After the first month of the lunar calendar ended, in the second month of the seventeenth year of the Tongxu reign, good news reached the Prince Xin's residence.
"Your Highness, Your Highness..."
He Tongyuan rushed in and hurriedly said, "I have good news!"
Several large ships have arrived at the port!
"Big ship?"
Li Xin was stunned for a moment, then asked, "So, the port has thawed?"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
He Tongyuan nodded and said, "I heard that the Liu family in the city is preparing to go to sea."
"They acted quite quickly!"
Li Xin smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go to the beach!"
Wearing cloaks, Li Xin and the others headed towards the port south of Dongning City.
As soon as he left the city, Li Xin was stunned by the scene before him.
Wow, so many people!
Among the crowd, some workers from Qingyu Trading Company could be seen loading sulfur, animal hides, ginseng, and other supplies onto handcarts and heading towards the port.
Among them were boxes of fragrant items.
Li Xin knew that it contained soap and bar soap.
Upon arriving at the seaside, Li Xin saw flags prominently displayed on the large ship that had just lowered its sails.
The four large characters "Sun's Business" on the flag were particularly eye-catching.
"Sun's Trading Company?"
Li Xin was somewhat surprised, "Is it Sun's Trading Company from Dongning City?"
"It seems so..."
He Tongyuan looked around.
Just then, a young man walked quickly over from not far away.
Upon arriving before Li Xin, he immediately knelt down and proclaimed loudly, "This humble subject, Sun Bin, pays his respects to Your Highness, Prince Xin!"
Sun Bin?
It really is Sun's Trading Company from Dongning City!
"Please rise quickly."
Li Xin helped Sun Bin up and asked with a smile, "Do all these ships belong to the Sun family?"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Sun Bin cupped his hands and said, "Since His Highness instructed us to exchange grain for supplies some time ago, our Sunji Trading Company has begun preparations."
Sun's Trading Company has always operated trade between Dongning and Silla, Ezo (Hokkaido), and other countries, giving them a natural advantage due to their proximity.
"Hahaha!"
Li Xin couldn't help but laugh, "Don't think you're the only one who sets out early; there are always those who set out earlier!"
"Your Highness, as the saying goes, the early bird catches the worm."
Sun Bin replied with a smile, "All of this is thanks to Your Highness's kindness."
"Your Highness, this time six ships brought a total of 14,000 shi of grain. I have already instructed the people of Sun's Trading Company to transport all of this grain to the Prince's residence."
"good!"
Li Xin nodded and said, "He Tongyuan, you will be in charge of this matter."
"yes!"
He Tongyuan hurriedly replied.
"I remember you, Sun Bin!"
Looking at Sun Bin, Li Xin smiled and nodded, saying, "Do a good job!"
I believe the Prince's Mansion will not mistreat you!
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Sun Bin quickly clasped his hands in thanks.
Even after watching Li Xin leave, Sun Bin was still somewhat excited.
Scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants!
During the Great Gan Dynasty, merchants had a low social status and were frequently suppressed by local governments.
Being able to associate with a powerful figure is every businessman's dream.
Today, the Sun family finally saw a glimmer of hope.
This pleased Sun Bin somewhat.
It seems that my father's teachings were correct. Since we are doing business in Dongning City, we must establish an unbreakable relationship with the Prince Xin's Mansion!
Only in this way can you make big money!
Sun Bin secretly made up his mind that this time, he would accept any discount from the Prince Xin's Mansion when exchanging goods.
As long as we can gain His Highness's trust!
Thinking it over, Sun Bin continued to instruct his servants to send bags of grain to the Prince Xin's residence.
Li Xin had no intention of harming the Sun family.
After all, Sun's Trading Company's efforts to please the Prince Xin's Mansion were exemplary!
Move the tree to establish trust!
Li Xin wanted to establish the Wangfu's reputation through transactions with Sunji Trading Company.
Moreover, the authority of the Prince's Palace must be established.
In Dongning Province, anyone who cooperates with the Prince Xin's Mansion can make a fortune!
Otherwise, then don't do business in Dongning Province!
After conveying this message to He Tongyuan, He Tongyuan, following the instructions of Prince Xin, converted the grain into goods such as sulfur, animal hides, mink fur, and ginseng from Prince Xin's residence.
After some calculations, Sun's Trading Company had exchanged almost all the supplies in Prince Xin's mansion.
In the end, Sun's Trading Company still had more than a thousand bushels of grain left, and Sun Bin directly stated that he would donate it all to the Prince's Mansion.
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With over 10,000 shi of grain coming in at once, Li Xin felt more confident.
After all, for a while in the future, we won't have to worry about food.
With the food supplies secured, it's time to begin preparing for the next step.
Spring plowing!
Although grain could be obtained from places like Silla and Ezo, the risk was too great if Dongning Province could not be self-sufficient in its own grain.
If external trade routes are cut off and even food supplies cannot be guaranteed, how will the people of Dongning Province survive?
Therefore, spring plowing is also the most urgent task of the year!
As the prince of Dongning Province, Li Xin owned most of the land and mineral resources in the entire province.
Even though most of the area is now meadows, Li Xin knows that this is the Northeast!
It is the famous Great Northern Wilderness!
With proper processing, meadows can become fertile fields with rich black soil!
Later generations built a grain base on this meadow.
However, this time and space did not yet have large-scale machinery and equipment, and the land reclamation work carried out by the people in family units was too slow.
Therefore, Li Xin decided to try a different approach: cultivating the land.
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