343 Wisdom is Priceless
"So, how much is the idea of Baiminghe worth?" someone asked again.
Xiao Yu sighed slightly: "Three new banknote spindles can earn a penny, and seven renovated one penny. How many yarn shops are there in Hui merchants? The daily production is less than 5,000 spindles, and the smallest workshop is 5,000 spindles per day. The largest yarn shop is Xie's Pinghu yarn shop, with a daily production of more than 100,000 spindles per day."
One hundred thousand spindles were already a miracle in the Ming Dynasty.
This is equivalent to the annual output of 200,000 tons of yarn in the early years of the Republic of China. In this era, there was no steam engine, and there was no more advanced tools except manpower, animal power, and hydraulic power.
"Every day, only one spindle rod is available, and the net profit is about 70 taels of silver."
Seventy taels a day, and one year is about 20,000 taels of silver. For a young man in the entrepreneurial period, this is already a huge fortune. In the Ming Dynasty, 20,000 taels of silver is not a small amount. If it is exchanged for 40,000 shi of rice, 20 shi per ton, it is 2,000 tons of rice, which is enough for dozens of people to eat for a lifetime.
And this is just a spindle rod.
Things are cheap, and they cannot hold on to large volumes, and they cannot make too little profits.
Bai Minghe himself knew about this, but he was not concerned about his own idea, but the Ming Dynasty had begun to sprout industrialization. At least the young people from the Xie family have begun to invest in research on how to reduce manpower by polishing spindle rods and use more machines. Hydraulic machines similar to lathes have been successfully put into use.
"Bai Minghe!" Yu Qian nodded silently. This guy is really a capable person.
"Where is the white-famous crane now?" Yu Qian asked again.
Zhang Feng replied: "I just asked someone and heard that I'm going to have a drink with King Lu."
In fact, King Lu was also looking for Bai Minghe. His treasure had been brought to Nanjing. He was just waiting for Bai Minghe to see it himself, and then asked the Xingshou Hospital to review it. Of course, it is necessary to have a drink to contact each other and contact each other.
The answer from King Lu here was that Bai Minghe went to have a drink with the merchants.
The result of the inquiry by the merchants was that Bai Minghe was accompanying Lord Yu from the capital.
In fact, Bai Minghe hid in the backyard and watched Wang Cheng take his people to settle accounts. He was not calculating gift income, but calculating last year's large-scale account. Wang Cheng believes that since Yu Qian came to Nanjing as an imperial envoy, he asked Yu Qian to take back last year's account and hand it over to Long live.
It’s okay to hand it on the Dongchang itself, but it’s better not as good as Yu Qian’s handing on it.
First, it made Yu Qian think that Bai Minghe took him seriously. Second, it was not to let the court think that Dongchang was xenophobic. The third reason was even more interesting. Dongchang quietly sent it back, and it was inevitable that someone wanted to inquire. But when Yu Qian took it back, Yu Qian would definitely not open the box quietly, but instead made people unquestionable.
Dozens of accounts are planning to make abacus, and the speed is definitely at the level of abacus above level 8 in later generations.
"Sir. The accounts are correct, but there are some minor problems!" After Wang Cheng saw that the big account had almost achieved results, he held the copy of the general account and said to Bai Minghe: "According to the will of the emperor, the offerings to the palace exceeded the standard last year. Then, except for the offerings in the palace, 30% of our silver will be controlled by the Ministry of Revenue. As a result, we only left less than 20% of the remaining ones for the Ministry of Revenue, and we kept too much of the rest. How should we deal with it?"
"Share part of it into offerings from Nanzhang, Siam, and Molong. These should be handed over to the inner treasury. Is it enough to level the accounts of the offering?" Bai Minghe asked.
Wang Cheng shook his head: "It's not enough. There are 210,000 taels of silver in the palace. The more is not ordinary things. Instead, some treasures are discounted too high. The jade that is high for one person is 60,000 taels of silver. It is the best water quality, and Jin Lian of the Ministry of Revenue is not easy to fool. But if he pays the real account, he will definitely write a letter to ask for a reduction in the silver for the palace this year's offering."
Speaking of this, Wang Cheng added: "Sir, our gold is piled up in mountains. For the sake of the in-house offering of 210,000 taels of silver, the Ministry of Revenue will find some unhappiness for Long Live, and the subordinates think it is not good."
"Come on the debt and say it's my White-Mining He's gift!" White-Mining He had another idea.
Wang Cheng shook his head again.
Bai Minghe asked: "Don't I have so many in my account?"
"Yes, there are also ten times more. If you don't believe it, you can ask Mrs. Qinghe. There is nothing to do with you. You are just 2 million taels of silver. It's just that you say that it means to cover up the guard and steal the bell. Jin Lian will cause more trouble, so this matter is a dead knot, unless you make a false account. However, if you make a false account, it will become a dead knot here, and it will be trouble in the future!"
Bai Minghe also disagreed with making false accounts and there is no need to be verbal.
"By the way, how much money do we have to spend on the Ministry of Revenue?"
