Chapter 440, bring back the wealth of 30 million taels of silver
In Tianjin Port, the entire scene was silent. Everyone stared at the gold piled higher and higher on the pier with their eyes wide open.
The golden light is the most charming color in the world.
Boxes and boxes of gold were being brought out one after another, and they were piled into piles, one ship at a time, ten piles in total.
"Hurry up and weigh it to see how much it is."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't bear it anymore and said excitedly.
"Yes~"
Du Mingen replied quickly and respectfully. Soon, staff from Tianjin Port came over with a scale and began to weigh the gold.
After moving the gold at the same time, the crew has not stopped yet. Although there is a lot of gold here in Golden Continent, the quantity is actually limited in general. It is impossible to say that all ten ships are really filled. The one that really holds the most
Still silver.
In later generations, Central America and Mexico were the most important silver-producing areas in the world. In the early days of European colonization, Spain and Portugal plundered the most gold and silver from Central America.
As for the gold on the west coast of North America, it was slowly developed several centuries later.
After moving the gold, a box and a box of silver began to be moved out, and they were placed on the open space of the dock according to Liu Jin's instructions. All of the silver was in the shape of silver bars, cast in very large pieces, and each piece was like a brick.
Big and very heavy.
However, the crew members were all smiling when they moved it. According to the agreed agreement, 20% of all the gains from this trip belong to them.
I'm afraid no one knows how much wealth they brought back from the Golden Continent. Anyway, when they were in Central America, when they traded with the descendants of the Yin Shang, the first thing they received was gold, followed by silver, and they loaded all ten ships directly.
I was so full that I almost couldn’t go back to Daming this time.
All the efforts were worth it. Twenty percent of the wealth brought back belonged to the crew, and there was no problem with just a few thousand taels of silver.
I went to Golden Continent in more than a year to earn thousands of taels of silver. This is definitely a chance to get rich overnight.
A few thousand taels of silver is enough for them to have enough food and clothing for a lifetime, and they can become a rich man.
"Oh my god, there is so much money~"
Along with boxes and boxes of silver, they were moved out and soon piled up on the dock. The crowds in the port area couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Looking at the piles of gold and the piles of silver, everyone's eyes turned red.
How much wealth did they bring back?
This is the question on the mind of almost everyone present.
"10,000 gold~"
The dock here is extremely busy.
The weights were divided into several groups, and they were weighed at the same time. While weighing, someone was counting constantly. When the number of ten thousand taels was reached, the weigher shouted loudly.
"It's only 10,000 taels. It looks like there are at least 100,000 taels of gold in this pile."
Hearing the sound, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ran over to take a look and said with a grin.
"Even if it's one hundred thousand taels, these ten ships have brought back almost one million taels of gold. Calculated, this gold alone is worth tens of millions of taels of silver."
Liu Jin looked at it carefully, made some calculations, and immediately couldn't help but take a breath.
The reserves of gold are very rare, and the gold in the Ming Dynasty is even more rare. Some gold mines in history have been exhausted long ago. In addition, the princes and nobles in history like to use gold as gold.
Burial objects, so gold was definitely very rare in the Ming Dynasty.
Many people can even say that they have never seen gold in their lives.
"It's just so-so, it's just ten million taels of silver~"
After Zhu Houzhao heard this, he curled his lips and said, "He is very rich now, and even tens of millions of taels of silver is just average in his mouth."
"There is still a lot of silver, I guess this one is even more~"
Liu Jin couldn't help but smile.
In fact, just as Liu Jin expected, boxes and boxes of silver were constantly being moved out of the cabin, as if they could never be finished.
On the dock, the silver that was moved out quickly piled up like a hill. The silver was shining and looked very attractive. At the same time, there was a pile of small golden mountains next to it. The two lights complemented each other and became the entire port.
Focus.
Everyone in the port watched with red eyes.
"One hundred thousand taels of gold~"
At this time, the person in charge of weighing the gold shouted again. When everyone heard it, they immediately looked again and saw that the gold was almost finished. This ship brought back more than 100,000 taels of gold. This gold alone can be valuable.
One million taels of silver.
Each of the ten ships was loaded with similar contents. After calculation, the gold alone was worth tens of millions of taels of silver.
"One hundred thousand taels of gold!"
The melon-eaters in the port couldn't help but marvel.
This ship brought back more than 100,000 taels of gold and one million taels of silver. Everyone's mind was filled with silver, countless silvers, shining gold, and shining silver.
