Someone looked at the big boxes that were still in the box and could not help but murmur to themselves.
"I'm afraid there are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."
Someone thought for a while and said.
"Hundreds of thousands of taels. I have never seen silver in my life. I didn't expect that I would see hundreds of thousands of taels of silver this time. I can brag about it for the rest of my life."
Someone said again.
"No, it's really enough to brag about for a lifetime."
"I heard that they came back from North Korea. Where is North Korea? How come they have so much money?"
"I don't know either, but I guess these crew members have all paid. I heard that seafarers who go to sea can get a level of income from going to sea. From these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, doesn't everyone get how much?
One hundred taels of silver."
"A few hundred taels of silver?"
"How is it possible that you can earn hundreds of taels of silver from just one trip to the sea, and everyone is still struggling?"
"Isn't that right? Didn't you see that when Tianjin Maritime University recruits students, tens of thousands of people sign up every time?"
"As long as you enter this maritime academy, you will be rewarded. I heard that they will go to the Golden Continent in the future, and what they will bring back are boxes of gold."
"Boxes of gold?"
"I also want to take the Tianjin College entrance examination."
"..."
Here at the Tianjin Port, everyone's eyes turned red when they saw the boxes of silver stacked on the dock. Some were envious, while others clenched their fists and secretly vowed to go to the Maritime Academy to study.
Everyone was deeply shocked by the boxes of silver in front of them, including Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing and Zhang Mao, the three important ministers of the country.
They are also well-informed people who have seen big scenes, but at this time they also widened their eyes and looked at the boxes of silver on the dock. This was the first time for them to have so much silver.
See.
Even Zhou Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was in charge of the Ming Dynasty's treasury, but the Ming Dynasty was very poor. The annual tax silver was less than three million taels of silver. Basically, once the silver was transported to the treasury, it was quickly spent.
Once you get out, rats will starve to death in the treasury, and it is impossible to see boxes of silver neatly arranged in front of you.
"How much money is this?"
Zhang Mao opened his mouth wide, and for a moment he felt that he was really, really poor. He was a good prince, and his family property was quite rich, but most of his property was land, shops, etc.
In fact, I don’t have much silver in my hands.
Looking at the boxes of silver in front of him, his eyes turned red. This was just a trip to North Korea, but they brought back so much silver.
"At least a million taels~"
Zhou Jing was also shocked by the silver in front of him. He was used to being poor. When he saw the boxes of silver, he could not wait to move the silver into the treasury immediately.
"This time I went to North Korea and brought back a total of three million taels of silver and five million catties of rice!"
Du Mingen looked at Zhou Jing. He didn't know Zhou Jing, so he didn't feel any restraint. He smiled and stretched out his right hand while speaking and gesticulating.
"Three million taels of silver!"
When Zhou Jing heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded again. He opened his eyes and looked carefully at the boxes of silver in front of him, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Although he estimated that there were more than one million taels of silver, he did not expect that there would be three million taels of silver.
"Three million taels of silver. I don't even have three million taels of tax money for the next year."
Zhou Jing couldn't help but shake his head as he spoke. The impact of the money in front of him was so great that he would never forget it in his life.
He, the Minister of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, was very aware of the embarrassment of the Ming Dynasty. It was really poor, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as too poor to open the pot. Silver was needed everywhere, but there was far from enough money everywhere.
Even though he is Grandet, even though he is a pig's skin, the royal court's tax money is really too little. It is no longer enough to maintain the operation of such a large empire with less than three million taels of silver a year.
I can’t describe it, but it feels like it’s a drop in the bucket.
"You must have robbed North Korea's treasury, right?"
The same is true for Li Dongyang. No one can remain calm in front of such a huge amount of silver, not even Li Dongyang, not even if Emperor Hongzhi comes over.
He really couldn't figure out how they brought back such a huge amount of silver, so he shook his head and asked.
"We don't need to rob it at all, not to mention that North Korea's treasury cannot have so much money, and it is impossible for us to rob it."
"These are all earned from our business. I brought a boatload of glass products to North Korea. I not only earned three million taels of silver, but also bought back five million kilograms of rice."
Du Mingen smiled and said without thinking, "Does this need to be robbed?"
No need, businessmen in North Korea are all lining up to give themselves silver. This glass product is extremely popular in North Korea. Mirrors are definitely the export artifacts of this era. A mirror sells for thousands of taels of silver. What else is more profitable than this?
of.
"Haha, Lao Du did a great job and came back at the right time. This rice is a life-saving straw. With these five million kilograms of rice, there is no need to worry about this famine."
Liu Jin was also deeply attracted by the boxes of silver in front of him. Although the Internet has developed in later generations, let alone this silver, even the vault has been seen on the Internet, but it is another thing to see it in reality.
Boxes of silver have a huge impact.
However, Liu Jin soon came to his senses and gave Du Mingen a thumbs up with a smile. During this trip to North Korea, he not only made money, but also bought food. This made Liu Jin's next actions change.
More at ease.
"Haha, actually I didn't do anything. Anyone can do it well just by following the method you told me."
"You are so good, Mr. Liu. According to the method you taught me, sailing in the sea is very simple, so I was able to go to North Korea smoothly."
Du Mingen smiled happily. He was really smiling from ear to ear. During this trip to North Korea, he could earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in just half a month. Such a speed of making money was simply unprecedented.
Not heard yet.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this trip to North Korea allowed him to see the endless wealth in the ocean. This is just a trip to North Korea. The world outside the Ming Dynasty is so vast.
Golden Continent, Luzon, Nanyang, Europe, Africa... As long as you master the method of sea navigation, this sea is so big that you can roam at your own will, and you can easily earn wealth that you never dared to imagine before.
So were his words really spoken from the heart, or Liu Jin was so powerful that he taught Du Min'en how to sail in the sea. This was equivalent to showing Du Min'en a way to the mountains of gold and silver. Naturally, he admired him very much.
"I brought a shipload of glass products to North Korea and got back three million taels of silver and five million kilograms of rice!"
On the side, Da Zhangmao's eyes were as wide as a bull's eye and as red as a rabbit. He suddenly felt that going out to sea to fish seemed like making hard money. To really make big money, you have to go out to sea to do business. As for the capital city,
The coal industry in the neighboring areas seems to be more hard-earned money.
