Shi Heng received the edict and immediately set off, landed in Quanzhou, and then took a train to Jingshi.

He has been stationed on Wa Island for a long time, and he knows very little about some things that happened in China, and when he returned to Beijing, he almost dropped his jaw when he saw and heard on the way, only to know that the emperor had just experienced a catastrophe.

"The minister is late, please forgive the emperor!"

Zhu Qizhen looked at him silently and asked, "Have you heard of it?" ”

Shi Heng nodded and said, "I heard about it." ”

"It's all a small scene, don't worry, besides, I will issue an edict when I need you, if there is no edict, it is enough for you to do your own thing."

"Minister...... Obey! ”

"Tell me, what's going on in Wajima?"

Shi Heng replied: "The three islands of the Japanese kingdom are fighting for each other, and no one obeys anyone, what the minister has to do is to see whose strength is poor, and to support it, and whoever is more arrogant will suppress it, in short, they can't let them have a good life!" ”

Zhu Qizhen subconsciously looked around and said nervously: "I sent you to garrison to maintain peace on the island, it's a good thing, what did you say?" Vulgar words, unbearable! ”

Shi Heng grinned and said, "The minister can't speak, so the emperor will laugh!" ”

"You have nothing to read a few books, isn't there a great Confucian, what is called Aoi ......"

"It's the Wa Guo Guan Bai Ichijo Kanliang, and his wife's name is Aoi Shinyi."

"Yes, yes, it's a mess!"

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly changed his words, hiding the embarrassment on his face, and said, "I heard that this person is very powerful, didn't he come with you?" ”

"The minister's return to Beijing this time is an important matter, and he is in a hurry, and he said that he needs to prepare, so he postponed it for a few days."

"Well, you go on!"

"The minister has found several large silver veins on Wa Island!"

"Again?"

Zhu Qizhen suddenly became interested, and his eyes lit up.

When Shi Heng first arrived in the Wa Kingdom, he said that he had discovered silver mines, and organized a large number of manpower and material resources to mine them, and transported them back by ship every year, and the white flowers looked very pleasing to the eye.

Speaking of this word today, I think the results are not bad.

"With the development of the old mine, new veins are constantly emerging, and the reserves are amazing, more than ten times the original!"

"Then pick it, what are you waiting for!"

"Back to the emperor, the scale of these mines is too large, and the local human resources are seriously insufficient to further develop."

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said, "Then transfer people from other places!" ”

"The minister has this intention, but ......"

Shi Heng suddenly showed a mysterious smile on his face, and said: "Because these mines are mainly distributed near Sado Island at the southwest tip of the Wa Kingdom, which is relatively close to my Ming Dynasty, since you want to recruit the people, it is better to immigrate from the Central Plains, what does the emperor think?" ”

Zhu Qizhen understood Shi Heng's original intention and developed silver mines in the Wa Kingdom, which was basically divided into three or seven.

Thirty percent of the local area is left to maintain economic operation, and the Ming Dynasty accounts for seventy percent, plus the loss generated in the transportation process, and the maximum is only fifty percent of the transportation back to the mainland.

Shi Heng doesn't even plan to keep these thirty percent now, and directly occupies all of them.

Moreover, if the people of the Ming Dynasty immigrated to the past, they would not only occupy the mines, but also the land.

There are more people in mining, so they naturally need corresponding supporting facilities, such as building houses, opening restaurants, and brothels in green buildings...... In short, this is a siphon effect, and around the development of silver mines, there will only be more and more people.

If there are more people, order must be maintained, and at this time, you can open a government and build teeth, and if it continues to develop, it will completely become the land of the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, the developed silver no longer needs to be shipped back to the whole ship, but leaves the development infrastructure, which effectively avoids the loss in the transportation process and maximizes its role.

Zhu Qizhen understood Shi Heng's thoughts, and asked, "I told you at the beginning that a part of the mined silver should be appropriately set aside for local infrastructure, what is the effect?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the effect is not good!"

Shi Heng shook his head and said, "Those birdmen don't agree with what the ministers do, they all think that those silver mines are theirs, and they should all be left behind, no matter how much they spend for construction, they are not satisfied." ”

"How can this be justified, against them!"

Zhu Qizhen suddenly lost his temper and said: "According to what you said, the people who migrated in the past, but now the manpower in the country is also very tight, and I then sent an edict to the Korean State and the Ryukyu State respectively, and some people were also migrated from their side, and when they arrived in the Wa Kingdom, it was up to you." ”

Shi Heng hurriedly saluted and said: "Please rest assured, whether it is the Korean State or the Ryukyu Kingdom, or the local Japanese people, within three years, the ministers will keep them and become the people of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"By the way, the Academy of Sciences has a department dedicated to exploration and mining, you go to Belin, and say that I agree, and send you a few competent students."

Shi Heng nodded again and again, "Thank you for your grace!" ”

"That...... Never mind! ”

Zhu Qizhen stopped talking and waved his hand.

Shi Heng was puzzled and asked, "What does the emperor command, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled embarrassedly and said, "Actually, there is a lot of manpower wasted on the side of the Wa Kingdom, but you didn't make good use of it. ”

Shi Heng scratched his head and said, "Please make it clear to the emperor!" ”

Zhu Qizhen asked, "What you see should be young and strong men, right?" ”

Shi Heng nodded and said, "Mining is a hard job, and non-young men can't do it. ”

"What about the woman?"

"Your Majesty, are you kidding, how did a woman do such a heavy job?"

"If you didn't let them open the mines, can't you do other work?"

"Something else ......"

"You see, there's a lot of miners living there, and there's definitely a need for some service industry, right? For example, teahouses, restaurants, tailor shops, and this ...... A brothel in a green house, huh? ”

Shi Heng pondered the taste, suddenly realized, and said: "What the emperor said is right, it turns out that the minister didn't expect it!" ”

Zhu Qizhen said again: "The world has changed, and now manpower is very tight, you must be good at discovering and making full use of the wasted manpower." ”

"And the soldiers you brought in the past, they may not be able to come back once a year and a half on weekdays, and some of them are not married, what should I do?"

"How...... What to do? ”

"You find a widow for them in the local area and become a family, won't it be solved?"

"This, this...... Will it work? ”

Shi Heng felt very incredible, he had never thought about this kind of thing before.

Zhu Qizhen chuckled and said: "My soldiers want money and wealth, and they want status and status, and marrying a widow is to promote them, why not?" ”

Shi Heng thought about it, it seemed to be such a truth.

There is a tradition among the Japanese people, women do not go out of the door, do not go to the second door, do not eat on the table, pay a lot of attention.

However, once they get married, they will be absolutely obedient to their husbands, and they have a very good ability to serve people.

In this way, it seems that it is not bad to marry a widow......

(End of chapter)