After getting off the carriage, He Shen followed Liu Hao as they walked, looking around at the surroundings.
Soon, He Shen noticed something different.
Although these people were refugees, they were different from the refugees he had seen before. Their faces were filled with hope.
It was different from the numb look that did not know if he was dead or alive.
There was a strange light in the eyes of these refugees.
Secondly, He Shen realized that everyone here seemed to be very busy. They were all doing something, and even the women were busy weaving.
"What are they doing?" He Shen suddenly pointed at something not far away.
There was a group of people building a transparent glass. Even with He Shen's talent, he didn't know what they were doing.
Liu Hao smiled and slowly said,"They are building a glass greenhouse!”
"Glass shed?" He Shen frowned slightly,"What is this?"”
During this period of the Qing Dynasty, transparent glass was rare. The most important thing was glass. To the current understanding of the Qing Dynasty, glass was just a telescope.
However, using glass to build a glass greenhouse was a rather extravagant act for He Shen.
Even He Shen might not be so rich.
Liu Hao smiled and said," I'm sorry, sir. Actually, I've already improved the glass technology. We can mass produce glass and build glass greenhouses. Please allow me to keep you in suspense. We'll know at the end of this year!”
He Shen nodded,"Alright, then I'll have to wait and see at the end of the year!"“
Soon after, He Shen and Liu Hao went to the chicken coop and duck coop.
This farm!
He Shen could not help but frown.
Unexpectedly, the farm was much cleaner than he had imagined. The ground was very hard, and there were people cleaning the market.
Although the smell of chicken and duck was very serious.
But…
This place was actually very clean. He Shen could only see numerous cages filled with fat chickens and ducks.
It was densely packed, and there were even people who specialized in feeding it.
"All the chickens and ducks will be divided into two batches.”
Liu Hao explained," Female ducks are mainly used for production, while male ducks are used to make meat ducks. Female ducks can lay eggs after three months, while male ducks can come out of their cages after about a month!”
"Is it really that fast?" He Shen was still in disbelief.
"Don't worry, Lord He. What I said is absolutely true!”" This is only the first batch," Liu Hao said quickly." If we can expand the scale of breeding, we can produce up to 100,000 ducks a month!"”
"Other than that, the students also arranged for a veterinarian to prevent these chickens and ducks from getting any diseases!”"As long as there's no chicken plague, the monthly profit will be extremely high!" Liu Hao said with a smile.”
Kaka!
The duck's voice made He Shen unable to help but scratch his ears.
If he could sell all of them, he would earn at least 50,000 taels of silver a month. Moreover, the cost price of this duck was not very high.
"This duck is not bad!" He Shen nodded and slowly said,"Hao 'Er, I didn't expect you to accomplish so many things in just a month!“
"It's all because of my guidance!" "If it wasn't for my assistance, I wouldn't have been able to do this!" Liu Hao smiled.”
Even though He Shen knew that Liu Hao was flattering him, he was still very satisfied.
No matter what, he had his share of the credit.
If tens of thousands of refugees could all settle down and earn money like this, how much profit would he make?
Although He Shen was extremely greedy, he was actually quite business-minded.
Other than being a powerful official, He Shen had another identity, which was a businessman.
In later history, after He Shen gained power, he used his position to form cliques, amass money, and attack political enemies. He personally operated industry and commerce, opened seventy-five pawn shops, and set up more than three hundred large and small silver shops.
He Shen even had shares in the East India Company. He Shen controlled the business dealings of the 13 banks of Lingnan and could be said to have made a lot of money.
It was still difficult to steal 800 million taels of silver just by relying on corruption.
He Shen's real source of income came from trade monopoly. Of course, a large portion of the money went into the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it was all earned by Qianlong.
Unfortunately, if the money earned could develop and release the productive forces, the Qing Dynasty would not have been pressed to the ground by the Eight-Nation Alliance.
The money that Qianlong earned was all spent by himself.
In fact, the Internal Affairs Department was also a big hole. Although Qianlong's income was high, in fact, the Internal Affairs Department had also scammed him of a lot of silver.
Once, Emperor Qianlong summoned Minister Tang Wenrui and asked him to come to court so early." Have you ever paid attention?”"My family is poor. I only eat four eggs for breakfast every morning.”
Unexpectedly, Qianlong was shocked after hearing this. He said,"One egg costs ten gold coins. Four eggs cost forty gold coins!" I dare not indulge in such indulgence, but you say you are poor?”Tang Wenrui knew the reason, but he couldn't say it directly. He could only say," The eggs sold outside are all broken and can't be used by the Emperor. Therefore, I can buy them at a low price, each egg is only a few wen.”
An egg was worth ten taels of silver, but it was not that expensive. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, an egg was only worth a few wen, but when it reached the emperor, it was tens of thousands of times more expensive.
For the Qing Dynasty, all the expenses of the royal family, including food and clothing, came from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In order to fill their own pockets, some eunuchs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs made false claims, causing the prices to be ridiculously high, causing the royal family's expenses to be like running water.
Later, Guangxu asked Weng Tonghe, who taught him to read at that time,"Eggs are really delicious, but this thing is so expensive. Master Weng, can you afford it?”
Weng Tonghe naturally knew that the eunuch in the palace had falsely claimed the title. He could not say it directly, so he said,"Your Majesty, I will use it occasionally when there is a sacrificial ceremony at home." Otherwise, I wouldn't dare."
By the end of the Qing Dynasty, according to statistics, the emperor spent more than 10,000 taels of silver every year on eggs alone. This silver had become a "rotten black hole" for the court's expenditure.
There were many ways to go about it.
"Lord He!" Liu Hao slowly said," Today, I called Lord He here mainly because I want to discuss the profit distribution after the sale of the chickens and ducks. I would like to ask Lord He to give me 30% of the profit!“
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