Of course, in addition to guessing Haihan's new trends through the account information, the main purpose of the audit is to understand the recent business conditions. Since the branch here in Sanya has always been regularly audited by Li Nai, the situation is also relatively familiar, and you can find out if there is any abnormal situation by looking at it. And these shopkeepers and stewards all know that their third young master has a very close relationship with the Haihan people, and they can find that the accounts are not right at any time, and they can find the Haihan people to reconcile at any time, so they don't dare to play any tricks in the account books.

When looking through the records of goods entering and leaving the warehouse at his wharf, Li Nai noticed that Shu Jù seemed to be a little different from his past impression, so he asked: "Why are there so many more spices imported from Nanyang recently?"

The steward in charge of the dock warehousing affairs is called Li Bing, who is also a member of the Li clan, and is considered to be Li Nai's peer in terms of generation. However, he didn't dare to take any shelf in front of Li Nai, and when he heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and responded: "Third Young Master, this extra Nanyang spice is not from the West, but from Haihan." ”

"How can Haihan's goods be recorded under the entry in Nanyang?" asked Li Nai with some dissatisfaction.

"Third young master, the records of this spice have always only recorded the place of origin, and as for the owner of the goods, they are all separately recorded in the accounts of the merchant inn, and the records of the wharf warehouse are only written from Nanyang. Li Bing cautiously reminded.

Li Nai patted his head lightly and said, "I have been looking at the account book for too long, and my brain is confused, and I have forgotten this stubble." ”

Li Bingying said: "The third young master has a lot of affairs, and it is reasonable that he doesn't remember these trivial things. ”

"However, the spices sold by the Haihan people in the past were all home-grown, so why do they still have to import them from Nanyang now?" Li Naiqi said: "Could it be that they have received too many spice orders to be supplied?"

"No, no, this spice is not something they bought in the South Seas and then resold to us. Li Bing waved his hand and said, "This is the goods from Jinlan Port." ”

"Oh, the spices from Cam Ranh Harbor have already begun to be shipped?" This news made Li Nai a little surprised.

"This is the first year of production on local plantations, so the amount is not much, and it is said that next year it will be at least twice as much as this year. Li Bing answered Li Nai's question in an affirmative tone.

Cam Ranh Port on the southern coastline of Annam was assigned to Haihan as a concession area after the end of the Annam Civil War, ∮∏dǐng∮∏diǎn∮∏ Xiao ∮∏ said, .±.o≌s_(); Although Li Nai has not been there in person, he has also heard that the local port conditions are very good, even far above Sanya, and Haihan intends to build the local area into a large integrated port. Of course, in the development of ancillary projects in the surrounding areas, some of Haihan's flagship products are indispensable, such as tropical cash crops with a very high rate of return.

As an investor with a keen sense of smell, "Fu Ruifeng" will naturally not let go of investment projects endorsed by the Haihan Executive Committee, so in the local plantation park of Cam Ranh Port, there are also shares of "Fu Ruifeng" and some other investors. The choice of return at the time of signing the agreement is to receive a certain share in kind from the local output at a later date. The Nanyang spices that have recently arrived at Sanya Port and sent to the warehouse of "Fu Ruifeng" are the share of the local output of Cam Ranh Port that belong to "Fu Ruifeng".

"Haihan people...... The action is really fast!" Li Nai has nothing to say about this except for sighing.

It has only been more than two years since the end of the Annam Civil War, but colonies like Cam Ranh Port, which have not been developed for too long, have already begun to produce output, and Li Nai believes that this is enough to embarrass Haihan's competitors in the South China Sea.

Before Li Nai went south this time, he had already heard that the Dutch had suffered a great defeat in Batavia, and almost even his own nest was served with a pot. And this battle will inevitably affect the influence of the Dutch in the South China Sea, as the main opponent of the Haihan in the South China Sea, it will probably be difficult for the Dutch to have a chance to climb out of the pit, after all, the Haihan people are not soft-hearted masters, and they will definitely fall into the well for the Dutch if they seize this opportunity.