"It's almost 10 million taels of silver. The Ministry of Revenue probably doesn't know about this silver. Last year, the Ministry of Revenue's actual revenue was about 30 million taels, of which more than 3 million taels of silver were received in the capital city. We have already given the Ministry of Revenue's 12 million taels of grain, plus one million pieces of linen and five.8 million taels of silver. Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue is probably very satisfied with this number. Jin Lian didn't think how much we would collect? He would give it to him according to the real number!"
(Note: Many posts say that the Ming Dynasty only had a treasury income of several million taels of silver. In fact, the real history is: In the year of Yongle, the grain tax alone in summer and autumn alone actually collected more than 3,000 liang of stones, and there were also millions of silk, banknotes, yarn, silk and other levels. However, many taxes were retained in the places, namely provinces, prefectures, prefectures, counties, and counties. Not just in the capital city, so the entire national income should be included, which is the national tax revenue)
Wang Cheng is telling the truth, and Jin Lian is already very satisfied.
"Let's do this, let Yu Qian help us with this matter once. He has owed me several favors, and he should help this time."
After listening to Bai Minghe's speech, Wang Cheng said again: "Is there still some money to move to you?"
"It looks good!" Bai Minghe smiled dryly.
"Yes!" Wang Chengxin said, what's the point of piled up a piece of silver at home? Baiminghe is not a landlord in the countryside, so he has to hold the silver to sleep peacefully. "Then put it in the silver number and just have a number."
Bai Minghe didn't continue talking about this topic anymore.
There is no way to say it, and I dare not say it again. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty said 30%, and he said it was one percent. According to the current algorithm, Bai Minghe thought to himself, let alone one percent, it was one thousandth, and one ten thousandth was too numerous to count.
Because according to the current accounting method, Bai Minghe felt that he was one percent of the national finance of the Ming Dynasty.
If you pass the money, you will deduct a point from yourself. Whether it is foreign trade or foreign purchases, it is the same. This is not just a part of tax. The income from the merchants in overseas trade will also be paid out by a little extra. This part of the white-named crane is a little afraid to ask for, and always feels that the reputation is not right.
But no one thinks it is an official in charge, a navy guard, or a member of the top ten merchant gangs.
Otherwise, why did Xu Chengzong dare to use Bai Minghe when he came to Nanjing? Bai Minghe had 70% of the control of the pure profit of sea trade. Even without these, Bai Minghe could probably buy his own money. The difference is whether he had the qualifications to buy it.
Therefore, Bai Minghe encountered the same problem as Yu Qian, how can he spend it if he had too much money?
"Wang Cheng, I heard that your godson and your nephew are quite promising?" Bai Minghe suddenly said this, and Wang Cheng was a little confused and didn't quite understand what this meant.
"Don't be nervous, I won't harm you!" Bai Minghe said again.
Wang Cheng was not nervous at first, but now he was nervous: "Sir, just tell me clearly."
"I heard that Takeda Nobuei's daughter is very beautiful, but she is a little low. She can write and draw, and understand Chinese."
Wang Cheng didn't even think about it: "Actually, Cheng Kai is good!"
Bai Minghe was stunned and thought to himself that this was all right, and he would push all good things out.
Seeing Baiming's face in a daze, Wang Cheng quickly said: "Take it seriously, Cheng Kai is really good. He was a Jinshi and was a seventh-rank magistrate. Moreover, his father's duties are higher than mine, and he is still..."
"If you don't listen, I don't care. Please help me find twenty people, no matter whose nephew or godson, you need some talent there, but you don't have an official position and are a bit like a playboy. The most important thing is that you must be a reliable palace man. I plan to buy something recently, but I can't come forward!"
“What to buy?”
"A mountain!"
"What's the best thing to buy in the mountain? You want that piece to point it out. Just take it over. Do you need to buy this thing?"
Wang Cheng's words were not the attitude of bullying people there. All the mountains in the Ming Dynasty belonged to the royal family, and the white-name crane only had a reason to do so. You can just pass it directly and just file it with the local prefectures and counties in the palace.
Bai Minghe shook his head: "Watan Shijian Mountain, where there is silver where you can use silver as bricks to rebuild the capital. So, I want to play this matter with a lot of money. By the way, I will pull all the civil and military officials in the court, and also pull the rich men who tied the silver to their ribs into the water in the Ming Dynasty. I'm poor recently!"
Crying poor! It doesn’t mean there is really no money, it just means that there is a larger investment and requires a huge amount of money.
At present, the Ming Dynasty is either for building roads or for building ships. Both of these items are thrown as much as you want, and you can’t hear the sound of water when thrown in.
Wang Cheng nodded seriously: "This is a serious matter. Let these guys learn to be obedient first, and then do things!"
"Go back and rest. After finishing your work, you should take a break early!"
Bai Minghe put the account book back on the table, but no one who asked these accountants to get up, raised his legs and walked out.
Thinking of his new plan, Bai Minghe felt inexplicably excited.
Originally, in later modern times, silver was a good thing, and I dreamed of a lot of money. But in the Ming Dynasty, after the amount of silver reached a value, this was no longer just a number, but became a state of mind.
Thinking deeply in his heart, Bai Minghe thought that his realm had improved. Back in the backyard, the scene of eight maids lined up in the Qinghe House, causing Bai Minghe to fall into a dullness...
Chapter completed!