In the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn season was full of joy, and the East Exploration Fleet finally arrived in Jinling. Not to mention the news from the north, the two ships that had returned the same way also arrived safely in Japan. This can be described as a complete thing.

On this day, Jinling Wharf was crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, firecrackers rang out, gongs and drums were noisy. Before Ruan Xiaoqi and his entourage docked at the dock, they already felt that extraordinary enthusiasm.

Emperor Lu personally greeted him, accompanied by hundreds of officials, and the emperor was placed on the dock, which could be seen from afar. All around are palace guards and soldiers and horses of the Xuanyi Imperial Commander.

"When I went, His Majesty brought a hundred officials and all the people to send them off; Returning, His Majesty brought hundreds of officials and thousands of people to greet him. How can Lu get this honor? Even if you return to Jiuquan today, you have no regrets in this life! Lu Renen said with emotion, and Wen Qing was full of anger.

Although he suffered a lot on the way to the east, he could see that the emperor would greet him like this, and with such courtesy, no matter how much hardship he had, it turned into sweetness.

In the feudal dynasty, it is not easy to have such an achievement, such a high courtesy is only acceptable to the meritorious soldiers who have returned from expanding their territory, and now they are just going east to be treated like this, how not to be excited?

Especially a reader like Lu Renen. Literati are more emotional by nature.

Ruan Xiaoqi was standing in the bow of the ship at the moment, and no one was standing in front of him, so no one could see the shame on his face. Taking advantage of the supply of materials in Guangzhou, Li Dao and Ruan Xiaoqili joined forces and quietly sent more than 100 boxes of gold into the cabin of the ship without knowing it. Combined with the gold they already got in the Americas, this amount was enough to make the people crazy, so that the entire Central Plains could no longer forget the word "Americas".

But this is a fraud.

Living Yama was a little ashamed in his heart, he was so annoyed that he should have been ruthless in the first place, repairing those bullshit Native Americans, and snatching back all the gold in their hands......

Instead of exchanging the little silk, porcelain and the few poor bronze, gold and silver and glassware that came with the ship to those uncivilized natives, although the huge profit had surprised Ruan Xiaoqi at that time, but now that he thinks about it, can he do business without capital.

The natives even had iron tools, no, they were rare even bronze tools, and they didn't like iron tools, and the wizards there thought iron tools were ominous. The latter's favorite must be gold!

In the face of the force on the ship, it is simply impossible to resist.

Those indigenous stone civilizations are very developed, and obsidian is also very sharp, but this kind of power is like a rabbit challenging a tiger in front of Ruan Xiaoqi, and the two sides are not in the same dimension at all. Don't look at the twelve ships with only a thousand men, and only eight hundred people can fight, but the ceiling of Native American force is too low. Ruan Xiaoqi put on his armor and stood there to let the indigenous weapons poke and slash, and it was difficult for them to hurt him even a single hair.

At that time, I really should have wiped my face and put it in my pocket, and just grabbed it all the way. So that we don't have to cheat now!

Time flew by in Ruan Xiaoqi's chagrin, and ten sea ships docked onto the pier trestle in turn, and the entire dock area resounded with deafening cheers.

The Dongtan fleet, which has been boiling in Jinling City for several months, has finally returned, and it can be said that it is a great success without breaking a boat. So these people have traveled thousands of miles and spent many years, and what have they brought back?

In the land east of the ocean, is there also a prosperous country like the Central Plains, densely populated?

After several months of propaganda and preaching, the Propaganda Department continued to mix in it, so that the people in Jinling City all understood the meaning of the "New World". What is the situation there is closely related to the interests of countless people.

"Boom, ......boom, boom, boom" salute was played one by one, and the drums were played.

Fujiwara Yoshino looked at the forts around the dock with fiery eyes. These are all cannons, militaristic weapons. The fact that this gate is now used as a ceremony to welcome the country is really a kind of 'luxury' that people can't express in words!

Being in the sea of celebration, Fujiwara Yoshino naturally did not have the slightest joy, gritting his teeth and immersing himself in his own world, until his shoulder was slapped by Konoe Fumitada.

"Gold! It's all gold! “

"Ah Ye, so much gold! How much does it cost? ”

"This mountain of gold is bigger than the last one, and these are all from the Americas?"

