Li Miao wants to cultivate a group of educated and high-quality talents who will be used for his own use in the future. Of course, Li Miao values force, but he values people who have brains and can do things. Except for Zhuang Nu, Zhuang Hu is not Li Miao's person? is his own dealer, coupled with Li Miao's kindness, he will soon be able to retract.

Now the Northern Bureau alone has a net income of more than 300,000 taels of silver every month. There are more southern bureaus, after all, the south is the commercial center of the Great Zheng Dynasty. Branches in Hangzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, Wuxi, Changzhou and other places have been opened, with a monthly turnover of more than 500,000 taels of silver.

You know, they are all self-produced and self-sold teas and spices in the inner space. It's almost all pure profit. Now in space. There are still more than 2 million taels of silver tickets sleeping? This is still Li Miao's request to the head office. None of them can participate in the sale of more than 100,000 taels of silver. The branch shall not exceed 50,000 taels of silver.

The southern guards have been trained to the size of more than three hundred people. King Dodge, the head of the Southern Bureau, sent a letter asking for instructions. At present, the escort force is too wasteful, and it is requested to form a transport fleet. Buy a boat, Southern Guardians, and the Good Water will operate the boat. Li Miao finally replied and agreed.

Anyway, you can't use it if you have a lot of money. Now you have an income of more than 700,000 taels of silver every month, and soon you will only have more after you have the fame of Jinshi, and the silver can only become your strength if you spend it, otherwise it will be a burden.

Now Li Miao can only take one step at a time, sweet potatoes, corn, etc. in the space. Hey, it's still too much. You can only wait until the harvest of the land here comes up, and you can bring some private goods, and the area of the space will be expanded in about a month. What to plant? That's a big problem. It seems that the direction of development has to be decided, and it will definitely not work around the capital, and the impact will be too great.

In fact, it was still a little early to form a fleet, and it was exploited during transportation, and it was a matter of time for shipping. Li Miao feels that her current status and power are not enough. Even if you are hit, you can't let go of your hands and feet. Always let him have a taste that can't be used.

In fact, at the beginning, Li Miao still wanted to promote high-quality crop seeds through seed sales, but it obviously didn't work. Just like the wheat and rice in the hometown, it can only be through one household to one village, then to the township, and then to the county. It's a process. It seems that there is no urgency, because people do not see the yield of your seeds, who dares to buy them?

At present, six or seven thousand acres of land have been purchased in Wanping and Tongzhou, and high-quality seeds have been planted, and pig breeding has also been started. Now we are waiting for the harvest in the second half of the year, and there will be no shortage of people who come to buy seeds. This is also a demonstration effect that has to be used to promote seeds. Otherwise, Li Miao's inner space, your seeds will be directly put out, and the speed will be called fast.

In this era when transportation is not developed and government decrees do not go to the countryside, the promotion of seeds can only be like this. Now what Li Miao values most is seeds or sweet potatoes? This thing has a high yield, and there are countless people alive at the critical time, and it is currently near the capital. And that can only go so far. Low-key and reluctant.

Li Miao always felt that she hadn't done enough, so she asked Wang Yonggui to discuss. At present, the southern fleet has been formed. Back and forth between the north and the south, it is constantly exploited by the Caoyun channel. Who do you rip if you don't rip off? So Li Miao didn't expect it to make much money. Rather, it is mainly to train the team. Lay a solid foundation for future shipping reserve talents.

Li Miao said cautiously: "The future of the Great Zheng Dynasty is in the sea." Li Miao just said a word. Wang Yonggui thought for a long time. In other words, Li Miao is interested in shipping and wants to hear Wang Yonggui's high opinions.

The Great Zheng Dynasty has basically been in seclusion for nearly a hundred years. The sea is closed, the coastal areas are plagued by pirates, pirates are rampant, and the current situation is in the court. Li Miao always felt that she still had to do something.

Wang Yonggui pondered for a long time and recalled, "The owner is actually in the south. It's no secret. Many large families are associated with pirates. Even ......". To put it bluntly, isn't the imperial court forbidden to the sea? So pirates can smuggle?

Because this cake is very large, many wealthy families and eunuch families in the south also secretly participated. still responds to that sentence, where there is interest, there will be people drilling into it. And so, the struggle began there. Many families sent people to join the pirates, and eventually became pirates, or even pirates.

When you become a pirate, you can help those big families smuggle. brought a huge fortune to those families. Pirates also sometimes endanger coastal areas, killing people and setting fires, looting property, plundering people's daughters, and doing all kinds of evil anyway. So in the southern coastal areas, the common people suffered greatly from pirates.

Li Miao's current strength can't control so many things in the south. He is thinking about promoting his high-quality seeds in the Qingzhou area of Shandong. In later generations, Shandong was a large province rich in sweet potatoes. That is, after Li Miao bought land in Qingzhou and cultivated it, he sold it to the surrounding farmers and landlords after the harvest. In this way, the spread of high-quality seeds in the north is accelerated.

After all, the Qingzhou area of Shandong Province is located in the coastal area, and it is still relatively far away from the capital. At present, Qingzhou is still relatively poor, the land is barren, and the grain production is low, which is a good place to grow and promote high-quality and high-yield crops in the north.

Moreover, Qingzhou is very backward now, and it is not yet a government government, but a state rule of the six products. It is slightly higher than the county. But the land is more extensive, and the six counties under its jurisdiction are governed, but they are all poor. It can be seen that Qingzhou is backward. The imperial court itself did not attach much importance to Qingzhou. It is in line with Li Miao's strategy of low-key development.

After all, making it too big near the capital is not in line with his principle of being low-key. Qingzhou belongs to the coastal zone, which can develop maritime transportation and is also a good place.

Therefore, Li Miao explained to Wang Yonggui. On the one hand, it is to buy land in Qingzhou, develop agriculture, and promote high-quality seeds in the north, and secondly. It is to engage in the construction of sea ships. Start with a small sea boat and slowly gain experience.

In addition, there is an island near Qingzhou. Also pay more attention. It's better to be able to take it down and keep it for yourself. As their own big rear. In these days, no one has paid attention to the island. The survival of ordinary people on land is so difficult, let alone on the island.

In the south, many islands are occupied by pirates. In the north, resources are more barren and are basically uninhabited islands. If the island near Qingzhou is occupied by Li Miao, it can become Li Miao's own independent kingdom, do what he wants, and no longer have to hide.

What Li Miao is talking about now is only the use of small sea boats in coastal areas for transportation. It is not ocean transportation, originally with the shipbuilding technology of the Great Zheng Dynasty, it is completely possible to build large sea ships and develop ocean trade. However, the political situation is unstable, and the treasury is empty.

No ship has been built in nearly 100 years. The bones of the original ships of the sea have long since disappeared.

Li Miao uses small sea boats to transport in coastal areas, which is also more convenient than transportation in inland rivers. Shipping costs are also cheaper. At the same time, it also saves a lot of exploitation. It can also lay a good foundation for future ocean transportation.