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Chapter 563 The Japanese Kingdom Gradually Became Chaotic
Zhu Yan is greedy.

When realizing that there are a large number of silver mines in Japan, the first thought is naturally to swallow them all.

It is impossible to completely monopolize it, and Zhu Yan also understands that the news will be revealed sooner or later, but he can take advantage of this time to fill his bag first.

"Order, don't kill these Japanese slaves first, gather them all, and dig mines for the king."

Zhu Yan immediately issued an order.

Although this is an open-pit silver mine, it still needs to be excavated deeply, but compared with the other side of Daming, such excavation is much simpler.

Things like mining can't be done by dozens or hundreds of people.

If this open-pit silver mine was in Daming, the capital would have been alarmed and tens of thousands of people would have been dispatched to dig, and a huge guard would have been formed around the silver mine to protect it.

However, Daming's technology and tools for excavating mineral deposits far surpassed that of Japan's, and the application of gunpowder alone could save a lot of manpower.

In this Japanese country, I am afraid that it can only be done in the most stupid way, which is extremely lacking in technology.

Progress will certainly be slow.

Among other things, it is currently very difficult to guarantee a digging hoe for every Japanese slave.

Without suitable tools, the work efficiency of mining silver mines must be very poor, but there is no way to do it.

"My lord, there must be a lot of silver mines in this Japanese country. The one we found now must be relatively large."

"There are not enough people here, my lord, do you want to greet the brothers and catch more Japanese slaves?"

A thousand households approached Zhu Yan, and said with glowing eyes.

The prince eats meat, and of course they can drink a bowl of broth along with them.

Zhu Yan also had this plan, but he understood Qianhu's meaning, this is to dispatch the whole army, not a small-scale march like now.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Dian nodded heavily and said, "Okay, let the brothers pass the news back, and it's enough to leave a few hundred people guarding the city, and all the others come out."

Things like hundreds of people guarding the city are somewhat risky in Daming, or in the Central Plains.

Putting it here in Wa country, there is no problem at all.

The so-called countries here in Wa Kingdom are basically pitifully small, and even have no combat effectiveness at all, not to mention regular soldiers.

The so-called national wars in some small places are about hundreds of people fighting, and there are not many casualties. This is far worse than some villages in Ming Dynasty.

So Zhu Yan led the troops to fight, and in the absence of a shogun in the Wa country, it is not an exaggeration to say that a country will be destroyed in one day.

The city walls of Jincheng have been specially remodeled, not the low walls of the Japanese country, and the garrison of hundreds of people is enough to withstand it for a long time.

Zhu Li needs miners, a lot of miners.

This miner can only be done by Japanese people. As for transporting it from Daming, it is completely impossible.

Apart from other things, the cost alone was not something Zhu Yan could bear.

Even in Daming, there are very few good families who are willing to do this job. Landslides are very common in mines, and they are usually done by prisoners, and some are really hard to eat.

Daming currently has a lot of construction projects, and people are not very efficient. At present, according to the laws of Daming, it can be said that the death penalty is almost abolished, and labor is all-encompassing.

After all, it is best to use labor to manage food.

Zhu Yan's march was not to go to Honshu Island and Shikoku Island in the Wa Kingdom, but to carry out a sweep on Kyushu Island.

Jincheng was the former Hizen City of the Wa Kingdom, adjacent to Tsushima Island, and to the south was Yancheng where Zhu Gaochi was located.

In fact, in terms of geographical area, King Qi's Higo is the largest, Zhu Yan's Hizen is the second, and Zhu Gaochi's Chikugo is the smallest.

It's just that the port belonging to Hizen was re-divided by Zhu Ying to Chikugo, which is here in Yancheng.

The place Zhu Yan wanted to mop up was in the direction of Zhuqian and Fengqian.

The news of the dispatch of the Jincheng army quickly alarmed Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the Japanese royal family where Honshu Island was located.

But at this juncture, when Da Ming hadn't conducted an interrogation, they could only be anxious, without any countermeasures.

