Li Shaoyou's wife's name is Elizabeth. Eugenie was a noblewoman from the Kingdom of Bavaria, of Westbach blood, and her father was an officer in the Bavarian army, who was killed at the end of the Thirty Years' War. Because her father was killed in battle with only a knighthood, and did not receive a domain or estate. So his death made Elizabeth, as an only daughter, suddenly lose her support, and had to go to Vienna alone to join relatives - an elderly bishop, who somehow hooked up with Li Shaoyou, and fell in love in a short time......

However, although this transnational marriage accepted God's blessing (Li Shaoyou pretended to be a religion), it was not recognized by the Li family (Li Ruolian), so Li Shaoyou took the initiative to ask Ji Kun for an errand to escort Prince Kong Dai to China, and brought his wife back by the way.

He accompanied Prince Condé to Alexandria, then overland to the port city of Suez on the Red Sea, where he took an Ottoman naval ship to Aden, where he waited for the arrival of five Western-style galleons (including a British naval warship) carrying 1,000 Arabian horses and the Flying Flight, which rounded Africa.

For the chief prince of France, Condé, who doesn't like to take a bath, smells stinky, and looks short, frustrated and thin, Li Shaoyou can't look down on one hundred and twenty people.

At first glance, this is a waste wood prince, and it should be similar to the role of those princes who eat and wait for death in the Ming Dynasty.

But Li Shaoyou's wife Elizabeth. Eugenes was very respectful to the Prince of Condé, not to mention that the Prince of Condé was the first warrior of France...... Just kidding, right? Can you still be the first warrior if you are frustrated like this? This French army must be all waste, right?

Fortunately, this country is in Europe, if you go to the east and encounter all kinds of Tartars, then you can't destroy the country and extinct the species?

"Ambassador Lee," Prince Condé yawned, "I heard that your country has been invaded by barbarians and is fighting a Great Patriotic War?" ”

"Yes," Li Shao lobbied, "under the command of my Ming Emperor, we will definitely regain the lost territory." ”

Prince Condé nodded: "I think I can do something for His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty...... For example, if he trusts me enough, I can command a legion of twenty or thirty thousand men for him. ”

What a big breath! Li Shaoyou said in his heart: Tartar is fierce! You can't beat it......

What you think in your heart, you can't say it.

"That's really good," Li Shaoyou smiled respectfully, "I will definitely report His Royal Highness's intentions to the Ming Emperor." ”

Of course, Li Shaoyou's own opinion must be attached to the report - this French prince has an obscene appearance and an arrogant personality, and his talents are insufficient, and it is difficult to take on a big job!

"Okay, so be it." The Prince of Condé had no idea that he had been looked down upon. Although he is rather frustrated, no one in Europe will look down on him because of his appearance - he is the first prince of France! Moreover, some of the top nobles in Europe in this era are crooked melons and inferior dates, but there are few good-looking ones.

However, there are many handsome men and beautiful women among the small and medium-sized nobles, such as Elizabeth. Eugenie wants to have a figure, a good look, and a unique temperament, and at a glance, you can know that she is from a small aristocracy......

Li Shaoyou's recital is not only the recital of Condé, the first warrior of France, but also a lot of recitals and meritorious deeds - Ji Kun and Li Shaoyou's mission have gained too much along the way! There were so many things I had seen and heard, and I wrote a whole box of cantatas, and I didn't have enough recitals from China, so I had to replace them with Dutch notebooks.

After arriving in Shanghai, Li Shaoyou arranged for Prince Condé and the Ottoman ambassador, a middle-aged man named Semiz, and more than 200 attachés from two missions to stay in the state guesthouse in Shanghai, and at the same time asked Luo Dagong to arrange a speedboat to send him to Wuhan to report to Emperor Zhu.

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"Old Tarzan, please sit down, please sit down, hahaha......"

It's the day when the New Year is approaching again, and Emperor Zhu is summoning Zheng Zhilong in the East Lake Palace in Wuhan at this time, and he is very polite, personally out of the main hall to greet him, and also took Lao Zheng's hand into the Qinzheng Palace. If nothing else, just because Zheng Chagu just gave birth to a son for Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong now has four sons...... Jiangshan Sheji is not worried that there is no successor!

