Chapter 563: The Japanese Kingdom Gradually Became Chaotic
Zhu Fan is greedy.
When I realized that there were a lot of silver mines in Japan, my first thought was naturally to swallow them all.
It was impossible to keep it all to himself. Zhu Fan also understood that the news would be revealed sooner or later, but he could take advantage of this period to fill his bag first.
"Go ahead and tell them not to kill these Japanese slaves yet, but to gather them all and mine for me."
Zhu Fan immediately issued the order.
Although this is an open-pit silver mine, you still have to dig deep, but compared to the Ming Dynasty, such digging is much simpler.
But things like mining cannot be done by dozens or hundreds of people.
If this open-pit silver mine had been in the Ming Dynasty, the capital would have been alerted and tens of thousands of people had been dispatched to dig. A huge guard station would have been formed around the silver mine for protection.
The Ming Dynasty was far superior to the Japanese in terms of technology and tools when it came to mining mineral deposits. The application of gunpowder alone could save a lot of manpower.
In this Japanese country, I'm afraid I can only use the stupidest method, which seems to be extremely lacking in technology.
The progress will definitely be very slow.
Apart from anything else, just providing each Japanese slave with a hoe for digging is currently very difficult to achieve.
Without suitable tools, the efficiency of mining silver mines will definitely be poor, but there is nothing we can do about it.
"Your Majesty, I think there are definitely quite a few silver mines in Japan. The one we discovered now is definitely relatively large."
"There are not enough people here. My lord, do you think you should call the brothers and catch more Japanese slaves?"
A Qianhu came close to Zhu Fan and said with shining eyes.
If the prince eats meat, of course they, who work for thousands of households, can follow with a bowl of broth.
Zhu Fan also had this plan, but he understood what Qianhu meant. This was to mobilize the entire army, not a small-scale march like now.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Fan nodded heavily and said: "Okay, let the brothers pass the news back, just leave a few hundred people to guard the city, and everyone else will come out."
Things like hundreds of people defending a city are somewhat risky in the Ming Dynasty, or in the Central Plains region.
Putting it here in Japan, there is no problem at all.
The so-called countries in the Japanese country are basically pitifully small, and they even have no fighting power at all, and they can't even talk about regular soldiers.
The so-called national wars in some small places were fought by hundreds of people, with only a few casualties. This was far worse than some villages in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhu Fan led the army to fight. When the Japanese country did not have a shogun to lead it, it is not an exaggeration to say that a country was destroyed in one day.
The city walls of Jincheng have been specially renovated. They are not the low-rise walls of the original Japanese country. The garrison of several hundred people was enough to withstand the city for a long time.
Zhu Fan needs miners, a lot of miners.
This miner can only be done by the Japanese. As for transporting it from the Ming Dynasty, it is completely impossible.
Not to mention other things, this cost alone is not something Zhu Fan can bear.
Even in the Ming Dynasty, there were very few good men willing to do this job. Landslides were very common in mines, and it was usually done by prisoners, and some of them really couldn't afford to eat.
There are a lot of construction projects in the Ming Dynasty, and people are not very durable. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that the death penalty will be abolished and all labor will be implemented.
After all, laborers are the most useful as long as they take care of the food.
Zhu Han's march was not directed towards Honshu Island and Shikoku Island, but to conduct a sweep on Kyushu Island.
Jincheng is the former Hizen Castle of the Japanese Kingdom. It is close to Tsushima Island and to the south is Yancheng where Zhu Gaochi is located.
In fact, in terms of geographical area, King Qi's Fehou was the largest, followed by Zhu Fan's Feiqian, and Zhu Gaochi's Zhuhou was the smallest.
It's just that the port belonging to Hizen was reclassified by Zhu Ying to Chikugo, which is here in Yancheng.
The place Zhu Fan wanted to sweep was in the direction of Chikuzen and Toyozen.
The news of the dispatch of Jincheng's army quickly alerted Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, where Honshu Island is located, and the Japanese royal family.
But at this juncture, when Ming Dynasty had not yet conducted interrogation, they could only act anxiously without any countermeasures.
If we raise another large army, it would be too wasteful to deal with just one Jin king. If we let it go, there will be another wave of huge losses.
The key is that now that all the big names have returned to their own territories, it will take a long time just to raise funds.
Mobilizing a large army is not that simple, and if you directly mobilize the direct army, the scale will not be well controlled, and it will be more likely to trigger a full-scale confrontation on the Ming side.
The Jin King obviously wanted to take this opportunity to plunder his surroundings.
Because of Zhu Fan's control of the news, the Japanese side does not yet know that the open-pit silver mine has been discovered.
At present, apart from notifying the guardian daimyo of Chikuzen to make preparations, there is no plan to mobilize any troops, but the process of sending Kurosawa daimyo to the Ming Dynasty capital will be accelerated.
There has to be a result quickly, no matter what the result is.
But the news about the open-pit silver mine quickly reached Zhu Ying.
Don't forget that in Jincheng where Zhu Fan is located, there are many people left over from the previous Qunying Chamber of Commerce.
If Zhu Fan wants to get the silver mine out, he can only rely on them.
There is no way to hide such a thing from the ore refinery that is being built in the city.
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When the Ming Dynasty received the news, it had been more than a month since Zhu Fan discovered the silver mine.
"Dasun is indeed right. There are indeed a large number of silver mines in this Japanese country. We have never seen what an open-pit silver mine looks like."
"The silver is on the ground, do you just need to pick it up?"
In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, feeling extremely happy.
The development of mineral deposits in the Central Plains region 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 mineral deposits, and they had already been mined.
Even if it is just said that an open-pit silver mine has been discovered now, it also indicates that there must be many more in other parts of the Japanese country.
