Daming: Huddle in Beiping County as Magistrate Chapter 270 The Autumn Harvest BeginsLatest website:Because, after Guo An stopped patrolling around, it started to rain heavily in the entire Beiping Prefecture.
It rained for five consecutive days, and the entire Beiping Mansion became quiet.
Except for those merchants who need to carry goods around, everyone in the Peiping Mansion is full of joy.
Because all ditches and water conservancy channels in Beiping Prefecture have been repaired with cement this year, this heavy rain did not bring any major disaster.
Some roads were washed away and need to be repaired at most.
The most important thing is that the tens of thousands of hectares of rice fields in Beiping Prefecture are all full.
According to the speculation of some old farmers, after this heavy rain, the rice can still grow a little longer.
This heavy rain is the auspicious sign of Beiping Mansion!
This year, there will definitely be a bumper harvest!
People are all happy.
……
Yan Palace.
After the heavy rain, within two days, Beiping Mansion began to get hot and muggy again.
Inside the main hall.
Zhu Di directly asked people to place six basins of cold ice, but it was still a bit stuffy.
So, holding a basin of iced watermelon in his arms, and gnawing on it, Zhu Di asked: "Guo Qing, you have been running around outside for a period of time, how are the rice fields in Beiping Prefecture this year?"
?Can we have a good harvest?"
Guo An put down the watermelon in his hand and nodded seriously, "Reporting to Your Highness, as long as there are no natural disasters this year, our rice fields in Beiping Prefecture will definitely have a bumper harvest!"
Zhu Di was overjoyed and laughed loudly, "We knew that since Guo Qing came to Beiping Mansion, there has been auspiciousness in our Beiping Mansion. Everything we do goes very smoothly."
"This matter depends entirely on His Highness's trust!"
Guo An does not take any credit.
Zhu Di lowered his head and took a few big bites again, "Guo Qing, we heard that those gentry and wealthy businessmen in Wanping County and Daxing County are now looking for you every day?"
Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Highness, those gentry used to ignore Wei Chen, but now, they are all rushing to get close to Wei Chen!"
Zhu Di looked at Guo An and asked expectantly: "Guo Qing, what kind of business are you prepared to let those gentry do?"
Guo An shook his head slightly and said, "Your Highness, I don't have any ideas at the moment."
A trace of disappointment flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, and then he said excitedly, "That's right, the autumn harvest is the big thing now."
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An nodded slightly, "However, Wei Chen suggested that the gentry hire some craftsmen and buy some cement from our Prince Yan's Mansion.
If they lay a layer of cement on their rice drying areas, the rice in their homes will definitely dry faster!"
"Cement rice farm?"
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some interest: "Guo Qing, in this case, they will definitely spend a lot of money. Is this feasible?"
"That's why Wei Chen suggested that the gentry lay cement drying fields for grain drying."
Zhu Di asked: "What about my farm and the two Zhuangzi in my house..."
Guo Andao: "Go back to your highness, I have already ordered people to lay it!"
“Very good!”
Zhu Di looked happy.
Later, Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, does Prince Yan's Mansion still need to cultivate some more fields? Or build a few more workshops?"
Guo An sighed, "Your Highness, I also want to build it. However, I don't have that many craftsmen in Beiping Mansion."
Zhu Di said directly: "We have so many farmers in Beiping Prefecture, how can we not have..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Di reacted.
"Guo Qing, our Ming Dynasty is still based on agriculture. Although the craftsmen are good, what needs to be solved now is to let the people cultivate the fields with peace of mind."
Guo An said with a serious face: "Your Highness, from this year onwards, as long as there are no natural or man-made disasters, the people of Beiping Mansion will be able to eat three meals a day.
Even if there are some corrupt officials or some unpredictable natural disasters, people will no longer starve to death!"
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "We believe what Guo Qing said!"
Guo An couldn't help but sigh slightly.
Sure enough, no matter how wealthy the Beiping Mansion was, Zhu Di still did not dare to go against Lao Zhu's ideas on this matter.
Or maybe Zhu Di still believes that agriculture still needs to be the foundation of the country.
……
Although the gentry in Beiping Prefecture may still be somewhat obedient to Guo An's words.
However, on the surface, he obeyed Guo An's words very much.
Within a few days, all the gentry had purchased a large amount of cement from the cement workshop.
Then, large and small cement drying fields were built in all the states and counties of Beiping Prefecture.
The officials in Beiping Mansion were amazed when they saw it.
In the past, they asked these rich and well-off gentry to donate some money to repair the yamen, perhaps schools, and even roads. These gentry scavenged and asked for various benefits from them.
As a result, the current Guo Changshi of Prince Yan's Mansion just passed a few words to a few gentry, and all the gentry in Beiping Mansion, big and small, were directly scrambling to find the prince of Yan's Mansion, spending a large amount of unjust money.
Buy cement.
Then, lay the drying ground.
However, all those gentry enjoyed it.
They also believe that spending a lot of money to dry rice is a waste of money.
However, they are happy to spend money on that Guo Changshi!
The feeling of seeing a large number of licking dogs...
This time of year.
The sun in Beiping Mansion is very hot, and it is even hotter than a stove.
Those grain drying fields paved with cement could be dried out in three days, until the gentry in the farthest reaches of Liangcheng had all built cement drying fields.
The large tracts of rice finally began to turn golden.