I have to say that Aunt Xu's suggestion is very tempting.

In fact, for Guo Dan, it is difficult to arouse his interest in contracting the state capital in the Central Plains again, because the risks are already higher than the benefits, and the ministers will definitely not let Guo Dan contract the state capital again, and they will not be killed, and they will definitely do everything possible to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, and the risk will inevitably rise.

And as far as Guo Dan's interests are concerned, there is no need for another Weihui Mansion.

As a production base, Weihui Mansion has met all the needs of Guo Dan.

But if you contract Lingnan, it's really worth thinking about, Guo Dan is really interested in it, because it is a raw material production area, and the key side of the imperial court is beyond the reach of the whip, and there is a lot of room to play.

In addition to that, if you play well, you can also get an outlet to the sea over there.

However, in comparison, Aunt Xu is still more attractive, especially for Guo Dan at this time.

Just such a look, Guo Dan really couldn't bear it, he had been engaged in work before, and he really didn't think about those things, he was a workaholic, but Aunt Xu seduced all his inner desires, and he was really going back to Beijing soon, otherwise, he would have to go to the hot spring pavilion to solve his physiological needs.

Interest is interest, and he still has reservations about this, because in his plan, but there is no Lingnan area, he doesn't have to contract there, he decided to take a look first, and then send someone to explore the road or something.

Jin merchants are undoubtedly the best candidates, as long as there is money to make, Jin merchants dare to go anywhere, dare to do business with anyone, they don't get rich, who gets rich.

Guo Dan is willing to share wealth with this kind of person, everyone is making money by hard work, which is a matter of course.

"Third Uncle Hu is here, please take a seat, please take a seat."

"Thank you."

After Hu Du sat down, he asked Guo Dan, "I don't know if Captain Guo suddenly invited me over, what are my orders?" ”

"Don't dare to take orders, you are a businessman, I am also a businessman, and it is not a relationship between superiors and subordinates."

Guo shook his head with a smile and said, "I just have something I want to discuss with you." ”

"What's the matter?"

"That's the case, I heard that you Jin merchants also often sell medicinal materials, and I recently plan to build a largest medicinal materials trading market in Kaifeng Mansion, I hope that the medicinal materials in the future will be traded in Kaifeng Mansion, so as long as you sell medicinal materials to Kaifeng Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion will subsidize half of the tariff, and we will also provide a trading place for medicinal herb merchants for free."

Because Mongolia produces a lot of medicinal herbs, and there is nothing that the Jin merchants do not sell, and there are many big medicinal herb merchants among them.

There are several tea estates in Weihui Mansion, which are run by a few big medicinal herb merchants.

"Herbs?" Hu Du groaned for a moment, and suddenly said: "Captain Guo is doing this, but for the medical insurance plan?" ”

Guo nodded with a smile and said, "Exactly, this medical insurance plan requires a lot of medicinal materials." ”

Hu Du's eyes flashed.

This is a big business opportunity.

Guo Dan didn't know what he was thinking, and said, "In addition, I also hope to go to Lingnan to buy medicinal materials, if you Jin merchants are interested, we can cooperate." ”

"Of course I'm interested, of course I'm interested."

Hu Du nodded busily.

In terms of the scale of Weihui Fu's medical insurance plan, there is absolutely no such big customer in the world.

But Guo Dan did not discuss the details with Hu Du, because the medical insurance plan has just begun, and he has not yet calculated the cost.

After dealing with the matter at hand, Guo Dan set off to return to Beijing.

The medical insurance plan will only start at the end of next year, after all, you have to pay the money first, and the medical insurance card issuance is the responsibility of the three hospitals, as for the closing stage of Weihui Mansion, it is also very busy, and the debts caused by this incident are all arranged.

......

After a few days, Guo Dan came to the border of Gyeonggi.

"It's so cold!"

Because the horse wanted to rest, Guo Dan got down from the carriage, and as soon as he came up, he was blown by the cold wind and shivered a little, but when he saw Aunt Xu and Yang Feixu, their faces were as usual, as if they didn't feel the slightest chill, and he couldn't help but puff up his chest.

"After going out for so long this time, the layman must be very homesick......!"

At this point, Guo Dan suddenly closed his mouth, because he was a little homesick, so he said it casually, but he soon realized that it was not good to be at home in front of these two women.

Aunt Xu didn't seem to care, and smiled: "It's homesickness." ”

Guo Dan nodded, hesitated a little, and said, "Layman, if you need help, I am very willing to help." ”

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need to."

Aunt Xu rejected Guo Dan with a smile.

Guo Dan nodded, and then changed the topic: "What does the layman think about the current situation in the capital?" ”

Aunt Xu thought for a while, and said: "After this incident, I am afraid that the greater the contradiction between the courtiers and the cabinet, they will definitely continue to fight, although this is a good thing for you, because they will no longer unite against you, but you must also pay attention to keep your distance from them." ”

Guo Dan asked, "Why is this?" ”

Aunt Xu said: "Because you only serve Your Majesty, this is the only reason why you can live to this day, if you have your own power in the court, then Your Majesty will not trust you so much." ”

Guo Dan suddenly asked, "In case the uncle comes to woo me, should I refuse?" ”

Aunt Xu subconsciously said: "Don't worry, Daddy will never do this, maybe he is still afraid that you will go to him." ”

"It seems that the layman knows the uncle very well." Guo smiled and nodded.

Aunt Xu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that about this, I was afraid that Guo Dan knew better than her, after all, Guo Dan was recommended to Wanli by Xu Mengxi, and immediately glared at Guo Dan.

