Time entered the third month, the temperature began to warm, and spring plowing also entered the stage of preparation.
At the same time, Tenglong Guard's merchant ships were also about to set sail for Jiangnan.
That day, Yang Zhengshan came to the docks again.
On the docks, large batches of goods were already being loaded aboard. These goods were all provided by the various merchants.
For example, dried goods were provided by the Lu Family, the Yang Clan, and the Azure Sky Sword Sect.
Medicinal materials, for another example, were provided by the Hengdao Sect, the Azure Sky Sword Sect, and the Shang Family of Jing'an.
As for furs, their sources were more mixed; every family had provided some.
As for the Serpentine Jade, it was provided by the Zhang Family of Liao'an.
These goods had all been purchased in the name of the office, and after they were transported to Jiangnan and sold, all the money would also belong to the office.
Looking at the busy docks, Yang Zhengshan asked Yu Tonghai, "Is everything ready?"
"Mm, everything is ready. We can set off first thing tomorrow morning!" Yu Tonghai said.
For this voyage, Tenglong Guard deployed a total of seventeen warships and eight merchant ships.
Among the warships were one Great Fuchuan, two Haicang Ships, four Sentry Ships, and ten Eagle Ships.
The warships would also carry some goods. Together with the eight merchant ships, the total value of the goods being transported was around eighty thousand taels. If all of them were sold, they could earn almost twenty thousand taels of silver.
The profit was not considered high, and that was normal. After all, they were transporting them to Jiangnan; the profit was really just the transport costs saved compared with land transport.
Naturally, the most profitable part