Thousands of cavalry rushed toward Shijian City, making the Japanese who were originally shocked a little afraid, wondering what the Ming Dynasty was up to.
But even Li Jin was a little confused. Wasn't there only two military exercises?
Why is there another item? Is there some unexpected surprise?
Li Jin subconsciously looked at Lan Yu at the bottom of the city, but Lan Yu also looked confused. He didn't know what was going on?
Instead, with a somewhat solemn expression, he ordered the Ming Navy to impose martial law to prevent being attacked.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Lan Yu to see clearly that the people leading the troops in front were none other than Tang He and Prince Zhu Biao.
Lan Yu hurriedly asked his men to lift their guard, so as to avoid misfires and any accidents.
It turned out that after Zhu Biao got off the boat, he took a horse and rushed towards Ishijian City non-stop, hoping to see Li Jin as soon as possible and then go to see the so-called Ishijian Yinshan.
Li Jin also saw the person coming clearly and knew clearly in his heart that this was the reinforcement Xu Da mentioned yesterday.
But Tang He is the reinforcement general, so Lao Huang's son is the special envoy.
It has to be said that Lao Huang's family is indeed a noble family, and they were so appreciated by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Li Jin knew the cause and effect, so naturally he was not in the mood to go to Tian last time with Lang Xu and Wei Snake, and said directly:
"This is our Ming Dynasty's elite cavalry, Tian Shang-kun, there is no need to panic."
"Now that the military exercise has ended, Tagami-kun should return as soon as possible. Our Emperor is still waiting for the answer from Emperor Gui."
"I hope that the next time we meet, we will still be friends, not enemies."
"You must know that our Ming Dynasty treats friends as warm as spring, but treats enemies as cold as winter."
"Tagami-kun doesn't want to be shot by our big open fire gun, right?"
Li Jin's half-smiling and half-threatening words made Tianjiro sweatdrop, and he nodded repeatedly and promised that he would never dare to become the enemy of Ming Dynasty.
Seeing this, Li Jin let Tianjiro go with satisfaction and asked him to go back and persuade Emperor Daigo first. As for whether Emperor Daigo would agree, Li Jin was not worried.
After all, the knife is now in Li Jin's hand. Even if Emperor Daigo does not agree, there is still a backup Ashikaga family.
He also had two retainers of the Ashikaga family in his hands, so it was easy to contact the Ashikaga family.
After Tian Shijiang left, Li Jin walked down the city wall and stepped in front of Lan Yu. At this time, Tang He and Zhu Biao had already dismounted and were chatting excitedly with each other.
"Everyone has come a long way from Daming. It's been a hard journey."
Li Jin came in front of a few people and said directly:
"This is not the place to talk. Why don't we move to the City Lord's Mansion and have a good chat?"
"I think so too."
Zhu Biao's eyes flickered, and then he said:
"Marquis Yongchang, please help the cavalry behind you to settle down properly."
"There are still 7,000 soldiers at the port. I also ask Marquis Yongchang to help settle them."
"Your Majesty... Special envoy, don't worry, just leave this matter to me."
Lan Yu patted her chest and agreed.
Zhu Biao and Tang He then followed Li Jin and slowly walked towards the city lord's mansion in the city.
When Tang He saw Li Jin again, he felt that Li Jin seemed to have become leaner and more capable, and his temperament became sharper, like a long sword that was completely unsheathed and unstoppable.
It seems that Li Jin has been practicing in the army for a long time these days, otherwise he would not have such a strong military spirit.
No wonder Li Jin was able to go to sea and do such a great job. Tang He secretly thought that although this man was young, he should not be underestimated.
Zhu Biao seemed very happy to see Li Jin. In Zhu Biao's heart, Li Jin had always been a capable minister and general.
Not only can he govern the people, but he can also govern the army. It is really rare to have all-round talents in both civil and military affairs.
Zhu Biao was never afraid to express his appreciation for Li Jin, and everyone around him basically knew it.
Not only Zhu Yuanzhang, but also Empress Ma and some of Zhu Biao's close ministers could mention Li Jin from Zhu Biao's mouth.
Now seeing Li Jin in a foreign country, Zhu Biao had many doubts in his heart and wanted to ask Li Jin for advice.
However, when it was not time to talk on the road, Zhu Biao could only hold it in his stomach and wait until the city lord's mansion before asking.
