After meeting Xi Chao, Chen Caozhi was about to visit Xie An in Wuyi Lane when Chen Shang sent someone to ask him to return to the Gu Residence, saying that people had arrived from Chen Family Cove back home. Chen Caozhi and Ran Sheng hurried back to the Gu Residence and met Chen Chang, the eldest son of his sixth paternal uncle, Chen Man. Accompanying Chen Chang to Jiankang were Cheng Cang, a protected household member of the Cheng family responsible for Chen Family Cove's commercial trade, along with Jing Nu, six Chen Clan household troops, and six tenant clients from the Chen Clan estate. The Chen Clan convoy consisted of more than ten oxcarts, carrying two thousand jin of premium Ge Xian Tea, four thousand jin of dried fish produced at the Mingsheng Lake fishery, five hundred assorted farming tools, and five hundred bolts of fine hemp cloth produced on the Chen Clan estate-
Although Chen Caozhi had little affection for the North Tower branch, seeing Chen Chang now still felt especially heartwarming. He greeted him with a bow. "Fifth Brother, thank you for all your trouble."
Pointing at the cartloads of goods in the courtyard, Chen Chang told Chen Shang and Chen Caozhi, "Third Brother, Sixteenth Brother, these were all produced at our Chen Family Cove. Whether ironware or hemp cloth, ours is the finest in Qiantang. Sixteenth Brother mentioned sending tea to the Capital in his last letter home. After discussing it with my father and Fourth Uncle, I decided we might as well bring these farming tools, fine hemp cloth, and dried fish to the Capital together. That way, goods produced on the Qiantang Chen Clan's estate can find a market here. Look, I even brought Cheng Cang along. We intend to find a reliable