Time flies, the first month is out in the blink of an eye, and the weather is getting warmer.
Factories started working, shops resumed business, and people gradually came out of the happy atmosphere of the New Year and started working normally!
After the ice and snow melted, Xin Sheng just returned with the navy, and thirty steamships sailed into the Wei River!
The news reached Xianyang in advance, so Zhang Han, the Minister of Revenue, had already prepared a carriage and headed from the palace to the Weishui River.
Based on the experience last time, the number of carriages this time was twice as large as the last time.
One after another, like a long dragon, shuttled through Xianyang City!
"What happened? Why did so many carriages suddenly appear?"
The people voluntarily made way for a passage, their faces full of doubts.
"I do not know?"
The people around him were also confused.
Although spring has begun, the late spring cold is worse than the cold wind in winter. If there is nothing wrong, they will not go out easily, so the news is very limited!
In the end, it was the vendor setting up a stall behind them who answered their questions, "Hey! You don't even know this? This is the navy's return voyage. I heard they brought back a lot of spices. These carriages were sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs to bring spices." of!"
"Spices? I heard that the meat stewed with that thing is not only not fishy nor smelly, but also has a strange aroma!"
After hearing this, the people around them suddenly brightened up, but then dimmed again, "Oh! That thing is very expensive, no matter how good it is, we can't afford it!"
"Yes! I heard that the worst version of that thing costs ten gold per kilogram. How much money do we make in a month!"
"No! These ten golds are enough to buy a lot of meat! Add some salt and boil it in water. It will be very fragrant!"
"Hey! Poor people like us can only eat boiled white meat. The spices are only eaten by rich families...!"
Although the people were very eager for spices, they gave up the idea when they thought of the little money in their pockets!
It is much easier to make money now than before, and you can often eat meat.
But I don’t have the spare money to buy spices!
"General Xin, you have worked hard all the way, haha!"
When Xin Sheng led the navy to the shore, Zhang Han quickly ran to the ship and exchanged greetings.
But his eyes did not fall on Xin Sheng, but kept scanning the ship, especially the cabin!
"Is Zhang Shangshu greeting this general for his hard work, or is he greetings for those spices?"
Xin Sheng was not blind, so he could naturally see through his thoughts at a glance and joked with a smile.
This guy has a nickname among these ministers, called Zhang Huohuo.
Well deserved, this guy is an old pimp!
When he sees money, he wants to make it, but asking him to spend a penny is more laborious than asking him to eat shit!
Your Majesty made him the right person to be the Minister of Household Affairs!
Even though these spices belong to the national treasury, Zhang Han's eyes widened!
"Haha! General Xin was joking, of course I was greeting the general!"
After being ridiculed, Zhang Han quickly looked away and said with a smile: "The general took the navy officers out for several months for the sake of the Qin Dynasty. He has not spent years at home. I wonder... how many spices did he bring back this time?"
Less than two and a half sentences later, Zhang Han talked about spices again, his eyes glowing green!
A few days ago, soldiers reported that the navy had entered Nanhai County and arrived in Xianyang soon, bringing back spices!
This moment made him and Ying Zheng so happy that even their dreams at night were filled with spices. Finally, the navy was back!
I don’t know how much I brought back!
"I'm not sure about the details. I guess each ship should have a weight of 100,000 pounds, right?"
Xin Sheng glanced into the cabin and said lightly.
"Ten...one hundred thousand catties? For each ship?"
Zhang Han's jaw suddenly dropped and he asked suspiciously, "General Xin, are you kidding me?"
The current price of spices is ten gold. If there are one hundred thousand kilograms on each ship, wouldn't one ship be sold for one million gold?
Thirty ships is 30 million?
Good guy, go out for a while, a railway is coming out!
"Do you think someone is joking with you? The soldiers have been picking spices non-stop since they arrived in Nanyang. More than two months have passed. How many do you think you can pick...?"
Xin Sheng rolled his eyes, "Let alone eating it now, the soldiers will want to vomit when they see the spices!"
Several soldiers behind him nodded.
When they first arrived on the island, they were still a little fresh. Seeing the spices all over the mountains and plains, they were very motivated.
But in just a few days, everyone lost interest, and picking spices was no longer as exciting as before!
So he began to hire the natives and gave them some worthless things. After finally filling all the ships, he returned!
Until they left, there were still a lot of spices on the island that had not been picked!
But there is no way, there are only so many ships, and every cabin is packed to the brim, leaving no room left!
"Quick... take me to have a look!"
The one hundred thousand gold spices in the cabin were worth one million gold in Zhang Han's eyes.
There is a million gold waving to him, it's surprising that he can't be in a hurry!
"good!"
Xin Sheng nodded and took Zhang Han to the cabin.
"Wow..."
After opening the hatch, the spices immediately poured out and piled under Zhang Han's feet.
"Wow! I didn't expect that there are so many spices in Nanyang...!"
Zhang Han picked up a handful, put it under his nose and sniffed, "Such a good quality, the retail price is at least fifteen gold!"
"These spices still have a lot of moisture and need to be dried before they can be sold. It is estimated that they will lose some weight!"
Xin Sheng said.
"It doesn't matter. Once such quality is put on the market, it will be snapped up by those rich and distinguished families. The price will not be too low. Even if it loses some weight, the price of a ship will not be less than one million gold!"
Zhang Han grinned widely and waved his hands.
"Is every cabin here packed with spices like this?"
"Well! There are even a lot of them in the cabin where the soldiers sleep! If you want more, you can only let the soldiers hug you!"
Seeing the old guy's philistine expression, Xin Sheng laughed helplessly.
"Haha! Not that much, not that much, that's enough!"
Zhang Han scratched the door frame of the cabin and looked inside.
Dark and full of spices!
Needless to say, just this cabin alone has to load several carriages back!
If he had known this, he should have found more carriages!
"Okay, I'll leave this to you. I will lead the navy off the ship and return to the palace!"
Xin Sheng patted Zhang Han's shoulder with his big hand and smiled slightly tiredly.
The ship had been drifting on the sea for so long and was shaking, and no one had a good rest.
Now that we have finally docked, we can have a good sleep!
"Okay! Go, go, go! Go quickly, His Majesty is waiting in the study room!"
After Zhang Han waved his hand casually, he immediately turned his head and stared at the various spices with bright eyes.
