Others may not know the temperament of these alien races on this small island, but Chu Yi is very clear.

Just looking at the reactions of Sun Meng and the others, you can know that Sun Meng and the others didn't take these aliens to heart at all, but this can't blame Sun Meng and these people.

You must know that the Ming Dynasty is still the central empire, which can be described as the submission of all directions, and the coming dynasty of all nations is the absolute kingdom of the Heavenly Empire.

And Sun Meng and the others are Ming soldiers, in their eyes, even the grassland alien races that established the huge Mengyuan Empire in the past are not a threat, let alone just an island country.

Chu Yi was worried that Sun Meng and these people would underestimate the Dongying alien race, and in this mentality, once they met the Dongying alien race, it was very likely that they would suffer a big loss if they were not careful.

It seemed that he didn't expect Chu Yi to remind them so solemnly, even Sun Meng, who was like a reckless man, showed a bit of righteousness on his face.

With a sweep of his eyes, Chu Yi glanced at Yu Dayou with satisfaction and appreciation: "Yu Dayou, this king has ordered you to be the vanguard, the army will be pulled out, and the goal is Iwami Country!" ”

Iwami country

The Ouchi clan has ruled Iwami Province for a long time, and it coincided with the turmoil in Toei, and a small island country was divided into dozens of large and small countries at once, and the Ouchi clan established Iwami Province.

The small Iwami country has more than 100,000 people, because the country occupies the Iwami Silver Mountain, the financial resources are quite sufficient, plus the surrounding countries such as Izumo country, Aki country and other countries are eyeing each other, so the Ouchi clan has 5,000 soldiers.

It seems like a joke that a country only has 5,000 soldiers and horses, but this is normal in Dongying, after all, these so-called countries are not even as small as a county in the Ming Dynasty, and it is still a poor force to be able to raise thousands of men and horses.

The Ouchi clan has more than 5,000 soldiers, and at the same time, there are 2,000 men and horses guarding Iwami Ginzan, supervising slaves to dig Iwami Ginzan and refine gold and silver.

A castle wall that looks like a slightly larger earthen enclosure makes up the only castle in Iwami Province.

This city is made of loess and gravel, no more than two zhang high, no more than a few miles in radius, such a city if it is placed in the Ming Dynasty, it is simply a small city in a small city, and the city of any county town is taller than this city.

It was dawn, and many of the poor-looking people entered the city with their burdens.

Most of the buildings in Toei are mainly wooden houses, which is also common in Iwami Province, and this is the only castle where wooden houses are everywhere.

In this city, there are few brick and stone courtyards, but they are the residences of the Ouchi clan and several of the Ouchi clan's retainers.

A three-entry courtyard covers an area of almost a few acres, and at first glance it looks like a bit of the Ming landlord's house, but this courtyard is where the Ouchi clan, who rules the entire Iwami country, is located.

Ouchi Yoshixing is in a hall at the moment, and in the living room, in addition to Ouchi Yoshixing, there are several retainers that Ouchi Yoshixing relies on, Tao Xingfang, Yamada Narimitsu, Ono Shiro, etc.

Ouchi Yoshixing's gaze fell on Tao Xingfang, who was sitting first on his left side, and said, "Tao Jiadu, how is the situation in Iwami Yinshan, how much silver can be produced this month?" ”

Tao Xingfang raised his eyebrows and said with a little joy on his face: "Family master, last month's silver production has been put into storage from Iwami Silver Mountain, with a total of 92,300 taels of silver. ”

Ouchi Yoshixing bowed slightly, this data was not unexpected by him, Iwami Silver Mountain is the largest silver mountain in Dongying, during this period, the annual output of silver in the entire Dongying is almost 200 tons, that is, as much as five or six million taels of silver.

And Iwami Silver Mountain accounts for about 20% of the entire Dongying silver production, that is to say, Iwami Silver Mountain has an annual output of millions of taels of silver, which is nearly 100,000 taels of silver a month.

It is said that the Ouchi clan guards such a silver mountain, and they can get nearly 100,000 taels of silver every month, and the entire Iwami country should be very rich, but this is not the case.

The people of Iwami Province were very poor, and almost one-tenth of the people in the country were forced to go to Iwami Silver Mountain to smelt silver mines.

As for the others, Seizao was forced to become a soldier of the Ouchi clan, either by working the barren land, or by braving the wind and rain to fish at sea.

