Wakoku Iwami country.

The Treaty of Hongzhi Gengshen ceded Iwami Province to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty quickly sent officials here, and officially renamed Iwami Ginshan County, which was directly assigned to the Northern Zhili Province.

Well, although Beizhili and Yinshan County seem to be a little far apart.

But there is no way, who called Yinshan County to have a silver mine containing hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

To the north of Ginzan Prefecture is the Whaling Sea (later known as the Sea of Japan), and to the south is the territory of the former Ouchi family, which has now been divided between the Mori and Niko families.

These two families chose to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty very wisely when Liu Jin went on an expedition to the Japanese Kingdom last time, so they also enjoyed the benefits.

There is a bay in the north of Yinshan County, and the whole bay has become lively and extraordinary, and it is a hot scene.

Tens of thousands of Japanese people were hired to build the Silver Mountain Port here.

At the same time, some of the wharves that were temporarily built here, a merchant ship from the Ming Dynasty was quietly moored, and there were Japanese people on the wharf who were diligently loading and unloading goods.

Yinshan County belongs to the Ming Dynasty North Zhili, and now the merchant ships who come to the Japanese Kingdom like to anchor here in Yinshan Port, because they do not need to pay taxes, and only need to pay a little berthing fee.

If it is anchored in other parts of the Wa Kingdom, although the Wa State no longer dares to levy heavy taxes on the ships of the Ming Dynasty, the general taxes can still be collected.

What's more, it is safer to moor on your own Ming land.

There are 20,000 Ming troops stationed here in Yinshan County, which is enough to ensure the interests of the Ming Dynasty on the side of the Japanese State.

Now the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty have two options when they come to do business on the side of the Wa Kingdom.

One is here in Yinshan County, from Daming to Yinshan County, or belongs to Beizhili, and then directly in Yinshan County to sell goods to the merchants of the Wa Kingdom.

Or it can be transferred to various parts of the country for sale.

The other is to arrive at Hyogo Nozu of the Wa Kingdom, Hyogo no Tsu was leased to the Ming Dynasty by the Wa State, and it is also considered the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it arrived at Hyogo Nozu, and then came to sell it exclusively to all parts of the Wa Kingdom.

The Ming Dynasty won the war, taught the Japanese a hard lesson, and forced the daimyo from all over the Ming Dynasty to no longer dare to levy heavy taxes on the Ming merchant ships and merchants, which greatly promoted the Ming merchants to come to the Japanese to do business and trade.

In addition, the geographical location of Yinshan County is very important, and there is a huge silver mine, after getting Yinshan County, Daming has also invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.

In a short period of time, the entire county seat of Yinshan County and Yinshan Port have become a busy construction site.

Because Yinshan Port is regarded as a transit port for the Ming Dynasty to the Golden Continent, Liu Jin, Zhang Mao and others have also invested a lot and are ready to build it into a large port.

At this time, one by one cargo ships arrived at Yinshan Port from Daming, and the most cement was loaded on the cargo ships.

Truckloads of cement were continuously transported to Yinshan Port for the construction of Yinshan Port and Yinshan County.

Everything in the port is built in the style of the Tianjin port on the Ming side, and thousands of Japanese people are hired to work hard.

Kotaro is one of the many Japanese people who work hard.

Kotaro did not have a surname, only a first name, and in the Wa Kingdom, only the nobles and samurai class could have a surname, and they ordinary people were not eligible to have a surname.

He was originally an ordinary farmer in Iwami Province, who originally made a living from farming, and has been a farmer for generations.

Who knew that this Iwami country was ceded to Daming all of a sudden, and Daming also gave these Japanese people in Iwami country two choices.

One is that you can leave Iwami Country, and the other is that from now on, you will be loyal to the Son of the Great Tomorrow and become the common people of the Ming Dynasty.

For the common people who became the Ming Dynasty and were loyal to the Son of the Great Tomorrow, the original Iwami people did not have the slightest resistance.

In itself, there are many people in the Wa Kingdom who say that the Wa people are from the Central Plains, and the saying that the Wa Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty are one family is still very popular in the Wa Kingdom.

In addition, the aristocracy and samurai class of the Wa Kingdom all used and wrote Chinese characters, and they had the same roots and origins in culture, that is to say, there were differences in language.

Moreover, the Wa Kingdom is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the Wa kings have to pay tribute to the Ming Emperor, and the people of their Iwami Kingdom can directly become the people of the Ming Dynasty and be loyal to the Ming Emperor, which is not only not the slightest resistance to them, but many people think it is very good.

The identity suddenly changed from the subjects of the Ming vassal state to the people of the Ming Dynasty, isn't this status a big improvement?

