He had long wanted to pick a son, and he thought about it when Uncle Chongzhen was there, but unfortunately Uncle Chongzhen didn't give him a chance.

The world is so big, he wants to take a look, instead of carrying a bunch of tasks every time, the scenery is so beautiful, he wants to go to the waves, instead of being full of thoughts every time.

Unload the glory of his body, feel at ease to be a rich second-generation father, Xishan Shanghe is his capital to wander the world, no matter what the eldest brother does, he has to help, right?

If you can enter, you will advance, and if you can't do it, you will retreat, life is short, why be so serious.

Han Yu finally sighed and left, when he came, he knew that maybe this trip was in vain, if the prince really did what he said, he would not be the prince.

Liu Hongjian has been paying close attention to the progress of the development of artillery at the Ordnance Institute, and from time to time he has traveled back and forth to Tianjin to hear about the progress of the construction of the new ironclad ship.

In order to guard against the surprise attack of the Dutch, even the artillery along the Shanhaiguan Pass was removed and temporarily placed in Dagukou, if the Beiyang Naval Division is the lifeblood of the imperial court, then the Tianjin Treasure Shipyard is the lifeblood of the Beiyang Naval Division, and the Dagu Mouth is this throat.

In mid-March, the fleet of Xishan Shanghe had been finalized, and there were 12 large merchant ships, with not much cargo loaded, but a lot of artillery in the ships.

The British Duke and the Duke of Qianguo persuaded Liu Hongjian for this reason, whether it was as the helmsman of the largest company in the Ming Dynasty or as the pillar of the national dynasty, it was stupid to risk himself.

But Liu Hong's gradual finalization has rarely changed, and the matter of going to Dongying has been finalized, and the two have to work merchant ships and sailors.

With his own identity and agreed with Qi Yuangong, in addition to a few Xishan merchants and managers who really understood maritime trade, some of the sailors were the elite of the Beiyang Naval Division, and even included the captains and first mates of some warships.

The other part is the carefully selected fierce men in the Praetorian Guard, and the sailors and soldiers of the twelve merchant ships are loaded with 3,000 men, which is almost the limit of a large merchant ship.

"Lord Wang, this is the accounts of Xishan Shanghe for the past half a year, you can check it." The British public was the first to put the accounts of later generations in front of Liu Hongji.

At the time of parting, Liu Hong gradually planned to turn the harvest of last year into a red, which made several shareholders quite excited.

"Tell me a little bit about it." Liu Hongjian only glanced at the accounts and felt that his scalp was numb.

The accounts are the same, at this time, there is no such thing as an excel report in the future, there is no way to calculate at one time, if you want to know whether the accounts are right, you can only pull the abacus one by one addition and subtraction operations.

He didn't have time to calculate this, not to mention that the behavior of his shareholders had been repeatedly considered by him.

"From August last year to March this year, Xishan Shanghe's workshops, shops, and fleets have made a total profit of more than 18.4 million taels of silver.

Thirty-eight new merchant ships were purchased, costing more than 1,540,000 taels of silver, and 24 Fuming money villages were built in various prefectures and counties, which should be built, recruited and fund reserves, and a total of more than 3,750,000 taels of silver were consumed.

At present, there are 70 branches of Fuming Money Banks in various places.

and the wages of the hired labourers, the craftsmen, the shopkeepers, the stewards, and the sailors of the fleet, which cost a total of 460,000 taels of silver.

Therefore, the gross profit of Xishan Shanghe in the past seven months was 12.65 million taels. Zhang Weixian reported the accounts that had already been calculated to Liu Hong.

"One thousand two million six hundred and fifty thousand taels, so many ......" Liu Hong gradually stroked his chin thoughtfully.

He is estimated to be the most incompetent CEO in the world, and he doesn't know how many industries he has under his name, how many employees he has, how much money he makes, and how much he spends.

"Yes, Lord Wang, but recently the Dutch invaded the border, and our merchant ships temporarily went out to sea, and it is estimated that the business will be affected in the future." Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo, explained.

Although he didn't know what Liu Hongjian was doing when he came from Yunnan this time, in order to avoid wear and tear on the way, Mu Tianbo specially collected fifty more horses.

A few days ago, merchant ships took the risk of departing from Sakhalin Island, which had just thawed, and made a special trip to the Americas to deliver the horses.

"Well, wait for this king to settle the score!" Seeing that both of them looked at him with blank eyes and smiles, Liu Hong naturally knew what to do.

I took out my phone from my bosom and counted it twice before putting it back in my pocket.

"This king just calculated, Lao Zhang, Lao Mu and Lao Liu, the three of you can each get 630,000 taels of silver, and Lao Jiang and the Gu family can get 310,000 taels, this account is right?" Liu Hong gradually looked at the two of them.

"Yes, my lord." After working hard for more than half a year, I was finally able to get the silver, and the two naturally couldn't keep their mouths together.

"Then you can go to the general treasury to withdraw it, Lao Liu is not here, Lao Mu can help him bring it back when you go back, Lao Jiang and the Gu family will bother Lao Zhang and you to bring them over." Liu Hong gradually commanded.

"It's the prince, it's wrapped up in us." Mu Tianbo patted his chest, six hundred and thirty thousand taels of silver in seven months, which he couldn't have imagined before.

"Hmm...... So that guy actually got more than 6 million taels at a time? That's a bargain for this kid! Liu Hong said unhappily.

Of course, Zhang Weixian and Mu Tianbo knew who the guy and this kid in Liu Hongji's mouth were, but the two of them could only pretend not to know about the pestle in their hearts.

"Come on, let's go and get busy first if there's nothing to do, and in a few days, the house will give the fourth child a full moon wine, and Lao Mu will go back after eating the wine." Liu Hong gradually thought for a while.

The two of them were about to leave, but they hadn't taken two steps before they were called back.

"There's one more thing you two have to worry about." Liu Hong gradually frowned, his face was very solemn.

"The king intends to issue a new currency when the time comes!" Seeing that the two of them were also sitting in danger, Liu Hong gradually said in surprise.

At present, the silver ingots and silver tickets on the market in Daming are very non-standardized.

First of all, in the case of silver ingots, the fineness and quality are unstable, and it is difficult to redeem, and people go out to buy things not like in later TV dramas to casually export a piece of silver and pay for it.

In fact, the real shot should be like this, people will go out with a handful of objects similar to steel hinges, after the price is negotiated, the buyer takes out the silver, first shows the shop the color, and then according to the price with a steel hinge to cut the silver, and then weighs, and then the transaction.

The silver ticket is even more non-standardized, he is not the legal tender of the Ming Dynasty, but the bearer bill printed by each bank itself, to put it bluntly, it is a ticket stub, or invoice.

This also makes counterfeiting prevalent in various places, and it is extremely inconvenient for both merchants to trade and people to travel.

At the beginning of the establishment of Fuming Qianzhuang, Liu Hongjian considered this matter, but the time was not ripe at that time.

A unified currency is too important, as long as the Ming Dynasty is strong enough, the currency of the Ming Dynasty is hard enough, and as long as people all over the world recognize the currency of the Ming Dynasty, then Liu Hongjian can use money as a weapon.

Unleash a currency war without gunpowder.

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PS: No, a little prostration, good night, and once again wish the motherland the 70th birthday, and I also wish all friends a happy National Day holiday.