Gao pragmatic asked three questions in a row. Liu Xin was speechless and thought for a while, but found that she couldn't answer them.
She didn't know if there were really hundreds of thousands of samurai ronin in Japan who couldn't be arranged, but Gao Jingshi never spoke empty words on these matters, and every word must be well-founded, so since he said so, Liu Xin had no choice but to So believe it.
Liu Xin thinks that she may even know better than Gao Pragmatic what the concept of hundreds of thousands of samurai ronin is, because there are many samurai ronin among the Liu family's elite servants "Japanese Warrants", and sometimes they even account for a proportion of Reaching more than 20%.
Surrendering the Japanese pirates, as the name suggests, means surrendering to the Japanese pirates of the Ming Dynasty. However, the issue of the origin of Japanese pirates has been discussed before. Most of the Japanese pirates that infested the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty were actually Ming pirates, and the "real Japanese" among them may only be one-tenth.
But there was something different about the Japanese surrender. Because Liu Xian really wanted to select people who dared to fight and could fight, the proportion of real Japanese among them was higher.
There is no doubt that the Japanese dare to fight and can fight. As for the reason, it is actually simple: Japan was in the Warring States Period, and the country was full of samurai and ronin. They needed to have enough force to ensure their own safety and gain their own future. This was not possible.
At this time, the mainland of the Ming Dynasty had been at peace for a long time, and the people did not know the soldiers, and the soldiers did not know how to fight, so there were strange things like a few hundred Japanese pirates daring to attack the gates of Nanjing. If not for the emergence of famous generals such as Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, and Liu Xian, the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty would have been almost regarded as their own backyard by the Japanese pirates.
Those Japanese pirates who were desperate because of the defeat of the daimyo they followed became the backbone of the Japanese pirate group. Even Qi Jiguang admitted that the real Japanese could fight, and they needed to recruit the best soldiers and use the best tactics to suppress and defeat them. It can be seen that at least in terms of personal combat effectiveness, these people were far from being comparable to the guards soldiers in the southern part of the Ming Dynasty at this time.
The Japanese pirates who surrendered were recruited from these Japanese pirates, and among them, more than 20% were true Japanese - but after so many years, this proportion has declined, and many brave men from the Ming Dynasty have filled the vacancies. . But no matter what, Liu Xin knew how powerful these samurai ronin were.
After all, people rely on this to survive and eat.
And now Gao Pingshi told her that there will soon be hundreds of thousands of people in Japan who are eager to fight for food and have no place to make arrangements. So if Jinghua goes to conquer Japan at this time, isn't it just the soft pillows that Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent to him when he was extremely sleepy? ? This is not a question of whether the fight can be fought, but it is close to the nature of the relationship between relatives and enemies, which is completely uneconomical.
Therefore, Liu Xin was unable to answer Gao Pragmatic's first question.
Gao Pragmatic's second question was what was the reason for attacking Japan. Liu Xin had never thought about this problem at first, but when Gao pragmatically asked, she realized that this was indeed a problem.
Since ancient times, China has been emphasizing on being famous when it comes to teaching, but now it wants to "send learning" to Japan, which is actually unknown. Even though the Japanese pirates had been invading the coast of Ming Dynasty for so many years and caused such huge harm, the problem was that these Japanese pirates themselves were not accepted by the Japanese authorities, and the Japanese authorities were eager to exterminate them - they were all left behind by the daimyo they defeated. Naturally, they wanted to eradicate the remnants of the evil.
This even led to some diplomatic embarrassments: The Ming Dynasty questioned the Japanese authorities about the Japanese pirates, and the Japanese authorities said that they also wanted to eradicate them, but were too busy with civil strife to deal with them. They also said that the Ming Dynasty could attack and kill them at will, and they all applauded. cheers.
So Ming Dynasty said: Damn it, it turns out that they are really a group of thieves and have nothing to do with the government.
Of course, this can also explain why the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance can still do business with Japan with peace of mind - Japan is Japan, and Japanese pirates are Japanese pirates. Although they are both Japanese, they are not the same. At least not now.
At the same time, even Liu Xin knew that Japan was one of the "countries not to be conquered" designated by Zhu Yuanzhang. Although Zhu Yuanzhang decided on a "country without conquest" because he did not want his descendants to engage in military warfare and make the mistake of "warriors will lead to death", but since he stipulated that, as his descendants, it would be difficult for the Ming emperors to find out what reason to violate.
The emperor represents the court. Since the court cannot fight, what reason can Gao pragmatically find to go to war? Japan is not Annan. The history of the Chengzu period can be pulled over and compiled, allowing Gao Pragmatic to pick up ready-made "claim rights". The Ming Dynasty has never ruled Japan, and may not even have thought about it. Unless Gao Pragmatic made it up himself One, otherwise there would be no suitable reason to conquer Japan inexplicably.
As a result, Liu Xin couldn't answer the pragmatic second question.
