373 kilograms of gold, calculated according to the current international gold price and exchange rate, is more than a small target.
After completing all the procedures and receiving the money, Li Yunze looked at the series of numbers on the account and felt a little distracted.
There is no doubt that he has never seen so much money in his life.
Li Yunze expressed his sincere thanks, "Thank you to the people of Ming Dynasty for their support. I will never let you down."
These are the blessings of the people of the Ming Dynasty. Li Yunze's moral bottom line is there, and it is absolutely impossible for him to squander it wantonly.
With money, Li Yunze began to think about what he needed to buy for Daming.
In the world of the Ming Dynasty, there will be a severe drought that will last for twenty years. The continuous drought will lead to poor harvests, and the lack of food will lead to a series of subsequent catastrophic consequences.
After all, the Ming Dynasty at this time was considered a hermitage, etc., and the total population was estimated to be close to 200 million.
With so many people needing to eat every day, the impact of food shortage is devastating.
Li Yunze's common sense told him that the most effective way to deal with drought is to use a lot of water.
Sitting on a chair in the leather bag company, Li Yunze lit a cigarette.
"Desalination? The investment is too big and the technical threshold is too high."
"The South-to-North Water Diversion Project? The amount of the project is too big, I really can't do it."
"Pumping groundwater? It's just a drop in the bucket, it's not enough."
Several plans were proposed in succession, but unfortunately none of them were suitable.
Li Yunze, who was thinking hard, simply turned on the computer on his desk, logged into the forum and posted a question on 'How to alleviate drought simply and efficiently'.
By the time he came back after going out for a meal, omnipotent netizens had already given him many solutions.
Putting aside those unrealistic suggestions, what really attracted Li Yunze's attention was the artificial rainfall proposed by a great god.
Artificial rainfall is actually artificial rainfall enhancement, using a catalyst that acts directly on the clouds to cause rainfall.
It is true that there is less rainfall in drought years, but that does not mean that there are no clouds in the sky.
It’s just that the quantity and thickness are not enough to reach the level of rainfall.
Artificial rainfall can effectively increase rainfall, which is life-saving rain for fields suffering from drought.
Compared with South-to-North Water Diversion, seawater desalination, etc., the cost of artificial rainfall is not high and it is more convenient to use.
Li Yunze immediately started checking the prices of corresponding equipment.
The equipment for the complete system is not expensive. If you don't use aircraft and only use ground launch, you can get it for several million.
Moreover, Li Yunze doesn't want to buy ground monitoring systems, radars, etc. No one will use them if they are taken, and the price will be cheaper.
What is truly expensive is the catalyst.
The number of catalysts launched for each artificial rainfall is about half a million.
If it rains ten times, the first prize will be gone.
Compared with the benefits of drought relief, this cost is negligible.
Li Yunze did not hesitate and immediately ordered two sets in the name of the company.
Having temporarily solved this important problem, Li Yunze, with a relaxed mind, began to think about how to increase food supply for the people of the Ming Dynasty.
It's no problem to buy food directly, but the population base of the Ming Dynasty is so big. Hundreds of millions of people need food supplies for decades. How much money will it cost?
The Ming Dynasty's gold supply was not unlimited, it was limited.
Moreover, there were so many things that Li wanted to buy that it was impossible to spend all the funds on purchasing food.
With the intention of brainstorming, Li Yunze once again posted a message asking for help from omnipotent netizens.
There were even more responses this time.
Some propose raising pigs, some propose raising poultry, some propose growing potatoes, some propose growing corn, etc.
Almost all poultry crops have been covered.
Regarding all these, Li Yunze shook his head.
Raising pigs and poultry requires a large amount of feed.
Instead of buying a large amount of feed to feed poultry, it is more cost-effective to directly import a large amount of grain.
And another very important point is that it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to achieve integrated farming in the modern world.
Once an animal disease breaks out, the consequences will be devastating.
As for planting potatoes, corn, etc., these things are indeed high-yielding, but they require a lot of water and chemical fertilizers to increase production.
In the Ming Dynasty, which suffers from severe drought all year round, where can we get a lot of water to grow these crops, not to mention chemical fertilizers and so on?
Even if Li Yunze can buy fertilizer and send it to the factory, who can be the worker?
