"There is another great happy event, which I just received late last night, and many people must not know about it." I glanced at the people in the room. "Three and a half months ago, Jiaozhi's Third Expedition Fleet set sail from Linchuan Port in Linzhen County, Hainan Island, and after sailing nearly three thousand miles, landed on a large island. That island, after their investigation, was determined to be the Luzon Island that I had mentioned. Over the next three months, a total of 10 expeditions were sent into the mountains at the northern tip of the island. Ten days ago. In the mountains at the northern end of the island, copper deposits have been discovered, and it is estimated that they will definitely not be smaller than those in southern Yunnan, but even larger. In addition, there are likely to be other copper mining areas in this area......"

The eyes of the dozen or so ministers suddenly widened, and I continued with satisfaction. The copper mine is also accompanied by a gold mine, which is expected to mine 10 million catties of copper and 5,000 to 10,000 catties of gold annually, and is less than 100 miles from the sea, and there are rivers flowing through the mining area. Ladies and gentlemen, please note that this is just one of the copper mines on the island of Luzon. In addition, I believe there are at least two or three such gold-copper associated mines that have not yet been explored. ”

Then, I heard the sound of everyone in the room, almost pumping the air in the room.

"10 million catties, then there must be at least 30 million catties, in this way, it is 30 million catties, plus 30,000 catties of gold, obediently...... Your Majesty, we sent it. Luo Shixin's eyes lit up, and he even set fire to it and shouted.

"It's natural, but don't be too happy, it will take at least two and a half years to reach this level of production." Seeing Luo Shixin shouting so loudly, I couldn't help but pour a scoop of cold water on it. "And at least 10,000 laborers are needed."

"Your Majesty, this is very easy to solve. Cheng Biting Jin's guy has captured more than 100,000 enemies since the war with the Cham country in the land of Jiaozhi, and now although the newly occupied land also needs prisoners of war, it is really not needed so much, and some prisoners of war can be transferred from now on......" Fang Xuanling blinked and smiled very insidiously. This guy's eyes light up when he hears about money these days.

Now because he has been dealing with economic work, this famous minister of the Tang Dynasty in another historical time and space has become the best economist in our dynasty. Or he has become one of the powerful accomplices of Ben Gongzi's robbery of other countries.

"What I said before is all for profit, but it is all for the benefit of the country, so I think this is a great benefit, and it should be desirable, what do you think?"

"What Your Majesty said is very true, for the benefit of the country, how can we care about those false names and ignore the people of the world?" Wei Yunqi bowed down first, and then one after another of the court's important ministers fell to the ground.

"From today onwards, the Wa Kingdom, for the country that I must conquer in China, will cut off all contacts with the Wa Kingdom. If there is a departer, inform the king of the Japanese in front of him, and within five years, the soldiers of the Chinese Empire shall come to the land of the Japanese, level the land of the Japanese, and destroy their society......"

"No," everyone shouted in unison. At this moment, it was as if this place had become a military camp, and I was standing on the school ground of the barracks, looking into the distance, looking at the country that must be conquered thousands of miles away.

"But Your Majesty, those maritime merchants ......" Fang Xuanling suddenly remembered something and asked me hesitantly

I touched my chin and thought about it. "Well, business can still be done, after all, there is money to be made, why not make money, but no Japanese are allowed to come to China with their ships. In addition, you can ⊥ them to sell more glass, silk, and porcelain products to the Japanese country, and it doesn't matter if the price is a little lower. However, it is absolutely not permissible for anyone to know that I already know about this. You know? ”

Fang Xuanling's face was strange, and he was a little happy and left as promised. Leaving me indoors with Yaoguang

"Husband, what do you want? Since he regarded the Japanese country as a country that must be conquered, why did he still do business with them? "Sister Yaoguang is a little dissatisfied.

"Lady, business is business after all, in order to make money, those maritime merchants will still go to do business with the Japanese country. Even if I, the emperor, said so, I still couldn't stop it. So, it's better to be blocked. I said with a smug smile. What's more, your husband and my caravan also need to eat, and I like the gold and silver produced in the Japanese country, so I can't really not do business with this very close and rich country for five years, right? In that case, the development of our fleet will be seriously affected. ”

"Husband......" Yaoguang tilted his head and looked at me at the corner of his eye. I don't think the latter reason is more important to you. ”

"That's nature, lady, we are now people with families and businesses, and I, the emperor, can be regarded as the poorest emperor in history, why am I embarrassed if I don't make more extra pieces for myself? You say yes. I smiled and looked at my cute and naughty mother-in-law, and said very righteously.

