Water Margin people

Chapter 1286 Silver Mine

The Koreans were bombarded for a long time. At this time, they were dizzy, their heads had shut down, and they lost the ability to think.

"Your Majesty!"

The Qi army rushed in, and those who saw armor and weapons were directly hacked to death. When they saw civilians, they were directly made to kneel on the ground. Those who did not respond were also hacked to death with random swords.

In just one day, five cities along the coast of Goryeo were destroyed, with countless casualties.

"Retract the troops, clean the battlefield, imprison these people at the beach, and report the results of the battle to His Majesty!"

Ruan Xiaoer saw that the battle was over and did not pursue it. They were all marines and there was no problem with landing operations, but going deep into the mountains and forests to fight was not their strong point. He would not do such stupid things.

"Second brother, there are still a lot of good things!"

Wang Dingliu said with a smile.

"Money?"

Ruan Xiaoer looked at Wang Dingliu and asked.

"Yes, there is a lot of silver and brass stored in the palace! They are all refined ore ingots."

Wang Dingliu said, these are precious metals that Qi State urgently needs. Now that Qi State has unified the Central Plains, a new unified currency will be issued in the second half of this year. It is a coin made of gold, silver and copper, so now Qi State is in urgent need of a large amount of it. gold, silver and copper mines to mint coins.

"Okay, okay, finally I have gained something!"

Ruan Xiaoer was overjoyed. Gao Li was not worth mentioning, but these gains could be taken back.

Ruan Xiaoer followed Wang Dingliu to the ruins of Kaijing City, where soldiers were moving out boxes of silver and copper ingots from the Goryeo palace.

"so much?"

Ruan Xiaoer picked up two silver ingots and knocked them. From the sound, he knew they were very pure.

"There are so many silver mines in Goryeo?"

Ruan Xiaoer asked doubtfully.

"You guys tell the truth!"

An officer immediately came to the nearby ruins to capture and capture these people, who were the guards of the Goryeo treasury.

"These are all exchanged from the Japanese country, and they are the annual coins prepared to be presented to the Jin country!"

These guards were disheveled and in a very embarrassed state, and some of them even suffered bloody head injuries, and some even had their legs broken.

"Japanese country?"

Ruan Xiaoer frowned. They planned to go to the Japanese country after conquering Goryeo. Now it seems that there are a lot of benefits from conquering the Japanese country. At least the silver mine is very good.

"Are there many silver mines in Japan? What did you get in exchange for so much silver?"

Ruan Xiaoer asked looking at the guards.

"I heard that a huge open-pit silver mine was discovered in Japan. The silver is very cheap now!"

Those prisoners were speechless.

"Take them down!"

Ruan Xiaoer waved his hand and said.

"Report this to Your Majesty, we may have to attack Japan in advance!"

Ruan Xiaoer thought for a moment and then ordered that if Japan really has an open-pit silver mine that is easy to mine, then they must take it.

"How many prisoners are there?"

Ruan Xiaoer asked.

"We have about 70,000 to 80,000 here!"

Wang Dingliu said.

"Seven to eighty thousand? There should be tens of thousands in other places. Don't let these people go. From now on, these will be the labor force of mining!"

Ruan Xiaoer said that he had already begun to prepare manpower for the excavation of the Japanese silver mine.

"Wouldn't it be better to capture Japanese people?"

Wang Dingliu was a little puzzled. It was not easy to transport these Koreans to the Japanese country. Anyway, they had to fight against the Japanese country, and there should be many prisoners by then.

"Will the Japanese surrender so easily? How can we trust the Japanese? It is best to get these Koreans over. As for the Japanese prisoners, let them come to Korea to dig copper mines!"

Ruan Xiaoer said that in order to use the captives, they also need to be divided into places. It is best to use them in other places.

"That's what your Majesty seems to be doing!"

Wang Dingliu immediately reacted. Wasn't the Battle of Liaodong using the Song troops captured in the Battle of Tokyo?

"Haha!" Ruan Xiaoer laughed. His decision was indeed inspired by Sun Lei's handling of prisoners.

On the mountain east of Kaijing.

"Where did those troops come from?"

Wang Yan looked at those in the distance with faces filled with fear. His Kaijing City was completely destroyed in just half a day.

"His Majesty!"

A group of embarrassed ministers and their men ran up the mountain and bowed down to Wang Huan.

"Are you the only ones?"

Wang Han looked at the few people in front of him, and found that there were only seven or eight officials including Lu Zhizheng, Jin Xi, Zhou Yanzhi and thousands of soldiers.

"Your Majesty, there are still some who have escaped!"

General Lu Zhizheng said with a look of shame that he didn't even understand what happened before Kaijing City was destroyed. When he saw the enemy's warships, the entire Kaijing City was in chaos, and he was unable to resist at all, so he could only lead his troops to retreat in embarrassment.

"How did you defend the city! Where did the enemy come from?"

Wang Yan looked at Lu Zhizheng and shouted that his general was such a waste and allowed the capital to be destroyed by the enemy. This was really a shame and humiliation for Goryeo.

"It looks like...the Qi fleet!"

Lu Zhizheng looked at the giant ship on the sea in the distance and said hesitantly.

"Qi State? Is this the Qi State that Cui Yi wants to fight?"

Wang Chen's voice rose several times, and his tone was full of anger. He had just ascended the throne and was unwilling to participate in other countries' battles, but Cui Yi and others were bent on making achievements and had to cooperate with the Kingdom of Jin.

"should be!"

Zhou Yanzhi said.

"That damn guy not only wastes money and food, but also attracts powerful enemies. I'm going to kill him!"

Wang Chen yelled angrily.

"Your Majesty, I have sent people to gather troops and horses in various places. We will be able to recapture Kaijing in a few days!"

Lu Zhizheng said.

"Recapture Kaijing? Where is the Kaijing? Look at it!"

Wang Xi pointed at the ruins in the distance where gunpowder smoke was still rising and shouted that the city of Kaijing that he had worked so hard to manage had been destroyed, completely destroyed.

"Your Majesty, after we destroy those enemies and seize their warships, we can rebuild the capital city!"

Lu Zhizheng said.

As soon as Wang Yan heard about killing all the enemies and seizing the warships, he immediately became interested. There was no such huge warship in Korea.

"Your Majesty, the enemy is transporting silver and copper ingots from the treasury!"

A soldier came to report.

"what?"

Wang Yan was shocked. Those silver and copper ingots were his lifeblood. He spent all the money and food from the Goryeo treasury to get them. He thought he would make a big fortune, but in the end he gave the enemy an advantage.

"Gather your troops and get it back for me!"

Wang Xi yelled at Lu Zhizheng, the city can still be built if it is gone, but it is difficult to find the silver ingots if they are gone!

"Your Majesty, we have too few soldiers and horses to defeat him!"

Everyone hurriedly advised.

"Your Majesty, why don't you send someone to negotiate and see if you can persuade these people to leave."

Someone said that they were frightened by the power of the artillery.

"You guys go! I, Goryeo, are willing to live in peace with Qi and form a nation of brothers..."

Wang Xi pointed at Lu Zhizheng and others and ordered.

Just as Ruan Xiaoer was counting the seized supplies, Lu Zhizheng and his men appeared on the horizon under the banner of General Goryeo and the messenger's banner.

"Report, there is an envoy from Korea!"

A soldier came to report.

"messenger?"

Ruan Xiaoer was surprised. They all razed the capital of Korea. The Koreans actually sent envoys at this time? Is this a requirement and?