Lu Qian has already announced the naming of the Americas, because the east of the ocean carries his good wishes. Hence the name Americas.

"It must be, otherwise where did the Marquis of Yanzhou [Ruan Xiaoqi Fengju] get so much gold?"

"There is so much gold in this Mingzhou, isn't it a wonderful place full of gold?"

The explosive topic had a sensational effect in the whole Jiangnan, and then the news spread quickly in all directions like ripples on the water.

Of course, that's all for later.

Now the onlookers on the dock are all boiling. They were still thinking about how big the land was to the east of the ocean. Lu Qian explained some things to his women and children, but the news would not reach the people. In the past few days, some people have been speculating about how big is the land of the "East of the Ocean"? Some people think that it is at most an overseas desert island, like the northernmost island of the four islands of Toei, or Borneo in the South Sea, at most it is larger.

Others believe that it will be a continent, no less big than Middle-earth.

But no one thought that Ruan Xiaoqi and his party would bring back so much gold, and when they got to a piece, this is completely a gold mountain. All of a sudden, countless people believed that the land east of the ocean was a fertile ground for the boss.

Americans are spicy and generous, and spicy and rich!

The gold mountain is not a copper mountain, especially since this gold mountain has fallen directly into the hands of the government, which can be said to be able to maximize its role.

In the blink of an eye, it's tens of millions of silver dollars as a unit!

How much money is the annual tax of the entire Lu Qi?

Sending a few ships to go for a year can bring back so much gold, is this America really a mountain of gold?

Everyone saw an unbelievable and unforgettable scene on the pier!

All of them opened their mouths like crocodiles. No one doubted that the gold was fake, and no one suspected that Emperor Lu was cheating, they all believed in the authenticity of the gold, and they all believed in the richness of the Americas and the fact that there were gold mountains in the Americas.

The attraction of wealth is undoubted, and the word 'Americas' is forever engraved in the memory of Chinese.

But in fact, except for Ruan Xiaoqi and a few people, the vast majority of the people in the Dongtan fleet were also obsessed with gold at this moment.

The expedition's trade with Native Americans was notoriously lucrative, but no one expected to earn such a large amount of gold. When you think about the amount of gold you are getting from your ship, it seems like a tiny fraction of what you are looking for. However, the status of these people could not touch the "general ledger", and they thought of the sum of gold that Ruan Xiaoqi exchanged for a few small mirrors from the ship, and everyone thought that all the extra gold came from Ruan Xiaoqi's boat.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

In the midst of the chanting, Lu Qian appeared on the stage and came to greet him in person with hundreds of civil and military officials.

The glittering gold did not attract his attention, Ruan Xiaoqi and their trip to the Americas did not have a bad income, and the gold in front of them was as much as five or six hundred thousand taels after deducting the more than 100 boxes.

The trade with the Native Americans was a huge profit, and the glassware, as well as the small mirror, as well as the porcelain and silk, were all profitable in the exchange.

Five or six hundred thousand taels of gold, after purification, it will be reduced, but at least there are four hundred thousand taels, right? That's a lot of money. Not to mention Ruan Xiaoqi, they also brought back many crops from the Americas.

Not to mention anything else, how much benefit can just one tobacco bring to Lu Qian?

"Haha, once the years have passed, Shichiro, you can be counted back!"

Ruan Xiaoqi saw Lu Qian hurriedly saluting, he really didn't expect this welcome ceremony to be so huge. "Minister Ruan Xiaoqi greets Your Majesty! This trip to the east is thousands of miles away, although there are waves on the way, but fortunately it does not fail in its mission. Explore the vast land, which stretches for thousands of miles from north to south, and is vast enough to reach the Middle Earth. Intersect with the natives, bring back more than 100,000 taels of gold, and dozens of native species from other places......"

This was not for Lu Qian to hear, but for the people and ministers around him.

Lu Qian helped the person up. "Brother Qilang, this contribution is comparable to that of Zhang Qian in the past, who went west and hollowed out the Western Regions, and was the hero who helped my society."

This compliment is really amazing, Ruan Xiaoqi immediately said: "The minister never dares to take credit." These matters are all under the guidance of His Majesty. The ministers should go as ordered, just as according to the map, and now they will return with a full load, and if the water arrives and it becomes a course, how easy it is to ......"