In the upper study.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at each other and smiled, very happy in their hearts.

When they heard Li Jin say that there was a silver mountain on Wadao, they had actually been skeptical, after all, with a reserve of 500 million taels of silver, even Daming did not have such a large silver mine.

As a result, it has now been confirmed that it is not just 500 million taels of silver, but a full 800 million taels, which is really a bit unexpected to them.

But this result also made them ecstatic.

Even if four million taels of silver are mined every year, that can be mined for two hundred years.

This terrifying silver production capacity will bring earth-shaking changes to Daming, at least Daming will not be so short of silver.

Just when the two were looking forward to a better future, the miners who returned from Wajima were finally brought in by Mao Xiang.

"The villain greets the emperor."

When the miners saw Zhu Yuanzhang, their faces were full of excitement, and they were a little overwhelmed with nervousness, so they fell to the ground directly.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang directly called the miner and asked:

"What's your name?"

"The villain's name is Niu Santael."

Hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang would ask for his name, the man was even more flattered and hurriedly replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then asked:

"Let's ask you, how much silver is there in the Iwami Silver Mountain on Wajima?"

"Eight hundred million taels of silver."

"Really??"

Although he felt that Li Jin would not lie to himself, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little excited after being confirmed by the miners.

"More than 100 of our miners, after three days and three nights of exploration, found that the stone silver mountain, covering a very wide area."

Niu Sanliang nodded hurriedly and said:

"Not only that, but the depth of the silver mine can reach hundreds of meters underground, and the reserves are very impressive."

"It's like an entire mountain range, all of them are silver mines."

"A silver mine like this, the villain has never seen it in his life, and the reserves are too big."

Zhu Yuanzhang was suddenly overjoyed and happy.

Now that the silver mine has been occupied, the next step is to expand the excavation step by step, then he will soon become rich and powerful.

"Hahaha, good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily, and then continued to ask:

"What is the monthly silver output of that silver mine? Is it possible to expand production? ”

"Now the monthly output is about 30,000 taels, and according to the villain's estimate, the scale can be expanded by more than ten times."

Niu Sanliang honestly explained, and suddenly changed the conversation and said:

"But Master Li seems to say that it only needs to be expanded three times, and it will be enough to produce 100,000 taels of silver every month."

Zhu Yuanzhang's excited face suddenly froze, only tripled?

Isn't that only a hundred thousand taels of silver a month? How could this be enough for him Zhu Yuanzhang to squander?

You must know that now the Ming Dynasty needs money everywhere, and the conquest of Mobei needs silver.

To build a highway, you need silver.

Silver is also needed to provide relief to the victims.

Even the mausoleums of him and Queen Ma need silver.

The cost of this pen requires a huge amount of silver, 100,000 taels of silver per month, which is not enough to stuff your teeth.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little unhappy on his face, and asked:

"Why?"

"Now the Ming Dynasty needs silver to fill the treasury, and 100,000 taels of silver per month is too little."

Zhu Biao next to him also nodded and agreed, how can this money be enough to realize the ambition in the hearts of their father and son?

"The villain doesn't know, the villain just heard, but doesn't know the actual reason."

Niu Sanliang was a little scared, how could he understand this kind of thing?

It's just listening to the foreman.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Niu Sanliang seemed to really don't know, so he had no choice but to reward Niu Sanliang with twenty taels of silver, and then let him retreat.

After Niu Sanliang left, Zhu Biao admonished next to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Father, the son wants to go to Wajima, meet Li Jin in person, and persuade Li Jin to expand the scale of production."

"Otherwise, if there is only a monthly output of 100,000 taels, it is really a bit shabby."

"With a reserve of 800 million taels, only one million taels of silver is mined every year, and it takes us 800 years to mine it to finish, which is unreasonable."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and pondered, as if he was thinking about whether to let Zhu Biao go in person.