The Ouchi clan occupies such a big fat piece of Iwami Ginzan, and it has always been the object of prying eyes of the surrounding countries, so it can be said that it has to fight with Izumo and Aki countries at every turn, and after years of fighting and fighting, Iwami has suffered extremely heavy losses in its strength, and it is rare to see men in the fields.

And the years of conquest and fighting also made Iwami country miserable, with a large amount of gold and silver, but even the armament and materials were not fully equipped.

Don't look at the Toei katana is famous for its sharpness, but there are very few such famous swords, and only the high samurai have the opportunity to have them.

As for the ordinary soldiers in the lower classes, let alone a katana, it would be good to be able to have weapons, and even many soldiers made the mistake of sharpening bamboo poles for spears.

Ouchi Yoshiko looked at the first person on the right, Ouchi Yoshiyasu, who is the elder of the Ouchi clan, assisting Ouchi Yoshixing to take charge of the Ouchi clan's finances and manage Iwami Kuni's logistics.

I only heard Ouchi Yoshixing say: "Ouchi Yoshiyasu, the food and ordnance in the country are complete, have those Ming caravans outside the port promised to help us get Ming ordnance?" ”

The Ouchi clan has always been in contact with many Ming merchants, and has obtained some ordnance from these merchants, but the ordnance that those merchants can bring is only a very few, which is simply not enough to consume again and again.

It can be said that the Ouchi clan has never given up its efforts to purchase ordnance from the Ming Dynasty, and every time Iwami Kuni's high-level gathering, Ouchi Yoshixing has to ask, after all, how much ordnance can be obtained, which is directly related to whether the Ouchi clan's rule can be stable and long-lasting.

There was never a shortage of farmers who served in the army for food, but the lack of sufficient armaments limited the expansion of their military power.

Dongying has always lacked iron ore, otherwise there would not be so many craftsmen working hard to build a handful of sophisticated weapons, but they are really short of raw materials and cannot be wasted.

The Ouchi clan had a large amount of gold and silver, but they could not obtain sufficient weapons, and not only Iwami Province, but also the huge Toei, large and small countries, were facing the same problem.

In many cases, in battles between several countries, there are many wounded, but very few are killed, because these warring soldiers do not have lethal weapons in their hands.

Ouchi Yoshiyasu shook his head slightly at Ouchi Yoshixing, and said with a somewhat wry smile: "A small amount of ordnance can barely be obtained at a high price, but if there is a large amount, these Ming people don't have such a lot of energy at all." ”

Ouchi Yoshixing's eyes flashed with a fierce color and said: "It seems that I can only hope that Nakajo Heli can gain something!" ”

Ouchi Yoshixing and others all know that these maritime merchants who dare to go to the sea to do business, they may not be able to trade with them with too many weapons, but they are absolutely well-equipped.

Many of the Ouchi's sophisticated weapons were obtained through the raiding of maritime merchants at sea by Nakajo Heli, a group of men and horses who disguised themselves as pirates.

Plundering a caravan at will, not to mention the goods plundered, there are at least hundreds of blades alone, which is almost enough for them to wear and tear in two great wars.

If it weren't for that, Ouchi Yoshiko would not have vigorously supported Nakajo Heli's plunder.

Tao Xingfang said with a bit of expectation in his eyes: "Although the head of the family can rest assured, this time Zhongtiao-kun is eyeing a big fish, and he will definitely gain a lot if he wants to come here." ”

Thinking that the return of Nakajo Heli could not only bring a large amount of loot, but also obtain a large number of weapons, and many of the Ouchi family soldiers under his command could be replaced with better weapons, Tao Xingfang couldn't help but feel excited, and he couldn't wait for Nakajo Heli to return immediately.

A retainer had a sad look on his face and opened his mouth, as if he had something to say.

Ouchi Yoshixing's eyes swept over the other party, and he couldn't help but say, "Murakami-kun, do you have anything to say?" ”

Murakami Shoichi took a deep breath, and under the gaze of everyone, he said with a little worry: "Family master, I'm afraid that the fleet that Nakajo-kun went to loot this time is not small, I'm afraid ......."

Without waiting for Murakami to finish speaking, Tao Xingfang said with a little disdain: "It's just a caravan, even if it's not small, the other party is at most a caravan supported by a powerful person in the Ming Dynasty, even if it is plundered, so what, can the other party still come across the sea to take revenge?" ”

The crowd present couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

Dongying is adjacent to the Ming Dynasty, but the connection between them has never been severed, in the eyes of these people in Ouchi Yixing, the Ming Dynasty is the Heavenly Empire, but they are not bad in Dongying.

