"This is Iwami Ginzan?"

Zhu Biao looked at the majestic mountains in front of him and couldn't help but sigh a little.

If it is true that there are so many reserves as Li Jin said, then presumably this mountain is almost all silver ore inside, but it is covered with a layer of clods of soil on the surface.

After meeting with Xu Da in the City Lord's Mansion, Zhu Biao immediately asked Li Jin to take him to Shijian Yinshan, and he didn't want to delay for a moment.

And after Li Jin heard Zhu Biao's question, he nodded and said:

"This is Iwami Ginzan."

"The silver mine has actually been discovered by Iwami's daimyo before, but all of it has been secretly disposed of for me."

"Now the only people who know about this silver mine are our Daming people."

Zhu Biao bowed his head, and then said:

"Let's go, go up and have a look."

Then he waved his hand to the back, and more than 300 miners behind him also followed Zhu Biao and slowly stepped forward.

When passing by the military camp set up by Li Jin at the foot of the mountain, Zhu Biao asked his cavalry to wait at the foot of the mountain first.

He and Tang He and Li Jin went to the top of the mountainside.

The cavalrymen dismounted spontaneously, and then began to set up camp spontaneously next to the original barracks.

When Zhu Biao walked to the camp on the mountainside, he only heard a crackling whip sound inside.

Zhu Biao was a little stunned, looked at Li Jin, and didn't understand why there was such a strange sound in this camp.

Li Jin laughed dryly, and then said:

"This is a special means that had to be used in order to drive out slaves and slave mining."

Zhu Biao suddenly realized that Li Jin must have a bad face for these slaves, which led to his subordinates' treatment of these slaves and brutal oppression.

But Zhu Biao didn't care.

Although I have studied many Confucian classics, but if I am not of my race, my heart will be different, and I still know this sentence.

Then Zhu Biao and the others entered the camp, and the guards, who were originally beating the slaves fiercely, immediately groveled when they saw Li Jin and the others, their faces full of flattery, and showed a flattering smile.

It's like two people who are ruthless just now.

"Aren't these our Ming people?"

Zhu Biao could see at a glance that these people were not Ming soldiers, but like Japanese people.

Li Jin nodded and replied:

"Sometimes, once a nation has a traitor, they often treat their compatriots more cruelly than we do."

"The keepers of these widows used to be slaves here, and now these slaves are the former guards."

"Now that I've swapped the roles of the two, I'm sure these caretakers will never want to go back to the slave life they used to live as slaves."

"And the current identity is what I gave them, and if they don't want to be slaves again, then they can only be loyal to me."

Li Jin's words made Zhu Biao thoughtful.

While thinking about it, Zhu Biao was taken by Li Jinqi to the foreman who was in charge of surveying before.

"This is a special envoy sent by the imperial court, and if you want to verify the reserves of Iwami Silver Mountain again, you can tell the envoy well, and you must report it truthfully."

"Yes."

When the foreman heard that it was an envoy, he was immediately a little nervous.

After pouring all the beans on his own measurement method and the time and place of measurement, he finally came to the conclusion that the mineral deposits of this silver mountain were not less than 800 million taels.

Zhu Biao nodded, and then said to an old man behind him:

"Guo Gong, did you hear me?"

The old man was the most experienced miner who came this time, and he was also the leader of this group of miners.

When Guo Gong heard this, he arched his hand and said:

"Hearing it, the villain thinks that the measurement has been very careful, and there should not be too much deviation."

"In that case, then you guys go down and measure it again, I need an accurate number."

Zhu Biao ordered them to take a closer look at it to avoid any moths.

"Yes!"

Guo Gong turned around and left, taking more than 300 people under his command and slowly leaving.

Li Jin asked the foreman to leave and go and do his own thing.

Tang He began to inspect the camp to see how the defense was here, how to arrange the troops, and how to protect the silver mine in the future.

