June 20 is Li Miao's twentieth birthday, and Li Miao has entered the fifth year of coming to this world. He currently has four sons and three daughters, a group of wives and concubines, a prosperous career, and a smooth career.

On this day, a grand birthday celebration was held on Lingshan Island, and it was not the number of people who participated in the celebration. In addition to Li Miao's wife and concubines, children who participated in the celebration. Each local bureau is led by a general manager.

In addition to the necessary left-behind personnel, almost all the high-level officials of the local bureaus came. The Northern Bureau is headed by Li Shui, Zhang Defu and his son, Hu Er, Li Liu and a group of high-level officials of the Northern Bureau. A faction was vaguely formed, rallying around Li Shui.

The Liaodong Bureau was headed by Wang Daoqi, and a group of veterans such as Li San and Hu Yong also rallied around Wang Daoqi. also faintly formed a gang.

The Southern Bureau has the largest number of people, and a group of high-level officials of the Southern Bureau, such as Li Zuhua and Li Xilin, who are in charge, are obviously in their own way, while the two patriarchs, Li Ba, the captain of the village guard team, and others have a feeling of being in their own way, and they seem to have broken ties with the top leaders in the south.

The forces of the Li Shuangxiong and a group of large and small sea ships are also in their own right. Although the number of their subordinates is not large, their strength should not be underestimated. Almost all of them are elite. Plus the small and small ships in hand. It's quite powerful. Hu Yi, Li Jiu and other veterans are also among them.

As Li Miao's side, Wang Yonggui, Li Shi and others did not stand in line.

Li Miao looked at everything in front of him and was helpless, any force developed to a certain stage, it is inevitable to gang up, after all, a person fighting alone in the force is congenitally weak, so it is inevitable to gang up.

This is the case in the imperial court, and it is the same in Li Miao's forces, only when the faction is strong, their individual status and interests are more stable. This is also an inevitable trend for individuals to seek a sense of security and maximize their interests in the midst of power.

This has been the case since ancient times, which shows that Li Miao's power has developed to a new height. In the future, Li Miao, the helmsman of this force, must consider the interests of various factions when making major decisions.

Li Miao is also extremely big at this time, and it is a good thing that the power in his hands has grown. And in the future, he will have to take care of this and that, and tie his hands and feet. It always feels bad. Wang Yonggui next to him seemed to see through Li Miao's thoughts and was secretly having fun on the side.

After the birthday banquet, the first plenary meeting of the Commerce Bureau was held in the Jubin Building of Lingshan Island.

The participants included the senior management of the Southern Bureau, the senior management of the Northern Bureau, the senior management of the Liaodong Bureau, the captains of the three sailing ships, the chief steward of the manor, the chief of the guard, and the management of Lingshan Island.

Li Miao was seated in the main seat, and the left and right sides were Wang Yonggui and Li Shi. The others were also seated. This is the first plenary meeting since the establishment of the Li Miao Bureau of Commerce, with the largest number of people, and almost all the high-level leaders of various forces are present.

It just so happened that the three ships of this year's ocean-going sea trade returned ahead of schedule, and the high-level personnel were all gathered together. It also happened to be Li Miao's twentieth birthday. With the rapid expansion of Li Miao's strength, Li Miao believed that it was necessary to convene this plenary meeting.

First of all, Li Miao emphasized discipline, and Li Miao had been hiding behind the scenes since two months ago. Orders are given to the next force through the Shunfeng Family Law Seal. In the future, it will be enforced as a discipline, and any order that is not stamped with the seal of the Shunfeng family law will be null and void.

Then I informed the participants that the supervision and law enforcement team has been established, and there is less than a month to go, and after the training of the team members, they will go to the local bureaus and the following forces to supervise and enforce the rights of family law.

Li Miao hopes that all of you here will, as before, continue to implement institutionalized management and mutual supervision. Don't touch the muzzle of the gun when the time comes, Li Miao is also in front of the statement, no matter who it is, no matter how close or distant relatives are. bumped into the muzzle of the gun, and he would never tolerate it. No mercy.

There are no rules, there is no circle, and now Li Miao has such a big force, and there is no strict discipline and system, how can he manage it. At the meeting, Li Miao also reiterated the secrecy regulations, and as he and the high-level officials of the Northern Bureau were hidden behind the scenes, it was impossible for the imperial court not to investigate.

