"In short, you kid is not allowed to climb rockeries, let alone rooftops, or trees!"

Zhu Di said to Zhu Gaochi with a solemn face.

"Yes, Dad."

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly nodded obediently.

Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression was even more unkind when he turned his head to look at Guo An.

"Can you send the craftsman you promised to Ying Guogong?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, they are all old craftsmen who have compiled nets and transformed big ships before, a total of forty-two people, and Weichen has handed them over to Zhu Liang and Xu Xiang and taken them to Dagukou."

Guo Anyan replied with a smile.

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and asked again: "How is the cement and steel forging in Shangzhuang Village?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, two cement houses have been built these days, and as for the giant iron-making furnace, ten have also been built!" Guo An hurriedly replied.

Zhu Di said again: "How is the situation on the farm?" ”

Guo An glanced at Zhu Di strangely, "Your Highness forgives you, the matter of the farm is not under the jurisdiction of Weichen, so Weichen doesn't know." ”

"You don't know?"

Zhu Di glared at Guo An, "The farm was proposed to us to be opened, as the right long history of Yanwang Mansion, how can you be so unconcerned!" ”

"Your Highness has taught you a great lesson!"

Guo An directly admitted his mistake.

Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, and finally regained his majesty in front of his eldest son.

Then, as soon as the topic changed, it finally returned to the loom in front of me.

"How much money are you going to sell these looms to the people of Beiping Mansion?"

"Your Highness, the craftsmen in the house only need two cents to make a cotton gin, five cents for a cotton elastic machine, and a three-spindle spinning wheel is more complicated, with a cost of ten cents; Looms, on the other hand, are more complex and require fifty wen. ”

After thinking carefully for a while, Guo An said: "Therefore, Weichen is ready to sell the cotton gin for ten wen, the cotton elastic machine for fifteen wen, the three-spindle foot spinning wheel for thirty wen, and the textile machine for two hundred wen. ”

Zhu Di's eyes widened directly, "It's tripled in one fell swoop, your thief's heart is even darker than those profiteers!" ”

Guo An looked aggrieved, "Your Highness is really too wronged by Weichen!" The profiteers outside are much more ruthless than Weichen.

How much money was used to buy back the set of textile machines used in the palace of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Her Royal Highness should know better than Weichen.

The price is at least twice as expensive as the price of this set of textile machines in front of Weichen, and the most annoying thing is that there is no exquisite craftsmanship made by these craftsmen in our house! ”

"Those damn profiteers!"

Zhu Di's face suddenly darkened, Guo An was not wrong, the set of textile machines bought in the palace was at least three times more expensive!

Guo An continued: "In addition, the price of Weichen has tripled, because we have to count the capital, and then count the money spent by the craftsmen, as well as the tax money, so Your Highness has not made much money from this textile artifact. ”

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and subconsciously said: "Then it can also rise a little more!" ”

"Your Highness, it can't go up anymore!"

Guo An explained, "The people of our Beiping Mansion are already poor, and no matter how much it rises, no one can afford it."

Moreover, the lower officials also planned to use these utensils to drive out the merchants who sold textile machinery in the south from Beiping Mansion.

Even, if necessary, you can sell these items to Matsue Prefecture! ”

"Sold to Songjiang Mansion in turn?"

Zhu Di's eyelids twitched, "We just found out that you can blow better than Zhu Liang and Li Wang!" ”

Guo An didn't argue, the boss likes to say whatever he wants, just say it!

Anyway, Boss Zhu just likes to talk hi, and in the end, it is his right long history that does things and makes decisions.

Seeing that Guo An did not argue, Zhu Di's whole body perked up and continued: "But with such a high price, the people of Beiping Mansion can't afford it. ”

"Your Highness, Weichen already has an idea in his heart!" Guo An said.

"Oh?"

Zhu Di asked with some curiosity: "Could it be that you want a person from A to buy a set of together?" ”

"Not really!"

Guo An shook his head slightly, "If you don't go to the sea to fish, people may still have some savings at home and can afford to buy a textile machine."

However, now that the people have bought sea fish, they naturally can't afford to buy a textile machine! ”

Zhu Di asked: "Then how are you going to sell the textile machine?" ”

Guo An said: "Wechen wants His Highness to open a shop selling textile machines in Wanping County to receive orders. In addition, Weichen took these textile machines and went to the township of Wanping County to find those villagers to chat! ”

Zhu Di frowned slightly, "Nag? ”

Guo An hurriedly explained, "It's to chat with those villagers, and then cooperate with the people of Wanping County." ”

"Cooperation?"

