Chapter 157: Silver Mountain

When the time entered November, Zhu Zhan Yan led 100,000 soldiers to set off again, crossed the Guanmen Strait, and set foot on the land of Changmen again.

The soldiers who had been invited to Ying Tianjiao had already arrived, and Zhu Zhanyan made a slight adjustment, leaving more than 20,000 people in Hizen and Chikuzen as troops responsible for logistics and supply, and then led the rest of the people towards Honshu Island, the largest island in the Japanese country.

The long-term calmness was not in vain, and Zhu Zhanyan finally returned to his normal state of mind.

However, due to the fact that his previous behavior in Zhanhai City and Tuyuan Castle was too outrageous, Zhu Zhan Yan still encountered a great obstacle when he advanced towards Iwami.

Fortunately, with the capture of three cities in a row, this situation slowly disappeared.

Because Zhu Zhan Yan did not kill like in Zhanhai City and Tuyuan City, but only selectively cleaned up the officials, the elite class and the samurai class, and did not do anything to the people at the bottom.

After Nagato is Iwami, Zhu Zhanyan must prepare in advance, otherwise even if he captures Iwami, no one will mine the mine.

You can't transfer people from Daming to come to mine, right? Or do you want the soldiers to mine?

Don't be kidding, let's not talk about whether the soldiers and people are willing or not, even if they are willing, Zhu Zhanyan is also unwilling.

After all, there is a Sado Gold Mountain behind Iwami Ginzan.

Therefore, in this case, Zhu Zhanyan can only let go of the people at the bottom and pave the way for the future.

And for the people of the Wa Kingdom, this is nothing, because they were originally driven to the shelves, as long as the Ming army does not kill prisoners, it is the same for them.

Regardless of whether the Ming army won or the Japanese victory, they would be sent home and continue to farm day after day.

No, there is a difference now, because after Zhu Zhan Yan took the cities along the way, he would sweep away the officials, magnates, and samurai class, but he would not govern it, which was fundamentally different for the people of the Japanese country.

After the Ming army broke through the city, they didn't need to pay taxes!

As a result, Zhu Zhan Yan never encountered the same level of resistance as Zhanhai Castle and Tuyuan Castle, and the morale of the Ming army was high, and they marched all the way to Iwami Shimane.

"Your Highness."

Zhu Ling walked into Zhu Zhan's tent, shook the snow off his body, and then walked to Zhu Zhan's side and whispered.

"If there is no accident, there is the field you are talking about, but the snow outside does not know when it will fall, should we continue to move forward?"

"How's the soldiers?" Now Zhu Zhanyan has no armor, and is wearing a regular suit and sitting in a tent and baking the stove.

"How's the soldiers?" Zhu Zhanyan paused for a moment and asked.

"The soldiers are fine." Zhu Ling's expression was not serious, because the current situation was indeed not bad.

"Because the cotton clothes were also sent with the grain and grass, the soldiers did not starve and cold, and this Shimane Castle also provided us with a place to stay, although it was a little crowded, but on the whole the soldiers were quite passable."

"Then let's rest and rest first, let the soldiers take a break, and by the way, see when the snow stops." Zhu Zhanyan pondered for a long time and made a difficult decision.

"Yes!"

Watching Zhu Ling leave, Zhu Zhanyan walked out of the tent and looked at the sky.

The snowflakes are very large, according to Zhu Zhan's experience, in the north, such large snowflakes usually fall suddenly, come and go quickly, but the kind of snow as thin as sand will persist for a long time.

Zhu Zhanyan really hoped that the snow would stop soon, because he had already arrived at the island root, and he was one step away from Iwami Silver Mountain, so he was really unwilling to stop.

But he had no choice, most of the soldiers he brought this time were soldiers from Yunnan, and this kind of weather had a great impact on them.

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Yunnan, Han Wangfu.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the three people in front of him, who were neatly dressed, but there was a tired figure between his eyebrows, and he felt some emotion in his heart.

He didn't know when his son would have such a loyal subordinate and even be willing to give up his life.

"Those things ......"

Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the big box behind Qian Yong and the others, but it was such a simple action that made Qian Yong's bodies tense instantly.

After more than three years, they have developed the habit of putting the contents of the box first, even at the cost of giving up everything.

One hundred and ninety-six people, one hundred and ninety-three people gave up their lives, and among them were five women, who had originally disguised themselves as men and mixed into the city.

Of course, it was mainly because Zhu Di chose to turn a blind eye, otherwise let alone them, even Qian Yong and others would not be able to enter the city.

However, as women, they have a little more to lose.

Men lose their lives at most, while women have to lose something that is as important to them as life.

Zhu Sanfeng is the same, on the way from Ottoman to Timur to the White Elephant Kingdoms, in order to make this box arrive in Daming smoothly, they have paid more than once, and then paid.

Eventually, they even began to dislike themselves, but they still had to persevere.

"I'm sorry, His Royal Highness the King of Han ......" Qian Yong said in a hoarse voice.

"If you can't see His Royal Highness, it's you......"

"Is there anything I need to do about that?" Zhu Gaoxu didn't force Qian Yong and the three to say.

In his opinion, no matter what his son does, it makes sense, even if these three people are impersonating, it doesn't matter, sooner or later, it will come to light.

"The villain needs to wait for His Royal Highness the Prince to return...... Qian Yong didn't make any excessive requests, because that's what their own task is.

"Someone." Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth and summoned someone in.

"Give them shelter and send people to protect them in shifts for twelve hours, so that nothing can go wrong."

"Yes!"

"His Royal Highness King Xie Han." Qian Yong and the three of them bowed slightly, and then they lifted the big box with Zhu Sanfeng and Jian Xiao, and left with some difficulty.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed when he saw this.

He wanted to see what was in that box, but in the end he held back, and although he didn't know what it was, he knew it must be something important.

At least, Zhu Gaoxu had never seen such a situation before.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help sighing, got up and left the study, and walked towards the small Buddha hall on the side.

Just when Qian Yong and the three of them successfully arrived in Yunnan, Zhu Zhanyan finally completed his first small goal.

Took down Iwami Ginzan.

Iwami Ginzan was originally mined a hundred years ago, so this is already a well-established mine, and this is the place where Zhu Zhanyan feels the most comfortable.

He didn't need to start from scratch, because the Japanese had already done all the preliminary work, and historically, the peak production of Iwami Silver Mountain was two hundred years later, which meant that this silver mine still had a lot of potential.

At that moment, Zhu Zhanyan made a decision.

It's winter, and it's not a good decision to move forward, so it's better to stay here and stabilize Iwami Ginzan here.

In addition, there are many Japanese people in the area from Nagato to Iwami, and they can all become miners, which means that Iwami Ginzan can be operated immediately.