As soon as Ii Naotaka died, the Japanese army, which was already demoralized, fell into complete chaos.
The leaders of the Japanese army each met with acquaintances to discuss what to do next. The Japanese soldiers below were huddled in a big place like Tsushima Island. These later armies had poor military discipline, but suddenly they lost control. When the atmosphere of panic pervaded, they often did some outrageous things. morale.
The daimyo in various places are not all harmonious. Those two sides who have had conflicts in the past dislike each other. It is natural to start with words and then use hands and weapons.
Also, even in the same army, soldiers who have conflicts with each other will often be filled with anger, which will eventually be vented.
As a result, throughout Tsushima Island, fights, group fights, and weapon fights occurred one after another. The Japanese leader is troubled to begin with, so when encountering this kind of thing, he will naturally not deal with it patiently, and the result will often encourage the continuation of chaos.
Later, some Japanese soldiers killed and ate a cow belonging to the Tsushima natives. The natives who rushed after hearing the news were powerful, and they immediately kidnapped the Japanese soldiers who had stolen the cattle and showed them to the public.
The Japanese in the military camp couldn't find a punching bag to vent their anger, so the two sides naturally started fighting. After becoming jealous, regardless of whether the native was a relative of Lord Tsuima, he just picked up a knife and killed someone.
At first, it was to kill the natives of that family, but later, it began to expand. When the Japanese leader heard the news and arrived, most of the natives of Tsushima Island were slaughtered.
Regarding this situation, Zong Yicheng was so angry that his eyes were about to burst. At this time, he regretted very much, why did he choose the Japanese side?
For such a big loss, if he admitted it, he would not be able to give an explanation to his subordinates. So, without saying anything, he immediately took a boat and went to Edo to find Tokugawa Iemitsu for an explanation.
Upon seeing this situation, the daimyo simply went ahead and killed all the natives on Tsushima Island. After grabbing all their belongings, they dispersed and led their troops to escape back to their own fiefdoms.
This incident is known in history as the "Tsushima Massacre".
The next day, Zheng Zhilong found that something seemed to be wrong on Tsushima Island, so he brought the navy over to check. It turned out that on such a large island of Tsushima, there was not a single living Japanese.
Therefore, this situation was quickly reported to Lu Xiangsheng. To this end, Lu Xiangsheng also personally boarded Tsushima Island to check the situation.
To be honest, Lu Xiangsheng had never seen such massacres caused by military disasters. In this regard, he said to Li Dingguo and others who were following behind him: "Have you seen that the Japanese are ferocious and can compete with the Jianlu. If we want the people of the Ming Dynasty to be protected from harm, we must use the army to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty and eliminate them." Japanese pirates!”
After some patriotic education, Lu Xiangsheng mobilized troops to collect all the corpses of the indigenous people on Tsushima Island, burned them together, dug a big pit and buried them, and erected a tombstone: The Tomb of the People of Tsushima Island. There is also a stele recording the general situation of this incident, letting the world know the ferocity of the Japanese.
After finishing these tasks, Lu Xiangsheng ordered to transfer Japanese prisoners from the Korean mainland to build and transform Tsushima Island, and to build Tsushima Island into an expedition point for conquering Japan in the future.
However, the cold winter is coming soon, and the ground is frozen tightly. Work such as digging is a bit unrealistic, but logging, reconstruction and expansion of docks can still be done. Although it was cold enough, it didn't matter that it was not the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who suffered the cold.
Lu Xiangsheng stood high on the pier, not afraid of the cold wind. He stood upright and watched the Japanese prisoners working while continuing to think about his own affairs.
Now tens of thousands of troops are stationed in southern Korea, including Tsushima Island, and the court's expenditure is not small. How can we reduce the burden on the court?
If Lu Xiangsheng was simply a military general, he would not consider such a thing at all. However, he is a civil official, a feudal official of the Ming Dynasty, and holds military and political power, so he naturally has to consider this aspect.
The Ryukyu Kingdom asked for help from the Ming Dynasty, and now it can take advantage of this opportunity to help Ryukyu drive away the Japanese pirates, so that the army will not be idle. In addition, part of the army can also be stationed in Ryukyu, so that the supply of food and grass for this part of the army can be handled by the Ryukyu Kingdom, which can save some of the burden on the court.
Lu Xiangsheng was thinking about these things when suddenly, a Japanese jumped out from among the working Japanese prisoners and ran towards Lu Xiangsheng. The Ming army officers who oversaw the work were startled when they saw it and immediately chased after him.
No one on Lu Xiangsheng's side was panicked. The Japanese who want to assassinate the Governor head-on are probably not even born yet! However, the responsibilities that should be fulfilled must still be fulfilled.
I saw Lu Xiangsheng's personal guard, immediately drew his sword and moved forward, blocking Lu Xiangsheng.
The Japanese man saw that he was about to be overtaken by the Ming army soldiers behind him. Suddenly, he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed to Lu Xiangsheng, and shouted loudly in Ming Dynasty Mandarin: "I have something important to report to you, sir." People have important things..."
