Although Li Yongji has to talk about official character before talking about anything else in front of outsiders, if he enters a private house, he doesn't have to pay attention to the officialdom anymore, and he can talk about his relatives more freely.

However, because Li Yongji's current identity is different after all, his status at home is on the same level as his father, that is, he can have an equal relationship with his father, and he doesn't have to talk about it next as in the past.

Of course, it was a routine of talking to my father in the main hall, and if I was talking to my parents in the wing, it would be different, and it could be more intimate and free.

How to say it, this is also because Li Yongji's family has now become a big family, so naturally there are many more rules, and they can no longer live like the previous small households, which shows that the hierarchy of the late Qing Dynasty is ubiquitous.

Although he felt that there were many more rules in the family, which made Li Yongji a little uncomfortable, his identity was there, except for his parents, everyone else in this house acted according to his own eyes, so there was nothing particularly uncomfortable.

And he can see that his parents are still very caring for him, and when he talks to him, he doesn't ask about anything big at first, but how he is doing, how he is doing, and so on.

This made Li Yongji feel a trace of warmth that he had not seen for a long time, and suddenly felt that he had neglected his parents in this era too much, which seemed to be a little wrong. It's a pity that once Li Yongji faced family affection, he immediately spoke clumsy, so he couldn't say anything particularly touching, so he could only keep saying that I was doing well, there was no danger, and then you should take care of yourself and so on.

After talking about the family affection that made Li Yongji uncomfortable and reluctant, when he went to face his brother and talk about business, he felt much more relaxed, because when his brother faced him, he was neither submissive nor pretentious, but had no frame and seemed very gentle.

During this period of time after his rebirth, although Li Yongji later let his father be the number one leader in terms of business operations, or in the channels of purchasing and selling goods, Li Yongji was fully responsible for it, but after all, Li Zhengxiang was his father, and it was impossible for his father to report to himself for things like reporting work, so he could only let his peers, that is, his brother Li Yongchang, do this.

The current Li Yongchang has long been transferred to Li Zhengxiang's side as an assistant, that is, his personal secretary and deputy general manager, so he is also a clear man about the recent internal operations of the Li Group, and he knows more than Li Yongji.

Theoretically speaking, in this Li Group, Li Yongji is the first leader, Li Zhengxiang is the second in command, and this third in command is Li Yongchang, which can be said to be a typical family business. As for Li Yongji's grandfather Wang Tianzhong, although he also knows the inside story, he basically does not participate in decision-making, and is just bent on playing that Jingwu Dart game, so he is not a member of the core decision-making level.

Fortunately, Li Yongchang has an introverted personality and is kind, although he is not very smart, he is not very good at reading, and his reaction is not very fast, but he is young and old, very stable, and he has no bad habits, plus his identity, so it is logical for him to be the third in command to help take the helm.

In fact, the term Li Group is the common name of the collection of various business names controlled by the Li family, similar to a certain system, formally speaking, there is no name for the Li Group.

If it is to be subdivided, the Li Group should be a family-style alliance formed by the four major businesses directly controlled by the Li family, namely Dai Mengde Jewelry, CITIC Qianzhuang, Changfu Ji Grain Store and Jingwu Dart Bureau, as the core, and the industries established by other relatives such as the Wang family through the Guò Yongji Foundation and other kinship relations.

Since Li Yongji started trading in time and space, more than half a year has passed now, and in this short period of time, not only Zhang Xinda has become a super-rich, Li Yongji has created a wonderful elite army, and the Li Group is also under the protection of Li Yongji's modern items and the elite army.

In the past, Li Yongji basically put his mind on education and military training, and commercial things were all big deals, that is, he was only responsible for purchasing and shipping, and in terms of price, in addition to setting his own prices at the beginning, he later let the people below accompany him, and he only asked both sides when he needed materials.

