Chapter 106 The village chief besieged Yan Palace again
Author: tree on tree
Chapter 106 The village chief besieged Yan Palace again
"When have I ever deceived you?" Guo An chuckled.
"The common people know that Guo Changshi has great supernatural powers, is resourceful, and loves the people like a son..."
"Exactly, exactly, Guo Changshi is the son of us and other people in Wanping County..."
The flattery of the common people became smoother and smoother, but Guo An did not dare to comply and had to stop him immediately.
"Everyone, be careful what you say, be careful what you say, business matters are important."
He is no longer the magistrate of Wanping County. If the new magistrate is still a petty person and hears these words again, the new magistrate of Wanping County will not be able to offend him, the right-hand official of Prince Yan's palace, but these common people
Life is not going to be easy.
"Everyone, the maximum price of a set of these textile looms in Prince Yan's residence is two hundred and fifty-five cents. You can also buy a set of them all wrapped, or you can buy them individually.
Anyone with a wealthy family and a spacious room can come here to buy textile machines.
Don't worry, everyone, if the loom someone bought breaks down, as long as it is a minor problem that can be repaired, you can come to this shop to find the shopkeeper. Leave your address and we will send a craftsman to repair it if we save a few.
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However, you need to pay to repair a textile machine, which is not expensive, only a few coins at most."
"If your family is not rich and the room is not spacious, you can have a few people with good connections to jointly buy one, and you can play cotton, spin, and weave at home during your off-farm time."
"Of course, there is another advantage to having a textile machine at home, that is, those neighbors who do not have a textile machine but have cotton at home and want to use their own cotton to weave cotton cloth can go to your home to borrow a textile machine.
To weave a piece of cloth, or half a piece of cloth, you can also charge a fee for borrowing the machine, which is ten, twenty, or even thirty yuan each time. After a few times, the textile machine you purchased not only cost no money, but also paid for it.
It can make money.”
These words directly caused a stir among the people.
No matter what era, machines that can make money are very attractive.
"Guo Changshi, where can I buy these textile machines?"
Ning Shitou, who was the first to find a backdoor relationship with Guo Anla, asked directly and loudly.
"Here, you can place orders at this shop!"
Guo An turned around and pointed at the textile shop behind him.
"The common people will buy it soon!" Ning Shitou said quickly.
Guo An continued: "If you have a spacious house in your home but don't have enough money, you can still buy it!"
All the people stared with wide eyes and bought empty-handed?
Guo Andao: "You can buy it with cotton, or you can buy it with woven cotton cloth. However, in this case, you need to ask the chief of Jia Li to come to me as a witness, and I have to sign the deal with you.
Deed!"
"I see!"
Only then did these people come to understand.
Just as Guo An was about to leave, a voice came out from the crowd again: "Guo Changshi, what if the grassroots and others don't want to buy looms or go to other neighborhoods to weave, but just want to come here to weave and spread cloth?"
This is a smart man!
Guo An smiled faintly and said: "Although you all come here with cotton, the price of His Highness Prince Yan's textiles will definitely be more expensive than the price of weaving cloth at a neighbor's house.
As for the two sets of looms in the textile shop that are not enough for use, you can record the number of cotton and pieces of cloth you want to weave with the shopkeeper, and I will find someone to weave for you!"
"Thank you Guo Changshi!"
"However, in this case, you also need to sign an OEM contract with the textile shop to prove the amount of cotton you handed over!"
"Guo Changshi is thoughtful!"
Guo An nodded slightly, "Do you have any more questions?"
"Guo Changshi, if the Yan Palace also produces a large number of weavers, wouldn't the textile looms bought by Cao Min and others not be profitable?"
Another voice asked.
Guo An sneered, "You bought the textile machine just to make money from the neighbors?"
As soon as these words came out, the person who asked the question suddenly blushed and was extremely embarrassed!
I hate Guo Changshi who speaks without a sense of boundaries!
Although many people are thinking about it, they cannot be said in public!
After scolding the middle-aged man with bad intentions, Guo An chuckled and said, "Wanping County has a population of just over 16,500 households. How much money can you make?"
"Beiping Prefecture has a population of more than 100,000 households, and even neighboring Shanxi and Shandong have hundreds of thousands of households. If you can get all these people's money into your pockets, then you will really make money.
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"As for the worry that Prince Yan's Mansion will take away your business by weaving for you people, how many people are there in Beiping Mansion, and how many can weave just by the weavers of Prince Yan's Mansion?
