People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 399 A real mountain of gold and silver!
In fact, some officials really wanted to say something to Princess Ning'an.

There's no need to be like this.

There is no need to get all this silver.

Everybody was joking.

As long as we have money, we don't have to watch it.

Because there are many people among them who have bad intentions.

Once the gold and silver are not taken out and not shown to the public, rumors can be spread saying:
Chen Han didn't get so much silver from Japan at all, just some empty ships. However, he refused to admit defeat and told everyone how much silver he got back, but in fact, it was all a lie.

Ordinary people are sometimes very naive, since they didn’t see it anyway.

They would also think that if Japan really had so much money, the Japanese pirates would not have needed to come to the Ming Dynasty to rob.

So under this kind of sentiment, there will definitely be people who don’t believe it.

Of course, ordinary people and officials would never know.

The reason why there were so many pirates in Japan at that time was not because Japan had no gold and silver.

Instead, it is occupied by a small number of lords.

Those Japanese pirates were warriors who had lost their land. They didn't even have land, so what else could they do except become pirates?
Therefore, the emergence of Japanese pirates does not conflict with Japan's possession of gold and silver.

If it were an ordinary person, he would not care so much. We must let the common people see that there are gold and silver.

But who is Princess Ning'an?

Princess Ning'an has a very stubborn character, but she is also a pragmatic person.

The most important thing in doing business is to put reputation first.

If we don’t even have this little bit of credibility, there’s no way to do business.

So Princess Ning An insisted on showing the gold and silver to those who did not believe Chen Han.

Let them know that the Duke did indeed bring back a lot of gold and silver from Japan.

Another reason why Chen Han asked her to come to Jiangnan was to build the largest money house, or bank.

Princess Ning'an may not know what a bank is, but she knows what a money house is.

What is the most important thing for a money house?
The most important thing is to let everyone see that the bank has capital and enough gold and silver.

In this way, everyone can feel at ease to deposit their silver, banknotes and the like in the money house.

The people must be made aware that today's money houses are powerful.

So this opportunity was just right to silence those who did not believe that the Duke had obtained a lot of gold and silver in Japan.

Secondly, it also lets the people know that the court has the confidence to open the money shop this time.

Ordinary people must feel at ease depositing their money in banks.

The soldiers didn't know what Princess Ning'an was thinking.

But when they heard that the common people were joining the officials in questioning, they spared no effort to move the gold and silver down.

Of course, they didn't need to actually do anything, since there were more than 3,000 Japanese slaves anyway.

Under their urging, the Japanese slaves cursed as they carried boxes of gold and silver off the ship.

It was originally difficult to transport so much gold and silver from Japan.

You have to chop down countless trees first and cut the trunks into pieces.

Then they nail them into boxes, put the gold and silver into the boxes one by one, and then seal and pack them.

This process was so difficult, but there was no other way at the time.

These slaves are not paid.

They were captured directly from the battlefield.

So they did all this work without getting paid.

But other ordinary people actually had some wages, which made these slaves envious.

Now they have to be taken down from the ship box by box and then opened.

When the time comes, we have to pack the boxes and load the trucks, which will definitely be their job.

So these slaves will have to curse their mothers.

The officials and people who were watching the fun from the sidelines and questioning the amount of gold and silver being transported were all speechless.

I didn't expect there could be so many.

And they even unpacked and packed the things right in front of them.

This is the real deal. We need to let them see how many more than 40 million silver vehicles and more than one million gold vehicles there are.

It didn't take long before the dock was filled with hundreds of boxes, carried by more than 3,000 slaves.

There are still some that haven't been taken down.

Princess Ning An couldn't wait to shout, "Open the box!"

This time, the officers and soldiers opened the box by picking up iron bars and prying open the wooden box.

Once it was pried open and entered, it was filled with neatly arranged, bright white gold and silver.

Really.

It really is gold and silver.

so much.

After opening dozens of boxes, Princess Ning'an was still not satisfied.

"Open them all! Open all the boxes!"

All the hundreds of boxes on the shore were opened.

The inside was filled with gold and silver as thick as bricks.

At this time, more than 3,000 slaves were still constantly carrying boxes off the ship.

The box is not big, but the density of gold and silver is not small.

Especially since gold was very heavy, the two of them could only carry down the box of gold slowly and carefully.

It was just placed on the ground, and then the soldiers removed the lid.

When piece after piece, strip after strip of gold filled the entire dock.

The tens of thousands of ordinary people, officials, and scholars who were watching were all dumbfounded.

Everyone has heard of the terms such as ten thousand taels of gold and ten thousand taels of silver, but who has actually seen real mountains of gold and silver in reality?

In the past, mountains of gold and silver were just an adjective.

But under the manipulation of Princess Ning'an, what is now before the people is truly a mountain of gold and silver.

And there are mountains of gold and silver piled up layer by layer.

This immediately made all the people shut up.

Even the officials who opposed most strongly and the gentry who had been suppressed by Chen Han were speechless at this moment.

At the time, everyone thought it was just a joke.

You can't really move back so much gold and silver.

Even if you really beat the Jap devils, there was only one thought in everyone's mind at that time.

That is.

If the Japanese devils really have so much gold and silver, why would they come here to steal things from us?

Their brains actually haven't reacted yet.

Even if there is so much gold and silver, what does it have to do with those Japanese pirates?
What is the relationship between the Japanese pirates and the lords?
The Japanese pirates were just working for the lords.

The lord above you has been killed by another lord, so who do you think you are?

You can only run away, otherwise you will be dead if you are caught.

And those silver and gold were actually occupied by those lords before.

Another point is that not every place has gold and silver.

He is not a radish or cabbage that anyone can sow.

