Lao Zhu glanced at Zhu Biao, and said a little angrily: "Is the fourth bastard thing worried, will we take a fancy to his calcined glass recipe?" ”

Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly smiled: "Father, the fourth child has already handed over the recipe to the son, and asked the son-in-law to transfer it to the father." ”

"Huh?"

Lao Zhu was stunned, "What does this kid want you to do to intercede for him?" ”

"Father is wise!"

Zhu Biao hurriedly said: "You also know the temperament of the fourth child, he likes to lead troops to fight. Song Guogong and Ying Guogong have been training in Beiping for so long, and the fourth child can endure it until now, which has surprised Erchen very much. ”

"This bastard thing......"

Lao Zhu scolded with a smile, then looked at Zhu Biao and asked again.

"This kid is so active this time, I'm afraid it's not only because of this one thing, but what else is going on? I'll tell you all about it! ”

A hint of relief flashed in Zhu Biao's eyes, "Father is wise, I can't hide anything from you." ”

"Okay, you don't have to flatter us, just say it."

Lao Zhu returned to the chair, lay back, and looked at Zhu Biao quietly.

"Father, the fourth child used these glasses to build a 100-acre greenhouse on the farm, preparing to grow vegetables in winter, but this matter was known to Song Guogong and Ying Guogong.

So, Song Guogong and Ying Guogong found the fourth child and wanted to share some.

The fourth child is good to eat and drink...... I want Song Guogong to help him say good things in front of his father......

When leaving, two truckloads of meat and two truckloads of vegetables were also delivered...... and promised that as long as Song Guogong and Ying Guogong helped him say good things in front of his father......

Plant vegetables in winter, and send a cart of vegetables to Song Guogong and them every five days! ”

Lao Zhu's face sank, and he scolded directly, "Feng Sheng and Fu Youde, two old bastards...... The fourth is a loser......"

Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief, as long as his father was still scolding, it meant that his father didn't care too much about this matter.

"Father, who is not greedy for the vegetables grown in the cold winter in the north?"

"The fourth bastard really dares to give it away, a cart of vegetables every five days, hum!"

Lao Zhu snorted a little dissatisfied, so he ignored the matter, but looked directly at the glass in the hall.

"Erhu, call a few craftsmen and give us a try to replace the windows in the hall with this piece of glass?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Erhu responded and hurriedly retreated.

Soon, Erhu brought a few craftsmen over.

Then, in front of Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao, the windows around the hall were replaced with glass.

In an instant, the entire hall was much brighter.

Seeing this, Lao Zhu was directly overjoyed: "Okay, this glass is really a good object!" ”

"Then Guo An is really a capable minister."

Zhu Biao couldn't help but be full of joy.

"If Biao'er likes it, let's make a holy decree and transfer that Guo An to your East Palace tomorrow." Lao Zhu couldn't help but say.

Zhu Biao hurriedly shook his head, "Thank you father, but the fourth child said in public that Guo Annai is the minister of the humerus of Yanwang Mansion, and the fourth child is also very bitter in Beiping Mansion, how can the son take away his minister." ”

Lao Zhu nodded, and didn't say anything more, but instructed again: "Second Tiger, quickly install the ten carts of glass sent by the fourth child to us in our palace and the prince's palace." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Erhu responded with excitement on his face, and walked out quickly.

Then, Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Biao again, "Biao'er, this kind of glass calcination method, you have to find a henchman, let him calcinate it well, and don't let those thieves outside know."

Even if the glass is made of sand and stone, it is a treasure to make the house so bright.

When the calcination comes out, you can find a henchman and ask him to help you sell it, and you will definitely make a lot of money. ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Biao was taken aback, and looked at Lao Zhu in disbelief.

"Father, do you want your sons to do that businessman's business?"

"Nonsense."

Lao Zhu glared at Zhu Biao directly and said, "You are the prince of the East Palace of the Ming Dynasty, how can you do that businessman's thing."

Since the fourth child gave you the secret recipe, you can't waste it.

With such a good glass, how can we bear to trap it in our palace.

You can find a trustworthy person, ask him to calcinate the glass, and let him sell it! ”

Zhu Biao: "......"

Lao Zhu said again: "Biao'er, don't look at us as the emperor, you are the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but compared to those rich businessmen and gentry, we are the poorest people."

These glasses are like catching marine fish in the sea, so we have to calcine them well.

After calcining, it will be sold south of the Yangtze River, and the north will be handed over to the fourth child.

The fourth child is also very bitter in Beiping, so let him also make some money. ”

"Yes, Father!"

Zhu Biao hurriedly replied.

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Pei Binh Province.

After receiving Zhu Biao's letter, Zhu Di's face was flushed.

"Guo Qing, my father asked the prince to sell glass too! In this way, if we want to follow the Song Guogong to the north, my father has already agreed to it. ”

"Congratulations, Your Highness." Guo An hurriedly congratulated.

"It's just that we just handed over the secret recipe of glass to my father, and we lost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."

Saying that, thinking of the calcined glass in Yingtian City, which would also start to work day and night, Zhu Di was extremely distressed.

"Your Royal Highness, it's better to cheapen the emperor and the crown prince than to cheapen outsiders." Guo An said.

"Huh?"

Zhu Di was stunned and asked, "What does this mean?" ”

"Your Highness, in just half a month, more than 200,000 pieces of glass have been sold, more than 20,000 taels of silver."