Therefore, in this mode, Li Yongji really didn't know how much money he made on his side, he only knew that his elite army had never lacked anything. From a businessman's point of view, Li Yongji is actually unqualified, to put it mildly, his past behavior was at best a storekeeper.

However, who made Li Yongji the master of the space-time trading system, and controlled the gun of the Jingwu Army. Besides, it is his father and brother and other immediate family members who are in charge of the business channels for him, everyone is also in the same boat, and they all understand the truth of prosperity, coupled with the ultra-high explosive profits of time and space transactions, the entire Li Group is still in the initial rising period, and all aspects are vibrant, so at least during this time, the Li Group is quite honest and efficient in terms of internal management, and the profits obtained are also very amazing.

According to Li Yongchang's statement, in the past six months, they Li Jiaguang is Dai Mengde jewelry, whether it is selling cultured pearls or buying jadeite, that is to say, whether they sell modern products obtained by Li Yongji, or collect jadeite and jade in the region, they have made money in the process, and so far the gross profit from this purchase and sale is as much as 20 million taels of silver, of course, most of them are money and goods belonging to Li Yongji's private account.

During this period, Dai Mengde's semicolons spread all over southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which can be said to have monopolized the jewelry industry in southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang.

There is also CITIC Money, in addition to all kinds of losses, not counting other operating income, Guangtong Guò exchanging brass for gold business, so far there is also a gross profit of more than 10 million taels, in addition to the special expenses that Li Yongji has to go one after another, there are currently about 6 million taels of silver in the CITIC Money.

Among them, the water pressure minting machine provided by Li Yongji is indispensable, which has greatly enhanced the coinage capacity of CITIC Money, and now all kinds of copper coins and silver in circulation in the market in southern Jiangsu are basically flowing out of their families, in addition, this has also caused a gold shortage in the market, and the gold and silver price ratio in southern Jiangsu has soared to 1 to 19. However, this is temporary, and it is believed that over time, this huge difference will inevitably attract gold from other regions to flow over and fill the gap.

Speaking of grain shops, grain shops do not have Li Yongji's modern grain to support for the time being, but because there is no shortage of money, good credit, and because of the backing of the elite army, there is less of all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which is equivalent to a tax-free operation, which has attracted a large number of small and medium-sized grain merchants to come and take refuge. In addition, grain trading has always been easy to do, so the Li family's grain shop has expanded rapidly, and at present, as long as it is a city with a population of more than 500,000 in the entire southern Jiangsu region and Zhejiang, it must be the Li family's Changfu Ji grain store.

Although the grain bank expanded too quickly, the upfront expenditure was relatively large, and the net income of the guide was not high, and the total income was only about one million taels of silver.

It seems that the income is not much, but this is mainly due to the relatively large expenditure in the early stage, and most of these expenditures are one-time expenditures, such as the cost of building grain depots and purchasing grain ships.

Moreover, from another point of view, the Li family's grain bank has now monopolized the grain market in Jiangsu and Shanghai, and directly determines the grain price in southern Jiangsu. It can be said that in the grain market in southern Jiangsu, if the Li family says that the price will increase, then the price must be raised, and the Li family says that the price will be reduced, then the price must be reduced.

As for the Jingwu Dart Bureau, this is a pure armed logistics group, in the past, it was mainly responsible for the transshipment of grain and treasure money and goods in various places, and it was an exclusive service for the Li Family Group, and later Li Yongji laid down Suzhou, Wuxi and Changshu, and the merchants in these places also joined Li Yongji's joint venture and silver joint venture, so the Jingwu Dart Bureau became a joint-stock system, and also began to transport materials for these two peripheral groups controlled by Li Yongji.

Due to the support of the elite army behind it, it has a large number of firearms, although it has been established for a short time, but now it is also famous on the ground in southern Jiangsu.

