June 20th is Li Miao's 20th birthday, and it is the fifth year since Li Miao came to this world. He currently has four sons and three daughters, many wives and concubines, a prosperous career, and a smooth official career.
On this day, a grand birthday celebration was held on Lingshan Island. The grandness did not refer to the number of people at the celebration, but the weight of the people who participated in the celebration. In addition to Li Miao's wives, concubines, and children, those attending the celebration were also present. All local bureaus are led by commanders.
In addition to the necessary left-behind personnel, almost all high-level officials from various local bureaus came. The Northern Bureau is headed by Li Shui, and includes Zhang Defu and his son, Hu Er, Li Liu and other senior officials of the Northern Bureau. A faction was vaguely formed, united around Li Shui.
The Liaodong Bureau was headed by Wang Daoqi, and a group of veterans such as Li San and Hu Yong also united around Wang Daoqi. They also became a group.
The Southern Bureau has the largest number of people. The leaders of the Southern Bureau, such as Li Zuhua and Li Xilin, are obviously in a group of their own. The two clan leaders, the captain of the village guard team Li Ba and others feel a little like they are in a group of their own, and they seem to be completely separate from the Southern Bureau. High-level people are disconnected.
The Li family's two heroes and a group of forces on large and small ships are also of their own. Although the number of their men is not large, their strength cannot be underestimated. Almost all are elite. Plus the large and small ships in hand. The strength is quite strong. Hu Yi, Li Jiu and other veterans were also among them.
As people around Li Miao, Wang Yonggui, Li Shi and others did not take sides.
Li Miao felt helpless looking at everything in front of him. When any force develops to a certain stage, it is inevitable to form gangs. After all, if a person fights alone in a force, he is inherently weak, so forming gangs is inevitable.
The same is true for the imperial court, and it is the same among Li Miao's forces. Only when the faction is strong can their individual status and interests be more stable. This is also the inevitable trend for individuals to seek a sense of security and maximize interests in power.
This has been the case since ancient times, which shows that Li Miao's power has developed to a new level. From now on, Li Miao, the leader of the force, must consider the interests of various factions when making major decisions.
Li Miao was also extremely overwhelmed at this time, and it would have been a good thing to have more power in his hands. And in the future, he will have to worry about this and that, and his hands will be tied up. Always feeling bad. Wang Yonggui next to him seemed to have seen through Li Miao's thoughts and was having fun on the sidelines.
After the birthday party, the first plenary session of the Commerce Bureau was held in the Jubin Building on Lingshan Island.
The meeting was attended by senior officials from the Southern Bureau, the Northern Bureau, the Liaodong Bureau, the captains of the three-sailed ships, the general manager of the large manor, the general manager of the guard, and the management of Lingshan Island.
Li Miao took his seat at the main seat, flanked by Wang Yonggui and Li Shi on the left and right. The others also took their seats. This was the first plenary meeting since the establishment of the Li Miao Commerce Bureau. It had the largest number of people, and almost all the senior leaders of various forces were present.
It just so happened that the three ships of this year's ocean trade returned early, and the senior officials were all gathered together. It also happened to be Li Miao's twentieth birthday. With the rapid expansion of Li Miao's strength, Li Miao believed that it was necessary to convene this plenary meeting.
First of all, Li Miao emphasized discipline. Li Miao has been hiding behind the scenes since two months ago. The next opponent's orders are all issued through the Shunfeng Family Law Seal. From now on, it will be implemented as a discipline, and all future orders that are not stamped with the Shunfeng family law seal will be invalid.
Then everyone attending the meeting was informed that the supervision and law enforcement team has been established. In less than a month, after the training of the team members, they will go to various local bureaus and various forces below to supervise and enforce the rights of family law.
Li Miao hopes that everyone here can continue to implement institutionalized management and mutual supervision as before. Don't touch the muzzle of the gun when the time comes, Li Miao also declares it first, no matter who it is, no matter how far or near it is. If you hit the muzzle of a gun, you will never tolerate it. No mercy.
There is no rule without rules. Now that Li Miao is so powerful, how can he manage it without strict discipline and system? At the meeting, Li Miao also reiterated the confidentiality regulations. As he and the senior officials of the Northern Bureau were hidden behind the scenes, it was impossible for the court not to investigate.
