Relying on strong ships and artillery, wantonly wreaking havoc on the coasts of other countries, and even directly sending troops to invade the interior of other countries, this practice is exactly the same as that of Western countries in later generations.

Shen Zhou led the fleet to block the Shima Strait of the Wa Kingdom, directly cut off the connection between Kyushu Island and Honshu Island, and then shelled the imperial court in the coastal areas of the Ouchi clan, and forced Ouchi Yoshixing to cede Iwami Province to Daming in this way, this practice is a typical European bandit practice in later generations, and now Shen Zhou is doing it with righteousness, and when he negotiates with Ouchi Yoshiko, he is also extremely tough, and he does not give in at all, forcing the other party to agree to the conditions he proposes.

In the face of Shenzhou's arrogant approach, Ouchi Yoshixing is even an old treacherous and slippery, but there is nothing to be done, and after weighing the gains and losses for a long time, he finally agreed to Shenzhou's arrogant request, recognizing that Iwami Country is under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ouchi clan will definitely not step into Iwami Country again in the future.

With Ouchi Yoshixing's promise, Shen Zhou is also a cheerful person, and immediately left the Shimonoseki Strait with the fleet, a few months later, Zhou Zhong who got the news sent a formal official, while taking over the management of Iwami Province, while signing a formal treaty with Ouchi Yoshixing, in addition to the previous requirements for ceding Iwami Province, in addition to the previous requirements for ceding Iwami Country, there are also a lot of conditions, such as Ouchi Yoshixing to release the sea ban, allowing Daming's merchant ships to dock in his territory, and at the same time Dauchi Yoshixing also gave Ouchi Yoshixing a right to trade, The goods shipped by the Ming Dynasty to the territory of Ouchi Yixing, the Ouchi clan has the right of first refusal and so on.

The place where the treaty was signed was strongly demanded by Zhou Zhong to be signed on a ship in the Shimonoseki Strait. Then he was nicknamed the "Shimonoseki Treaty" by his wicked taste. But really speaking. The entire Shimonoseki Treaty was somewhat unequal except for the fact that Ouchi Yoshiko ceded Iwami Province. Other treaties also have some advantages for Ouchi Yoshiko, such as the right to trade with the Ming Dynasty, which is the power that all the daimyo of the Wa Kingdom want to grasp in their hands, and in the past, Shushige only traded with Ashikaga Kazuki, but now there is one more Ouchi Yoshiko, and this treaty alone can allow Ouchi Yoshiko to accumulate a lot of wealth in a short time, which is for Ouchi Yoshiko who is fighting everywhere. It was definitely great news, which made him no longer so reluctant to cede Iwami Province.

After signing the Shimonoseki Treaty, Iwami Country finally really fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and then Xu Na, who had just found two gold mines in Nanyang, was urgently recalled, and then after Zhou Zhong personally explained to him the estimated output of the Wa State Silver Mine, Xu Na immediately ran to Iwami Country with a group of students, looking for silver mines all over the mountains.

As one of the largest silver mines in Asia, and with the guidance of Zhou Shige, the Iwami Silver Mine soon found a large mine in the scattered silver mining areas of the Omori area, which was a silver and copper associated mine. Among them, the silver reserves are very considerable, at least the entire Ming Dynasty can not find such a large silver mine. And it was relatively easy to mine, which made Zhou Zhong ecstatic to find out, and immediately stepped up to send troops and officials to Iwami to organize the mining of silver mines.

The mining of silver ore is troublesome and troublesome, and it is simple to say that it is simple, Zhou Zhong has money in his hands and craftsmen who know how to do it, but the only thing missing is the miners who are mined, but this is not a problem, the number of Japanese people in Iwami is not a few, and there are also a lot of miners in some scattered small silver mines around, and now the silver mines in the Iwami area are owned by the Ming Dynasty, and those miners are naturally from the Ming Dynasty, and they can also be recruited from the outside world, after all, there are not a few Japanese people who can't eat in the Iwami area, as long as they are in charge of the mine, There will be a lot of Japanese people who are willing to work in the mines.

However, the officials sent by Zhou Zhong to the Iwami area did not recruit miners in the nearby Iwami Province, but had tens of thousands of Korean laborers recruited from North Korea to prospect for mines in the Japanese Province. The reason for this is that, on the one hand, it is to reduce the number of locals on the Korean side, and on the other hand, Iwami is the territory of the Japanese after all, if there are only Japanese people, it is not conducive to rule, so those officials who have learned badly with Zhou Zhong thought of this practice of mixing sand, and moved a large number of Koreans to Iwami to work.

Although Zhou Zhong didn't want others to know the news of Iwami's discovery of the big silver mine, Iwami was in the territory of the Wa Kingdom after all, and there were all Wa people around, and it was impossible to keep it secret, so the news quickly spread out, and as a result, Ouchi Yoshixing regretted it, and wanted to break the contract but didn't dare, and finally had to endure this evil breath, but as a generation of heroes, he naturally didn't die so easily, but he was secretly waiting for the opportunity, as long as Da Ming showed the slightest flaw, He would pounce on it and take Iwami back again.

