Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1615, People are more popular than people

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang sat together, drinking tea and chatting.

"Mr. Li, I heard that your Li family has built a colony in the Middle East. How is the situation now?"

Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang and sympathized with him. He had several sons who died young, and he didn't even have a grandson. In fact, he was the same.

There were three sons, but as a result, the eldest son and the second son died early, and the third son was ineffective. He had two grandsons, the eldest grandson died early, and there were only two great-grandsons. It can be said that the population is thin.

Liu Jian also heard some gossip, saying that because Liu Jian himself was too old and in good health, he deprived his children and grandchildren of their blessings, so whether it was a son or a grandson, too many died early.

This is also one of the reasons why Liu Jian wanted to retire, so he believed in this kind of thing very much. Thinking about himself, he was already [-], and his health was better than that of Li Dongyang, who was [-]. Think about his children and grandchildren , Maybe I really took away their blessings, which led to the early death of many children and grandchildren.

Li Dongyang was even worse than himself. His sons died early, and none of his grandsons remained, so he had to adopt a son from his brother to continue the incense.

Thinking about Xie Qian again, he is very lucky, he has a lot of children and grandchildren, and all of them have grown up and are very promising. In this respect, the two are far inferior to Xie Qian.

The point is that Xie Qian has now returned to his hometown in Zhejiang to take care of his life, but they still need to be busy with the government.

"The Middle East is full of deserts, and there is nothing. I don't know what the boy Zhaofan is looking for. He went to the Middle East to set up a colony. Now he can barely get some pearls to sell, and he has to invest in them all the time. Once the money goes in, I almost can’t hold on anymore.”

Speaking of this, Li Dongyang couldn't help shaking his head.

The world is so big, so Li Zhaofan just fell in love with this corner of the Middle East. There is nothing, a deserted place, and now he can catch some pearls and sell them. In addition, he is doing slave business, barely sustaining himself.

"For this kind of thing, I still need to ask Liu Jin for advice. He is an expert in this field."

When Liu Jian heard it, he thought about it and said.

Li Dongyang's stepson is capable and ambitious to go overseas to build a colony at any rate, and after that, he will somewhat pass on the family business.

Although it is said that it can only sell pearls, it is also a colony. Now that the Mesopotamia is in a dark place, the Li family's colony is now doing a lot of business.

Looking at myself again, my youngest son is lazy, has no ambitions, and has no ambition to make progress. My grandchildren are dying, and they are reluctant to let him go to sea to wander in wild places overseas.

Don't look at yourself as the chief minister of the cabinet, now you are very prosperous, but when you retire, or a hundred years later, what will be left of the Liu family?
That is to say, the land in my hometown in Henan is left. The key is that the land in my hometown is worthless, and no one even planted it. If it hadn’t been for the fact that I have set up some factories and commercial firms with Liu Jin these years, and got a few in Nanyang Plantation or something.

When I really left, the old Liu's family fell into the valley all at once, and now they still have a bit of a family background, and coupled with the contacts I have accumulated, there is still hope for it to rise again in the future.

Then look at Liu Jin who is working seriously.

This guy is more popular than dead.

The other party is not only a cabinet minister at a young age, but it is estimated that in a few years he will be the chief minister of the cabinet, an extremely personable minister. The key is that Liu Jin's family fortune accumulated over the years is too huge, so he can do it casually. Saying one is enough to crush yourself.

The key point is that Liu Jin didn't bother with such a large family business, and he didn't care too much. Many industries were run together with the royal family and noble groups, so he didn't need to worry about anything in the future.

The First Bank of Ming Dynasty, steel industry, shipyard industry, overseas trade, overseas colonization, sugar industry, salt industry, construction industry, real estate industry...these are too many to count.

Among other things, only the land and shops owned by Liu Jin's subordinates, all the land in the south of the capital belongs to Liu Jin, the developed real estate, the built factories, and countless shops.

He, Liu Jin, only sells buildings and not shops, and the factory buildings are rented out and never sold. The rent he received this year is huge.

There are also Songhu and Tianjin, almost all the land is also Liu Jin, and it is also done according to the new city in the southern district of Beijing, and a unified large-scale planning is carried out first.

Industrial areas, living areas, commercial areas and other places are planned neatly. First build roads, then build factories, and then slowly sell buildings. Shops are not for sale, but for lease.

