"So, how much is such an idea worth by the white crane?" Someone asked again.

Xiao Dian sighed slightly: "Three new banknote spindles can earn a penny, and seven reused ones can earn a penny." How many yarn mills are there in Hui merchants, with a daily output of less than 5,000 spindles for family mills, and the smallest scale of the workshop is a daily output of 5,000 spindles. The largest yarn mill is Xie's Pinghu Yarn Mill, with a daily output of more than 100,000 spindles of yarn. ”

100,000 spindles of yarn is already a miracle in Daming.

This is equivalent to the annual output of 200,000 tons of yarn in small and medium-sized yarn mills in the early years of the Republic of China. In this era, there was no steam engine, and there were no more advanced tools except manpower, animal power, and water power.

"Every day, only the spindle rod is used, and the net profit is about 70 taels of silver."

Seventy taels a day is a net income of almost twenty thousand taels of silver a year. For a young man in the entrepreneurial period, this is already a huge wealth. In Daming, 20,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, but if it is exchanged for 40,000 stones of rice, 20 stones a ton, it is 2,000 tons of rice, enough for dozens of people to eat for a lifetime.

And that's just the spindle bar.

Things are cheap, they can't hold a large amount, and they can't be sold more than they can't be sold.

Bai Minghe himself knows about this, but what he cares about is not his own idea, but that Daming has begun to have the germ of industrialization, at least the young people of the Xie family have begun to invest in research, how to reduce manpower and use more machines to polish yarn spindles. The hydraulic machine, similar to the lathe, has been successfully put into use.

"White Crane!" Yu Qian nodded silently, this guy is really a capable person.

"Where is the white crane now?" Yu Qian asked again.

Zhang Feng replied: "I asked someone just now, and I heard that I went to have a drink with King Lu." ”

In fact, King Lu is also looking for Bai Minghe, his treasure has been brought to Nanjing, just waiting for Bai Minghe to take a look at it for himself, and then let the person in charge of this project in the Xingshou Institute review it. Of course. It's also necessary to have a drink and connect with the relationship.

The answer King Lu got here was that Bai Minghe went to have a drink with the people of the Shang Gang.

The result of the Shang Gang's inquiry was that Bai Minghe was accompanying Lord Yu from the capital.

In fact, Bai Minghe hid in the backyard and watched Wang Cheng lead people to settle accounts, not counting gift income, but calculating last year's big accounts. Wang Cheng thinks. Since Yu Qian came to Nanjing as a messenger, by the way, let Yu Qian bring back last year's account and hand it over to Banzai.

Dongchang can hand it over by himself, but it's better not to hand it over by Yu Qian.

First, it made Yu Qian think that Bai Minghe took him seriously. Second, don't let the court think that the East Factory is xenophobic. The third reason is even more interesting, the east factory was quietly sent back, and it was inevitable that some people wanted to inquire. But Yu Qian took it back, Yu Qian definitely wouldn't open the box quietly, but it made people not doubt it.

Dozens of account rooms are making calculations, and the speed is definitely the level of abacus level 8 or above in later generations.

"Your Excellency. The accounts are correct, but there is a little bit of a problem! After Wang Cheng saw that the big account was almost finalized, he held a copy of the general ledger and said to Bai Minghe: "According to the will of the Lord of Long Live, the offerings to the palace last year exceeded the standard. Then our silver is removed from the offerings in the palace, and thirty percent of it is at the disposal of the household, and the result is that we only leave less than two percent for the household, and we keep more of the rest. What should I do? ”

"Fold a part into offerings of Nanzhang, Siam, and Molong. These handovers should be reasonable, and it is enough to level the accounts of the offerings. The white crane asked.

Wang Cheng shook his head: "Not enough." There were 210,000 taels of silver in the palace, and the extra part was not on the ordinary thing. It's that some of the treasures are too much discounted. The piece of jade that was one person high was 60,000 taels of silver. That's the best of the water species, and the household Jinlian is not easy to fool. But if the real account is handed in, he will definitely write to ask for a reduction in the silver of the palace at this year's offering. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Cheng added: "My lord." Our gold is piled up like a mountain. For the sake of 210,000 taels of silver in the palace, let the household department find some unhappiness for Banzai, and the subordinates thought it was not good. ”

"Turn over the account, say that it is a gift from my white crane!" The white crane came up with another idea.

Wang Cheng shook his head again.

Bai Minghe asked, "I don't have so much on my account?" ”

"Yes, tenfold too. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mrs. Qinghe. With only two million taels of silver, there is nothing to be embarrassed about here. It's just that when you say this, there is a sense of covering up the thief bell. Jin Lian will look for more trouble, so this matter is a dead knot, unless there is a false account. But falsifying accounts has become a dead end here for us, and it will be trouble in the future! ”

Bai Minghe also did not agree to make false accounts, and there was no need to be a mouthful.

"By the way, how much silver do we have to send to the household department?"

