Chapter 699: Random Inspection Method

Furthermore, regarding the weight, our empty jars are all roughly the same weight; there is a standard during production, and there is also a standard for how much they can hold. This jar can hold ten jin of oil, the jar weighs six jin and three liang, totaling sixteen jin and three liang, and the fluctuation in the jar's weight should be within two liang.

You can also use our scales to check this; you can perform random inspections. The benefit of the random inspection method is that the more you inspect, the more accurate it is. Since we don't know which ones you will pick, naturally, we won't risk ruining the trade by passing off inferior goods as quality ones.

Dahong felt that this random inspection method was not particularly reliable and that it would be more appropriate to open them all to check, but doing so would waste too much time. Waiting for the mud seals to dry thoroughly also takes time, and if they were sent directly onto the Boat without mud seals, they might lose a lot of oil due to the rocking along the way.

Dahong could only choose to trust this random inspection method with some skepticism. If there were any that did not meet the standard, even if it took more time, he would have to open them all to check. At the same time, he would conduct a further investigation into Huaxia's moral character; a tribe that would deceive its allies is not a good trading partner.

Afterward, he performed as many random inspections as possible, picking out whichever ones caught his eye, and they had to be opened by the Soldiers of his Xuanyuan Tribe; the people of Huaxia were not allowed to touch them again.

The people from the Ministry of Revenue accompanied them the whole time; in the end, they were also nervous inside. If one had a problem, then most of the entire Ministry of Revenue would suffer; from auditing to the warehouse, those responsible would be punished.

Moreover, other related supplies would likely all have to undergo an inspection to ensure no problems would arise. The Ministry of Revenue could be certain there was no corruption or graft, but no one could guarantee against carelessness or negligence.

Dahong picked one after another, but after each was opened, it was filled to the brim with Soybean Oil. Then, weighing them with the jars, the weight was no different from what the Huaxia people said, and the weight error was also within the range they stated.

There was also an empty jar for measuring quantity; one could pour the oil in to see if it was the same amount. In any case, from weight to quantity, they checked them one by one.

He kept inspecting until Dahong felt he had checked too many and stopped. Now, he no longer had any major worries about this Soybean Oil, and as for those weight errors, while some were less, there were also some that were more; averaged out, there was no shortage.

At this point, Dahong stopped the random inspections and considered this batch of Soybean Oil fully accepted. For the remaining jars whose mud seals had not been opened, he just weighed them on the scale to ensure the weight was correct.

To put Dahong's mind at ease, the Ministry of Revenue added: "We can guarantee that there will be no problems with this batch of oil. If a problem arises, whether it is short or the oil has gone bad and cannot be eaten, as long as you discover it within fifteen days and send it back, if one jar is problematic, we will compensate you with two new jars. And these fifteen days do not include the time on the road."

With this guarantee from the Ministry of Revenue, Dahong was completely reassured. His face broke into a bright smile, he readily agreed, and then, imitating the customs of Huaxia, he shook hands with the people from the Ministry of Revenue to say goodbye.

All the Soybean Oil was moved onto the Boat, and enough Wild Rice straw was laid down to separate each jar, preventing the jars from being smashed when the Boat rocked in the water.

A newly built Large Ship from Huaxia also set off together. They brought most of the oil and even brought more, because this time they were going to the Xuanyuan Tribe to bring back the female workers they had hired. The Tea Leaves of the Xuanyuan Tribe were also starting to be harvested now, and this trip would also conduct the first Tea Leaves trade of the year.

Huaxia had made a request to the Xuanyuan Tribe that different Tea Leaves must be harvested separately and then undergo simple drying to remove some of the moisture. The Xuanyuan Tribe did not understand why Huaxia previously wanted the Tea Leaves to be as fresh as possible, but now wanted them to dry them first.

This was because Huaxia discovered that the transport time on the Boat was too long, and the fixing process on the Boat was overdone. Every step must have its time and procedure mastered to produce better Tea Leaves.

For this reason, their newly built Large Ship had a cabin specifically for stir-frying Tea Leaves. They wanted to stir-fry the Tea Leaves on the way, which would allow them to obtain higher-quality Tea Leaves.

It was just a hardship for those tea-frying masters; moving from the beautiful environment of Huaxia City to stir-frying tea on a boat, not to mention the worsening work environment, seasickness was also an extremely painful thing. They were all afraid they would vomit into the tea-frying pot.

Unfortunately, their appeals were rejected with a "slowly adapt," and Huaxia did indeed need better Tea Leaves. Under the condition of ensuring the tea-frying technique was not leaked, letting the tea-frying masters board the ship was the best approach.

Dahong was still calculating his huge harvest this time; he had inexplicably secured great benefits for the Xuanyuan Tribe, and these Soybean Oils alone were a great merit.

He also boarded the Huaxia Large Ship, as it was more stable and comfortable. He had never seen this ship before, only hearing from the Sailors that it was the latest one built, but Dahong could not see any difference from the previous ones.

When going downstream, there was no need to raise the sails, and Dahong's plan to see the working principle of the sails also fell through. The Xuanyuan Tribe's Large Ship was still under construction, but without a sailing ship, their power relied entirely on human labor.

With experience, and using the Huaxia ship they found as a model, their shipbuilding technology had greatly improved. The size of the ships was getting larger and larger, but they still could not compare to Huaxia.

Huaxia was also entirely indifferent; they did not belittle, praise, or guide, just letting the Xuanyuan Tribe explore on their own. In any case, the strength of the Huaxia Navy had to be ranked first.

This time, he also brought up a matter to Baifeng, which was to ask Baifeng when he planned to arrange for people to look for insecticide. They could come to their Xuanyuan Tribe to search first; the Xuanyuan Tribe could open up and send people to protect them to ensure they could find that type of plant.

Dahong brought a large leaf to Baifeng, saying it looked very similar to the leaf Baifeng had drawn, and asked Baifeng to identify it first. Although Baifeng had never seen a betel nut tree, he had seen many palm trees, and through the leaf shape and the break at the petiole, he roughly inferred that this was a leaf from a palm tree.

However, since there were palm trees, it was not impossible for other trees of the same Phylum and Genus to grow in the Xuanyuan Tribe.

But Baifeng was really not prepared to send people to look for betel nut trees now, because he first had to arrange for Changle. Otherwise, Changle would definitely choose to go, but this matter was too dangerous. Going to the southernmost end now was no different from courting death, and he did not want his Huaxia Soldiers to go to their deaths.