Chapter 132 Your Highness, it’s time to take it off!
Ming Dynasty: Huddled in Beiping County Magistrate Chapter 132: Your Highness, it’s time to pick it up!Latest website:Beiping Mansion.
The first heavy snowfall of winter is still falling from the dark clouds.
The entire Beiping Prefecture is covered with a foot of snow, giving people an inexplicable sense of joy.
However, this is very annoying for Zhu Di, who has to go to the farm every day.
After standing at the gate of the palace and watching for a long time, Zhu Di reluctantly gave up his plan to go to the farm. He snorted coldly at the sky, turned back to the main hall, and sent his horse and general Guo An to call over.
"Guo Qing, we heard that you want to spend money to build a workshop again?"
"Your Highness, I just want to build a workshop again."
Guo An blinked his eyes and said slowly: "But please rest assured, Your Highness, in this winter, all the craftsmen are working hard to burn glass, and there is not enough cement.
During these days, Weichen is just choosing a location and designing drawings with Xu Yun and others. Construction will not begin until next spring."
"That's it."
After hearing this, Zhu Di felt a little relieved.
At this time, Zhu Liang walked in from outside the palace and asked slowly: "Your Highness, the Duke of Song Dynasty sent someone to ask if the vegetables on the farm can be eaten?"
"Tell Song Guogong that it will take half a month."
Zhu Di was somewhat used to this kind of urging, so he said casually without raising his head.
"Yes."
Zhu Liang responded and walked out quickly.
Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, how is the sales of wool-proof weaving going now?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, there are now 10,000 women in Beiping Prefecture spinning woolen yarn and 26,000 women weaving woolen clothing.
About 8,000 pieces of wool clothing can be woven every day. Excluding the wages paid to the women, the wool clothing alone can earn more than 7,000 taels of silver per day.
After this month, I should earn two hundred thousand taels of silver."
After saying that, Guo An paused and said again: "It's just that His Highness wants to give each soldier of the Yanshan Guard a set of woolen clothes, and each of the official guards in the palace will also have a set of woolen clothes.
Then, I have to pay half of it to His Majesty, and His Majesty should be able to earn one hundred thousand taels."
The smile suddenly disappeared from Zhu Di's face, and he still felt a little melancholy, "So, we have just earned back our capital?"
"Exactly."
Guo An didn't feel anything at all, he was very satisfied anyway.
Zhu Di asked again: "How much money can we make in the future?"
Guo An replied: "Your Highness, at least fifty thousand taels of silver."
Zhu Di was now satisfied, his face flushed, "In just two months, he was able to earn 50,000 taels of silver. Guo Qing made a great contribution."
Guo An reluctantly reminded: "Your Highness, it's not just these fifty thousand taels of silver, but also the money earned from glass."
Zhu Di hurriedly asked: "Yes, how much did Glass earn?"
Guo An replied without thinking: "Your Highness, more than ten workshops in Beiping Prefecture are working together, and more than 300,000 pieces of glass can be calcined every day. Now they have made one hundred thousand taels of silver.
In the treasury, there are still 300,000 shi of grain brought by the merchants.
However, now that there is heavy snow and the canals are frozen, it is inconvenient for those merchants to come to Peiping. This glass may have to accumulate for a while."
"It doesn't matter, as soon as the heavy snow passes, those merchants will naturally find their own way to come to Peiping!"
Zhu Di said angrily, "So, this winter, we have already earned 100,000 taels of silver and 300,000 shi of grain. Moreover, we will still earn at least 250,000 taels of silver in the future?"
"Your Highness is wise."
Guo An didn't say much, he just reported to Zhu Di as usual.
In this cold weather, even if he was wearing a tight-fitting sweater and a cotton-padded jacket, wrapping himself into a ball, he still didn't want to go out and move much.
Under normal circumstances, in addition to drawing and researching in the public room, I would also go to the school to tell stories to the generals and Zhu Di's future team.
Over the past few months, military generals such as Zhu Liang and Li Wang memorized each one by rote, and they actually recognized Xiao Qianzi.
This heavy snow only lasted one day and one night.
Therefore, early the next morning, Zhu Di took Guo An and Zhu Gaochi to the farm early.
Behind him, there is a group of guards from Prince Yan's Mansion including Zhu Liang and Li Wang.
Although they were not wrapped into a ball like Guo An, their hands, feet, and heads were covered with thick sweaters, which kept them very warm.
There were no accidents along the way.
When they arrived at the farm, a team of hundreds of Yanshan guards stationed at the farm were laboriously clearing the snow from the greenhouse.
After taking a quick look, Zhu Di, Guo An and others got into the greenhouse.
"Huh?"
As soon as he entered, Guo An couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Your Highness, these vegetables grow so fast?"
He hasn't been here for just a month. In the greenhouse, the green onions have grown to the height of a person's calf and are completely edible.
As for coriander, celery, and leeks, although they are not as tall as green onions, they are obviously edible.
As for the courgettes, they have already climbed up the wooden frame, and there are green courgettes hanging on it.
The same goes for the eggplant, which is as tall as half a person, with large round eggplants hanging on it...
What a bumper harvest!
Guo An's eyes shone brightly and he couldn't help but pick a courgette, wiped it on his clothes a few times, then put it in his mouth and took a bite.
"Crack...courgettes in winter are sweet!"
On the side, Zhu Di, who heard the sound, turned around and became furious.
"Guo Thief, how can you eat so casually?"
Guo An was startled, "Your Highness, aren't we growing these courgettes just for food?"