The three big cities of Tianjin, Beijing, and Songhu, God knows how much Liu Jin can receive in one year's rent, the key is that the rent is still rising every year, and the income is very good.

This layout is really amazing!

And this is just an industry under Liu Jin's command.

There is also the Daming First Bank, which has now become the central bank of the Ming Dynasty and controls the currency issuance of the Ming Empire. Every piece of paper that comes out of the Daming Bank becomes a bank note, not only smoothing the Ming Empire, but also all over the world. They are all very popular, even in Europe, merchants everywhere are very happy to use the bank notes of the First Bank of Ming Dynasty.

Huge mortgage business, storage business, God knows how much money is stored in the Daming First Bank, anyway, the Daming treasury is definitely not as rich as the Daming First Bank.

Overseas, Liu Jin's industry is also very large.

Liu Jin of the Western United Commercial Bank is the major shareholder. This Western United Commercial Bank is now one of the largest colonial commercial firms in Ming Dynasty. It owns an extremely large colony, and the wealth it gets from the colonies every year is beyond imagination. It is said that last year, the shareholders of the Western United Commercial Bank distributed a dividend. More than [-] million taels were divided among dozens of families, and Liu Jin, the major shareholder, divided several million taels by himself.

There is also the South African colonial firm, which is also one of the best colonial firms in Ming Dynasty, occupying the vast land of the big island in East Africa and the southern tip of Africa.

Although the South African colonial firm does not seem to make money, and even put money in it, the South African colonial firm is the most powerful among all the colonies and vassal states.

South African colonial firms are now able to build their own ships, own large steel plants, and developed agriculture and trade. The South African colonial firm is not as simple as a colony, but treats it as its own home and slowly carves it carefully. After all, Liu Jin is still the major shareholder, and he created this South African colony with a group of nobles. This relationship is intricate and deep-rooted.

So, ah, this person is really pissed off.

Compared with Liu Jin, there is really no comparison.

Although Liu Jian and Li Dongyang are outstanding people in the world, they still admire Liu Jin very much.

Not just talent, but also ability, but also the pursuit of life.

Liu Jin is not greedy for beauty, nor does he like to enjoy himself. He has a huge wealth, but he likes to invest in education and vigorously build new schools. In this capital alone, Liu Jin has established more than a dozen new colleges and universities. , Any investment is worth millions of taels of silver.

Free reading for students in new-style schools, what is this picture, tens of millions of taels of silver are poured into it every year.

New-style elementary schools and middle schools are blooming all over Daming, and more and more are opening. I don't know what Liu Jin is after.

The disciples of a master, what they do is really beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

"Actually, I also heard Liu Jin and the British Duke talk about it several times, so the two of them chatted in the room next to the Shang's study room, saying that the future of the Persian Gulf is promising."

"It's just that I still don't understand the future of the Persian Gulf. If you rely on those pearls alone, you can't sell much silver in a year."

Li Dongyang looked at Liu Jin, smiled and said to Liu Jian.

"Liu Jin really said that?"

When Liu Jian heard this, he immediately regained his energy.

Everyone in the world knows the relationship between Liu Jin and Zhang Mao. They wear a pair of trousers.

Since Liu Jin said that the Persian Gulf has a great future, he must not lie, there must be a future.

"Is this still fake?"

"The British Duke has focused on the Persian Gulf for the past two years, and has already built a large colony somewhere, but it seems that he is also scolding Liu Jin for cheating, because he doesn't seem to find that the Persian Gulf is here. What future."

Speaking of this, Li Dongyang couldn't help laughing.

Thinking about Zhang Mao, he is getting older and his body is not as good as before. He doesn't even come to the morning court often. Every time he comes to the morning court, he will inevitably pester Liu Jin and ask him to explain clearly what the future of the Persian Gulf is. .

"This Liu Jin will definitely not lie, it should not be time yet."

Liu Jian thought for a while and concluded.

"I thought the same way, so I insisted on staying on the side of the Persian Gulf."

Li Dongyang also nodded in agreement, maybe this Persian Gulf really has a future, or something will happen in the future to change the situation here.

"Liu Jin, Liu Jin~"

Liu Jian smiled, and then shouted to Liu Jin: "Come and rest, rest~"

(End of this chapter)