What's wrong?

Just when Shi Guangzu had not figured out what was going on, he listened to Yongnian Bo, who was holding the table, who was the current father-in-law, who was surprised.

"Let me write down a number? How much money can this Western company earn? How can this number be written just by writing?"

"That's right, how can you tell me this number?"

...

For a moment, the whole hall was in chaos and everyone was talking about it. Compared to them, Shi Yiwen seemed to be sage-like. He had already said what he should say, and the rest was just those of them who reported a number.

Looking at Shi Yiwen's calm look, Zhu Yingzhen sneered.

"Dr. Shi, I have something to say, don't know whether to ask or not."

"You are kind to you, Mr. Guo."

Shi Yiwen quickly stood up. For him, who was determined to use his honorary ministers to fight against civil servants, he certainly would not act like a civil servant.

"If you have any questions, just say it bluntly."

"Since that's the case, I want the problem. You just said that we should estimate it ourselves and write it down. I want to know why?"

"The Duke asked this question well."

Shi Yiwen smiled and said to the commissars in the room.

"Silver! The reason why you asked everyone to write that number is nothing more than asking how much money you think this business can earn in the West. Of course, if you write tens of millions of taels, it is obviously unrealistic. How do you say this number?"

After pondering for a moment, Shi Yiwen looked at them and said.

"That is, if you let your business in the West, how much money can you earn in a year? Tens of thousands of taels or tens of thousands of taels? I think, since you are interested in this, you will naturally have a number in your heart, right?"

After saying this, Shi Yiwen laughed again.

"Of course, the reason why the lords, uncles, and marquis wrote this number naturally has the intention of the lords. Please write it down according to the facts. After all, this number will be of great use in the future!"

Will it be of great use in a while?

With a slightly frown, Zhu Yingzhen looked at Shi Yiwen with a suspicion, wondering what he meant.

"What else should I ask about the Duke?

He didn't hit the smiley person. Although he was extremely dissatisfied with Shi Yiwen's exclusive possession of Western companies, Zhu Yingzhen could only smile and then said.

"There are no other questions. Since you asked this, I'll just say a number. 120,000 taels!"

Staring at Shi Yiwen, Zhu Yingzhen did not start writing, but said a number directly.

"Duke Cheng Guo was surprised that this business and Western business must follow the season. He doesn't want to go there. He can only go back and forth one or two trips a year. It is probably unrealistic to earn 120,000 taels by one or two trips. I think it's still reliable to earn 80,000 taels."

Zhang Rong smiled and retorted. He had also thought about trading in the West, so he naturally inquired about the profits he might get after trading. In fact, it was only about 100,000 taels, and the 80,000 taels were just a conservative estimate.

"That's okay. You can go to a few more boats at that time. 120,000 taels are still the same. Besides, it is a trade between the East and the West, not just the West. I think 120,000 taels is absolutely fine!"

When the two of them said one by one, the others probably had a clear mind. Not to mention those who were interested in Western companies, even those who were not interested in Wei Guoben and Shi Guangzu also had a clear mind, so they wrote a number of tens of thousands of taels, and of course some wrote tens of thousands of taels, or even thousands of taels. Obviously, they were not interested in this matter at all, and they were just dealing with the situation.

Finally, when the numbers written by everyone gathered in front of Shi Yiwen, looking at the stack of papers in front of him, Shi Yiwen told people to calculate it. After the numbers came out, he took a look.

"There are only 3463,000 taels in total..."

He left the paper and looked at everyone Shi Yiwen and said again.

"That's it!"

These two words shocked everyone, and they all looked at Shi Yiwen with some surprise.

"More than three million taels of silver? Is it a lot?"

Looking at the surprise on everyone's face, Shi Yiwen walked to the middle of the hall and said.

"As far as we know, there are companies specializing in trading in the West, that is, countries such as the Ming Dynasty and India. They sailed between Europe and the Ming Dynasty and India. They imported cotton cloth, saltpeter, sugar, and silk and indigo that were scarce in the European market, while those exported to India were copper, lead, tin and other small amounts of items. Each time they sailed, they had high returns, and sometimes the overall profit margin was as high as three times. In Europe, there were about dozens of such companies, and each company made no less than hundreds of thousands of taels of profit per year!"

Profits of hundreds of thousands of taels!

Not to mention others, even Zhu Yingzhen, who was determined to win the Western company, opened his eyes wide and said in surprise after hearing this number.

"How is this possible?"

"How is this impossible? The cargo carried on a ship can sometimes reach more than 100,000 taels, and a round trip can reach 200,000 taels. As long as a company has three or five ships, the money it earned that year is really a lot of money."

Shi Yiwen's explanation surprised Wuding Hou Guo Dacheng.

"Then isn't this trading profitable, one ship of cargo and one ship of silver? This transaction is really good!"

When he said this, he looked at Shi Yiwen's gaze and became even more jealous. Most of the others were the same. Facing the jealousy in the eyes of everyone, Shi Yiwen shook his head and said.

"Everyone will definitely say that I am lucky now. My Western company has this license, but everyone doesn't know that the risk in this navigation is extremely high, and it seems to make money, but if you encounter a shipwreck, not only will the ship cargo sink, but you are also paying the crew and sailors. In fact, the risk is half to half."

Seeing that everyone seemed a little suspicious, Shi Yiwen used himself as an example to explain.

"Just like me, I encountered a shipwreck at that time. If it weren't for luck, I'd probably have lost my life. The sea navigation changes rapidly and risks are always inevitable. Otherwise, how could Tonghaixing Merchants have huge profits?"

First, he emphasized the risks at sea, and Shi Yiwen continued.

"However, high risks mean high returns. Since Westerners can make huge profits of millions or even tens of millions through navigation, we can naturally do it too. I believe that as long as our sea boats sail far enough, they will inevitably get rich returns, more than three million taels..."

After smiling, Shi Yiwen's tone became extremely serious.

"It's really nothing. After all, there are too many possibilities at sea!"

"Dragon Master Shi, why do you say so much?"

Facing the problem of Duke Cheng, Shi Yiwen smiled slightly.
Chapter completed!