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On October 29, after nearly ten days of sailing, Li Yuanqing's fleet successfully arrived at its home port of Changsheng Island.

This is also the biggest inconvenience at this time.

That means poor transportation, which in turn leads to poor information.

In later generations, things may be done in three or two days, but at this time, it often takes half a month, a month, or even more time.

For example, even if the information from the capital to Liaonan is sent urgently over 800 miles, it will still take at least seven days.

Not to mention, in this process, people are trapped and horses are exhausted, and the cost is incurred by people eating horses' chews.

If there was a phone call at this time, it would only be an intelligence line from the capital to Liaonan. Over the course of a year, I am afraid that it would have saved Li Yuanqing at least hundreds of thousands of taels of money.

But Li Yuanqing also understood very well that ‘haste makes waste’.

Being fast has the advantage of being fast, and being slow~ also has the advantage of being very slow.

At least, during this kind of 'morning journey', Li Yuanqing could have enough time to rest and think, and at the same time, he could carefully enjoy his warm and fragrant nephrite.

These intelligence lines are also the best non-wartime training method for Li Yuanqing to train his elite men.

Of course~, and the most critical point is that Li Yuanqing can make full use of the historical time difference of foresight.

At this time, the weather was already very cold, and the offshore sea had begun to freeze. However, at the home port of Changsheng Island, the broken ice had already been exploded, and there was no problem in suspending the fleet.

Li Yuanqing and his party got off the boat. It was snowing heavily outside, and snowflakes were flying in the sky. The whole world was covered in snow-white confusion.

A clipper ship had already reported the news to the mansion. Zhang Yunniang, Qu Minqiu and other daughters had already prepared sumptuous food and drinks for Li Yuanqing.

However, because it was night and the weather was very cold, Li Yuanqing did not ask them to come over in the snow to greet them. After arranging the affairs of the fleet and his sons, Li Yuanqing directly took Zhao Mei and boarded the large carriage.

In the carriage, several charcoal-burning stoves easily drove away the freezing cold outside and made the interior of the carriage as warm as spring.

Zhao Mei was like a kitten, curling up next to Li Yuanqing obediently, her two white and tender little hands tightly wrapped around Li Yuanqing's strong arms.

However, her delicate and pretty face didn't seem to be in a good mood.

The journey from the pier to the official hall, which takes about ten minutes, has already been paved with concrete roads. The war horses walking on it will still experience slight bumps, but it is not serious and very rhythmic. On the contrary, it is better than the luxury cars of later generations.

More artistic conception.

Li Yuanqing naturally noticed the pity on Zhao Mei's pretty face, and couldn't help but reveal a soft smile at the corner of his mouth: "What's wrong? Now that you've gone home, you feel shy about being close to home?"

"Ai?"

It took a moment for Zhao Mei to come back to her senses, her pretty face turned red immediately, "Master, no...it's just, master, when we return to the house, Xiaomei, Xiaomei can no longer serve me like she did on the boat...

…”

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but laugh, pulled her into his arms, and said with a smile: "What? You still want to dominate me for a long time?"

Zhao Mei's pretty face turned even redder, "Huh?" She said coquettishly: "Master... you, you are so bad..."

Li Yuanqing laughed heartily. After a moment, he smiled and stretched out his fingers to lift Zhao Mei's delicate chin.

Zhao Mei didn't dare to look into Li Yuanqing's eyes, her pretty face was already rosy as if water was dripping from her eyes, and her long eyelashes seemed to be much brighter than before.

Li Yuanqing was also a little stunned for a moment. No wonder later generations said, "Women are made of water."

Only with the careful 'nourishment' of men can they bloom into their most beautiful beauty.

It's a pity that having too many women is not a good thing...

As the old saying goes, "There is no worse land than a tired cow..."

Fortunately, Li Yuanqing is extremely talented, has always been in a high position, eats well, drinks well, and insists on practicing hard every day, otherwise, it would be too much.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but think of the little emperor of Tianqi... I am afraid that most of the dozen emperors of the Ming Dynasty died from this cheating pill.

It seems that among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, only Taizu Lao Zhu lived the longest, more than sixty or seventy years old.

I'm afraid~~, only emperors like Lao Zhu who started from the bottom know better what is enough and how to protect one's own body.

At this time, looking at Zhao Mei's pretty face, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but almost had the urge to execute Zhao Mei on the spot.

Originally, Li Yuanqing hadn't discovered it yet, but when he really developed Zhao Mei, he realized that this little girl was really 'unnaturally gifted'. Even her 'sister-in-law' Zhang Die was no match for her.

…

"Girl, do you like me to be rough or gentle..."

Li Yuanqing smiled and took Zhao Mei into his arms, squeezing her little white rabbit that was not too big but plump and firm enough, and whispered against her ear.

Zhao Mei had already fully adapted to Li Yuanqing's 'intensity', but at this moment, hearing that Li Yuanqing was teasing her like this, she still couldn't help but feel hot all over. Her body was completely limp in Li Yuanqing's arms, but her little mouth was separated by

Clothes, gently biting Li Yuanqing's chest, almost whispering: "Master... you are really bad... But, you, why do you like Xiaomei... Xiaomei..."