After everyone left, Li Jin remembered Xu Da's suggestion to him, asking him to talk about the plan to annex Wadao first.

Immediately took Zhu Biao to a big tent and began to tell some of his thoughts about Wajima.

After Zhu Biao listened, his brows were furrowed.

If it is said that the country of Iwami is occupied, Zhu Biao can still understand, after all, there is a mountain of silver in the country of Iwami, which can provide a steady stream of silver to the Ming Dynasty.

But in the whole Wa Island, Zhu Biao felt that it was unnecessary.

After all, Wajima is isolated overseas, not to mention how much food is needed to completely annex Wajima.

When it comes to maintaining the rule of Wajima, Zhu Biao feels that the gains outweigh the losses.

After all, if there is a rebellion among the natives on Wa Island, Daming and Wa Island are thousands of miles away, and they have to cross the ocean, and the risk is too great.

If, like Kublai Khan, he had just sent out his fleet, he encountered a strong wind, which caused heavy losses to the fleet, wouldn't it have made matters worse?

"Lord Li, Wajima is poor, except for Iwami Ginzan, there is no need to occupy Wajima."

"There is no gain for my Daming here, but it may trap my Daming in the quagmire of war."

After Li Jin heard Zhu Biao's worries, he began to draw a pie as usual.

"Your Excellency the Envoy is wrong."

"The gold and silver mines of Wajima are definitely not just a mountain of silver and stones."

"They have large and small mines near Kyoto, and in addition, Sado Gold Mine on Sado Island is the largest gold mine in the world."

"Even compared to Iwami Ginshan, it's not much better."

"But what is commendable is that the Sado Gold Mountain, the mineral deposits in it are gold, which is ten times more valuable than the Iwami Silver Mountain."

"In addition, there are mineral-rich mines scattered throughout Wajima."

"Wadao is not barren, and in some places, it is even richer than the Ming Dynasty."

"And there are also extremely rich human resources in Wajima, millions of Wajima people, these are free labor."

"If we want to build a big infrastructure in the future, what we need most is manpower."

"Since these men from Wadao are staying here, it is easy to cause a local security crisis, so it is better to extradite them all to Daming."

"Let them contribute to the infrastructure of Daming."

"The women of Wadao are almost the same as the women of the Ming Dynasty, and the population of the Ming Dynasty has long since withered after years of war."

"Why did you transport these women to Daming, so that they could make their due contributions to the great cause of Daming's population?"

"Wadao is full of gold, and it is full of benefits for the people of the Ming Dynasty, how can you turn a blind eye to your Excellency the envoy?"

Zhu Biao looked at Li Jin a little strangely.

Being able to say that the slave trade was so righteous and awe-inspiring, he had to give Li Jin a thumbs up.

Isn't it like being a slave to let men participate in infrastructure construction?

Let a woman give birth to Daming, that's not the same...

However, what Li Jin said still attracted Zhu Biao.

As I said before, aggression is indeed wrong, but whether or not to commit aggression depends on interests.

If it is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Ming Dynasty, now that the knife is in his own hands, what can he do if he bullies the weak?

Now that Li Jin has put his naked interests directly in front of Zhu Biao's eyes, it is difficult not to make Zhu Biao's heart move.

It's better to act than to move.

But before we can act, there is a key question.

"Lord Li, there aren't many reinforcements that the emperor can send you."

"With only the tens of thousands of people in your hands, can you annex Wajima?"

All of this is premised on defeating the defenders of Wajima.

If you can't even get the local natives of Wajima, how can you talk about the qualifications to go to Whale Swallow Wajima?

When Li Jin heard this, he knew that Zhu Biao was already moved, so he immediately laughed and said:

"Envoy, rest assured, I have already arranged the plan for the expedition to Wajima, codenamed Shooting the Sun."

"As long as the emperor can agree with me to make a plan to shoot the sun, Wajima will definitely be captured!"

"Shoot the sun?"