Yan Yan wanted to talk to Li Ji about opening up overseas routes.

She had suggested this matter to Li Cong a few years ago, but at that time, because Yan Yan did not have so much rich silver on hand, and the war broke out not long after, Yan Yan also put this matter down.

Now that the war is over, Yan Yan has also received a large sum of money from the patent for the threshing machine, so she wants to start this matter.

However, at the beginning, her original intention was to test the water first, after all, the risk of this matter was not ordinary, and the initial investment was also large, so she did not dare to convince Li Cong rashly.

But this time Lu You's promotion reflected a signal, Yan Yan guessed that the emperor must have known about her going south to book a ship, so she thought about simply pulling Li Ji a few into a share, in the name of a private person, without alarming the household department, let alone alarming the court, if it happens, facts speak louder than words, without her opening, Li Cong will naturally see the business opportunity, if not, the loss of silver Yan Yan will think of making up for them from somewhere else.

"Overseas routes? How much upfront investment is required? Also, what kind of business do you plan to do? Li Ji asked first.

He knew that Yan Yan had taken out 100,000 yuan to order a ship in the south, and he also wanted to discuss the usefulness of these ships with Yan Yan, but Yan Yan didn't take the initiative to mention it, and he was embarrassed to take the initiative to ask, for fear that Yan Yan would mistakenly think that he was secretly investigating her.

It is rare for Yan Yan to take the initiative to speak this time, and Li Ji naturally wants to ask for an understanding.

Yan Yan talked in detail about his early investment, later plans, as well as the goods to be brought and several countries to go to when he went out on the ship for the first time.

"To be honest, this business has a lot of risks, not to mention the distance, the sea is not better than the land, a storm comes, it is very likely that the ship will be destroyed and people will die, and there is a possibility of encountering pirates, even if you are lucky enough to pass these two levels, there may be other force majeure natural disasters or man-made disasters or something, so I have been hesitant to pull you into the water." The last sentence Yan Yan said with a smile, like a joke.

"In that case, then why do you have to do this business?" It was Li Sui who asked this.

"It's very simple, we have plenty of money in our hands, so I want to try it, in case of luck, we can also open up a new way of wealth, and the meaning is not only in exchange for money, you think, through overseas trade, we can not only exchange with other countries, bring back some new goods and seeds that we don't have, but also bring back some of their new technologies, and can also exchange some of our technology or goods for what we need." Yan Yan explained.

"Ah, Sister Yan'er, don't you want to sell our artillery technology as well?" Li Sui asked.

"Naturally not, some exclusive technologies can never be sold, but some can, such as our textile technology, the cotton cloth we weave is rich and delicate, as well as our embroidery and cooking skills, these can be exchanged with others." Yan Yan gave a few examples.

This time and space is still hundreds of years away from the steam revolution in history, so the textile technology of Western countries must be many years behind the Great Zhou, which Yan Yan can guess from the two missionaries he saw last time, those two people are wearing hemp clothes, a little finer than coarse linen and a little thicker than fine linen, and the color is also old at a glance, and it is definitely faded.

Another point, Yan Yan remembered that he had seen this introduction in his previous life, saying that the overseas trade of the Song Dynasty was strong, and those foreigners were amazed by the silk, embroidery, porcelain and other exquisite objects produced by the Chinese civilization, and they could definitely be sold for a high price.

But to be honest, no matter how good the weaving technology of this time and space is, the patterns and colors of the cotton cloth that can be woven are relatively single, far less complex and bright than the patterns of later generations, and the cotton cloth is not as delicate and soft as the cotton cloth of later generations.

"But the problem is that even if we buy shares, we won't be able to come up with much silver." Li Zhi told the truth.

Although he is a prince, his annual quota is limited, not only him, but even the crown prince, who may have a lot of valuable things in their hands, but they will never have too much money.

Because Emperor Taizu has long established the ancestral precept that all princes and grandchildren are not allowed to do business abroad, in order to prevent the princes from using the power in their hands to collect wealth, so to put it mildly, the only thing they can take out is the dowry silver in the hands of their wives and their own pitiful share.

"Speaking of this share, I do remember one thing." Yan Yan was about to get up after speaking, but it happened that Qingxu led Qingxiu here, and they also heard that there were guests at home, so they came over to take care of it.

So, Yan Yan ordered Qing Glaze to take Li Sui's dividends for more than two years, although the war has affected the business of the silk village and the restaurant in recent years, but the pastry shop has not been affected much, because it faces the rich people in the city, and it is still women, children and the elderly, and their lives have not been greatly affected.

Therefore, Li Sui's dividends in the past two years have been nearly 20,000 yuan, and Li Sui was also shocked when such a bunch of money tickets were handed over to Li Sui. Although Yan Yan also gave him dividends in the previous two years, but it was given month by month, he never went to his heart, nor did he calculate any accounts, and when he got this money ticket, he threw it into the box, because he was not very old in those two years, there was no place to spend money, and he had no concept of financial management.

"Little Liu, okay, have you saved such a large sum of money quietly?" Li Zhi and Li Sui didn't expect that a small shop would now make such a big profit, and they teased him almost at the same time.

"Sister Yan'er, I can't ask for this money, I said that the shop was for you." Li Sui glanced at the money tickets and pushed them to Yan Yan in a hurry.

After more than two years of experience, he also has a little concept of silver money, knowing that this is not a small amount of money, he has not made any efforts, and the dividends of the previous two years or so should be regarded as the principal of the shop, and if you want it again, it is greedy.

"If you don't take it, I'll take it and go to the overseas trade side, the entire first phase of investment even people with ships and goods will take about 500,000 yuan, about half a year after my ship is launched, then plus the dividends of that half a year, I will give half of the shares of overseas trade, and I will also count half of the other three His Highnesses, you don't have to rush to give me the money, when you have enough money to give it again."

After Yan Yan finished speaking, she put away the money ticket, still handed it back to Qing Glaze, and ordered her to write down a sum first, and the four highnesses contributed 25,000 yuan, all accounting for half of the shares.

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