However, the rank is not high, and it lacks real power. It is not as useful as the position of Minister of Chu Heng’s Commercial Manufacturing.

The young people envied Chu Jin’s good fortune and inquired about his situation.

Meanwhile, some of the old courtiers in the court saw something different in Emperor Xuanming’s Imperial Decree, such as the reason for Chu Jin’s rewards and his contribution to overseas trade routes.

This meant that Emperor Xuanming supported overseas trade exchanges. Naturally, those wealthy merchants from Jiangnan were being courted by many families even before they arrived in the capital, making it very lively.

At the same time, the court also focused its attention on maritime trade.

There were also some people who paid attention to corn, a high-yield crop. However, after Emperor Xuanming had corn planted at the Imperial Manor, the matter of corn was temporarily concluded.

Speaking of which.

Chu Ziluo from the Chu family looked at the silk, jewelry, and jade before her, nearly blinded by the brightness: "Big brother, you really have a knack for this. How did you trade for so many things?"

"Traded with perfumed soaps, candles, and fruit wine." Chu Jin grinned proudly.

"That’s not right. I remember you wrote to me before you set sail, saying you didn’t bring very good soaps or candles, just ordinary goods. After all, you left early, and later Beirong even brought their own soaps, which, although expensive, were indeed better than ours from Great Chu."

"I made them myself, didn’t bring them over." Chu Jin mentioned, feeling rather clever at the time: "Mother gave me quite a few techniques for crafting these. We had so many goods, the ship couldn’t hold them all, but I could make them locally. After all, they also had various animal fats, vegetable oils, and they had flowers that we in Great Chu had never seen before. They liked adding some local spices, and even if we brought them from Great Chu, at most they could only be sold to ordinary folks. But those made with local floral materials were considered high-end, even better than those in the palace, which naturally made the nobility eager to spend big money to purchase them. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to trade for these great items."

As he spoke, he found several bags of floral materials from a pile of goods: "Sister, Mother, take a look at which scents you like. I brought some back, and if you like them, I can make some for you with these floral materials."

"Your method is truly impressive." Chu Ziluo sincerely praised, smiling as she accepted the bags of floral materials, "Then I won’t stand on ceremony."

"It’s just a pity that we didn’t stay longer in each place; otherwise, I could have earned even more."

"Even if you earned more, you couldn’t send it all back, and the ship couldn’t hold it." Chu Ziluo chuckled softly.

"That’s why I traded for these rare goods, ones that are not available in Great Chu, or for Gold, Silver, and Jade Artifacts. Even if the price was low, it’s still guaranteed profit." Chu Jin smiled cleverly.

"By the way, Lil’ Jin, you mentioned that the fruit wine sold well. How is the alcohol situation overseas?" Ye Muyu sat on a stool, with a plate of cantaloupe in front of her.

And this cantaloupe was naturally transported back by Chu Jin from overseas. Although it was picked green and wasn’t very sweet now, she was satisfied to enjoy the familiar taste.

"Mother, actually, some places overseas especially enjoy drinking, but their drinks are mostly fruit wines. Even the nobility drink grape wine, but ordinary people can’t afford grape wine, so there’s a large demand for fruit wine."

"But their fruit wine isn’t strong enough."