Such a large amount of gold and silver can only be found in the Sado Gold Mine and the Iwami Silver Mine. To be honest, even most of the Japanese devils don't know that there is such a mountain as the Iwami Silver Mine.

This stuff is absolutely confidential.

Only a few know.

The most important thing is that it has been less than a hundred years since the Iwami Silver Mine was excavated.

Although some people knew there was a silver mountain there before, they did not know that the content was so high.

Therefore, excavation did not begin until the shogunate period, and it has only been a few decades so far.

The large amount of silver that was excavated was secretly hidden by several lords and would never be publicized.

If those lords spread the news widely, would I be able to live a peaceful life?
In that era, communication basically relied on shouting.

In an era when the general public was largely illiterate, it was very easy to conceal such a thing.

If Chen Han had not come from the modern era and knew the exact locations of the Iwami Silver Mine and the Sado Gold Mine, it would have been difficult for him to find them.

So it is understandable that the little Japs didn't know that was normal.

When the gold and silver were spread on the dock, turning into mountains of gold and silver, everyone shut their mouths in shock.

He looked in shock at the two golden and silver mountains in front of him.

Princess Ning'an is a person who knows how to manipulate people's hearts very well.

After seeing that the people and the officials just now had shut their mouths.

She began an impassioned speech.

She looked at the officials and people who didn't believe her and said loudly in an accusatory tone: "Now you all see it, right?

Did the court lie?
Did the Duke lie?

Did our generals lie? "

After hearing what Princess Ning'an said, all the followers lowered their heads subconsciously.

I feel a little embarrassed and even more awkward.

How could I have followed those officials and gentry to accuse the Duke just now?

It's obvious that the Duke is on the same page with us. This is really wrong.

And those officials also blushed.

Who could have imagined that this would actually happen.

Because they brought their own habitual thinking into it.

What is the inertial thinking of these officials?

Exaggeration!

I like to exaggerate whatever I have done.

For example, during natural disasters or man-made disasters.

It was obvious that he just made a few pots, set up a few porridge shops, and helped a few people.

But he would write this in the memorial he submitted to his superiors.

I set up hundreds of soup kitchens at the city gates, receiving tens of thousands of disaster victims every day.

Now all of us disaster victims have enough food to eat and clothes to wear.

In this way, the superiors will be happy and rewards will be given immediately.

Next, he can appease the people, and it is none of his business whether the real victims starve to death or not.

So they thought that Chen Han was just like them, exaggerating and exaggerating.

They must have exaggerated the captured spoils, which were worth hundreds or thousands of vehicles, into millions or tens of millions.

But what no one expected was that Chen Han would not be like them, doing things in a frivolous way, but would just do it for real.

I will tell you how much silver and gold I have made.

There is really no need to exaggerate.

In fact, the actual numbers are shocking enough.

As for those gentry, they were filled with hatred.

I hate Chen Han in my heart.

You bastard, if you could have gotten so much gold and silver from the Japs, why would you have bothered with us in the first place?

Just go to the Jap devils and get it.

Just pull it directly from them?

Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone could live in peace?
Well now, you can get so much from the little Jap devils.

Why squeeze so much out of us?
Isn't this taking off your pants to fart?
Now, seeing so much gold and silver, they were not excited, but hated Chen Han even more.

Of course, if Chen Han were here, he would definitely protest his injustice and tell these gentry.

That's not right. If I didn't squeeze so much gold and silver from you, where would I get the funds to invade Korea?

Where can we get the money to fight the Japanese devils?
This is the relationship between the chicken and the egg.

There has to be a chicken before there can be an egg.

Without the money squeezed from you, I would not be able to support my wars everywhere.

Of course, if we say this, these gentry will be even angrier.

You bastard, you actually seized so much gold and silver from us to fight in the war, why don’t we get any share of the spoils?
If they dare to ask.

Chen Han would directly take out a knife and tell them, of course you have a share, gold and silver have weight, and your heads have weight too.

Cut it off and weigh it, and that will be your trophy.

When Princess Ning'an said this, many people present lowered their heads.

Some are angry, some are ashamed, some are annoyed, and some are embarrassed.

She did not stop, but said loudly: "Why did the Duke work so hard to get so much gold and silver for our Ming Dynasty?
It’s all for you!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the people all looked up, with some anticipation in their hearts.

Are you going to share it with us?
Don’t say that these ordinary people have a low level of awareness. This is indeed a very misleading statement.

With so much gold and silver displayed here, does that mean everyone who sees it can get a share?

But after thinking about it, I shook my head.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that there are tens of millions of taels of silver here. There is a lot of it.

But there are already tens of thousands of people coming here to watch.

If it is divided like this, each person won’t get much.

So it is absolutely impossible to divide it directly like this.

Princess Ning An said: "When I came to Jiangnan before, many people questioned why I gave up the comfortable life in the capital and came to Jiangnan to live a miserable life.

You can see for yourselves why they want to build a so-called money house here, especially these businessmen, who will laugh in their hearts.

Where does the money come from to build a money house?
Are you kidding me that I have no capital?
So isn’t this doubt solved today?

Isn't the money coming soon?

That’s where the money is.”

Many officials and gentry who knew that Princess Ning'an had previously built a money house were extremely surprised after hearing his words.

Could it be that half a year ago they had already decided to bring the gold and silver from the Japanese devils back to their country?

Then let Princess Ning'an use these gold and silver as capital to open the largest money house?

Isn’t Chen Han too confident?
Where does his confidence come from?

In other words, when Chen Han first heard that the Japanese devils were attacking Korea, he had already made up his mind that after driving the Japanese devils away, he would immediately attack the Japanese devils' homeland.

This is amazing.

Have you already thought about what you are going to do after winning the war before it even starts?

This Duke is so confident...

(End of this chapter)