While he was talking, the Ming army soldiers who were chasing him had already caught up with him. They held his shoulders with one hand and knocked him to the ground.
To be honest, if something like this happened in front of the Governor, even if it happened suddenly, it would be a bit embarrassing for these soldiers who had the responsibility of overseeing the work.
Although the Japanese man was pushed down and his face was pressed against the cold ground, he was still shouting: "I have something important to report to you. I have something important to report to you. I have something important..."
Zheng Zhilong, who was standing next to him, stared at the Japanese man for a while. He felt that he looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
Seeing the Japanese's appearance, Lu Xiangsheng was a little curious, and immediately ordered calmly: "Let him go and let him finish his sentence."
"Yes!" The Ming army soldier who was pressing him responded immediately and retreated behind the Japanese. But I am ready to take action at any time, and I don't dare to let this Japanese do anything wrong again.
The Japanese man straightened up again, with dirt still stuck to his face, but he didn't care about it. He knelt there and said loudly to Lu Xiangsheng: "I want to be the supervisor of those Japanese people, and I will never dare to be lazy when supervising them. As long as the adults agree, the villain will I am willing to offer you a silver mine!”
Lu Xiangsheng was a little speechless when he first heard the Japanese's request. He actually came over and said he wanted to be a supervisor. But then, he heard the second half of the Japanese man's words, and was immediately shocked: Silver mine?
After coming back to his senses, Lu Xiangsheng was of course very interested and immediately asked: "Where is the silver mine? If there is a silver mine, I can agree to your request."
At this moment, Zheng Zhilong beside him suddenly remembered who this person was, and immediately approached Lu Xiangsheng and whispered: "Sir, this person is a retainer of Zong Yicheng, the lord of Tsuima domain. He was previously ordered to falsely spread news about the Japanese army. , should undoubtedly be Zong Yicheng’s confidant.”
Yes, this Japanese is Liu Bid. Previously, he was one of the Japanese sent by Zong Yicheng to lead the Japanese Navy as a guide. But bad luck, he was captured by the Ming army not long after landing.
After being escorted back to Tsushima Island, Lyubide discovered that the entire people on Tsushima Island had been massacred by the defeated Japanese army, and none of them, including his relatives, were spared. For this reason, he almost went crazy.
Naturally, he had inquired about Lu Xiangsheng's official position and personality, and he felt that his request was not too high, and that he could get the Ming army silver mines for free, so there should be no problem, so he went for it.
At this time, after receiving Lu Xiangsheng's promise, he immediately said: "Sir, there is a silver mine on Tsushima Island, but it does not contain a lot of silver, far less than Iwami Ginzan, so it has not been excavated. If the Lord is willing, the villain is willing to offer this silver mine."
The first silver mine in Japan was actually on Tsushima Island.
Before Wanyan Aguda led the Jurchens to rise, the Jurchens were ruled by the Liao Kingdom. At that time, the Jurchens did not dare to seize the Liao Kingdom when their power was not strong, and they could not seize the Song Dynasty. Including Korea's country Goryeo, they were all at war with Liao, and they were relatively powerful at the time. Therefore, the Jurchens took their ideas to the Japanese side.
In the third year of Tianxi of the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, 1019, three thousand Jurchens took fifty warships to attack Tsushima Island. After looting, they burned the Tsushima silver mine. Later, these Jurchens also attacked the Japanese mainland and captured Kyushu Island. After plundering, they returned home with a full load.
Lu Xiangsheng, a well-known scholar, has also seen this incident in history in his miscellaneous notes. Therefore, upon hearing this, he knew that the Japanese man was probably not lying, so he said happily: "No matter whether the mine is rich or poor, as long as you are willing to offer it, I can agree to your request."
As long as there is money to dig out, there are prisoners on hand who can use it anyway. The money dug out can be used to subsidize the military, which can be regarded as a windfall!
"Sir, this silver mine is in Susano." After Liubid said this, he remembered that the Ming army probably didn't know where Susan was, so he quickly added, "The adults can send people, and the villains can lead the way. Never There will be days off.”
After Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he asked Lu Da to bring some Ming army soldiers with him to verify the situation.
As soon as they left, Zheng Zhilong said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Sir, looking at this Japanese's hatred for other Japanese, he probably wants to avenge his people. More people will die when digging silver mines, and those Japanese can be killed; as a supervisor , can justifiably whip those Japanese..."
After hearing his explanation, Lu Xiangsheng nodded and didn't care. It can even be said that he can understand the motivation of this Japanese. Since he treated the Japanese prisoners so fiercely, he would probably work more diligently, which was also a good thing for Daming, so just let him be.
Later events proved that Susana Silver Mountain did exist and was not a rich mine. In the original history, it was Soyoshige's son who mined Mount Susana Gin when he was unable to make money from trade. Now, it has become the Ming Dynasty that is mining.
Seeing the first batch of golden sand in front of him, even Lu Xiangsheng was a little interested in Shu. He immediately asked Zheng Zhilong: "You are familiar with the Japanese country, how about Shijian Yinshan?"
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