages in Wanping County grow peppers this year, the total amount is not too much.

My Yanwang Mansion has only purchased more than 8000 catties of peppers in total.

But there are more than 8000 catties, and I have to keep some of them for myself in the Yan Palace, and donate hundreds of catties to the capital, and then sell some to those merchants and dignitaries in Sichuan...

In this way, at most it can be sold to the nobles of Korea for four thousand catties. "

Zhu Di nodded his head slightly, and said, "Four thousand catties, or 8 taels of silver, is not a lot!"

Guo An said again: "Your Highness, the four thousand catties can only be sold to the nobles of Korea for two thousand catties."

Zhu Di was taken aback: "Why?"

Guo An explained: "Your Highness, chili is spicy and has the effect of dispelling cold.

However, the geographical location of Koryo is remote, and the winter is extremely cold. At that time, those nobles in Koryo would definitely beg my Yan Palace to buy chili peppers. "

Zhu Di was instantly refreshed, "By then, the price of chili peppers will still rise!"

Guo An nodded, "Your Highness, you can still go up!"

"If that's the case, then sell one thousand catties to the nobles in Korea first, and save three thousand catties!"

After a pause, Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, what is the price of the peppers sold to those people in Sichuan?"

Guo An replied: "Return to Your Highness, if you sell it to Yingtian City, you will get four peppers per catty, and if you sell it to Sichuan, you will get five peppers per catty."

"Five strings?"

Zhu Di pondered for a moment, then said, "Can we sell less chili peppers to Sichuan people, and sell the rest to Korea?"

Guo An simply shook his head, "Your Highness, the barbarians in Korea are not worthy of eating so many peppers. Even if you sell less peppers to Sichuanese, you can still sell them to Shanxi and Shaanxi!"
We Ming people can also eat some chili to keep out the cold.

Moreover, if it is really sold to those nobles in Korea, they think that there are a lot of peppers in Yanwangfu, which is worthless! "

"If that's the case, then only four thousand peppers will be given to the Korean barbarians!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An said again: "His Royal Highness, in the past two years, the cotton workshop and wool workshop in Yanwang Mansion can weave tens of thousands of cotton and woolen clothes every year.

Wei Chen felt that this year, he could try to send some to Goryeo. "

"Sell woolen clothes to the Koreans?"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up again, "Guo Qing is in charge of these matters!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Guo An thanked again.

Guo An found a happy way to make money by doing business with Korea this time.

As for Zhu Di, Shang Kezhou and others, the same is true.

If you sell any items to the Koreans, you can earn several times the profit.Moreover, the Koreans all have a grateful expression.

What else is more exciting than this kind of thing?

Moreover, Shang Kezhou brought even bigger news to Zhu Di, Guo An and others.

The 6000 Yanshan guards stationed in Goryeo actually made more than [-] Goryeo girls pregnant.

In response, Zhu Di grinned.

As for Guo An, he didn't know whether to congratulate or scold those six thousand scumbags!
However, when they came back this time, those Yanshan Guards who were stationed in Koryo brought back some family letters and money to their families.

It made Guo An feel a little less guilty.

It didn't take a few days until the fleet of Shang Kezhou and others left again with a full load of goods.

Zhu Di also took Zhu Liang and two cargoes to Yingtianfu.

As for Guo An, he stayed in Beiping.

After the autumn harvest, the slack season begins.

The whole Beiping Mansion seems to have just officially started to get busy.

Iron and steel workshops, cotton workshops, sweater workshops, sugar workshops, and brick kilns all have groups of people who have started to register and register to work.

However, there are also some farmers who feel that there is not enough land at home, and bring a large family to reclaim wasteland.

At the same time, some merchants, gentry, and wealthy households in Beiping Prefecture also began to repair their houses, or build brick and stone houses, or directly pour concrete warehouses.

The laborers in Beiping Mansion became inexplicably nervous.

Even those local ruffians and blind wanderers disappeared.

Within a few days, those gentry and wealthy households discovered the biggest problem.

Not enough masonry!

Although Yanwang Mansion, together with Huang Yuanwai of Huang Village and Zheng Yuanwai of Zheng Village, have built several brick kilns this year.

However, the brick kilns of these three companies are far from enough.

And many people's houses have already been built more than half, leaving only the roof, or the courtyard wall and the like.

In order to build houses as soon as possible, these gentry merchants had to raise prices, and then scrambled to buy bricks, stones and cement.

As a result, the price of bricks and stones in Yingtianfu started to skyrocket in just one month.

In addition, the price of masonry in surrounding counties also rose slightly.

As for the brick kilns in the Yanwang Mansion, as well as the brick kilns of the Huang family and the Zheng family, they kept recruiting young and strong craftsmen.

Naturally, the money earned in this short month is probably what the brick kilns in the surrounding counties can earn in a year.

Now, those merchants and rich merchants in Beiping Mansion, who had not listened to Guo An's advice before, all had red eyes, and their intestines were turning green with regret.

Money, who would think less?
After all these years, they have worked hard all day, risking their heads!

Lend loans to those people, seize land from farmers, buy slaves, or open those shops, isn't it just to save a lot of money for the children and grandchildren of the family?
And now, just losing some reputation, but earning money that they haven't earned in a few years?
Such a good thing, they missed it for nothing?

"Such a good thing, the Huang family and the Zheng family must not let the Huang family and the Zheng family monopolize such a big deal! Steward, quickly call a few craftsmen to build the brick kiln!"

"Master, the Huang family and the Zheng family have already built brick kilns. If I build them again, won't I be a step behind?"

"What do you know, according to the current prosperity of Peking, next year, or even the year after, more and more merchants will come to Peking.

Moreover, there will be more and more wealthy households in Beiping Mansion, and by then, more bricks and stones will be needed..."

"Okay, don't talk too much, you old servant, go quickly to find craftsmen and build brick kilns!"

"Yes, sir!"

……

"Housekeeper, prepare the car, we are going to visit Guo Changshi!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Housekeeper, prepare the car, bring some gifts, and visit Guo Changshi..."

"Yes, sir!"

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During the period when Zhu Di went to the capital to meet Lao Zhu with other princes, Guo An lived a very comfortable life.

However, as soon as Zhu Di returned to Beiping Mansion, Guo An's leisurely life was gone forever.

"Guo Qing, hate it, our brothers are still envious of our business with Korea...

They actually asked their father in the hall to approve them to form a fleet to do business with Korea...

They don't even think about it, their land is so far away, and do they have that kind of business brains?
Thanks to Guo Qing's idea, the Koryo Wangjing, Ganghwa Island, and Haifeng County were turned into the domains of our Yanwang Mansion. We are doing business with our own domains, so we can stop their mouths! "

From the looks of it, Zhu Di's trip to the capital was very unpleasant, and he complained indignantly to Guo An.

"In the end, I saw that my father was very determined, and they actually bewitched my father and asked us to hand over some money to my father...

Hmph, let's just say that we pay 150 million taels of silver to the emperor every year...

Guo Qing, you don't know what kind of expressions our brothers made when they heard the 150 million taels of silver? "

Guo An replied slowly: "It must be extremely jealous, with a distorted expression!"

"How did Guo Qing know?"

"Because during the period when His Highness went to the capital, the gentry in Beiping Mansion also looked like this after seeing the two gentry who built brick kilns making money!"

"I see!"

Zhu Di was full of indignation, "Sure enough, there are not enough people!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An flattered casually.

Taking a long breath, Zhu Di remembered something and said again.

"Guo Qing, we decided to transport the 100 million taels of silver to the capital first before the weather is cold and the river is not frozen!"

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(End of this chapter)