Chapter 242 Don’t Steal

"Everyone be careful, glass can break easily. Read"

Yan County Wharf.

Yang He stood on the deck of a merchant ship and directed the boatmen to move wooden boxes.

The wooden boxes contained nothing but the royal goods that the King of Yan asked him to go south to exhibit.

The King of Yan was in charge of the entire northern four counties, and it was much more convenient to go south from Yanzhou to Jinling than before.

Because in a period called Wu Dynasty, the Emperor of Wu Dynasty launched a huge project to strengthen control over the north.

This project was to dig a canal from Jinling City to connect Yanzhou.

Since then, this artificial river has become an important transportation line between the south and the north.

Because the northern end of the canal is in Ping County.

Now, as long as you go east along the Haihe River from Yan County, you can reach Ping County Wharf, and then go south along the canal.

In the past, the Yuan family controlled Ping County, so it was naturally difficult for the goods of the royal palace to reach Jinling directly from Ping County Wharf.

Merchants could only take a detour to Yuzhou and walk a lot more.

Now, after the rebellion in Yanzhou, Pingjun Wharf has gradually restored its former prosperity, and merchants from the north and south have been traveling back and forth.

All the goods were loaded on board.

Yang He ordered the merchant ship to set off, riding the waves, the merchant ship slowly sailed on the river channel more than 100 meters wide.

Half a day later, it arrived in Qizhou, the second day it arrived in Yuzhou, and the third day the river channel turned into Qizhou again.

Then it left Qizhou and sailed in Fengzhou in the southwest for half a day, and finally entered Ningzhou, and went south all the way to Jinling, which took seven days.

The merchant ship with the flag of Yanzhou Merchants appeared at the Jinling Wharf, and immediately attracted the attention of many merchants.

For them, the goods from Yanzhou were the least worried to sell in Jinling City.

So when they saw the Yanzhou merchant ship, they saw a silver ship floating on the water.

"This is Jinling, it is indeed prosperous." The merchant ship docked and Yang He got off the ship.

In his eyes, the Jinling Wharf was full of people, and there were porters carrying goods everywhere.

Merchants wearing luxurious silks were standing shoulder to shoulder.

On both sides of the road, food shops were lined up one after another.

There were more than a dozen tea shops at a glance.

But even with the large number, these shops were full.

There is no harm without comparison.

Yang He thought back to the most prosperous Fanyang Wharf in Yanzhou.

Compared with this place, it is really a small witch compared to a big witch.

Although there are many merchants coming in and out there, there are not even one-tenth of them here.

A clerk from the merchant company had already gone to the city to inform Dong An.

Dong An came over in an incense stick of time.

"Yang He!"

Seeing Yang He sitting in the tea shop drinking tea, Dong An shouted.

"Dong An!" Yang He didn't care about drinking tea, he stood up and walked a few steps to Dong An, and the two hugged each other.

The two had a deep friendship when they were in Yan County before.

Now that they haven't seen each other for several months, they are naturally excited to meet old friends again.

"Hahaha..." Dong An laughed, "Why did you come here this time?"

The two separated, and Yang He whispered a few words to Dong An with a smile.

"Exhibition, new goods..." Dong An's eyes became brighter and brighter when he heard it.

"Your Highness attaches great importance to this exhibition, so he asked me to come here in person." Yang He finally said.

Dong An nodded.

Now the heated discussion about the royal wine and perfume in Jinling City has gradually subsided.

After all, everyone is familiar with the same thing, has seen it, and tasted it, so naturally they slowly accept it and it has become a recognized popular product in Jinling City.

So after the initial sales volume surge, the goods sold by Yanzhou Merchants in Jinling are basically stable.

About 120,000 jars can be sold per month.

And because the perfume can be used for more than a month, the sales volume is only about 30,000 bottles per month.

This is only sold by the Jinling Chamber of Commerce. The royal wine sold from Yanjun is 60,000 jars and perfume is about 20,000 bottles per month.

