Most of the people who came to sell gems on the first day were wealthy locals in Xianyang.

After getting the money, everyone went home happily!

They cannot save this money for the time being, and have to work with their partners to study whether to buy a boat and continue going to sea!

Now that the development of Erzhou has been publicized, wealthy households preparing to go to sea have begun to contact the crew and buy insurance for the crew!

Now that we have working capital, it’s time to buy a boat!

The last time it happened was when steam engine ships were discontinued and the first batch of internal combustion engine ships had not yet rolled off the assembly line, so there were not many, and everyone had to fight for them!

But this time is different, there are enough internal combustion engine ships, there is no need to grab them!

The navigation route map hasn't been released yet, so they still have enough time to prepare!

A few old guys also sold all the gems in their homes and got a lot of money, which made them so happy that they couldn't close their mouths!

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince moved too fast. He just said a few days ago that gems are difficult to get rid of. This solves this problem for us!"

"Yes, His Royal Highness is quite interesting this time!"

"You mean...His Royal Highness came up with this gem recovery for us?"

The old guys were escorted by the guards and walked slowly to the mansion.

It’s much easier to come back with the silver note than the gems before!

"Even if it's not entirely true, they came out to help us after listening to us. Otherwise, why would there be no movement at all before, and then suddenly a store like this popped up?"

"Yeah! That makes sense!"

"Hi! His Highness the Crown Prince has always been a sharp-tongued person, but he has a soft heart. Every time we made a request, His Highness the Crown Prince always refused on the surface, but in fact he tried to find ways to help us...!"

The more the veterans studied, the more moved they became. They always felt that His Highness was helping them in this matter.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent a drawing to the Ministry of Industry yesterday to build a five-story building for the recycling and processing of gemstones!"

"Um?"

Meng Yi's inadvertent words immediately attracted the attention of other veterans.

Everyone stared at him in surprise!

"Isn't it? It's just a gem. Does it need to be so big? Five floors?"

"Yeah, I think the current store is pretty good. How about building a five-story building now? How can there be so many people selling gems?"

"That's right! This is the backlog of gems that rich people had in their hands before, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people today...!"

They also read the newspaper and knew that the boy wanted to recycle gems and make jewelry.

But having two floors is not enough? Do you need to build a five-story building with reinforced concrete?

"I think His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't mean to just mess around, it seems like he wants to do something big! Not only must these five floors be strong, but the interior decoration must also be extremely luxurious!"

Meng Yi was also very surprised after seeing the drawings.

If the decoration is carried out according to the requirements on the drawings, the cost is estimated to be higher than the house built!

I wonder why His Royal Highness spends so much money on decorations!

"His Royal Highness, all the previous business deals were undoubtedly profitable, but I think that may not be the case this time!"

"Well! There is no malicious intention to lower the price in gem recycling. After being processed and made into jewelry, it is still unclear when it will be sold and what price it will be sold for!"

"Oh! This is all just to help us. When the official shop is built, we will go and support it too!"

"Yes, yes, I have to go...!"

The veterans immediately made up their minds to buy some pieces of jewelry and give them to their wives back home.

After everyone raised enough money, they immediately went to the shipyard, bought the internal combustion engine ship, ordered people to push the ship into the sea, and quietly waited for the navigation route map.

The ships of the wealthy households in Da Qin had just set off from Yizhou. Not many wealthy households had the strength to buy new ships, so the old guys were not shameless enough to ask for the route map!

If you open your mouth, the result will definitely be the same as last time. You will have to go under the guise of sending supplies, and you will have to spend a lot of money!

There were not many people going to Erzhou this time. Once they dispersed after arriving, there was no big problem and there wouldn’t be too much crowding!

Three days later, the navigation route map was officially released and can be purchased at newspaper offices!

After getting the drawings, the ships at the Weishui port immediately set off for Erzhou!

The rich and distinguished people on the shore kept waving to them, wishing them a safe journey.

The most important thing is to bring back more belongings!

Whether you can become rich overnight depends on this time!

As long as His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't trick them, they will definitely be able to return home with a full load!

…

After the ship left, the enthusiasm for Erzhou's development did not dissipate.

The people are studying the matter of immigration, and many wealthy businessmen from other places are going to Xianyang one after another, preparing to sell gems and buy ships to go to sea.

Recently, many brand-new ships go out to sea at Weishui Port every day.

You don’t need to think about it to know that they are all going to Erzhou to pick up money!

During this period of time, Zhang Han was not idle. He established the Customs Department and selected the personnel. He was just waiting for the details to be arranged.

After the common people learned that the Customs Department was to be established, they started talking about it one after another!

"Have you heard? A customs department will be established under the Ministry of Household Affairs. From now on, all ships returning from overseas will be charged a 10% tax!"

"10% tax? This is not low. I heard that if you do it well, you can earn one million gold in one trip! If you have to pay tax, hundreds of thousands of gold will be lost!"

The people, who had little information, were stunned when they heard the news.

Nowadays, the tax rate for their people is getting lower and lower. When I suddenly heard about such a high tax, I felt a little unacceptable for a while!

"What is one million gold? Last time I traveled to Yizhou, the rich people with boats made hundreds of thousands of gold just by picking up gems! There are so many valuable things in Erzhou, but they are not allowed to be sold.

Two million gold! Then you will have to pay 200,000 gold just to pay taxes!"

"Ugh...! So many?"

"Hey! No matter how much you have, it doesn't matter to us, we don't need to take it!"

"That's true!"

"In fact, the more taxes the imperial court receives, the more beneficial it is to our people!"

"How do you say this?"

"Think about it! What is the tax collected by the imperial court used for? Is it to build roads and bridges and do things that are beneficial to our people?"

"Yeah! That makes sense, haha! It's better to collect more...!"

After the common people understood the role of the Customs Department, they smiled one after another and supported this decision.

But those nobles who own ships are a little worried.

"Alas! I don't know how much I can earn. If I don't come, I'll lose 10%!"

"There is nothing we can do about it. The imperial court spent manpower and financial resources to defeat Erzhou. We just pick up the money when we go up. We can't let the imperial court's efforts be in vain!"

"That's true!"

"Even if 10% is deducted, we still have a lot left over. We don't have to worry about it. We can just wait to get the money. Isn't it good?"

"Well! Going to sea has almost become my family's main business now, and the money comes in really quickly! It's just that such a policy suddenly came out, and I feel unwilling to do so...!"
Chapter completed!