Zhu Di couldn't help but be a little curious, there were more fresh words popping out of Guo An's mouth today than in a few months.

And this will be in front of Zhu Gaochi, Guo An has an unknown mind, and he also likes to explain, "Your Highness, it is a conspiracy."

No, it's not a conspiracy, anyway, Weichen trusts these people in Wanping County, and sells these textile machines to the people of Wanping County in the early stage.

However, don't collect the money first, because the people of Wanping County don't have much money at the moment. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di's brows were already furrowed.

However, the cotton in the fields of the people of Wanping County is gradually ripe and ready for picking, so they can use a loom to spin cotton cloth first.

When they spun cotton cloth, they can offset the money they paid for the loom with the cotton cloth! ”

After Guo An finished speaking, Zhu Di's brows still did not stretch.

"Will these people agree?"

"Your Highness, the people just haven't read and don't know much, but they're not stupid! This is obviously a good thing for them, how can they disagree?

Besides, if anyone disagrees, then don't buy it, and Wechen will take the textile machine to the next one.

Anyway, there are tens of thousands of households in Wanping County, as long as thirty percent of the people agree, they will also make a lot of money...... No, it can make thousands of people in Wanping County less exploited by those profiteers. ”

Guo An didn't care.

Zhu Di took a deep breath and said excitedly: "This matter is going to be done, you will have the grace of reinvention for the people of Wanping County and even Beiping Mansion!" ”

Guo An didn't know if Zhu Di was excited that he could make a lot of money, or because he could benefit the people of Beiping Mansion.

But!

"Your Highness, one of the components of Weichen cannot be missing!"

Zhu Di directly broke the defense and was furious: "it, when did we greed for your money?" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhu Gaochi's eyes widened, and he looked at his father who broke his defense in disbelief!

……

In the end, Zhu Di left with a huffing face, and Zhu Gaochi behind him was still a little reluctant, turning back three times in one step.

It's a pity that Guo An is just a courtier, and it is already very remarkable to cross the moment once, and he can't cross the moment again.

The next few days.

Guo An urged the craftsmen of the Gongzheng Institute to make textile machines with all their might, and at the same time instructed the steward of the Yanwang Mansion to purchase a shop with three curtains in Wanping County.

Textile shop!

Nothing was placed in it except for two sets of looms.

At the same time, Guo An also found five old women from the Yanwang Mansion, all of whom were old women who were proficient in weaving, and put them in the textile shop.

In less than two days, the entire Beiping Mansion knew that His Royal Highness King Yan not only asked the craftsmen in the mansion to improve the textile machine.

Also take it out and prepare it for sale.

Even, the textile machines, cotton gins, and elastic cotton machines in Yanwangfu are twice as low as those in the hands of other merchants.

It's just that no matter how low the price is, not many people buy it.

However, the next announcement made the people of Beiping Mansion completely boil.

The textile machines and five old women in the textile shop of His Royal Highness King Yan can be rented on behalf of others.

If anyone has surplus cotton and wants to weave cotton cloth, but does not have a loom, they can go to the textile shop of His Royal Highness King Yan, pay 50 yuan, and ask two old women in the textile shop to weave a cotton cloth.

If there is no extra money to pay, it can be deducted with cotton.

In addition, you can also pay 300 yuan, and specially invite two old women in the textile shop and a set of looms to weave them for a month's cloth, and weave as much as you want.

You know, the ordinary cotton cloth of this will be one or two silver horses. The net cotton used for weaving is only 50 wen per catty, and 10 catties of net cotton can weave a cotton cloth.

Although many people's fields can produce more than 20 catties of cotton a year, even if they pay taxes, they can leave more than 10 catties for their own families, which is enough to weave a cotton cloth.

However, most people did not have looms at home, so they had to sell cotton to merchants at low prices.

It's just that in this way, the money from the sale is less, and the people are reluctant to buy high-priced cotton cloth, so they can only buy ordinary white cloth or linen cloth.

But if it only costs 50 wen, you can weave 10 catties of cotton into a cotton cloth, so that for the people, you can earn an extra 450 wen.

In less than a day, dozens of people ran to the textile shop and asked for OEM weaving.

On the second day, hundreds of people surrounded the entire textile shop.

