The marriage between Jin and Li families is definitely a major event in the North.

Jin Mantang is undoubtedly the richest man in the North now, and many people even think that he must be the richest man in the world.

Jin Mantang no longer works as a salt merchant now, but his Shenglong Money House is the minions of the Wuwei Money House of the imperial court. Jin Mantang owns 40% of the shares, which is a shocking wealth itself. In addition to this, Jin Mantang also owns the largest ocean-going fleet in the world. The return of this long voyage is a wealth that many people cannot earn in their ten lives.

And the Li family, do you need to say it? Although there is a court and an emperor in the north, who knows? Everyone only knows Li Xiang. There are many people in the deepest part of their hearts. Who is the world in the future? Is it still unclear?

The marriage between the richest and the most powerful family is naturally a matter of course.

Jin Mantang's work was so terrifying that this time, in order to welcome the Li family's daughter, Li Xiang's only sister, Jin Mantang sent all the proceeds from this ocean-going voyage to the Li Mansion as betrothal gifts. Li Xiang then added all the five million coins into the national treasury.

This incident was naturally exaggerated by the Tang Dynasty Weekly, and was very popular. Not only did it introduce the wealth of overseas and the huge profits of ocean voyages to the Tang Dynasty in detail, it also promoted everyone the righteous act of Li Xiang serving the country and the people and treating money as dirt.

In addition to this unprecedented betrothal gift, Jin Mantang also set up a water banquet on a straight road about ten miles long in the outer city. No matter who it is, as long as you throw a copper coin at the entrance, you can go in and have a big meal. Such a water banquet will be held for three consecutive days.

In order to book this ten-mile straight road, Jin Mantang also paid Wuyi Mansion a venue fee of 50,000 yuan.

Of course, this is the marriage between Jin Mantang and the Li family, so that Wuyi Mansion can agree to such a thing. If someone else is, I am afraid that you won’t even think about it. If you have money, you won’t be satisfied with it.

This grand wedding is destined to be a topic of talk for countless years since Wuyi. Ten miles of red carpet, Ten miles of flowers, Ten miles of red silk, Ten miles of wine and banquets. The entire Wuyi and even the surrounding areas were caught in a carnival because of this wedding. Merchants, vendors, and farmers all earned a lot of silver because of this wedding, and also brought them a free banquet for three days.

"It's too extravagant, in-laws, too extravagant!" More than ten days later, when Jin Mantang sat with Li Anguo, Li Anmin and Li Ze, Li Anguo was still shaking his head and saying, "It's too eye-breaking."

"It's no big deal." Li Ze smiled and said, "The money that Uncle Jin Shi earned is clean, and the expenses this time were all made from overseas. As long as the money that was earned cleanly, the court strongly encouraged the expenses. What's the point of being more luxurious? If Uncle Jin Shi was not so luxurious, who would those merchants, hawkers and farmers make?"

"I'm afraid that someone will gossip!" Ang Lee.

"Father, the five million yuan donated to the court this time by Uncle Jin Shi this time, whoever dares to gossip, will I dare to scold him so much." Li Ze said: "Besides, the price of chickens and ducks in our northern part has dropped sharply this year. In this marriage, the price of chickens and ducks immediately increased. By the way, there are eggs and duck eggs, but the price has returned to normal levels. I wonder how many people thank Uncle Jin Shi!"

After a few words, everyone laughed.

"Li Xiang, these five million coins were not donated to the court. This is my betrothal gift for my family to not change to marry. You are the one who donated the money!" Jin Mantang shook his head repeatedly and said, "This is your noble character, not me, I am just a businessman."

"Now it is the Kaihai Hou of the Tang Dynasty." Li Ze said with a smile.

"For me, I'm the monkey." Although he said this, Jin Mantang still smiled happily. As a businessman, he felt that he had reached the peak that a businessman could reach.

"You deserve this marquis!" Li Ze said: "Do you know that Haixing Shipyard has received orders for hundreds of sea ships now? The delivery date has been scheduled for five years. There are still many orders that cannot be taken and have been handed over to Yangzijin Shipyard and Jiaozhou Shipyard in Yangzhou. How many upstream and downstream industries can be driven by building a large sea ship! And this is the joint effect of Uncle Jin Shi's return this time."

"Ocean navigation, risks and opportunities coexist!" Jin Mantang sighed: "Along the way, we not only have to fight against God, but also with all kinds of pirates. Li Xiang, the ships of the foreign pirates we captured this time are very different from us, but they also have their own characteristics!"

