Ming Dynasty: Huddled in Beiping County Magistrate Text Volume Chapter 193 Chili Pepper!Latest website: "I know!"
Guo An chuckled lightly and put the pepper on the table.
"This is indeed the pepper I am looking for. The Shen family is indeed the largest maritime merchant in the Ming Dynasty."
"Guo Changshi misunderstood. This object was brought back from overseas by my elders, Shen, before His Majesty banned the sea.
The common people searched several warehouses before finding this thing."
Shen Zhuang explained quickly.
"It's okay. I only want this thing. As for how you got it, I won't ask a single word."
Guo An smiled softly and comforted.
"Thank you Guo Changshi!"
Shen Zhuang's face lit up, and he quickly looked at Guo An expectantly.
"Since this is the chili pepper that Guo Changshi needs, I wonder what Guo Changshi said to the common people before..."
"It counts!"
Guo An looked serious and asked directly: "Tell me, what do you want?"
Shen Zhuang said quickly: "For the record, Guo Changshi, the common people have heard that Prince Yan's Mansion seems to be able to produce sugar as white as snow grains? I wonder if the common people are lucky enough to cooperate with Prince Yan's Mansion?
Or, like buying the secret recipe for clear glass, buy the secret recipe for white sugar?"
"The secret recipe for buying sugar?"
Guo An smiled lightly and looked at Shen Zhuang with a strange expression: "Shen Zhuang, how much do you think the secret sugar recipe is worth?"
"This..."
Shen Zhuang smiled and said, "My Shen family is willing to give us three hundred thousand taels of silver to buy the secret recipe for sugar."
"Oh? The Shen family is so generous?"
Guo An looked teasing.
Shen Zhuang's face was even more embarrassed, "If Guo Changshi thinks it's a little short, my Shen family is willing to add more money."
Guo An asked, "How much to add?"
Shen Zhuang was confused by Guo An. He didn't expect that Guo Changshi would be so straightforward when talking about money and things. He was not as reserved as other officials.
After a long while, he slowly said: "Guo Changshi, can you do 500,000?"
"Five million taels of silver?"
Guo An was surprised for a while, the price was actually a good price.
"It's just that Shopkeeper Shen isn't worried. What if there are other wealthy businessmen who also offer 500,000 taels of silver to buy the sugar secret recipe?"
Shen Zhuang widened his eyes and said with a smile: "The common people believe in Guo Changshi."
Guo An smiled slowly. He believed in himself, but he just couldn't believe Zhu Laosi. "We need to ask His Highness to make a decision on this matter."
"It couldn't be better."
Shen Zhuang said quickly.
Guo Andao: "Wait a moment, we will go find His Highness King Yan!"
After saying that, Guo An stood up and walked out.
Jin Zhong, who had been waiting outside, walked in with a simple and honest face at Guo An's signal.
……
"The Shen family wants to use five hundred thousand taels of silver to buy the secret recipe for sugar?"
After listening to Guo An's words, Zhu Di's eyes sparkled with gold.
Guo Andao: "Your Highness, the Shen family found a good price for Wei Chen, and Wei Chen promised them that he could help them once.
However, the secret recipe for sugar is of great importance, and I dare not make the decision without permission."
"Yeah."
Zhu Di did not ask what the object was, but said directly: "Guo Qing, do you think it can be sold to the Shen family?"
Guo An thought for a while and then said: "Your Highness, there are a lot of sugar cane grown in Fujian, Guangdong and other places, and these sugar canes can be made into white sugar.
With the secret recipe for white sugar, the Shen family can become the largest sugar merchant in the Ming Dynasty.
Wei Chen guessed that as long as they get the sugar, they can earn back half a million taels of silver in less than two years.
Even earning five hundred thousand taels of silver a year is not impossible."
"In addition, since our Prince Yan's Mansion sold the secret recipe to the Shen family at a high price of five hundred thousand taels of silver, it can no longer be sold to multiple families like transparent glass..."
Zhu Di said thoughtfully: "So, Guo Qing does not want to sell the secret recipe."
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo Andao: "If our Prince Yan Mansion wants to make grenades, mines and other bombs, we need a lot of sugar.
Moreover, Wei Chen felt that after selling five hundred thousand taels, he still made a bit of a loss!
If Prince Yan's Mansion cooperates with the Shen family, it will only take three years at most to earn back half a million taels of silver, or even more..."
Zhu Di said directly: "Then we will cooperate with the Shen family."
"Weak ministers obey orders."
After Guo An resigned from Zhu Di, he returned to the public house.
In the public room, Shen Zhuang and Jin Zhong seemed to be chatting happily.
Seeing Guo An come in, Shen Zhuang stood up quickly and looked at Guo An expectantly.
"May I ask Guo Changshi, what is the opinion of His Highness King Yan?"
Guo An sat down, took a sip of tea slowly, and said: "Of course you can't use five hundred thousand taels of silver to sell the secret recipe for sugar."
Shen Zhuang looked anxious and said quickly: "Guo Changshi, my Shen family can add more money."
"How much to add?"
Guo An asked again.
Shen Zhuang froze on the spot. He was just an ordinary concubine of the Shen family, and his maximum authority was only five hundred thousand taels of silver.
Jin Zhong on the side also looked at Guo An and then at Shen Zhuang in stunned silence.
He finally saw the money-making ability of his Guo Changshi. A small secret recipe for white sugar could actually be sold for five hundred thousand taels of silver?
Moreover, judging from the intentions of the bastard of the Shen family, it seems that they can add more money?
Guo An smiled softly and said, "Okay, you don't have to be like this."
Shen Zhuang was in a hurry, "Guo Changshi..."
Guo Andao: "Your Highness will not sell the secret recipe, but Prince Yan's Mansion can cooperate with the Shen family to make sugar."