Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 325, year-end liquidation

In the study room of Liu Jin's mansion in the capital.

Prince Zhu Houzhao was sitting on the chair with his legs crossed, looking like a fool. If he didn't know his identity, no one would think that he would be His Royal Highness today.

"Old Liu, I really have you. I have always been losing money at the Changlu Salt Farm, but I didn't expect it to be able to make money. If this trend continues, I will almost be able to recover my investment next year."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help giving Liu Jin a thumbs up after listening to Li Jiye's report on the production and sales of the Changlu Salt Field.

The Changlu Salt Farm has a huge investment, and it needs to pay the imperial court a tax of two million taels of silver every year. It is absolutely impossible for anyone to want to make a profit.

But Liu Jin did it. Relying on the power of the sun-dried salt method and some simple chemical knowledge, the salt production of the Changlu Salt Field surpassed the salt-boiled method of this era, and the quality was even worse by a few blocks.

"After the beginning of spring next year, when the weather warms up, you will know. Now, let's barely maintain the expenses."

Liu Jin smiled, looking confident, and then waved to Li Jiye, who also left Liu Jin's study immediately with interest.

"Your Highness, you came just in time. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it's time for year-end liquidation. This is the ledger. Take a look."

Liu Jin took out an account book and handed it to Zhu Houzhao. The two of them did a lot of business together.

The glass factory on the Beijing side, the cement factory on the Tianjin side, Tianjin Port, Tianjin Real Estate, Tianjin Shipyard, Tianjin Soap Factory, and Tianjin Garment Factory are all partnerships between Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao, and there are no other shareholders’ businesses. .

In addition, there are Miyun Iron Works and Changlu Salt Field, which are joint ventures of the big guys.

"Hey, it's harvest time again. I like reading the ledger the most."

When Zhu Houzhao heard it, his small eyes narrowed immediately, and he quickly sat upright, picked up the account book and read it seriously.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao is quite aware of the income of many industries under his command, because the people in his Prince's Mansion also have people in many industries, and he can receive relevant reports every month, and he is very clear about the income of many industries under his command. Happening.

The most profitable ones are naturally glass factories. Glass, which is worthless at all, has now become a sought-after item in the middle and upper class of Ming Dynasty after Liu Jin's operation, especially mirrors. If you don't have a mirror, you won't be ashamed to see people at all.

Coupled with many other glass products, etc., the ancient and modern buildings in the capital can be said to be making money every day. In addition, with the development of maritime trade, the glass industry has also begun to sell well in North Korea and Japan, opening up overseas markets. .

Calculated, the glass factory alone made a profit of more than [-] million taels of silver a year. Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin split [-]-[-], and each of them could get tens of millions of taels of silver.

"Good, good~"

Seeing the ledger of the glass factory, Zhu Houzhao nodded with a smile on his face.

He is really wealthy now, even richer than his father, Emperor Hongzhi. It is unbelievable that a glass factory alone can get tens of millions of taels of silver in dividends every year.

You must know that the current annual tax payment of the imperial court is less than three million taels.

But the data can't be biased, and the money brought into his prince's mansion every month can't be biased. It can only show that Daming is indeed rich, but the money is buried in the cellar, which also shows that the Ming court is really poor.

In addition to the glass factory, Tianjin Shipyard, Tianjin Port and Tianjin Real Estate are next. At the beginning of the year, the investment in Tianjin has also begun to reap a bumper harvest. Of course, it is still much worse than the glass factory, but these are long-term transactions. The glass factory The business is only good in the first few years, and when other people develop glass, it will decline sharply until it becomes tasteless.

Tianjin Shipyard's annual revenue exceeds five million taels of silver, but the shipyard's expenses are very large. The shipyard's masters, shipbuilding costs, etc., calculate the profit to only three million taels of silver.

Of course, the shipyard did not exert its strength in the first half of the year, but it will really exert its strength in the second half of the year. The operation of the shipyard has become more and more mature, and the technology has also become more and more mature, and the speed of shipbuilding has begun to soar.

