Molested Zulong at the beginning

After a while.

wow.

With the sound of water all over her body, Zhang Han got out of the water, her long black hair stuck to her back, and the water kept flowing down.

She touched the water stains on her face, panted slightly: "My lord, there are indeed silver mines under this riverbed, but the amount does not seem to be very large, and it should have been salvaged in advance."

After hearing her words, the Daxia soldiers on the side couldn't help but comment: "Could it be that this silver mine is nearby?"

Everyone's eyes lit up.

It would be a great fortune to discover a silver mine.

Although it is impossible for these silver mines to be theirs, after they are found, a huge reward will definitely not escape.

For a while, everyone began to search along the area around the river bed, trying to find the location of the silver mine.

However, after searching for more than half an hour, they did not find a single vein, as if the silver had been dug out.

When everyone was discouraged, Bai Su rubbed his chin, looked at the turbulent river in front of him, thoughtful for a moment.

He seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly asked, "Where is the source of this river?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and turned their gazes to Xu Fu who was at the side.

Xu Fu didn't know what Bai Su meant, she hurriedly said, "There is a mountain a few miles away, and the source of the river is there..."

After pondering for a moment, Bai Su ordered: "Okay, follow me to set off."

Zhang Han took the towel from the soldier at the side, wiped the water stains on his face, and asked curiously: "Master, do you suspect that the source of this silver mine is in the mountains?"

Bai Su nodded: "Almost [-]% sure."

Zhang Han couldn't help but said, "My lord, why are you so sure that the silver mine is in the mountains, not around the riverbed? I just picked up some broken silver at the bottom of the river."

Bai Su smiled and said, "Even you were able to easily pick up some silver scraps at the bottom of the river just now. Don't you think the locals who live here all the year round don't know about it?"

Zhang Han couldn't help being stunned.

Bai Su continued: "Xu Fu is able to own so much silver, he must have been groping at the bottom of the river for many years, almost all the silver here has been salvaged."

"Now we can still see some scattered silver fragments under the riverbed, but we can't find many traces of silver mines when we search the surrounding area."

"This shows that the source of the silver mines is not here, but in the mountains. As the rain washes away, some exposed silver mines in the mountains are washed all the way here along with the river."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and after careful consideration, they found that this was indeed the case.

For a while, everyone followed the water source and headed towards the mountains.

After walking for a whole hour.

Everyone came to a mountain, and sure enough, on the river bed here, one or two pieces of silver can be picked up from time to time, and the amount is obviously much more than before.

It seems that this is the source of the silver mine.

It is quite difficult for the locals in the land of Japan to open mountains and mines.

After all, their smelting level is still very low, and most of them are still using outdated bronze ware.

However, this is nothing to the well-equipped Daxia troops.

Boom! ! !

A series of shocking thunders exploded out of thin air, opening up a road out of the originally blocked mountain road.

Xu Fu on the side turned pale with fright, and she gave Bai Su a dull look.

But it's only a few years since I left the Central Plains. Has everyone in the Central Plains started cultivating immortals? Otherwise, why would an ordinary soldier be able to master this kind of thunder power?

Bai Su didn't pay much attention to her shock, but observed the geological structure here.

A group of Daxia soldiers equipped with refined iron digging tools began to clang and get busy.

After digging for nearly an hour.

One of the Daxia soldiers suddenly shouted in surprise: "My lord, silver is found here."

what? !

Everyone froze for a moment, looked in the direction of the voice, and suddenly their eyes widened, and they couldn't help but gasped.

I saw that the ground was full of broken rocks, and in front of the soldier, a huge silver block as tall as two people was exposed.

This piece of silver was as huge as a millstone, with high purity, and under the refraction of the sunlight, the surrounding area became brighter.

All the soldiers of Great Xia around them opened their mouths wide open, unable to close them for a long time.

They have lived for most of their lives, and when they deposit and withdraw money in the central plains bank, all they see are finger-sized bits and pieces of silver.