This requires the top brass to keep their mouths shut. Li Miao stressed at the meeting that leaking secrets is the same crime as betraying the family. Those who teach Jeet Kune Do and other stunts without permission are also considered traitors. These regulations have existed for a long time, and here Li Miao reiterates them again. You can see its importance.

Next, Wang Yonggui reported on the harvest of this ocean-going sea trade. Except for rare drugs and rare animal skins, the net income reached 20 million taels of silver. The main source of these revenues is Japan Maritime Trade. This year's Korea Trade is a far cry from last year's.

It shows that the benefits of sea trade in the future are still very considerable. But there will never be such a huge profit as this year. Now Li Miao has no shortage of silver in his hands, and there will be no shortage of silver in the future. The attendees were also beaming.

In such a force, all of you are already at the top level, as long as you do not make mistakes of principle. Not to mention myself, my children and grandchildren have been rich and worry-free for generations. Everyone knows that Li Miao values feelings and is good to his subordinates, but the rules are a little bigger.

The next item on the agenda of the meeting was for the local bureaus to report on the latest situation of the local bureaus.

First of all, Li Zuhua, the head of the Southern Bureau, reported on the latest situation of the Southern Bureau. Due to the establishment of the Liaodong Bureau last year, the Southern Bureau lost a lot of blood, and nearly half of the high-level officials left. The escort force has also gone for nearly half of the time, and it will take less than four floors to recover in a year.

At the current rate, it will take nearly two years to return to its previous peak form. The Southern Bureau is located in the prosperous south, and its main role is reflected in commerce. Annual purchase of materials for ocean trade. It's all the tasks of the Southern Bureau.

The annual net profit of the Southern Bureau is about two million taels of silver. The key is that its business status is prominent, and many materials of the Northern Bureau and the Liaodong Bureau rely on the Southern Bureau for procurement and transportation. Moreover, most of the sailors and guards on large and small sea ships came from the Southern Bureau.

After listening to the report of the Southern Bureau, Li Miao was also deeply touched. The Southern Bureau has paid a lot in recent years, especially for the establishment of the Liaodong Bureau. The strength has regressed severely. It immediately promised that in the next two years, it would not transfer personnel from the Southern Bureau.

From this year, the Southern Bureau will not have to hand over profits, and the funds will be retained for the Southern Bureau to develop on its own, mainly for the purchase of granges and the construction of commercial outlets. After listening to Li Miao's decision, the high-level officials of the Southern Bureau thundered with joy.

The situation of the Liaodong Bureau is expected by everyone, and the current population of the Liaodong Bureau has exceeded 30,000. The force value of large and small sea ships is not counted, and the number of guards and Zhuang Ding has reached more than 7,000 people. In other words, last year's refugees provided more than 5,000 farms. And it has a certain combat power.

The Liaodong Bureau has built five fortresses, relying on the 7,000 guards and Zhuang Ding of the fortress to deal with the offensive of tens of thousands of Jurchen elites, and the Liaodong Bureau has become a general trend.

The Liaodong Bureau has reclaimed a total of 200,000 mu of high-quality fertile land within the scope of the five forts, and it is expected that after the harvest this autumn, the grain will be enough to feed more than 100,000 people.

The Liaodong Bureau can build two three-sail sea ships and more than a dozen double-sail small sea ships every year. The farm tool factory and arsenal are also developing rapidly, and there is now a surplus of weapons and farm tools.

The Liaodong Bureau also discovered an iron-rich mine fifty miles east of the mouth of the Zhuang River. Manual mining is now being organized. It seems that Li Miao is lucky, and he doesn't have to send iron embryos to the Liaodong Bureau anymore.

After listening to the report of the Liaodong Bureau. Li Miao only nodded, and the Liaodong Bureau will only get better and better. It's still in its infancy, and as time goes by, the Liaodong Bureau will become stronger and stronger.

Li Shui, the head of the Northern Bureau, just made a brief report. This was requested by Li Miao. In particular, the Downwind Transport Dart Bureau does not report. Because the development is too fast, Li Miao has repeatedly asked to control the speed of its development.

The Northern Bureau still can't suppress it, and the Downwind Transport Dart Bureau is developing rapidly. It's like a monster, growing all the time, and Li Miao can't do anything about it. Anyway, now it's in your own hands. It is estimated that the emperor has a headache than him. Let's see.