The discovery of the new silver mine excited Chu You and his team, who once again dispatched five ships to transport a large quantity of newly mined silver ingots back to China.
As April approached, the Han Dynasty was in the midst of a busy spring planting season.
The imperial court invested a great deal of manpower and resources in the dredging of the canal from Chang'an to Luoyang, and it was finally successfully completed.
After some testing, the journey from Luoyang to Chang'an, which originally took a month, was shortened to about four days, much to everyone's delight.
After the canal was opened, merchants and wealthy households traveling between Chang'an and Luoyang boarded ships and began transporting goods along the canal.
Communication between Chang'an and Luoyang became more frequent and convenient.
The first group of commoners and small and medium-sized landowners heading to the Western Regions also arrived in Dunhuang and, under the organization of the government, set off towards the Kingdom of Shanshan.
The road from Luoyang to Wu County is also under construction in full swing.
At this time, the maritime craze in the Han Dynasty remained high, and the scions of noble families, merchants and wandering knights who hoped to make a name for themselves at sea gathered in Donglai.
April 15th.
Just as everyone was eagerly anticipating the return, the first batch of ships returning from the Japanese archipelago successfully sailed back to Dongnae Port.
Upon hearing the news, everyone rushed to the port to see what was happening.
When the onlookers saw the sailors unloading boxes of pearls, jade, mountain goods, and gleaming silver ingots from the ship, their breathing became much heavier.
Subsequently, those returning also spread the word about the abundance of silver mines in the Japanese archipelago and the fighting prowess of the Japanese people.
In a short time, countless scions of noble families flocked to the royal shipyard to purchase ships and spent exorbitant sums to recruit a large number of sailors and guards.
Just a few days later, nearly forty ships left Donglai Port and headed towards the Japanese archipelago.
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