"When it comes to gold mines, I remember one thing."

Liu Jin, who hadn't spoken much, thought about it and said with a smile.

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at it.

"I don't know if you remember that I mentioned that there is a super-large silver mine on this side of the Wa Kingdom, and the silver in this silver mine is hundreds of millions of taels."

Liu Jin asked with a smile.

"I remember, it was also in the Moon Tower, Liu Jin, when you talked about the overseas world, you mentioned that there was a large silver mine in the Wa Kingdom."

Zhu Houzhao remembered very well, and said immediately.

"A silver mine of hundreds of millions of taels of silver~"

Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Zhang Mao immediately took a slight breath when they heard this, these hundreds of millions of taels of silver are definitely an astronomical amount, even for the Ming Dynasty, it is also an astronomical amount, a silver mine in this country actually contains hundreds of millions of taels of silver, this is definitely a big mine.

"Have you found the location of that silver mine?"

Zhang Mao hurriedly asked, this thing of making a fortune, he loves the most, hundreds of millions of taels of silver silver mines, if this can be in his own hands, there will be a steady stream of silver in the future.

"Yes, I sent someone to the side of the Wa Kingdom, and I have roughly found the location of this silver mine~"

Liu Jin nodded, and then said to Xiao Jing.

"Its location is located in Shimane Prefecture, Kyushu, Wakoku Province, and this place is currently ruled by a daimyo called the Ouchi family in Wakoku."

"Daimyo?"

Emperor Hongzhi was slightly puzzled.

"This daimyo is equivalent to the nobility on the side of the Wa Kingdom, and the current Wa Kingdom is very chaotic, and the daimyo in various places are divided into one side, almost the local princes, of course, the Wa Kingdom is very small, and the sphere of influence of these daimyo is not large, generally within the scope of one or two counties."

Liu Jin hurriedly explained.

"The location of this Shimane Prefecture is close to the sea, and to the north is the Wakoku Sea, so if you go to the Golden Island, you have to pass through the Wakoku Sea."

"At present, the governor of the Ouchi family is Ouchi Yoshiko, and the strength of the Ouchi family is very average, and they already have a rough idea of the silver mines in the Iwami area, which are being mined on a small scale."

After listening to Liu Jin's explanation, everyone finally understood the location of the Iwami Silver Mine, and they also roughly knew the situation inside the Wa Kingdom.

"Liu Jin, do you have any plans for this Iwami Silver Mine?"

Liu Jian looked at Liu Jin, he had already heard that this Liu Jin must have bad intentions, such a huge silver mine, there is no doubt that he obviously wants to swallow it into his stomach.

"What's the plan?"

"Of course, I snatched this Iwami silver mine."

Liu Jin smiled and said, undisguised, his face was not red or panting, and he looked like a matter of course.

"That's right, the silver mine of hundreds of millions of taels of silver is no worse than the gold mine in Yuxi and the gold in the Golden Continent, and how close it is, if the sky doesn't take it, it will be thundered and split by the sky."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately shouted excitedly.

“……”

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian looked at each other slightly, the prince is not saved, where is there a prince who should have the demeanor, what is the difference between this and a robber?

"After all, this Wa country is a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, isn't it good for us to grab things from vassal states here?"

Liu Jian thought for a while and said.

"What's wrong, it's just a silver mine, hundreds of millions of taels of silver, how many people are there in our Daming, and we have grabbed a silver mine, which is almost a few taels of silver for everyone in my Daming."

Liu Jin didn't speak, but Zhu Houzhao spoke first.

"The Wa Kingdom is a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, and the people of this Wa State are naturally also the subjects of His Majesty.

Xie Qian also shook his head and said.

"Pedanty~"

"This Wa State is to pay tribute to us from time to time, what kind of vassal state is this, if it is really a vassal country, then the Wa State should restrain their people, and should not come to the southeast coast of our Ming Dynasty to plunder."

"Last year, the Japanese ransacked a township along the coast of Zhejiang, killing thousands of people."

Zhu Hou looked at Xie Qian, and then said, "Zhejiang is your hometown. ”

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Xie Qian suddenly had nothing to say, he knew about this, the problem of the Japanese invaders has always been a problem, and Zhejiang, as a coastal area, is often attacked by the Japanese invaders.

"And you may not know that recently our fleet went to the side of the Japanese country, and many ships were sacked by the Japanese invaders, and one ship was even completely ransacked, and the people of the Ming Dynasty on it were all killed." 398

"In addition, the Wa side has now begun to impose heavy taxes on our merchant ships, requiring us to pay more taxes before allowing us to do business in the Wa Kingdom."

"Where is this our vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea is our real vassal state, and it pays tribute every year, and it never dares to offend us in the slightest."

"As for the Wa Kingdom, as well as Annan, they are all when they have benefits, we are the suzerain, and when there are no benefits, we will turn our faces and refuse to recognize people."