Moreover, how much money can you make by weaving? The Yan Palace is not very rare with this money. If all the common people can go and find your neighbors to weave cloth, I and His Highness the King of Yan will be very happy.
Such a grand occasion can prove that your neighbors are harmonious and that the rich do things fairly and do not bully the poor!"
All the people nodded their heads after hearing this, their eyes shining as they looked at Guo An.
"Okay, I have explained all the matters related to the textile machine to you clearly. If you don't have any doubts, please leave!"
"Farewell to Guo Changshi..."
As Guo An left, the people quickly left after signing some contracts with Fang Qinggui.
For such a big thing, they had to inform their neighbors or relatives as soon as possible.
Apart from anything else, Prince Yan's Mansion must not have enough textile looms, so he must sign the sales contract as soon as possible and buy the textile looms as soon as possible to feel at ease.
In fact, even if you want to ask the Prince of Yan's Mansion to weave fabrics for you, you have to sign the contract quickly, otherwise there will be too many people, and you won't have to wait until long time to get the loom.
Even if it is delayed for one day, hundreds of money will be wasted!
The leasing and OEM business of the Yanwang Mansion Textile Shop also gave a lot of money-making inspiration to many southern merchants in Beiping Mansion.
Although Guo Changshi's move would directly cut off their business route of selling cotton from Beiping Prefecture to Songjiang Prefecture, they could still sell cotton cloth.
You can even directly learn from the textile shop and rent out weaving services to the common people. The money you can earn in this way will be more than what they earn by going to Songjiang Prefecture, and it will be much easier!
Thinking of this, several merchants quickly joined forces, and in less than a day, there were five more weaving shops with the same model as the textile shops in Beiping Prefecture.
There is even a strong tendency to open businesses in the prefectures and counties surrounding Beiping Prefecture.
Upon hearing the news, Guo An just chuckled and was not anxious at all.
And from the time Shi Guoan, the Right Chief of the Yan Palace, went to the Yan Palace Textile Shop to speak, not even a day had passed, and more than half of the people in Wanping County already knew about the textile machine shop.
Two days later, the people in Wanping County had almost figured out everything about the former Guo County Zun and the current Guo Changshi selling textile machines or weaving fabrics for them.
Guo Changshi still hasn't changed, he is thinking about common people like them in everything.
Especially when signing a paper contract, it is not only fair and aboveboard, but also protects the interests of ordinary people like them.
All the sensible people in Wanping County burst into tears of gratitude and almost set up a monument for Guo Changshi at home.
So, starting from the third day, hundreds of gray-haired village chiefs arrived outside the Yan Palace as early as possible.
The guards of King Yan looked nervous. Last time, these Wanping County chiefs stayed outside the palace gate for a long time and borrowed 100,000 stones of grain and tens of thousands of farm tools from His Highness King Yan.
There are twice as many people coming back this time as last time. Could it be that they need to borrow more things?
Moreover, now the Guo magistrate has become the right chief historian in the palace?
No, you have to tell His Highness King Yan quickly!
The guards looked at each other, separated into two, and one slowly walked towards Chang Shisi.
Another guard, after entering the gate, ran towards the palace as if he was being chased by a hungry wolf.
So, when Zhu Di received the news and walked towards the palace gate, Guo An received the news that a group of Wanping County chiefs came to see him.
However, as a scholar, Guo An was destined to be unable to outrun the general Zhu Di.
Therefore, when Guo An arrived at the palace gate, he found that Zhu Di had also slowly walked out of the palace.
"I am here to meet you, Your Highness!"
"Get up!"
After Guo An stood up, he asked curiously: "Your Highness is not busy with the Taoist soldiers training at the ditch, why are you out?"
Two days ago, Song Guogong Feng Sheng, the general who conquered the captives, together with Yongchang Hou Lanyu and other generals, led the soldiers of the Beijing Guard to Beiping Mansion, and were ordered to meet with the Taoist soldiers to practice at the ditch.
For such a big matter, although Zhu Di, the King of Yan, is not the main person in charge of this military training, he still has many things to be busy with.
"So many elderly people from various villages in Wanping County have gathered in front of our palace, how can we sit still?"
Zhu Di couldn't help but glare at Guo An. Although the people of the Ming Dynasty were easy to provoke, these elders who were old and still had some prestige in various townships were the hardest to provoke.
What if a dozen village elders gathered together, stood in front of the Yingtian City Palace, and asked to see His Majesty the Ming Dynasty!
