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Chapter 96 Jewelry

The six lucky ships were indeed what Zhao Shizhen said, one was a pilot ship that had been to Spain, two grain escort ships that had landed in Melica Majia Port in North Asia, and the other three were large and small lucky ships that were treasure ships that were sailing in the Nanyang pioneer.

Although he looked unpretentious, he followed the large fleet slowly until he entered the Bohai Sea, and then quickly sailed to Dagukou with the pilot ship.

"After the instructions of the Minister of South China, I knew that the Beiyang military expenditure should not be delayed for a day. When I entered the Bohai Sea, the speedboat arrived."

The captain of the treasure ship who came from Nanyang was a student of the first phase of the Guangzhou Martial Arts Hall. When he saw Chen Mu's closeness with his old subordinates, he sighed that he had not seen the schoolyard for a year and had changed a lot. He presented Chen Mu with a cargo slip from the Nanyang Military Mansion and said, "This order is in triplicate, one is left in Nanyang, and one is just given to Mr. Changji, this is the last one."

The account list is sealed with a round paper tube, and the wax seal of the ring-shaped private seal of the Nanyang Minister is intact. The account is written simply, and the cargo transported is not simple.

Luzon Machengfu casts large ingots of silver, encapsulated in 260 boxes, a total of 6,000 ingots, and a fifty taels of ingots per ingot.

The Lion Kingdom, Tangmin Island gems, crow falcons, cat eyes, green and agate are packed in eight boxes and four boxes, each box is of different sizes and types, weighing a total of 4,200 kilograms.

The Haizhu of Sulu Kingdom was packed in three boxes according to the treasures. Each box had different sizes and types, weighing a total of 1,970 taels.

Chameng's ivory was packed in sixteen boxes according to size, totaling thirty-four; rhinoceros horns were packed in three boxes, and the two objects weighed 7,470 kilograms.

These things were packed in three ships, which made Chen Mu happy. When he closed the bill, he encouraged the captain of Nanyang and asked: "It's been a hard journey. I'll take a few days off in Beiyang. When will the Beijing Transportation in the future arrive?"

"It's just recently that the advance fleet should have set sail from Denglai. I thank the general for his good intentions, but his subordinates cannot rest and will set sail tomorrow." The captain said as he accused Chen Mu of the crime, explaining: "This year, the two governments will have a good harvest, Beijing has a huge transportation capacity, and the shipping capacity is insufficient. We captains will run at least two trips, and the more are afraid of running four trips. Seeing that the strong wind is approaching, we can go back before the wind comes."

In the past, more than 200 ships were shipped by sea, which was about the number of lucky ships of the Nanyang Military Administration with a total of more than 400 materials. Now they are required to transport them two to four times, which is at least 600 freight, and the consumption of one way alone would cost 50,000 or 60,000 shi of rice and grain.

"Since that's the case, you'll have to work hard. A good harvest is the best thing." Chen Mu nodded slowly and reminded him: "Be careful of the wind and waves, and sail for two months from thousands of miles. Don't be anxious to sail, be careful not to float."

"The rest time is not long. You and your personal soldiers go down and find a barracks for the water husband to rest. You should explain to the personal soldiers if you need it."

When the captain left, Chen Mu secretly considered the value. He originally thought that the Nanyang Military Office would take care of the West this year, and he might have less money and goods transported to the Dongyang Military Office in the Beijing Transportation, but unexpectedly, there were even more than last year.

Last year, the same silver was transported this year, with 300,000 taels, but last year, the bulk of Guangdong cotton cloth was transported on the goods, and the rest were mostly cement raw materials and other building materials, so there was no valuable goods; this year it was different, and the delivery was a valuable big item.

"Duke Xu, go to Nanyang. What big thing will happen in this two years?"

No matter who Chen Mu asked, his aides would not know about this. It was really something they could know in the north. Chen Mu must have known it. Chen Mu didn't know it, and his aides would not know it. Xu Wei asked him in confusion what was wrong, and then he shook his head and said, "The goods sent from Nanyang this year look like they have been stuffed, but there is a lot of silver shipped. I think something seems to have happened."