If it is necessary to raise an army again, it would be too wasteful to deal with just one King Jin. If it is left alone, it will be another big loss.

The key is that now that the big names of all parties have returned to their territories, the time to raise money alone seems to be too long.

It is not that simple to mobilize the army, but if the army is directly transferred, the scale is not well controlled, and it is more likely to trigger a full-scale confrontation on the Ming side.

The king of Jin obviously wanted to take this opportunity to plunder his surroundings.

Because of the control of Zhu Yan's news, it is not yet known to the Japanese side that the open-pit silver mine was discovered.

Apart from summoning Chikuzen's guardian daimyo to make preparations, he didn't intend to mobilize too much troops. It was just that the process of sending Kurosawa daimyo to the capital of the Ming Dynasty had to be accelerated.

There must be a result as soon as possible, no matter what the result is.

It was just about the open-pit silver mine, which soon spread to Zhu Ying.

Don't forget that there are many people left over from the previous Qunying Chamber of Commerce in Jincheng where Zhu Yan is located.

If Zhu Yan wanted to get the silver mine out, he could only rely on them.

There is no way to hide such a thing about the mining refinery that is going to be built in the city.

When Daming received the news, it had been more than a month since Zhu Yan discovered the silver mine.

"Dasun is right. There are really a lot of silver mines in this country. We haven't seen what an open-pit silver mine looks like."

"It's silver on the ground, do I just need to pick it up?"

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said that he was extremely happy.

The development of mineral deposits in the Central Plains started a long time ago, and it can be said that it has been thousands of years since the technology matured.

When the Ming Dynasty was founded, there were no obvious open-pit mines, they had already been mined.

Even if it is only said that an open-pit silver mine has just been discovered, it also indicates that there must be many other places in Wa Kingdom.

The vast Central Plains is generally rich in mineral resources, but there are many lean ores, few rich ores, many small and medium-sized ones, and few large and super-large ones.

Commonly used minerals such as copper, iron, and gold were once extremely scarce in Ming Dynasty.

There is a lot of silver in the Central Plains in later generations, not because it was produced by itself, but because of a large inflow of silver due to surplus trade and commercial actions.

The Central Plains itself, especially the current Daming, has a very low output.

And gold and silver are hard currencies of the nature of the world. Even though Daming is very powerful now, but due to the current traffic restrictions, no one will admit that Daming's treasures are out of Daming.

"Grandpa, it is said that the criminals sent from the Wa country will arrive in the capital in less than half a month."

Zhu Ying couldn't help but say that.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "After you come, just close it first, the fourth child, it's nothing serious, don't worry too much."

"The third guy, he only cares about eating alone, guessing about the open-pit silver mine, and he is still on the way to report."

"There are some things that are difficult for Gao Chi to do. After all, this child is young and his heart is not cruel enough."

"Regarding the matter of the open-pit silver mine, send a letter to Lao Qi and ask him to look for it too, and see if he can find more."

With the discovery of silver mines, the concept of Wa country is completely different from before, which means a lot of wealth.

Who would dislike a lot of money, especially Zhu Yuanzhang who is used to living a hard life.

Besides, this is not a small amount of money, this is a silver mine.

"Grandpa, we probably need to mobilize a group of people from the Ministry of Industry."

"Whether it is exploration or excavation in the country of Wa, technology and tools are very scarce. This can also speed up the development of mineral deposits in the country of Wa."

"At that time, it may not only be silver mines, but there must be other mines to be discovered."

"It seems that more sea-going ships for transportation should be built. After the refining is completed there, they can be directly pulled into our treasury."

Zhu Ying suggested.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

At present, Zhu Yuanzhang has been relatively restrained in the expansion of the navy.

Now that there is a silver mine, it can be expanded to a greater extent.

For things like these, it is okay for the grandfather and grandson to talk about them, and there is no need to bring them to the court for discussion.

As time went by, the shipbuilding industry in Daming began to develop more.

With government support, the private shipbuilding industry gradually emerged.

We all know that wealth at sea comes quickly. Basically, a trip to the sea can earn a lot of money.

