Chapter 448 Year-End Reconciliation

After three days of light snow, it suddenly turned into a heavy snow.

Overnight, Qingzhou was once again covered with a layer of lustrous white, but unlike in previous years, the merchants refused to stop their voices even in the cold and snow.

There are endless merchant ships passing by on the dock. They unload coal, iron ore, cotton, grain, fur, saltpeter, sulfur and other commodities, and then transfer out the soap, glass, fine wine, cotton-padded clothes, coal ball stove and other commodities produced in Qingzhou. .

They all want to make a lot of money during the Chinese New Year. After all, for businessmen, the New Year is the hottest days for business.

"Your Highness, the intimate clothes designed by the princess are really popular in Chang'an. The 8,000 sets of clothes we trafficked to Chang'an this time were sold completely, and we made a total of 80,000 taels of silver."

Every Chinese New Year is the time for the fiefs to audit their accounts. For the past two days, he and Pang Yukun have been busy with this matter, while summarizing the lessons of one year and laying out plans for the next year.

For this matter, he asked Pang Yukun to have all the six state government offices and the Youzhou government offices added this year go to Qingzhou for reconciliation.

In addition to the government office, the military, chambers of commerce, mines, shipyards, military workshops and other institutions are no exception. In order to avoid officials' corruption and bribery, Xiao Ming has always maintained a high-pressure situation in this matter.

In the future, the audit of the accounts will be carried out every year.

After reviewing the accounts of the chamber of commerce verified by the government office, Xiao Ming picked up the pen and signed his name and stamped his own big seal. The accounts of the chamber of commerce were approved.

"Eighty thousand taels of silver? Well, yes, this is only from Chang'an. If it is sold in other places, it will be a considerable income." Xiao Ming said.

"His Royal Highness is absolutely right. Now the cotton jackets and clothes of the textile mill are sold well in other places in the Great Yu Kingdom. Our prices are cheap and the quality is higher. We just made 300,000 taels of silver this year. With this new type of clothing, the next official estimates that the textile workshop will earn at least 2 million taels of silver a year next year." Li Kaiyuan analyzed.

Xiao Ming nodded in agreement. The textile workshop was just established this year, and most of the time it was producing military uniforms for the Qingzhou Army. Only in the second half of the year did foreign trade begin.

Taking advantage of the fact that Jinling, Jizhou, Chang'an and other places do not collect taxes, his products have an absolute advantage in price.

After signing, Xiao Ming handed over the accounts of the chamber of commerce to Li Kaiyuan, and Li Kaiyuan suddenly felt relieved.

The audit of the accounts at the end of this year is the most tense time for the entire fief. If there are any mistakes in the accounts, don’t think about a comfortable year. There were some problems with the accounts sent from Yizhou two days ago. The governor of Yizhou, Yan Changhao, was ordered to immediately Come to Qingzhou to reconcile the accounts in person. If there is really a problem with the accounts, Yan Changhao will be miserable.

"The textile mill is booming now, but other products can't be ignored. This year, the sales of soap and liquor are still normal. The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce brings in three million taels of income, but the sales of this glass have dropped a lot."

Xiao Ming frowned as he recalled the data in the accounts.

Li Kaiyuan explained: "His Royal Highness, there is nothing you can do. Soap and liquor are all consumables. You have to buy them when you run out. But this mirror may not need to be replaced for a long time. If you want to expand sales, you must find new ones. The market is the only way, the official dared to ask His Royal Highness when we can conduct maritime trade."

Mentioning this, Xiao Ming frowned.

Rhodes has just left, and he is not sure whether the Dutch will accept this negotiation condition, but after Rhodes saw the strength of Qingzhou, he believes that the Dutch will have a new understanding of him.

In fact, from the very beginning he did not intend to completely drive the Dutch away, otherwise he would not negotiate with the Dutch at all.

The reason for the negotiation is to prevent the two sides from completely tearing their faces.

Compared with the conditions in Dengzhou City, this time Rhodes came to Qingzhou and lowered his requirements for the Dutch. He has allowed the Dutch to maintain their presence in Geranja City.

The only thing the Dutch need to do is that they cannot retain such a strong military force in Geranja City, because he will not station too many troops in Ryukyu in the future. If 100% of the Dutch army stays in Geranja City, this will be the case. would be a threat to him.

His minimum is that the Dutch retain the necessary self-defense weapons in Geranja, but negotiation is like buying something. First of all, the price must be seen to the unacceptable level of the other party and then slowly bargain. If you can get a low price, it is It could not be better.

"This can only be determined after the negotiation is over." Xiao Ming said to Li Kaiyuan: "But it won't be too long. We will win the Australian trade route in April next year at the most."

Li Kaiyuan smiled and said, "Hey, then the lower official is waiting for good news." After saying that, he turned back and left.

Turning to the next account, Xiao Ming reviewed it again. This is the army account. It lists the army's food consumption, ammunition consumption, and equipment purchases for one year.

The huge expenditures on the account made him tremble a little. This army is really a big money-hungry family. He finally understands why a country should continue to cut its military in peacetime, because its finances will be dragged down by the army.

After auditing the accounts for half a month, Xiao Ming's third Spring Festival in this world finally came.

This time is different from the Spring Festival of the previous two years. He has a wife who will be with him for life, and a person who can spend the Spring Festival together.

On New Year's Eve, Xiao Ming took Fei Yue'er and the servants of the palace to celebrate the festival together, and the officials also celebrated the New Year in their respective homes.

Last year, Xiao Ming asked them to relieve their boredom because Cumin was alone. In fact, they still wanted to reunite with their families for the New Year.

A sumptuous meal was prepared, followed by a series of projects such as fireworks performances and dramas. The palace was lively and lively, and everyone had smiles on their faces.

"Your Highness, these fireworks are really beautiful."

Looking at the fireworks exploding over the palace, Fei Yue'er's eyes flashed with psychedelic colors.

"Yeah, just as beautiful as you." Xiao Ming's tongue flickered, but this made Fei Yue'er smile sweetly.

At this time, he and Fei Yue'er stood side by side, with brilliant fireworks and a deep night sky above their heads, and stunning beauty beside them.

Drunk lying on the knees of a beauty, waking up to take control of the world, this scene made him suddenly feel a sense of heroism in his heart. He also looked at the sky, but Xiao Ming's eyes were the sea of ​​stars.

If he lives one more life, he should live his life wantonly and leave no regrets.

Closing his eyes, Xiao Ming seemed to be able to see a little bit of light like stars. This was the evidence that the technology spar existed in his mind. He struggled for the past two years and finally gained a foothold.

In the next time, he will truly play the role of the maker of his own civilization and lead this civilization to glory.