The reason why Yanjun sold so little was because the goods of the royal palace were shipped to Jinling at that time.

Merchants in Jiangnan all get goods directly from the Yanzhou Chamber of Commerce in Jinling.

And this is the significance of the existence of the Yanzhou Chamber of Commerce in Jinling.

In total, the monthly income of the palace from fine wine and perfume can reach nearly 3.8 million taels.

Of course, this is just sales revenue. After deducting costs, transportation, manpower, etc., a net profit of 2 million taels is good.

If you want to continue to expand your income, you have to come up with new goods that people are flocking to.

So when Yang He said there were new goods, he couldn't help but get excited.

Chatting all the way, the two entered Jinling.

Looking at the pleasure boats shuttling back and forth in the Jinling River and listening to the beautiful songs coming from them, Yang He saw Dong An walking slowly and panting, and joked: "Look, look, you have only been in Jinling for a few days, and your legs are weak. You are bewitched by that vixen."

"You... this is really a dog's mouth that can't spit out ivory. If you dare to talk nonsense in front of His Highness, I will tear your mouth apart when I return to Yan County." Dong An scolded.

Yang He's temper has not changed at all, he still speaks without restraint.

Yang He laughed and didn't care, he liked to fight Dong An the most, and then see him angry.

After arguing, they arrived at the business, and Yang He said: "The first thing your highness said is to send these things to the palace."

When it comes to business, Dong An's expression becomes serious.

Although they are familiar with each other, they are now in a relationship of superiors and subordinates.

He has to listen to Yang He on this matter.

He called Guan Zhong, and he called a few people to carry the box and let him enter the palace.

This Guan Zhong is a servant of the palace, and has been responsible for the reception and sending of people in the palace.

Guan Zhong received the order and carried the box to the palace gate.

After the announcement, several young eunuchs came out, rewarded him with 100 taels of silver, and carried the things away.

Now it is different from the past, since Tong San was punished for hiding the gifts of the King of Yan.

Even Liang Cheng did not dare to accept the gifts of the King of Yan in advance.

The things of Yan County must be delivered directly to the emperor.

"Come and see what the King of Yan has sent again?" In the imperial garden, Zhao Heng played with the concubines.

Seeing the eunuchs carrying the things, he waved repeatedly.

The afterglow caused by the cannons has not yet dissipated in the capital.

Zhao Heng intuitively felt that the powerful families were more obedient to him.

Thinking that every time the King of Yan sent something, he would never be disappointed.

He was naturally full of expectations.

The concubines immediately rushed over when they heard the words.

Queen Xie pulled Concubine Mi affectionately, and the other concubines stood beside or behind them.

Everyone's eyes were all looking at the two wooden boxes.

Liang Cheng gave the two eunuchs a look at this time.

The eunuchs immediately opened the lids of the wooden boxes.

When the contents of the first box were displayed in front of everyone, Zhao Heng was stunned, and then stood up from his chair.

Liang Cheng was also shocked, his mind was blank.

"What is this, it's so beautiful?"

Finally, it was Queen Xie who broke the silence. She couldn't help but walk forward and take a closer look.

Zhao Heng came to his senses and also came to the box.

"Is it crystal?" Liang Cheng was puzzled.

The bottle was crystal clear, and the liquid in the bottle was also crystal clear. The combination was so perfect.

From the smell that came out, everyone guessed that it was filled with wine.

Because in Dasong, only the wine of King Yan smelled so strong.

"It can't be crystal, crystal doesn't look like this." Zhao Heng directly denied it.

The bottles in the box looked almost the same, which was even more impossible.

"Call King Yan's people." Zhao Heng said, he really wanted to know what such an amazing thing was.

But the concubines couldn't wait any longer, and they came to him one by one to act coquettishly, "Your Majesty, don't worry about what it is, I like it very much, please give me one."

"Your Majesty, I want it too."

"And me."

"..."

The concubines came forward more and more, and in the end some of them couldn't help but take it from the box.

Queen Xie was displeased at this time and scolded, "Don't grab it!"