Similarly, once large-scale pests and diseases occur in these crops, it is almost impossible to control them.
What he really needs is something simple and efficient that doesn't require too much extra money for food sources.
Modern agriculture is a huge system.
Li Yunze may be able to buy technology and tools with money, but he cannot buy supporting production capacity.
At this time, another great master put forward a suggestion that made Li Yunze's eyes light up.
"What's the point? Let's form a fishing fleet and go fishing."
The master is the master, and he has posted a lot of data, which are the fishing numbers in various sea areas in different time periods.
Li Yunze's eyes lit up when he saw the catch amounting to tens of thousands of tons.
Compared to the overfished modern world, the sea in the time and space of the Ming Dynasty provided an almost endless source of food.
Even whales are overrun in the Bohai Bay.
It is easy for a 500-ton fishing boat to bring back 200 tons of catch from one trip to sea.
Moreover, there was no closed fishing season in the time and space of the Ming Dynasty, and fishing could be done all year round.
As for the preservation and transportation of marine fish, just buy a fish processing factory, a canning factory or something like that.
The people of the Ming Dynasty were still capable of simple manual labor.
Moreover, Li Yunze also spread his thoughts, thinking that in the sea of Ming time and space, there were many catches that were sold at very high prices in the modern world.
Just like the single-headed abalone and double-headed abalone that are almost invisible in the modern world. There are many of them in the Ming Dynasty.
After catching them there, you can bring them over and sell them yourself, which can greatly relieve financial pressure.
Li Yunze, who immediately praised his smart mind, hurriedly started looking at the prices of fishing boats.
The cost of a 500-ton fishing boat is about 6 million.
Including freight insurance and so on, we can definitely win a ship worth 6.5 million.
Also, second-hand fishing boats are cheaper and are available in stock. However, there are not many of them, and the condition of the boats is not guaranteed.
Li Yunze did not hesitate and went directly to a shipyard to place an order for ten 500-ton trawlers.
With just such an order, more than half of the account of a small target of the company was immediately spent.
Ten ships are definitely not enough, and they also need supporting labor-intensive factories such as freezing, processing and canning.
Pirates are rampant on the seas of East Asia. In the early days, it was okay to hide in the Bohai Bay and fish. Later, when going south, you will need to equip an escort navy.
After all, there is still not enough money.
Exhaling the smoke ring happily, Li Yunze's eyes fell on the biography of Erchen on the computer screen.
‘Sigh~’
Looking at the names one after another above, he coughed, "Searching a house is a technical job."
Currently, the easiest way to make money is to transport gold and sell it. It is simple and very efficient.
As for other businesses, you need connections and time, so you can put them aside for now.
How to get more gold, of course, is to raid homes.
The people of the Ming Dynasty did not have such rare things as gold, and at most they had some copper coins.
If a eldest girl or a young daughter-in-law can have silver jewelry, it will be enough for her to wear when she gets married.
Those who can have gold are either rich or noble.
For the fall of the Ming Dynasty, these rich and noble people must bear at least 80% of the blame for the fall of China and Lu Shen.
Li Yunze felt no burden or pressure at all about attacking them.
And the crime is there, colluding with Wei Ni to become an eunuch.
This is a big pot. Judging from Wei Zhongxian's power and the world's flattery in recent years, basically no one is completely innocent when this big pot comes down.
Having made a decision, Li Yunze found a processing factory through the Internet and ordered a batch of armor weapons made of modern craft materials.
The quantity is not large, it is mainly used for preliminary inspection.
He knew very well that if he purchased a batch of thermal weapons from the modern world, they would definitely be swept away in the Ming Dynasty.
But the problem is that buying this kind of thing will cause a lot of trouble and attention, which is something he needs to avoid in the modern world.
Also, Li Yunze doesn't want to cause trouble for his own safety.
Thermal weapons in the modern world far exceed the Ming Dynasty's firearms in terms of power, range and accuracy.
If this falls into the hands of someone with evil intentions, his safety will be in great danger.
He didn't want to end his life in the middle of the road before his ambition was fulfilled.
The prerequisite for seeking benefits for the people of Ming Dynasty is to protect oneself first.
In the Ming Dynasty, Cao Huachun, who was far away in Shuntian Prefecture, received the imperial edict calling him to return to the capital. He immediately packed up his things and set off northward on an official ship.
