Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 218 Always Do It, Don't Let Them Down

Why is it said that the Japanese country has now become the back garden of the Ming Dynasty?
Rule is only one of the reasons. The most important thing is the situation around the Japanese country.

North Korea has always been the dog-legger of the Ming Dynasty. Although there was a situation where the prince Li Bo seized supplies before, but now that the prince Li Bo has been deposed and North Korea's attitude is very good, the situation has returned to the previous situation.

Originally, the news of the seizure of supplies had not spread in the Ming Dynasty. In addition, North Korea has also increased the value and quantity of tribute gifts in the past two years, so most people in the Ming Dynasty thought that North Korea was more obedient than before.

Apart from North Korea, the rest is the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The current Ryukyu Kingdom is actually not the treasure island that people think. In this era, the Ryukyu Kingdom mostly refers to the small island group in the south of Japan.

In later generations, they had another name: Okinawa.

North Korea and Ryukyu are the two most important transit points for Ming Dynasty to go to Japan. Don't underestimate these two places. These two places gave Ming Dynasty a lot of room for turnover.

With two obedient younger brothers under surveillance, and the nobles and samurai class of the Japanese country were almost wiped out, the Japanese country naturally became the back garden of the Ming Dynasty.

However, you can't enjoy flowers in this back garden, you can only use manure to plant some useful things.

These dung refer to the Japanese people, and the useful things are naturally minerals and potatoes.

Sado Island.

Zhu Zhanhe did not follow Zhang Fu to see Iwami Ginzan, but took a boat directly north to Sado Island.

On the way, he also saw the scenery he created: Jingguan.

Lake Shinchi is a large lake, and it is divided into two sections. The water of the lake finally flows into the sea, so even on the boat, Zhu Zhanhe saw the temple that he ordered to be built.

Although the distance was very far and could only be seen through a telescope, it still brought enough pleasure to Zhu Zhanhe.

"Meet Your Royal Highness!"

Sado Island.

As soon as Zhu Zhanhe got off the boat, Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng came up to him excitedly.

They have been on Sado Island for a year, and they also want to go back. Although people in Yunnan and even their families will look at them with strange eyes, they still want to go back and work for Zhu Zhanhe.

"Thank you for your hard work." Zhu Zhanhe patted Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng on the shoulders, his face full of emotion.

Finding someone who is willing to give everything for you, even his life, is like looking for a needle in a haystack, extremely difficult.

And Zhu Zhanhe now has three such people.

Now, Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng are on Sado Island, ensuring that they can send nearly ten thousand taels of gold to Yunnan every month. This is Zhu Zhanhe's confidence in the future and allows him to start preparing for the next plan in advance.

This credit cannot be shared with outsiders due to the plan, but Zhu Zhanhe himself will keep it in mind.

Looking at the miners working in the distance and the supervisors around him, and looking at the mental states of Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng, Zhu Zhanhe finally felt a little comfort in his heart.

When he arranged Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng here, he hoped to use those Japanese people to let Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng vent their emotions, because if they didn't vent, then these two people would most likely be useless.

Although I hate to admit it, most of the time, this kind of discovery is the simplest and most effective.

into the night.

Zhu Zhanhe sat in the temporary tent and looked at the information presented by Qian Yong. This was the current situation of the Japanese country in the past two years.

At the beginning, Qian Yong was really from a poor background, and he was one of those people whose ability to survive was unknown, so he didn't know much about literacy, and it was all taught by Zhu Zhanhe later.

But even so, he would not leave things to others on Sado Island. Instead, he would study and review at the same time, and finally send someone to Iwami Ginzan, hand it over to Xia Xuan, organize it and send it to Yunnan.

If Zhu Zhanhe hadn't specifically told them that Xia Xuan could be trusted, Qian Yong really wouldn't know what to do.

"Qian Yong, can you handle things well by yourself?" Zhu Zhanhe asked without looking up, looking at the booklet in his hand.

"Okay." Although he didn't know why Zhu Zhanhe asked this, Qian Yong nodded without any hesitation.

"Then, you may have to work hard for a while in the future." Putting down the fold in his hand, Zhu Zhanhe raised his head and looked at Qian Yong.

"I will bring Sanfeng back this time, because on New Year's Eve this year, I met Ulugh Beg, the prince of the Timur Empire, in Yingtian Mansion and reached a deal with him."

"One of them is to ask them to hand over 1000 people to our disposal because of the difficulties and insults they faced in Timur territory."

At this point, Qian Yong was stunned.

To put it bluntly but very realistically, before they met Zhu Zhanhe, they were just a bunch of idiots. Without a chance encounter, they would not be able to reach their current heights in this life.