This requires senior executives to keep their mouths shut. Li Miao emphasized at the meeting that leaking secrets is the same crime as betraying the family. Those who privately teach Jeet Kune Do and other stunts are also considered traitors to the clan. These regulations have long existed, and Li Miao reiterates them here. This shows its importance.
Next, Wang Yonggui reported on the harvest of this ocean trade. Excluding rare medicines and rare animal skins, the net income reached 20 million taels of silver. These revenues mainly come from Japanese maritime trade. This year’s Koryo Sea Trade is far different from last year.
It shows that the profits from sea trade will still be considerable in the future. But it will never be as profitable as this year. Li Miao has no shortage of money now and will not be short of money in the future. Attendees were also beaming.
In such a force, everyone here is already a high-level person, as long as they don't make principled mistakes. Not to mention myself, my descendants will be rich and worry-free for generations. Everyone knows that Li Miao values people's feelings and is good to his subordinates, but he has a lot of rules.
The next item on the agenda of the meeting is for each local bureau to report on the latest situation of each local bureau.
First, Li Zuhua, the head of the Southern Bureau, reported on the latest situation of the Southern Bureau. The Southern Bureau lost a lot of blood due to the establishment of the Liaodong Bureau last year, and nearly half of the top management has left. Nearly half of the guard force was gone, and it could not recover to the fourth level in a year.
At the current rate, it will take nearly two years to return to its previous peak state. The Southern Bureau is located in the south, where commerce is prosperous, and its main role is in commerce. Annual purchase of ocean trading supplies. They are all the tasks of the Southern Bureau.
The Southern Bureau's annual net profit is approximately two million taels of silver. The key is its outstanding business status. The Northern Bureau and Liaodong Bureau rely on the Southern Bureau to purchase and transport many materials. Moreover, most of the sailors and guards on large and small ships are from the Southern Bureau.
After listening to the report from the Southern Bureau, Li Miao was also deeply touched. The Southern Bureau has made a lot of efforts in recent years, especially for the establishment of the Liaodong Bureau. There has been a serious decline in strength. He immediately promised not to redeploy manpower from the Southern Bureau in the next two years.
Starting from this year, the Southern Bureau will not have to hand over profits for two years. The funds will be retained by the Southern Bureau for its own development, mainly for the purchase of farms and the construction of commercial outlets. After hearing Li Miao's decision, the senior officials of the Southern Bureau burst into cheers.
The situation in the Liaodong Bureau is as expected. The current population of the Liaodong Bureau has exceeded 30,000. Regardless of the strength of the large and small ships, the number of guards and guards reached more than 7,000. In other words, last year's refugees provided more than 5,000 farmers. And it has a certain combat capability.
The Liaodong Bureau built five bastions. Relying on the 7,000 guards and villagers in the bastions, they were enough to cope with the offensive of tens of thousands of Jurchen elites. The Liaodong Bureau was ready for success.
The Liaodong Bureau has reclaimed a total of 200,000 acres of high-quality fertile land within the five forts. It is expected that after this autumn harvest, the food will be enough to feed more than 100,000 people.
Liaodong Bureau can build two three-sail large ships and dozens of two-sail small sea-going ships every year. Agricultural tool factories and arsenals are also developing rapidly, and there are currently surplus weapons and agricultural tools.
The Liaodong Bureau also discovered a rich iron mine fifty miles east of Zhuanghekou. Now we are organizing manual mining. It seems that Li Miao is lucky and no longer has to transport iron embryos to the Liaodong Bureau.
After listening to the report from the Liaodong Bureau. Li Miao just nodded, Liaodong Bureau will only get better and better. It is still in its infancy, and as time goes by, the Liaodong Bureau will become stronger and stronger.
Li Shui, the head of the Northern Bureau, just gave a brief report. This is what Li Miao requested. Especially Shunfeng Transportation Escort does not make reports. Because it is developing too fast, Li Miao has repeatedly requested to control its development speed.
The Northern Bureau still couldn't suppress it, and the Shunfeng Transportation Escort Bureau developed rapidly. It's like a monster, growing all the time, and Li Miao can't do anything about it. Anyway, it's in your own hands now. The emperor probably had more headaches than he did. Let's see and do it.