Therefore, it can be estimated that the revenue of the shipyard next year will exceed tens of millions of taels of silver, and the shipyard will continue to expand its scale next year, because there are too many, too many orders, and the current production capacity of the shipyard is already difficult to meet the market. demanded.

The annual revenue of Tianjin Port is also more than one million taels of silver. Compared with the previous ones, it is nothing at all, but the growth of Tianjin Port is very rapid, because there are more and more ships, not only fishing boats and seagoing boats, but also the South China Sea. Cargo ships coming here will also choose to berth in Tianjin Port.

Tianjin Port is making a lot of money by charging berthing fees and service fees.

The revenue of Tianjin Cement Plant is also more than two million taels, but the profit margin is relatively low, because the competition for cement is relatively fierce. There are already hundreds of large and small cement plants in the market. Although the market demand is huge, it is inevitable There will be a competition, so comparing the profit margin, the profit for one year is only [-] taels of silver.

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao seemed a little bored, and he didn't have the business stimulation of a glass factory at all, but he also knew that these businesses and transactions were normal transactions, and anything that was too profitable would inevitably attract more people to enter, and then Let the profits of this industry tend to be ordinary.

In fact, the profits of these transactions are still quite good, and the growth is extremely rapid, and the development is rapid. They are all golden hens, and they have great potential in the future.

"Haha, Tianjin Real Estate is not bad, not bad~"

Soon, when Zhu Houzhao saw the account books of Tianjin Real Estate, he couldn't help but squinted his eyes with a smile.

Tianjin Real Estate is mainly engaged in real estate. At the beginning, a Moon Bay community was sold for more than [-] taels of silver. Afterwards, Tianjin Real Estate also launched several real estate projects one after another. The annual turnover exceeded four million taels. Silver, and the profit in it is astonishing, exceeding three million taels.

This is mainly because a large amount of cement is used to build houses, which is very fast and efficient. Of course, more importantly, it is because Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao got very cheap land in Tianjin.

When he went to Tianjin, he brought several million taels of silver, but Liu Jin bought a lot of land, and most of the money was almost smashed into the land.

At that time, people in Tianjin thought Liu Jin was a fool, what's the use of the land by the sea?

The land that could not be used for farming was wasteland and useless land, so at that time Liu Jin almost swept the land in the coastal areas of Tianjin at an extremely cheap price.

With the rapid development of Tianjin Port, shipyards and cement factories, etc., these lands are also beginning to increase in value rapidly. Liu Jin builds a real estate, builds houses and so on, and makes a lot of money.

And now there are already some discerning people who want to buy land from Liu Jin, but how can Liu Jin easily sell the land in his hands, and keep it to slowly engage in real estate?

"Your Highness, now you know why you want to buy land on a large scale in the capital?"

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"I know, I know~ When will we start a few months of Liangliangwan community here in the capital?"

"At that time, if a house doesn't sell for a few thousand taels of silver, my surname will not be Zhu~"

Zhu Houzhao squinted his small eyes and nodded frequently like a chicken eating rice. When he thought of real estate in the capital, he suddenly became energetic.

"Cough cough~"

When Liu Jin heard this, he laughed so hard that he couldn't help coughing, money really touches people's hearts, after all, you are also the Crown Prince of Daming, can you pay attention to how you eat.

"Hee hee~ I've finished reading the ledger, so that's it, Lao Liu, I still have several million taels of silver in my hand, do you think there are any other projects to make a fortune?"

"It's useless to keep this money in the warehouse. It's better to invest it. It's better to make money from money."

Zhu Houzhao smiled, put down the account book, rolled his eyes, and asked with a smile.

"Let's talk about it after the new year, I still have to prepare for Chunwei~"

Liu Jin thought for a while and said.

"That's right, it will be spring soon after the new year, but for you, Lao Liu, it shouldn't be too difficult, right?"

Zhu Houzhao listened, thought for a while and nodded.

"In my opinion, Lao Liu, you don't want to take any imperial examinations. Your ability should be to make money. Just make money for me quickly. When I become emperor, I will directly give you the chief assistant in the cabinet."

"..."

Liu Jin was speechless immediately, and he didn't know if Emperor Hongzhi would be pissed off now when he heard it.

(End of this chapter)