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Overnight, Qingzhou was once again covered in a layer of white, but unlike in previous years, even in the cold and snow, the merchants refused to stop the sound at hand.

There was an endless stream of merchant ships shuttling back and forth on the wharf, unloading commodities such as coal mines, iron ore, cotton, grain, furs, saltpeter, sulfur, etc., and transferring goods such as soap, glass, fine wine, cotton clothes, and briquette stoves produced in Qingzhou.

They all want to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to make a lot of money, after all, the Chinese New Year is the hottest few days for businessmen.

"Your Highness, the intimate clothes designed by the princess are really popular in Chang'an, and the 8,000 sets of clothes we trafficked to Chang'an this time have been sold thoroughly, and we have earned a total of 80,000 taels of silver."

Every time the Chinese New Year is the time for the fiefdom to audit the accounts, he and Pang Yukun have been busy with this matter for the past two days, and at the same time summarize the lessons of one year and arrange plans for the next year.

For this matter, he asked Pang Yukun to let the six state government offices and the Youzhou government office added this year all go to Qingzhou for reconciliation.

In addition to the government, the army, chambers of commerce, mines, shipyards, military workshops and other institutions are no exception, in order to avoid corruption and bribery of officials, Xiao Ming has always maintained a high-pressure posture in this matter.

In the future, the verification of the accounts will be carried out every year.

After reviewing the accounts of the Chamber of Commerce verified by the government office, Xiao Ming picked up the pen and signed his name and stamped his big seal, and the accounts of the Chamber of Commerce were passed.

"Eighty thousand taels of silver? Well, yes, this is only Chang'an's, and if it is sold elsewhere, it is a considerable income. Xiao Ming said.

"Your Highness is right, now the cotton jackets and clothes of the textile workshop are sold well in other parts of the country, our price is cheap and the quality is also higher, but this year we have earned 300,000 taels of silver, plus this new type of clothing, Xia Guan estimates that the textile workshop will earn at least 2 million taels of silver a year next year." Li Kaiyuan analyzed.

Xiao Ming nodded in agreement, the textile workshop has just been established this year, and most of the time is to produce military uniforms for the Qingzhou Army, and it will only start to trade with foreign countries in the second half of the year.

Taking advantage of the fact that Jinling, Jizhou, Chang'an and other places do not collect taxes, his goods have an absolute advantage in price.

After signing, Xiao Ming handed over the accounts of the Chamber of Commerce to Li Kaiyuan, and Li Kaiyuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The account audit at the end of this year is the most tense time for the entire fiefdom, if there is a mistake in the accounts, don't think about this year to pass comfortably, two days ago there are some problems with the accounts sent by Yizhou, Yizhou Assassin Yan Changhao was ordered to come to Qingzhou immediately to reconcile the accounts, if there is really a problem with the accounts, this Yan Changhao will be miserable.

"The textile mill is thriving now, but other commodities can not be ignored, this year's sales of soap and liquor are still normal, and the metropolitan chamber of commerce will bring three million taels of income, but the sales of this glass have dropped a lot."

Recalling the data on the accounts, Xiao Ming frowned.

Li Kaiyuan explained: "Your Highness, this is a helpless thing, soap, liquor are consumables, you have to buy it when you run out, but this mirror may not have to be replaced for a long time, if you want to expand sales, you must find a new market, Xia Guan dared to ask His Highness, when can we trade by sea." ”

At the mention of this, Xiao Ming frowned.

Rhodes had just left, and he didn't know if the Dutch would accept the negotiation terms, but after Rhodes saw the strength of Qingzhou, he believed that the Dutch would have a new understanding of him.

In fact, from the very beginning he did not intend to completely drive the Dutch away, otherwise he would not have negotiated with the Dutch at all.

The reason for the negotiation is to avoid the two sides completely tearing their faces.

Compared to the conditions in Dengzhou City, after Rhodes came to Qingzhou this time, he lowered his requirements for the Dutch, and he had allowed the Dutch to maintain their presence in Geranza City.

The only thing that the Dutch needed to do was that they could not keep such a strong army in the city of Geranza, because he would not have too many troops in the Ryukyus in the future, and if the Dutch army remained in the city of Geranza 100%, it would be a threat to him.

At the very least, the Dutch kept the necessary self-defense forces in the city of Geranza, but negotiation was like buying something, first of all, the price should be seen to the extent that the other party could not accept it, and then slowly bargain, if it was possible to get a low price.

"This will not be known until the negotiations are over." Xiao Ming said to Li Kaiyuan: "But it won't be too long, at most in April next year, we will win the Australian trade route." ”

Li Kaiyuan smiled, "Hehe, then the lower officials are waiting for the good news." With that, he said goodbye and turned to leave.

Turning over the next account, Xiao Ming reviewed it again, this is the army's account, which lists the army's food consumption, ammunition consumption, and equipment procurement for a year.

He was a little frightened by the huge expenses on the accounts, and the army was a big money-eater, and he finally understood why a country should constantly disarm in peacetime, because the finances would be dragged down by the army.

After auditing the accounts for half a month, Xiao Ming's third Spring Festival in this world has finally arrived.

This time is different from the Spring Festival of the previous two years, he has a wife who will accompany him for life, and he also has someone who can spend the Spring Festival together.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Xiao Ming took Fei Yue'er and the people of the royal palace to celebrate the festival together, while the officials also celebrated the New Year in their respective homes.

Last year, Xiao Ming came to them alone because of cumin, but in fact, they still wanted to reunite with their families for the New Year.

A sumptuous meal was prepared, followed by a series of projects such as fireworks and theater, and the palace was lively and lively, and everyone's face was full of smiles.

"Your Highness, this firework is so beautiful."

Looking at the fireworks that exploded in the sky above the palace, Fei Yue'er's eyes flashed with psychedelic colors.

"Yes, as beautiful as you." Xiao Ming flicked his tongue, but this made Fei Yue'er smile sweetly.

At this time, he and Fei Yue'er stood side by side, with brilliant fireworks and a deep night sky above their heads, and stunning beauties beside them.

Drunk and lying on the knees of a beauty, waking up to control the power of the world, this situation made him suddenly feel a heroic feeling in his heart, and he also looked at the sky, but Xiao Ming's eyes were a sea of stars.

Live one more life, he should live a life wantonly, leaving no regrets.

Closing his eyes, Xiao Ming seemed to be able to see a little star-like light, which was the evidence of the existence of the technological spar in his mind, and he had struggled for the past two years to finally gain a foothold.

In the next time, he will truly play the role of the maker of his own civilization and lead this civilization to glory.

(To be continued.) )