In the fifth year of Yongle, they met Zhu Zhanhe and got this opportunity. Now, Zhu Zhanhe still remembers the humiliation they suffered and remembers to help them avenge them.

Even if this was just mentioned incidentally by Zhu Zhanhe in order to confuse Ulugh Beg's attention, the fact that he could bring it up proved that Zhu Zhanhe had at least thought of them.

This made Qian Yong...for a moment he didn't know how to express his emotions.

"I know, you are also aggrieved." Looking at Qian Yong's expression, Zhu Zhanhe sighed softly.

"But you also know that Sanfeng is a woman, and she has paid far more than you and Jian Xiao, so I want to let Sanfeng go back first."

"As for you, don't worry, there will be opportunities in the future, because what you bring back is something that no one can refuse."

In fact, the Japanese country is on the right track. At least Zhu Zhanhe doesn't have to worry much. When he came to the Japanese country this time, he first wanted to see the specific situation. After all, what he saw on paper was still different from what he saw with his own eyes. Too much the same.

In fact, it was indeed true. He had only known that Sado Jinshan alone consumed nearly [-] Japanese miners a year. He also knew that Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng had repelled Ezo's attacks four times.

But in fact, the Echigo area of ​​Japan and further north can be said to be almost empty, and the remaining people are still working in the gold mines.

The situation in the south is better, but it is also very limited.

Iwami Ginzan also needs miners. Together with the Sado Gold Mine, these two places will consume nearly [-] miners a year. This is even when Zhang Fu is very restrained.

If Zhang Fu is as unscrupulous as Qian Yong, it is estimated that the Japanese kingdom will be destroyed in the physical sense within ten years.

Yes, the Japanese country had a population of 100 million, but when Zhu Zhanhe was cleaning up this land recklessly, it was estimated that one million or more people were used as fertilizer or used as building materials.

Coupled with Qian Yong's "results" this year, the Wa country lost at least 200 million people.

The ratio of men to women in this era was unbalanced, and the proportion of young men and women was even smaller. Three million young men out of a population of 100 million in the Japanese country was considered unmatched.

Two million of them were gone, and the remaining one million would be used up in less than ten years.

"I have generally seen the situation here. You don't have to worry about the miners. I will add more later."

While talking, Zhu Zhanhe flipped through the notebook in front of him, and started talking about a few things that Qian Yong couldn't solve.

"Also, you have to be more restrained in the future. Those who disobey discipline or even want to attack you can be dealt with without hesitation, but those Japanese slaves who are willing to obey your arrangements should still be sparing. ."

"Finally, we can also liberalize the process of refining gold. It is not necessary to use young people. There are many processes that women, young and old can also complete."

"Just remember not to use our own people."

In this era, the refining of gold and silver ores basically used the same method, which was chemical replacement with lead, and then using sootblowing to obtain gold with relatively high purity.

Everyone knows that lead is harmful, so Zhu Zhanhe used Japanese slaves to do this from beginning to end. The soot blowing method at the end was also the same, both were work scenes where the lead content exceeded the standard.

However, the miners are already a little stretched now. The white slave trade with the Timur Empire has not yet been implemented. It is estimated that we will have to wait until this summer or even the second half of the year to receive the first batch of white slaves, so we really have to save money here. slave.

Moreover, even if the Laobai bought from the Timur Empire arrives, it cannot be used as a slave, because the initial quantity will definitely not be very large, and it will take some time for the trade of white slaves to slowly grow and expand.

"I understand, villain." Qian Yong nodded.

Previously, due to the influence of emotions and the fact that Zhu Zhanhe had said before he came that he could do whatever he wanted, Qian Yong really felt like a wild horse that had escaped the reins.

However, a year has passed, and Qian Yong has almost vented his emotions, and Qian Yong has naturally calmed down a lot.

To put it bluntly, in the past two years Qian Yong has really vomited from killing people.

"As for other aspects..." Zhu Zhanhe hastily flipped through the notes again, and only raised his head after making sure that nothing was missing.

"You did a great job. You didn't make any mistakes. You didn't even consider anything inappropriate. You can just continue in the future."

"Oh, by the way, there's another one, potatoes."

"You have to hold that thing in your hand well so that nothing goes wrong. You have to be careful about someone stealing the seeds."

"Yes!" Qian Yong suddenly became serious.

Zhu Zhanhe didn't even explain things like the Potato Project to his own father. He just mentioned it hastily and didn't follow up, because it was unnecessary and he couldn't tell others about it.

Firstly, they have different worldviews and cannot understand it. Secondly, this is not a good thing after all. The fewer people who know about it, the smaller the risk of leakage.

Besides, Zhu Zhanhe still has a follow-up plan in his hands. The plan is not yet mature, so how can he publicize it?
(End of this chapter)