"Old Taishan, are the final accounts of the household department ready?"

After Weng and his son-in-law sat down, Emperor Zhu asked about the final accounts of the household department. The so-called final accounts of the household department are the annual accounting reports prepared on the basis of the results of the implementation of the annual budget, which is almost the annual report of the state finance.

Starting from the third year of Hongxing, the final accounts of the household department were to be made public in the "Di Bao", which was called the public announcement of the accounts.

"Alright, done." Zheng Zhilong smiled, "Last year, it was a good year, and all industries were prosperous...... The surplus in the final accounts can be 10 million taels of silver. ”

Because the "Huang, Huai, and Yun Dagong" has been completed, the biggest financial black hole in Daming last year was blocked! Huainan and Huaibei have a bumper harvest. At the same time, the three major commercial cities of Shanghai, Ningbo, and Guangzhou (Quanzhou City was contracted by the Dongning Army) and the eastern and western capitals (Yingtianfu and Wuhan Prefectures), and the taxes paid by the southeastern prefectures such as Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huaiyang, and so on have also increased considerably. As a result, there was a budget surplus of as much as 10 million taels.

Of course, the 10 million taels are just money on the books, and in fact, the surplus is mainly stored in the form of grain.

"Too much!" Zhu Cihong waved his hand, "Make a loss!" ”

"What? Losing money? Zheng Zhilong was stunned.

Of course, it is possible to reconcile the final accounts...... The method Zhu Cihong has already told Zheng Zhilong.

The accounts are not completely real, because there are so many places that can be adjusted and whitewashed, and accountants can make profits and losses.

Therefore, the "state budget publicity" system implemented by Zhu Cihong is actually a trick for him to play.

"Yes!" Zhu Cihong said, "The loss is about 5 million taels...... Then make a plan to issue 10 million taels of bonds, this plan does not have to be done by the household department itself, just hand it over to the two banks to deal with. ”

"Loss of 5 million?" Zheng Zhilong looked melancholy, "Your Majesty, we did make a lot of money last year, how can we lose money?" ”

"Food prices are falling!" Zhu Cihong said, "How much is the wholesale price of rice on the market now?" ”

"The situation varies from place to place, and the white rice here in Wuhan is less than one or two dollars."

Zhu Cihong said: "The inventory is counted as old rice, just pour it according to 8 yuan, enter with the left hand, and leave the right hand out?" The gods can't even see it...... Don't do it all and do it with a loss of more than 5 million taels. ”

"Your Majesty," Zheng Zhilong was still a little unwilling, "The whole household is conscientious, and it will be a loss at once, the big guy ......"

"It has nothing to do with the people in the household department, the reward that should be issued will be issued," Zhu Cihong said, "I just want the loss on the books...... This is used to deceive the Eastern Captives, to let them know that we don't have the money to fight! ”

The household department suffered huge losses, of course, the public debt could not be issued, and the Ming Dynasty was in financial difficulties, so naturally there was no financial strength to support the Northern Expedition, so Azig and Duoduo could rest assured that they would fight among themselves.

This trick is still for the good brothers in the north!

Zheng Zhilong finally understood, "The minister's decree." He thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, you have to do a full set of plays...... The deficit of the household can be made up with internal funds. ”

He didn't know how much money he had, because the accounts were also a tool used to show royal frugality and Zhu Cihong's filial piety - the income of the inner money came from the "gold and silver" issued by the household department, that is, the salary given to Zhu Cihong. In addition, the land rent income of the Huangzhuang is called grain silver. The source of land in Huangzhuang is also allocation. The total income of the two incomes is about 2.3 million taels of silver per year, which is the annual income of Zhu Cihong and Chongzhen. Among them, Chongzhen spends nearly 1 million taels, while Zhu Cihong spends less than 300,000 taels a year.

Of course, that is all for people to see, and Zhu Cihong's real personal property is not in the internal accounts, but in the accounts of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, which are not public.