Chapter 306.1 |
Especially at the seaports, where hundreds of ships were crammed, waiting to set sail.
At this moment, a Great Xia soldier had just finished inspecting the cargo on a ship.
“This ship is full of grain, a total of 90 bags, each bag approximately 50 jin, so in total, there are 4500 jin! Each jin is 16 taels, so 4500 jin is 72,000 taels! According to our Great Xia’s tariff, one tael of grain for one tael of silver, so you must pay 72,000 taels of silver to pass through customs!”
The merchant ship owner directly took out a banknote worth 80,000 taels, generously saying, “No need for change! The extra silver is a token of my appreciation for you gentlemen!”
The Great Xia soldiers grinned as they accepted the 80,000 taels banknote: “The boss really knows how to conduct business, no wonder you’ve made it so big!”
“Everyone, you flatter me. Isn’t my business booming thanks to your care?” the merchant ship owner said, bowing and scraping.
He wasn’t actually a merchant at all, but an official sent by the Great Wu Empire to scour for high-yield grain.
The 80,000 taels in tariffs seemed like a lot, but what was it to his country?
What was it to a top-tier Empire?
He would also be promoted and gain nobility, becoming a marquis or others, thanks to this achievement.
Not to mention 80,000 taels of silver, he would be willing to pay even 8 million taels.
To only charge 80,000 taels now is way too cheap!
Thinking of the happy prospects, the merchant ship owner took out several more silver notes, totaling 900,000 taels, and said, “Gentlemen officers, these nine ships are also mine! They’re also transporting food, about 4500 jin each! Please expedite the process, I’m in a hurry to get back to business!”
“Sure thing!” After the Great Xia soldiers finished checking, they let the ships pass.
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An excited old minister walked into the imperial palace: “Your Majesty, the high-yield grains from Great Wu have been transported back!”
The Emperor of Great Wu stood up excitedly: “Really? How much did we bring back? Our Great Wu has vast lands and abundant resources, and with a large population, we need a lot of food!”
While bowing, the old minister said with a low chuckle, “Your Majesty, we have transported back a total of 45,000 jin of high-yield grains from Great Xia!”
The Emperor of Great Wu was astonished: “That much?”
He knew that with the other party’s capabilities, they could transport back some no matter what.
100 jin was definitely not a problem, and 1000 jin was also promising.
But he had never imagined that in just a few days, they would have transported back 45,000 jin of grains, enough to fill a warehouse.
“Your Majesty, it’s all because Great Xia implemented a grain tariff…” The old minister explained the situation in Great Xia.
After listening, the Emperor of Great Wu shook his head and scoffed with contempt: “Great Xia really knows how to lose the big picture over small gains! They have high-yield grains, they should protect them well and not let outsiders get their hands on them! If they let the high-yield grains slip away, their advantage in Great Xia will be gone. How can they compete with others?”
“Your Majesty, it’s not that they don’t want to, but that they can’t!” the old minister said with a low laugh.
The Emperor of Great Wu thought for a moment and nodded.
“That’s true!”
Great Xia was simply too vast, with every household having access to high-yield grains. It was too easy for them to obtain food, and Great Xia couldn’t guard against it or manage it.
Rather than trying hard to prohibit it, it was better to take the opportunity to let some go and reduce the losses.
If it were him, he probably would have to do the same.
The Emperor of Great Wu said with a smile: “Since Great Xia is so generous, then we should import more food! After all, the more high-yield grains we produced, the better!'”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
A week passed quickly.
The number of merchant ships leaving the pass didn’t decrease but instead increased day by day.
These merchant ships transported nothing but food, all high-yield grains from Great Xia.
Because of the high-yield grains, not only did various countries want them, but also various noble families, martial arts sects, and so on. They all wanted them, so they all flocked to Great Xia.
Moreover, everyone shared the same thoughts as the Emperor of Great Wu.
Since Great Xia wasn’t prohibiting it, then they might as well import more.
High-yield grains? Tte more, the better!
While everyone was happily transporting food, they all laughed at Lin Beifan as a fool who squandered wealth, not knowing that Lin Beifan was also laughing at them for being idiots.
Because these high-yield grains were all created by him using the Hand of Creation.
Once they left Great Xia, their high-yield traits would get stripped away by the system, making them no different from ordinary grains.
In addition, Lin Beifan played some tricks by using the Empire Sandbox to damage the internal structure of the grains.
As a result, out of ten grains, at most only three could grow rice.
The more they planted, the more they would lose, and eventually, they would suffer reduced yields and income.
“You’re all celebrating too early. Wait until this time next year… No, just half a year later, and you won’t even be able to cry!” Lin Beifan chuckled to himself.
Although he wasn’t a petty person, the feeling of secretly outsmarting others was really satisfying!
The thought of making a profit from the situation was especially refreshing!
“Just one week has passed, and I’ve used food worth less than 10,000 taels to earn back 20 million taels of silver. Even capitalists would cry at this! I’ll keep working hard, aiming to break through to a billion by the end of the year!” Lin Beifan set himself a ‘small’ goal.
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