I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 484 Reward
In the Ming Dynasty, most taxes were in kind. Except for the grain that had to be sent to the capital, most of them became the income of local governments. They were also classified into different categories, such as how many dan of rice, how many dan of wheat, how many dan of millet, how many bundles of grass, how many catties of silk and brocade, how many rolls of silk, and how many rolls of cloth.

The tax silver that the central government could receive mainly included household registration notes, miscellaneous taxes, salt taxes, tea taxes, gold and silver taxes, etc. Although the salt tax and tea tax were calculated in money, a part of them was converted into rice and cloth statistics.

All in all, the taxes received by the central government last year (excluding taxes in kind) totaled more than 7 million taels of silver, and 4 million taels of it were salt taxes paid by the Royal Group.

A trip to America would bring back gold worth 2.1 million taels of silver, almost one-third of the Ming Dynasty's annual revenue!
Although this money does not go into the national treasury, everyone knows that this money can only play the greatest role when it reaches the Royal Group, so no one dares to say anything.

And instead of fighting for the money, it is better to think about how to go to New Jinshan to pan for gold. After all, there are still dozens of miles of riverbed gold sand waiting for people to pan for it. However, only the Royal Group has the ability to go on this route now.
Just as everyone in the hall was thinking about their own things, Chen Lang said, "In fact, this gold is only half of the gold and silver we got on this voyage."

half? !

The civil and military officials present were once again shocked. The value of the 350,000 taels of gold alone had already shocked everyone and was beyond everyone's imagination. Now they were told that this was only half of the gold and silver obtained on this voyage.
Everyone looked at Chen Lang in shock.

Chen Lang said calmly, "The country of Tawanting Sulong is rich in gold and silver. When we visited, the king of Tawanting Sulong rewarded us with a lot of gold and silver. The porcelain and silk we brought over were also very popular with the nobles of Tawanting Sulong, so they were snapped up at high prices and we got a lot of gold and silver. However, since we were not familiar with the route when returning home, we did not dare to bring too much gold and silver. So this time we only brought back the gold obtained from Xinjin Mountain, and the gold and silver obtained from Tawanting Sulong are still stored in the capital of Tawanting Sulong."

The important officials in the palace were shocked again, and then everyone was speechless. How could there be so much gold and silver in the Far East Continent? It seemed that if they just picked up some in the past, it would be enough to spend for a lifetime.
Some people have begun to look at Huaku and the other six Incas with a new eye. They did not expect that these Incas were so rich, as if they were sitting on a mountain of gold and silver.
Waku was also surprised at this moment. He thought this was the residence of the gods, where the gods were holding a meeting to summon them. However, he did not expect that the "gods" were so obsessed with gold and even showed a lot of ugly behaviors, which made him really confused.
"This amount of gold is not much." Waku thought secretly in his heart.

The core areas of the Inca Empire were rich in gold. Gold production began before BC. The Incas especially worshipped the sun, believing it to be the source of eternal power and divinity. The color of gold made them believe that it was the sun around them. Therefore, the Incas used gold extensively to cast symbols of faith into various exquisite gold objects, which were passed down to later generations.

Over the past 1,500 years, the Incas have accumulated a large amount of gold. Huaku was born into a high priest family, and his family also had a lot of gold, so he thought that this amount of gold was not much.
Chen Lang's words made it unnecessary to discuss whether to continue the voyage to the Far East Continent.

Yang Tinghe's face became very gloomy.

"Chen Lang and Wu Liangchen have made great contributions in their voyage to the Far East Continent. They are awarded the title of a thousand households of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and Chen Lang is specially named the Earl of Tanhai and Wu Liangchen is named the Earl of Tuohai." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Everyone was stunned. How could a commoner be directly made an earl? This had never happened before!

Many people wanted to speak out to advise, but when they thought about the experiences of these two people and the gold in the temple, they suddenly lost the mood to advise.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Chen Lang and Wu Liangchen knelt down excitedly.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand indifferently. He suddenly walked down the imperial platform, came to Waku, carefully observed Waku's clothes, and said with a smile: "The style of this Inca envoy's clothes is very novel, and the feathers on it are really colorful." Waku didn't understand what Zhu Houzhao was saying, but he could tell from his tone and expression that Zhu Houzhao was praising him. He straightened his chest and showed a silly smile.

"Arrange a good seat for him at the ceremony. Since he is dressed so nicely, let more people see him." Zhu Houzhao turned and said to Zhu Houxuan.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will make the arrangements," said Zhu Houxuan.

The ceremony that Zhu Houzhao mentioned was the ceremony of his ascension to the title of Khan. The ceremony was finally scheduled for the first day of August. By then, representatives of officials from the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, envoys from various vassal states, and representatives from various tribes would gather in the capital to participate in this grand event.

The news that Zhu Houzhao was going to become the Heavenly Khan had spread to every corner of the Ming Dynasty in the past few months, causing a huge response within the Ming Dynasty. Many people rushed to the capital at their own expense to participate in this rare event.

A train emitting bursts of steam slowly stopped at the Chongwenmen Station in Beijing. People crowded to get off the train. The last person to get off was a middle-aged scholar. He was wearing a Confucian robe and waving a folding fan. Behind him were two servants carrying bags on their backs.

As soon as they got off the car, they felt their eyes were not enough and looked around curiously.

But then they were driven away by the staff on the platform.
They followed the crowd and the signs out of the station, and suddenly they felt that their eyes were not enough. The bustling streets, the prosperous city, the endless stream of people, the tall and majestic buildings, and all kinds of novel things made them dazzled.
Before they could come to their senses, a figure passed by, and each of them had a colorful piece of paper in their hands.
The middle-aged scholar came back to his senses and looked at the paper in his hand with great interest. He couldn't take his eyes off it.
"Brother Xinliang, here, here!" A voice suddenly sounded.

The middle-aged scholar looked up and immediately smiled, saying, "Brother Yu, I haven't seen you for five years, and you are still as charming as ever!"

"Brother Xinliang is still as charming as ever!" Yu Chengxun laughed and bowed.

Yu Chengxun and Fei Xinliang held hands.

The two were classmates and good friends. In the 12th year of Zhengde, Yu Chengxun went to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination, and passed the examination. Later, he was appointed as a Hanlin Academy Scholar, and now he has been promoted to a Hanlin Academy Reviewer.

Fei Xinliang did not go to the imperial examination because his mother passed away, and he is still a juren. The two friends had not seen each other for five years, and they were very sad when they met.
It's time to go online again, and stay up all night again, but these busy days should be coming to an end soon.
I've been really busy lately, and I probably won't be able to make up for the two updates I owe, so I'll just take a day off.
Write a chapter now and publish it first.

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