The three of them chatted immediately, and soon arrived at the city lord's mansion of Ishimi City from the city gate.
Xu Da had been waiting at the door for a long time. It seemed that someone had notified Xu Da in advance.
"I've met the Imperial Envoy."
Xu Da bowed slightly to express his respect for Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao hurried forward, helped Xu Da up, and then said with emotion:
"Crossing the oceans, conquering Japanese islands, and conquering Shijian City, the Duke of Wei has indeed made great achievements through hard work."
"Don't dare."
Xu Da slightly arched his hands.
When he entered the city lord's palace and came to the living room, Zhu Biao took out an imperial edict from his sleeve and said loudly:
"Li Jin, Xu Da listens to the order."
Li Jin and Xu Da were refreshed, and then they hurriedly bowed to the command:
"The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, the edict says."
"The Japanese island refused to obey the king's rule and sent warriors to pretend to be Japanese pirates and invade our country, the Ming Dynasty."
"Today, Xu and Li personally commanded the navy to conquer the unyielding enemy and defeated the Japanese bandits. This really comforts my heart."
"Immediately increase the number of 1,000 households in Xu Da Wei's official residence, and Jin Li Jin will be the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture."
"I hope you and others will work together and make persistent efforts to live up to my expectations. I admire this!"
Xu Da looked calm. After all, his title had already reached its peak.
The Duke of Wei is already incapable of enfeoffment, and adding some new towns is just the icing on the cake.
But Li Jin was different. After so many years, he finally changed from the magistrate of Shanghu County to the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture.
This is like flying up a branch and becoming a phoenix.
The county magistrate is only a seventh-grade person, and he has to nod and bow to everyone he sees.
The prefect is a senior official of the fourth rank, which can be said to be a high-ranking official.
More importantly, the development of Shanghu County has been saturated. Now that Songjiang Prefecture has become its own jurisdiction, he can finally let go and vigorously develop Songjiang Prefecture.
After the two received the imperial edict, they sat down as guests and hosts and began to talk about business.
"The emperor asked me to come here this time mainly for two things."
Zhu Biao sat in the seats as he should and talked about the purpose of this trip.
"The first thing is to confirm whether Iwami Silver Mountain really has such large reserves."
"I have borrowed three hundred experienced exploration miners from the Ministry of Industry. They can definitely find out the reserves of this huge silver mine."
As soon as they finished speaking, Li Jin and Xu Da both nodded. There was nothing wrong with this matter. After all, Shi Jian Yinshan was involved in a lot.
No matter how cautious Zhu Yuanzhang is, he can never be too cautious.
"This is a matter of course. I will take you to Iwami Silver Mountain later to explore the silver mine reserves."
Seeing Li Jin like this, Zhu Biao nodded slightly, and then slowly talked about the second thing:
"The second thing is that the emperor thinks that only one hundred thousand taels of silver are mined every month, which is too little."
"I want to expand production to 300,000 taels of silver, so I was specially ordered to come and ask Mr. Li what he thinks."
"Three hundred thousand taels?"
Li Jin frowned, but Tang He looked at Li Jin with bright eyes.
If the monthly output is really 300,000 taels of silver, then Tang He can get 30,000 taels a month.
With the current prices in the Ming Dynasty, it is really impossible to spend all the money on fish, meat, clothes and food every day.
More importantly, even with a monthly output of 300,000 silver, this silver mine can be mined for two hundred years.
Thinking about it makes Tang He very excited.
But Li Jin's next sentence made Tang He feel like he had fallen into an ice cave:
"I don't think so. The monthly output of 300,000 taels of silver may raise prices in Ming Dynasty."
"This is not a good thing for the people, but will be an extraordinary disaster."
Hearing this, not only Tang He, but also Zhu Biao and Xu Da were a little shocked, and looked at Xu Da without knowing why:
"What do you mean by this?"
Li Jin is a little embarrassed. This involves economics, which is a bit difficult to explain to them now.
However, Li Jin thought for a moment and decided to give a simple example to explain it to a few people.
After all, silver at this time is the currency of future generations. As a result of the over-issuance of currency, any normal person knows that it will cause the currency to depreciate, and then prices will soar. This is definitely a disaster for the people of the Ming Dynasty.
