This side of the Ming world.

Chongzhen twenty-one years, February.

Recently, Xu Yuan has returned here, exiting the virtual Marex world on the other side of the world after 10,000 years.

Although Jiang Jianxin struggled to keep it.

Although the child returns, I also hope that my father can accompany him for a while and give him a little longer happy memories.

But despite a lot of reluctance, Xu Yuan was still ruthless, quit the game, and returned to the real world.

There is no way, in the real world, Xu Yuan also has a lot of things to deal with, and it is impossible to indulge in them every day.

And everything in the virtual world is virtual after all, even if the degree of reality is extremely high, it is difficult to distinguish the difference between reality and virtuality, and even many technologies in reality can be embodied and used normally in the world of Marex, but even if there is only a small difference of one billionth, it is equal to the same, and it cannot be directly equated.

There is also the development model of Whale Island, which is to take the route of scientific and technological development, no longer seeking to fight and kill, expanding land everywhere, if you feel that the land is not enough, you can build an undersea city, you can reclaim land, expand the area of the island, or find the surrounding islands to occupy, as a second and third development base, but the huge continent of more than 100 billion square kilometers, Xu Yuan does not recommend Jiang Jianxin to fight for development, always thinking about finding a field, seeking revenge and so on.

There is simply no need for this.

Because there are too many city-states on that endless continent, and there are many extremely powerful forces.

A single dark empire is not an existence to be provoked, if you don't kneel down and call it a vassal, it will soon be destroyed, and with the accumulation and power of the dark empire, Jiang Jianxin will not be able to shake the dark empire even if he works hard for another fifty or a hundred years, and it is a delusion to want revenge.

However, Jiang Jianxin was still not far convinced, and still fantasized that one day, she could make up for the regret in her heart, which would be an eternal thorn in her heart.

In this regard, Xu Yuan's farming and research and development route for her is actually the most secure, coupled with the extremely huge resources he left behind, it will not be exhausted in four or five hundred years, and with the help of such abundant resources, develop the economy, breed the population, introduce talents, and carry out maritime trade, it is estimated that it will not take long for Whale Island to become the richest, most advanced and most developed place, and the per capita GDP may reach more than 100,000, which is equivalent to buying more than 100,000 catties of grain, and everyone can live in a luxurious apartment. You can eat big fish and meat every day, the crime rate is very low, and you don't have to be afraid to walk down the street at night, so you can feel at ease and feel at ease.

And then continue to attract talents from the endless continent.

Increasing the population of the island.

It's better to break through 100 million, 200 million, 500 million, or even 1 billion.

It is also necessary to popularize quality education for the whole people, establish a large number of universities, and work hard to develop science and technology.

Then gradually improve the construction of its own industrial system, whether it is ships, automobiles, airplanes and other industrial products, all can be built by themselves, and have a complete industrial system that will not be damaged.

Finally, when the population exceeds one billion and the industrial capacity increases significantly, it can produce 2 billion tons of steel a year, and the infrastructure is extremely complete and the production efficiency is extremely developed.

Until that time.

Then use this huge industrial system to launch a counterattack against the hostile forces on the endless continent, and with the support of this terrifying industrial system, there is really no possibility of losing.

Far from it.

The gaze returned to the world of Daming.

Since the establishment of a unified global order.

The current Da Ming has changed differently.

Although it is only a short year, something can already be revealed.

For example, in terms of the economy, the current Daming world can only be described as a boom and an overheat, all walks of life are short of people and recruiting, the unemployment rate is very low, and the money has become very easy to earn, as long as you work a little harder, you will get a pretty good salary, enough to support yourself and your family.

Prosperity.

There are extremely prosperous scenes everywhere.

In a certain financial jargon, it is called "quantitative easing, paper money flooding", it seems that everyone is very rich, don't care about money, even if the price rises a little hard, they won't care, because they can earn it back anyway, they will get higher wages in the future, and very optimistic expectations, etc., people are not very frugal and save money, but lavishly, advocating that there is wine today and drunk tomorrow, and it is a big deal to make money tomorrow.