Now as long as it is a dart held by the Jingwu Dart Bureau, whether it is a large or small bandit on land and water, or a soldier of the government, they dare not touch them. This is that even if it moves, it can't be defeated, and secondly, it is also afraid of the crazy revenge of the Jingwu army, you must know that the destruction of the Wang family is stronger than the deterrence of people in the rivers and lakes.

The Jingwu Dart Bureau is now presided over by Mr. Wang, that is, Li Yongji's grandfather, and the personnel are basically recruited by themselves, and there is no profit at present, but they are only paid salaries to these people according to the model of raising soldiers, that is to say, at present, this Jingwu Dart Bureau is a pure expenditure, and it will cost about 30,000 taels of silver every month.

In particular, the security department under the command of Li Jinbao now has a scale of 5,000 people, and these 5,000 people not only have to carry out the task of settling down and protecting the hospital, but also assist in guarding the base camp of Qingpu County, and the monthly expenditure of this department, or this army of soldiers and horses, is about 12,000 taels, which is all from the accounts of the Jingwu Dart Bureau, so the expenditure of the Jingwu Dart Bureau is not high.

Although 30,000 taels of silver are spent on the Jingwu Dart Bureau every month, if there is no transfer and protection of the Jingwu Dart Bureau, the various businesses of the Li Group cannot be carried out smoothly, which will inevitably involve the energy of the Jingwu Army, so everyone thinks that this expenditure is beneficial but not expense.

In the end, Li Yongchang concluded that if the selling price of the materials provided by Li Yongji each time was subtracted from the purchase price that Li Yongji needed to ask for the materials each time, then Li Yongji still had about 30 million taels of silver in his account. Half of them are jade, jade, mahogany, sandalwood and other valuables, and the other half is gold and pure silver, that is, half materials, half money.

If the money in Li Yongji's own account is excluded, then the income of the four businesses of the Li family in other aspects, such as normal money lending, normal jewelry trading, and hoarding land to collect and sell grain, also has a net income of about 3 million taels of silver per month, which is still minus the expenses of the Jingwu Dart Bureau and other aspects.

This is only the operation of the core industries directly controlled by the Li family, as well as the affiliated businesses of the Wang family and other related relatives, and the profits are also quite amazing.

During this period, most of these distant relatives relied on the momentum of the elite army to infiltrate and expand in all walks of life, and the industries outside the direct control of the Li family, such as cotton, ceramics, private tea, private salt, shipping, **, casinos and other industries, were almost all covered by these people, among which Qingpu County was the most infiltrated, and almost all walks of life in Qingpu County were controlled by relatives of the Li family and the Wang family.

Another is Songjiang Mansion, at present, the three industries of salt cloth tea in Songjiang Mansion are almost all controlled by these people who are related to the Li family and the Wang family, and the original business name is either forcibly purchased or suppressed in various ways, anyway, as long as they are related to Li Yongji's family, as long as they are willing to do business, none of them will be impossible.

Most of the properties of these relatives with foreign surnames are personally controlled by Mr. Wang and Li Zhengxiang, and no matter what these people do, their income must be handed over to the Li family.

In addition to these, such as Suzhou, Wuxi and Changshu's business alliance and silver alliance, because they have just begun to develop, so the profits have not been counted, and they have not been counted, but I believe that this will definitely be a new growth point in the future.

After such a calculation, Li Yongji was also taken aback, and found that if he excludes the private income he engaged in through the time-space trading system, these related industries that were originally only engaged in for the purpose of having a way to sell and acquire have actually developed and grown, and he can earn nearly four million taels of silver every month!

To put it bluntly, the money earned by the operation of these industries is enough to feed a strong army, not to mention that the group does have its own army.

As for the 30 million taels of silver in his account, even if he gets half of his things to modern times, how much yuan and US dollars can be exchanged for foreign exchange, and how many materials can he buy in modern society...... No, it's complicated when you think about it, forget it, I still don't want to.