His third question made Liu Xin pretend to be stupid: Even if Gao pragmatically mobilized his servants and even the security forces from all over southern Xinjiang to defeat Japan, what would happen next?
Is Gao Situ planning to stop working in the Ming Dynasty and change his career to become the Emperor of Japan?
Are you kidding? In terms of land resources, Japan is not as good as Southern Xinjiang to be honest. Gao Situ even reserved the various kings of Southern Xinjiang for others without dealing with them. How could he go to Japan to hang out? It’s not hot in Tokyo now.
And the core of the highly pragmatic issue is how to explain this war action: We can understand if you attack southern Xinjiang. After all, they are all a group of tyrants, and it is better to conquer them to avoid causing trouble from time to time. But what do you mean by attacking a country without any reason? Taizu's words no longer apply to you? In other words, do you really plan to establish a country overseas?
This is big trouble.
Liu Xin thought about it and had no choice but to sigh: "It's such a pity. If you can get the Shijian Silver Mine, your plan can actually be advanced a lot."
But Gao Pragmatic seemed to be quite open-minded, shaking his head and saying: "Although it's not possible now, there is still a good chance in the future, and you don't have to look like you're wrong."
Liu Xin was startled: "Why is this?"
"You must have heard of the Three Great Conquests of Wanli, right?" Gao Pragmatic crossed his legs and moved, looking even a little proud: "If we ignore Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi himself will be forced to do nothing, and he will take the initiative to tease Ming dynasty."
Liu Xin said in surprise: "I remembered something, but... isn't Toyotomi Hideyoshi the guy who unified Japan? He has already unified Japan, who can force him? The emperor should have no real power at the moment, it doesn't seem possible. Bar?"
"Actually, I've already said this before." Gao Pragmatic tilted his head and looked at Liu Xin: "Japan has hundreds of thousands of samurai ronin waiting to be fed, but after reunification, Japan must redistribute interests, and there is no need to feed so many. The army, so these samurai ronin became an unstable factor in society. At this time, if you were Toyotomi Hideyoshi, could you still catch them all and kill them?"
As soon as he mentioned this kind of military-related thing, Liu Xin became more knowledgeable and immediately said: "That's definitely not possible. If I were him, my first consideration at this time would be to farm and let these people create value. But Since you specifically mentioned the redistribution of interests, Japan probably doesn’t have that much land to distribute. In this case, the only option is to start a war and let these people be consumed naturally.”
"Smart, you are worthy of being my secret... Oh, Gao Shen." Gao Pingshi coughed and said: "So you see, hundreds of thousands of extremely vicious bastards with dicks in their hands are staring at him, and he doesn't start a move How to survive a big battle?
But Japan is isolated overseas. Now that the reunification is complete, if you want to start a war, you can only look towards the Ming Dynasty. At this time, he will find that if he wants to defeat the Ming Dynasty, it is best to have a 'beachhead', and there is actually only one choice for this beachhead, and that is North Korea. The most famous and influential battle among the three great campaigns of Wanli was the war to aid Korea and resist the Japanese. "
Liu Xin said: "I remember that the three major campaigns of Wanli were all won, so the Ming Dynasty also won this battle in Korea, right?"
"At least the Japanese are gone, North Korea is back to the sun, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi is said to be angry to death." Gao pragmatically curled his lips: "In this way, we have indeed won."
"Why do you seem a little disapproving?" Liu Xin was a little surprised.
"It's not too late to talk about this later, let's talk about the current business first." Gao Pingshi pulled the conversation back and said: "Since Toyotomi Hideyoshi took the initiative to send troops to start this war, and North Korea was crying after being beaten. I shouted for Daming’s father to save my life and dragged Daming into the water. Then at least during the war, I must have a reason to attack Japan - this is what I want to say.”
Liu Xin nodded at first, and then immediately realized something was wrong and asked: "Why are you willing to attack Japan now? Could it be that Japan has suffered serious losses in North Korea and has even reached the point of emptiness in the country?"
Gao pragmatic laughed and said: "Of course it is very serious. It can even be said to be very serious. Even Toyotomi Hideyoshi's direct descendants suffered huge losses. If this is not the case, how could Tokugawa Ieyasu happen to Japan later?"
Liu Xin was stunned, then thought for a while, and said: "If this is the case, the first and second of the three problems you just asked are solved, but the third problem seems not to be completely solved, right? Is it possible? Do you plan to encourage the emperor to occupy Japan for a long time, or even eat it in one bite?"
Gao Jingshi shook his head: "Even if I instigated this, I'm afraid it might not be useful. Japan is a special place. If the Ming Dynasty directly occupied it, it might be another Annan in the hands of Chengzu."
"Then what do you think? If you don't occupy it, can you get the Shijian Silver Mine?" Liu Xin's focus has not changed.
Gao Pragmatic lowered his eyelids: "The Ming Dynasty did not occupy southern Xinjiang."