Although it is said that the Ming Dynasty has strong national strength, there is nothing to do with them, right?

Besides, businessmen have no status at all in the Ming Dynasty, especially under the implementation of the Ming Dynasty's policy of forbidding the sea, those merchants who go to the sea will not be supported and protected by the Ming Dynasty in legal theory, so even if they are robbed, they will definitely not attract the attention of the Ming Dynasty, even if those businessmen have a great background, it is absolutely impossible to alarm the Ming Dynasty.

Obviously, the news of the Ming Dynasty's implementation of the policy of opening the sea under the auspices of Chu Yi has not yet spread in Dongying, although the Ouchi clan can perceive that during this period of time, there seem to be a lot more Daming maritime merchants coming from the sea all of a sudden, but the Ouchi clan has never considered why these maritime merchants suddenly skyrocketed.

Anyway, in the eyes of the Ouchi clan, these maritime merchants are fat pigs, as long as they are targeted, then they will only be plundered.

It's like the Gu caravan that was targeted, just because the Gu caravan was not small, and it exposed its strength when Iwami was trading, so it was targeted by Nakajo Heli, and he was stunned to chase and kill the Gu family at sea for several days and nights.

Maseichi Murakami sighed slightly, he could only hope that he was too worried.

However, it was said that Chu Yi led that huge fleet to sail on the sea, and the sky was beautiful, and there was no wind and waves on the way, and it appeared smoothly off the coast of Dongying.

The big ship passed through the islands, and under the guidance of the guide left by the Gu family, Chu Yi and the others finally saw the location of Iwami Country.

Iwami Province is famous for its Iwami Silver Mountain, which is a tall Iwami Silver Mountain, which can be said to be extremely eye-catching, and you can see the continuous mountains from afar.

An old man with somewhat dry and dark skin was bowing slightly at this moment, and looked respectfully towards Chu Yi, Lu Dazhu and the others: "My lords, that is where the Iwami Silver Mountain of Iwami Country is!" ”

At this time, the name of Iwami Silver Mountain has gradually spread, and the Gu family has come to Iwami Country several times to do business, so they are naturally no stranger to the name of Iwami Silver Mountain.

Although it is not very clear about the amount of silver produced by Iwami Ginzan, it is also known that Iwami Ginzan produces a large amount of gold and silver. Of course, I am afraid that only a very small number of people who really know the details of the bottom of Iwami Silver Mountain know what kind of silver mine Iwami Silver Mountain is.

The annual output of millions of taels lasted for hundreds of years, and it was not until hundreds of years later that the silver mine was gradually depleted, and it was the largest silver mine in Asia in this era, and even the entire Dongying accounted for more than half of the silver inflow into the Ming Dynasty before the silver in the Americas flowed into the Ming Dynasty.

With an annual output of 200 tons of silver, as much as five or six million taels, most of the silver has flowed into the Ming Dynasty through trade, which is only Dongying, if you count the surrounding countries, and even count the silver of the Americas that gradually replaced Dongying and occupied the mainstream, it can be said that the benefits contained in the sea trade of the Ming Dynasty are simply amazing.

Chu Yi looked at the stone silver mountain through the clairvoyant mirror, and his eyes couldn't help but show a little strange look.

Even if he can't occupy the entire Dongying this time, and only occupy this Iwami country, it will not be in vain that he led the army to the east this time.

As one ship after another approached the port through the safe waterway, the appearance of such a large number of ships in the sea outside the port naturally alarmed the people in the port early.

In charge of managing the port was Ueno Nakamitsu, a retainer of the Ouchi clan.

Dressed in silk and satin, Ueno Nakamitsu, who was dressed like a gentleman of the Ming Dynasty, was enjoying the gentleness of the country under the service of several housekeepers, and suddenly the door was knocked on by the next person and said: "My lord, my lord, it's not good, it's not good......

Ueno Nakamitsu couldn't help frowning, and shouted outside the door: "What the hell is the matter, so panicked, disturbing the good things of Lord Ben......"

I only heard the man tremble: "My lord, there are so many ships, so many big ships......"

Ueno Nakamitsu was slightly stunned, changed his clothes under the service of several housekeepers, walked to the door on clogs, opened the door and stared at the kneeling people, and said with a cold face: "What big ship?" Where did the big ship come from? ”

There is a ship coming, which means that he is going to make a fortune, Ueno Nakamitsu, who manages the entire port, has been eating from the port all these years, and when he heard that a large number of ships are coming, Ueno Nakamitsu's first thought is how much benefit he can get from those Ming merchants.

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