Since he wants to occupy Sado Island, then Marin must consult the opinion of the indigenous Japanese people. Moreover, the occupation of Sado Island must not be in the name of Marin, in the name of the noble daughter of the Liver Fu Shui Zi, in order to reduce resistance.

The most important thing is that if you rule the local area in the name of a Japanese daimyo, you will face less resistance. Otherwise, there will be rebellions all day long, and no matter how strong the Marin army is, it will not be able to withstand it.

But the problem is that Sado Island is also a reichi country, and although the stone height is only 17,000 koku, which is not even a tenth of the 175,000 koku of Osumi Province, it is also a daimyo of the Eight Classics. It's easy for you to destroy people, but it's a big question of what name you can use. Without righteousness, it is difficult to rule securely.

Liver Fu Shuizi thought for a while and said:

"Husband, the concubine heard that although the Sado country was led by the Honma clan, because the Honma clan divided the concubines at the beginning, the power of the Sado country was dispersed, and there were constant internal strife. Before leaving Japan, the concubine had heard that the Honma clan of Hamo Township and the Honma clan of Kawarada were strong, and there were many conflicts with the Honma clan of Zatai Castle......"

"Then you mean to support one of the three families, use them as puppets, and secretly control the Sado Kingdom?" Marin nodded, feeling that the idea was very good, and it was the least likely to cause a backlash.

Then, Marin asked:

"Who is the strongest of these three?"

After thinking about it, Liver Fu Shuizi replied:

"It seems to be the Honma clan of Yumo, and the concubine heard that Sado Island is mainly divided into three. The Honma clan mainly controlled the central part of the island and the surrounding area, while the Hamo Honma clan mainly controlled the southernmost part of the island, and there were ports to trade with the main island. As for the Kawahara Honma clan, they mainly control the northern part of Sado Island. Their strength is on par with the main family, but they are weaker than the Honma branch of the Hamo clan......"

"Is the Hamo Honma clan the only one?" Marin was stunned.

He seems to have read a book of Japan's Warring States in his previous life, which clearly said that the Kawarada clan in the north of Sado Island controlled the Tsuruko Silver Mountain, and then had the strength to fight against the Hamo clan......

Of course, Marin's memory is correct, but that was in the late Warring States period. In fact, it was only in 1542 that it was discovered by a merchant from Echigo Province, and now the Kawarada clan certainly does not have the financial backing of the silver mountain. Therefore, naturally, it cannot compete with the Hamo clan, which has trade.

In fact, the Hamo clan is stronger than the main family and the Kawaharada branch because of its strength. As a result, in 1524, the Hamo clan destroyed the family and became the guardian of the Sado island country.

But then the Kawarada branch in the north discovered the Tsuruko Silver Mountain, and with the Silver Mountain as a financial backing, they naturally had the capital to confront the Hamo clan that replaced the main family. Then, the two fought for decades, and the dog's brain was out.

The dispute between the two families was actually a rookie pecking at each other, but "the husband is not guilty of his guilt", and the Kawaharada family's Tsuruko Ginzan finally attracted a powerful pretender, Uesugi Kenshin, who sent a large army to Sado Island in 1589 and cleaned up the Hamo clan and the Kawaharada clan together. At this point, the Honma clan's rule on Sado Island came to an end......

However, in later generations, the most famous thing on Sado Island is Sado Kanayama in the Aikawa region to the west. Marin, who had seen a map of Sado Island before, remembered only that Sado Gold Mountain was a little north of the small peninsula on the west side of the harbor in the southwest of Sado Island. Then, there is the Jinbei Mountain in the inland area to the northeast. As for Hezi Yinshan, he really didn't have an impression. Perhaps, the silver mountain of cranes in later generations has already been mined.

But in any case, Tsuruko Ginzan was the fuse that attracted the Uesugi clan to send troops to extinguish the Honma clan, so its output and grade must not be low. Otherwise, it would not have attracted Kenshin Uesugi to send troops across the sea. Anyway, Marin will send prospectors to carefully survey the northern half of the island in the mountains. These mountains of gold and silver can be found in the 16th century, and it is certainly not difficult to find. Otherwise, the ancients didn't have the technology to find it.

The gold and silver mines of later generations were mainly underground mines, because the gold and silver mines on the surface had long been mined by the ancients. After all, the ancients were not stupid. Only gold and silver mines buried deep underground, or inaccessible gold and silver mines in the mountains, will be left for future generations to mined.

The underground mine Marin certainly does not have the ability to detect it, but the surface mines that can be discovered by ancient people will definitely be discovered as long as they are fully manned.

However, in ancient times, there were no detectors, no planes and drones, and it was very inefficient to rely on manual trekking through mountains and rivers.

But it can't be helped, after all, that condition was like that in ancient times. If you want to find mines, you can only rely on manpower to pile them......

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Considering that the Hamo clan is now the dominant family on Sado Island, the righteous name is in the main family. Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Marin decided to first trick the Hamo clan into annexing or expelling the main family, and then he sent troops to capture Sado Island in the name of "helping the main family of the Honma clan to reinstate". Then, send people to prospect for mines......

As for how to do it? This is very simple, Marin only needs to sell a batch of fine weapons and armor to the Yumao clan at a low price to fuel their ambitions.

With sophisticated weapons and armor, and already ambitious, Marin didn't believe they could resist annexing their master's house. After all, when the daimyo of Sado Province is a great attraction for the Hamo clan.

The Hamo clan is rich, and then they have sophisticated weapons and armor, and once a fight starts, the main family of the Honma clan will definitely be difficult to parry. When the Hamo clan has defeated the Honma clan to nothing, Marin's army can appear in the name of "savior" to help the Honma clan restore the rule of Sado Island.

At that time, the head of the Honma clan had nothing but to be at the mercy of Marin......

Of course, Marin had little interest in manipulating the Honma clan, he was only interested in mining the gold and silver mountains of Sado Island. As long as the Honma clan knows each other and doesn't interfere with his mining of gold and silver, he doesn't mind handing over control of the farmland on those islands to the master of the Honma clan. Anyway, those two crooked melons and cracked dates are not worth a few dollars......

And with the head of the Honma clan as a puppet, there was no legal obstacle to Marin's control of Sado Island. This plan was much milder than the direct annexation he had thought before, and it was less likely to cause resistance.

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However, in addition to the army, Marin felt that he should train a group of prospectors to find gold and silver mines. Otherwise, when the territory is occupied, but the gold and silver mines cannot be found, it will be a shame.

It just so happened that Marin had now seized the Rammelsberg silver mine near Goslar, and Marin decided to train a group of engineers who were good at identifying and finding gold and silver mines based on this silver mine.

To this end, Marin signed an order ordering the establishment of the "Goslar Prospecting School" in the mines outside Goslar, specializing in the training of prospecting engineers, specializing in the exploration, mining and smelting of gold and silver mines. As for the other minerals, there is no hurry, and the gold and silver mines will come first. After all, Marin now lacks no other metals in his hands, only gold and silver......

As for the trainees, Marin felt that he should choose people who were strict-mouthed, so as not to leak the news of the gold and silver mines and cause other countries to covet them. To this end, Marin asked Kohler to select a group of reliable and physical teenagers (climbing mountains for prospecting is physical work) and sent them to the prospecting school in Goslar to learn how to identify and explore gold and silver mines from the old engineers in the mines. When they learned well, they were sent to Sado Island in Japan to explore the Sado Gold Mountain, the Crane Silver Mountain, and the Osu Silver Mountain for Marin......