As Shen Zhuang left, Jin Zhong's face was suddenly full of admiration.

"The villain has always heard that Guo Changshi is the fortune chief of Yanwangfu, but today the officials saw it and admired it very much."

Guo An smiled lightly and said inexplicably: "Do you think the Shen family will agree?" ”

Jin Zhong said confidently: "Back to Guo Changshi, the Shen family will definitely agree."

Merchants are profit-seeking, and with His Majesty banning the sea today, the Shen family's business is not as good as before.

Now, if they cooperate with my Yan Wangfu, they can not only monopolize all the white sugar shares in the south, but they can even catch the big ship of my Yan Wangfu, at least no official dares to detain his Shen family's caravan at will.

If they don't agree, when my Yan Wangfu builds a sugar workshop in Fujian and Guangdong, not only will they have no money to make, but even their Shen family's share of cane sugar will be reduced. ”

Guo An nodded happily, "In this way, my Yanwang Mansion has another stable source of wealth." ”

"Exactly."

Jin Zhong said with an affirmative face.

"Very good!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and then arranged: "Now, it is almost time for the autumn harvest."

You go to inspect, how are the farms under my Yan Wangfu prepared?

In addition, how are the people of Wanping County prepared?

If there is any shortage, can I borrow it from my Yanwang Mansion?

In short, it's all about the autumn harvest......"

"Whoa!"

Jin Zhong replied and retreated.

……

A few more days passed.

Guo An came to the Cunxin Hall with some doubts, "Your Highness, are you looking for me?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Di sat above with a gloomy face, motioned for Guo An to sit down, and said in a cold voice.

"Guo Qing, we heard that the Goryeo envoy has come to my Ming Dynasty twice this year to pay tribute."

"Hmm...... Well? ”

Guo An nodded subconsciously, then realized something, and his face was happy.

"Dare to ask Your Highness, has the Goryeo envoy not repaid the money to my Yanwang Mansion?"

"Exactly...... Well? ”

Zhu Di looked at Guo An with a displeased face, "Guo Qing, why are you so happy that the junior official in Goryeo dares to owe us money?" ”

Guo An replied honestly: "Your Highness still remembers that when Weichen persuaded His Highness to use a loan to sell transparent glass and winter vegetable planting technology to the Goryeo Kingdom, he didn't plan that the Goryeo Kingdom could return the money!" ”

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then his face was full of anger.

"However, the small country of Korea can't pay us back a penny, right? We have the deed that the king of Goryeo personally stamped the seal! ”

Guo An sighed slightly, "Your Highness forgives the sin, and Weichen didn't expect that the Goryeo Kingdom would be so bold." ”

Zhu Di was still a little unwilling, "What can Guo Qing do?" ”

Guo Andao: "For today's plan, you can ask Zhu Changshi to write to the court and cry that the Goryeo Kingdom is ungrateful."

His Royal Highness trusted the Goryeo Kingdom so much that he lent them 210,000 taels of silver, and they not only did not repay a penny so far, but they also did not pay back even the interest, and asked the imperial court to issue a decree to apply for the Goryeo Kingdom.

At the same time, His Highness can also send a message to the Goryeo Kingdom to urge them to repay the money......"

Zhu Di asked again: "In this case, what if they keep saying that they have no money to pay?" ”

Guo An grinned, "Your Highness, you have just formed three Mongolian cavalry thousand households. ”

"Good!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "The money of our Yan Wangfu is not so easy to take." ”

Say it, Zhu Di instructed Ma He on the side: "Summons Zhu Changshi." ”

"Whoa!"

As Ma He went down, Guo An also got up and said, "Your Highness, Wei Chen will go to the farm today to check on the circle, and retire first." ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di waved his hand very casually.

Guo An hurriedly retired.

Back at the public house, without waiting for the old man Zhu Fu to come back and raise eyebrows at him, Guo An dragged Jin Zhong, who had not yet gone out, and rushed to the farm.

"For a long time, the farm only planted 200 acres of grain this year, plus 100 acres of experimental fields, but there are more than 300 old soldiers on the farm, and there are often 100 households around, so there is no need to worry about the autumn harvest at all."

On the carriage, Jin Zhong said slowly.

Guo An said: "We know. ”

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed in Jin Zhong's eyes, and he didn't say anything more.

The carriage was on the road, staggering and walking.

After a while, Guo An frowned slightly, "Now the farm is also a relatively important project in our Yanwang Mansion, why is the road still so dilapidated?" ”

Jin Zhong lifted the curtain, glanced at the road outside, and said: "Back to Guo Changshi, there is a lot of rain during this period of time, and there is no one to level it, which makes the road a little potholed. ”

Guo An said directly: "Pave the cement road." ”

"Paving concrete roads?"

Jin Zhong was taken aback, "Long history, wouldn't it be a waste of ......?"

"No need to worry."

Guo An said lightly, "In just these two years, the money earned by the farm to the government is enough to pave a cement road.

Moreover, the farm will inevitably expand again in the future, and this trail alone is no longer useful! ”

"Yes, Guo Changshi!"

Jin Zhong nodded in response, "As soon as the autumn harvest is over, the villain will begin to gather laborers and craftsmen to start paving cement roads. ”

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

……

The farm in Yanwangfu has expanded a little.

