Chapter 611 The Source of Wealth
Fang Mao Mao scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "Master, I only know a general idea, and I have never dealt with these things before!"
"That's probably fine. I'm not checking your account!" Li Dachui said with a smile.
"In Wuwei, I built a horse farm with about two thousand horses, thousands of sheep, cattle, mules and donkeys. Every year, I sell war horses to the army, and I also process the fresh meat into preserved meat for sale. After excluding expenses and costs, we have a net income of about 50,000 taels a year." Fang Maomao said, "There is a farm over there in Xuan'en, which employs a hundred people to farm the land, and the net income is not much. Only ten thousand taels of silver a year?”
Everyone here has a strange look on their face. This little money is just a drop in the bucket for them. How can they feed people?
"You even remember these small coins clearly, and you still say you only know a rough idea?" Li Dachui rolled his eyes.
Fang Xiaomao chuckled: "Many years ago, didn't you encourage me to buy a street of shops in Tai'an City? It had just been built at that time, and it was so cheap. I once thought that you were fooling me because you couldn't sell it, but... I don’t care, didn’t I just rob Linghuye once?”
"Do you still think I'm trying to cheat you out of money?"
"Of course not. The current rent on that street is a hundred thousand taels per year!" Fang Maomao said with a smile: "But compared to the caravan jointly owned by the three of us brothers and sisters, it can only be regarded as a small amount of money. Lu The caravans on board are about 500,000 taels per year, and the maritime trade is the bulk. Last year, I received 2 million taels!”
Hearing this, the people in the room were already petrified.
Li Dachui patted Fang Xiaomao on the shoulder and looked at everyone with a smile: "Everyone, General Fang is still alone until now. He doesn't even have a wife. If you want to get married, you must hurry up. He is a real golden king!"
As soon as he said this, the eyes of the first few people in the room lit up.
Wang Zhenxi relied on his age and didn't care much about face, so he immediately climbed up the ladder: "I have a daughter-in-law in my family who is both talented and beautiful, gentle and virtuous!"
Fang Mao Mao immediately blushed and shrank behind Li Dachui.
Li Dachui chuckled and said: "Mao Mao is not good at management. He usually acts as a hands-off shopkeeper, but when it comes to wealth, he is not necessarily worse than you."
Everyone nodded silently.
Just now Fangmao said it was pure income,
That’s close to three million every year,
People like them say they have a big family and a big business, but after taking into account the expenses, how much surplus do they have?
"Many people think that the wealth in this world is certain. If you eat more, he will eat less. If others have more, you will have less. In fact, it is a big mistake. We in Beiting believe in becoming bigger and stronger. "The pancake is not divided enough, that's because the pancake is too small. Let's try to make the pancake bigger, then it will be enough to divide, and we think this pancake can be infinitely larger!" Li Dachui made a gesture.
Zhang Qingyun said: "When Linghuye was in charge outside the customs, outside the customs he had to rely on support from within the customs. Together, his annual income was only five million taels, which was naturally far from enough for the ambitious Linghuye. Therefore, he could only obtain his wealth by squeezing the people. After taking the initiative, the Beiting Protectorate's annual income was 10 million taels last year, and this year it completely won the Beiyuan. Coupled with the increase in maritime trade, the annual income is expected to exceed 30 million taels, excluding expenses, this year! We will have a slight financial surplus in Beiting!”
In the minds of everyone, the area outside the pass has always been a bitter cold place with few people. The people inside the pass, especially those on the Jiangnan side, regard it as a fearful road and have never thought that there are countless treasures hidden there.
Now when they heard what Zhang Qingyun said about the account, everyone was not only shocked. You know, Chu State has always been wealthy, but its annual income last year was only 80 million taels.
But how could the territory and population of Chu State be comparable to those outside the Pass now?
If the number of people is counted, I am afraid that Chu State will have no choice but to eat ashes behind the pass.
Chu State has a population of over 50 million.
Outside the customs, there are only more than three million people. Now including Beiyuan, there are only seven or eight million people. The reason why the final number cannot be determined is because the census of Beiyuan has not yet been completed.
Li Dachui's ability to make money is indeed unmatched by anyone.
"The so-called reduction of expenditure and increase of income, I appreciate more of the increase of income!" Li Dachui said: "Everyone follows me, what do you want? Of course it is glory and wealth, there is nothing to cover up. But I hate people who scrape the land and exploit the people. Of course I look down on this kind of so-called wealthy family that cannot create wealth themselves but relies on depriving others of their wealth. Of course I will attack them.”
Yue Qi whispered: "Protector, Jiangnan is a little different than outside the Pass. For example, outside the Pass, the land is plentiful and cheap, but here, there are more people and less land!"
"Then why not go outside the customs to develop?" Li Dachui spread his hands: "For a family like yours, with connections, money, technology and knowledge, if you are willing to go outside the customs, the officials there will definitely welcome you. If you go there now, when You can really take advantage of it. As long as you can afford it, they will give it to you!”
"Is this true?" Sheng Ju's eyes lit up.
"Of course, but there is a rule, that is, this land is given to you. If you haven't cultivated it within three years, you have to take it back!" Fang Mao Mao on the side interjected, "So how much land do you want? It depends on the strength. The land price is indeed cheap, which is equivalent to giving it away, but it requires money to cultivate it.”
"What about taxes?" Sheng Ju asked next.
"In the first year, it will be fully exempted, in the second year, it will be exempted by 70%, and in the third year, it will be exempted by 50%!" Zhang Qingyun said: "From the fourth year onwards, tax collection will begin."
"How come Zhang Zhangyuan knows these things so well?"
Zhang Qingyun smiled and said: "Because the Overwatch Council audits every year, and my father happens to be in charge of the Overwatch Council in Beiting."
Sheng Ju was greatly moved: "I have quite a few nephews in my family who usually have nothing to do, are brave and fierce, and often get into trouble. But we can throw them away and practice them. Whether they succeed or not is all due to experience!"
"Outside the customs, land is not a problem now, but it is now. In the future, it may become more valuable, but everyone has also heard that the real money is not made from land, but from business!" Li Dachui pointed at Fang Mao Mao and said: "Those farms can barely maintain balance and have a slight surplus, and the horse farms can only make small gains. What really makes the kitty's pockets bulge is actually maritime trade and commerce!"
"Merching land and exploiting people to make money is actually the most efficient way to make a fortune!" Li Dachui said disdainfully: "This is exactly why I look down on these people. Because they are not making a fortune, they are making a fortune for themselves. Digging graves, too Maybe one generation or two will be okay, but as time goes by, those who can't survive will eventually jump up and resist. He Zudao will respond to hundreds of responses here and there, killing the heads of wealthy families. Doesn't it still attract your attention? ”
"Only by allowing the people below to live a decent life, or even live a good life, can people like you gain more wealth, and even gain everyone's admiration and respect. If you don't understand this truth, it can only be said that you are still in a It's at a very low level," Li Dachui criticized unceremoniously. "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy when everyone is happy. You can think about several more meanings in this statement."
(End of chapter)