"But, Brother Xie, didn't you say that the Japanese Kingdom is full of gold and silver? What we saw and heard on the five islands has also been verified, if we completely capture it, won't we have to worry about gold and silver? Jiang Binqi said. 【Reading.com】

Although Nagasaki is a big port and a distribution center, it can still be seen that there is a lot of gold and silver in the Japanese country, and if you take it all, how much money will you have to make?

"But actually, it's very difficult to do." Xie Hong explained: "The Japanese country is mountainous, if a full-scale war is launched, even if it is occupied, it will be difficult to eliminate the remnants of the enemy, so after the victory, it will also have to garrison the garrison, plus the Japanese people originally had many outlaws, the garrison is the least, I am afraid it will be 50,000 people, I estimate that it may not be enough." ”

"The garrison is like this, and when attacking, of course, more troops are needed, less than 100,000 will definitely not work. With so many soldiers and horses passing by sea, the logistical pressure ......" Xie Hong muttered: "Don't look at the bumper harvest in Liaodong this year, but the scale will be expanded next year, and if you count the investment, I'm afraid it is still quite insufficient, and it is impossible to support a large-scale war." ”

What Xie Hong said was very reasonable, and Jiang Bin and the others nodded silently.

Next year's investment is much larger than this year's, after all, there are fewer people in Liaodong, and Jizhen is close to the capital, which is the opposite of Liaozhen. Although Xuanfu has deviated from the capital, there is a lot of wasteland, but since the civil engineering, Xuanfu is the hardest hit area of the Tartars, and there are many broken places on the side walls.

Therefore, although the situation in Trilateral Town is good on the surface, in fact, there are many hidden worries, no matter who the opponent is, now is not a good time to start a war.

"Brother Xie, but the Japanese country is full of power, and the general is still powerless to restrain the emperor, can they still form a unified command and resistance?"

This principle is the same as that of Huaxia, whenever there is civil strife in China, it is the time when the foreign captives are the most rampant, not that the foreign captives suddenly become more powerful, but that Huaxia has been weakened by the internal strife, so there is the arrogance of the foreign invaders, so Jiang Bin has this question.

Xie Hong smiled and said: "Well, on the surface, this is the case, but there may be something special on the side of the Wa Kingdom, when Meng Yuan attacked the Wa Kingdom, in fact, the pattern there is similar to now, but they still gather together to defend against the enemy, we can't take this risk, and there is no need to take risks." ”

"Oh?" Jiang Bin's eyes lit up, with his familiarity with Xie Hong, of course he wouldn't know that Xie Hong's statement meant that he had a wonderful idea again, at this time, he just had to listen, and he didn't have to worry about whether he would succeed at all.

"Since the Wa Kingdom is in the Warring States Period, then we don't need to bother them, but we should push them to fight more fiercely, extend the Warring States Period for hundreds of years, and then we can plunder their wealth as long as we trade them."

"But didn't you say last time that the favorite cargo of the Japanese people is ......"

"Well, tea, silk, porcelain, these things are more expensive than gold, it's a pity that Liaodong is not produced, but we can sell other things, they lack more things there......" Xie Hong wrenched his hand and said: "Fur, grain, medicinal materials, these strategic materials, they are all short, and the most important thing is that since they are in the civil war, we can sell arms." ”

"Munitions?" Another new term jumped out, Jiang Bin was used to it, but Yang Haoran was a little confused.

"yes." Xie Hong smiled and nodded, "The technology of forging knives in the Wa Kingdom is not bad, but it takes a very long time to make a knife, resulting in their katana swords are relatively rare, most of the equipment in the army are bamboo guns, and the bow is also that kind of big bow, which is extremely inconvenient to use, as for the armor, heh, even the armor made of bamboo chips is a treasure." ”

"These are weapons, if we sell them to them, in case they ......" Yang Haoran was taken aback, he understood what arms were, but these things are not bought and sold casually, especially armor is the most serious.

According to the Ming Law, if someone keeps a knife or a gun, he will generally not be punished; But if there is a bow and crossbow, it is difficult to say; As for armor, especially iron armor, as long as someone dares to hide this thing, there is only a dead end if it is discovered. The combat effectiveness of armored and unarmored soldiers is completely different.

"A bite back? Haha, Mr. Yang, you are too worried, of course Ben Hou can grasp the proportion, you just have to rest assured, besides, even if there is an accident, those Japanese robbers really have bad intentions, but with their navigation skills, how can they pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty? Xie Hong smiled contemptuously, completely ignoring the possible threat.

"Liaodong iron ore is abundant, plus there is also a large mine in northern Korea, and there is no shortage of craftsmen here in Lushun, so Ben Hou plans to eliminate the weak and retain the strong in the three towns in the past two years, professionalize all the army, and change equipment at the same time, and the equipment that is replaced cannot be wasted, just take it to the Wa State to dump it for money."

"Oh." Jiang Bin's mouth was round, and Yang Haoran's eyes were round, the former felt that Xie Hong's ability to use waste was very high, and the latter was attracted by the news of the comprehensive costume change.

