"The situation of the Wa Kingdom today is very different from that of the previous dynasty."

Liu Bowen finally took it from his heart, after all, it was really worthless to be hated by Zhu Yuanzhang for the sake of the people of a foreign country.

After figuring it out, Liu Bowen began to analyze the situation on the island.

"Wajima has been divided into two factions, the north and the south, and after years of war, the foundation of Wajima has long been wiped out."

"Kublai Khan failed because he was facing a united Japanese regime."

"Wajima threw all the strength of the whole country to resist, and naturally it was not so easy to conquer."

"Now Wajima is divided into two factions, and we can completely win over one faction and attack the other."

"Instigate the two factions to launch a full-scale civil war, and when the two factions are exhausted, it will be the time when my Ming Dynasty sends troops to benefit from the fisherman."

"As this secret letter says, it is only necessary to send troops to occupy the land of Gyeonggi at that time, and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes."

"Then, with lightning speed, the army swept across the Kyushu archipelago of Shikoku, Honshu, and the Japanese island could be destroyed and great things could be accomplished."

Liu Bowen analyzed it carefully, it can be said that he was the leader, and Li Wenzhong also nodded again and again on the side.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, and asked again:

"In that case, do you think we should support the Southern or Northern Dynasties of Wajima?"

Liu Bowen asked rhetorically:

"Why do you have to choose one faction to support it?"

"We can form an alliance with the two factions at the same time, and then provoke the two dynasties to merge, and we can achieve great success by taking the chestnut from the fire."

"Good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang finally showed a smile on his face, and he was quite satisfied with Liu Bowen's performance, and said softly:

"Berwyn, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince needs your help now."

"You pack up here, and then go to Wajima."

"When we destroy the Japanese kingdom, we will personally celebrate you and the prince."

Liu Bowen was suddenly shocked, he didn't expect to make a plan, and he had to let himself go in person.

Wajima crossed the ocean, isolated from the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't know how many dangers there were on the road, and he didn't want to go.

"The emperor is aware of it, and the minister is afraid that it will be difficult for him to take on a big responsibility, so please ask the emperor to invite someone else to assist His Royal Highness the Prince."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Liu Bowen actually dared to refuse, his face sank instantly, and he said slowly:

"Berwyn, who is better than you for this kind of thing?"

"If you don't go now, if something happens to our bid, who will be able to afford it then?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared straight at Liu Bowen with straight eyes, and didn't give him a chance to refuse at all.

Liu Bowen sighed in his heart, could only lightly arch his hand, and said:

"In that case, the minister will take the order."

"Okay, this time, let's mobilize 50,000 guards from Zhejiang and Shandong to go to Wadao."

"At that time, there will be 100,000 soldiers of my Ming Dynasty on Wadao, plus you Liu Bowen is in charge, as stable as Mount Tai, rest assured."

"You go down and get ready, and then you'll leave in three days."

Liu Bowen bowed and left.

Li Wenzhong was a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to be so decisive, and the 50,000 army said that he would go on the expedition, and he didn't have the previous careful calculation at all.

You must know that in the third year of Hongwu, when he led the army to go on the expedition, he was forced to be helpless, and if he did not go on the expedition, Mongolia in the north was about to fight Datong.

Now when he went out to fight on a Japanese island, he actually casually dispatched an army of 100,000.

Could it be that in the past two years, Zhu Yuanzhang has become rich, arrogant, and no longer as embarrassed as before?

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Li Wenzhong was the only one left, so he no longer hid it, and said:

"Wenzhong, we are a family, so we won't hide it from you."

"The reason why we have to destroy Wajima is actually very simple."

"The land of Wajima is rich in gold, silver, and minerals."

"As long as we take Wajima, we will no longer be short of silver."

When Li Wenzhong heard this, he was very calm, after all, he had already heard Liu Bowen explain to himself just now.

But Li Wenzhong was still a little puzzled, and asked:

"Uncle, even if Wajima is rich in gold and silver, as the suzerainty of Wajima, can't we just let Wajima pay tribute to gold and silver every year?"

"Why do you have to occupy Wajima?"