Zhu Houzhao can speak well, of course, these things are all communicated with Liu Jin in advance.

There are some things that make Zhu Houzhao much better than himself, Zhu Houzhao is the prince, he is fearless, Liu Jin is not, this official is getting bigger and bigger, be cautious in words and deeds, and be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.

"That's right, the Japanese of the Japanese often raid the coastal areas of our Ming Dynasty, and pose a threat to our Ming merchant ships, and this Japanese country also levies heavy taxes on us, which does not take our Ming in their eyes at all."

"I think we should teach them a hard lesson, let them know how powerful our Daming is, and we can also protect our Daming's people."

Zhang Mao was undoubtedly on the side of Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao, and his merchant ships were also threatened by the Japanese invaders, who collected more taxes, which also seriously affected Zhang Mao's interests.

"However, it is not good to use force against a vassal state after all, right?"

Liu Jian shook his head slightly, he still opposed the use of force against vassal states, and as a civilian official, he naturally did not like to use force and did not like to use force to solve problems.

"I think we can send an edict to the king of the Wa kingdom and ask him to restrain his subjects, so that the problem of the Wa can naturally be solved."

"Edict?"

Liu Jin couldn't help but laugh after hearing this.

"Liu Gong, you may not know that although the Wa King is the monarch of the Wa Kingdom, this is only in name, in fact, the Wa King of the Wa State does not have any binding force on the daimyo of various places, and he does not have any actual power in his hands at all, so he does not have any control over the Wa Kingdom at all."

"What the Wa Kingdom really said was the daimyo of various places, and they were princes and kings."

"What's more, if the application was useful, our Ming pirates and pirates would have been solved long ago."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Liu Jian suddenly had nothing to say.

First of all, he did not understand the situation in the country, and secondly, his ideas were too naïve, and if he continued, he would only appear to be ignorant.

Emperor Hongzhi has been thinking carefully, hundreds of millions of taels of silver, to be honest, he is very moved, and now he understands the benefits of having money.

If he has silver in his hand, he can do everything, but if he doesn't have silver in his hand, even if he is the emperor, he can't do many things.

If these hundreds of millions of taels of silver can be eaten in the stomach, there will be a stable source of wealth in the future.

"Recently, the military expenditure has been too large, and it is indeed time to find a way to open it up, not to mention, these Japanese people dare to collect heavy taxes on my Ming ships."

Emperor Hongzhi actually had a choice in his heart, and he was inclined to use force directly and snatch the Iwami silver mine.

What's more, now that the Japanese invaded merchant ships and imposed heavy taxes, it also affected the interests of Emperor Hongzhi, and in the final analysis, it was the interests that decided everything.

Of course, Emperor Hongzhi also wants to save face, this thing of robbing the vassal country, it is indeed a bit unpleasant to say, and it is easy to destroy the image of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yes, we must teach the Japanese people a lesson, let them understand that those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away!"

"What's more, this Japanese country is also a necessary place to go to the Golden Continent, if this Japanese country is not cleared, our fleet will not be peaceful in the future."

Zhang Mao also nodded solemnly, and then added.

"The Wa Kingdom is a must-go place to go to the Golden Continent?"

When Li Dongyang heard this, he hurriedly asked.

"Well, it's a must-pass place, whether it's to go to Yuxi, or to the Golden Continent, it is necessary to go through the Wa Kingdom, after the beginning of spring, many fleets of my Daming Dynasty go to the Golden Continent, if you don't clean up these Wa Kou, don't ask about the Wa Country, these fleets will be dangerous."

Liu Jin nodded and said.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian suddenly became a little anxious, now going to the Golden Continent to dig gold is a very hot topic, and the three of them have also invested a lot of silver in some fleets.

If the fleet was lost by the Japanese invaders, wouldn't it mean that their investment in silver was going to be wasted, thinking of this, Liu Jian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this wolf ambition of the Japanese country, and the small country of Puer also dare to repeatedly offend my great prestige, please ask Your Majesty to send a large army to clean up the Japanese and warn the Japanese country." ”

"The minister also thinks that he should teach the Japanese a lesson~"

Xie Qian also hurriedly said.

"The minister also thinks that we should teach the Japanese country a hard lesson, severely crack down on the Japanese pirates, and protect my Ming people~"

Li Dongyang also said seriously.

When it comes to their own money, these three people are finally not pedantic, and they all bluntly say that they want to use force against the Japanese invaders, and when they speak, they all start with ministers, which is very formal, just like the early dynasty.

Otherwise, in this kind of private occasion, it is generally not necessary to say the minister, just say me, which shows that the three of them are also very anxious at this time.

There is no way, there are many fleets going to the Golden Continent, and the three of them are also invested, which is related to their own interests, and their positions immediately changed.