There are still dozens of "dry fields" waiting for Li Yuanqing to "water" them at home. Although he can't really eat them, Li Yuanqing is in a good mood and relaxed a lot after teasing and teasing with Zhao Mei.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the official hall, Li Yuanqing withdrew his big hand from Zhao Mei's lapel and laughed in a low voice: "Tomorrow at noon, follow me to the Nanxinkou military camp for inspection."

Zhao Mei understood what Li Yuanqing meant in a moment, was overjoyed and kissed Li Yuanqing eagerly.

By the time the carriage reached the entrance of the official hall, both of them had already tidied up.

After Yang Lei asked for instructions, he carefully opened the curtain of the carriage for Li Yuanqing. The guards at the door and the servants fell to their knees, and then Li Yuanqing walked into the magnificent gate of the official hall with a golden sword.

In the official hall, a sumptuous banquet has already been prepared.

Because it was winter, it was impossible to fry the vegetables directly because they would cool down quickly. Instead, they were stewed in a large pot, which could be kept warm and heated. As for the side dishes, I naturally waited for Li Yuanqing to come back before frying them.

Led by Zhang Yunniang, Qu Minqiu, Yang Jiao~niang, and Zhang Baozhu, dozens of Li Yuanqing's wives and concubines came one after another to pay their respects.

Li Dingbei and his several monkey brothers did not dare to run around anymore, and came respectfully to kowtow to Li Yuanqing.

Ruyi, who was already over three years old, ran up to Li Yuanqing in a charming manner and said, "Daddy, daddy, give me a hug."

Although Fangxin was still having trouble walking, when she saw her sister like this, she also ran over and muttered incoherently: "Dad...Dad...hug..."

Li Yuanqing couldn't help laughing. He picked up the two little girls with one hand and kissed them hard on the face. "Two little beauties, do you miss daddy?"

"think."

"You two little girls, didn't you see that your father hasn't sat down yet? Come here quickly."

Li Yuanqing came back, and Zhang Yuniang couldn't hide the smile on her pretty face. She hurriedly came over and took Fangxin. Qu Minqiu also came over quickly, gave Li Yuanqing a charming look, and took Ruyi.

But the two little girls refused to do it, and started to cry loudly as the clouds turned cloudy.

Li Yuanqing had no choice but to hug the two little girls, laugh and sit on his throne.

Shiro was not yet three years old. He watched blankly as Li Yuanqing picked up his elder sister and younger sister, but nothing happened to him. He couldn't help but ask his eldest brother Li Dingbei: "Brother, why, why didn't daddy come and hug us?

"

With his small face, Li Dingbei snorted coldly and said: "Xiaosi, because Ruyi and Fangxin are women, and we are men. Men, naturally we cannot let daddy hug us."

"oh……"

Shiro seemed to understand a little, but seemed not to understand at all, looking enviously in the direction of Ruyi and Fangxin.

Li Dingbei couldn't help but shook his head like an adult and sighed, his brother is already three years old, why is he still like a little baby?

When Li Yuanqing came back, the banquet started soon.

Beef, sheep, chicken, duck, seafood, abalone, everything that flies in the sky, crawls on the ground, and swims in the water are stewed in several large pots.

In addition, there were so many children, and the atmosphere in the hall quickly became lively.

At this time, although Zhao Mei was in an inconspicuous corner, she always had a faint smile on her pretty face, and her small hands gently touched her smooth and flat belly.

She should have such lovely children soon.

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The dinner lasted for more than an hour. The children all fell asleep in their mothers' arms. Li Yuanqing was half drunk before they dispersed.

As usual, Shang Laoliu and Butler Ma, who had been waiting for a long time, also quickly came to the inner study room to report to Li Yuanqing the specific work on the island during these days.

Although the concubines dispersed, Zhang Yunniang, Qu Minqiu, Yang Jiao~niang, and Zhang Baozhu stayed behind. In the compartment of the inner study, they listened to Shang Laoliu and Ma Guanjia talking to Li Yuanqing outside.

report.

"Yuan Qing, work on the island has been going very smoothly recently, with basically no major setbacks. Our foreign government's monthly profit is about three hundred thousand taels. Of course, this does not include overseas business. If

Counting overseas business and these war dividends, we conservatively estimate that our annual net profit is about more than 10 million taels of silver. Yuan Qing, Lao Ma and I have been discussing for a long time, what kind of bank is that?

It’s ready to be established.”

What Shang Laoliu said was quite confident, and his face glowed red.

It's not that he, Shang Laoliu, is the boss.

According to the profit scale of the entire Changsheng Island at this time, it is probably not much larger than the annual tax revenue of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Even worse.

Although he, Shang Laoliu, might seem to be just the deputy general of Changsheng Island, in fact, the wealth he controls is probably even greater than that of the big bosses of the Six Divisions.

How can this guy have no confidence?

Butler Ma also smiled and added: "General Mr. Shang is right. At this time, we also have sufficient manpower for accountants. There are more than 600 accountants on the list alone, close to 700.

.This has not included the new accountants and generals who came from all over the country after receiving the news about our recruitment. Especially here, many of them have been operating in Shanxi people's bank accounts for many years and admire your reputation.

, and want to improve their own salary."

"They are very proficient in the business of banknotes, especially in the hands of many people. They have many customers, even big customers. General, as long as our banknotes are opened, oh, no, it is a bank, in the capital, Zhangjiakou,

When we set up a branch in Nanjing, there is no way those jealous old Shanxi guys can beat us!"

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