Fortunately, after the realization of controllable nuclear fusion power generation, the cost of power supply in Xujiazhuang was reduced by more than half, and then the logistics cost was reduced, and the efficiency was also improved, and it only took one or two months to suppress inflation, because the output was significantly increased, and the cost was reduced, so the price returned to a relatively cheap appearance, plus rice, tropical fruits and other specialties, which were continuously shipped from Nanyang, and could help curb inflation.

As a result, this round of inflation was eliminated, and even if the Xujiazhuang banknotes were produced at full capacity, they did not lead to serious flooding and depreciation.

First, people will only be more and more optimistic about the development of Xujiazhuang, and will not produce negative and negative reports, and the credibility value is very strong.

Secondly, Xujiazhuang has countless wealth, has enough ability to pay, and is not afraid of not being able to take out high-value things, just take a certain brand of electric car, the price of 98,800 in modern society, but put it on the side of the Ming world, such an electric car is the most luxurious existence, even if the price is 1 million silver dollars, the rich are also rushing to place orders, but most of them are slow, and they will return the money after paying, and they feel extremely helpless.

In the end, it is the high degree of overheating of economic development, which is good for everyone, ordinary people can find suitable jobs and easily support themselves, and there are many things that are not very valuable at all, which can be given value, such as barren mountain land, which was originally worthless, but considering that fruits can be grown on the mountain, the potential is great, and the value of hundreds of silver dollars can still be given, and there are really some rich people who are willing to pay for it.

Or all kinds of bizarre things, as long as someone thinks they are valuable, they will give value and generate transactions, which will instead require more paper money, and it is no problem to expand the number several times.

But one of the problems brought by it is that when the economy is overheated, it is easy to succeed in entrepreneurship, and the business is particularly easy to do, unless the competitiveness is too poor, it is basically a big profit.

in the process.

There is a person who has become a beneficiary, seized the opportunity, and actually became the biggest beneficiary.

He is Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

What is the situation? Zhu Youzhen, who is already indulging in enjoyment, how can he still have the heart to take care of money matters, he has repeatedly gambled and lost before, how can he get back a house this time? Really made a lot of money?

In fact, it is very simple to say, not complicated at all.

That's selling things.

Selling goods produced by the Imperial Family.

For example, the royal factory, the production of glass mirrors, soap, furniture, tables and chairs, etc., as long as the quality can be said, at the upper level, the service attitude is slightly better, it is still easy to be welcomed by the market, accepted by the people, and then sell a lot of sales, so that some of the people who get rich, and begin to pursue face, can boast that the things they use are royal cards, which are used by the emperor and queen, are the same style, and they are living a similar life as the emperor, think about it, Naturally, I was in a very comfortable mood, and my sense of happiness was also improved.

This allows Zhu Youzhen to seize the business opportunity, under the premise of keeping the bottom line of quality, since the beginning of this year, the launch of royal brand clothes, royal brand bicycles, royal brand cosmetics, royal brand snacks and pastries, etc., in just one year, engaged in hundreds of royal brands, but unexpectedly, all have been successful, all have created a lot of sales, the success rate is 100%, and the profit margin is also the industry-leading level, after all, royal goods, there is no need to pay additional taxes, and no one dares to extort, This part of the easy cost is the additional profit of the royal product.

This is one of them.

The second is to sell royal things, mainly those valuables.

For example, antique calligraphy and paintings in the royal family.

Books and furniture in the royal family.

Exotic jewels in the palace and much more.

All of them are hired by skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, and then counterfeit and shoddy things, but they are required to be exquisite and beautiful on the surface, in line with people's aesthetics, Zhu Youzhen personally endorsed it, ensuring that all are genuine, no doubt, and then let the ministers and officials buy, if they buy more, they can also give a seven-fold, eight-fold, or even lower wholesale price, so that the officials can take these treasures from the palace and sell them to other people in need.

In fact, the ministers and officials are all smart people, how can they not know that there must be a problem with what the emperor sells to them, and there is a high probability that it is a fake, but they know it in their hearts, but it does not mean that those ordinary people and businessmen know that it is not difficult to use their ignorance to sell these treasures in the palace to them.

Profit margins are still very high.

