The Treasury Courtyard was crowded with people. Emperor Yuwen Gankeng arrived today, shocked by the silver balls in front of him. These silver balls were snow-white and shining with dazzling white light in the sun. He only felt that his eyes were about to be blinded.

Each silver ball weighs nearly 120 kilograms, and the silver balls in front of Yuwen Gankeng had 100 single eight.

These silver balls are lined up in nine rows, each row of twelve. It looks spectacular at first glance. Yuwen Gankeng reached out to touch a silver ball, feeling very cold, and then he was extremely excited.

Silver! More than 200,000 taels of silver!

Yuwen Gankeng had no idea about money, but he knew that silver was "worthy" than copper coins. Although it was roughly said that one tael of silver was equivalent to one thousand coins, in fact, people were only willing to exchange copper coins for silver, but they were unwilling to exchange silver for money.

In other words, one tael of silver on the market can be exchanged for more than one thousand coins of copper.

The entry of 200,000 taels of silver into the warehouse means that the national treasury is much more abundant, far from being comparable to 200,000 taels of copper coins.

Not to mention how to use it, just say rewards. Rewarding a subject with a hundred taels of silver is much more glorious than rewarding a subject with a hundred taels of copper coins or equivalent cloth.

Yuwen Gankeng touched the silver ball and it took him a long time to come back to his senses: "What's this... what's the name?"

The official next to him quickly replied: "Your Majesty, this item is called 'Do not helping', weighs 120 kilograms, and it is not easy to carry, for the purpose of preventing theft."

"Then, is it convenient to melt it?"

"It's very convenient to go back to your Majesty."

"Okay, OK, OK!"

Yuwen Gankeng said three words "good" in a row, and finally moved his eyes away from the "helpless" one by one and turned to the other side.

In addition to more than 200,000 taels of silver, the goods sent to the capital by the Maritime Corporation this time also included some other items, including ambergris.

Since the dynasty guided the Lingbing table, the place of Jiaoguang was included in the jurisdiction, and incense medicines from overseas have been continuously supplied to the capital by land, and ambergris has appeared from time to time. The ambergris brought back from Japan by the Maritime Bureau is the best.

Not only ambergris, but also some excellent marten, fox fur and other furs. Of course, there is another kind of goods that are very substantial, that is sulfur.

Yuwen Gankeng was not interested in sulfur. He didn't know that this was an important ingredient in making gunpowder, but it did not prevent him from being excited. Looking at the goods filled with the yard, Yuwen Gankeng was really happy.

It is said that the first connection between Japan and the Central Plains was in the Later Han Dynasty. During the Cao Wei period, the Japanese sent envoys to the Central Plains, and the gifts they brought were only male and female slaves, which shows how poor the country's properties were.

Now, the Maritime Corporation was able to bring back a lot of silver from Japan by doing business. Yuwen Gankeng felt that the establishment of the Maritime Corporation was indeed not wrong.

According to the introduction of the patrol envoy and Wang Wen of Bin, Yuwen Gankeng knew that Japan seemed to have a lot of silver mines, so he would send a fleet to Japan from time to time to do business, and he could bring back a lot of silver and enrich the national treasury.

Yu Wen Gankeng became happier the more he thought about it. Yu Wenhua, who was standing beside him, began to pour cold water on him.

Of course, he had never been to Japan, nor had he taken a sea boat, nor even to the beach, but it did not prevent him from expressing his opinions, and the source of the opinions was the memorial of the Maritime Bureau.

The Maritime Bureau organized a fleet to float eastward to advance, which was very risky, but in fact the loss was quite significant: fifteen sea ships sailed and ten were back, which means that five sea ships were lost, with a loss rate of 33%. The high risk of navigation can be seen.

Yu Wenji's statement is that the court should be polite to the coastal boat people and cannot force the other party to go to Heishuiyang to die. In this way, it is easy to seem unkind to the emperor.

He "heard" that the boat people in the coastal areas of Qingxu would say goodbye to their families every time they went to sea. It is conceivable how much risk of navigation is. Therefore, Yu Culture and the author believe that if the Maritime Shipbuilding Department blindly seeks profit and frequently organizes fleets to go to sea, many people may be buried in the belly of fish and their families will be destroyed.

