I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The next day, Wu Changqing got up at Sun Yunxuan's urging.

Sun Yunxuan didn't want to become a character like Daji, and Daji's fate was not good. If Wu Changqing's business is delayed, Chen Yuyan, his wife, will have reason to clean up her.

After the meal, Wu Changqing looked at the memorial.

Many things need to be decided by him, and many things need to be reported to him.

[A total of 1.32 million taels of tax and silver in the first three months of Nanzhili...]

This is an account submitted by the tax office, reporting the tax situation for the first three months of their rule. 1.32 million taels, which is quite good.

You know, when Chongzhen was in power, the national tax revenue was only about 14 million taels a year, with an average of 3.5 million taels per quarter. And this is national data.

The area of ​​Nanzhili does not even account for one percent of the whole country.

When Chongzhen was in power, the tax and silver that Nanzhili could receive in a quarter was about 300,000 taels, and Wu Changqing was almost five times that.

Among them, mainly due to the rapid development of industry and commerce, agriculture is similar, there is not much change. It will take a leap in agricultural tax revenue only after hybrid rice is officially put into production.

Nanjing, Dongshi, is a wholesale market for bulk goods.

Today's East Market is quite prosperous, with people coming and going, and there are countless carriages.

Businessmen from all over the world came to Nanjing after hearing the news, ready to go back and sell some novelties unique to Nanjing.

There are merchants in the north, merchants in Hunan and Sichuan, and merchants in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong in the south. Even, occasionally, some blond Westerners can be seen.

Some daring foreigners did not want to be profited by the middlemen in Songjiang, so they came to Nanjing in person and wanted to buy directly from the producers.

However, only a few Westerners do this, because they are unfamiliar with the place of life, and when Westerners do business here, they will be 100% tricked. Moreover, after being trapped, they also cried and complained that they had nowhere to go, and the yamen might not take care of them.

Today is not the Manchu of the later generations. The Chinese people are not afraid of foreigners at all, and even look down on these foreigners, thinking that they are the kingdom of heaven.

"Albert, I've said it long ago, it's fine for us to buy goods directly in Songjiang. You have to come to Nanjing. Well, we've been defrauded of all our capital."

Two Westerners were walking on the streets of Nanjing, and one of the bearded men was complaining to another young man.

When the people passing by saw the two of them, they couldn't help but point their fingers, and both of them pretended they didn't hear it.

"William, don't complain, it's not a lot of money. At least, we've learned a lesson, haven't we? Besides, it's worth a little money to visit the biggest and most prosperous city in the world."

"Have you forgotten how many new things we have seen here and how much knowledge we have gained? Let's talk about the concrete floor under our feet. If we don't come to Nanjing, how can we see such a beautiful, clean and tidy street? like heaven."

Albert sighed that compared with cities in Western Europe, Nanjing is really like heaven.

Cities in Western Europe today are generally small, overcrowded, and unsanitary.

It is a basic habit of urban residents to pour excrement and urine on the street.

Most ordinary residents do not take a bath on weekdays. They all believe that this layer of dirt on the body can help them resist disease, and they will die if washed off.

The odor on their body needs to be covered up by perfume.

In Western Europe, the perfume industry is quite developed, no worse than today's Nanjing.

In addition to good hygiene, everything in Nanjing seems to be in good order. In the most prosperous West and East cities, there are even soldiers who specialize in directing traffic.

They are responsible for coordinating the passage of carriages and pedestrians, which greatly improves the speed of passage. Obviously it is a very densely populated place, but there has been no congestion.

This is also due to the traffic laws established by Wu Changqing. Anyone who does not comply with them will be fined if they are caught, and the amount of the fine is not small.

Slowly, in order to avoid being fined, many businessmen became more honest and walked in accordance with the traffic rules.

"The wisdom of the Orientals is really terrible. I still can't figure it out, why their boats can go against the current on the water without sails and oars. If we know this kind of thing, we should also press the pressure on our boats. Come on, can't we open up many new routes to avoid pirates?"

William also sighed with emotion. When he saw the steamboat on the Yangtze River, he directly sat on the ground and shouted the devil, the devil.

Except for the devil, he couldn't figure out what force was pushing the ship forward.

In addition to steamboats, there are many things in Nanjing city that opened their eyes to them.

It's like that magical match that can be lit with a single stroke. This kind of thing is really convenient. Getting fire was always a big problem when they were at sea.

With this match, a lot of trouble can be avoided, and a lot of space for loading fire-making materials can be saved, so that more cargo can be loaded.

"It is said that something called a steam engine is propelling it. I don't know what that steam engine looks like or where to sell it."

Compared with other commodities that can make a lot of money, Albert is more in love with steam engines.

As an ocean-going merchant, he certainly understands what it means to have a machine that can propel a ship forward, something that can change the world.

with steam

Turbine, they no longer have to worry about encountering the windless belt.

Unfortunately, Wu Changqing knew this better than them.

Therefore, steam engines are currently not privately sold to the outside world, and they are all in a strictly confidential stage.

In addition to supplying the navy, the steam engine produced is also a rice mill, a salt factory and other factories. These factories are all merchants who have in-depth cooperation with Wu Changqing, and they are all their own people who have trusted them.

Albert's desire to buy a steam engine is obviously wishful thinking.

"Even if we know about it, it's useless. We don't have much money on us. We should go back to Songjiang first and ship a batch of goods back to China to earn a ticket. With enough capital, we'll find a way to buy this kind of machine."

William said helplessly, fortunately, they did not bring all their belongings when they came to Nanjing, and there were still a lot of goods in Songjiang that could be sold for money.

Otherwise, their voyage of thousands of miles this time will be in vain.

Although ocean trade has ten times, ten times or even dozens of times the profits, but the risks are also super high, and there are always various inexplicable reasons that can make people go bankrupt.

"No, I want to see the city's highest-ranking official. It's best if I can get his asylum, so that we can safely come to Nanjing to do business in the future."

Albert has great ambitions. He is not willing to do a small business to make money. He also wants to get through the relationship with those in power.