The mineral resources in the Yangyang Central Plains are generally rich, but there are many poor minerals and few rich minerals, many small and medium-sized ones, and very few large and super-large ones.
Commonly used minerals such as copper, iron, and gold were once extremely scarce in the Ming Dynasty.
In later generations, there was a lot of silver in the Central Plains, not because it was produced by itself, but because of the large inflow of silver caused by surplus trade and commercial activities.
In the Central Plains itself, especially in the Ming Dynasty, the output is very low.
Gold and silver are hard currencies of a global nature. Even though the Ming Dynasty is very powerful now, due to the current traffic restrictions, no one will admit that the Ming Dynasty treasure has been used by the Ming Dynasty.
"Grandpa, it is said that the criminals sent from Japan will arrive in the capital in less than half a month."
Zhu Ying couldn't help but said this.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "After you come, just lock him up first. There's nothing serious about the fourth child. Don't be too anxious."
"Lao San, this guy, only cares about eating alone. I guess the matter about the open-pit silver mine is still on the way to report."
"There are some things that are difficult to do with Gao Chi. After all, this kid is young and not ruthless enough."
"As for the open-pit silver mine, send a letter to Lao Qi and ask him to look for it and see if he can find more."
After the discovery of silver mines, the concept of Japan was completely different from before, which meant a lot of wealth.
Who would object to having too much money, especially someone like Zhu Yuanzhang who was 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 Works here."
"Whether it's surveying or excavation, technology and tools are scarce in Japan. This can speed up the development of Japan's mineral deposits."
"Perhaps not only silver mines, but also other mineral deposits can be discovered by then."
"It seems that we need to build more sea-going ships for transportation. After they are refined there, they can be directly brought to 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 matters like these, it is basically enough for the grandfather and grandson to negotiate, and there is no need to discuss them in court.
As time went by, the shipbuilding industry in Ming Dynasty began to become more developed.
With government support, the private shipbuilding industry gradually emerged.
Everyone now knows that wealth on the sea comes quickly. Basically, you can earn a lot of money just by taking a trip to the sea.
As the land was gradually reclaimed by the government, many old and new forces were forced to find a new way to make a fortune, and now maritime trade is right in front of them.
The Ming Navy originally had the largest number of 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 began to provide soft guidance on the technicalization of some factories in Di Bao very early on.
For example, it is similar to a matchlock gun, where each component is made separately.
The increase in factory output also indicates that commodity prices will become lower and lower.
This gives greater profit margins in sea trade.
Daming's products are the best-selling products in the world. As long as there are enough, there is no need to worry about not having buyers.
As the Ming Dynasty became more affluent, the demand for some rare overseas items also began to grow stronger.
In these two-sided markets, there are extremely large amounts of money transactions, and they can also provide huge tax revenue to the Ming Dynasty Household Department.
Not to mention last year, more than half of this year alone, the tax revenue generated by sea trade has already exceeded 10 million yuan.
And this is just the beginning. It can be predicted that in the coming days, this number will only increase even more with the development of sea trade.
Similarly, the social structure of Ming Dynasty is undergoing subtle changes.
Land resources began to gather in the hands of the government. Compared with landlords, many local governments now gave tenants more preferential treatment in accordance with the continuously improved tax laws of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, under the leadership of Zhu Zhu, the Agricultural School is not only expanding its campus, but Zhu Ying is also very willing to invest in this aspect.
As for the staff of the Agricultural College, their remuneration in all aspects is already very high.
Among them, those who are truly talented and hard-working, or who have made some achievements, enjoy salaries and benefits that are no worse than officials of the sixth rank.
Rejuvenate the country through science and education.
Zhu Ying did not shout this slogan, but 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 also provided some general direction guidance.
It briefly talked about some concepts about hybrid rice, but he didn't understand the details very well, so he could only let Zhu Ju and some agricultural students study it on their own.
Chemical fertilizers are more complicated, but methods to increase land fertility are the direction that Zhu Ju 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 begun to plant the seeds of industry in various industries, which requires a large number of talents to slowly explore and discover.
The gradual stabilization of the Ming Dynasty also heralded the coming of an era of great external expansion.
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When the news of the silver mine reached Zhu Shu, the Japanese country was already beginning to be in chaos.
"Well, third brother, you have such a good thing, but you still hide it from me, my younger brother."
"Fortunately, there are more places where I can conquer. It's only a month or two apart, so there's still enough time."
"Command the three armies to mobilize!"
Zhu Shu's eyes were almost red.
In Zhu Shu's opinion, the previous Qicheng was completely meaningless. Due to the restrictions of the covenant, he only found some excuses to plunder the surrounding areas to fill the population.
Now that there are silver mines, it's completely different.
My father had already explained in the letter that soon a large number of craftsmen would be summoned from the Ming Dynasty, and a large number of sea ships would be built for transportation.
In fact, Zhu Shu didn't have a big idea about how much money there was. He was not a businessman. He had lived in fine clothes since he was a child, so he had never had any idea about money.
What he prefers is the recognition and attention of his father.
In fact, thoughts like Zhu Shu's may be the inner thoughts of most princes.
As the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, my father's achievements were too high, and now he has a grandson whose abilities in all aspects are as good as those of an immortal. There is no comparison at all.
From an emotional point of view, most of the princes and grandsons feel somewhat lonely in their hearts.
And for the children of the royal family, gaining recognition is the most critical point.
Now that there is a silver mine here, and the father's separate letter, this indicates that he will be valued by his father.
This alone gave Zhu Shu a strong desire.
Besides, as a soldier leader, who doesn’t like to have elite soldiers and generals under his command?
Elite soldiers and strong generals require a lot of money to raise them.