"By the way, did you send that cave mountain Xiaoqing to Mr.?" Zhu Di suddenly remembered something and asked, "Have you sent it to Lujia Village to serve Mr. as a maid?"

"It's time to reckoning."

"Nope." Hu Weiyong said, "According to the news from the Central Plains, the emperor detained the woman of the Japanese Kingdom."

"I said that I was afraid that she would tarnish my husband's noble character."

"I'm going to send him over to serve when he's ready to leave the mountain one day."

"At present, he is arranged to study the language of the Central Plains in the Jixia School Palace, because she does not understand the language, and she still has hatred for Daming, it is really not suitable to send him over to serve Mr. immediately."

"The teacher in charge of teaching her is Liu Bowen. I taught her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting every day, as well as language and culture."

"Hmm. Hmm." Zhu Di hummed twice, indicating that he understood.

felt a little disappointed, he couldn't give it to Qin Yu immediately, and he couldn't immediately reflect his filial piety.

In addition to the team led by Zhu Di himself, the rest of the Fifth Route Army was also invincible in the Wa Kingdom and advanced quickly.

Most of the territory of the Wa Kingdom had been occupied by the Ming army.

Good news keeps coming.

Although Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had already issued a call for action, there were very few Japanese troops who really resisted on a large scale.

Even if there was resistance, it was quickly wiped out.

"It is estimated that by the end of the year, we will be able to completely conquer the land of the Wa Kingdom." Zhu Di sighed with emotion, "When the time comes, the Wa Kingdom will be included in our Ming territory, and the Daming rooster will really eat the fat centipede of the Wa Kingdom."

"King Yuyan, Iwami Silver Mine has been taken down by us." At this time, a commander came to report.

"In addition, the Sado mine was also occupied by Zhang Yi, the commander of Leopard Taowei."

"Iwami Silver Mine, it's nearby."

"Great!" Zhu Di was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Hu Weiyong next to him, "Let's go, let's go to Yinshan to see it in person."

……

Iwami Silver Mine.

The whole silver mountain is in the vast mountains, stretching endlessly.

In just one mine, there are 1,000 mining tunnels. The reason why this small island nation is rich is completely dependent on their abundant gold and silver reserves, and the two mines have not been able to mine them for hundreds of years.

Their reserves are not only the first in the East, but also the first in the world.

"What is the annual production of gold and silver at the Iwami Silver Mine?" Zhu Di asked the 'silver refining envoy' next to him, Song Wenkang.

"Because the Ming sergeant has just received it, the gold and silver production in other places is not yet known, and there are many mines in the Iwami Silver Mine." Song Wenkang said, "But the annual output of a mine here is 10,000 kilograms of gold and 60,000 kilograms of silver."

"According to our prospectors, it is estimated that this mine will be mined for at least four hundred years before it is exhausted!"

"It takes 400 years to dry up? Great!" Zhu Di was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Yes, our Ming Dynasty is about to become rich." Hu Weiyong said, "There is not much arable land in the country, and there is very little grain production every year. They used to rely on the export of gold and silver to live without food and clothing."

"We robbed them of their two gold and silver mines, which is equivalent to mastering their lifeblood." Zhu Di said, "As long as we firmly occupy this place, the Wa Kingdom can be at our disposal." ….

"Most of the gold and silver exported by the Wa Kingdom in the past were exported to the Central Plains, after all, the Central Plains is relatively close." Hu Weiyong said, "A small part of it is exported to the Americas, Europe and other overseas regions."

"To be honest, the understanding of the world is more advanced than that of the previous Ming Dynasty. They have long had contacts with Australia, the Americas, and Europe, and they have also set up two special institutions to deal with overseas affairs, the Australian Deacon and the Ocean Deacon."

"This also confirms the correctness of the world map that Mr. Qin gave us."

"Sure enough, as the old saying goes, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. We close our eyes and ears in the Central Plains, and even if we read the book badly, we don't know that there are Australia and America in the world."

"The expedition to the Wa Kingdom has broadened the eyes of his subordinates

realm."

"Yes, vision is the most precious thing, and it's also the hardest thing to obtain." Zhu Di said, "The world map that Mr. gave us broadened the horizons of my father and the Manchu Dynasty."

"It can be said that just a picture has a world-shattering effect on the Ming Dynasty."

"Your Highness is absolutely right." Hu Weiyong said.

……

"Now, all the gold and silver reserves here belong to our Daming." Zhu Di looked at the stretching silver mountain and sighed, "In the past, they exported real money and silver directly to other countries, which was too much of a loss."

"Now that my father is rebuilding the world without Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, building the Jixia School Palace, and erecting the Three Emperors Faith, it is the time when a lot of silver is needed. The little reserves we had saved before were not enough."

"Now we have occupied the Iwami Silver Mine and the Sado Mine, and we have continuously transported gold and silver back to the Ming Dynasty to support our father's restructuring. This is undoubtedly a relief for my father."

"We are the biggest pillar of our father's reform."

"The new world of the Ming Dynasty also has a share of our contributions."

"The subordinates still don't know why the gold and silver can be transported back to stabilize the current situation in Daming." Hu Weiyong said, "To build a new world, don't you need food, wood, stone, manpower, or something?"

"Silver and gold shall not be eaten or clothed."

"You haven't taken a gentleman's class, so of course you don't know the truth." Zhu Di said, "Even in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, when the world was in turmoil and the heroes were vying for hegemony, gold and silver were hard currency."

"Gold and silver are the most important things wherever people can live, except in the middle of a barren desert."

"Now that the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty has been launched, with gold and silver, you can buy food and other basic materials from overseas."

"I see!" Hu Weiyong said, "If it were not for Mr. Qin's suggestion to vigorously develop overseas trade, no matter how much gold and silver there is, it will be of no practical use to the Ming Dynasty."

"This also shows the importance of commerce and trade to the dynasty."

"Most of the previous dynasties emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, and strictly prohibited overseas trade, which is indeed a short-sightedness."

"In the past, the dynasty emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce because there was less communication with the outside world." Zhu Di said.

The crowd had almost forgotten that before Qin Yu came, Zhu Yuanzhang also focused on agriculture and suppressed business, and cracked down on overseas trade.

"Lord Song, can the annual output of gold and silver be increased a little? Today's Ming Dynasty urgently needs a large amount of silver to transport back." Zhu Di turned his head to the 'Silver Alchemist, Song Wenkang asked.

"No way." Song Wenkang said, "The annual output of 10,000 kilograms of gold and 60,000 kilograms of silver is already the limit of silver mines. The method of silver smelting we currently use is called the ash blowing method. Silver ore is obtained by melting silver ore and lead ore, then spreading it out in a furnace and heating it at high temperatures. The alchemy of the ash blowing method, the limit of silver refining, is to produce 10,000 kilograms of gold and 60,000 kilograms of silver per year."

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