Such a silver that is as tall as two people and looks like a huge millstone is simply unheard of.

Such a large piece of silver, according to their one-year salary for joining the army, even if they have followed all the way from the time when the Yellow Emperor crusade against Chi You, they have not been able to earn it for thousands of years.

No wonder, Daliang builds the fleet at all costs, even if the daily cost of shipbuilding is astronomical, it insists on building the fleet.

Outside the Central Plains, there are almost inexhaustible mountains of gold and silver.

If it can be brought back to the Central Plains, it would be a fortune.

Bai Su looked at everyone's adoring eyes, and couldn't help showing a smile on his face: "Don't be too happy, this is just the beginning, there is more than one silver mine in the land of Japan."

Everyone was excited for a while, but soon encountered troubles.

The scale of the silver mines here is really too large. The total number of people in the Xia Jun fleet is only 2 people, and they cannot be dug out at all.

This may be the trouble of luxury, the silver mountain is in front of them, but they can't move it all.

Zhang Han also realized this problem, she went straight to Bai Su's side, frowned and said: "My lord, there are indeed rich silver mines here, but we simply don't have enough manpower to mine them."

Bai Su said with a smile: "It's definitely not enough to rely solely on our small manpower, but soon we will have no shortage of manpower."

Zhang Han was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "What does your lord mean..."

Bai Su stroked his chin and said, "We swept across the entire Yamato Kingdom, and we captured a lot of prisoners of war. Let them help us with our work first."

"Afterwards, I will use Dongying as a place where the prisoners of the Central Plains are exiled, and I will exile the ruffians, scoundrels, and sinners here one after another."

"Give this group of people a chance to make contributions, so that the first batch of talents who manage the local situation and establish a stable order will also be available."

"As for the lack of labor, there is no need to worry. If you calculate the time, you should have reached the Maurya Dynasty. The local area is a slavery country with a lot of untouchables."

"We can transport this group of people to help us mine and collect sulfur."

"In this way, a maritime trade system is basically formed where the Central Plains is responsible for talent management, the Maurya Dynasty is responsible for providing labor, and Japan is responsible for providing silver, sulfur, and spices."

"Based on this, we will gradually prosper the shipbuilding industry in the Central Plains, and then gradually expand the scale of maritime trade."

After Zhang Han heard Bai Su's words, he couldn't help being amazed.

I have to say, this method is really wonderful.

The Central Plains exiles a large number of prisoners, hooligans, and rascals, and the local law and order will become better and better. Moreover, the people of other countries will open up territories for the Central Plains, mine silver mines, and earn a lot of money every year.

As the excess population migrated from the Central Plains, the land of Dongying would gradually become one, one of the overseas counties of the Central Plains.

It can be said that this trade method has almost no disadvantages other than immorality.

Chapter 450 Two

a few days later.

Except for some soldiers guarding the fleet.

The rest of the people came to the mine area one after another to mine here.

With the mine as the center, a stronghold was built around it, and one wooden house after another was built here.

Obviously, it is to prepare for a long-term settlement here in the future.

"Ding ding ding dong."

In the mine, the sound of gouging can be heard endlessly.

Among them, those who worked here were not the people from the Central Plains, but the captives captured from the Yamato Kingdom, as well as some local aborigines in Dongying.

Xu Fu called these people Maoren.

According to normal historical development, Xu Fu established the Yamato Kingdom based on the people and technology brought over from the Central Plains.

In the long years that followed, the Yamato Kingdom continued to merge local tribes, and gradually evolved into the Yamato nation of later generations.

Afterwards, in the course of thousands of years, the living space of the indigenous hairy people of Dongying was gradually eroded, swallowed up step by step, and the entire land of Dongying was unified.

However, don't talk about defeating the Maoren and unifying Japan.

Bai Su directly led the Xia army to the east, reduced the dimension and attacked them all the way, and directly arrested the two groups of people together to mine for the Xia army.