Liu Xin was quite surprised: "You plan to let Jinghua occupy Japan? This... is a bit difficult to handle, right?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "I'm afraid Jinghua doesn't have that much energy to occupy the whole of Japan, but it can find a way to 'rent' some places, or... forget it, it depends on the situation at the time. It's useless to go into details now."
Liu Xin knew that the "some places" he mentioned must include the Iwami Silver Mine. This Shijian Silver Mine was Liu Xin's goal. Now that Gao Pragmatic had an idea and decided to wait for the opportunity to win it, she didn't want to ask more carefully.
"If you can't go to Japan for the time being, then you can consider the Cannington underground silver-lead-zinc deposit in Australia. That place has led the world in silver production for a long time, reaching a peak of more than 1,500 tons per year, probably around 2005. The production was reduced because of the decline in quality, but even after the reduction, the annual output is still 500 to 600 tons.”
Liu Xin paused and then added: "In other words, the output of the Cannington underground silver-lead-zinc deposit before 2005 could reach three-quarters of the entire China at that time (China's silver output in 2005 was about 2,000 tons), and you have to know that China’s mining industry was at the world’s advanced level at that time.”
This touched upon the blind spot of Gao's pragmatic knowledge. He was stunned for a moment and replied: "I only know that Australia's iron ore and coal mines are rich and of high quality. How come their silver mines are also very large?"
"Haven't you heard that Australia is nicknamed 'The Country on Mine Cars'?" Liu Xin finally found a person who could show off her pragmatic abilities and said happily, "I'm too lazy to tell you the origin of this deposit. I guess you are not interested either. Anyway, it is a rare and extremely large deposit that combines lead, zinc and silver."
Gao Pangshi said a long "Oh" and asked again: "How are the reserves?"
"Good question." Liu Xin raised an eyebrow: "Although mineral reserves are revised every year even in modern society, at least what I know is that its reserves account for almost half of China's entire silver reserves. , and at the same time, I would also like to add that China’s silver reserves are not bad in terms of world ranking alone, ranking fifth in the world.”
"Gan! China's silver reserves rank fifth in the world? Does that mean there are still many silver mines that have not been discovered in the Ming Dynasty?" Gao Pragmatic asked with his eyes wide open.
Liu Xin shrugged: "That must be a lot, but don't get me wrong about the fifth place in the world, because the distribution of silver mines is very uneven. The top three of Mexico, Peru, and Australia can beat all other countries in the world. Just like the iron ore mines in Brazil and Australia can dominate the world."
"Oh, that's it..." Gao pragmatic understood, thought about it, and couldn't help shaking his head: "But Australia is too far away. Even if I colonize, I won't be able to develop that far in a while. Besides, you know My focus in this regard is currently still in southern Xinjiang and Taiwan, and the next step can only be expanded to Nanyang."
He paused, frowned and said, "Isn't there a place closer? Where are our main silver mines in China?"
"There are silver mines everywhere in China..." Liu Xin immediately glared at herself when she saw Gao Pragmatic, and couldn't help but chuckle: "I'm not kidding, silver mines have been discovered in thirty provinces in China, but there is a lack of concentrated large-scale It’s just a mine.”
But Gao Pragmatic still stared at her, and she couldn't help but feel proud and said: "As far as I know, Daming's silver mines mainly rely on Shaanxi and Yunnan, right?"
Gao Pragmatic said "hmm" and didn't say much. Liu Xin said: "Taking all factors into consideration, especially mining costs, mining and transportation safety and other issues, I suggest you just stay on the sidelines."
Gao Pingshi was startled: "The grass on the edge of the nest?" Somehow, these words made him couldn't help but take a look at Liu Xin.
It's a pity that Liu Xin didn't notice this time. Instead, he said with a smile: "There is a mineralization belt at the southern foot of the Funiu Mountains in southwest Henan. Although its total reserves are certainly not as high as the Cannington underground silver-lead-zinc deposit in Australia just mentioned. It’s rich and not that dense, but it’s probably about a third of it, and it may be able to solve your urgent need.”
Gao Pragmatic was indeed a little surprised: "So there is a big silver mine in Henan? Is it easy to dig it?"
"I can't guarantee this. I only study geography, not mining. However, that area should not be considered a highly developed area in the Ming Dynasty or even in the entire history of China. No large mines have been discovered in the past. It’s understandable, so I think I can give it a try.”
Gao Pingshi thought that this was true. Southwest Henan is the Funiu Mountains, which has never been a focus of development. It is indeed a dark area under the lights.
He immediately made a decision and said: "Okay, since it's in my province, it doesn't make sense not to do some exploration. You can make arrangements for me later and let Jinghua Mining immediately mobilize its forces to go for exploration. If you still remember the specific location in more detail, you can also Just tell them.”
Liu Xin stood up with a smile, deliberately blessing her, and said delicately: "As you command, Master."
Gao pragmatic rolled his eyes, making Liu Xin laugh while covering her mouth.
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