"Understood!" Qin Mo understood clearly, "I remember, didn't the imperial court have a naval escort?"

"There are only three or five trips a year, which is too few..."

"The navy does cost money, but we need to get more money." The annual salary of a hundred thousand navy personnel is tens of millions of taels, and this does not include the cost of a voyage, ship inspection fees, and food expenses.

After calculation, it costs 15 million a year.

Two hundred thousand navy is thirty million taels of silver.

The Ming Dynasty had an army of 700,000 men and a navy of only 300,000 men. The navy was really a waste of money.

In the future, we will continue to increase the proportion of the navy, at least one to one.

Much of the Ming Dynasty's finances is visible, but there is also much that is invisible.

For example, the fiscal treasury of the Ming Dynasty has an annual revenue of nearly 200 million taels. Most of the invisible income comes from foreign trade and harvesting leeks, so in fact, the revenue of the fiscal treasury of the Ming Dynasty is nearly 200 million taels.

The emperor's internal funds were even greater. Qin Mo's private treasury alone had no less than 200 million taels. Even though he was in the Ming Dynasty, he still had business in the Ming Dynasty.

He started all these businesses privately, earning several million taels a year.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty is what it is today, all because of money.

Now, Ming Dynasty still needs to continue to smash money. In another ten years, Ming Dynasty will no longer need to smash money.

Although there is a guarantee of the Western Region, Ming Dynasty will develop faster if it establishes diplomatic relations with Daqian.

"I know about this. If you have nothing to do, go away!" Qin Mo waved his hand.

Xiao Liuzi was overjoyed and said, "Wei Chen resigns!"

Qin Mo looked at Xiao Liuzi's back and shook his head with a smile. This boy did not speak easily. Nowadays, each marquis only has a very small number of royal tributes. Apart from the support from the people of the fiefdom, he basically cannot make ends meet.

Does the fiefdom need to be developed?

Money should be invested in development.

The investment required to establish a feudal state was at least millions of taels of silver.

So they have to work hard to make money, but they can only do it in the name of a feudal country, not in their own name. This is not acceptable.

For example, Xiao Liuzi's fiefdom is most famous for its handicrafts and tea, so the handicrafts and tea leaves of his fiefdom can be traded with foreign countries.

Or maybe the fiefdom is following the technological stream, opening factories and engaging in industry, which is also allowed.

The Marquis' fiefdom is more like an industrial zone for them. These restaurants are all employees, and you have to feed them. There are Ming laws and regulations to control them, so you can't kill them casually.

So everyone is working hard to make money.

Qin Mo touched his chin, "We can't let them have to ask the court for money every day, right?"

He thought for a while, took out another piece of paper, and wrote down a plan.

By the time the plan was finished, it was already noon.

And the name of this plan is, "Lord's Overseas Expansion Plan!"

The target is the land of Kunlun slaves. If the imperial court cannot eat it in one go, then let more people eat it.

All these territories were occupied.

If you occupy it, you have to pay rent and taxes to the court. After it is developed, the court will take it back within a certain period of time.

If you want to continue development in the future, you will have to renew the lease.

Qin Mo nodded with great satisfaction. There were many Lords of the Ming Dynasty, more than a hundred, and all of them had their own kingdoms, and all of them were under pressure.

How good is it to make money abroad and spend it at home?

He rolled up the plan, put it in a tube, had it taken to the palace, and then took Sugako to take a nap.

On the other side, Liu Chenghu and Chai Shao landed in Gaozhou with an envoy of thousands of people.

Upon learning that the Ming Dynasty envoy was coming, the prefect of Gaozhou led a group of officials to greet them outside.

After resting for the night in Gaozhou, everyone boarded the special train heading to the capital of Daqian. Every time they passed a station, they were greeted by local administrators.

The journey that was originally three to five days ended up taking nine days.

But this time when the envoy came, Daqian sent many people to greet him. To show respect, they even laid out a three-mile red carpet.

Gongsun Wuji, Li Xin, Li Daoyuan, and Li Xuan, who had not been seen for a long time, also came.

The group of people got off the train and looked at their familiar old friends, feeling filled with emotion.

"Chai Gong, Brother Chenghu, long time no see!" Li Daoyuan looked at the two of them and sighed with emotion.

Liu Chenghu's contribution was so great. In Daqian, he was just a Duke. When he went to Ming Dynasty, he was a county king. He also had a fiefdom and a town. Not to mention how comfortable he was.

"The king of the county, the Duke of Zhao, the Duke of Zhao, the new king!" The two of them also hurriedly returned the gift.

On the way here, they also got to know the situation in Daqian to a certain extent.

For example, Li Xuan had already reached the crown, and logically he should have been granted a vassal status. However, because he was pursuing a technical direction, he was given the title of new king. Li Shilong granted him permission not to be granted a vassal status, but he was not granted a vassal status.

The reason why I came here this time was brought up by Li Xuan himself.

This time the envoy came to visit, there was no harshness or tit-for-tat, it was more like an old friend reminiscing about the past, full of harmony.

The two of them returned to Beijing again, which also explained one thing. If you don't stay here, you will have a place to stay.

If the imperial court treats its meritorious officials badly, it will inevitably bring disaster upon itself.

After a group of people drank too much, they boarded a steam locomotive.

"You haven't been back for several years, let me take you around!" Li Daoyuan said, "Let's see if there are any changes in my hometown!"

"There are more people, the city is bigger, but the prosperity remains the same!" Chai Shao said: "This city has never been seen in history books!"

Liu Chenghu said: "It's better than before I left."

The two of them did not slander their hometown. This is the basic principle of life.

Even if they were already from the Ming Dynasty, even if they scolded them, they would only be scolding the emperor and the court of Daqian, not the land of Daqian.

This land gave birth to them and raised them, so they have no right to scold them.

Gongsun Wuji smiled and said, "I heard that Xijing is also very prosperous. I really hope to see it with my own eyes."

"Just wait until the letters of credence are signed this time. I heard from the prince that he hopes that the two countries can open ocean voyages to each other. By then, the people of the two countries can travel to each other and exchange what they need." Liu Chenghu said.

Several people were surprised. Isn't Daming afraid?

In fact, they didn't understand Qin Mo's thoughts.

By opening this ocean route, he believed that with the advantages of Ming Dynasty's policies and strength, it would definitely attract many wealthy people from Ming Dynasty to settle in Ming Dynasty.

Not only did he want to plunder the people of Daqian secretly, but he also wanted to attract more talents to Ming Dynasty openly.

Of course, if Da Gan is capable, he can also do reverse propaganda.

The Ming Dynasty had a vast territory, sparse population, and abundant resources. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains had been completely developed long ago.

The Western Region is actually similar. Apart from trade, there are not many resources that can be developed.

Both Wazhou and Gaoli have been developed for many years.

There are business opportunities everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, so the immigrant population in the Ming Dynasty will inevitably increase dramatically in the future.

The prerequisite is that Da Qian must agree.
Chapter completed!