I inherited my grandfather's Tang Dynasty assets.

Chapter 56 concludes the journey to the Tang Dynasty, a super harvest!

Is that enough?

"Enough! Enough! Thank you, Master Shennong! Thank you, Master!"

The old man excitedly kowtowed to Chen Yue, carefully holding the salt and sugar that Chen Yue handed him. The merchants down the mountain had already offered prices.

A bag of refined salt cost three silver coins, while a bag of white sugar cost as much as three gold coins—an astronomical figure that he could not even imagine.

Now we have enough money for our youngest son's wedding, enough for our grandson's school fees, and we still have a lot left over, completely changing our family's life.

As for someone trying to steal it by trickery or force, there's no need to worry at all. Someone did this before, and when the Shennong Envoy found out, the imperial court issued an edict that not only did they have to return all the money, but their entire family was also exiled. In the Tang Dynasty, this was a serious crime.

Chen Yue was also very happy. He only spent seven yuan on these two items, and he could earn more than 100,000 yuan with them. Even drug dealers would be moved to tears.

The remaining two pieces of amber were of mediocre quality, with many small impurities. Although the profit was still considerable, Chen Yue didn't care about them at all.

Then they turned their attention to the Solomon's Seal, which was brought by more people, more than forty in total. Most of them also brought ginseng or Ganoderma lucidum in addition to Solomon's Seal.

In the end, Chen Yue exchanged three bags of refined salt and one bag of white sugar for about 20 catties of high-quality wild Solomon's seal. The market value of this substance is about 1,000 yuan per catty, but this is only the price of raw materials. After taking it home and processing it, it can immediately become a top-grade product.

The price will increase several times over. After processing, the market price of these 20 jin of Polygonatum will be around 150,000 yuan.

Chen Yue used the remaining salt and sugar to exchange for wild ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms. The whole process took about an hour.

Of the 76 people, most of them took their belongings back untouched. If he could, Chen Yue really wanted to replace everything, but unfortunately, he had a limited number of items he brought this time, so he could only choose the most expensive and best ones.

Those who exchanged for refined salt or white sugar were all beaming with joy, while those who didn't could only sigh and resign themselves to their fate.

"Damn! This is incredibly lucrative!"

Looking at his bountiful harvest, Chen Yue saw a piece of top-grade chicken fat beeswax, weighing about 500 grams; 20 jin of premium Solomon's seal; a top-grade purple Ganoderma lucidum; and two old wild ginseng roots.

The excited people were trembling. So many wonderful things—if Zhong Nanshan were in the modern era, it would be unimaginable.

Of all the items, the most valuable was undoubtedly the wild ginseng that was about eighty years old, whose five characteristics—the stem, the root, the body, the patterns, and the whiskers—were all exceptionally beautiful.

It was discovered by a middle-aged man from Lizhuang while he was chopping firewood in the mountains. Chen Yue estimated that this one plant alone was worth around 500,000 yuan.

Chen Yue gave him two generations of refined salt and a bag of white sugar.

Chen Yue estimated that the total value should be over one million, while his cost was only a little over one hundred yuan. The return rate of ten thousand times is enough to drive people crazy.

But the mountain people also believed they had made a huge profit.

Three silver ingots, according to the exchange rate in the Tang Dynasty at that time, were roughly equivalent to 100,000 coins, while three gold ingots were worth double that.

Even in Chang'an, where many people couldn't earn 10,000 yuan a year even if they didn't eat or drink, this was tantamount to a complete turnaround for them.

Merchants would acquire goods from the mountain people, then resell them in Chang'an for several times, or even dozens of times, the price. This was a transaction where all three parties felt they had gotten a great deal.

Chen Yue slept soundly that night. At five in the morning, he put all the goods into the time portal and turned to enter it.

……

It was still that same time corridor. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the basement of his house, where the old man was already smoking and waiting.

Seeing Chen Yue come out, two plumes of smoke came out of his nostrils, and he visibly breathed a sigh of relief, laughing as he patted Chen Yue on the head.

"You're finally back. You're not bad, kid. You didn't die in the Tang Dynasty."

Chen Yue grinned.

"Grandpa, this trip has truly broadened my horizons! We're rich!"

Chen Yue excitedly brought out the Solomon's Seal and ginseng. Although the old man wasn't very educated, he had been dealing in mountain products for most of his life and was very familiar with them.

He immediately stubbed out his cigarette and stared at them with shining eyes.

"Okay! Okay!"

But he was more concerned about the people and things his grandson encountered on his first trip to the Tang Dynasty.

The old man had already prepared a hot pot, and the grandfather and grandson ate and chatted inside the house.

Chen Yue did not hide anything and told him everything truthfully, including that Hongyu had married a merchant as a concubine, as well as the situation of Wanbaolou and the Chen residence.

The old man's expression changed repeatedly. When he heard that the time portal actually had a hidden mission, he could no longer sit still.

"What did you say? A hidden quest?"

"That's right, I triggered it by chance. Grandpa, you were too careful before, that's why you didn't notice. I have a feeling that the hidden mission is the true meaning of the existence of the time portal."

It's not simply about getting us to buy and sell things.

Chen Shan didn't say anything, but took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep drag. He quickly composed himself.

"It has to be you, a college student, who got things done so well in just one trip. I wish I had studied as much as you."

Chen Shan was telling the truth. Putting aside his identity as a peddler from the mountains, he was just an ordinary old man from a mountain village who couldn't even read many words.

Suddenly transported to ancient times, to the war-torn late Sui Dynasty, his first concern was how to survive.

Moreover, the internet hadn't been developed decades ago, and he didn't know many words, so it was very troublesome for him to look up information. His understanding of that era and historical figures was very limited.

To avoid trouble, simply shrinking away is perfectly understandable.

Chen Yue suddenly patted his grandfather on the shoulder.

"No matter what, I benefited from your help. Without the foundation you laid, my trip wouldn't have gone so smoothly."

He was speaking from the heart. His identity as the Shennong Envoy played a crucial role in his trip to the Tang Dynasty, saving him a lot of trouble. Therefore, Chen Yue was able to stand on his grandfather's shoulders, which is why his first trip to the Tang Dynasty went so smoothly.

Furthermore, in the fourteenth year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty, the world was at peace, unlike the turmoil that occurred during the old man's time. In short, Chen Yue's abundant harvest this time was due to the favorable timing, location, and popular support; he encountered the best opportunity.

These words pleased the old man greatly.

"It's good that you've gotten married, since I can't go back anyway. But you must help me find it, Du Niang, and get our family's shop and house back. That's the family business I worked so hard to build up for you."

"Don't worry, I've already asked Crown Prince Li Chengqian to take care of it. There will definitely be results when I go there next time. Grandfather, what should we do with these mountain products?"

Even without the old man saying anything, Chen Yue wouldn't sit idly by and watch the Tang Dynasty assets his grandfather left him be taken away by others.

Now all he wants to know is how to sell these things. Modern times are different from ancient times, like wild ginseng.

Without certification from some professional organization, it's questionable whether people will even recognize this thing.

Therefore, Grandpa's channels are very important. How did he sell those things in the past, and to whom? Not only did he have to be able to sell them for a good price, but most importantly, he had to be able to sell them safely, preferably without attracting attention.

The old man didn't speak, but silently took out a red diary from his pocket. It was crumpled and looked like it had been there for a long time.