Later generations of costume TV series, no matter which dynasty, the characters in it like to throw gold and silver when they consume, but in fact, before the middle of the Ming Dynasty, gold and silver were rarely traded as currency, because the Central Plains was extremely lacking in these two precious metals, and even the brass for casting copper coins was very insufficient, and some places simply used iron money.

It was not until the middle and late Ming Dynasty that because of the development and plundering of the Americas and Africa by the West, they accumulated a large amount of silver in their hands, and then traded with the Ming Dynasty, which led to a large amount of overseas silver flowing into the Central Plains, and silver began to be used as currency on a large scale, of course, this also caused the depreciation of silver, you must know that the value of silver and gold is actually not much different before.

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, there was an extreme shortage of gold and silver, to what extent? It can be seen from one thing, that is, the Daming treasure banknote, although the use of paper money is a big progress, but it is completely forced out, because Lao Zhu has no money in his hands, not to mention gold and silver, even brass is lacking, and the treasury of Daming is also empty.

In this case, Lao Zhu can only come up with a way to replace money with paper, although the direction is correct, but Lao Zhu does not understand money and economics at all, Daming treasure banknotes are only issued regardless of recycling, and printing more and printing less depends on the mood, for example, last year Lao Zhu rewarded the poor, directly let people print 1.5 million treasure banknotes, resulting in the depreciation of treasure money again, many people are unwilling to hold treasure money.

"Are you sure that the silver mines of the Wa Kingdom can be used by our Ming Dynasty for a hundred years?" Zhu Yuanzhang finally withdrew his fanatical gaze, and then asked Li Jie again, even if Li Jie used a human head to vouch, he still couldn't believe this big pie falling from the sky.

"One hundred percent sure, if this silver mine is mined, the annual silver output will definitely not be less than three or four million taels!" Li Jie said with great certainty.

At the peak of the historical Iwami silver mine, it produced 200 tons of silver per year, accounting for one-third of the world's total silver production at that time, and that was still achieved under the condition of low technology and limited mining scale in the Japanese country.

Hearing the number of three or four million taels, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's breath was also suffocated, especially Zhu Yuanzhang, both eyes were red, and he looked like a hungry wolf who chose people to eat.

In fact, it is no wonder that Zhu Yuanzhang's father and son are so excited, because even in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, the annual treasury income was only more than 20 million taels, and in the early Ming Dynasty, because of the war caused by the population decrease, the fields were barren, and the industry and commerce withered.

Now Li Jie pointed out a silver mine, which made Daming suddenly have an extra income of three or four million taels, which is equivalent to one-third more income of the treasury every year, with this silver, even if there is another Meng Yuan, Lao Zhu is sure to beat the other party out of!

"What do you want Zhang Dingbian, train troops, build ships, I want to personally conquer the Japanese country!" I saw Zhu Yuanzhang slam the table and shout, and his face turned red with excitement.

"Father think twice!" Zhu Biao, who was next to him, was startled when he heard this, and immediately stepped forward to persuade him.

Li Jie was also stunned, and then secretly shouted badly, he patronized to stimulate Lao Zhu, but now the stimulation is too much, Lao Zhu even shouted out the words of the pro-conquest of the Japanese country, if there is any accident, it will be more than worth the loss.

"What is there to think again, putting so much silver is simply a tyrannical thing!" Lao Zhu said excitedly again, others think that he, the emperor, is rich all over the world, but only Lao Zhu himself knows that Daming has to use money everywhere, and many times he has a feeling of being stretched, and even feels poorer than when he asked for food.

"Although the Wa Kingdom is hateful, it is afraid that it is immoral to send troops to conscript for no reason, and it may even cause panic among the surrounding subject countries!" Zhu Biao spoke again to persuade that although the silver of the Wa Kingdom was very tempting, he did not lose his mind because of this.

"The morality of bullshit, the big fist is the morality, Lao Tzu has money and soldiers, who dares to disobey?" Zhu Yuanzhang was disdainful of his son's words, he was able to lay down the Ming Dynasty, never relying on the so-called morality, but relying on his own strength.

"Your Majesty, don't be impatient, even if you train and build ships now, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time, in addition, the silver mine of Iwami is only a small-scale mining, even if we fight down, we need to slowly find ore veins, build mines, etc., I'm afraid that in three or five years, we won't see income, if the Japanese people fight back, it will cost countless manpower and material resources, so this matter must not be rushed!" Li Jie also patiently persuaded at this time.

Li Jie's words finally made Zhu Yuanzhang calm again, compared to the so-called morality, Li Jie's analysis can convince him more, maybe he can conquer the Japanese state by force, but the next governance is a big trouble, and the mining of silver mines also takes time, so this matter can only be discussed in the long run.

"That's right, I'm impulsive!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded immediately, and then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Do they know about the matter of Shijian Silver Mine Zhang Dingbian?" ”

"I don't know, except for Your Majesty and the Crown Prince, only I know about this matter, and in addition, there is only a small amount of mining on the side of the Wa Kingdom, and they don't know the huge reserves of this silver mine!" Li Jie replied immediately.

