Chapter 1616, people are more popular than dead people
Liu Jian and Li Dongyang sat together, drinking tea and chatting.
"Mr. Li, I heard that your Li family established a colony in the Middle East. How is the situation now?"
Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang and sympathized with him. After giving birth to several sons, they all died young and he didn't even leave a grandson. He himself was almost the same.
He had three sons, but as a result, the eldest son and the second son both died early, and the third son was ineffective. He had two grandsons, the eldest grandson died early, and there were only two great-grandsons. It can be said that the population is thin.
Liu Jian also heard some gossip, saying that because Liu Jian himself was too old and in good health, he deprived his descendants of the blessings, so too many of his sons and grandsons died early.
This is one of the reasons why Liu Jian wants to retire, so he believes in this kind of thing very much. Think about it that he is already 80 years old and his health is better than that of Li Dongyang, who is 60 years old. Then think about his children and grandchildren.
, maybe he really took away their blessings, which led to many early deaths of his children and grandchildren.
Li Dongyang was even more miserable than himself. All his sons died early and he didn't leave any grandchildren. He had to adopt a son from his brother to continue his legacy.
Think about Xie Qian again, he is very lucky, he has many children and grandchildren, and all of them have grown up and are very promising. In this aspect, the two of them are far inferior to Xie Qian.
The key is that Xie Qian has now returned to his hometown in Zhejiang to take care of his old age, but they still need to be busy with government affairs.
"The Middle East is full of deserts and there is nothing. I don't know what Zhaofan is looking for. He went to the Middle East to build a colony. Now he can barely get some pearls to sell, and he still has to invest.
When the money goes in, I can hardly hold on anymore."
Speaking of this, Li Dongyang couldn't help but shake his head.
The world is so big, so Li Zhaofan just fell in love with this little corner of the Middle East. It was a desert place with nothing. Now he could just get some pearls to sell, and he could barely survive by doing the slave business.
"For this kind of thing, you'd better ask Liu Jin for advice. He is an expert in this field."
When Liu Jian heard this, he thought about it and said.
After all, Li Dongyang's stepson had the ability and ambition to go overseas to establish colonies, and he would have some family business to pass on in the future.
Although it is said that it can only sell pearls and the like, it is still a colony. Now the two river basins are in chaos. In the colony of the Li family, various businesses are now booming.
Looking at myself again, my youngest son is lazy, has no ambition, and has no ambition to make progress. My grandchildren are withering, and I don't want him to go to sea and wander in the wild lands overseas.
Even though he is the chief minister of the cabinet, he is very prosperous now, but when he retires, or a hundred years from now, what will be left of the Liu family?
That is, the little land in my hometown in Henan is left. The key is that the land in my hometown is not valuable, and no one will even plant it. If it weren’t for Liu Jin who followed Liu Jin to set up some factories and trading houses in Nanyang over the years.
Plantation or something.
By the time he left, the old Liu family had fallen to the bottom all of a sudden. Now they still had some wealth, and with the contacts they had accumulated, there was still hope for them to get back up again in the future.
Look at Liu Jin who is working hard.
This guy is so annoying.
The other party is not only a cabinet minister at a young age, he is expected to be the chief minister of the cabinet in a few years, a very popular minister. The key is that the wealth Liu Jin has accumulated over the years is too huge, and he can't do anything casually.
Just saying one thing is enough to crush yourself.
The key is that with such a big family business, Liu Jin doesn't put much thought or care about it. Many businesses are still run together with the royal family and noble groups, so he doesn't need to worry about anything from now on.
The First Bank of the Ming Dynasty, steel industry, shipbuilding industry, overseas trade, overseas colonization, sugar industry, salt industry, construction industry, real estate industry...these are countless.
Not to mention anything else, just the land and shops owned by Liu Jin, all the land in the south of the capital belongs to Liu Jin, the real estate developed, the factories built, and countless shops.
He, Liu Jin, only sells buildings but not shops. The factories are rented out and never sold. The rent received this year has been extremely huge.
As for Songhu and Tianjin, almost all the land is owned by Liu Jin, and it is also done according to the new city in the southern district of Beijing. A unified large-scale plan is first carried out.
Industrial areas, living areas, commercial areas and other places are neatly planned. Roads are built first, then factories are built, and then the buildings are slowly sold. Shops are not sold, but are exclusively rented out.