"This is exactly what Uncle Jin Shi is so smart. These ships are now being used by the masters there for research in Haixing Shipyard. Taking advantage of their strengths, I am the one who has the weaknesses of me." Li Ze nodded and said, "As for those who want to follow the trend and make a fortune overseas, we still have to encourage them. Tang people want to go out, even if there are risks outside, but also opportunities. When there are ships of our Tang Dynasty everywhere on the sea, some pirates are afraid of escaping by looking at the wind. Uncle Jin Shi, I heard that you made a lot of money just by selling the charts this time!"

"Each chart is 100,000 yuan, and I sold a total of 50 yuan." Jin Mantang did not hide anything in front of Li Ze.

"Isn't this another five million yuan?" Li Anmin widened his eyes in surprise. "It's true that when you turn around, you earned the betrothal money back. This money is too easy, right?"

"It's easy to say, but it's not easy to say," Jin Shitang said: "This time I went out with more than a hundred boats. More than half of them came back, and nearly a thousand people died. The settlement and pensions for these people alone are also quite a lot. Of course, there are still dozens of boats. After all, the money for those who can get it is only two million yuan! But with these detailed navigation charts, the people who go there can reduce unnecessary losses. So they spend this 100,000 yuan willingly."

"I'm afraid that those who buy the charts will inevitably lose money in the future!" Ang Lee.

"That's natural. Only those who survive the waves will be the biggest winner." Jin Mantang said: "Li Xiang, Boxing Trading Company, is rich now. They seem to be preparing to do a big deal. Not only did they buy the navigation chart for this time, but they also paid tens of thousands of yuan to buy our navigation logs, I also gave them a sketch you gave me to Europa."

"Boxing Trading Company has been investing in ocean voyages over the years, but it has not run too far. This time Uncle Jin Shi stimulated them." Li Ze smiled and said, "It seems that he wants to make a big shot. They have this strength, not short of money or people."

"Yelu Qi can't tell a lot of big words. His son Yelu Fengze is a handsome man, and he is gentle and kind. This person has a lot of grievances in his heart! He can be both literary and martial, and he will definitely be a person in the future." Jin Mantang said: "He is the one who comes to trade with me this time."

"This person is indeed good." Li Ze said. Yelu Fengze's name was developed after Yelu Qi joined Li Ze, so he changed it specifically for his son, which means flattering Li Ze's meaning for the rest of his life. This son graduated from Wuwei Academy. In addition to orthodox knowledge, he learned to sail in real life. Although he was a Khitan, if he walked on the street and didn't say his name, it would be difficult for outsiders to distinguish his race.

"In-law, are you still going to go to sea next?" Li Anguo asked.

"Going to sea, but not running that far!" Jin Mantang smiled and said, "This trip in this life has been fulfilled. Let the rest be left to the men of his men. Next, Li Xiang arranged an errand for me."

"Oh, where is that going?" Li Anguo said curiously.

"I'm going to invite Uncle Jin Shi to go to Japan for a walk." Li Ze smiled and said, "I heard that there are many major forces fighting in chaos now, and it's a good opportunity to make profits from it."

"Little Japan, what can I do to make profits?" Li Anguo said disdainfully.

"Although it is small, the benefits are not small!" Li Ze said with a smile: "We can do business with them, or we can build some forces close to us there. Father and the ordnance business have always been the most profitable. Now our army has eliminated a large number of old weapons, armor, swords and guns, and they are piled up like mountains. It will cost a lot of manpower and material resources to destroy them, which is not worth the cost. If they can be sold or even sold at a good price, wouldn't it be nice?"

"This is not bad." Li Anmin's eyes lit up: "Xue Chong is worried about these things. His army eliminated a large number of military ordnances in the warehouse and had to send people to guard them. Several incidents happened during this period. Some officers under his command robbed him and even secretly took these weapons out to Zhang Zhongwu's side to sell them. Several generals lost their heads about this matter, including a close relative of Xue Chong. If these old weapons could be dealt with in this way, Xue Chong would have saved a lot of trouble."

Selling arms is naturally the most profitable business. For example, the largest income of the Wuyi court now is to sell weapons to Tubo every year, and the biggest buyer is Chinan Delhi. Since this year, Tocharo has also started to buy weapons from Li Ze. He followed Li Cunzhong's path and also bought weapons from the Tang Dynasty. Wuyi no matter who bought it, as long as it was from Tubo, he would take the order from both sides. He ate it and then watched them fight to the death.

"In addition to this, Japan actually has another specialty, which is silver." Li Ze said with a smile: "So this time, Uncle Jin Shi went there, but he had a great responsibility. Not only did he support our power, but he also had to control some resources such as the silver mountains there for us to use."

"This kind of place is suitable for people like me to develop their three-inch unconfused tongue." Jin Mantang said with a smile.
Chapter completed!