"Great!" Zhu Yuanzhang also slapped his palms and laughed when he heard this, and then said again, "Zhang Dingbian wants nine fishermen, I can give it to him, and even I can help them train and provide them with some weapons, food and grass, but I also have requirements!" ”

"What does Your Majesty want?" Li Jie heard that Zhu Yuanzhang actually took the initiative to provide Zhang Dingbian with some help, and immediately asked very curiously.

"I want it here!" Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and pointed to the location of Tsushima Island, "Iwami Silver Mine is determined to be obtained, but when the silver is mined, it must pass through Tsushima Island, and this place is very close to Iwami Silver Mine, so it must be in the hands of the imperial court!" ”

"I understand, what Your Majesty means is that when Zhang Dingbian defeats Tsushima Island, and then uses Tsushima Island as a pedal to enter Kyushu Island, he must hand over Tsushima Island to the imperial court!" Li Jie also said immediately when he heard this.

This request is not too much, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang is willing to provide more help, and Tsushima Island is not big, unless Zhang Dingbian wants to kill back to the mainland, this island is not of much use to him.

"Yes, this island is of great significance, it is located between the strait of Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, and it is very close to the Iwami silver mine, if the silver ore is mined in the future, it may cause the eyes of the two countries to blush, and then this island will be the nail that my Ming will nail between them, and even if necessary, I will directly send troops, and use this as the foundation to directly destroy the two countries!" Zhu Yuanzhang said again ambitiously.

"Goryeo is extremely deferential to my Ming Dynasty, and I shouldn't dare to see the wealth, but the Japanese country may not be able to say, the wolf ambitions of this country dared to kill my Ming envoy at the beginning, and later connived at the Japanese invaders to make trouble, which is really hateful!" Zhu Biao also spoke at this time.

Li Jie finally saw the other side of Zhu Biao, although he talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in the face of huge wealth, he also began to find a reason for himself to be a soldier and a country, but this is a qualified heir to the empire, but unfortunately Zhu Yunwen failed to learn this advantage, if he has half of Zhu Biao's ability, I am afraid he will not end up in the end of the country.

"The conditions have changed so much, I will rush back to Ningbo immediately and discuss with Zhang Dingbian and them!" Li Jie immediately said again, the stakes are very high, and he must make a trip in person.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped him and said: "No need, you write a letter to Zhang Dingbian and ask him to come to the capital, and I want to talk to him in person!" ”

"Let him come to the capital?" Li Jie was also a little speechless when he heard this, although Zhu Yuanzhang was not wanted by Zhang Dingbian, but he was Zhu Yuanzhang's former enemy after all, so Li Jie didn't know if the other party dared to come to see Zhu Yuanzhang.

"If I want to kill him, why wait until now, if he doesn't even have the courage to come to the capital, I will doubt their sincerity!" Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned cold at this time, in fact, the reason why he asked Zhang Dingbian to come, in addition to discussing things, he also wanted to see this old man back then, after all, when people are older, they will miss some people and things more and more.

Li Jie also felt that it made sense, and Zhang Dingbian was definitely not a timid person, so he immediately nodded and agreed, and wrote a letter to Zhang Dingbian with the help of Zhu Yuanzhang's pen and ink here, which introduced Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude and the reason why he came to the capital.

After the letter was written, it was immediately sent to Ningbo by Jinyiwei as soon as possible, and it was estimated that it would be delivered to Zhang Dingbian in three or five days at most.

After talking about the matter, Li Jie also felt hungry and tired, after all, he was in a hurry to return to the capital today, he didn't eat breakfast and lunch, and he couldn't be idle for a moment, and now the matter was finally over, which also made Li Jie completely relaxed.

Immediately Li Jie said goodbye to Zhu Yuanzhang and left, Zhu Yuanzhang did not stay, Zhu Biao also felt sorry for his son-in-law, told him to go back and have a good rest, and then personally sent him out of the warm pavilion.

However, just a few steps after Li Jie said goodbye to Zhu Biao, he suddenly saw someone next to him probing his brain, and when he looked closely, he found that it was Zhu Yunxi, and the other party was waving to him mysteriously.

Li Jie was curious, and immediately walked over, but saw Zhu Yunxi hiding behind a pillar, which made Li Jie laugh and said, "Your Highness is sneaking in ......"

Li Jie was just halfway through his words, but he suddenly found that in addition to Zhu Yunxi behind the pillar, there was a girl in a long skirt standing there quietly, it was his fiancée Zhu Yuning!

"Your Royal Highness, why are you here?" Li Jie was also taken aback, after all, there was a warm pavilion not far away, in case Zhu Yuanzhang found out that he had a private meeting with Zhu Yuning here, maybe he would lose his temper?

"I ...... I did something wrong, and I hurt you, so I want to apologize to you personally! I saw that Zhu Yuning saluted Li Jie with a guilty face.

"Dao...... What apologies? Li Jie blinked when he heard this, he didn't understand what Zhu Yuning was talking about, in fact, he didn't blame him, although he saw Li Zhu and his wife just now, but both of them were immersed in grief, and they didn't have time to tell him about Zhu Yuning's adventure out of the palace to protect the Li family.