However, Li Nai's judgment was that Haihan probably would not go south immediately, after all, the place of Ambuna Island had only been received for less than half a year, and the scale of local development was estimated to be unable to support the supplies needed by the Hainan fleet to fight southward. Therefore, Li Nai's judgment was that Haihan would find trouble with the Dutch elsewhere - for example, the Daren across the sea from Fujian. The local Dutch are lonely and weak, and the Batavia side is also in trouble, and they will definitely not be able to reach such a far place, if the Haihan people, who are close to Dayuangang, do not take this opportunity to suppress the Dutch, then Li Nai will look down on them. Li Nai's previous speculation about the changes in the situation in the strait is also partly due to this consideration.

Of course, in any case, Cam Ranh now has output, which must be a good thing to celebrate for investors like the Li family. Li Nai read the storage statistics of spices again, silently estimated the current corresponding market price of Guangzhou Prefecture, and already had a general idea of this return on investment in his heart. Although it is not an astronomical amount, it should be reasonable to ship it back to Guangzhou and sell it to earn a few thousand taels of silver.

Li Nai also didn't blame Li Bing's report for not being detailed enough because of his previous negligence, although he had the authority to check the accounts here, but the spice business was indeed not within the scope of his responsibility, and Li Bing had no obligation to take the initiative to report this change to him.

Only half of the accounts were checked, and it was already noon, so Li Nai took the opportunity to leave these shopkeepers for lunch. In the afternoon, it took almost two more hours to finally complete the work in a dizziness.

After sending away his subordinate employees, Li Nai washed his face, and then ordered his entourage to prepare a sedan car to go to the station. He planned to go around Victory Fort again today, continue to blow the wind to Schneider, and casually ask if it was feasible to co-run a newspaper in Guangzhou.

But Li Nai's luck did not seem to be very good today, and when he arrived at Victory Castle, he learned that Schneider had made a temporary trip to Yinggehai to inspect the work -- it was said that he had gone to cut the ribbon for the fourth phase of the expansion of the salt works that had just been completed.

Originally, this errand should have been Tao Dong's turn, after all, he was the leader in charge of the main construction department, but it was so unfortunate that the Xingang renovation project outside Haikou City was also completed today.

Neither of the two targets of the visit was in Victory Castle, and Li Nai had no choice but to make a third choice and talk to Ning Qi. After all, he knew that Ningqi was currently supervising cultural and propaganda affairs in addition to education and civil affairs, and it was okay to talk to him about the newspaper.

Ning Qi was in his office, but when Li Nai came to him, there were still four or five visitors lined up outside, looking at the costumes of naturalized people, but he was the only one who stood out in a scholar's costume.

However, Li Nai will not be stupid to wait at the end of the team, after all, he often goes back and forth to the offices of various high-level personnel in Haihan, and the staff around these big men have also become familiar with each other.

Ning Qi's secretary was a scholar who was unjustly imprisoned from Yazhou two years ago, and after being rescued by Haihan, he became a naturalized student, and then he has been working under Ning Qi. Li Nai used to visit Ning Qi from time to time, and he knew this secretary well. After taking the initiative to come forward to say hello, the secretary asked him to wait for a while and went into the house to report to Ning Qi.

I have to say that people are familiar with things and are easy to do, and after a while, the secretary came out, so he asked Li Nai to go in first to meet with Ning Qi. Li Naichao had to continue to line up these archers, so he entered by himself.

Ning Qi was lying on the desk and writing hard, and when he saw him coming in, he only bowed his head slightly, and Li Nai did not urge, and sat down on the chair next to him first. After Ning Qi took a few minutes to write the instructions, he handed Wen Jiàn to the subordinate waiting next to him, signaling that he could go.

"Boss Li is in such a hurry to find me, what's wrong?" Ning Qi and Li Nai are also very familiar with each other, so they don't need to make polite greetings, and they just cut to the topic.

"Come to Shengli Port to do business, by the way, take a look at your old friends!" Li Nai put the small jar he was holding on the table in Ningqi: "I know you like to drink tea, this is a phoenix single fir from Chaozhou, you can taste it when you go back, if you like it, you will get more diǎn in the future." ”

"Boss Li, you have nothing to do!" Ning Qi picked up the jar and flipped it in his hand, looked at Li Nai and quipped with a smile: "Say, do you want me to help with something?"

Li Nai said with a straight face: "Mr. Ning's words are outside, you and I are a gentleman's friend, how can I tempt you with small profits?"

