Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Silk of equal weight can be exchanged for gold of equal weight!

This is even faster than robbing!

The officials were overjoyed, especially Xu Wenshu, the Minister of Revenue, whose mouth was already smiling to the back of his ears!

Jackpot! It's a real jackpot!

If such a good thing happened during his tenure, how would later generations view him?

Wouldn't this guarantee his name in history?

Emperor Jing was also amazed: "Our country's silk has always been sought after by other countries, but are Westerners so fanatical about it?"

Fang Zheng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, things are valued when they are rare. They have never seen people vying to buy them. Good things are recognized everywhere."

Lai Gou'er said: "That's right, the nobles of Ghana not only don't think it's expensive, but also think they've made a profit. And porcelain is also highly sought after by the palace nobles of Ghana. Overseas countries all say that our Great Jing's products are exquisite in craftsmanship and have a profound heritage."

"In addition, many countries have specially allocated a piece of land to show their friendship to our country, exclusively for the rest of our Great Jing soldiers and civilians."

Lai Gou'er continued to slide his finger on the map: "These are the ports we found along the coast. Some are natural good ports that the Great Jing fleet discovered that have not been developed. After exchanging gold and silver, Lord Zheng has already purchased these ports in some small countries to serve as transit points for our Great Jing navy in the future."

Emperor Jing's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and he gave Zheng Hui an appreciative look.

This matter was handled really beautifully, equivalent to expanding the territory to some extent!

"Then what do these red marks mean?" Emperor Jing asked, pointing to a red symbol on the map that looked like a small knife.

Lai Gou'er said: "Your Majesty, not all the countries we passed through are as friendly as Ghana. The red marks represent areas with fierce folk customs or unique customs. Our fleet has had some conflicts with them."

"These people are barbaric and difficult to communicate with. They once took the initiative to attack our Great Jing fleet, attempting to plunder supplies, but our Great Jing navy resisted bravely, and finally demanded compensation and established peaceful diplomatic relations with them."

"Although this delayed a lot of time, all the countries we passed along the way praised our Great Jing for benefiting all people and spreading benevolence!"

Emperor Jing was beaming, and his joy was overflowing: "Good, well done, continue."

"The end point of the fleet is Fica. We originally planned to continue to explore deep into the Western continent after reaching Fica, but after such a long time at sea, all the soldiers on board knew that after reaching the destination, they were already eager to return home and unable to continue exploring. So we could only rest and record in Fica before returning to Great Jing."

Lai Gou'er hesitated for a moment and looked at Fang Zheng.

He didn't know if it was appropriate to talk about the conflict with the church in Fica here.

It would be terrible if he angered the Emperor by speaking bluntly.

However, seeing Fang Zheng nod, Lai Gou'er plucked up his courage and said: "Your Majesty, I have inquired among the people that the Western countries west of Fica all respect the Taifu Church. We had a conflict with the church after landing, which is also one of the reasons why we returned quickly."

Emperor Jing was stunned for a moment: "What happened?"

"When the fleet went there, their king was already seriously ill. Our crew kindly gave some pointers, which conflicted with their church customs, and they wanted to execute our Great Jing crew, thus causing a conflict."

The officials were in an uproar.

"What kind of barbaric force is this church? They want to take people's lives just for saying a few words. It's ridiculous. Don't they have a court to uphold justice there?" Someone asked loudly.

Fang Zheng replied: "It's a foreign monk who controls the government!"

The officials suddenly understood.

Monks interfering in politics, understood, there is some history in this regard.

Emperor Jing sneered: "The Western court is incompetent, and can actually let monks control the government, ridiculous."

Lai Gou'er said cautiously: "That's right. According to my observation, there are many countries in the West. It may be difficult to develop subsequent trade and establish diplomatic relations after offending the Taifu Church."

Emperor Jing smiled and said: "You have already done very well. Don't worry too much about this matter. So, are there any other gains besides this?"

With Great Jing's current strength, Emperor Jing really didn't take this matter to heart.

Hearing that he was going to continue to report his achievements, Lai Gou'er looked at Zheng Hui and said: "I only know more about maps. The rest was done personally by Lord Zheng."

Zheng Hui was greatly moved when he heard this.

He was extremely optimistic about Lai Gou'er's performance along the way, and he had a deep relationship with him after so many years of tacit understanding.

So now that there is such a good opportunity, he is also willing to let Lai Gou'er perform. On the other hand, he himself has seen through many things after experiencing storms along the way.

It's good to go with the flow in some things.

However, he didn't expect Lai Gou'er to push the opportunity back again, so Zheng Hui could only step forward and say: "Your Majesty, in addition to this, we visited the countries along the way again on our return trip from Fica, and twenty-three countries are willing to send missions to our Great Jing to pay their respects to Your Majesty. Finally, there are the gold, silver, and treasures brought back by the fleet, totaling more than 16.35 million taels of silver."

"......"

Emperor Jing was dizzy and asked in a murmur: "How much?"

"A total of about 16.35 million taels of silver, Your Majesty," Zheng Hui said solemnly.

The officials were also dumbfounded.

What is the concept of 16.35 million taels? Seven or eight years ago, Great Jing's annual income was just over 20 million taels!

A mere opening-sea fleet, with a total cost of just over one million taels, brought back 16 million taels of silver in addition to buying land overseas and promoting national prestige!

One fleet is as rich as a country!?

My God... The world has really changed, so much that people don't recognize it at all.

Xu Wenshu was even more excited and trembling, and all the wrinkles on his old face were stretched out!

Rich! Rich!

If this is put into the national treasury, what else is there to worry about in the future? Just approve whoever wants silver.

Can the officials of the Ministry of Revenue be so relaxed one day?

Moreover, this is just the initial exploration of the West. Now that the route is clear, if more fleets are sent out to sea in the future, wouldn't there be tens of millions of taels of silver in income from maritime trade alone?!

The more Xu Wenshu thought about it, the more excited he became, and he kept swallowing his saliva.

If the entire Western world is completely explored... My God, wouldn't the future national treasury's annual income be counted in tens of millions of taels?

Can annual income be counted in units of hundreds of millions?! An unprecedented miracle!

Everyone had roughly the same thoughts, and as they thought about it, their eyes turned to Fang Zheng at the same time.

It's him!

If it weren't for his endless demands to open the sea, could Great Jing have today?

Damn it! This kid's luck is really boundless... This is an immortal feat, an immortal feat!

The officials' hearts were full of envy.

At this moment, the most watched person in the court was bowing his head, calculating silently in his heart.

So much silver is flowing in... A flood, the money is going to be worthless, I have to find a way to get more investment!