Chapter 566

"Yes, your highness."

Pang Yukun looked solemn.

He was the head and assistant of the cabinet, who was in charge of the feudal government affairs. It was his first task to find money for the Treasury.

Now, if there is any place where money needs to be spent, Xiao Ming has always been very popular in the state of Dayu. To put it simply, when people hand in grain, they will use a bucket to weigh it. When weighing, it is inevitable that some grain will be spilled on the ground. The grain government does not allow people to pick it up, so it is called loss.

What's more, some officials will come to the door and let the grain fall on the ground. In this way, the people need to make up for the insufficient Jin. In this way, the people have to pay more grain.

And these "losses" have become in the pocket of the officials themselves.

Xiao Ming's mention of this matter is also a reminder to him that the malpractice in the officialdom of the state of Dayu can not be repeated in the officialdom of the feudal state, otherwise what is the difference between the corrupt officialdom of the state of Dayu.

After accepting this, Pang Yukun was ready to go back. At this time, Li Kaiyuan went to the Yamen under the guidance of the servants.

Seeing Pang Yukun, Li Kaiyuan said, "Pang Shoufu, I'm looking for you. Can I hand over the raw silk, porcelain and tea from Pengzhou to the chamber of Commerce? I'll do business with the Dutch immediately. Now I'm in urgent need of these goods."

"It's OK to give it to you, but you have to change it into silver and charge it into the Treasury." Pang Yukun's face was shaking, and he couldn't bear it.

"Hahaha, Pang Chang Shi Anxin, that's for sure. No matter how much money he earns, will not the lower official give it to you in the end?" Li Kaiyuan said with a smile.

Pang Yukun shook his head. Li Kaiyuan was always glib. He said, "I'll arrange it when I go back now."

Li Kaiyuan bowed his hand when he heard the speech.

Pang Yukun turned and left. Li Kaiyuan turned to Xiao Ming and said, "Your Highness, the Dutch merchant ship has arrived at the port of Dengzhou. The envoy sent by the Dutch told me that the deal was only silver. I can't make up my mind, so I came to ask your highness."

"Tell the Dutchman that we only need half of the silver, and let him exchange the rest for goods."

For Xiao Ming, the actual goods are more practical than silver. However, with the prosperity of the feudal business, silver, a hard currency, can't be less. Therefore, he will lose half.

"And what goods does your highness need?" Li Kaiyuan asked.

"Nitrate, sulfur, iron ore, all the rest of the silver." Xiao Ming said that now this is the strategic material he needs most.

Li Kaiyuan nodded and continued to say to Xiao Ming, "Your Highness, in addition to that, I'm going to send merchant ships to Chu to sell Qingzhou's goods to Chu. This time, in addition to the usual goods, I've added white granulated sugar and pendulum clocks."

"Oh, are pendulum clocks going to be sold?" Xiao Ming asked.

"Yes, your highness. Now the clock workshop has produced a hundred pendulum clocks. The merchants in Chu like these goods very much and ask us to transport them to Chu. All the silver will be paid."

Xiao Ming asked, "how much money did you sell each pendulum clock?"

With a sigh, Li Kaiyuan said: "before, Xiaguan would have been able to buy fifty thousand taels of silver, but now there are disputes in the world. Even if the pendulum clock is ingenious, it has been sold. Now Xiaguan has only sold thirty thousand taels of silver."

"It's not bad. In that case, you can walk more and earn more money." Xiao Ming said.

Li Kaiyuan nodded, "yes, your highness, there are buyers for all the 100 sets this time. Chu land accounts for half of the quantity, and the rest is bought by the local people in Qingzhou."

"When are there so many rich people in Qingzhou?" Xiao Ming doubts.

"It's not surprising, your highness. First, most of the powerful people in Chang'an have fled to Qingzhou. Second, merchants from all over the state of Dayu have settled down in Qingzhou these days. Naturally, there are more people with money in their hands." Li Kaiyuan said with a smile: "it's just that the Wei restaurant is full every day now, and the number of businessmen joining the chamber of commerce is several times more than before."

Xiao Ming is very satisfied with the situation described by Li Kaiyuan. Now that the state of Chongqing is in chaos, merchants want to find a stable place to settle down. There is no doubt that Qingzhou is the place they most yearn for.

It is precisely for this reason that a large number of merchants gathered at one time. Because of Qingzhou's comfortable living environment and prosperous trade, some powerful people are also keen to come here.

And the arrival of these people naturally brought a lot of wealth, but now the wealth is in their hands, he has to find a way to let these people spend a lot in Qingzhou.

Thinking of this, numerous modern means of making money immediately appeared in Xiao Ming's mind. In fact, the fact that these people settled in Qingzhou is the same as the contemporary rich immigrants.

In modern times, every country likes the rich to settle in their own country, because it means the arrival of wealth. Now he can't waste this opportunity.

"Well, that's very good. In that case, the chamber of commerce should attract members as soon as possible, and make more luxury goods to sell to them." Xiao Ming said with a bad smile.

"Your Highness, that's the specialty of an officer." Li Kaiyuan said happily.After another chat, Li Kaiyuan left.

This time Li Kaiyuan came to see him mainly for trade with the Dutch, and the latter is just by the way. After all, sea trade with the Dutch is the key.

As he thought, the main goods that the Dutch want now are raw silk, porcelain and tea, which are in short supply in Qingzhou. However, Wei is rich in these things.

Thinking of this, he was more determined to take Wei land. As long as he took Wei land, the financial source of the feudal state would be stable, which would provide a solid foundation for him to seize the northern rivers and mountains.

The king of Zhao now wants to win the land of Shu in the same way. He wants to have a stable food supply.

In recent years, the North has been getting colder and colder, and there is less and less food. Although they don't understand what the little ice age is, they know exactly what the actual food production is.

In Xiao Ming's opinion, King Zhao's decision to start at this time must have felt this point.

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