As soon as Sun Zhixin finished his work, Zhu Cijiong motioned to Zheng Chenggong to follow, seeing that it was almost noon, he didn't want to drag everyone to a hungry meeting.

Zheng Chenggong is depressed, since he was a child, his main energy has been spent on learning the art of war, if he discusses the art of war with him, he can talk about it for a day with his eyes closed, but this business thing, he is basically in the clouds, and he is more confused than Zhu Youzhen who plays soy sauce.

Seeing the emperor's encouraging eyes, Zheng Chenggong had to bite the bullet, turned to the last page of the account book, and read aloud: "Daming Royal Western Commerce, since its establishment, has received 9 government-run porcelain factories, 12 weaving factories, 6 tea factories, a new silk factory, an embroidery factory, 21 new semicolons in various parts of the Ming Dynasty and Dongying, North Korea and other subject countries, and 4 new semicolons in Nanyang Luzon, Xingcheng Port and Goa, Ceylon and other places in South Asia, and a new semicolon in Spain in Europe, now a total of 26 semicolons, There are more than 20,000 employees in total, and last year, a total profit of about 30 million taels of silver. “

This performance seems to have not changed for several years, it is not that Zheng Zhilong is incompetent, it is really that this luxury consumer market is so big, if you do not develop new varieties, it is difficult for this performance to go up.

It stands to reason that as the emperor of the Ming Empire, he should be very familiar with this luxury, but Zhu Cijiong has too many things to be busy with, and for things in life, he basically stretches his hands for clothes and opens his mouth for food, no matter how the two empress dowagers and Qin Mingyue arrange, he has never cared.

He thought for a while, and couldn't help but think of Princess Anna's expression on all kinds of luxury goods when he was in Spain, so he simply shook the pot and said: "Well, yes, the current luxury is nothing more than food and clothing, if you want to make a breakthrough in performance, you must develop new varieties, which your sister Anna is most familiar with, you can ask her when you have time." “

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he sighed, he was afraid that the emperor would ask him how to develop in the future, and let him ask Princess Anna that it was a trivial matter.

The matter of the Ming royal Western trade is over, Zhu Cijiong then said to his brother-in-law Qin Weiming: "Wei Ming, it's your turn, just introduce the company over there in Shiweila, don't read it for your own people, just go back and show me the results of the review." “

Qin Weiming can put four or five account books in front of him, and if he wants to read them one by one, he doesn't have to eat this lunch, and the review is generally to find fault with people, after all, it is not good to expose people in person, Zhu Cijiong feels that it is better to save some face for everyone, let them know that someone will review them, there is no need to read out the review results in public, so that everyone's face is not good-looking.

Qin Weiming was also big-headed, although what he did was to offend people, as the younger brother of the queen of the dynasty, he was not afraid of offending anyone, when reviewing the various industries under the name of the royal family, there were no less than hundreds of stewards at all levels who let Cao Huachun and Wang Zhengnan secretly dispose of, but it really took a little courage to let him expose his shortcomings in front of these bigwigs, but fortunately, the emperor didn't let him do it in the end.

He threw a grateful look at Zhu Cijiong, then took out an account book and read aloud: "According to verification, the Daming Portuguese Trading Company established by Svera has a total of 25 branches in Macao, Annam, Goa, Europe and other places, with more than 6,000 employees and a total share capital of 50 million taels of silver, of which Svera accounts for 50 percent, Daming Western Commerce and Trade accounts for 20 percent, Comde accounts for 20%, and Roland accounts for 10%. “

Reading this, it seemed to be over, and Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but ask casually: "How much did they profit last year?" “

When Qin Weiming heard this, he replied embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, this, the Daming Portugal Trading Company was only established at the end of last year, and the profits have not yet been reviewed. “

Zhu Cijiong was stunned when he heard this, well, it seemed that he had asked a very boring question, he took a sip of tea, covered up his embarrassment, and then concluded: "Everyone is doing very well, the total profit of a year has exceeded the annual income of most countries, but there is still a lot of potential to be tapped, such as the European powers, they have collected countless gold and silver treasures around the world, these money always have to be spent, we have to find a way to earn it back slowly." “

When everyone heard this, they all showed excited looks, yes, the annual profit of hundreds of millions of taels is far from the limit, and the annual income of the European continental powers alone is hundreds of millions of taels of silver, and there is still a lot of wealth waiting for them to earn in this world!

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, and said earnestly: "You have to pay attention to one thing, the royal family's industry does not only belong to me, nor only to you, but to the entire Ming Dynasty, only when the Ming Dynasty is strong, the royal family industry can develop and grow." What does the strength of the Ming Dynasty depend on? In this world of the jungle, the only way to do this is to rely on the army! I have mentioned more than once that we must take care of the families of the fallen soldiers, so that they can have no worries about food and clothing, so that all the soldiers can leave their worries and go to fight for their country. I hope you will keep this in mind and provide as much work as possible for the families of the fallen as you expand your efforts. “

When everyone heard this, their faces were solemn, and they nodded solemnly, indicating that they understood.

Originally, this meeting was over here, but Zhu Cijiong still had a very important thing to explain, so he did not immediately announce the end of the meeting, but said mysteriously: "Aren't you very interested in monopoly and speculation?" I've got you up with an idea now, do you want to try it! “

Just kidding, who doesn't want to try, although the emperor said that it was just a trivial matter, but earning a few million taels at a time is not a small amount for them, and they are naturally quite interested in this kind of thing.

Seeing everyone's eager expressions, Zhu Cijiong did not immediately say the method, but asked Zheng Chenggong: "Success, didn't you ask me last time why I didn't attack the Mughal Empire immediately?" “

Zheng Chenggong immediately became energetic when he heard about the war, and he asked excitedly: "Your Majesty, are you going to start fighting the Mughal Empire?" “

Zhu Cijiong smiled and nodded: "Yes, fight, start fighting immediately, you go first!" “

When everyone heard this, their eyes were about to burst, let them go! Although everyone here has a bit of kung fu, except for Zheng Chenggong, no one else has ever been on the battlefield, let them go first, isn't this letting them deliver food!

Although Zhu Cijiong has been the emperor for more than ten years, he still can't change the problem of liking pranks in his previous life, he saw everyone's surprised expressions, and felt a little satisfied, so he smiled and explained: "It's not for you to lead a large army to fight with others, but for you to go to the Mughal Empire to make a big profit, you have to remember, sometimes the mall is like a battlefield, and we must be ruthless in the face of the enemy!" This is a great opportunity for you to practice your business skills. “

This seems to be a bit deep, but the people present are still confused, and they don't know what to say.