Well, not how much modern goods can be exchanged for, only the amount of money. In just half a year, Li Yongji got more than 30 million taels of silver, what kind of concept is this?

In the Daoguang period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the annual income was only 40 million taels of silver, although the Xianfeng period increased the source of taxes, such as customs silver and local gold, and with the development of the times, it is said that the annual income should be higher, but because of the war, the annual income is only about 40 million taels of silver, basically did not increase much.

In other words, the annual income of the Qing Dynasty at this time was more than 40 million taels of silver, and Li Yongji only made more than 30 million taels of silver in Qingpu County in half a year.

Even if most of the more than 30 million taels of silver are luxury goods, not pure silver taels, even if Qingpu County has actually become a commercial and trade center, this income is caused by absorbing the surrounding areas, including the entire southern Jiangsu region, but this income is also amazing enough, it can be said that in the current situation, the Li family is already rich and rival the country!

Perhaps because this number is too amazing, so only a few core figures of the Li family know this actual number, at present, only Li Zhengxiang, Li Yongchang, Wang Tianzhong and Li Yongji, these four people know the inside story, and the others don't know how much money the Li family has made during this time, but they know a lot, very profitable, but they definitely dare not imagine that there are more than 30 million taels, and it will soon be close to 40 million taels.

"Yongji." After reporting the income, Li Yongchang sighed and said to Li Yongji, "There are only you and my brother here, if you have anything to say, I won't hide it from you." You see, we unconsciously have so much money, and the speed of making money is still accelerating, we can't hold it at all, and there are more and more people who want to continue to follow us to make money. To be honest, I was really scared at first, I was really afraid that if we continued like this, our family would be in trouble because of money...... But do you know what my father did to persuade me later? ”

"How?" Li Yongji asked.

"Daddy said that it is not terrible to be rich and rival the country, but what I am afraid of is that I don't have the strength to protect myself." Li Yongchang smiled, "Daddy said, he can see through, if you have money and no knife, that is the pig that is slaughtered, but if you have money and a knife, you are the king of killing." As long as you continue to control the Jingwu Army, brother, as long as the Jingwu Army continues to win battles, then we are not afraid of making more money. When it really comes to that time, it's a big deal to really rebel and build the country, as the so-called princes and generals, rather have a kind. ”

"Huh?" As soon as he heard this, Li Yongji immediately looked at Li Yongchang in surprise, "Big brother, you ...... Did Daddy really say that? ”

"Of course." Li Yongchang nodded, "Daddy said, what you did was something that no one had ever done before, and he couldn't see through it." However, since we have reached this point, we have no way back, and the imperial court cannot tolerate us with the wealth we hold. In other words, if we are afraid or not, we will only have the road to build a country and become an emperor in the end. Actually, I have thought about it myself, and I think that if you don't take the road of rebellion and becoming emperor in the end, let alone yourself, even our whole family will only have one way to die, or even die without a corpse! Do you understand what I mean? ”

"yes, I see." Li Yongji suddenly smiled, "What, big brother, are you persuading you?" ”

"You have the final say." Li Yongchang shook his head, "I just told you what our father said to me." Daddy said, although you are still young, you are very assertive in doing things, and you don't need our persuasion. Still, I couldn't help it, so I said it. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yongchang paused, and then said: "Actually, what I want to say is, brother, can you stop being so godlike in the future, at least before you do anything, it's best to discuss it with us, even if you reveal some news, so as not to be afraid in vain." You know, the world is so big, and the person you are closest to and most trustworthy has to be us. So if there is anything in the future, just say it, let us share it together, and don't carry it alone. For example, I always think it's too secretive, if you have any problems and want to talk to someone, you can also find me. ”

"I understand your kindness, but there are some things you still don't know, so thank you in advance." Li Yongji nodded, "In short, big brother, you remember, as long as I am here, our family will continue to enjoy wealth and prosperity with peace of mind, and we will never let our family suffer any harm, you can rest assured of this." ”