"Wajima is isolated overseas, and it will be too costly to maintain its rule in the future."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said softly:

"You don't understand."

"The gold and silver reserves of Wadao have far exceeded your imagination, if it is just mined step by step, even if our Ming Dynasty is gone, it may not be able to be mined."

Hearing this, Li Wenzhong suddenly lost his composure just now.

The Ming Dynasty had just been established, and it was able to maintain its rule for hundreds of years, to say the least.

But just now Zhu Yuanzhang said that the silver mine that can't be dug up for hundreds of years, how much is this?

"Dare to ask my uncle, how much is the silver ore reserve in this island?"

Zhu Yuanzhang gave Li Wenzhong a gesture of eight, with a mysterious look on his face.

"Eight? Eighty million? So much? ”

In Li Wenzhong's heart, 80 million is indeed a lot, you must know that since Zhu Yuanzhang started the army and now established the Ming Dynasty, the silver taels spent may not be 80 million taels of silver.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's next sentence made Li Wenzhong's heart beat violently, and his face was instantly congested and red.

"Eight hundred million, a full eight hundred million taels of silver!!"

"This is just a reserve of silver mines, and according to Li Jin, there are many such silver mines on this island, and there are even similar gold mines."

"In the middle of the recital, Biao'er once wrote that there is a gold mountain called Sado Gold Mountain, with gold reserves of about 40 million taels of gold, and silver reserves are countless."

"In other words, our expedition this time will no longer outweigh the losses as before."

"On the contrary, they will feed the war with war, and the more they fight, the richer they become."

"Whew!!"

Li Wenzhong only felt that his breathing was a little heavy, how could so many gold mountains and silver mines fall into the hands of Wadao?

Immediately, Li Wenzhong knelt down on one knee and said loudly to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Uncle, nephew is willing to lead the troops, take Wa Island, and return all these gold and silver mines to the Ming Dynasty."

"Please uncle."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Li Wenzhong, who was flushed with excitement, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

But Zhu Yuanzhang rejected Li Wenzhong and said:

"The matter of Wadao, I have already sent Biao'er, and Xu Datang is there, and there will be results soon."

"You still sit in the Jingshi and defend Daming for us."

"Especially Mongolia in the north, now the Beijing camp has been transferred by us to 30,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Japanese island."

"You must not let Mongolia take advantage of the situation, and when we become rich, we will settle the accounts for the Mongolians."

Li Wenzhong heard that Xu Da and Tang He were both on Wadao, so he remembered that he hadn't seen Xu Da for a long time.

It turned out that I went to attack Wajima.

However, this can also show how much Zhu Yuanzhang attaches importance to Wadao.

Since Xu Da went to Wadao in person, there was nothing to do with him Li Wenzhong.

Although Li Wenzhong can be regarded as a great achievement, experienced in a hundred battles, both civil and military, but compared with Xu Da, he is still not qualified.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Wenzhong discussed some Mongolian wars, and let Li Wenzhong retreat.

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head and began to reply to Zhu Biao and Li Jin, thinking of the plan to destroy Wadao in three months, which made Zhu Yuanzhang can't help but feel a little enthusiastic.

There is the joy of expanding the territory, but more of those gold and silver mines will greatly improve the current situation of the Ming Dynasty and the lives of the people.

....

Four days have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past few days, Zhu Biao has continued to ask Li Jin about the disposal of Wajima, as well as the future planning, as well as some special products on Wajima.

Zhu Biao found that rice could still be grown here on Wajima, and the yield of rice was not low, which couldn't help but make Zhu Biao overjoyed.

This shows that Wajima can even rely on rice cultivation to become self-sufficient in the future.

Through the conversation with Li Jin, Zhu Biao's understanding of Wajima became deeper and deeper, and he became more and more imperative to occupy Wajima.

The next thing is to wait for Zhu Yuanzhang's reply, Zhu Biao wants to return to Zhu Yuanzhang immediately and persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to agree to the expedition to the island.

In Zhu Biao's view, this place on Wadao is simply a treasure of feng shui for gold, silver, copper and iron minerals, which will be of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's letter did not wait, but waited for one person, Jinyi Wei Qianhu, Jiang Xuan.