Even though they were forced to work by Xia Jun, these people didn't show much resentment on their faces, and many of them even looked at Xia Jun next to them with flattering expressions.

Seeing this, Zhang Han's slender eyebrows could not help but frown: "What a bunch of uncivilized barbarians."

Bai Su glanced at the situation in the distance, and couldn't help but sneer: "This has nothing to do with enlightenment. It's their nature to be afraid of power but not to be virtuous, to be fond of the strong but to bully the weak."

"For them, if you take the initiative to serve him a meal and put on a piece of clothing for him, he will not feel a trace of gratitude in his heart, he will only feel that you have become weak, and will try to pounce on you Take a bite."

"To deal with this kind of person, it's okay to hit two sticks, but he will look at you flatteringly."

Zhang Han couldn't help but said, "What a bunch of bastards."

Bai Su stroked his chin, and said, "That's true, come, get me a pen and ink."

Zhang Han was taken aback, and asked tentatively, "Does your lord want to write a report for His Majesty?"

Bai Su smiled and nodded: "Not only have we found Xu Fu, but we have also found a nearly inexhaustible mountain of silver. Naturally, we must report such good news to His Majesty."

He wrote the report, in addition to applauding the favor of the political sister, the main purpose was to prepare for the future development of Dongying.

After all, it is a region rich in natural minerals, with a large amount of copper, silver, coal, and sulfur.

Coupled with the long-term accumulation of volcanic ash, the surrounding land is very fertile, and the output far exceeds most of the land in the Central Plains.

It can be said that this place is extremely suitable for development.

However, because the territory of the Central Plains is too vast now, in order to manage the Western Regions, grasslands, develop Jiangdong, Western Regions, and the Maurya Dynasty, there is no energy in a short period of time, and people have migrated out on a large scale.

Although there is enough food in this Central Plains, the world is stable, and the population is increasing year by year, but after all, it is only about 3000 million people, and the population is still not enough.

After all, even if the population doubles, it will take at least a few decades, and it is impossible to change it in a short period of time.

Therefore, it is a good choice to temporarily go to the Maurya Dynasty to transfer labor to develop Dongying.

First, the land of Dongying was developed, which brought a steady stream of wealth to the Central Plains every year.

The second thing is that it can suppress the Maurya Dynasty and some powerful local city-states.

By transporting these free laborers, you don’t have to care about morality, you don’t need to pay wages, you only need to provide a meal, and you can squeeze as much as you want. This is simply too cost-effective.

Inside the Xianyang Palace.

Sister Zheng was wearing a black palace dress, and a little girl in a ball head was sitting in front of the table, holding a copybook, teaching the little girl how to read.

The little girl looked only one or two years old, she was biting her chubby index finger, blinking a pair of black eyes, looking at the post in Sister Zheng's hand flickeringly.

It was her and Bai Su's daughter, Ying Yinman.

Sister Zheng pointed to two characters and said, "Bai Su."

The little girl said vaguely: "Big tree~"

Sister Zheng pointed to the copybook again, and repeated: "Bai Su."

The little girl muttered, "Pig."

Sister Zheng raised her slender willow eyebrows slightly, and looked at the giggling and twinkling daughter in front of her, she couldn't help thinking of a girl dressed in white with a frivolous smile on her face, which made her happy and happy Noisy figure.

Just when she was about to pick up this stinky girl's cheek and give her a good lesson, a burst of crisp footsteps came from outside the hall.

"Mother..." Fusu walked in slowly, still wearing a white skirt, elegant and generous.

Sister Zheng put down the copybook in her hand, glanced at Fusu with her phoenix eyes, and asked, "It's Su'er, what's the matter?"

Fu Su cupped his hands and saluted, and immediately handed over a memorial in his hand: "My lord, this is the memorial sent back by Lord Bai."

"Oh, Bai Su replied."

Sister Zheng was stunned for a moment, and a hint of surprise appeared on her graceful and luxurious face: "Bring it to me to see."