Li Jianye looked at the Japanese pirate coastline that was gradually blurring in his sight and sighed.
"Hey, I thought I could have a good fight, but I didn't expect to have to go back so soon."
Li Changfeng said helplessly: "Why do you love fighting so much? Subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is the best policy."
Li Jianye rolled his eyes at Li Changfeng: "Without fighting, how can the artillery battalion accumulate experience in naval battles? How can the newly formed air force accumulate experience?"
Li Changfeng was speechless and could only comfort him: "Don't worry, there will be many opportunities to fight in the future."
Emperor Qianwu had great ambitions. If Daqian continued to develop at this rate, expansion would be inevitable.
In his plan, Goryeo and the Japanese pirates consumed each other and squeezed out their benefits. After the two countries were completely empty, they also wanted to destroy them.
"I hope so." Li Jianye said with waning enthusiasm.
Li Changfeng ignored him, waved his hand and said: "All the soldiers who go on the expedition will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver each!"
As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers cheered and praised Li Changfeng for his generosity.
Zhou Jianbo bowed and praised: "Everyone in the world says that His Highness the Ninth Prince is generous, and it turns out that he is so generous after seeing him today."
Zhou Jianbo was obsessed with establishing a relationship with Li Changfeng as soon as possible, and there was another very important thing, which was that His Highness the Ninth Prince was said to be extremely generous.
Anyone who follows His Highness the Ninth Prince, whether it is his various industries, scientific research institutes, or those who follow him to fight, will be rewarded at any time as long as they perform well.
Many people in Daqian lived a good life because of Li Changfeng's rewards. They had a good reputation among the people and many people wanted to do things for him.
Following such a person, Zhou Jianbo felt that he had a bright future.
Li Changfeng patted Zhou Jianbo on the shoulder and said with a smile: "General Zhou, this prince has a business that he wants to cooperate with you. I wonder if you are interested?"
"I'm interested! Of course I'm interested! Your Highness, tell me!"
Zhou Jianbo's eyes lit up.
joke!
Who doesn't know that besides doing those weird things, His Highness the Ninth Prince is best at doing business?
In any business of His Highness the Ninth Prince, there is not a lot of money to be made every day?
It is difficult not to make money if you can cooperate with His Highness the Ninth Prince in business.
"As long as you are interested." Li Changfeng said with a smile, "Did you see all the seafood that this prince fished for and ate along the way?"
"I saw it! Before this, I never thought there were so many edible things in the sea!"
Zhou Jianbo nodded, already having some guesses in his mind, and said in confusion, "Your Highness, you mean... you want me to salvage seafood for you?"
Li Changfeng shook his head and said with a smile: "You are also a general after all. How can I let you become a fisherman?"
"Then what do you mean, Your Highness..."
"Let the fishermen along the coast salvage, and you will be responsible for purchasing and sending them to the capital to earn the price difference. In this way, both the coastal fishermen and you can make money."
The reason for Li Changfeng's Hudilao fire last winter was that he planted a large number of green vegetables. This year, he has promoted the planting technology, and the number of people planting green vegetables has increased dramatically.
As a result, Hudi Lao Hotpot has lost its greatest competitiveness.
But if there is a seafood hotpot, Hudilao will already maintain strong competitiveness.
Moreover, Hudi Lao can also add many seafood dishes, and the business will also be booming.
Daqian's coastline is so long, other restaurant business colleagues will follow suit when they see it, which will inevitably increase the sales of seafood. He can also become a second-hand dealer to wholesale seafood.
Food is the most important thing for the people, and this is a very profitable business.
Zhou Jianbo understood what he meant and his face was filled with excitement.
"no problem……"
As soon as he agreed, a look of helplessness appeared on his face.
"But... Your Majesty follows the previous decree to ban the sea. No one dares to go out to sea to fish. I'm afraid..."
Li Changfeng gave him a reassuring look: "Don't worry, start making preparations now. After this prince returns to Beijing, he will ask his father to lift the sea ban."
"good!"
Zhou Jianbo was overjoyed.
He had no doubt about this.
With Li Changfeng's influence, he believed there would be no problem.
And because of the existence of armored warships, there is actually no need to ban the sea in Daqian now.
When soldiers engage in business, there are actually some disadvantages to doing so.
However, Li Changfeng could not find a more suitable candidate in a short period of time. After all, Zhou Jianbo had been operating in Nanhai for many years and could promote this matter quickly and effectively.
However, in order to avoid being criticized, Li Changfeng gave a reminder.
"You can't come forward in person, let your family do it, do you understand?"
Zhou Jianbo nodded heavily: "Your Highness, I will understand!"
…
When I returned to the capital, it was already late autumn.
Because of the special circumstances of this expedition against Japanese pirates, Emperor Qianwu did not make any big noise, and Li Changfeng entered the city in a very low-key manner.
However, dozens of large boxes still attracted the attention of the people in the capital, and soon they found out that it was Li Changfeng who had returned to the capital.
People are very curious about what is in the box.
They already knew that Li Changfeng went to the Japanese pirates to collect accounts.
But five hundred thousand taels of silver is not that much!
As people watched curiously, nearly half of the carriages parted ways with the group at the intersection and headed straight for the household department.
When they arrived at the door of the Hubu Yamen, the person driving the carriage shouted loudly: "By order of His Highness the Ninth Prince, I am sending 500,000 taels of penicillin tax and 500,000 taels of military expenses to the Ministry of Hubu. Please check on site!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
"Oh my god! This is one million taels of silver!"
"It was said before that His Highness's official weapons were used for personal use, but what happened now? His Highness spent a total of five hundred thousand taels of silver!"
"His Highness has not mobilized many troops, but he has given so much military expenditure. It is really generous!"
"..."
The officials of the Ministry of Revenue felt a little numb when they heard this number, and they quickly reported it internally. Soon Chen Dingyuan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, trotted out with excitement on his face.
"Haha! Okay, that's great! I'm so grateful to His Highness the Ninth Prince. This money came so timely!"
During this period, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development paid money to the railway builder of the first bidding section. The rails and trains provided by Li Changfeng were also a very large expense.
Emperor Qianwu ordered the continued purchase of artillery, muskets, mines and other items, and now plans to rebuild the palace wall. The treasury is already a little nervous.
This sum of money from Li Changfeng can just meet his urgent need.
What made him somewhat helpless was that most of the money had to go back to Li Changfeng.
Soon, the silver was counted, and one million taels was quite a lot.
The reason why Li Changfeng was so generous was to let everyone in the capital see the intimidating effect of armored warships on overseas countries and realize the wealth of overseas countries.
In this way, the maritime ban policy can be lifted without any resistance, allowing him to free his hands and feet to develop ocean trade.