In an era when copper coins were used as currency, gold worth tens of millions of taels suddenly appeared. It is understandable that everyone in the port was shocked at this time.
It's like the future generations will suddenly pile tens of billions of banknotes in front of you. Everyone will be shocked and wish they could have such a huge wealth.
There was so much gold and silver brought back that the people who weighed and weighed were sweating profusely. After weighing the gold, they started weighing the silver again.
"One hundred thousand taels of silver~"
"Five hundred thousand taels of silver~"
"One million taels of silver~"
When this number was shouted, all the silver in the ship had been taken out, but only half of it had been weighed.
The final figure was that one ship brought back more than two million taels of silver and more than one hundred thousand taels of gold. In total, this ship brought back gold and silver worth almost three million taels of silver.
The ten big fortune ships brought back a total of almost 30 million taels of silver!
"The total value is almost thirty million taels of silver!"
Finally, he came up with such a number, and Liu Jin also shouted it out loud.
Well, walking in brocade clothes at night is definitely not our style of doing things. If we go overseas to make a fortune, we naturally have to publicize it loudly and let everyone in the world know about it. Only in this way can we stimulate more people to pursue wealth overseas.
Whether it's fishing or doing business, Liu Jin has always used this method to tell you simply and crudely how many benefits there are, and whether you do it or not is up to you.
There is no doubt that the effect is naturally leveraged. Now the fishing industry, maritime trade industry, and various factories can flourish, which is actually a profit trend.
Everyone can clearly see the amazing benefits contained in it. Likewise, anyone who enters can taste the sweetness of the primitive accumulation of capital and become full of motivation.
"Thirty million taels of silver!"
In the port, everyone who heard this number was dumbfounded and opened their mouths in disbelief.
What is the concept of thirty million taels of silver? Considering the current tax revenue of the imperial court, this is almost equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the imperial court for six years. What a huge amount of wealth this is.
At this moment, everything is displayed in front of everyone, in the injection of pairs of eyes, every bit, every bit, there is no trace of falsehood.
Thirty million taels of wealth, in just over a year, ten ships, and more than a thousand people, they actually brought back thirty million taels of wealth.
This is simply unbelievable and unbelievable, but it is actually happening before our eyes, making everyone's minds filled with money.
"Golden Continent~Golden Continent, gold is everywhere~"
At this moment, what Liu Jin said came to everyone's mind.
In the past, everyone always thought that Liu Jin might be bragging and exaggerating, but at this moment, everyone believed it. Looking at the mountains of gold and silver in the port in front of them, no one would say that Liu Jin was talking nonsense anymore.
"I'm going to Golden Continent~ I'm going to Golden Continent~"
At the same time, in the hearts of these people, there is a voice that is constantly shouting.
Ten ships, more than a thousand people, and just over a year. The wealth brought by this is so huge that it makes people jealous. It makes people want to organize a fleet to go to the Golden Continent immediately and bring back endless treasures.
Wealth comes back.
People who think like this are not just the people at the lowest level. There are many people watching the excitement in the port area. There are officials from the imperial court, big businessmen, big landowners, and gentry. These people are also like this at this time.
I wish I could own a few ships now, take some crew members and go to the Golden Continent.
This wealth is so huge that it is suffocating.
Who would have thought that just these few broken ships, no matter how many people were ordered, would bring back a huge wealth worth 30 million taels of silver after being out for more than a year.
Not to mention giving such a huge wealth to an individual, even if it were placed in the treasury of the Ming Dynasty, the treasury of the imperial court would become rich overnight and the treasury would be filled to the brim.
"Thirty million taels~so-so-huhu, so-so-huhu~"
Even Zhu Houzhao, a big capitalist, said with a big grin.
"Thirty million taels of silver. We can finally cut off a large piece of the wealth wave in the colonial era. By then, as long as we defeat the Europeans here in America, we Chinese descendants will be able to monopolize the fertile America."
"If we can occupy Nanyang and Australia again, the entire Pacific Ocean will become the inner lake of our descendants of China."
Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh, and then he couldn't help but think of this in his mind.
It is unthinkable to turn the Pacific Ocean into an inner lake for the descendants of China, but now it seems that it is not impossible. If we monopolize America and Australia, then occupy Nanyang and Luzon, the Pacific Ocean will become an inner lake for the descendants of China.
Lake.
"The next step is to develop in Southeast Asia and Luzon."