"I know ......" Yaoguang rolled his eyes and said angrily, how could the smile between his eyebrows and eyes be touched by a touch of disgust. I did it, so I grabbed her hand, hugged her fragrant shoulder, and took a sip of incense on her pretty face. "You are my lady, so you should know these things."

By this time, a prospecting procession consisting of fifteen prospectors and two hundred and fifty cavalrymen of the Chinese Renaissance Army had arrived in the area north of the Hetao, and then began to head straight north, where they would carry out the arduous and arduous work of exploring the copper mines.

However, with my guidance and clear distances and coordinates, it will certainly not be too hard, just like the prospecting on Luzon. However, in the extreme climate, it is still quite hard.

Luzon is located in the tropics, with an extremely hot and humid climate. And the land north of the Hetao is at the end of the bitter cold, but it still looks bitterly cold. However, it is also good for them to feel it, and the important thing is that among the 250 cavalry of the Chinese Revival Army, more than 20 of them are elites who have been transferred from the Intelligence Bureau.

Naturally, they went not only to explore the mineral deposits, but also to explore the situation and news along the way, and at the same time, they will also evaluate the attitude and intentions of the Turks on whether they are concerned enough about the copper mines.

If the Turks were very perfunctory, then it means that the Turks did not want or did not need Zhou Shaofan to make this seemingly advantageous deal, because they were about to have a greater way to make a profit, such as war.

If the Turks were very concerned and very attentive, then it must be shown that they were in great need of these copper ores to be turned into copper ingots, and then traded into iron ingots.

Of course, they will naturally distinguish between them, and there are more intelligence officers, and they will also distinguish whether this is a disguise, wanting to confuse our Huaxia, or really eager to get what they need through trade.

However, I really think that the Turks agreed to sign the trade contract after such a long negotiation, and given the current situation in the Eastern Turks, the Turks should not act too unexpectedly.

When the Third Expedition Fleet confirmed that Luzon Island had been found, Zhou Shaoji, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet in Jiaozhi, immediately sent half of his warships over, bringing not only 1,000 officers and men, but also 3,000 prisoners of war.

Naturally, these 1,000 soldiers were used to guard Luzon and supervise these prisoners of war, and these 3,000 prisoners of war needed to build houses here, build docks, and lay concrete straights in the future.

There were barbarians on Luzon Island, but they led the beasts to eat people, so 500 soldiers from this 1,000 soldiers went deep into the forest, leveled a large tribe of nearly 1,000 people, killed 200 enemies, and the rest were all taken prisoner and taken to the coast, so that they became part of the prisoners of war, and joined the construction army in fear.

At this time, General Qu Tutong finally came to Yuzhang County at the southern end of Poyang Lake, and further north is Jiujiang, however, General Qu Tutong knows very well that this is not the time to fight against Xiao Miao, so General Qu Tutong will arrive at the south bank of the Yangtze River along the east of Poyang Lake, and then go straight to the south of the Yangtze River.

And Qin Qiong's speed is much slower, or a lot more difficult, because the coastal area is full of rich lands, and the rich lands have not defected to any big forces, and they all prefer to squat at home and be a soil emperor.

And Qin Qiong could only walk forward hard and slowly, talk first, then fight, and then pacify the people after the battle, and then march again. In this way, it is really a lot slower than Qu Tutong, but there is no way, Qu Tutong's reputation is too great, so many cities, although they are dissatisfied, can only open the city to welcome them because of their reputation

But Qin Qiong is different, although this guy is also a general under the command of this son, but he has been fighting far away in Guanzhong, so his reputation is far inferior to Qu Tutong, who was famous in the previous dynasty. No one in the world knows the king, so he doesn't want to be persuaded by this guy, and he thinks very contemptuously that Qin Qiong is just a small lieutenant, what can he do?

Moreover, these guys are used to being the emperor of the soil, so they are naturally not used to someone being their top boss, and they don't want all the money and silk in the treasury to be handed over to the treasury.

Qin Qiong could only helplessly raise the battle knife again and again, and then put it down, so he slowed down his pace. Now, with the cooperation of the sailors, Qin Qiong finally took Nan'an City in Jian'an County without blood, that is, the future Quanzhou, the most famous port and trade city in this era, and continued to go north.

And Du Fuwei is now sitting in Jiangdu, according to Jianghuai in the north and Jiangnan in the south, Dou Jiande and my Chinese Empire have an alliance attitude, so that Du Fuwei can finally no longer worry about the Jianghuai land, but can concentrate on attacking Jiangnan and cleaning up Li Zitong, an undying enemy.

Of course, he couldn't be completely assured, Du Fuwei still sent Fu Gong to lead Jianghuai to sit in Huaibei, saving Dou Jiande from turning his ear back.