Even when Xiao Chen was on the 'hospital bed', he did not forget about the emperor. He asked Xu Wenzhou to raise 5.5 million taels of silver and a large amount of supplies and send them to Fengyang City one after another. The emperor would not be moved by this kind of family and country sentiments.
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Five million silver is a huge sum of money, but to Xiao Chen now, it is really nothing.
In the past few years, he has earned a large amount of gold and silver just from overseas trade. It is no exaggeration to say that all the real gold and silver from the East and even the West flowed to Yanyun County like water.
Except for the old man and a few other people, no one knows how much money Yanyun County made.
Anyway, no matter when, where or when he faces anyone, the old man always complains about his misery and poverty. Few people can see through the phenomenon and see the essence, and realize that there is actually a smile in the old man's eyes.
But even though you have a lot of money, you must not spend it carelessly!
For this reason, the old man repeatedly warned Xiao Chen, never spend too much money when you have some money. The richer you are, the more frugal you must be, and put an end to all forms of extravagance and waste. Yes, just pretend to be poor... Nonsense! What are we pretending to be poor?
I was already poor, but I have never been rich!
To be honest, how much gold and silver is there in Yanyun County's treasury now? Xiao Chen doesn't know very well, because Liu Xiangqin, who is in charge of Yanyun's finances, has never reported it to him, and he probably stopped reporting it.
When he saw Xiangqin, he occasionally asked out of curiosity, and Liu Xiangqin was always vague, so Wang Gu talked about him.
Later he was very wise and stopped asking.
After all, this is what the old man considers to be the top secret of Yanyun County. Someone with his status should not be qualified to know...
The old man saves when he needs to save, but he is absolutely not stingy when he needs to spend. Just like before, he argued with Fu Yan over hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and even almost fell out with each other several times, but in the end he still had a lot of money.
All of it was given to Fu Yan, and it didn't delay him in building the road at all.
Even the canal project proposed by Fu Yan was quietly put on the agenda.
The one who has invested the most is actually Yan Yunwei. The old man was really opposed to the expansion of the army before, but now he is not so opposed. It is not that his thoughts have changed quickly, but that his pockets have become bulging.
No matter how much money the old man had, Xiao Chen was too lazy to ask him for it. He decided to pay for the money he gave Li Wanjiang himself. Although he felt a little distressed, it saved him the trouble of talking to the old man. Even if he lost money, he would not have to scold him.
, a clean picture.
However, there is not much personal property left under his name. It is estimated that the old man will take over the management forcibly before long. Xu Wenzhou said that the younger one has tried his best, but it is also difficult to be independent. Boss, you'd better be mentally prepared. Let's work together.
There is quite a lot of money in it, but now if you spend one tael, it will be one tael less.
Xiao Chen didn't take it seriously. What is the money earned for? It's just for spending it. Earn it after you spend it, and spend it after you earn it! This is called promoting currency circulation and increasing economic development... Of course, you can't spend it indiscriminately. You still have to spend it.
When used on the cutting edge, such as Wu Xiuping's machinery manufacturing factory, any investment is worth it.
Xu Wenzhou said that Brother Shuhei is really awesome. Although the car he mentioned has not been manufactured yet, several ancillary products have been mass-produced and started to be put into the market, allowing the funds to return.
Glass, myopia glasses, reading glasses, mirrors, just a few things, boss, do you know how much money you make? I tell you, you must not tell the old man! Because there is really not much industry left for us.
Xiao Chen deeply agreed and expressed considerable praise for Wenzhou's sobriety in the world. By the way, how much money do I still have in my personal account now, besides the 5.5 million taels I gave to Li Wanjiang and the money I spent to buy supplies?
"There are still more than a hundred thousand taels," Xu Wenzhou said.
"Say it again?" Xiao Chen knew Wenzhou was lying as soon as he saw Wenzhou's sincere look.
"Oh, I mean there are still hundreds of thousands of taels left. Our family's daily expenses are too high. A few hundred people have to eat and drink. After winter, we have to buy coal and firewood, and check and repair the heating..." Xu Wenzhou's eyes kept blinking.
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"I didn't hear clearly." Xiao Chen began to change his face.
"If we count them all, we can barely come up with a round number, about one million taels, and there is still something left." Xu Wenzhou blinked faster and faster.
"Wenzhou, when you have time, find me someone who is smart and can settle accounts." Xiao Chen suddenly said.
"What the hell, boss, you still don't believe me?" Xu Wenzhou was unhappy, "Our family's accounts are clear."
"It's not about settling accounts, I need a new housekeeper." Xiao Chen said.
"I did the math again, and it's probably more than one million. There are all kinds of things, and with the recent withdrawal of funds, it's probably a few million." Xu Wenzhou immediately changed his mind.
"Have you been instigated by the old man to rebel?" Xiao Chen felt that no one around him could be trusted now.
Mo Feng, what happened? There are so many spies around me, why didn't you find any of them?
"The old man is also doing it for your own good..." Xu Wenzhou said, "Boss, you can't replace me. I still love you. If I replace you with a bad one, I will definitely report false accounts to you."
"You kid is reporting false accounts to me right now!" Xiao Chen said angrily.
"I'm only half-truth. Besides, if you want to replace me, my old man won't agree... Boss, don't be angry. You are recovering from illness. Being angry is harmful to the body, especially to the liver. It's not me who said it. It's the fat brother who said it."
..." Xu Wenzhou persuaded him kindly.
"I'm going to let a fat man be the housekeeper, and he's better than you!" Xiao Chen's liver ached with anger.
"Oops!" Just as he was talking about Fatty, Fatty's yelling came from outside, mixed with Qianye Ling's complaints, Ling'er's sharp laugh, Xiao Ye's sullen smile, Ouyang Cui's chuckle, and Li Tanhua's big smile.
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"What the hell are they doing?" Xiao Chen was extremely curious and pushed the door open.
But they saw the fat man grinning, covered in snow, and Qianye Ling, covered in snow, kicking and beating the fat man. There was a two-wheeled car lying next to him, surrounded by a group of people watching the fun.
It turned out that Wu Xiuping had just built the world's first bicycle and kept his promise and gave it to Fatty, making Fatty the first person to ride a bicycle and the first person to fall down while riding a bicycle.
It wasn't that there was something wrong with Wu Xiuping's bicycle, but that the fat man didn't know how to ride it. Before Wu Xiuping finished explaining the driving points to him, he couldn't wait to ride on it, and insisted that Qianye Ling sit in the back seat.
As a result, he didn't ride ten meters, and even the rider and the rider fell to the ground. Even if he was embarrassed, he made Qianye Ling so embarrassed! He was laughed at by everyone.
Is this what you call sweet? No one can stop me. I'm going to kick this hateful fat man to death today.
"Damn it, you're so clumsy and you dare to say you know martial arts?" Xiao Chen said, I really despise you.
"You can do it, you can do it!" The fat man became angry from shame, grabbed the bicycle and threw it towards Xiao Chen, with great force, and the roar was filled with his anger.
But when the bicycle flew in front of Xiao Chen, it suddenly fell straight down and landed gently on the ground. This move was so clever that Li Tanhua and others cheered loudly.
So even though the fat man can't ride a bicycle, he can still do some martial arts.