When I return to Lingshan Island this time, on the one hand, I need to put more than 20 million taels of silver into the treasury. Lingshan Island is currently the safest place for Li Miao. There are already more than 30 million taels of silver in the silver treasury on Lingshan Island. It will soon exceed half a billion.
Li Miao's financial resources are astonishing, and even the words "rich enough to rival the country" are not enough to describe him. Moreover, his wealth is still increasing, increasing at a rate of tens of millions of taels of silver every year.
But Li Miao always believes that money spent is his own. If it's left in the bank, it's just a number, a burden.
But there are really not many places for Li Miao to spend money now. The key is that he makes money too fast. So Li Miao plans to issue a ticket number. Taking advantage of the reputation of Shunfeng Transportation Escort, we opened a Shunfeng ticket account.
No amount of money is too much, no matter how many ticket numbers you have. Li Miao wanted to open the only ticket account in Da Zheng Dynasty and strive to cover the whole Da Zheng Dynasty. At that time, you can earn more money with your own money.
At the same time, it can also accelerate the economic development of the entire Zheng Dynasty. Improving people's livelihood. Maybe it can also increase your luck? Li Miao feels it is still feasible.
Mid-September, nearly two months of sailing. The mixed fleet finally arrived at Lingshan Island. This mixed fleet will rest at Lingshan Island for ten days and finally arrive at Juzhuanghekou Port in Liaodong.
Li Miao and more than a thousand guards and sailors were also in urgent need of rest. The nerves that had been tense for more than three months could finally be relaxed. The guards of Lingshan Island took over the task of supervising the mixed fleet.
The sailors and prisoners of war from Annan Kingdom also urgently needed to go to the island to rest and recuperate. There were more than 3,000 girls from Guangxi, and they were all very tired. Generally speaking, this mixed fleet is highly disciplined and orderly.
Lingshan Island had already received orders from Li Miao. As a result, Chengzikou Port received this mixed force of more than 30,000 people. Busy but not chaotic, everything is in order. Even the prisoners of war got off the ship and lived in simple tents.
Li Miao moved into the Guest House and married Princess Jia Tanchun for their first wedding honeymoon.
At this time, Li Miao had already digested Jia Tanchun's spice-flavored fruit on the road. Sure enough, it increased Li Miao's commanding ability. It's truly timely.
Li Miao is even more confident about the Liaodong Bureau battle that will start soon. Double practice with Jia Tanchun to speed up the ripening of her spices and fruits. Everything is expected.
During the rest period on Lingshan Island, Li Miao did not need to rest. Thus, the investigation of Lingshan Island began. This time Li Shi and Jia Lan did not accompany them. These two are really tired. After arriving at Lingshan Island Guest House, I couldn't sleep.
But this time Li Shi and Jia Lan made great progress. More than a thousand people manage more than 30,000 people, and most of them are Annan troops. The difficulty can be imagined. Li Shi and Jia Lan have always been involved. It would be strange if they don't make progress.
Li Miao, accompanied by Li Jinhai, the co-manager of Lingshan Island, inspected Lingshan Island. Ding Chunsheng, the brother of Li Miao's personal maid Ding Qiusheng, must be unavailable. With more than 30,000 people in need of supervision, Ding Chunsheng has a heavy responsibility.
In fact, Li Miao doesn't need to wander around at all. Just find a place on the island to stop, and then through your spiritual consciousness, you can see the situation on the island in detail. There is no problem that Li Miao's consciousness covers the entire island.
Li Miao's inspection of the island also showed to some extent that he attached great importance to Lingshan Island. It is also an encouragement to those who work seriously and responsibly, and a spur to those who are just dawdling.
Lingshan Island is Li Miao’s private territory. The position is not light. When Lingshan Island was developed, it was used as Li Miao's last refuge. This meaning has now been lost. But it is still of great significance.
First, Li Miao, accompanied by Li Jinhai, inspected the salt field. Li Jinhai is a sibling of Li Miao, and he assists Ding Chunsheng in managing the entire Lingshan Island as a co-manager. It also plays a supervisory role. His ability is average, but he is a good hand at managing the farm.
Therefore, when inspecting the salt field, Li Jinhai would introduce the villages he passed one by one. After Lingshan Island accepted refugees from the north, its maximum resident population was close to 30,000. Now there are only more than 20,000 people, and many young people have boarded ships.