As soon as he crossed the river, he received a notice that Jiu Qian Sui had collapsed and the emperor appointed him as the new admiral of Dongchang.
At this time, Cao Huachun became anxious and gave up his plan to take the official boat to the canal. He took his trusted men on horseback and headed straight to the capital in a dusty journey.
After more than ten days of galloping, I finally rushed back to the capital as quickly as possible.
"My maid, Cao Huachun, comes to see the emperor."
Cao Huachun, who had a weathered look on his face, didn't even bother to change his dirty clothes, and went straight to see the emperor first.
"Raise your head." Li Yunze looked at the famous Eunuch Cao, a little disappointed. He was ordinary and not as tall and handsome as Zhen.
"The East Factory is entrusted to you, do your job well and don't let me down." Li Yunze did not change his mind and still handed over the position of the Admiral of the East Factory to Cao Huachun.
There is no way, who told him to call him Cao Huachun, Eunuch Cao.
"My slave, thank you for your grace! You will go through fire and water for your Majesty without hesitation!" The excited Cao Huachun kowtowed heavily, looking at his vigorous posture, it was as if he wanted to smash a gold brick.
"What you have to do now is to search out all the Wei Ni and those who are greedy."
Li Yunze picked up a tea bowl and drank the tribute tea, which was worth at least tens of thousands per catty in later generations. "Those who have done things with internal funds in the past will also be carefully inspected."
"Your Majesty, please rest assured."
The emotional Cao Huachun directly slapped his chest, "This slave must do his best and not let go of a penny!"
From a position of retirement in Shuntian Mansion, he was directly promoted to one of the three eunuch giants. At this moment, Cao Huachun was undoubtedly loyal to Li Yunze.
The so-called "three giants" of eunuchs refer to the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch in charge of rituals, the eunuch in charge of the seal, the eunuch in charge of rituals, and the eunuch eunuch Dongchang.
In the eunuch industry, it is considered a career ceiling.
For Cao Huachun, he had a grudge against Wei Zhongxian, and now was a good opportunity to avenge his personal grudge.
Although Jiu Qiansui has died, his nephew is still there, and there are so many accomplices inside and outside the palace that he can be slowly brewed.
Cao Huachun walked out of the imperial study and straightened his back, "It's time for you to see the methods of the Za family."
Li Yunze was drinking tea, thinking about how to get more gold and develop more financial resources.
A slightly sharp announcement came from outside: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager has arrived~~~"
Li Yunze has been busy with various affairs during this period and has never been back. This is the first time he has seen the emperor's sister-in-law and his wife since he ascended the throne.
"I have met His Majesty."
"I've met the emperor's sister-in-law."
After some polite greetings, we sat down separately.
Looking at the imperial sister-in-law in front of him, Li Yunze's first thought was, 'She deserves to be one of the five great queens.'
Zhang Yan passed eight tests in a row and was selected from thousands of beauties. She is one of the five great queens recorded in history.
It is recorded in the history books that "he has a handsome face, a face like Guanyin, eyes like autumn waves, and a mouth like red cherry blossoms."
There's nothing to say about her appearance, she can definitely beat it.
Li Yunze secretly felt regretful if he had replaced Tianqi instead of Chongzhen.
Thinking of this, he smiled angrily because of his random thoughts.
Over there, Zhang Yan has already begun to talk about things: "Your Majesty is cleaning up the court, eradicating traitors, and the whole world is celebrating. It's just that the Hakka family in the palace keeps crying these days. How should we deal with it?"
When she mentioned this, Li Yunze suddenly remembered that there was such a woman in the palace.
Hakka, the wet nurse of Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao's biological mother died early in a palace fight in the harem. Zhu Youxiao, who had lacked maternal love since childhood, had almost maternal feelings for the Hakka family.
The Hakka family and Wei Zhongxian lived together and jointly controlled both inside and outside the Forbidden City.
When the power was overwhelming, even Zhang Yan had to retreat and be patient when facing her.
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Li Yunze waved his hand casually, "She has been working as a puppet for many years. We should have sent her on the road with Wei Zhongxian. We just wanted to expel her from the palace for the sake of the emperor's brother."