In the Wa Kingdom, they are the lowest level of the common people, but after this Ishimi country became Yinshan County, they are the Ming people, and this out of Yinshan County, they are the superior Ming people in the Wa country.

It's not just Kotaro and ordinary people who think so, but also the original nobles and samurai of Iwami Province.

In the past, Iwami was extremely weak, and the Ouchi family came to bully, the Maori family also came to bully, the Niko family could also come and bully, and even the Izumo country next to it could come and bully.

These nobles and samurai of Iwami Province have also been subjected.

But now it's different, they are people from Yinshan County, Daming, and their identities have changed to the side, which has become the landlords and gentry of Daming, who dares to bully them?

The Ming Dynasty took over the entire Yinshan County without encountering any difficulties, and the nobles, warriors, and ordinary people of Yinshan all happily turned around and became the Ming people.

Although there are few people in Yinshan County who can speak Da Ming, this does not prevent the joy of Yinshan County.

Emperor Daming was very benevolent, because considering that Yinshan County had just been incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi also issued an order to exempt Yinshan County from taxes for three years.

When the news reached Yinshan County, the entire Yinshan County celebrated.

In the Wa Kingdom, the exploitation of the common people by the aristocracy and the samurai class was also very serious, and the ordinary people of the Wa Kingdom were similar to the common people of the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the year, many times I can't even eat my stomach.

Now the Great Tomorrow is exempt from their taxes for three years, which means that they can live a much better life for these three years.

Of course, they didn't know that this was Liu Jin's request to Emperor Hongzhi, and it was originally to stabilize the Ming Dynasty's rule over Yinshan County.

After all, this place is far away from the Ming Dynasty, and the people here are all Japanese people, and the number of Ming people is very small, and if you want to rule here for a long time, you need strong force, and you also need a certain strategy.

It is necessary to give them a taste of sweetness.

After all, for Emperor Hongzhi, this tax in Yinshan County is nothing at all, the key is the silver mine here in Yinshan County, once this is mined, it is a steady stream of silver from white flowers.

Kotaro worked hard, mixing sand and cement together and stirring constantly.

Cement is such an amazing thing.

At first, it was like mud, but after a while, it immediately became hard as stone, which was very convenient for building houses, walls, ports, etc.

"Bell~Bell~"

"It's time to eat~It's time to eat~"

"Everybody washes up and prepares to eat."

Time passed slowly, and I worked hard, and soon it was time for lunch.

As the bell rang, there were also the Ming people in charge of the overseer shouting continuously.

Immediately, the entire busy construction site resounded with cheers.

Kotaro and the others put all the tools neatly and neatly as requested, and then came to the cement that had been laid on the side.

Here, a lot of tents have been set up, and a large number of Japanese women are busy in the tents, and you can see buckets of white rice in the distance, and at the same time there are a large number of vegetables next to it, and the aroma of meat is also wafting in bursts.

Kotaro couldn't help but swallow.

But I still went to the place where I washed my hands, washed my hands, and lined up.

He loves life now.

When he comes to Yinshan Port to work here, he can earn 50 yuan a day, and at the same time, he also has three meals a day, rice, noodles, fish and meat, vegetables can be eaten casually, and occasionally braised pork can be eaten.

It's a life he couldn't have imagined before.

In the past, I used to farm at home, and I worked hard all year round, and I could only eat two meals a day.

Every meal is a rice ball, only a rice ball the size of a fist, and life is very hard, and I can't get enough to eat.

Now I eat three meals a day, eat with my belly open, and there are vegetables and meat, and I have wages.

Not only does he work here, but his wife Miko is also hired to cook for everyone, the same three meals a day, and a salary of thirty yuan.

Kotaro has already calculated, and it will take about half a year for this Silver Mountain Port to be really built, and after the Silver Mountain Port is built.

The two of them can save almost 10 taels of silver, and then they can tear down their house and build a new country.

Well, it should be built with cement, and the houses of the Ming people are the same as those built strong and durable, not afraid of rain leakage.

At that time, the front and back of the house must be paved with cement, so that even if it rains, it will not be afraid and will not get dirty.

In the future, he is not going to farm anymore, and he has already inquired clearly.

The imperial court found a large silver mine here in Yinshan County, and will recruit many people to open silver mines in the future, and silver mines can be mined for a long time, at least for decades, or even hundreds of years.

He was going to work in a silver mine, specifically to help the Ming Emperor dig silver mines.

The work is simple and easy, and the key is to be able to eat enough and earn money to support the family.

Even he has already thought about it, he wants his children to learn the Ming language, so that they can become a real Ming person, and if they can't speak the Ming language, they are not a real Ming person.

He knew that some of the Japanese who could speak the Ming language, although it was only a very simple Ming language, these Japanese people had already been reused.

used to be just a civilian, but now he has helped manage everyone, and his status is different.