Most of the young people left in the village are in the salt field. The saltworks are now at full capacity. The refined salt produced every year is not only supplied to Li Miao's own forces. There is also a surplus, all stored in the salt farm as a strategic reserve.
Because of the advanced sun-salting technology. The refined salt produced on Lingshan Island far exceeds that of other places in the Zheng Dynasty, both in terms of quality and output.
Li Miao made some calculations. If the refined salt from Lingshan Island is put into the market, the price of refined salt in the market will drop sharply. Of course, it is impossible for Li Miao to put refined salt into the market. It was all digested by Li Miao within his own power.
In the past, refined salt was only available to rich families. Entered an ordinary family under Li Miao's influence. And the price is not much higher than coarse salt. As Li Miao's power expanded, Lingshan Island's refined salt supply soon ran out.
However, there is the existence of Liaodong Bureau, especially after taking over the entire Dalian area. Salt slowly ceased to be the main strategic material that Li Miao considered.
The current salt field on Lingshan Island. It brings Li Miao an income of more than two million taels every year. No wonder Wang Yonggui always said that it was too easy for Li Miao to make money.
This is still Li Miao selling refined salt to his own power at a low price. But if it were sold at the market price, it is estimated that most people would not buy it. Even those who can afford it are reluctant to buy it.
Soon Li Miao circled around the island. I am quite satisfied with salt farms, farms, breeding farms, etc. These are also the projects that co-manager Li Jinhai is focused on. It seems that Li Jinhai has grown a lot in recent years.
Li Miao and his party arrived at the Chengzikou Port Shipyard. The factory was full of laughter and laughter. Almost half of the fine nanmu was reserved for shipyards. The craftsmen and stewards are all experts.
With such good wood, the quality of the boats built will be even higher. This is why Li Miao put in so much effort. Even if they can't fit, I have to drag them back.
These fine nanmu are used as the keels of sea ships, and the ships are built. The stability is doubled. It does not affect the sailing speed of the ship. Only Li Miao's Dahai Ship will enjoy this treatment in the future.
At present, Chengzikou Port Shipyard launches two large-scale ships every year. Small sea-going ships have long ceased to be built. It is also subject to port restrictions. Chengzikou Port itself is so big that building a large ship would be too congested.
Li Miao is still very satisfied with the Chengzikou Port Shipyard. The technology here is top-notch, and the craftsmen and workers are highly motivated. Production tasks can be completed with quality and quantity every year. He made the first contribution to Li Miao's shipping career.
Finally, Li Miao inspected the Lingshan Island Weapons Research Institute. The original Lingshan Island Arsenal was established shortly after the Liaodong Bureau was established. Renamed the Ordnance Research Institute. Now the Ordnance Research Institute has fewer and fewer production tasks.
But its effectiveness has not diminished. A large number of top craftsmen work here. Many weapons are produced for better research. Especially the craftsmen who studied gunpowder were too low to raise their heads.
Finally, Li Miao took a look at their research results. It was also fully affirmed. “Technological innovation does not happen overnight, but every little bit of progress is a remarkable achievement.”
"Trial and error is also a kind of achievement, and it is also a way to accumulate experience for future research." Li Miao encouraged the craftsmen to try boldly without any ideological baggage. As for the gunpowder breakthrough, how can it be so easy?
Li Miao has high hopes for the Ordnance Research Institute. It is the guarantee that Li Miao is in the leading position in technology in this world. Li Miao is now in a leading position in the shipbuilding and smelting industries. It is inseparable from their contributions.
Li Miao is also in an ambivalent mood regarding the research on gunpowder. This is a big killer. The cause and effect is huge and may even affect his luck. It will also affect Li Miao's safety.
Li Miao had to study again. What if other countries do it first? If you haven't developed this killer weapon by then, you will have to be beaten passively.
If Li Miao had researched it first, he wouldn't have used it. Li Miao will only hide in the snow. I would rather this world never has high-intensity gunpowder. After all, the lethality of cold weapons is limited.
Once high-strength gunpowder is put into use, it is unknown how many more people will die. It could even end up destroying the entire planet. Therefore, Li Miao's research on gunpowder is kept top secret.