Yuwen Gankeng didn't care about this, because the patrol commander, Wang Wang Yuwen Wen had already explained the situation along the coast in detail in the memorial. In short, merchants seek profits, as long as there is profit, those maritime merchants will naturally find ways to organize their men to go out to sea.

The Maritime Bureau simply organized these merchants and formed a fleet of ships recruited by the Maritime Bureau, floating in the sea and traveling east to Japan to do business.

The fleet set out at Huaikou (the entrance to the Huaikou) and the return flight was also docked at Huaikou. As for the crew members on the ships that were killed, Yuwen Gankeng read the memorial presented by the Xuzhou General Manager Yang Su, saying that the crew members who died had received generous pensions from the owner.

Yuwen Gankeng felt that it was indeed very risky to go to Japan to do business, but there must be brave men under heavy rewards. It is your wish to take risks from the shipowner and crew members. There will be dividends when they return safely, and there will be pensions when they have any problems. What does it have to do with the court if they have a consenting situation?

Yu Wenji said this, and when he saw that the emperor didn't care, he stopped slapping the cold wind, but the emperor continued to say it without any satisfaction.

In the memorial, Yuwen Wen briefly introduced the situation in Japan, especially the production of silver, so as not to have any unrealistic expectations for the court.

Japan is mountainous, and there are some silver mines, but the problem is that the annual output of silver is just like that. After all, the "small country" has limited ability to mine silver, and it would be good to have a production of hundreds of thousands of taels a year.

Therefore, Japan is not accumulating endless silver, and the Maritime Bureau cannot earn more than 200,200 silver from Japan every month, and even more than 2 million taels of silver a year.

Not to mention sailing depends on hyacinth. It is not suitable to send a boat to Japan every month.

Yu Wenhe didn't know how to sail. After listening to the emperor's explanation, he had another question: The Maritime Bureau and Japan, which have poor properties, will the profits be low in the long run?

“No, no….”

Yuwen Gankeng began to set up a suspicion array, asking Yu Wen and guess what good things the Maritime Bureau got back from Japan.

Yu Wenhe looked at the items on display, except for white silver balls, some ambergris and fur, there were only boxes of wooden boxes that emit fishy smell. He could smell that this was not the fishy smell of salted fish (as later called abalone), but he didn't know what was in the box.

Yuwen Gankeng asked someone to open the box, then took out a stack of items similar to long brown belts, and held them in his hand regardless of the smell of smell: "Water is an island country, and there are seas on all sides. King Bin said this is Japanese seafood, called Kumbu, also known as kelp."

"Kumbu?" Yu Wenji thought for a moment and asked indecisively: "Is it the First Emperor..."

"That's right, the First Emperor sent Xu Fu to sea to search for the elixir of immortality. It is said that among the elixir of immortality, there is Kunbu."

Yuwen Gankeng said this and was quite moved: "In fact, this is just a thing that is precious because it is rare. Konbu is not produced in the Central Plains, so it is said to be an elixir of immortality. However, according to King Bin, in Japan, Baekje, Silla, and Konbu are ordinary seafood and can be seen everywhere along the coast."

"In these three countries, Khumbu, which is as ordinary as weeds, is extremely precious in the Central Plains. If you buy low and sell high, the profit will be enough to enrich the national treasury. Do you think this transaction is worthwhile?"

Of course, he nodded at this time. Yu Wenhua and saw that the emperor was very interested, he had no choice but to put away some of his thoughts. Yu Wen Gankeng was still very excited and told another thing.

The fleet of the Maritime Bureau went to Japan to do business. When they went back, they passed by an island country. The island country was named Danluo, which was previously called "Zhouhu" and "Dongyingzhou" and "Yingzhou" in the Central Plains. It is now said to be a member of the Baekje vassal.

When the Maritime Vessel fleet returned to the voyage, it passed by the Danluo Kingdom and attacked the Danluo pirates, resulting in the loss of five sea ships, with more than 100,000 taels of silver on it, and sank to the bottom of the sea with the ship.

Therefore, the commander of the Maritime Mansion, Wang Yuwen of the Bi, submitted a memorial request to allow the Maritime Mansion to recruit brave men, send troops to Danluo, and launch an army to question the crime.

After hearing this, Yu Wenwen thought it was ridiculous for a big fight against a broken island, but thinking about the more than 100,000 taels of silver, it really hurts a little.

So he made an inquiry: "I wonder how Your Majesty will make a decision about what King Bin asked?"
Chapter completed!