As he said that, Chen Mu handed the order to Xu Wei who was walking forward and let him see it.

Sulu produces pearls. It is not surprising that bulk goods are easy to sell, and it is not surprising that they can get thousands of pearls. But if they get more than 4,000 kilograms of gems at once, the number is beyond the scope of normal trade - it is not that the Ming Shang or the Nanyang Military Administration cannot afford it, but that the Lion Kingdom cannot afford it at all.

What's more, gems are the same as pearls. These two kinds of treasures are not something that can make the highest profit by selling them directly. They have to be sent to Suzhou, where there are the most skilled jewellery machining men in the world. After their craftsmanship, one tael of agate can be sold for more than ten taels or even hundreds of taels of silver.

It is also in the southeast, and these processed finished products can be sold out as quickly as possible, because Jiangnan is the place where the wealth of the Ming Dynasty gathers.

This is something that can make ten or dozens of times profit, as well as those rhinoceros horn ivory.

Chen Mu calculated that as long as he was willing to pay the price of 50,000 taels of silver and a few years, the value of these things Gao Gong sent to the Dongyang Military Palace this year may be between 2 million and 3 million taels of silver.

Just one, two, three lucky ships.

It seems that Nanyang has become rich, otherwise he would not have been willing to send these things to Tianjin.

"Is it possible that Yin Yangshi from the West has come to me, Chen, and has gained a lot in the West? The Guangxi Banner Army is not unusable!"

Chen Mu grinded his jaw and pondered, and suddenly heard Xu Wei clapping his hands suddenly, "Master, I should know why the number of goods transported in Nanyang this year is different. Nanyang should have made a fortune last year, but this fortune has only fallen into Nanyang this year."

Chen Mu became interested and asked, "What kind of fortune?"

"I'm guessing here, but it's a little bit related to this matter. Last year, Lin Afeng led thousands of military and civilians to leave Tangmin Island and plundered many times west of Malacca. I think Gaoxin Zheng Xing might be following Chen Shuai and buying the robbery that Lin Feng has obtained?"

Xu Wei said, shook his head again and said, "No... like jewelry and ivory, which are mostly produced east of Malacca. If so, this batch of goods should be sold at the beginning in Gao Xinzheng. Last year, the barbarians bought it in Malacca. They snatched it from Linfeng's fleet and sold it back to Nanyang. If so, it would make sense to deliver this batch of goods to Beiyang."

"How can it make sense?"

Chen Mu didn't think this speculation makes sense. Gao Gong could sell these things again and let Lin Feng grab them again, and fish in the waters. How interesting is it?

Others don’t know, but Gao Gong won’t know that setting up a military palace in the West with the Ming Dynasty will definitely further squeeze the living space of Portugal in that sea. It is a matter of time before and after both sides have a bad relationship. There is no need to be so stingy about friendship, and there is no need to think too much about the long-term.

This is the Ming Dynasty. People miss their wives and children, and the country is rich and self-sufficient. The policy changes every day as the Chief Supervisor takes office. Only God knows when the Ming Dynasty will ban the sea again!

What is the long-term thinking?

One vote, one vote, and another vote. It is the bottom line to find a big fortune to continue working. It is a profit to grab a tael of silver.

It’s not too late to think about it for a long time after taking the time. In terms of management, governance capabilities, agriculture, water conservancy technology, the Ming Dynasty can get away from others from Beijing to Nanjing.

"There is still Duke Yin in the West. I believe that the ministers of the South China Sea will not be able to use this batch of goods again. Either they will sell them into the country themselves, and then they may be reported by the Western Ministers; or they will have to send them to Beiyang.

"It seems to make sense, but don't worry about how this guy comes from, and you don't think you'll go out again when you come to my hands. No one will give it. This is my three-year military expenditure in Dongyang." Chen Mu said, standing up and turned around and said, "I'll send you a trip and transfer thousands of cavalry guards from Beiyang to transport this batch of goods into the military palace intact. I'll go to see the messenger who returned from Spain."
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