In the evening, Fang Jun tentatively set this house as his residence, stayed with everyone, and listened to the summary of his subordinates.

"There are a total of 13 mining holes found on the island, all of which are silver mines, of different sizes, but there are no large scale mines, generally speaking, they just dig caves along the veins of the mountain, and support the four walls with wood, but there are many caves, the mining technology is backward, and the efficiency is extremely low."

Wang Xuance took the information collected by his subordinates and reported it to Fang Jun.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty's use of gunpowder to open the mountain, the mining technology of the Wa Kingdom is really backward, and it can only dig the open-pit ore layer, and it is powerless if it is a little deeper.

As for the many silver mines scattered throughout the island, no one cares.

Because although silver was valuable in this era, it was not a currency, and it could not replace gold and copper for trade, and it could only be regarded as a luxury. Even the mines opened by the Japanese nobles on the island to mine silver were mostly used to make luxurious decorative objects, either to sell them or for their own use......

Fang Jun stared at a simple topographic map of Sado Island that had just been drawn on the table, and pointed to the easternmost part of the mountain range to the north: "Tomorrow, all the miners on the island will gather and explore the ore veins in this area." ”

Although Wang Xuance was puzzled, he nodded in response.

Su Dingfang has a high status, and he is more comfortable in front of Fang Jun, and asks suspiciously: "There are many silver mines on this island, if Master Hou wants to mine them, you can occupy them all, anyway, this island is in our pocket, and it will never be handed over easily, you can mine it whenever you want." Why bother mining veins again? ”

Fang Jun held the teacup and drank tea, his mind racing.

He had seen a documentary about the Sado gold mine in his previous life, and although he was not sure of the exact location of the mine, he still remembered the general location of the veins, which is why he went all the way north to directly capture Sado Island, which was once an important financial pillar of the Edo shogunate, and was mined for hundreds of years, with a total of nearly 80 tons of gold......

However, it is not difficult to occupy Sado Island, nor is it difficult to mine, but it is difficult to explain the origin of the gold mine to others.

How did you find a big gold mine on such a desert island?

In fact, no matter how you explain it, it is full of errors and omissions, and there will always be doubts.

Therefore, Fang Jun's idea is simple......

"I had a dream on the boat last night, and I dreamed that the mountains of Sado Island were shining with golden light, and you also know that so-and-so's eyelids have been beating non-stop for the past two days, maybe there is something good that God wants to befall so-and-so? Let the miners look for it, and maybe they can find some treasures. ”

The crowd was speechless, but they couldn't refute it.

In this era, there is a very market for gods and ghosts, and even Confucius said, "Respect ghosts and gods and stay away". Dreams, like ghosts and gods, are mysterious and unpredictable, and even if you don't believe it, you can't say it......

Dreams are a sign of God's gifts, and most people believe in this view.

Don't say anything about thinking day and night, many people have encountered in reality exactly the same situation as in previous dreams, how to explain this?

So when Fang Jun said this, no one refuted it.

Even if it's just to ease your doubts, it's necessary......

"What to do with the Japanese people on the island?" Su Dingfang is concerned about the problem of people, and how to deal with this problem means Fang Jun's attitude towards the Japanese country.

Fang Jun said indifferently: "All the soldiers are killed, all the slaves are imprisoned, and then more Japanese slaves will be sent here, and all of them will be sent to the mine to open mines." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Ji Shiju.

Where are more Japanese slaves to open mines?

Naturally, it was necessary for Ji Shiju to lead the Ezo people all the way to conquer the land of the Japanese kingdom and plunder the Japanese people so far......

Ji Shiju nodded solemnly.

It is impossible for the Tang army to attack the Wa State head-on, so long it is necessary to use the Ezo people as the knives in their hands and swing them fiercely at the Wa people. However, Ji Shikoma, like all Ezo people, they don't care about being the knives of the Tang people, and they don't care about being used by the Tang people.

Now that the Ezo people are armed with the equipment of the Tang people, and with the support of the Tang army behind them, regaining the land where their ancestors lived is no longer a dream dream, not only to take back the land devoured by the Japanese people, but also to exterminate the Japanese people from this land......

Fang Jun smiled and said: "This island must be occupied, and no one will give it to anyone." So next, we have to talk about a major event, the Tang Dynasty's Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo is imminent, the Wa State is not willing to be lonely, and it is very likely that it will send troops to disrupt the situation, and we must think of a way to contain the Wa State. ”

It is not enough to rely on the Ezo people to contain the Japanese state, even with the equipment of the Tang army, but the Ezo people have too few populations and even fewer young and strong, so what year and month will it take to bulldoze Honshu Island?

