Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 468, the rich can rival the country

"Yes~"

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhao Dahu also nodded quickly.

In fact, Daming's glass sales have indeed stagnated, and the growth is very slow, and this is still the case when the prices of glass products continue to drop.

Everyone is not a fool, and slowly they can guess that this glass is actually worthless at all, so they didn't take advantage of it and spend a lot of money to buy all kinds of glass products like they did at the beginning.

It is extremely important to open up overseas markets, and it will be the focus of next year.

After Zhao Dahu finished his report, Sun Xin, the steward of Tianjin Shipyard, also stood up.

"His Royal Highness, Young Master Liu~"

"Our Tianjin Shipyard built a total of [-] ships throughout the year, including [-] large ships, [-] medium-sized ships, and [-] small ships. The total operating income was [-] million taels of silver and the net profit was [-]. Ten thousand taels of silver~”

Sun Xin clearly reported the situation of Tianjin Shipyard.

Tianjin Shipyard is now getting bigger and bigger, and has opened a branch factory. There are more than [-] shipbuilding masters alone, plus shipbuilding apprentices, etc., and the number of workers exceeds [-].

Among the many industries under Liu Jin's command, Tianjin Shipyard is the one that Liu Jin attaches the most importance to, because it is the key to whether Liu Jin can lead the huge empire of Ming Dynasty to the colonial era.

The average salary of employees in the shipyard ranks first among many industries, and even the salary of the employees of the Beijing Glass Factory is not as high as that of the employees of the Tianjin Shipyard.

The employees in Tianjin Shipyard, even the most ordinary ones, now earn tens of taels of silver a year. As for the masters who can build ships, their income is even higher, and there are many benefits such as welfare and housing .

In terms of respect, Liu Jin has really put all his money into it, and it's a bit like a thousand dollars in it.

Shipbuilding is really a technical job, and talents are rare, and it takes time to cultivate slowly. This is why Liu Jin sells all kinds of ships very expensively, because there must be enough profit to cultivate these shipbuilding. The master, so that some people can concentrate on researching shipbuilding, researching various new shipbuilding technologies and so on.

"Good, good~"

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao nodded in satisfaction. He was another hen earning more than [-] million taels of silver a year.

"Sun Xin, you have done a good job, but next year, you still need to further expand your production capacity, and you need to build factories in the south. Ryukyu, Fujian, and Songjiang are all good places. You need to expand your production capacity. Focus on the innovation and cultivation of technology and talents.”

After Liu Jin listened, he thought about it and exhorted him.

Liu Jin estimated that next year would be a year of great voyages. Many people in the Beijing-Tianjin area are already organizing to go to the Golden Isle to fish for gold next year. The major shipyards in Tianjin have received orders.

The marine fishing industry, whaling industry, overseas trade industry, plus the upcoming overseas gold rush, all of these need ships, and ships are the foundation. Without ships, it is empty talk to go overseas.

So it is necessary to build more ships so that more people can taste the sweetness of the ocean.

Especially in the south, Liu Jin must let these big families, big businessmen, big gentry, etc. in the south also taste the sweetness of the ocean, and let them know that as long as they play along with themselves, they can earn more money.

Let these conservative and stubborn forces slowly transform into emerging capital forces as much as possible. Only in this way can the progress and development of Ming Dynasty be truly and rapidly promoted.

You must know that the richest people in the entire Ming Dynasty are all in the south. If these southerners are not mobilized, this Daming cannot be regarded as a real mobilization.

"Yes, I understand~"

Sun Xin nodded again and again. The scale of Tianjin Shipyard is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more branch factories are opening. Next year, there are plans to open several branch factories at the same time. They will spread all over the coastal areas of Ming Dynasty and build more large ships. come out.

After Sun Xin finished his report, another person stood up soon. This person was Li Jiye, the manager of Changlu Saltworks.

"Your Highness, Mr. Liu~"

"Last year, the Changlu Salt Farm achieved a total operating income of [-] million taels of silver and a net profit of [-] million taels of silver~"

When he said this, Li Jiye's voice became quieter. The profit margin is indeed too low, and it is only a few dozen points. There is no comparison with the previous Beijing Glass Factory and Tianjin Shipyard. No matter in terms of scale or profit.

"Why don't you earn this salt?"

After Zhu Houzhao heard it, Wei Wei couldn't believe it. In the old concept, this salt was the most profitable. Didn't realize that the richest people in Ming Dynasty were those salt merchants.