Yang Haoran has heard that in addition to weapons, the costume change also includes armor, and it is not the fish scale armor that is changed now, but a new armor, the name is a little strange, called plate armor.

That thing is still in the research and development stage, so I will use the fish scale armor to practice, and it is obvious that the plate armor must be stronger than the fish scale armor. Yang Haoran has also been a veteran for many years, and he really can't think of what kind of armor will be stronger than fish scale armor.

You know, before this, the fish scale armor is already a treasure that only generals can have, and if you go up, I'm afraid there is only Wenshan armor, but that kind of armor is expensive, and it will delay the work to build it, and it will be popularized in the three towns within two years, so how many craftsmen will have to do it?

"Although the cost of trade is small, the visible effect is also slow, and it is far from being able to supply the ...... needed by the capital and the three towns" Yang Haoran was in a daze, and Xie Hong continued to explain, "So, we still have to grab it, because this method has the fastest effect." ”

"Hou Ye is wise." Yang Haoran's eyes lit up.

The last time he robbed the Jianzhou Jurchens, although the strategy was set by Xie Hong, he might rob the Jianzhou people, and he was also an indispensable executor, and he could do it so well the first time, which shows that he originally had some talent.

Therefore, after hearing this keyword, Yang Haoran was also in high spirits, and looked at Xie Hong with blazing eyes, looking forward to getting this good errand.

"There are a lot of gold and silver mines in the Wa Kingdom, but most of them are scattered, and as far as I know, there are three places where they are concentrated, namely the gold mine on Sado Island, the Iwami silver mine, and the gold mine in Kai."

Xie Hong said with a smile: "The easiest thing to deal with is the Golden Mountain in Sado, there should only be some natives on it, and the number is not too many, as long as you send a fleet over, you will be able to occupy it." Then we will summon some hard labor from North Korea, then pick up some from the local area, and finally release a garrison force, and the Jinshan there will be ours. ”

"Such a small island, there is actually a mountain of gold on it?" The Japanese people like to call that island Sado Island, and list it as one of the sixty-six countries, but it is actually not too big, only a few hundred square kilometers, and the proportion of the map made by Xie Hong is more accurate, and it can be seen clearly, so the two generals are very surprised.

"Hmph, it's not just a question of whether there is a mountain of gold, not only there is, but there is more than one." Xie Hong said with a smug smile, similar to the Iwami Silver Mine, the Sado Jinshan Waren also began mining in the Warring States Period, and it was not mined until the Hirado Period, and the stock was extremely huge.

"Sado has the lowest difficulty, and Iwami Silver Mountain is more troublesome, it is now in the hands of the Ouchi family, and this Ouchi family is considered a strong man in Kyushu, if you transfer troops from Liaozhen to clean them up, of course it will be easy, but in this case, things are easy to get bigger, so I transferred troops from Duoyan Sanwei."

"But to the Wa people, aren't the Tartars also foreigners?"

"Of course it's different," Xie Hong shook his head, "If the children of Liao Town are transferred over, of course we have to command ourselves to avoid unnecessary losses, and the soldiers and horses of the Duoyan Department are not so particular, as long as you talk to the daimyo who wants to be supported, uh, that is, the Japanese country is strong, negotiate the conditions with him, and then hand over the command to them, anyway, it is not my race, and I don't feel distressed if I die." ”

He smiled and said, "This is called a mercenary, anyway, we just spent some food, but in exchange for silver, by the way, we can also weaken Duoyan Sanwei, isn't it a good thing to count in one fell swoop?" ”

"So that's the case, then Brother Xie, you don't need Duoyan to provide the horses yourself, is it ......?"

"If you want a horse, Hwadang should be distressed, and the transportation is also laborious, isn't there thousands of horses on Jeju Island? It just happened to be used, although the horses of North Korea are not tall, but they are already considered big horses in the Japanese country, with such an elite cavalry, it is not difficult to break through Ouchi, we just have to wait to receive the silver mine, it is a big silver mountain. ”

Looking at the map, thinking of the information about Iwami Silver Mountain, Xie Hong felt that saliva was swirling around his mouth, Iwami Silver Mountain not only has large reserves, but also easy to mine, a large part of it is even exposed on the surface, it is a bare silver mine!

The level of mining of the Japanese people is low, so it was only in the last years of the shogunate that it was lighted, and now, hehe, the brother will hollow out the place in a few years...... The tools are no problem, there are many senior miners in Daming, and there are still themselves; There is no problem with labor, there are also many Koreans and Japanese people, and there are only as many overseers as long as there are overseers on the Liaozhen side; The capacity is also simple, with the guidance of the old man, the shipwrights are now working hard, and the big ship will be there soon.

"It's the same with Kai's side, let's just support a daimyo in Echigo, on the one hand, we can ensure that Sado Island is not disturbed, and on the other hand, we can let them expand towards Kai, and if they can do it, it will be the best, and if they can't, it will be counted. Anyway, we just want to take advantage of the Japanese scuffle and make a good profit, haha. ”

(To be continued)