Unless there was an important meeting, Lao Zhu would personally summon him.
But now, hundreds of village elders are blocking the entrance of the Yan Palace. If Zhu Di doesn't come out to receive him, there will be some inspectors and imperial officials impeaching him in less than two days.
Even some ministers in the DPRK would use this to impeach him.
Moreover, for these impeachments, his father would definitely not defend him, and would even scold him severely!
Guo An smiled.
Seeing the crowd of old men in the darkness outside the palace gate, Zhu Di couldn't help but ask again: "Why are so many villagers and elders looking for us in front of the palace gate?"
"Your Highness, they should be here to ask about the purchase and sale of textile machines!" Guo An replied.
Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "So many village elders are coming to you to buy textile machines? So, can the Gongzheng Institute make so many textile machines?"
"Go back to Your Highness, you shouldn't be able to!"
Guo An replied softly.
Zhu Di frowned. If the craftsmen at the Gongzheng Institute couldn't make enough looms, wouldn't they be delaying him from making money?
However, at this moment, the two of them had already walked out of the palace gate.
All the village elders outside the palace gate also knew Zhu Di and Guo An, and they all quickly saluted Zhu Di and Guo An without the need for introductions by the guards.
"Common people meet His Highness the King of Yan!"
"See Guo Changshi!"
"Everyone, fellow villagers, get up quickly!"
Facing these village elders, Zhu Di's gentle tone made Guo An doubt whether he had met a fake Zhu Laosi.
"Thank you, His Highness King Yan!"
After all the village elders stood up, they looked at Guo An expectantly.
Seeing this, Zhu Di felt relieved and saw that these village elders really came to find Guo Qing.
"Are you here to see Guo Qing?"
Feeling Guo An's dullness beside him, Zhu Di secretly cursed the thief officer, but had to say hello.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Cao Min and others are here because of the textile looms in Your Highness's residence!"
A group of village elders were a little frightened. When they came to the gate of Prince Yan's Palace, they were not looking for His Highness Prince Yan, but for the Right Chief Shi in Prince Yan's Palace.
The key is that it also alarmed His Highness King Yan.
"No problem!"
Zhu Di waved his hand very generously, "I'm very happy that you fellow villagers can come to our Palace of the Prince of Yan. Come on, the sun is too hot. Come on, fellow villagers, follow us in."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
All the village elders felt relieved and followed Zhu Di into the palace gate and went straight to the side courtyard where the Chief Secretary's office was located.
It just so happened that Chief Shi Zhu Fu, Chief Shi Si of Dianbo Xia Temple and other officials were also there. They were all shocked when they saw Zhu Di and Guo An coming in with Wuyang Wuyang and a group of old men.
He quickly stepped forward to greet Zhu Di.
Zhu Di just waved his hand casually and asked Zhu Fu, Xia Si and other officials from the Chief History Department to arrange tables, chairs, benches and tea for these village elders.
Fortunately, the Yanwang Palace is very large, and it is not difficult to provide enough chairs and tea for more than a hundred village elders.
After everything was arranged, Zhu Di looked directly at Guo An.
If it weren't for the fact that all these village elders came to give him money, Zhu Di wouldn't have taken the initiative to entertain him. When did he, the majestic King of Yan, do such a thing?
Guo An nodded slightly towards Zhu Di and looked at the village elders.
"You fellow villagers are here to look for us, but is it about the textile machine?"
"Guo Changshi Yingming!"
Finally, when we got to the main topic, all the village elders sat upright and looked at Guo An expectantly.
Seeing this, Zhu Di's face turned dark. None of the village elders were so respectful to him.
"You village elders have come all the way to look for us, probably because you want to buy a textile machine, but you don't have the money to pay for it, so you want to pay with cotton cloth afterwards!"
Guo An didn't beat around the bush and spoke directly.
"Exactly!"
"Guo Changshi, there are thirty-five households in the Caomin area who want to buy textile machines!"
"Guo Changshi, there are twenty-five households in the Cao Min area who want to buy textile machines!"
"There are thirty households in the Cao Min area who want to..."
All the village elders also knew Guo An's temper, so after hearing Guo An speak, they all spoke directly.
There were no fewer than twenty-five households in every village who wanted to buy textile machines. The light in Zhu Di's eyes became brighter and brighter when he heard this.
As for Guo An, his brows furrowed more and more tightly.
After a long while, all the village elders finally realized something was wrong, and their voices all dropped.
"I dare to ask Guo Changshi, but what's wrong?"
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