Good guy, this Changlu Salt Farm produces a huge amount of salt a year, yet it doesn't make any money. This is unbelievable.

"Returning to Your Highness, the main reason is that this year, our Changlu Salt Field and the salt merchants in the Jiangnan area have engaged in a year-long price war in the northern area. Now the price of salt is only a dozen yuan a catty, plus our first year There is also a salt tax of two million taels to be paid for the construction of the salt farm, so the profit is very low.”

Li Jiye thought for a while and replied.

In fact, it cannot be said that salt does not make money. Its profit is still very high. Changlu Salt Farm still makes a lot of money with more than ten yuan a catty of salt. It is just that the price of salt has dropped too much due to competition for the market, so it has not made any money. to how much silver.

Earning several million taels of silver a year seems nothing compared to other industries, but if you make some other comparisons, you will know that the Changlu Salt Farm is actually very profitable.

"Salt is a necessary thing for ordinary people's life. It's better if the price is lower. At worst, we don't make money, and we must let ordinary people eat cheap salt."

Liu Jin doesn't care. To be honest, he really doesn't want to make any money on salt. He just sees that those salt merchants are not used to it, and he also wants to engage in the salted fish industry, so he came up with the salt drying method and this long-term Lu salt field.

"Yes, yes, I have long seen those salt merchants not pleasing to the eye. This year's price war has been fought well. Next year, we will continue to strive to win all the southern markets and kill all those salt merchants."

"What kind of salt is given to the common people, and it is sold so expensively. Even if we don't make money, we will beat them."

When Zhu Houzhao heard it, he immediately nodded again and again, thinking that no matter how reasonable Liu Jin said, I just don't make money from this salt, so I don't want to kill those salt merchants.

"Yes~"

Li Jiye quickly said respectfully.

One by one, the managers continued to stand up and report to Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin about the situation for one year.

Tianjin Real Estate, Tianjin Maritime Trade, Tianjin Port, Tianjin Cement Factory, Tianjin Maritime College, Jingcheng Textile Factory, Miyun Iron Works, Jingcheng Machinery Factory, Ryukyu City, Jingcheng Real Estate, etc. Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao have bought too many properties together up.

Every industry is a hen that lays golden eggs.

Any one has a turnover of tens of millions of taels of silver, and a profit of several million taels of silver. For some profitable companies, such as Tianjin Cement Factory and Miyun Iron Works, their annual profits can exceed tens of millions of taels of silver. to make money.

Calculated in total, many industries add up to a yearly operating income of [-] million taels of silver, and the total net profit exceeds [-] million taels of silver.

This is a very scary number!

The economy that these industries can drive is even bigger. You need to know that there can be dozens of industries related to any industry, and even more if they are related to each other. How many people can be employed and how many people can be driven to make a fortune.

Liu Jin, Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Mao, who are at the top, eat and drink hot food, and the related industries, industries, etc. below can also follow suit, and finally flow to the ordinary people at the bottom, and everyone can follow. work and income.

This is also the reason why the entire Beijing-Tianjin region is developing extremely rapidly.

Because all the emerging industries are located in the Beijing-Tianjin area, the number of workers in the major factories, workshops, etc. in the entire Beijing-Tianjin area is extremely large.

The population of the capital has increased by more than two million. This is because the capital is under the foot of the emperor, and there are too many restrictions. On the Tianjin side, because there are fewer restrictions and there is a port, the increase in the population of Tianjin is even greater. huge.

Tianjin, which was not very eye-catching at first, is now faintly becoming the first city of Ming Dynasty. The number of people gathered in Tianjin alone is almost five million, that is, the areas of North Zhili, Shandong, and Shanxi. people are attracted.

Even if the Ming court was Buddhist in terms of business tax collection, the tax revenue in the Beijing-Tianjin area soared, becoming the most important source of tax revenue for the court, and driving the Jiangnan area to the second place.

Many industries earned hundreds of millions of taels of silver a year, many of which were established by Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin with half-and-half investment, and some were brought in by Emperor Hongzhi, Zhang Mao, Xu Guangzuo, and Zhu Fu, but Liu Jin still is an important shareholder.

So calculated, among the net profit of hundreds of millions of taels of silver, more than [-] million taels of silver can be attributed to Liu Jin's name.

Earning [-] million taels of silver a year is an extremely terrifying figure. Liu Jin's wealth can be described as incomparably rich.

But Liu Jin knew that this was not a good thing. In feudal dynasties, it is not good to be too rich, so the emperor and prince must be richer than himself, so that they will not worry about their own money.

(End of this chapter)