In the three big cities of Tianjin, Beijing, and Songhu, God knows how much Liu Jin can earn from rent in a year. The key is that the rent is rising every year, and the income is very good.
This layout is really amazing!
And this is just an industry under Liu Jin's command.
There is also the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty, which has now become the central bank of the Ming Dynasty. It controls the currency issuance of the Ming Empire. Every piece of paper becomes a banknote after it comes out of the Ming Dynasty Bank. It not only flows through the Ming Empire, but also all over the world.
They are all very popular. Even in Europe, businessmen everywhere are very happy to use the banknotes of the First Bank of Ming Dynasty.
The huge mortgage business, storage business, God knows how much money is stored in the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is definitely not as rich as the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty.
Overseas, Liu Jin's industry is also very huge.
Liu Jin of the Western United Trading Company is the major shareholder. This Western United Trading Company is now one of the top colonial trading houses in the Ming Dynasty. The colonies it owns are extremely large, and the wealth obtained from the colonies every year is beyond imagination. It is said that the shareholders of the Western United Trading Company paid a dividend last year.
More than 20 million taels of silver were divided among dozens of families, and Liu Jin, the major shareholder, distributed several million taels of silver to himself.
There is also the South African Colonial Trading Company, which is also one of the top colonial trading firms in the Ming Dynasty, occupying the large island of East Africa and the vast land at the southern tip of Africa.
Although the South African Colonial Trading Company does not seem to make any money, and even needs to pay for it, the South African Colonial Trading Company is the most powerful among all the colonies and vassal states now.
The South African Colonial Trading Company is now able to build its own ships, owns large steel plants, and has developed agriculture and trade industries. The South African Colonial Trading Company is not just a colony, but treats it as its own home and slowly refines it.
As expected, Liu Jin is still the major shareholder, and he and a group of nobles established this South African colony. This relationship is intricate and deep-rooted.
So, this person is really annoying.
Compared with Liu Jin, there is really no comparison.
Although Liu Jian and Li Dongyang are both outstanding figures in the world, they still admire Liu Jin greatly.
It’s not just talent, it’s ability, it’s also the pursuit of life.
Liu Jin does not covet beauty, nor does he like enjoyment. He has huge wealth, but he likes to invest in education and vigorously build new schools. In the capital city alone, Liu Jin has founded more than a dozen new universities.
, any investment is worth millions of taels of silver.
Free education for students in modern schools. What's the point of this? Tens of millions of taels of silver are poured into it every year.
New-style primary schools and middle schools blossomed all over the Ming Dynasty, with more and more opening up. I don’t know what Liu Jin was trying to do.
The things that the disciples of great men do are really beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
"Actually, I heard Liu Jin and the British Duke talk to each other several times, and the two of them chatted in the room next to the Chancellor's Study Room, saying that the Persian Gulf has a bright future."
"It's just that I still don't understand what the future of the Persian Gulf is. Just relying on those pearls can't be sold for much money in a year."
Li Dongyang looked at Liu Jin, smiled and said to Liu Jian.
"Did Liu Jin really say that?"
When Liu Jian heard this, he immediately became energetic.
Everyone in the world knows about the relationship between Liu Jin and Zhang Mao. They wear the same pair of trousers. If Zhang Mao has no other skills, he will follow Liu Jin. Now the British public's property is also huge.
Since Liu Jin said that the Persian Gulf has a great future, he must not be lying. There must be a future.
"Is this still false?"
"The British Lord has focused his attention on the Persian Gulf in the past two years and has established a large colony there. However, it seems that he is also scolding Liu Jin for cheating because he does not seem to have discovered that there is anything here in the Persian Gulf.
What a future."
Speaking of this, Li Dongyang couldn't help laughing.
Thinking about Zhang Mao, he is getting older and his health is not as good as before. He often doesn't even come to the morning court. Every time he comes to the morning court, he will inevitably pester Liu Jin and ask him to explain clearly what the future of the Persian Gulf is.
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"Liu Jin will definitely not lie to others. It's probably not yet time."
Liu Jian thought for a while and concluded.
"I think so too, so I insist on holding on here in the Persian Gulf."
Li Dongyang also nodded in agreement. Maybe the Persian Gulf really has a future, or something will happen in the future to change the situation here.
"Liu Jin, Liu Jin~"
Liu Jian smiled, and then shouted to Liu Jin: "Come and rest, rest~" We provide you with the fastest update of Ming Zhenhai King, Chapter 1616, people are so popular that they can be read for free.