Fang Qinggui, the shopkeeper of the textile shop, saw that the matter was getting bigger, and hurriedly sent someone to the palace of King Yan to ask to see Guo An.

"Hundreds of people have surrounded the textile shop?"

Guo An, who was also going to warm up the people of Wanping County by the textile shop first, and then went to the countryside with a set of textile machines, couldn't help but be happy when he heard the report from the shopkeepers.

"Let's go, this official will go with you to the shop!"

Guo An did not hesitate and went directly to the textile shop.

At the beginning, when Guo An asked the steward to choose a location, he specially chose the middle position between the Yanwang Palace and the Guo Mansion.

Therefore, it didn't take long for Guo An to come to the textile shop.

The black pressure is overwhelming, and there are still mostly women.

In the shop, the shopkeeper Fang Qinggui saw Guo An's arrival, his face was immediately overjoyed, and he hurriedly shouted to the crowd: "Guo Changshi is here, don't be impatient!" ”

"Guo Changshi?"

All the people couldn't help but be stunned, but after seeing Guo An, they reacted one by one, their faces were overjoyed, and they bowed directly.

"The grass people have seen the county honor!"

"The grass people have seen Guo County's ......"

Guo An hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "Don't be like this, this official is no longer the magistrate of Wanping County, and now he is the right long history of Yanwang Mansion!" ”

"Guo County is not the magistrate of Wanping County?"

"It seems that I heard the villagers talk about it before, Wanping County has changed the county, and Guo Xianzun has been promoted to Yanwang Mansion!"

"Guo Xianzun has been promoted?"

"Grass people, see Guo Changshi!"

"See Guo Changshi......"

It was still some clever people who hurriedly changed their words, and the remaining people were shocked and hurriedly changed their words.

"All right, all of you, get up. The textile shop here is in charge of the official, and you surround the shop here in broad daylight, I don't know what is going on? ”

Guo An waved his hand to let all the people get up, and then asked in a loud voice.

"Qi Guo Changshi, the grass people and others are all here, and they want to ask the shop to weave cloth for the grass people and others!"

A man with a little prestige came out and said.

"Are you waiting?"

Guo An looked at all the people.

"Exactly!"

"Guo Changshi, I waited for early in the morning to bring the newly picked cotton from my family into the city!"

"Yes, Guo Changshi, I just opened the city gate and came, but I didn't expect so many people to wait for us to ......."

The people all said with eager faces.

Hearing this, Guo An nodded slightly, he really underestimated the people of this era, and he already knew that he would line up in advance to occupy a place!

It's a pity that there are so many people, no matter how you occupy a position, you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the officials have understood what you mean!

But today is only the second day, and so many people have already come. There are only two sets of looms in the shop.

How long does it take for a loom to weave a piece of cotton? You all know in your hearts that just more than 100 of you want to weave all the cotton cloth, but it won't take more than two months, and you can't get it down at all.

Don't talk about Beiping Mansion, let's just say how many people in Wanping County want to weave?

……”

As soon as they heard this, the people surrounding the textile shop were anxious.

"Guo Changshi, Caomin is Ning Shi of Nanjia Village in the city, and Ning Daguang is the uncle of Caomintang......"

"Guo Changshi, the grass people are from Shangzhuang Village, twenty miles west of the city, and Wang Shoushi is the grass people......"

"Guo Changshi ......"

Guo An was directly happy, and hurriedly waved his hand.

"The lieutenant chief and the grain chief are all familiar with what you said, but there are so many of you, and if the official wants to weave cotton cloth for you in advance, he has to come one by one!"

The faces of the people turned gray again.

"However, I have a good suggestion." Guo An chuckled.

All the people looked at Guo An with expectant faces.

Guo An said: "You can buy a set of textile machines and weave cloth at home, and you don't need to bring so much cotton to queue up, and you don't need to pay a lease fee of 50 yuan!" ”

"Buy a set of looms?"

All the people couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Guo Changshi said with a smile, not to mention that a set of textile machines is expensive, and there is no spacious enough room at home to store it."

"Yes, the looms are still hypocritical objects, and if you buy them back and put them in the dilapidated house of the grass people's house, I'm afraid they will all be broken in less than a year!"

"Guo Changshi ......"

And all the people began to speak.

Listening, Guo An's brows furrowed slightly, and he didn't think about it again.

"Everyone, don't be impatient, these are all easy to solve!"

"Really?"

The people looked at Guo An with happy faces.

……

(End of chapter)