In the Governor's Mansion, the lights in the hall were not turned off, and Ming soldiers wearing plate armor were guarding outside the Governor's Mansion.

It was not until early morning that a thin old man walked out of the Governor's Mansion.

As the old man gradually disappeared at the end of the street, a carriage rushed over.

The carriage stopped outside the Governor's Mansion, and a gorgeously dressed man slowly walked off the carriage.

Su Langqing showed joy and walked quickly towards the Governor's Office. The elite troops of the Ming army guarded outside the office did not stop him, because this person was the richest person in the Sihai Chamber of Commerce and a great celebrity beside Liu Yu.

Liu Yu and Chen Ande had a brief talk all night, and Liu Yu gave understanding and respect to this old man who was still caring about the Ming court in his sixties.

Even though he had advised Liu Yu to give up Luzon Island.

"Sir, Su Langqing is asking for a meeting." A butler walked quickly to the hall and said.

Liu Yu took a sip of tea, and he still drank seven or eight cups of tea last night. If it weren't for the refreshing spirit of the tea, he would have been unable to hold on to fall asleep.

"What's the matter?" Seeing Su Langqing walk into the hall, Liu Yu asked.

"Sir, this morning, the Clippers in Navy Town sent back the good news and Muhanweili's head." Su Langqing could not suppress the joy in his heart and said hurriedly.

"Oh." Liu Yu took another sip of tea.

"I'll pass the head of Rawag so soon." Liu Yu smiled.

"Sir, since Muhammavelli is dead, Luzon pirates must be fleeing and can no longer stop the conquest of the Ming Dynasty. The merchants from all over the world cried with joy and asked the adults to open the sea today."

After glanced at Su Langqing, Liu Yu smiled.

No wonder this kid ran to the Governor's Office early in the morning. During these days, Lu Hai, Ming Hai suffered a considerable loss under the ban on the navigation order by Liu Yu. When he heard that the pirates were defeated by the Ming army, he immediately asked Su Langqing to ask him for the navigation order.

"The Fubo Town and the Navy Town defeated the pirates in the Babuyan Sea. Now the islands outside Luzon are also included as Ming lands. Now the pirates are just a stray dog, and it is really not worth worrying about." Liu Yu nodded.

After hearing Liu Yu's words, Su Langqing knew that there was a chance to go on the flight order.

"These days have made Lu Hai, Ming Hai, oh by the way, how profitable is the Sihai Chamber of Commerce in the past six months?" Liu Yu asked.

As if she knew that Liu Yu would ask, Su Langqing took out an account from her cuff.

"Luhai, Minghai, Mountains, and Far Seas are all profitable in this account for half a year. Please check it out." Su Langqing respectfully handed it to Liu Yu.

"No need." Looking at the accounts handed over by Su Langqing, Liu Yu had no intention of taking them.

"Just tell me directly about Sihai's profits in the past six months."

Seeing that Liu Yu was so obscene to the accounts, Su Langqing looked shocked, but was shocked.

This is clearly a trust in yourself and the Sihai Chamber of Commerce.

Su Langqing nodded heavily and hurriedly said, "Sir, in the past six months, land, sea, mountains and seas, far seas are in the South Ocean, mainland sea trade, and the development of land trade routes such as Mingcheng. In addition to the losses caused by pirate attacks this month, all the worlds have made profits. In the past six months, the worlds have earned a total of 380,000 taels of silver."

After more than half a year of efforts by Liu Yu, the Sihai Chamber of Commerce has made significant progress.

Land, sea, sea, mountains, sea, and sea, and sea all over the world have more than 800 ships, including more than 200 large ocean-going ships.

From Lavague to Manila, to Guangdong, Quanzhou, and all over the Southeast Asian region, there are ships sailing from all over the world.

Although pirates outside Luzon's seas were scattered, they did not curb the development of the world. Ships from the distant seas were still sailing in the South Ocean, but they did not go through the Babuyan Strait.

