Chapter 202, I will never forget it for the rest of my life
"How much silver is this?"
Someone looked at the big boxes that were still being carried down one by one, and couldn't help muttering to themselves.
"I'm afraid there are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."
Someone thought about it and said.
"Hundreds of thousands of taels, I have never seen silver in my life, I didn't expect to see hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at this sight, and I can boast of it for a lifetime in the future."
Someone followed suit.
"It's not, it's really enough to blow for a lifetime."
"I heard that they came back from North Korea, where is this North Korea, how can there be so much silver?"
"I don't know, but I guess these crew members have sent it, and I heard that this seafarer who goes to sea can get a layer of income from going to sea, these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, isn't everyone able to get hundreds of taels of silver."
"A few hundred taels of silver?"
"How is it possible, this trip to the sea will earn a few hundred taels of silver, and everyone will not squeeze their heads?"
"Isn't it, didn't you see that when Tianjin Maritime College recruited students, tens of thousands of people signed up every time?"
"As long as you enter this maritime academy, you will send it in the future, and I heard that they will go to the Golden Continent in the future, and what they bring back is boxes of gold."
"Boxes of gold?"
"I'm also going to Tianjin or the academy."
“……”
Here in Tianjin Port, seeing the boxes of silver piled up on the wharf, everyone's eyes were red, some people were envious and jealous, and some people 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, and they are people who have seen big scenes, but at this time, their eyes also widened, looking at the boxes of silver on the dock, so much silver, they have seen it for the first time.
Even if it is Zhou Jing, this household Shangshu, is in charge of the treasury of the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming court is poor, and the tax silver a year is less than three million taels of silver.
"How much silver is this?"
Zhang Mao opened his mouth wide, and suddenly felt that he was really poor, very poor, he was a good father, and his family property was quite rich, but most of the family property was land, shops, etc., and there was not much silver in his hands.
Looking at the boxes of silver in front of him, his eyes were red, this was just a trip to North Korea, and they brought back so much silver.
"At least a million taels~"
Zhou Jing was also shocked by the silver in front of him, and he was used to being poor, and when he saw boxes of silver, he couldn't 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 was not restrained, smiled and stretched out his right hand while gesturing.
"Three million taels of silver!"
When Zhou Jing heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded again, his eyes widened, and he looked carefully at the boxes of silver in front of him again, with a look of disbelief.
Although under his estimate, he also estimated more than one million taels of silver, but he did not expect that there were three million taels of silver.
"Three million taels of silver, I don't have three million taels of tax silver a year in the Ming Dynasty."
Zhou Jing couldn't help but shake his head as he spoke, the impact of the silver in front of him was too great, and he would never forget it for the rest of his life.
He, the head of the Ming Dynasty, is too aware of the embarrassment of the Ming court, he is really poor, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a poor person who can't open the pot, silver is needed everywhere, and silver everywhere is far from enough.
Although he is Grande, even though he is a pork chop skin, the tax silver of this court is too small, and the silver of less than three million taels a year is no longer overstretched to maintain the operation of such a large empire, but it is a feeling of a drop in the bucket.
"You can't be robbing the treasury of North Korea, right?"
The same is true of Li Dongyang, no one can remain calm in front of such a huge amount of silver, Li Dongyang can't, even if Emperor Hongzhi comes over.
He really couldn't figure out how they could bring back such a huge amount of silver, so he also shook his head and asked.
"We don't have to rob it at all, not to mention that the treasury of the North Korean country can't have so much silver, and we can't grab it."
"These are all earned by us doing business, I brought a boatload of glass products to North Korea, not only earned 3 million taels of silver, but also bought back 5 million catties of rice."
Du Mingen smiled and said without hesitation, does this need to be robbed?
No, the merchants of North Korea are lining up to give themselves silver, this glass product is very popular in North Korea, the mirror is definitely an export artifact of this era, a mirror sells for thousands of taels of silver, what is more profitable than this.
"Haha, Lao Du did a good job, and it was the right time to come back, these rice are life-saving straws, with these five million catties of rice, there is nothing to worry about this famine."
Liu Jin was also deeply attracted by the boxes of silver in front of him, although the network was developed in later generations, not to mention this silver, even the vault was also seen from the Internet, but in reality, it was another matter, this box of silver, the impact is still leveraged.
However, Liu Jin soon came back to his senses, and gave Du Mingen a thumbs up with a smile, this trip to North Korea not only earned silver, but also bought food, which made Liu Jin's next actions more comfortable.
"Haha, in fact, I didn't do anything, and I can do it according to the method you explained."
"You are still very good at Liu Gongzi, according to the method you taught, it is very simple to sail in the sea, and I can go to North Korea smoothly."
Du Mingen smiled happily, he really couldn't close his smile now, this trip to North Korea, in just half a month, he could earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, such a speed of making money is unheard of.
Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that this trip to North Korea made him see the endless wealth in the ocean, this is just a trip to North Korea, how vast the world outside the Ming Dynasty is.
Golden Continent, Luzon, South Seas, Europe, Africa...... As long as you master the method of sailing on the sea, this sea is so big that you can let yourself gallop, and it is very easy to earn wealth that you never dared to think of before.
So whether he really said this from the heart, or Liu Jin was powerful and taught him the method of navigating in the sea, which was tantamount to pointing out a road to Jin Mountain and Silver Mountain to Du Mingen, and he was naturally very impressed.
"I brought a boatload of glass products to North Korea in exchange for three million taels of silver and five million catties of rice!"
On the side, Zhang Mao's eyes were as bright as a bull's eye, and at the same time red as a rabbit, and he suddenly felt that this fishing seemed to be making hard money, and really making a lot of money, or going to sea to do business quickly, as for the coal industry in the capital, it seemed to be even more hard money.