Ming Dynasty: Hanging out in Beiping County as Magistrate Chapter 362 Tribute 2.5 million taels of silver! Guo An also didn’t expect that Zhu Gaochi, who had studied with him for several years, really encountered a bottleneck this time.
Even after waiting until it snowed heavily in Beiping, I was still confused and didn't understand.
So.
Zhu Gaochi started again, following Guo An all day long, inspecting the medical school, the farm, the craftsman school, and various workshops.
He even followed Guo An and went around the academy.
"Teacher, in the entire academy, whether they are children from poor families or children from gentry and officials, how much do you praise your father?"
Coming out of the academy, Zhu Gaochi looked incredulous.
Guo An nodded slightly, "This is natural, His Highness is the dean of the academy.
Moreover, His Highness allocates hundreds of thousands of taels of banknotes to the academy every year and hires many great scholars to come here to teach the scholars to read and give them lectures, so that they can be admitted as scholars, candidates, and even Jinshi.
To them, they are all disciples of His Highness, and His Highness is very kind to them!"
"So many scholars are all my father's disciples?"
Zhu Gaochi was startled. A very important idea suddenly flashed through his mind, but it only passed by for a moment. When he thought about it again, he couldn't catch it.
Couldn't help but look at Guo An, "Teacher..."
"No rush!"
Guo An smiled lightly and said, "Let's go, it's getting late. We just happened to arrive at the academy, so we went to pick some fruits from the farm and take them back to eat!"
It's getting late? Drop by?
Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but look up and glanced at the big sun still hanging above his head. It must have just set time at most!
As for a drop-in?
In any case, the farm located in the north of the city is not on the same road as the Prince Yan's Mansion in the south city!
At this moment, Guo An has already got on the carriage.
Zhu Gaochi could only sigh helplessly and get into the carriage.
"Your Majesty, you are heavy again!"
Feeling the carriage sinking obviously, Guo An couldn't help but remind him.
Zhu Gaochi said respectfully: "Teacher, don't worry, I have been controlling my diet these past few days!"
"Alas!"
Seeing Zhu Gaochi acting like this again, Guo An couldn't help but sigh slightly, "If you don't learn from the good ones, you will just learn from the bad ones."
Zhu Gaochi laughed.
Two quarters of an hour later.
Guo An took Zhu Gaochi into the farm, and then, accompanied by Ding Shang and others, walked back and forth among the glass greenhouses.
Pick a variety of vegetables.
Ding Shang said angrily: "Guo Changshi, I heard that people in Baoding Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture have also started to grow peppers?"
"Hmm!"
Guo An nodded slightly. He knew about this two or three months ago.
Ding Shang said angrily: "Guo Changshi, I wonder if the government can find out which bastard thing leaked the pepper seeds?
I will take a group of old brothers to rip off the heads of those idiots. What a bunch of ungrateful idiots!"
Guo An smiled faintly, "Beiping Mansion is so big, how can we find out who accidentally exposed the pepper seeds, or was someone deliberately selling the pepper seeds in exchange for money?"
Ding Shang glared angrily again, "What Guo Changshi means is that some thieves deliberately sold it for just a little money?"
Guo An shook his head quickly, "I'm just guessing, without any basis, don't talk nonsense!"
Then, he looked at Guo Zhi who was standing aside, "Brother Six, I wonder how the research on new pepper varieties is going?"
Guo Zhi hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Guo Changshi, the pepper seeds we have newly researched not only have lush seedlings, but also produce more and bigger peppers!"
“Very good!”
Guo An nodded slightly, "Are there many such good varieties nowadays?"
Guo Zhi said: "It's enough to plant on the farm!"
Guo Andao said: "In that case, we will sell those improved seeds to the outside world next year. Are there still some old pepper seeds in the farm?"
Guo Zhi replied with a lot of treasures: "At least one thousand acres can be planted!"
"So many?"
Guo An was shocked and said again: "In this way, these pepper seeds can be sold. Half of them will be left to the officials and soldiers in the house, so that they can take advantage of them and sell them to their relatives and friends.
The other half will be given to the house's caravan and sold to the south.
No matter who it is, the price of seeds must be increased tenfold!
Ten times the price will be left to the family, and the extra money will be left to them!"
"Thank you Guo Changshi!"
Guo Zhi, Ding Shang and others quickly thanked them.
As for Zhu Gaochi on the side, he didn't feel displeased at all as he watched these people discussing the resale of his belongings in Prince Yan's Mansion.
He seems to have become accustomed to this kind of thing.
Later, Guo An and Zhu Gaochi returned to Beiping Mansion with two large baskets of fruits and vegetables.
On the way, Zhu Gaochi said worriedly: "Teacher, if we start selling pepper seeds to outsiders, then the people of Beiping Prefecture will not be able to make money by growing peppers!"
"My Prince Yan's Mansion does not sell to the outside world. Those common people, when they encounter those merchants who spend a lot of money to buy, can't help but be greedy and sell to the outside world!
Ever since the first pepper plant was discovered in Baoding Prefecture, peppers have been unable to hide themselves!"
Guo An said quietly.
Zhu Gaochi looked angry, "Those people are so ungrateful and wantonly sell the money that the teacher found for them!"
"No need to be angry, they are selling their own wealth, why should we worry about ourselves?"
Guo An smiled lightly, "It just so happens that they have become rich in the past few years. If they make less money, they will not starve to death!"
"What the teacher said is absolutely true!"
Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly.
Another moment passed.
The carriage suddenly stopped.
Guo Erniu shouted outside: "Master, we have arrived outside the house!"