Hong Rulong didn't know how to answer this question.
Nalan Yanran on the side looked at Lin Fan in surprise. She never expected that Lin Fan could say such profound and unpredictable words.
"Master Wuhou, you want to help the people, this villain can see that, but we have no money!"
Hong Rulong said in a deep voice.
"Don't be afraid if you run out of money. I will send you five million taels of silver later, which should be able to support the express company's consumption for a year, right?"
Lin Fan asked.
"Five million taels of silver can sustain consumption for a year."
Hong Rulong said.
"Hong Rulong, do you ever feel that your vision is too short-sighted?
I have been waiting for you to speak out about this issue, but you just didn’t say it."
Lin Fan said.
"Master Wuhou, I am stupid, please give me a clear explanation."
Hong Rulong said in a deep voice.
"Let me ask you, our Shunlu Express Company only has one headquarters. Can the materials be transported only from the capital?
Is there only one transportation route?”
"What if we had branches all over the Ming Dynasty?
So when employees arrive in a city, can they save money on accommodation and meals?"
"Moreover, we can receive more goods, and after employees deliver the goods, they can come back with the goods, which greatly increases income and saves labor costs."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
hiss!
After hearing this, Hong Rulong couldn't help but gasped. Lin Fan woke up the dreamer with his words!
Their business strategy is to focus on quantity. They couldn't make money before because the quantity of goods was too small. If they operate like this, they will definitely be able to make money.
"Lord Wuhou, this villain is stupid!"
Hong Rulong said hurriedly.
"Since you know that you are stupid and haven't taken action yet, five million taels of silver is enough for you to open branches all over the Ming Dynasty. I believe that once the branches are opened, we will not continue to lose money, but will make a lot of money."
Made money."
Lin Fan said.
Hong Rulong nodded. Lin Fan returned to the Baihusi Yamen and asked someone to pull out five million taels of silver. The Jin Yiwei of the Baihusi was very depressed.
They were going back and forth to collect money today, but they were very tired. Lin Fan was sitting in the courtyard of Baihu Si Yamen, wondering how to spend the remaining one million taels.
"what are you thinking about?"
Nalan Yanran asked.
"I'm thinking about how to spend my money."
Lin Fan said.
"You have already spent fifteen million taels today. You don't really plan to spend all this money in one day, do you?"
Nalan Yanran said in shock.
As the owner of Princess Heshuote, his family is not short of money, but he has never been as heroic as Lin Fan, spending 1,500 taels of silver in one day!
“Did you spend a lot?
But all this money should be spent."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
When he thought about it carefully, he felt that he had indeed spent too much money today. He thought about whether he should keep the remaining one million taels of silver.
Suddenly, Lin Fan thought of the Ministry of Salt Industry.
The current Ministry of Salt Industry seems to have only one salt-making plant. Now, this salt-making plant is in high operation, and neither the equipment nor the workers have stopped.
If this continued, the Salt Industry Department's equipment would be damaged, and the workers would be exhausted. Lin Fan decided to open ten more salt farms outside the capital.
As for the previous large-scale salt fields, they will definitely be put into use later. However, whoever damaged these salt fields has something to do with the salt merchants.
Therefore, I can’t believe it for the time being and can only wait until the salt situation is completely stable before they can be turned on again.
In the evening, three thousand elite soldiers gathered in the military headquarters.
Li Jiantai walked out of the room excitedly and said to the soldiers: "Soldiers, Emperor Wuhou has just received eighteen million taels of silver. It's time for our Ministry of War to take action!"
"We have to ask Emperor Wuhou for five million taels of this silver. By then, all our soldiers will be able to replace their armaments!"
"All officers and soldiers can receive full salaries, and the Ministry of War can also recruit a large number of troops!"
The more Li Jiantai talked, the more excited he became. The three thousand people were all excited, as if they would get three million taels of silver soon.
After mobilizing, Li Jiantai led his people to the Yamen of Baihu Division. At this time, the Jin Yiwei of Baihu Division had already taken the remaining one million taels of silver to the Salt Industry Department.
When the officials of the Ministry of Salt Industry saw the silver, their eyes gleamed. However, when they heard that they were asked to build ten more salt farms, the light in the eyes of the officials of the Ministry of Salt Industry disappeared instantly.
What kind of evil have they committed!
The money I earned from selling refined salt was taken away by people from the Ministry of Household Affairs without even taking care of myself. Now it has reached one million taels of silver, and I still have to build a factory.
Because the refined salt business was originally owned by the Ming Dynasty, the money earned from the refined salt naturally belonged to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
However, Lin Fan is not without countermeasures. The salaries of officials in the Ministry of Salt Industry are self-sufficient, that is, every time they earn money, they keep their salaries first and give the rest to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
In this way, we can protect ourselves. At the same time, if the people in the Ministry of Revenue want to use money to restrain the officials of the Ministry of Salt, it will be impossible for them to do so.
"Alas! All this money will be used to build a factory. What a pity!"
One person said.
"This is one million taels of silver! Otherwise, we secretly keep five hundred thousand taels and build a salt farm somewhere else. Then, we can secretly take out some factors from the silver from selling refined salt to build a salt farm.
A salt farm?”
Another person said.
They were thinking in their minds and were ready to enrich their own pockets.
On the other side, Li Jiantai led people from the Ministry of War to the Baihusi Yamen. Li Jiantai rushed in without even letting the Jinyi guards of Baihusi go in to report.
"Marquis Diwu! Lord Marquis Diwu, I'm here!"
Li Jiantai shouted excitedly.
When Lin Fan heard Li Jiantai's voice, he stood up and walked out.
"Li Shangshu, why did you come to Baihusi Yamen so late?"
Lin Fan asked.
"Hehe! What else could it be? I heard that Emperor Wuhou harvested 18 million taels of silver, and all of it is stored in the White Tiger Office. I am shameless and come to ask for some."
Li Jiantai said with a wicked smile.
He thought to himself that he was the Minister of the Ministry of War and represented the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. It would be unjustifiable if your Baihusi Yamen had so much money and could not get rid of even a dime!
Lin Fan naturally saw the bad intentions of this old boy. If you want money, you should come earlier. Now that the money is gone, I can't give it to you if you want it.
"Li Shangshu, you are a step too late and all your money has been spent."