Although Yang Cong is still calm and light on the surface, he already has a plan in his heart, and this position of the secretary of the household department in Nanjing has been given!

Yan Song, the old fox, was obviously testing him, if he couldn't help but make a move at this time, then the forbearance in front would be in vain.

To be honest, he didn't really care about the little profit from the salt introduction, because the maritime trade had developed to a considerable extent under his leadership.

The caravan organized by Wang Zhi, Hong Tiezhu, Mo Dengyong and others has occupied the Dongying and Nanyang markets, and there is a tendency to gradually develop towards the Mughals, Persia, Dashi and even Europe.

Of course, just because he doesn't care doesn't mean that everyone doesn't care, people like Lu Bing and Xu Yande care a lot, because they spend quite a lot of money, and they can make so much money in a year.

There is also the Yangming lineage represented by Zhang Bangqi, although they don't care much about salt and income, but they care very much about Zhang Shiche, the position of the Nanjing Household Secretary, because they don't have much power in the court, and Zhang Shiche loses the position of Nanjing Household Minister, and they don't have much right to speak.

In other words, these people must find a way to appease, otherwise, they will definitely not be willing to give up the position of the secretary of the Nanjing household department, or the share of salt introduction.

Thinking of this, Yang Cong said solemnly: "I can't make a move in this matter, Yan Song's old fox is staring at me, once I make a move, he will not make a move against Xia Yan, but will provoke Xia Yan to deal with us, in this way, we have returned to the old road, to face Xia Yan in the open and Yan Song in the dark at the same time, if you want to win, it is very difficult." ”

When everyone heard this, their faces were full of astonishment, what do you mean by this?

If he can't make a move, wouldn't that be the end!

Lu Bing said a little anxiously: "Qingfeng, what do you mean, we will give up the position of Nanjing Hubu Shangshu to Yan Song?" What about the salt quote? ”

Xu Yande couldn't help but said anxiously: "Yes, what about this salt lead, we are all counting on this income to feed a large family." ”

These people are really a little anxious, millions of taels a year, if they just give it to Yan Song's party, where will they make so much money!

When Yang Cong heard this, he said unhurriedly: "The problem of money is easy to handle, how much profit can you make through salt introduction in a year, give me a number, and I will find a way for you." ”

Yes!

Are you kidding?

They know that Yang Cong is rich, and he is not ordinary rich, the problem, they don't earn a little bit a year, it adds up to millions of taels, can Yang Cong come up with so much money?

Besides, even if Yang Cong can take it out, they can't ask for it, and they are not the kind of insatiable people.

Lu Bingdang shook his head and said: "No, we can't ask for your money, we don't have a little money this year, if you really want to give it, you can't bear it." ”

Xu Yande also shook his head and said: "Yes, Qingfeng, how can we ask for your money, after all, your money is not blown by the wind, it is all given to us, what should you do?" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Who said that I was going to give you money, I just said that I would find a way for you." ”

Figured it out?

Is there any other way to make millions of taels a year?

You must know that the tax revenue of the entire Ming Dynasty is only a few million taels a year.

At this time, even Cui Yuan, the Marquis of Jingshan, who had never been angry, couldn't help but say: "Qingfeng, it's not a joke to have a few million taels this year, what else can you think about besides Yanyin?" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he explained unhurriedly: "You should know that the business under the hands of the maritime tycoon has been taken over by me. ”

Of course they know this, and they also know the problem, the reason why the four giants of maritime merchants are so powerful is not because of how much money they can make every year, but because they represent the interests of most of the local tyrants and gentry on the southeast coast.

When everyone heard this, they were all puzzled, even if Yang Cong gave them all the business of the four giants of the maritime business, they did not represent the four, if you count the princes and nobles who depend on them, there are more than forty.

Seeing this, Yang Cong continued to explain: "Actually, the four giants of maritime commerce don't know how to do business at all, they are all official eunuchs, to put it bluntly, they just collect protection money from others, and they can't do real maritime business at all." The profit of the maritime business is not so small, like them, just collecting protection money, and letting those pirates and pirates and pirates go around is not a way of doing business at all, if this maritime business is done well, it is a few million taels a year, and tens of millions of taels a year are all trivial. “

Tens of millions of taels!

When Lu Bing heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Qingfeng, you're not joking, how can it be tens of millions of taels?" How much money do you make a year now? ”

Yang Cong said proudly: "How is it impossible to have tens of millions of taels, although I don't make a lot of money now, after a year, there are still tens of millions of taels of gross profit." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all dumbfounded.

Tens of millions of taels of gross profit a year, what is that concept?

The tax income of four or five million taels a year in the Ming Dynasty can only be regarded as gross profit, because there is not much left after paying all the officials, large and small.

Yang Cong means that he earns twice as much as the tax income of the entire Ming Dynasty in a year!

How is this possible?

Even Zhang Bangqi couldn't help but be surprised: "Qingfeng, can you really earn so much in a year?" ”

Yang Cong couldn't help but pretend to say: "Yes, there is nothing to show off about this matter in the first place, after all, it violates the laws of the imperial court." However, if we don't earn this money, someone will earn it, rather than let them earn it to satisfy their personal desires, it is better for us to earn it and do something good for the country and the people, you say, right? ”

That's a fart!

Everyone present, except for Zhang Bangqi, how can anyone else have so many thoughts for the country and the people, they themselves have a big family to support.

Yang Cong's gross profit this year is tens of millions of taels, and it doesn't seem too much to share four or five million taels, after all, a person or a big family can spend money, and it won't cost millions of taels in a year.

When Xu Yande heard this, he said a little embarrassedly: "This, we will share half of your income at once, isn't this not good?" ”

Yang Cong said indifferently: "What's good or not, what is the income of a few million taels, if the maritime trade is really developed, tens of millions of taels is really trivial." Besides, it's not my earnings that you share, recently I was just preparing to organize a fleet to go to Mughal, Persia and Dashi to expand business, in the future, the demand for tea, porcelain, spices, silk and satin, and even grain will skyrocket, you just pick up a few things to let your subordinates do it, and make hundreds of thousands of taels a year, that's really trivial, as long as you do it well, it's not impossible to make a few million taels a year. ”

Is this money really so easy to make?

Speaking of this, except for Zhang Bangqi, everyone else is energetic, making millions of taels a year, is it really possible?