Guo An explained, "However, there are still countless wealthy businessmen who want to see Weichen and buy glass every day. ”

"Yes, there are fewer craftsmen who can be used to calcine glass."

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and said, "We allow you to hire reliable young men from Wanping County or even Beiping Mansion to calcine glass for us." ”

Guo An smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, in this way, there are many people, as long as those businessmen stuff some silver into those young people, the secret of the glass will be leaked!" ”

Zhu Di looked depressed, "This ...... Into the fuck, watching a lot of silver but not being able to make it, it's really suffocating. ”

Guo An said again: "Your Highness, it took more than three months for those craftsmen in our house to study and calcinate these glasses.

How many skilled craftsmen in the world, the glass texture was not good before, and it was not loved by the gentry and wealthy merchants.

Nowadays, glass is hard to find, and those skilled craftsmen will definitely bury themselves in calcining glass when they see this.

Weichen guessed that within three months, these craftsmen would be able to calcinate this kind of glass. ”

Zhu Di's eyes were red, and he said angrily: "Who dares? ……”

However, after shouting, he looked helpless.

Guo An continued: "Since the secret recipe will be tested sooner or later, it is better to take the initiative to dedicate the secret recipe to the prince and the emperor.

In this way, His Royal Highness not only benefited in front of the emperor and the prince, but also allowed the emperor and the prince to calcine more glass and make more money. ”

"But our Beiping Mansion is poor!"

Zhu Di subconsciously complained.

Guo An's face turned dark, and it was too much to shout poor in front of him.

"Your Highness, in just this month, the money earned by the house on cotton cloth is more than 10,000 taels of silver.

In addition, in the past three months, at least 50,000 taels of silver have been sold for sea fish.

Also, the wool thread spun by the women in Wanping County has been more than 400,000 catties.

In another month, when all the wool has been spun into wool, we will let Mrs. Tu teach the women to knit sweaters.

In this way, His Highness will earn at least fifty thousand taels of silver again.

As for the sale of glass, Your Highness, this winter, you can actually pick some trustworthy people, lock them up and concentrate on calcining out the glass.

You can sell as much glass as you calcined.

In this way, His Highness will earn at least more than 400,000 taels of silver......

It's just that when the spring of next year comes out, after these young men come out, those businessmen will definitely know the secret recipe for calcining clear glass......"

Zhu Di said fiercely: "It's okay, you know it, anyway, in this cold winter, the calcined glass is enough to supply more than half of the north and south!" ”

"Your Highness, you don't have to think about it south of the Yangtze River, the one in Yingtian City is occupied!" Guo An reminded.

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then said viciously: "Then the north, we will calcine the glass for the rich merchants and gentry in the entire north in one winter!" ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An said with a smile, "In this way, even if those merchants and craftsmen know the secret recipe for calcining clean and clear glass, they will find that they can't sell many pieces anymore!" ”

"Very good!"

Zhu Di's face was overjoyed, and his eyes lit up.

With Zhu Di's authorization, Guo An began to work hard.

A large number of young people are hired, and the first thing to consider is the young people in Wanping County.

However, for the safety of the villagers' homes, a village can only employ half of the young people at most.

In this way, Guo An had to go to Daxing County next door to hire young people.

In this era, in the winter, there is a job to eat and live, and you can also make money, and all young people are very active.

Fortunately, Guo An's reputation in Beiping Mansion is still good.

In addition, Guo An represented the Yanwang Mansion, and the officials of the Beiping Mansion did not stop him.

And those gentry and lieutenant chiefs are also actively cooperating.

As a result, within a few days, there were more than 10 more calcined glass workshops in Beiping Mansion.

Hearing this, the merchants of the entire Ming Dynasty began to crowd over to Beiping Mansion frantically.

Naturally.

These merchants brought tens of thousands of stones of grain to Beiping Mansion.

In this regard, Guo An did not refuse.

The exchange of grain for glass is not discounted, and it is directly according to the market price.

Seeing this, the minds of those businessmen came alive one by one.

In itself, grain in the north is more expensive than in the south, and you can make some money by transporting grain from the south to the north.

Now, when grain is transported to Beiping, it is not necessary to sell it, and it can be directly exchanged for glass.

Then transport the glass to the south, or Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and other places, you can also make a lot of money.

In this way, in less than a month, Beiping Mansion had hundreds of thousands of stone of grain.

At this point, the 10,000 young and strong grains recruited by Guo An have been solved, and there are still dozens of stones of grain left.

After straightening out the glass.

Guo An began to take a group of officials from the Yanwang Mansion, especially the officials of the Gongzheng Office, to look at the stacks of hundreds of thousands of catties of wool in the treasury.

This month, Mrs. Tu has already used wool to teach hundreds of family members of the guards of Yanwang's Mansion to knit sweaters.

In this way, Guo An began to notify a group of women in Wanping County and Daxing County to learn to knit sweaters one by one.

Two wooden sticks, a ball of woolen thread that they had spun in the past, sat there and stirred and stirred a few times, and a piece of woolen cloth could be woven...... Then I knit for two or three days, and I will weave a beautiful garment.

All the women of Daxing County and Wanping County were suddenly excited.

In the winter, they can get into the warm house again and start making money!

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(End of chapter)