Fish swimming around the world

Jiang Fan was not happy. How can you play now? I used to urge you to study every day, but now you have become a ghost to urge you to study. You can't hide from me.

Seeing Yuwen Chengxin humming in dissatisfaction, Jiang Fan thought about it. Since it was like this today, he might as well talk to Chengxin and Ba Qing.

Since he came back, Ba Qing has been staying in the mortal residence these days. Obviously, she has a lot of things to talk about.

It's better to tell her and let her go back to Mount Li with peace of mind. After all, there are many things over there, and she will inevitably be anxious if she stays here all the time.

It was noon. Mr. Jiang touched his belly and remembered that he hadn't eaten breakfast. He asked someone to prepare some food in the lakeside cottage, ready to eat and talk with Ba Qing.

Ba Qing came very quickly, obviously waiting for the prince to summon her impatiently.

"The prince is really careless. He puts aside so many important things at home and plays with the children every day..."

Ba Qing was very helpless about what Jiang Fan did in the past four days.

She is different from Jiang Fan. Although she is called Stone Guanyin and looks calm and peaceful, she is essentially a top-notch strong woman. If we talk about being busy, Master Jiang's style of working and playing is far inferior to her.

Jiang Fan smiled and said, "People always need to rest, and combine work and rest."

Ba Qing complained a little: "That being said, the prince is involved in too many important things. If he was not from the grassland, he might not be in a hurry this time."

Jiang Fan was a little embarrassed: "Then let's eat and talk."

Ba Qing was not polite. He took a small bowl of porridge, drank a few sips, and ate some side dishes. Seeing that Jiang Fan had wolfed down twenty meat buns, three bowls of porridge, and four dishes, he estimated that he was about 70% full, so he spoke.

"The prince must have never read the Lishan Annual Report."

The Lishan Annual Report is the year-end summary of all departments of the entire Lishan. Although it is a summary, there are many issues involved. Jiang Fan is too lazy to read it.

He touched his head and smiled.

Ba Qing rolled her eyes. This result was not unexpected at all.

Chengxin pouted: "Master is having fun, how can he care about business?"

Jiang Fan glared at her: "You are rebellious, and you blame the master."

Yuwen Chengxin was not to be outdone: "It was the master who said that when you are young, you should do more and work harder, and don't regret it when you can't do it in the future."

Jiang Fan snorted: "I also said that you should enjoy life to the fullest."

Ba Qing quickly stopped the two people from arguing: "Okay, let's talk about business. Your Majesty should take the time to read the annual report. The governor is waiting. Let's talk about business today."

Jiang Fan nodded: "How much did you earn this year?"

"Exceeded expectations..."

Ba Qing gently spit out a string of numbers, and Jiang Fan was shocked. The bun almost choked in his throat.

I know a lot, but I didn't expect so much.

"...Nowadays, I am indeed the richest man in the world."

Ba Qing smiled and said, "If nothing else, it has far exceeded the total wealth of the Qing Dynasty during its heyday."

"Oh my God...Lishan, only three years..."

Yuwen Chengxin said proudly, "Three years? Can other people's three years be compared with Lishan's three years?"

Ba Qing said, "Indeed, it cannot be compared. Thanks to the great talent of the prince, Lishan is now on the right track, the construction is fully completed, and trade reaches the five countries, and even begins to travel to the three borders. Let alone the luxury goods of the princes and nobles, even ordinary people, who doesn't have some Lishan products?"

This is true. Perfumes, glass, porcelain, books, paper, fine wine, etc. have long become must-haves for the nobles of the five countries. And some ordinary products such as fried tea, refined salt, soap, clothes, farm tools, wheelbarrows, textile machines, etc. have long been spread all over the country.

As for steel, cement, and military rations, although they are supplied to the country free of charge, the cost is also borne by the country, and it does not cost money, and it can even generate many derivative benefits. Moreover, cement, in addition to supplying the country, can be used by both nobles and civilians in construction, almost transitioning from a best-selling product to a necessity.

Although Lishan is still divided into twelve districts, each district has many branches, otherwise it would be impossible to supply. Even so, it is still in a state of supply exceeding demand. Lishan has planned to expand 24 more branches within a year.

Jiang Fan smiled and said, "I came up with the idea, but today's achievement is definitely the result of collective efforts, and it must not be attributed to one person. This year's New Year, you must reward everyone well."

Ba Qing said, "Be generous, you have everything now, but you don't lack money. His Majesty may not know that the Qin treasury is no match for you."

Jiang Fan laughed and said, "Don't tell her, wait until I hide my private money."

Ba Qing couldn't help rolling his eyes, look at your little achievement...

Too lazy to argue with him, Ba Qing mainly talked about the plans to be implemented in the future and the key issues currently faced.

Generally speaking, there are three plans.

First, expansion. It is urgent to expand the scale of production. Governor Zhang Zhiling has approved this matter and it is being carried out in full swing.

Then, deep cultivation. The so-called deep cultivation means to deeply strengthen the strategy of attacking the five countries' market. The five countries' market is so huge that even a huge ship like Lishan has only touched the surface. Not only should we continue to expand the market, but we should also strengthen cooperation and contacts, and even more so, we should segment the market and commodities.

Ba Qing briefly introduced each one. They all agreed with Jiang Fan's ideas, but also raised many targeted ones. For example, in the item of market segmentation and commodity segmentation, Jiang Fan once again emphasized that commodities must be segmented, not only in terms of categories, but also in terms of sales time. For example, luxury goods must be sold to the four countries at this stage, but there must be a limit for Qin. In addition, the export of tools to improve production efficiency must be strictly restricted. Of course, within the Qin country, it must also be carefully considered, and tools to improve efficiency and daily necessities must be popularized first...

The third item is expansion, but in order to distinguish it from the five countries, Ba Qing prefers to call it an expedition.

The so-called expedition is the four frontiers that Ba Qing talked about last year. The general idea has not changed, but with the initial development, further adjustments and planning are needed in terms of sequence and strategy.

In fact, the Lishan caravan has opened the door to the three frontiers. Although it is only a preliminary foray, it has also achieved gratifying results in some points or aspects.

Jiang Fan made a strategy for the northern frontier himself, so there is no need to say more. In southern Xinjiang, among the products of Mount Li, the mosquito repellent prepared by the old man and carefully researched by Jiang Fan has become an incomparable best-seller. No one could have imagined that it was not clothing or perfume that opened the entrance to southern Xinjiang, but this thing.

In western Xinjiang, that is, the Western Region, perfume replaced mosquito repellent and became one of the three pioneers together with wine and tea.

Now the income of northern Xinjiang is good, and southern Xinjiang is better than northern Xinjiang because of Ba Qing's foundation, but the income of western Xinjiang is far from good now, of course, this statement is also relative.

But obviously, as the market is opened step by step, it will inevitably grow rapidly like a snowball.

The last one is the East Xinjiang shipping. In fact, the East Xinjiang in Jiang Fan's eyes is not just about shipping, but about the vast ocean world. But at the moment, the most important thing is still maritime transportation.