That is, when Yun San and the others were looking forward to their respective futures, the southbound fleet went out, and the fleet was not large, but there were only sixteen bird ships, less than four thousand soldiers. This is the force that Sun Hejing used to recover Taiwan, the soldiers are not expensive, and there are too many soldiers and horses, and logistics are also a problem.

This was true for the south, and the same was true for the north, almost as Sun Hejing led the fleet out of the Dalian docks, which were made of several wooden trestle bridges, when a maritime merchant brought some new news from Korea.

“…… On April 19, the captive leader of 50,000 soldiers arrived in Seoul and asked the king of Joseon for his guilt, saying that although he had been declared a minister, he had no intention of being the master of the matter, and had injustice in his heart, so he led Ming Kou into Kou Shenyang, robbed the proton, ordered him to return the proton immediately, and ordered the king of Joseon to apologize in front of the door......"

Bringing Ming Kou into Shenyang?

Proton Robbery......

In an instant, there was only one thought left in Zhu Guoqiang's heart.

This is too good at putting gold on the face of the stick!

Thinking of some of the actions of the sticks in later generations, Zhu Guoqiang did not even doubt that hundreds of years later, those sticks would definitely be quite embarrassed to write in the history books - it was under the command of our Koreans that Deshizi successfully captured Shenyang......

I'm going to go, it's disgusting!

However, it seems that there will be no North Korea in the future......

But it doesn't prevent those historical inventors from inventing it on the Internet!

Holding back the nausea in his heart, Zhu Guoqiang asked.

"So where is the king of Joseon now?"

Hearing this, Hu Weiliang hurriedly replied.

"Back to the prince, because the proton can not be returned, so the king of Joseon has been imprisoned in Seoul, and now the Korean decrees are issued by the captive Huang Taiji, before we return to China, the captive has summoned us, let me continue to do business in Korea, please rest assured, although we are businessmen, but also the people of the Ming Dynasty, we will never sell goods and the East captive."

Seeing that Hu Weiliang and other maritime merchants were showing their loyalty, Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile.

"If you don't sell goods to North Korea, how can you get information, and this trade can still continue to trade......

The word maritime merchant is definitely not a positive word in the Ming Dynasty, and those who are maritime merchants are also merchants and thieves. is called a maritime merchant, but in fact he is a thief, anyway, he is the one who is the one who is the one who smuggles it. In the Wanli years, because of the financial crisis, the people were allowed to go to sea, and the maritime merchants were prosperous, but all the people who sold the sea were all worth a lot of money, but the reputation was ...... Still not good.

But no matter how bad the reputation is, the silver is always realistic. The more strictly prohibited, the more prosperous smuggling will be, and the more bottomless it will be, so it is better to take trade into your own hands and make good use of it. As merchants, they were extremely well-informed, just like Hu Weiliang, who had come here with a ship a few months earlier when Huang Taiji was still attacking the Jinzhou defensive line, and since then, he has had another route to specialize in trade with North Korea.

Although the scale of the maritime merchants in Shandong and Beizhili is limited and cannot be compared with the maritime merchants in Fujian and other places, if they are well utilized, they are the pioneers of overseas trade, trade first and then colonize, isn't this the basic way to play the maritime business in the Age of Discovery?

Later, Zhu Guoqiang stressed the matters that need to be paid attention to in the trade with the DPRK, what should not be sold for military supplies, what should be paid attention to collecting military information, and so on. It's not enough to just like it, of course, but also to reward, and the reward is not silver, but a commodity. And the so-called commodities are actually some of the commodities he brought from the other side, of course, they are all "profiteering products", you might as well use these commodities to thank them for their righteous deeds.

Acts of kindness deserve to be rewarded.

After they thanked Dade for leaving, Zhu Guoqiang stood in front of the map, staring at the map of North Korea, pondering for a long time, and he didn't even notice when Ge Shizhen came in.

“…… Located in West Korea Bay, South Yellow Sea Province, Yinli Iron Mine is a large iron ore mine in North Korea. The ore body is found in shale, limestone and granite-type rocks. The ore grade is 70%, and the reserves are 4-500 million tons, which can be directly used without beneficiation. The iron mine borders the Yellow Sea, less than ten kilometers from the coast......"

Recalling the relevant information of the Yinli iron mine, Zhu Guoqiang rested for a while, and his eyes began to fall on the area of Pyongyang, where there are a large number of open-pit coal mines, and most of them are high-quality anthracite.

“…… Coal is the most important mineral in North Korea, the proven reserves of coal in North Korea are 14.74 billion tons, including 11.74 billion tons of anthracite reserves, 3 billion tons of lignite reserves, the southern part of South Pyongan Province to Pyongyang as the center of the area extending 80 kilometers from east to west, anthracite reserves are very rich, most of them are open-pit coal mines, shallow buried layers are easy to mine, but production is susceptible to heavy rain and other natural climate. ”

As you can see from the map, the Yinli Iron Mine is located at the mouth of the Taedong River, and along the Taedong River to the upper reaches of Pyongyang, there are a large number of open-pit coal mines and other mineral deposits buried on the mountains on both sides.