Although he hasn't been here for a long time, Guo An can clearly feel that the farm has definitely expanded again.

"I've seen Guo Changshi!"

Seeing Guo An, the farm steward Ding Shang was full of joy.

Guo An said with a smile: "Congratulations to General Ding's territory for getting bigger again!" ”

"Hahaha, Guo Changshi has a good sense of everything, there are two more mountains, and there are six hundred acres of wasteland."

Ding Shang said with a smug face.

"Very good!"

Guo An nodded with satisfaction and asked casually: "Are there any sick pigs, sheep, and chickens and ducks this year?" ”

Ding Shang said with a happy face: "According to Guo Changshi's instructions, we have expanded the circle for these animals, and every few days, we will clean them.

Their pens are cleaner than all the houses we live in, and the number of illnesses has been halved this year compared to last year. ”

Guo An said with a smile: "The old general Ding has worked hard and waited for all the old soldiers. ”

Ding Shang had an even more smile on his face, "Hahaha, Guo Changshi is serious, what do you say about feeding some poultry and livestock?" ”

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and then did not continue to greet him, but asked directly: "Old General Ding, where are Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi and the others?" ”

Hearing this, a trace of respect flashed in Ding Shang's eyes.

"Back to Guo Changshi, the four master craftsmen of Guo Village should go to the experimental field to inspect one by one."

"Master farmer?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Guo An's eyes, he smiled lightly, and didn't refute, "I'll go see them." ”

"Let's take Guo Changshi there."

After speaking, Ding Shang led the way in front very diligently.

Behind them, Guo An and Jin Zhong glanced at each other, and a trace of expectation flashed in their eyes.

The rice field is only one or two hundred meters from the entrance of the farm.

Therefore, before he had taken a few steps, Guo An saw that in the rice fields on the very edge, four emaciated literati, two of them bent down from time to time, carefully observing, and the other two were holding books in their hands, quickly recording them.

Guo An walked closer and opened his mouth to shout: "Fourth brother, sixth brother, tenth brother, eleventh brother!" “

A few people who were busy working in the fields looked up, glanced at Guo An outside, and their faces were happy, "Ning Yi, you're back!" ”

Immediately, before Guo An could speak, Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi shouted again, "Ning Yi, you wait for a while, I'll wait for a while, and then come out." ”

After speaking, the four of them lowered their heads again and looked at them with serious faces.

On the side, Jin Zhong opened his mouth and asked: "Changshi, now that the rice is about to ripen, what else do they want to see?" ”

Guo An glanced at Jin Zhong, "Who knows what else they have to observe and record?" It doesn't matter, we are all people with the same surname and family, as long as we delve into something, we don't care about external things, you wait here for a while, and I will go in and take a look. ”

Jin Zhong was also a little curious, "The villain also wants to go and see these paddies." ”

"Yes!"

Guo An responded casually and walked in by himself.

There is still a big difference between the rice field in the experimental field and the rice field next door.

The ridges of the paddy fields in the experimental fields are separate, and people can walk freely in the middle.

In addition, the rice in the experimental field, every two ridges, the density and height of the rice, the size and length of the rice ears, and even if you look carefully, the fullness of the rice ears on each ridge is a little different.

It's just that, looking at it, Guo An realized that something was wrong.

Looking back, Ding Shangzheng had been staring at the two of them closely, as if he was guarding against them.

"Hehe, the villain was worried that Guo Changshi didn't know, so he followed in, and asked Guo Changshi not to blame."

Guo An was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's okay, you don't need to worry, let's just come in and take a look at the research results of a few big brothers at random, and we won't pick and play at will." ”

Ding Shang sneered all over his face.

However, there was no follow-up step by step.

When Guo An came out in a circle, Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi also walked out with a happy face.

"Congratulations to Ning Yi."

Guo An also came back with a happy face, "Congratulations to the four eldest brothers, who have finally researched something." ”

Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi, although they are from Guo An's own village, their ancestors don't know how many generations.

Therefore, there is a big difference in age between several people and Guo An, and the eldest Guo Bingyong is already thirty-six this year.

Hearing Guo An's words, the four of them couldn't help but look ashamed, Guo Bingyong hurriedly shook his head and said, "I'm disappointed that Ning Yi has occupied so much fertile land, borrowed so many methods from Ning Yi, and called so many old pawns on the farm, but we still haven't researched good rice varieties that can increase the yield per mu." ”

Guo An was a little puzzled: "But I saw that in the rice field, there were already several rows of rice ears, which were obviously much larger than others, and even the rice was very full. ”

Guo Bingyong explained: "Alas, Guo An didn't know that when these paddies were bought, they were all good varieties with full grains. ”

Guo An's face was happy, "In this way, doesn't it mean that as long as the four eldest brothers continue to plant according to this kind of good seed, then the rice will be so big in the future?"

So, if this rice seed is used to grow the field, after a few years, won't the rice yield per mu naturally increase? ”

"This?"

Hearing this, Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi couldn't help but be stunned.

Immediately, the four of them hurriedly looked through the books in their hands and looked at them carefully.

Then, he quickly ran to their house, turned out a pile of rice seeds, and compared them.

After a while, I went to the rice field next door and began to check one by one.

Guo An stood aside and watched the four of them run back and forth.

……

(End of chapter)