After all, the current Ming Dynasty, although many modern things circulated in Xujiazhuang are very popular, but there are still some Ming people, adhere to the traditional aesthetics, feel that the royal things are good, very worth buying, and wait for a few decades and hundreds of years, it is a family heirloom, which can be sold at a higher price, and even help future generations tide over the difficulties.

Who knows that it is precisely this kind of psychology that has been exploited by Zhu Youzhen and the ministers and hundreds of officials, even their relatively simple and traditional hearts of loyalty to the monarch, and even replaced them with treasures produced in the palace, a small number of people, spent more than tens of thousands of silver dollars, and poured out most of the family property, and they all felt that they had earned, and they were not far from listening to the analysis of others, and it was difficult to pull back if they wanted to.

So in the course of the year.

It's through non-stop selling, selling, selling.

The royal family made a net profit of nearly 100 million silver dollars, a very staggering amount, and it can also be seen that there are many people who have been defrauded.

In addition, this year, the taxes collected by various states and counties in Daming are also 50 million silver dollars more than last year -- now Zhu Youzhen's assessment of officials in various places is to see how much tax they have collected, that is, to see how much money they have paid to the royal family account through the Tianxia Bank, as long as they have paid a lot of money, whether it is to adopt the traditional way of collecting taxes, or to levy taxes arbitrarily, or to raise taxes indiscriminately, Zhu Youzhen only looks at the results, collects more taxes, and has a pleasant face, and is included in the list of those who can be promoted, and those who collect less taxes are full of firearms, I can't wait to get it down immediately, otherwise the other party will do it, and it's better to change to a more profitable past.

As a result, this year's tax revenue has increased by as much as 50 million silver dollars.

Finally, the royal family operates a variety of manors overseas, such as sugarcane manors, fruit manors, banana manors, rice manors, etc., a total of 58, with a land area of nearly 2 million acres, but because of the proper management, professional managers were hired from Xujiazhuang, and the business management model of Xujiazhuang was widely adopted. It's just that the treatment is a little higher, but it's quite satisfying.

Fifty million silver dollars.

Therefore, in the overseas manor, he Zhu Youzhen earned an extra 50 million silver dollars.

The sum of the total sum of zeros and zeros.

Finally, last year, Zhu Youzhen, the emperor, earned an extra 200 million silver dollars.

Plus 300 million silver dollars in cash deposits lying in bank accounts.

That adds up to 500 million silver dollars.

This means that Zhu Youzhen's net worth has almost doubled within a year, and you must know that after deducting the liabilities in previous years, the net assets owned by the royal family are only about 300 million silver dollars.

Now it's 500 million silver dollars.

With such a huge amount of money, even if prices are rising a bit seriously today, it still has very large purchasing power.

I can do a lot of things.

For example, if you add a hundred top beauties to your harem, it will cost you a maximum of 500,000 silver dollars, and 500 million silver dollars is equivalent to millions of beauties.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen should be very happy and satisfied, and he can hold a few banquets and celebrate well.

But......

He still couldn't be happy.

Because in the territory of the Ming Empire, the kind of super consortium with a net worth of more than one billion silver dollars has begun to appear.

Let's exclude a giant like Xujiazhuang, which has assets of more than 100 billion.

In today's Ming Empire, there are as many as eight super consortia with net assets of more than 1 billion.

For example, the Guanning Military Consortium has a net worth of 9.8 billion silver dollars, close to 10 billion.

For example, the Fujian Zhengjia Consortium has a net worth of 5.5 billion silver dollars, ranking second.

There is also the Zhejiang Maritime Consortium.

There is the Sichuan Shizhu Consortium.

There is the Western Regions Foundation.

and the Tianjin consortium, which has developed rapidly in the past two years.

Even the weakened group of feudal kings gradually became the feudal king consortium, and there has been a great development in the past two years.

The amount of net assets has exceeded 1 billion silver dollars.

The Daming Royal Family Consortium is ranked tenth - after a year of hard work, the ranking is not leading, but lagging behind.

This made Zhu Youzhen uncontrollable, he felt that he had to take some heartfelt moves, otherwise the situation would only get worse and worse, and it would only make the situation of the royal family more and more difficult.

What to do?

What exactly will he do?