With the gradual recovery of land properties by the government, many old and new forces are forced to find a new way to make a fortune, and the current maritime trade is just in front of them.

The Daming Navy was originally the army with the most warships in the world, but now that the government and the people have developed together, shipbuilding and maritime trade have become the most popular things at the moment.

With the emergence of a large number of factories, the cost of various commodities has been continuously reduced, and Zhu Ying's side has long been giving soft guidance on the technicalization of some factories in the residence newspaper.

For example, similar to the arquebus, the method of making a part separately.

And the increase in the output of the factory also indicates that the price of goods is getting lower.

This gives greater profit margins in sea trade.

Daming's products are the best-selling products in the world, as long as they are sold out, there is no need to worry about no buyers.

And with the beginning of the overall prosperity of Ming Dynasty, the demand for some rare items from overseas has also become more vigorous.

In this two-sided market, there is a super large amount of money transactions, and it can also provide huge taxes to the Daming Household Department.

Not to mention last year, just in the middle of this year, the tax revenue generated by sea trade has already exceeded 1000 million treasure notes.

And this is just the beginning. It is foreseeable that in the days to come, this number will only increase even more with the development of maritime trade.

Similarly, the current social structure of Ming Dynasty is undergoing a subtle change.

Land resources began to gather in the hands of the government. Compared with landlords, many local governments now give tenants more preferential treatment in accordance with the continuously improved tax laws of Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the Agricultural School is currently under the leadership of Zhu Wei, not only expanding the school, but Zhu Ying is also very willing to invest in this aspect.

However, the treatment of all the personnel affiliated to the Agricultural College is already very high.

Among them, those who have real talents and achievements, or who have made some achievements, enjoy the salary and benefits that are no worse than those of the official sixth-rank officials.

Rejuvenate the country through science and education.

Zhu Ying did not shout this slogan, and the actual actions were taken in this direction.

The agricultural school has made a great contribution to the current agricultural development, and Zhu Ying himself has given some general guidance by the way.

It briefly described some concepts about hybrid rice, but he didn't understand the specifics very well, so he had to let Zhu Wei and some agricultural students study it by themselves.

Fertilizers are more complicated, but the method of increasing the fertility of the land is the direction that Zhu Wei and others have been exploring.

It may be difficult to produce chemical fertilizers now, but it can be regarded as leaving a seed.

Zhu Ying has already planted the seeds of industry in various industries, which requires a lot of talents to explore and discover slowly.

The gradual stabilization of Ming Dynasty also heralds the approaching era of opening up to the outside world.

When the news of the silver mine reached Zhu Yu, the country of Wa was already in chaos.

"Well, you third brother, you have such a good thing, and you still hide it from me."

"Fortunately, there are more places where I can conquest, isn't it just a month or two, there is still time."

"Order the three armies, all dispatched!"

Zhu Yu's eyes were almost red.

In Zhu's eyes, the previous Qicheng was completely meaningless. Restricted by the covenant, he was just making a fuss to find some excuses to plunder the surrounding area to fill up the population.

Now with silver mines, that's a whole different story.

Father Huang had already explained in the letter that a large number of craftsmen would be summoned from Daming soon, and a large number of sea-going ships would be built for transportation.

In fact, Zhu Yu didn't have much idea about how much money was and how little money was.

What he prefers to get is the approval and attention of his father.

In fact, thoughts like Zhu Yu's may be the thoughts in the hearts of most princes.

As the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the father's achievements are too high, and now he has a great-grandson, and his ability in all aspects is like a banished immortal, there is no comparison at all.

From an emotional point of view, most of the princes and grandchildren feel somewhat lonely in their hearts.

And as far as the children of the royal family are concerned, being recognized is the most critical point.

Now there is a silver mine here, and the father wrote a letter alone, which indicates that he will get the attention of the father.

This alone gave Zhu Mi a strong desire.

Besides, as a leader, who doesn't like to have some elite soldiers and strong generals under his command.

Elite soldiers and strong generals can only be raised with vain money.

(End of this chapter)