Hearing this number, even Shen Yi couldn't help but be a little stunned.
For him now, he has often come into contact with millions of dollars. For example, the money he took from Liulichang this time was far more than one million taels.
However, Liulichang's money was actually the emperor's internal funds. Liulichang made money like water. In the final analysis, it was based on the imperial monopoly, so that it could still maintain a relatively high price for glass even as glass technology became increasingly mature.
In other words, Liulichang’s money is actually the country’s money.
The one million taels of cash that Shen Ming mentioned was personally provided by him!
This is a bit scary.
You know, even the Ye family, which has been operating in Fuzhou for several generations, cannot come up with so much money at once!
It is impossible for the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce and Xu Fu's large and medium-sized commercial banks to come up with millions of taels of cash at once.
Of course, if the Ye family sells off all their properties and sells everything, it is still possible to raise so much money.
Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then raised his head to look at Shen Ming, frowned slightly and said, "Sir Uncle's business is not going to be done?"
In this era, there is not such a large market size that can allow an "enterprise" to have millions of liquidity.
Only new monopoly industries like Liulichang can have this level of living money.
As for the grain store, there is definitely no such thing.
Because most of the money in the grain store has to be staked on goods, that is, grain.
Shen Ming also lowered his head to drink tea, and then said: "There is a war, and there is no way to do business."
"The last time Xu'er saw Qilang, after he went back and told me, I started to sell off the property in my hands."
"Excluding the share of the money given to Prince Jin's Mansion, as well as some money owed to others, what fell into my hands was almost a little over 1,100,000 taels."
"I originally planned to go to Jinan to meet Qilang, but I didn't have time to go. I was just busy working on this. It took me more than half a year to transfer all the sales in my hand."
Shen Ming exhaled heavily and continued: "I hope this money can help Qilang."
When Shen Yi heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
My third uncle is really a bit ruthless.
According to what he said, he almost gave himself 90% of his income in the past twenty years.
In other words, it was handed over to the Chen court!
Of course, this is not because of any blood relationship, but purely for investment.
What to invest in? Invest in Nanchen Court.
When King Chen's army crossed the Huaihe River, many local forces were already waiting and watching, ready to place bets at any time.
And Shen Ming's family is undoubtedly part of these local forces.
However, unlike other local forces in the north, Shen Ming's family has two advantages.
The first advantage is that their family is from the Chen country and is somewhat close to the Southern Dynasty.
The second natural thing is that they and Shen Yi are actually a family.
With this kind of relationship, Shen Ming was able to place bets one step ahead of others, and bet big.
You know, if some people with no connections want to make big bets, they may not have the chance!
Shen Yi was lost in thought for a while, frowned and said: "The flow of such a large amount of cash will probably attract people's attention? San Bo's family, do you want to move out of Taiyuan first? I will send people to the edge of Shanxi to pick up San Bo's family and take your family Send it to Jinan, or send it directly to Jiankang."
"It's okay."
Shen Ming said with a smile: "Sanbo has been here for ten or twenty years, and has been doing business for ten or twenty years. He has some methods of his own. Some of the money is from the north, and some is from the south. The money is exchanged through several banks."
"It's hard to find out."
"The money sent to Qilang now was sent from Jiankang. Many of them were exchanged by me for gold, antique calligraphy and paintings, or other rare items, and then sent to the south, and then in Jiankang. Converted into cash."
Mr. Shen was not only a little speechless.
The elder in front of me... seems... seems...
I already know how to launder money!
Shen Yi stood up, gave him some tea, and said with emotion: "If you exchange it like this, you will lose a lot of money."
"It's all worth it."
Shen Ming was very calm and said: "Otherwise, all the money earned in the past few decades will be taken away from Taiyuan Mansion."
Shen Yi didn't ask any more questions. After thinking about it seriously, he said: "Third uncle, you can keep this money with me temporarily. I will write to your majesty and report this matter to your majesty. If your majesty nods, I will spend it again." ."
This was what Shen Ming was waiting for. He stood up, pulled Shen Yi's sleeves, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you Qilang."
Shen Yi thought for a while and continued: "Also, just follow what I told my eighth brother before. The internal guards in Jiankang will create an identity for the third uncle's family. From now on, the third uncle's family will be the ones who serve the family." The orders of the inner guards went north to the Northern Qi Dynasty and took root in the Northern Qi Dynasty for the future."
"But whether or not this identity should be made public depends on San Bo himself."
After this identity is made public, after Shen Ming's family returns to the south, their reputation will naturally be much better, but at the same time, it will also bring risks.
For example, if Northern Qi found out about this, especially Jin Wang Zhao Xiong, he might become angry and ask the Purity Department to assassinate Shen Ming's family.
Shen Ming took a deep breath, reached out and patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and said: "One day, Qilang, you really drive Master Zhu Li back to the outside world, and the identity of this third uncle will naturally be announced."
Shen Ming clenched his fist slightly.
"Third uncle, in the future, he still wants to return to the family tree and enter the ancestral grave."
Leaves fall and return to their roots.
If it weren't for this hometown complex and having so much money in hand, Shen Ming's family could settle down anywhere and there would be no need to spend so much money to "buy" a reasonable and legal identity for their family.
Shen Yi smiled and said: "In my hometown in Jiangdu, the third brother is in charge now, so it won't be a problem to include it in the family tree."
Shen Ming was stunned and asked about Shen Ling again.
At the end, he looked at Shen Yi, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Qi Lang, Uncle San has something I want to ask you for."
Shen Yi nodded: "That's what you say."
Shen Ming said slowly: "I have two sons in my family. Qi Lang and I have met both of them. The eldest, Shen Yan, is relatively honest. After returning to the south in the future, we can let him do some business on his own, but the younger one will I have to think a lot, and I like to run around."
"Everywhere is in chaos now. He is running around all over the world. Uncle San is not at ease. Can he..."
He looked at Shen Yi and said, "Can you let him follow Qi Lang?"
Seeing that Shen Yi seemed to be deep in thought, Shen Ming quickly said: "I don't want him to be an official, and I don't need an official position. I just ask him to run errands with Qilang, and that's it."
Shen Yi thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.
"There's no problem with that. When my eighth brother is free, just let him come to me."
"It just so happens that I am indeed short of manpower around me."
A smile appeared on Shen Ming's face, and he said cheerfully: "In this way, I can feel at ease."
He stood up and said goodbye: "Qilang, you have a lot of business, I won't disturb you, so I'm leaving now."
Shen Yi asked: "Where is San Bo going?"
"Go back to Taiyuan."
Shen Ming said: "There are still things to deal with there."
Speaking of Taiyuan, Shen Yi suddenly thought of what his eighth brother, Shen Xu, had said. He thought for a moment and asked, "Is there an elder sister in the third uncle's family who married into the Jin Palace of the Northern Qi Dynasty?"
"yes."
Shen Ming sighed: "Being a concubine in the Jin Palace."
Shen Yi frowned slightly.
Shen Ming shook his head: "Since she is married, she is no longer our Shen family. She has her own destiny. Qi Lang, you don't have to worry about her."
Of course Shen Yi would not worry too much about the cousin he had never met.
He was wondering how much influence the Shen family had in Taiyuan. If it was big enough, it might be easier to take over Taiyuan in the future.
After a few polite words, Shen Yi asked someone to escort the elder away.
After arriving at the gate of the governor's office, Shen Yi returned to his study and looked at the thick pile of documents piled on his desk.
Most of them are intelligence information about the Qi people.
Shen Yi casually opened one of the books, and it read that Xi had returned to Yandu.
He opened a few more books, and then the premonition in his heart became stronger.