1670, Iwami Silver Mountain and Sado Gold Mountain
Taozi's eyes almost watered when she received Yang Fan's promise of protection. She hugged Yang Fan tightly, wishing that Yang Jun and herself could become one.
Tao Zi is at the age when women are the sexiest and most charming. They are also the age when men need her most.
Yang Jun is not only fierce, but also makes Taozi go crazy with joy every time. This kind of out-of-body feeling is something she has never experienced before.
And Yang Jun is not only brave, but also a responsible man.
He actually wanted to burn down Edo for himself. She was so moved that there was absolutely no man in Japan who could do such a thing to protect his own woman.
Although compared with the one from Edo, Taozi is not powerful enough, but the man who sleeps with Taozi is very powerful. Taozi thought proudly. With Yang Jun protecting her, she is not afraid of that gloomy guy from Edo.
On the afternoon of the third day, the ladies toured all over Nagasaki. They were processing various documents sent by the clipper ship in the villa where they were staying.
They each have their own duties and are responsible for something. Chen Xi is checking the nail bullets sent by the Ordnance Research Institute. This is an advanced bullet used for muskets. It can shoot accurately without rifling.
The rate increased fourfold.
Now the cavalry army and the infantry army, a total of 100,000 troops, have been stationed in Komodo for a year. They are used to suppress the Mongols in the desert and prevent them from advancing eastward.
Komodo is the Altai Mountain Region. It blocks the passage from the Western Region to the Central Plains, Snowy Areas, Khalkha Mongolia, and Monan.
The Mongolian forces were dispersed in one fell swoop. They could threaten a large area around them and no one dared to move.
However, they were still equipped with Suifa muskets. With the war imminent, it would be impossible to change their equipment. New weapons require time to become familiar with and practice. Therefore, the only way to deal with them was with ammunition.
Nail bullets insert a nail-like structure behind the spherical lead bullet. It can stabilize the ballistic trajectory.
This method of replacing ammunition is the most economical and convenient method. If Chen Xi approves it, it can be put into mass production. It will be transported to Heishui City by train first, and then transported to Komodo by steam truck.
Chen Xi looked through the test firing data form and showed a satisfied smile.
"Madam, the newly developed nail bomb has arrived. I will go to the back mountain to test-fire in a moment. Would you like to go and have a look?" Chen Xi turned around and said.
The girls love shooting competitions the most. When they heard that they were going to shoot a gun, they all excitedly put down what they were doing and begged my wife.
Tu Shanyue finished approving the last few pages of the document sent by the Secretariat. He rubbed his sore wrist and said with a smile, "Okay, I haven't had a shot in a long time. Go ahead and go."
"By the way, what are you doing over there?" Tu Shanyue had been having fun with Yang Fan's harem these days, and then she thought of her husband. Wei Gong will be back tomorrow. No matter how reluctant your husband is to part with Taozi, he should go home.
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"In the past two days, Mrs. Taozi's subordinates, big and small, are coming from all over the country. Today, the master and Mrs. Taozi have been meeting with them. They are in the Maple House." A maid from the Intelligence Department said.
Tu Shanyue nodded, she knew where it was. There was a fifteen-meter-long sand table with four islands. The terrain was marked in detail.
Back then, it was a college geography class. All the graduates and fifty students in the class went there. Hidden in Taozi's caravan, they surveyed and mapped the terrain of the entire Japan.
She personally approved this matter. After the surveying and mapping was completed, this huge sand table four meters wide and fifteen meters long was built in Maple House.
Tu Shanyue frowned. She knew that the war situation in the capital of Ming Dynasty was urgent. If it was not necessary, the master would not make a detour just to meet his lover. There must be important arrangements.
"My subordinates don't know what they are studying specifically. The place has been sealed off. There are warriors outside and the security is tight."
Lin Yueru said: "Dad must know, I will ask him when he comes back tomorrow."
At this time, Yang Fan and Taozi stood in front of the sand table, listening to Xu Xiu's introduction to the battle plan. The purpose of the battle was to seize two mines.
Since Yang Fan said he wanted to protect Tao Zi, he couldn't just say it. He had to arrange backup plans.
Yang Fan knew where the weakness of the shogunate was. In a country like Japan that was divided into vassal towns, the shogunate only occupied a quarter of the country's land. After the Meiji Restoration, these lands belonged to the royal family. After World War II, the Takeda family owned a quarter of the land.
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However, the shogunate's finances are aimed at national defense and government expenditures. Taxation is definitely not enough. In addition to customs, it is mining.
The Tokugawa family has been able to maintain its position for more than 200 years because of its mines. There are two largest mines among them.
An Iwami silver mine. For several centuries, it contributed one-third of the world's silver output during that period.
One is Sado Gold Mountain. Sado Gold Mountain has been mined for 388 years and produced a total of 78 tons of gold and 2,330 tons of silver.
The mining volume of Sado Gold Mountain was already very large during the Edo Shogunate period. According to records, it produced 400 kilograms of gold and 40 tons of silver per year at its peak. It was not only the largest gold mountain in Japan, but also one of the most productive gold and silver mines in the world at that time.
The number of people working and living near the Sado Gold Mine once reached more than 50,000.
Nowadays, most of the shogunate's finances depend on the mining of gold and silver mines. These two mountains are the lifeline of the shogunate.
The Iwami Silver Mine is located in the Kansai region of Honshu Island, on a mountain not far from the Sea of Japan. Sado Island is the largest island in the Sea of Japan, covering an area of 200 square kilometers larger than Tokyo.
There are important minerals such as Osu Silver Mountain, Tsuruko Silver Mountain, and Sado Gold Mountain on the island. It was the most important gold and silver producing area in ancient Japan.
For Yang Fan, capturing these places under the gunfire of the clipper cruiser was like searching for something.
If the General is irrational, Yang Fan plans to occupy Sado Island first to let him calm down.
His wooden boats without keels can only look at Sado Island squatting there and crying. If he still refuses to give in, then he will send out pirates and marines to occupy Iwami Ginzan.
Leave it to Taozi to mine and smelt. Purchase the finished gold and silver products yourself.
Today I first made a plan. I also made an island landing plan and a shipping plan. Then I asked Taozi to find a few desert islands in Ryukyu and organize a few exercises. It was regarded as military training.
Taozi's people are the main force of the battle, and Yang Fan's navy and marines are auxiliary. Taozi currently has more than a dozen large fortune ships, all of which are second-hand ships bought from Fujian. They can barely support the landing of several thousand people.
Taozi wanted to buy some early models of clipper ships, but Yang Fan decisively refused. This technology could not be exported yet. However, in order to appease Taozi, Yang Fan gave her a set of drawings of a 300-ton Spanish galleon.
This type of ship can be built with Japan's current technical strength. If it's not possible, it's okay to send a few technicians to give guidance.
"Even an armed merchant ship like a Spanish galleon is very expensive. This is a fifty-gun ship. The cost and configuration are not cheap." Yang Fan reminded the girl.
A century-old navy is not something that ordinary people can afford. Yang Fan's cruisers are only maintained at the scale of twelve ships. Because the navy is too expensive and requires too much shipbuilding and maintenance systems.
There is a Spanish galleon, the most advanced ship type in the world at this time. It is enough for Tao Zi. As for how many she builds, it depends on her financial resources.
With such a sea-going ship with a huge cargo capacity, the trade of peaches will not be limited to land transportation.