Now that the silver mine has arrived, the mining of 100,000 taels of silver every month has exceeded expectations, and it can make Zhu Yuanzhang do a lot of things, and it is necessary for Zhu Biao to go there in person?

But Zhu Biao's subsequent words made Zhu Yuanzhang change his mind.

"Father, Li Jin also asked us for help in a secret letter, hoping that we can send a large army to support Iwami Ginzan, so as not to be snatched back again by the natives of Wajima."

"Erchen just led the army to support, so that Iwami Silver Mountain can completely become the silver mine of my Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhu Biao had made up his mind and wanted to go to Iwami Silver Mountain, plus Zhu Biao had not yet led the army, so he nodded slowly and said:

"Since that's the case, then let's let Tang He and you lead 10,000 Beijing camps together to Iwami Silver Mountain to support Li Jin."

"Li Jin said in the letter that there are countless gold and silver mines in the entire island, and you go and tell him that as long as it is a silver mine or a gold mountain, it belongs to our Daming."

"Let him take a bigger step, Wadao is just a small country, since we help them quell the rebellion, then these silver mines should be given to us as a reward."

Zhu Biao was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to have such a side.

Zhu Yuanzhang before was not interested in overseas at all, and even a little disgusted.

But after a short period of time, Zhu Biao found that Zhu Yuanzhang had developed a great desire to conquer the ocean.

Perhaps it was Li Jin's military operations in these days, all of which ended in victory, which made Zhu Yuanzhang have blind confidence in the Ming Navy, which led to such a prospect.

Zhu Biao thought about it, not to mention his father, even he is now very interested in the ocean.

Otherwise, I wouldn't want to go to sea in person to see the scenery overseas.

Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang re-wrote a reply letter and asked the messenger to convey it to Li Jin.

The content of the letter is very simple, let the Ming naval fleet return to the division, pick up Zhu Biao and Tang He, and support Iwami Yinshan.

Then he summoned Tang He into the palace and secretly instructed him for a long time before letting Tang He go back and prepare to go to Wadao with Zhu Biao.

...

Iwami Castle here.

When Li Jin entered the city, he found that the Japanese people here were really destitute.

The city is full of low, thatched huts, which look dilapidated and narrow.

Not only the houses, but also the streets, were rammed with loess, and the carriages passed by, and the dust immediately flew up.

If it's a rainy day, I'm afraid it will be muddy immediately.

Li Jin thought that he had come, as if he had brought a lot of craftsmen.

Since Iwami Province will become the base camp of the Ming Dynasty's expedition to Wajima in the future, why not build Iwami Castle well?

At least it must be built to the level of Ying Tianfu, and you must know that with the development of Iwami Silver Mountain in the future, Iwami Castle will inevitably become a gathering place for people.

In addition, the surroundings of Iwami Castle extend in all directions, by the river and the sea, it is really a rare commodity transfer station.

At that time, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty could rely on the convenience of Iwami Castle to sell the goods of the Ming Dynasty to all parts of the island, so as to harvest the leeks of the island.

Li Jin made up his mind in his heart, and when the diplomatic matter was over, he immediately asked people to start building the infrastructure of Iwami Castle.

As for the manpower to build Iwami Castle, there is a shortage of everything on this Wajima, that is, there is no shortage of slaves.

It is enough to directly order the requisition of the Japanese people, and there is no need to engage in mercy on the Japanese island.

As the saying goes, those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die.

Internally, it must be kingly, and externally, it must be domineering.

When the sun never set on the empire, how many local natives were slaughtered, and then step by step from an island country to a barbaric empire covering the whole world?

The road to the empire has never been a smooth road, the road is made of white bones, dyed of flesh and blood, and it is the throne of the empire that is forged.

Now, Li Jin is going to take the Ming Dynasty and move towards the Ming Empire.

After all, Wadao is only one of the insignificant stone foundations, and there are more nations and countries to crawl at the feet of the Ming Empire.

Li Jin was full of thoughts, and soon arrived at the castle lord's mansion in Iwami Province.