Guo Dan shrugged and said, "Where did this father and daughter get an overnight feud!" ”

He and Aunt Xu are really opposite each other, how can he not notice it, in fact, Aunt Xu has always had a heart disease, and this heart disease must be Xu Mengxi.

It's just that this Qing official can't decide the family affairs, and he didn't mention it, but he really hopes to help Aunt Xu a little.

Aunt Xu turned around and went back to the carriage.

Guo Dan suddenly found that Yang Feixu on the side was stunned, and his eyes were so dark that there was a light of longing. I stumbled twice, but I still didn't speak

After a short rest, they hurried on their way again.

As always, when Guo Dan came to the city gate, a eunuch was waiting there.

Whenever this happens, Guo Dan inevitably wonders if Wanli has taken a fancy to him, and every time he has to rush to meet him in front of Kou Zhuansha, can't he report back tomorrow?

After thinking about it, he still honestly followed the eunuch to the palace.

"Humble Guo Dan, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

When he came to the hall, Guo Dan stepped forward with a swish and knelt on the ground to salute.

"Hurry up and excuse me."

After Guo Dan got up, Wanli immediately asked, "Guo Dan, how much did we spend this time?" ”

For Wanli, this is really the first time to implement a plan that costs a lot of money, although he has spent a lot of money before, but it is either to build a palace for King Lu, or to build a mausoleum for himself, but the money is really not easy to spend, he is scolded every day, this way of spending money, he is really the first time he has encountered it, so how can he wait until Guo Dan will come again tomorrow.

Guo Dan was stunned, his heart was slightly sour, it turned out that he cared about money, not me, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, if you don't count the silk we bought, we spent a total of 350,000 taels." ”

After all, the transportation is still a lot less than last year, and of course the money is spent.

"Sizzle---!"

Wanli took a sharp breath of cold air, and suddenly grabbed his left milk with one hand, full of flesh.

"Your Majesty!"

Li Gui hurriedly stepped forward.

Wanli single-handedly stopped him, "I... I'm fine. ”

But Li Gui clearly saw tears flashing in the corners of his eyes.

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, but we have earned about one million taels of taxes in Kaifeng, Huaiqing, and Zhangde. ”

"Sizzle----!"

Wanli forcibly took another breath of cold air, slowly stood up, and walked in front of Guo Dan, "You... How much do you say? ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words, one million taels."

"How can there be so many?"

Wanli asked in disbelief, but then said: "I know, I know, it must be those corrupt officials who are greedy, it is really unreasonable, they are greedy for so much money, no, I want to raid their homes." ”

He can't stand this, you are greedy, but... But you can't be more greedy than me, and I, the emperor, don't you lose face?

It's one million taels a year, and those prefects have also worked for four or five years, so they can't copy out millions of taels, and they don't go to copy their homes, how can they be worthy of the name of "Wanli without Ben".

Guo Dan was immediately stupid.

This...?

I didn't complain!

"Your Majesty, there may be some misunderstanding."

Guo Dan hurriedly explained: "Humble position does not mean that those officials are greedy for money. ”

Wanli said excitedly: "If it weren't for that, why would there be an extra tax revenue of one million taels all of a sudden, except that Kaifeng Mansion has no official mansion, but it hasn't changed at all!" ”

Kaifeng Mansion is not as good as Weihui Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion must comply with the small peasant economy, and ensure that Shinong industry and commerce are not available, but there is no official government.

Suddenly there is an extra million taels, it must be because of the government!

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the officials really don't have a lot of money, at most they can only say that they have no way to govern, they will only tax the people, but they will not let the people get a livelihood, the people have no livelihood, so they will naturally try their best to evade taxes, and as soon as the people leave, the fields are barren, resulting in less tax revenue, so they fall into a vicious circle, in addition, the main thing is that those big landlords evade taxes, as well as the profits of the vassal kings." ”

As he spoke, he took out an account and handed it to Wanli, "Your Majesty, this is the main source of the one million taels, and please look at it." ”

Wanli was really a little incomprehensible, so he quickly took the account book and stood in front of Guo Dan and looked at it.

It is written very clearly, and there is a comparison with him before the contract, it is clear at a glance that Guo Dan did not think about making Wanli's money, he only asked Wanli to give him the right to spend money.

The land alone is about 30% more.

These lands were not available before.

But this is only one of them, the second is the profits brought by the private college economy, and the majority of the profits are Guo Dan's, because Guo Dan monopolizes the land, monopolizes the retail industry, and monopolizes the mining industry.

The value of these industries in Guo Dan's hands has been exerted to the extreme.

Then there is the profit of the feudal king.

Now the vassal prince's mansion in the three mansions is all operated by Guo Dan, and the extra profits are split in half between the two parties.

This brought Guo Dan a net profit of more than 100,000 taels.

Of course, he took the bulk of the group of beatings Sergio, but the extra profit of all the vassal kings added up was only more than 100,000 taels.

But that's a lot.

And this is mainly because the vassal king has many monopoly powers given by the state, such as salt, the king of Zhou can monopolize the salt profit of the palace, and before Guo Dan left, the economy of Kaifeng Mansion was not so developed, but after the rise of the selfish college, the population flow more, and the consumption of salt is increasing day by day, coupled with this tariff incident, resulting in a large number of caravans going to Kaifeng Mansion, and the salt profit of Zhou Wangfu has doubled.

After half a sound, Wanli closed the account book, looked at Guo Dan, and said, "Guo Dan, why don't you go and contract one or two more state capitals?" ”

Guo Dan was immediately stunned.

Could it be that the providence of God has made me contract Lingnan?