"I didn't expect you to be a person with such a strong sense of justice, I misjudged you. Ning Qi would believe his words, and continued to joke: "Then if you don't have anything urgent, I can only send the guest first." As you can see, there's still a bunch of people out there waiting to do something with me. ”

"Wait!" Li Nai saw that Ning Qi really planned to serve tea to the guests, so he quickly gave up his plan to continue bickering, and expressed his intention: "I really have something to ask you for advice, you answer my question first, and then withdraw after speaking, so as not to delay you for too long." ”

"Tell me first. "Ningqi diǎn head answered.

"Yesterday, when I was reading the newspaper at home, it suddenly occurred to me why this practice should be limited to the places under your jurisdiction, for example, the Guangzhou government can also operate according to the gourd painting scoop and open one or two newspapers. What does Mr. Ning think?" asked Li Nai tentatively.

Ning Qi glanced at Li Nai: "You plan to pay for a newspaper?"

Li Nai said: "If Haihan thinks it's okay, I'm really willing to give it a try." ”

"The newspaper is not doing sea trade to make money quickly. Ning Qi reminded.

"I understand that. Li Nai Diǎn head responded: "I didn't bring this matter up to you to make money, even if this business is not profitable, I am interested in testing the water." ”

"Looks like you've thought about the cause and effect very well. Ning Qi smiled: "Then do you think that your old Li family's influence in Guangzhou Mansion is not big enough?"

"Isn't the influence of the old Li family equal to the influence of Haihan?" Li Nai responded: "After all, this newspaper matter will not work without your help." ”

Li Nai had already thought about this matter clearly last night, running a newspaper in Guangzhou, the Li family's connections and financial resources are not too big a problem, the key is to have someone who knows how to preside over this matter, otherwise it will be hellish to rely on a layman like himself who knows nothing about it to be able to run the newspaper well. If this matter is done, it is indeed as Ning Qi mentioned, and the Li family's influence and voice in Guangzhou Mansion will inevitably increase, but the corresponding benefits will definitely not be exclusive to the Li family, and Haihan will definitely be able to get a lot of benefits from it. What Li Nai could think of even with his toes, Ning Qi must have thought of it a long time ago.

Li Nai didn't plan to go back and forth with Ning Qi in circles on this matter, because this matter was not too urgent for both parties, but if it was done and they could receive benefits, he knew that Ning Qi would definitely not refuse his own proposal, and the only thing that was unstable was what kind of request Ning Qi would put forward for this kind of cooperation.

"Personally, I don't have anything against your suggestion. Sure enough, Ning Qi's answer was exactly what Li Nai expected: "If you can handle the affairs of the government on your behalf, I think this is indeed a feasible project." ”

It would certainly be a lie to say that Haihan did not think of publishing newspapers and periodicals in Guangzhou. But this kind of thing is indeed very sensitive, and as long as the local government is not stupid enough to explode, it will naturally be able to perceive how much damage this kind of propaganda has done to the ruling authority of the Ming Dynasty. If the Guangzhou Office takes the lead in doing this, nine out of ten will be banned by the government. Even if they didn't dare to offend Haihan too much, they would definitely try to prevent the publication of such a publication in Guangzhou.

But if the main body in charge of this matter changes its role, then maybe the effect will be a little different. Even if everyone in Guangzhou knew that the Li family had a close relationship with Haihan, none of the people in charge of the Li family openly defected to Haihan, and they were still the people of the Ming Dynasty. And the Li family's local connections are enough to make the government turn a blind eye, as long as they don't go too far.

"As for the government, I can come forward to lobby, and there is no need to worry. Li Nai said with confidence: "The prefect, notice, general judgment, and promotion officials of Guangzhou Prefecture, and the commanders, acquaintances, and servants who defend the city are all not a problem, and the cost of opening up the joints can also be borne by our side." ”

"So generous, Boss Li really impresses me!" Ning Qi praised.

Li Nai waved his hand and said, "If you don't do this, you have to burn incense for your yamen every year." Anyway, they have to put incense, and they don't need to ask them to do one more thing. The money spent is slowly earned back through revenue such as advertising. ”

"It's very thoughtful!" Ning Qi gave a thumbs up this time, he could see that Li Nai had even considered the way to make profits in the future, and he was indeed not joking.