However, compared to Ouchi Yoshixing's patience, some of the surrounding daimyo are not so patient, under such a big benefit of the silver mine, although they know that the army of Ouchi Daimei is not easy to mess with, but they still have a trace of illusion, especially Ouchi Yoshiko's old opponent Niko has been long, this scheming guy is also inciting some daimyo behind his back, so in this case, some of the daimyo of the Japanese kingdom formed a coalition army of 30,000 people to attack Iwami Province.

Speaking of Nizi for a long time, this person can go against a generation of heroes like Ouchi Yoshiko, and naturally he is not a simple character, he occupies several small countries such as Izumo, Boqi, and Bigo, and his strength is not worse than that of the Ouchi clan, and he was even invited by Ouchi Yoshiko to go to Kyoto to help Hosokawa Takakoku together, but after the war, he did not get the corresponding remuneration, which made Nizi hold a grudge against Ouchi Yoshixing for a long time, so he planned a war against the Ouchi clan, but unfortunately he still had some gaps in the face of Ouchi Yoshixing, and he was defeated in a big battle. Even his son died on the battlefield, which made the Niko clan and the Ouchi clan form an indissoluble feud.

Nizi is good at scheming for a long time, and things have always been planned and then moved, this time for the attack on the Iwami country occupied by the Ming Dynasty, Nizi is also the same, for example, although he instigated those daimyo to unite to attack Iwami behind his back, but in fact he did not participate, but was ready to sit behind and watch a good show, if the Daimyo's coalition army can defeat the Ming army, it means that the Ming army has a false appearance, he will immediately organize the army to attack Iwami, defeat other competitors and monopolize the Iwami silver mine, If the Ming army is really as powerful as the legend, then he will immediately send people to contact the Ming people, and then take the initiative to make friends with them, after all, he also wants to get some benefits from the trade with the Ming.

Shen Zhou was almost blind to the situation in the western part of Kyushu Island, and naturally he didn't know that there was Niko Jiujiu behind the alliance forces of these Japanese people, and he didn't even know who Niko Jiujiu was. But it doesn't matter, anyway, he has long expected that as long as the news of the silver mine comes out, it will definitely attract some people to covet it, so he has long been ready for war, for example, when recruiting laborers from North Korea before, he also mobilized a group of Ming troops stationed in North Korea from North Korea.

The troops stationed in North Korea are selected from the border army of the Ming Dynasty, after all, after the annexation of North Korea, there will definitely be some problems, and may even cause some rebellion, so there must be a group of strong troops to suppress, and the border army is also the closest to the North Korean side, so Zhengde mobilized some border troops from Liaodong to enter North Korea, these border troops fight with the steppe people all the year round, and the combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Beijing camp, and the suppression of North Korea is naturally not a problem.

Zhou Chong's hands are all navy, and the Marine Corps is also being formed, and it can't be used for the time being, so whenever he encounters this kind of land war, he can only ask Zhengde for help, so the garrison army in North Korea was temporarily transferred to Shenzhou by Zhengde to assist him in defending Iwami country, after all, for Iwami's silver mine, Zhengde is also very greedy, if the output goes up in the future, he will no longer have to worry about lack of money.

In fact, the navy of Shenzhou can also be used for land warfare, for example, most of the navy on the ship is equipped with weapons such as bows and arrows and muskets, especially the equipment rate of muskets, which is much higher than that of the border army, plus the artillery on the ship can also be temporarily unloaded, so the combat effectiveness of the navy on land is actually not worse than that of the border army.

However, the reason why Zhou Chong asked Zhengde for help, and then introduced the border army into Iwami's guards, was actually awakened by Wang Shouren before, that is, in order to reduce the court, especially Zhengde's suspicion of him, although Zhengde is a heartless guy, and he is Zhou Chong's brother, but Zhengde is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty after all, if Zhou Chong's overseas development is too strong, and it is not controlled by the imperial court, even if Zhou Chong does not have the intention of rebellion, I am afraid it will attract the suspicion of the imperial court, Therefore, after Wang Shouren woke him up, Zhou Zhong would be careful everywhere, even if it was Iwami Province, which occupied the Wa Kingdom, the first thing he thought of was to introduce the power of the imperial court, so that he would not have to worry about the suspicion of the imperial court.

The combat effectiveness of the border army is naturally not boasted, not to mention that those daimyo who have been encouraged by Nizi for a long time are not too powerful forces, so although the coalition army they formed has reached 30,000, it is a group of patchwork rabble, and even after the union, the combat effectiveness has not increased, but has declined, after all, just the struggle between several daimyo for control of the army is enough to minimize the combat effectiveness of the entire coalition army.

It was also in this situation that the Japanese coalition army had an offensive and defensive battle with the Ming army under Yitian City, and the generals of the border army wanted to fight with the Japanese people, but Shen Zhou felt that it was not necessary, and only needed to use the wall of Yitian City to consume the strength of the Japanese people, and the precious lives of the Ming soldiers could not be consumed in this senseless war. (To be continued......)