In the study room.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at each other and smiled, feeling very happy in their hearts.
When they heard Li Jin say that there was a silver mountain on the Japanese island, they had always been skeptical. After all, there were 500 million taels of silver reserves, and even the Ming Dynasty did not have such a large silver mine.
As a result, it was now confirmed that it was not just 500 million taels of silver, but a full 800 million taels. This was really beyond their expectations.
But this result also made them ecstatic.
Even if four million taels of silver are mined every year, it can still be mined for two hundred years.
This terrifying silver production capacity will bring about earth-shaking changes to the Ming Dynasty. At least the Ming Dynasty will no longer be so short of silver.
Just as the two of them were looking forward to the bright future, the miners who returned from the Japanese island were finally brought in by Mao Xiang.
"The villain pays homage to the Emperor."
When the miners saw Zhu Yuanzhang, their faces were filled with excitement, and they were so nervous that they fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang called the miners directly and asked:
"May I have your name?"
"The villain's name is Niu Sanliang."
Hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang actually asked for his name, the man was even more flattered and answered quickly.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then asked:
"Let me ask you, how much silver reserves are there in Iwami Ginzan on the Japanese island?"
"Eight hundred million taels of silver."
"Is it absolutely true??"
Although he felt that Li Jin would not lie to him, after the miners confirmed it, Zhu Yuanzhang still couldn't hide his excitement.
"After three days and three nights of exploration by more than a hundred miners, we discovered that the mountain of silver can be seen in stone, covering a very wide area."
Niu Sanliang nodded hurriedly and said:
"Not only that, the depth of silver mines can reach hundreds of meters underground, and the reserves are amazing."
"It's like the entire mountain range is filled with silver mines."
"I have never seen a silver mine like this in my life. The reserves are really too huge."
Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately elated and very happy.
Now that the silver mine has been occupied, the next step is to expand the mining step by step, and then the Ming Dynasty will soon become rich and powerful.
"Hahaha, okay!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily, and then continued to ask:
"What is the current monthly silver output of that silver mine? Can production be expanded?"
"The current monthly output is about 30,000 taels. According to the villain's estimate, the scale can be expanded more than ten times."
Niu Sanliang explained honestly, then suddenly changed the subject and said:
"But Mr. Li seems to have said that it only needs to be expanded three times and it can produce one hundred thousand taels of silver every month."
Zhu Yuanzhang's excited face suddenly froze and only expanded three times?
Wouldn’t that mean that we only have one hundred thousand taels of silver every month? How could this be enough for Zhu Yuanzhang to squander?
You must know that Ming Dynasty needs money everywhere now, and it needs silver to conquer Mobei.
Building highways requires money.
Relieving victims also requires money.
Even his and Queen Ma's tombs need money.
This expenditure requires a huge amount of money, one hundred thousand taels of silver per month, which is not enough to live between one's teeth.
When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, he looked a little unhappy and asked:
"Why?"
"Now the Ming Dynasty needs silver to fill the national treasury. One hundred thousand taels of silver every month is too little."
Zhu Biao next to him also nodded in agreement. How could this small amount of money be enough to realize the great talents and strategies in the hearts of their father and son?
"The villain doesn't know either. The villain just heard about it and doesn't know the actual reason."
Niu Sanliang was a little frightened. How could he understand such a thing?
I just listened to what the foreman said.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Niu Sanliang seemed to be really unaware, so he had no choice but to reward Niu Sanliang with twenty taels of silver, and then asked him to retreat.
After Niu Sanliang left, Zhu Biao admonished Zhu Yuanzhang next to him:
"Father, I want to go to the Japanese island to meet Li Jin in person and persuade Li Jin to expand the scale of production."
"Otherwise, if you only have a monthly output of 100,000 taels, it would be really shabby."
"With a dignified reserve of 800 million taels, only one million taels of silver are mined every year. It would take us eight hundred years to fully mine it. This is unreasonable."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and thought deeply, as if he was thinking about whether to let Zhu Biao go there in person.