Iron and coal!

They are precisely the basis of the Industrial Revolution!

Seeing the prince in front of the map, gesturing in the position of North Korea, Ge Shizhen did not bother him, and waited for a while before hearing the prince say excitedly.

"That's it!"

When he turned around, Zhu Guoqiang saw Ge Shizhen and smiled.

"How long have you been in?"

"Back to the prince, the minister just came in, and when he saw that the prince was thinking about something, he didn't bother."

As the chief of the shogunate, Ge Shizhen knew that the prince had always had other plans for Korea, so he asked.

"The prince is planning to do something to North Korea?"

On the issue of using troops against Taiwan, Ge Shizhen was opposed, and Zhu Guoqiang, who saw what he wanted to say, said with a smile:

"Do you think it's not time to do anything to North Korea?"

In Ge Shizhen's heart, the prince is not only the shogunate, but also has the grace of knowing him, and his attitude is also extremely sincere when he speaks.

"Lord Shizi, now the Pingyu army has just begun to rectify, in the opinion of the minister, now is not the time to mobilize troops on a large scale, besides, the situation on the Taiwan side is still unknown, and this side is sending troops to North Korea, in case there is an accident over there, how can the troops be scattered in the two places at that time?"

"Well, it seems to be the truth, but it's ......"

Zhu Guoqiang shook his head.

"But it doesn't make any sense!"

Zhu Guoqiang is colorful.

"Hanshu Chen Tang Biography" records that "Fu Hu soldiers are five and Han soldiers are one, who is it?" The blade is blunt, and the bow and crossbow are unfavorable. Today, it is quite skillful, but it is still three and one. ”…… The blade is blunt, and the bow and crossbow are unfavorable...... You say, is it because my Pingyu army is well-armed today, or is it Jiannu's well-armed? ”

Why was the Han army able to beat the surrounding barbarians more than 2,000 years ago? That is, the military equipment and military technology of the Han Dynasty at this time were far ahead of the surrounding areas, making the Han soldiers a strong presence to fight the periphery. The so-called military technology is actually a steel weapon.

It was the Han Dynasty's weapon superiority and military technology that brought great guarantees to the strong combat effectiveness of the Han army, which made the Han army invincible. And the same is true of the current environment - the equipment of the Pingyu Army is advanced.

"Lord Shizi, this, of course, is the accuracy of my army's weapons, but I just think that when the army marches and fights, it is better to stabilize the word!"

"It is true that we should seek stability in the war, but the more important thing is morale, why is the morale of my Pingyu army strong? To put it bluntly, it was because I had won a hundred battles and played out morale, why did Chen Tang dare to say that "those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away"? This is confidence, but also morale...... Why did the officers and soldiers dare not fight with the Jurchens many times? Not only because the Jurchens are brave, but more importantly, they believe in the so-called "Jurchens are invincible"! ……”

In fact, the so-called "Jurchen is invincible" is just a joke, maybe they are savage, maybe they have a bit of brute strength. But the real reason is probably because I don't understand.

Just like Liao Min said, at the beginning, many people didn't know what slavery looked like, just like they were afraid of ghosts. As soon as he saw them, he knelt on the ground, stretched his neck and waited to be beheaded. After spending a long time with them, I know that they are just human beings.

In fact, it is also people. The same will bleed, the same will die. They are simply more barbaric than the Han Chinese.

But in many cases, the reason why Yeman was able to conquer civilization was precisely because of his barbarism, deliberately concealing that they could do whatever it takes, and that they could live for nothing.

In the age of cold weapons, this kind of barbarism was their only way to defeat civilization.

It's that the times have changed now, just like in the Han Dynasty, the Han army could defeat five with one enemy through the advantage of weapons, and now this side has entered the real era of firearms.

If you can't fight five with one, that's a joke. After all, times have changed.

My lord, in this day and age, you only have to be eliminated.

Thinking so in his heart, staring at Ge Shizhen, the corners of Zhu Guoqiang's lips lifted lightly.

"Actually, even now, when we have been defeated again and again, and Jiannu has lost tens of thousands of soldiers, even in my Pingju army, there are still many people who believe that the so-called "Jurchen is invincible", not because the Jurchens are really invincible, but because they feel that the predecessors naturally have his reason when they say this! But...... Who remembers that "those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away"? Who remembers "Fu Hu Bing Five and Han Bing One"! ”

After asking such rhetorical questions one after another, Zhu Guoqiang said in a deep voice.

In the future, what "Jurchen is invincible" is just a joke, I want the world to see what "the Han army is invincible"! ”

Shi Ziye's words made Ge Shizhen's heart suddenly burst, and when he hadn't come back to his senses in shock, he heard Shi Zi Ye say again.

"I'm going to enter Korea with a battalion and seize here!"

A battalion of soldiers!

But it's only a few thousand!

Will it be too little ...... not waiting for Ge Shizhen to speak, the corners of Zhu Guoqiang's lips raised lightly.

"It's invincible, it seems to be a little more ......"

Yes, I'm afraid that even a few thousand people are a bit much, but it's just right, after all, it's just right to establish this psychological advantage.