"It was almost converted into silver, and it was ten million taels of silver. It is estimated that the household department does not know this amount of silver, and last year, the actual account income of the household department was about 30 million taels of silver, of which more than 3 million taels of silver and 3 million stone grains were received from the capital. We have already given the household 12,000,000 stone grain, plus 1,000,000 horses of linen, and 5,800,000 taels of silver. Therefore, the household department is estimated to be very satisfied with this figure, and Jin Lian didn't think about how much we would charge? Will give it to him in real numbers! ”

(Note: Many posts say that the Ming Dynasty only had a few million taels of silver in its treasury revenue.) In fact, the real history is: in the year of Yongle, the grain tax in the summer and autumn alone collected more than 3,000 taels of stone, as well as millions of silk, banknotes, yarn, silk, etc. It's just that many taxes are kept in the localities, that is, in the provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties. And not just in the capital treasury, so the entire national income, which should be counted, is the state tax revenue)

Wang Cheng is telling the truth, Jin Lian is already very satisfied.

"That's it, let Yu Qian help us once in this matter. He's owed me favors several times, and he'll probably help this time. ”

After listening to Bai Minghe's speech, Wang Cheng said again: "You still have some silver, for you to move home?" ”

"It's a nice pile!" Shira-naka laughed dryly.

"Yes!" Wang Chengxin said, what is the meaning of piling up a piece of silver at home? The white crane is not a landlord in the countryside, and he has to hold the silver to sleep peacefully. "Then put it in the silver number, just have a number."

Shira-nae didn't talk about it anymore.

I can't say it, and I don't dare to say it anymore. Emperor Daming said that it was thirty percent, and he said that it was one percent, according to the current algorithm, Bai Minghe thought to himself, let alone one percent, it is one thousandth, and one in ten thousand is too many to count.

Because according to the current way of accounting. Bai Minghe felt that he was one percent of the Ming Dynasty's state finances.

But if the money is passed, one point will be deducted and it will go to himself. Whether it is foreign trade or foreign procurement, it is the same. This is not only the tax part, but also the income of the merchant gang in overseas trade, there is also an additional part of the handover, this part of the white crane is a little afraid to ask, always feel that the name is not right.

But whether it is the official in charge, or the sailor who guards it, or the people of the Ten Great Business Gangs, no one thinks it is abnormal.

Otherwise, why did he come to Nanjing, Xu Chengzong even dared to use Xuanwu Lake for the white crane. Bai Minghe has seventy percent of the net profits of the sea trade in his hands, even if he doesn't have these, Bai Minghe's own silver is estimated to be able to buy it, the difference is whether he has the qualifications to buy it.

Therefore, Bai Minghe encountered the same problem as Yu Qian, how to spend more money.

"Wang Cheng, I heard that your godson and your nephew are quite promising?" Bai Minghe suddenly said this, Wang Cheng was a little confused, and he didn't quite understand what this meant.

"Don't be nervous, I won't hurt you!" The white crane came again.

Wang Cheng was not nervous, but now he was also nervous: "My lord, just say it clearly." ”

"I heard that Nobuei Takeda's daughter is very beautiful, but she is a little low. And can write and draw, and understand Chinese. ”

Wang Cheng didn't even think about it: "Actually, Cheng Kai is good!" ”

Bai Minghe was stunned, and said in his heart that this is all about it, and all good things are pushed out.

Seeing that Bai Minghe was stunned, Wang Cheng hurriedly said: "Seriously, Cheng Kai is really good." Born in Jinshi, he is a seven-pin county. And his father's position is higher than mine, and he is ......"

"If you don't listen, I don't care. You help me find twenty people, no matter whose nephew or godson, I want to have some talents there, but I don't have an official position, I come out like a gentleman, and most importantly, I have to be reliable palace people. I've been planning to buy something lately, but I can't! ”

"What to buy?"

"A mountain!"

"What is there to buy in the mountain, you want that piece to point out. Just scratch it over, do you still need to buy this thing? ”

Wang Cheng's words are not the attitude of the officials there to bully people. All the mountains in Daming belong to the royal family, and the white crane has only the right reason. If it is true, it can be directly crossed, and the palace can be filed with the local government and county.

Bai Minghe shook his head: "Wajima Iwami Mountain, there is silver there that can be used as bricks to rebuild the capital." So, I'm going to play a big vote on this matter. By the way, the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu was pulled into the water, and the rich men of the Ming Dynasty who tied silver to their ribs were pulled into the water, and they have been poor recently! ”

Cry poor! It doesn't mean that there is really no silver, it just means that there is a larger investment that requires a large amount of silver.

At present, the Ming Dynasty is either for road construction or shipbuilding. Both of these are investments that are thrown as much as they want, and that the sound of water cannot be heard when thrown in.

Wang Cheng nodded very strictly: "This is the right matter, let these boys learn to be obedient first, and then do things!" ”

"Go back and rest. When you're done, you guys should rest early! ”

Bai Minghe put the ledger back on the table, and didn't ask the people in the ledger to get up, and walked out with his legs raised.

Thinking of his new plan, Bai Minghe felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart.

Originally, in the modern times of the later generations, silver was a good thing, and there was a lot of money in dreams. But when it came to Daming, after the amount of silver reached a value. It's not just a number, it's become a realm.

Thinking deeply, Shira-naka Crane thinks that his realm has improved. Back in the backyard, the scene of the eight rings in the Qinghe house lined up made Bai Minghe fall into a stupor......

"Husband...... (To be continued......)