Wang Xuance said: "If we blatantly send troops at this time, it is inevitable that we will be honest, after all, the Japanese country has always been honest, even those officials and Confucians in our court have to spit on our faces...... Then there is only an idea from the inside of the Wa Kingdom. ”

Fang Jun looked at him with a smile and asked, "What is your good plan?" ”

Wang Xuance said modestly: "I don't dare to take a good policy, but I just heard from you that the throne of the Japanese Kingdom seems to be fighting endlessly, maybe you can make a fuss from it......"

Fang Jun smiled but did not speak.

This person is indeed a good hand at sowing discord and uniting vertically and horizontally, and he probably doesn't expect to complete the feat of "one person destroying one country" in this life, but if he can show his ability in the history of the Japanese Kingdom, the evaluation left to future generations will be higher.

Su Dingfang frowned and asked: "The so-called making a fuss is nothing more than hoeing the strong and helping the weak, but now there is not much gap between the various forces within the Japanese country, who do we want to eradicate and who to assist?" ”

One is the powerful Soga clan, the other is the rightful Emperor Gogoku, and the other is the heir of the royal family with pure blood...... It makes sense to choose anyone, but it's really hard to choose.

Fang Jun straightened his waist, put the teacup on the table, and said, "Actually, it's very simple, whoever is particularly important to the inheritance of the Wa Kingdom, we have to eliminate whoever first." ”

This answer is easy, except for Emperor Gogoku, that is, the prince of Katsuragi, the heir of the imperial family, these two have the blood of the emperor, and they are the authentic inheritance of the emperor. Comparatively speaking, no matter how strong the Soga clan is, it is naturally a head shorter, and if the two sides are evenly matched by supporting the Soga clan to confront the emperor head-on, this is the best situation, which can involve the internal affairs of the Wa Kingdom to the greatest extent.

Then let the Ezo people eat little by little the land of Wakoku......

"Then we support the Su My Clan? The Su I clan is a powerful minister of the Japanese state, with huge power and deep foundation, if you add our help, it will not be difficult to destroy the emperor! Kim was eager to give it a try.

Whether it is Silla, Baekje, or Goguryeo, in fact, they have a deep enmity with the Japanese people, and they have suffered a lot from the Japanese people for hundreds of years.

Fang Jun smiled silently.

It is right to support Soga, and the biggest reason is that Soga's belief in Buddhism......

He didn't know much about the history of the Wa Kingdom, but he also knew that there was a very famous "battle of faith" in the history of the Wa Kingdom, where the Soga clan, who believed in Buddhism, fought a great war with the Monobe clan, which adhered to the local gods, and the result ended in the victory of the Soga clan.

If Buddhism had become mainstream in the Wa Kingdom, perhaps history would have been completely different.

Although the teachings of Buddhism are different from one era to another, they are generally the same, and they are all about persuading people to be kind, humble, and forbearing, and in terms of cohesion, they are far from "Shintoism"! Think about it, if the Japanese country had practiced Buddhism for hundreds or thousands of years, would there still be people shouting "kamikaze" to make suicide attacks? Will there still be a "bushido" with a knife and a belly cut?

However, at the height of the Soga clan, Buddhism was popular, but in the end, after the Soga clan was defeated by the court, it was completely crushed by Shintoism......

If you can support the Soga clan to stay in power for a long time, maybe Shinto will be suppressed as a "heretical", and it will give you a sense of accomplishment when you think about it......

Ji Shiju said: "It is easy to support the Soga clan, but how to persuade the Soga clan to completely break with the emperor is as difficult as the sky. ”

Su Dingfang was puzzled: "With the support of the Tang Dynasty, coupled with the strength of the Su My clan itself, it is easy to overthrow the emperor and replace him, is it possible that he can still refuse the temptation of becoming the lord of the Japanese country?" ”

Since he is a minister, there are few loyal people, who say that they are loyal to the country, once they have the opportunity, will they not want to sit in the position of the Ten Thousand Vehicles, and even pass on the entire country from generation to generation, and become the lord of the world from generation to generation?

Yoshiju smiled bitterly: "If it was in the past, it may not be, but since Prince Shotoku promulgated the "Seventeen Articles of the Constitution" of the world, the emperor has been deified, and has an unparalleled and lofty status in the Wa Kingdom, and if the Soga clan intends to destroy the emperor's lineage, he will inevitably face the crusade of all the noble lords of the entire Wa Kingdom......"