Now that the silver mine has been obtained, the mining of 100,000 taels of silver per month has exceeded expectations. Zhu Yuanzhang can do many things. Is it necessary for Zhu Biao to go there in person?
But Zhu Biao's next words made Zhu Yuanzhang change his mind.
"Father, Li Jin also asked us for help in a secret letter, hoping that we can send a large army to support Iwami Ginzan to prevent it from being taken back by the natives of the Japanese island again."
"My son just happened to lead the army to support, so that Shijian Yinshan can completely become my Ming Dynasty's silver mine."
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhu Biao had made up his mind and wanted to go to Shijian Yinshan. In addition, Zhu Biao had not yet led an army, so he nodded slowly and said:
"In this case, let's let Tang He and you jointly lead the 10,000 Beijing battalion to Shijian Yinshan to support Li Jin."
"Li Jin said in the letter that there are countless Jinshan and silver mines in the entire Wo Island. Go and tell him that as long as it is a silver mine or a gold mountain, it belongs to our Ming Dynasty."
"Let him take a bigger step. Japan Island is just a small country. Since we helped them suppress the rebellion, these silver mines should be given to our Ming Dynasty as a reward."
Zhu Biao was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to have such a side.
The previous Zhu Yuanzhang had no interest at all in overseas affairs and was even a little disgusted.
But after this short period of time, Zhu Biao discovered that Zhu Yuanzhang had developed a great desire to conquer the ocean.
Perhaps it was because Li Jin's military operations in these days all ended in victory, which gave Zhu Yuanzhang blind confidence in the Ming Dynasty's navy, and this led to such an outlook.
Zhu Biao thought for a while, not to mention his father, even he was now very interested in the ocean.
Otherwise, I would not want to go to sea personally and see the scenery overseas.
Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote a new reply and asked the messenger to convey it to Li Jin.
The content of the letter is very simple, asking the Ming Navy fleet to return to the division, meet Zhu Biao and Tang He, and support Iwami Yinshan.
Then he summoned Tang He into the palace and gave secret instructions for a long time before letting Tang He go back and prepare to go to the Japanese island with Zhu Biao.
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This side of Shijian City.
After Li Jin entered the city, he found that the Japanese here were really poor.
There are low thatched houses everywhere in the city, which look dilapidated and narrow.
Not only the houses, but also the streets are made of rammed loess. When a horse-drawn carriage passes by, the dust immediately rises.
If it rains, I'm afraid it will get muddy immediately.
Li Jin thought that when he came, he seemed to have brought many craftsmen with him.
Since Ishijian Kingdom will become the base camp for the Ming Dynasty to conquer Japanese islands in the future, why not build Ishijian City properly?
It must be built at least to the level of Yingtian Mansion. You must know that with the development of Iwami Yinshan in the future, Iwami City will inevitably become a gathering place for people.
In addition, Iwami Castle is surrounded by rivers and seas, making it a rare commodity transfer station.
At that time, merchants from the Ming Dynasty can completely rely on the convenience of Iwami Castle to sell the products of the Ming Dynasty to all parts of the island, thereby harvesting the leeks on the island.
Li Jin made up his mind to wait until the diplomatic matter was over and immediately start building the infrastructure of Iwami City.
As for the manpower to build Iwami Castle, there is a shortage of everything on this Japanese island, except for slaves.
Just order the recruitment of Japanese people directly. On Japanese islands, there is no need to be benevolent.
As the saying goes, those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish.
You must be kingly at home and domineering externally.
How many local indigenous people were slaughtered by the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets back then, before it gradually transformed from an island nation into a savage empire covering the whole world?
The road to the empire is never smooth. The road is laid with bones and stained with flesh and blood, and the throne of the empire is built.
Now, Li Jin wants to lead the Ming Dynasty towards the Ming Empire.
After all, the Japanese island is just an insignificant stone foundation, and there will be more nations and countries that will lie at the feet of the Ming Empire.
Li Jin was thinking a lot and soon arrived at the city lord's palace in Shijian Kingdom.
