Chapter 443: Yingzhou
"I've seen General Yuan." Zhao Mugang didn't wait long before Yuan Hua walked in.
"What did you ask the merchant to come in person!" Yuan Hua saw Zhao Mu chuckle in his heart, nothing big would happen.
Zhao Mu didn't speak, and motioned for Yuan Hua to let the others withdraw.
"This is a letter from your brother." When there were only two people left in the room, Yuan Hua and Zhao Mu, Zhao Mu took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Yuan Hua.
"Where are the armor and weapons?" Yuan Hua read the letter and asked.
"It's in the rear, and it's coming soon." Zhao Mu said.
"I know, report to the king for me, and I will send this batch of materials to Yue Guo in its entirety." Yuan Hua nodded and continued to look at Zhao Mu.
To let Zhao Mu personally run this trip, it is obviously more than that.
The trade between Zhao and Yue has been going on for a long time, so just send someone to inform you of this kind of thing.
"Another matter is very important, and only General Yuan is allowed to know." Zhao Mu looked at Yuan Hua and said.
"Celebrant, please." Yuan Hua nodded solemnly.
"This is the map my brother gave me, and this place is what those monks called Yingzhou." Zhao Mu pointed to a place on the map, that is, the location of Kyushu Island in the later generations.
Zhao Kuo didn't know if the Yingzhou that those monks said was a Japanese coward, or if it was completely made up by that group of monks, but he said that Yingzhou was Kyushu Island, and Yingzhou would be there in the future, and only in this way could people be attracted to the past.
"The legendary sacred mountain Yingzhou!" When Yuan Hua heard this, Tong Kong instantly enlarged, and even his breathing became a lot heavier.
In recent years, the name of Yingzhou was loud and amazing, and "Liezi Tangwen" once said, "The east of the Bohai Sea, I don't know hundreds of millions of miles...... Among them, there are five mountains, one is Daiyu, the second is Yuanqiao, the third is Fanghu, the fourth is Yingzhou, and the fifth is Penglai...... The people who live there are all immortal saints. ”
During the Warring States Period, the people of Yanqi often had monks go to sea to find Yingzhou, and many people swore that they had seen the sacred mountain, but most of them returned in vain, or there was no news at all.
Yuan Hua is not a person from Yan Qi, and he will be suspicious of the matter of the Divine Mountain, but he didn't expect Zhao Mu to bring a map!
"It's not so magical, Yingzhou is just an ordinary island, there may be some savages on it, short in stature, not as strong as Rong Di, can't even produce iron tools, and is greedy by nature, savage and treacherous." Zhao Mu waved his hand and said, these are what Zhao Kuo told him, "But Brother Wang said that Yingzhou is rich in gold and silver, and there is a place in the south where gold is everywhere......"
Zhao Kumo Lake remembers that there is a place in the south of Kyushu Island that is one of the main gold mines of the Japanese Invaders, but the specific location is not clear, only that it is the south, and the map is not very detailed.
As for the other silver mine known as the largest silver mine in the Japanese Empire, the Iwami Silver Mine, which accounted for one-third of the world's silver production at its peak, Zhao Kuo only remembered where it was on the west coast of Honshu Island, and he had forgotten the specifics.
The west coast of Honshu Island is so big, it is impossible for Yuan Hua to run over and explore a little bit.
Including the southern gold mine of Kyushu Island, Zhao Kuo did not dare to guarantee that the location of his painting was correct, after all, he did not expect that he would one day go there to mine gold.
But it doesn't matter, the scale of the minerals is not meaningful for this era, and the convenience of mining is the most important thing, and there are more than these two mines in the Wako, there are many gold and silver mines.
Zhao Kuo only saw a few words in the book, that is, no matter how much he understood, he would definitely not be understood by the local savages.
When you get there, find some savages who know a lot and let them look for them, because there are gold and silver mines nearby.
After finding the mine, recruit some hard-working and capable savages, and Zhao Guo can send a few stewards at most, and you can get a steady stream of gold and silver.
This precious metal is a universal commodity all over the world, and even savages eat this set.
"There is gold everywhere, and silver everywhere......" Yuan Hua muttered, he had never seen what the Divine Mountain looked like, but if Yingzhou was really full of gold and silver, it would be no different from the Divine Mountain for him.
"Brother Wang wants you to go to Yingzhou after you come back from Yueguo, find gold or silver mines, and recruit some savages to mine in the local area." Zhao Mu said.
"Is Yingzhou really full of gold and silver?" Yuan Hua still couldn't believe it.
"General Yuan can't trust me, can't he still trust Brother Wang?" Zhao Mu said with a smile, he was not surprised by Yuan Hua's reaction, when he heard the news a few days ago, he was not much better than Yuan Hua.
If it weren't for the fact that he was not good at water and had some fear of the ocean, he would have wanted to go to Yingzhou with Yuan Hua.
"Don't dare, just a little unbelievable." Yuan Hua hurriedly waved his hand, clasped his fists and said, "I will remember this matter in the end, and after returning from Yueguo, I will go to Yingzhou." ”
"The stakes are too high to be brought up to anyone else before you go." Zhao Mu handed the map to Yuan Hua and admonished.
"The last general knows." Yuan Hua said with his fists clenched.
"Well, then the general will go and prepare." Zhao Mu said.
"The last will be retired." Yuan Hua walked outside and ordered loudly, "Pass the order, load all the grain and grass, the water and the supplies that the merchant just sent over on the ship, we will go to Yue tomorrow, this time it may be a little longer, prepare more food and water." ”
"General, something happened to Yue Guo?" Ou Yeshou hurriedly asked.
Unlike Yuan Hua, Ou Yeshou experienced the destruction of the Yue Kingdom when he was young, and was forced to flee into the mountains with others under the pursuit of the Chu army, so he had a deeper affection for the Yue Kingdom.
Even if he was later sold to Zhao by Yue Guo, he couldn't erase his feelings for so many years.
"No, the Yue Kingdom has become stronger, the king...... No, the king of Yue swept hundreds of Yue, expanded the land for hundreds of miles, and even had the hope of recovering the country. Yuan Hua said, "However, the king of Chu now has the appearance of a bright king, and the king is worried that Yue Guo is not the opponent of the king of Chu, so he sent me a batch of supplies." ”
"The king is benevolent." Ou Yeshou faced Handan and bowed.
"The king is indeed benevolent." Yuan Hua said that unlike Ou Yeshou, who stayed in the shipyard all day to build ships, he knew very well that Zhao's actions were just to use the Yue State to contain the Chu State.
However, he didn't have much affection for Yue Guo, but Zhao Kuo's unconditional trust in him moved him very much.
"By the way, which of you will go to Yue Guo with me? Or Mr. Ouyeel. Yuan Hua asked.
Because the warships were not perfect and there were often problems, every time they went to sea, they had to be followed by a shipwright.
"I'll go, go back to Yue Guo and have a look, and settle a matter of thought." Ou Yeshou said.
"Okay, I'll go and prepare some more things, and then I'll drive this warship to Yue Kingdom." Yuan Hua pointed to the three-generation warship in front of him and said, although he had not heard of the nobility not returning to his hometown, such as brocade clothes walking at night, but the truth was clear.
In the past, he couldn't rank at all in the Yue Kingdom, but now that he is wide, it is time to go back to show off, and it is indispensable to worship ancestors or something.