"Silver rolls in will naturally roll away." Liu Yu shook his head.

"Tell me, how are the expenses lost in the four seas?"

Su Langqing's smile obviously froze. He flipped through the accounts and said with a bitter expression.

"If you want to know, the world will pay more than 98,000 taels of taxes to the Ming court."

"In addition to the daily maintenance and docking costs of more than 3,000 taels per month, the merchant ship owners of other chambers of commerce need to pay more than 40,000 taels of dividends, and the salary of crew members of our fleet is more than 22,400 taels, which adds up to nearly 70,000 taels.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the world still needs to prepare the annual salary of thousands of sailors, which is estimated to cost more than 30,000 taels of silver."

"Mingcheng is still under construction, building houses for Mingcheng merchants, providing rice seeds, farm tools, etc. for the migrant people in Luzon. The mountains and seas also cost more than 20,000 taels of silver." Su Langqing counted one by one.

"This month, due to pirate attacks, pirates plundered six ships in succession, hundreds of sailors lost their lives, and the four seas still need to provide a lot of pensions. In addition, Shanhai failed to go to sea due to a ban on navigation order this month, and suffered losses."

"Forget it, the whole world made a total profit of 160,000 taels of silver." Su Langqing said.

It is indeed a lot to calculate that 160,000 taels are indeed a lot, but it has to be divided into four commercial banks. On average, each commercial bank branch only has 40,000 taels of silver, which is still a monopoly on the business roads in northern Luzon.

Liu Yu put down a cup of tea and looked at Su Langqing. The source of Ming court's financial income still relied on the commission from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce.

Huben Town, Weiwu Town, Auxiliary Town and other Lu Town, plus the Navy of Fubo Town and Shengfan's salary, the total amount was 130,000 taels, and there were also 40,000 taels of silver, including the number of 100,000 taels of rice, and the number of 100,000 taels of silver.

This does not include the 40,000 taels given to the Xiaowu Navy Headquarters, and the Ming court's military expenditure was as high as 210,000 taels.

The Sihai Chamber of Commerce is not worth the effort to get a commission of more than 90,000 taels of silver.

Some of the military expenditure projects are subsidies for the families of Ming soldiers. After all, everyone comes to Luzon with their heads, and marrying a wife, naturally, the court will pay for money, give land and houses. The soldiers of the generations betray the Spaniards and risk being slaughtered by the Spanish to serve the Ming people. Naturally, they also have to pay for the loss of firearms and arms.

The taxes paid by more than 20 towns, including Lavag, Vigan, Mingcheng, Tulaug, etc. This year are roughly 200,000 taels of silver, equivalent to more than 130,000 taels.

The population of Luzon is not large, and the population of a town can only be compared with the population of townships under the jurisdiction of the Qing Dynasty. The majority of tax revenue are basically local merchants and handicraftsmen in Vigan and Lavague.

As for the taxes in the local indigenous chief states, the Ming court used sweet potatoes, rice and other crops to replace the salaries of officials in major towns.

After all the calculations, the Luzon Ming court did not lose money this year, and of course it was not profitable.

"Wuda, you are also in charge of the land and grain warehouse departments. I ask you, are there enough military rations?" Liu Yu asked Wuda beside him.

"There are more than 40,000 stones of military rations such as rice, sweet potatoes, and other types of fish, dried meat, and whale meat, which is enough to supply the entire army for a year and a half." Wuda replied.

"Yes." Liu Yu nodded.

Although there were not many Ming people living in Luzon, Liu Yu collected a large number of tribal forces that were originally from the chiefs of the Tumen, and these Tumen were cleared and cultivated for the Ming court.

It has been a hundred years since the Spanish brought sweet potatoes from the Americas to Luzon. More than a hundred years of cultivation have made sweet potatoes suitable for the Luzon environment. The large-scale cultivation of farming allowed the Ming army to collect large quantities as military rations reserves.
Chapter completed!