After nearly a month of repairs, the camp of the Ming army in Hakata Bay has been fully equipped with firewood and barracks, and it is safe enough.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu finally came to land from the ship, although he had the name of the Sea King, he still couldn't bear it after staying on the ship for more than a month.

"Just a few days after I arrived on the shore, I felt like the ground was shaking all the time, and I couldn't walk." The sixth smiled bitterly and said to the uncle: "I just feel better today." ”

"Your Highness is too capable of hardship." Hu Quan sighed with emotion: "It is really rare to be able to achieve this heavenly nobleness. ”

"Compared with herding cattle and asking for food back then, where is this?" The sixth man stretched his muscles and bones, and said sincerely: "Besides, the soldiers are really bitter, compared with them, what is my hard work?" ”

"The soldiers of our Ming army are not afraid of hardship, they are not afraid of death, they are afraid of losing the battle, and they are afraid of not being paid." Hu Quan said with a smile: "If you can get a double salary with Your Highness, and you can win so much happiness, no cub will complain." ”

"Hahaha, uncle said so, this king will be proud." The sixth laughed from ear to ear.

"The subordinates are not sycophants, they are really breathtaking." Hu Quan sighed: "Before, the emperor repeatedly raised the idea of attacking Japan and fighting against the Japanese, but he was persuaded by the ministers, and even Cao Guogong and Chengyi Bo openly opposed it, thinking that the cross-sea battle was too dangerous, and Japan's strength should not be underestimated, and the mistakes of the Yuan Dynasty could not be repeated. ”

"It was His Highness who overrode public opinion and insisted that the victory was in his hands, which led to this expedition." Hu Quan was convinced: "It turns out that His Highness is right, this time it is easier to conquer the Japanese than to fight pirates back then." ”

"Hahaha, you can't say that." Lao Liu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Chen Shanghai and Fang Datongbu back then were the foundation of Chen Youding and Fang Guozhen's naval army, no matter from battleships to sailors, their level was first-class in the world. If we hadn't caught them off guard, it would have been hard to deal with them. ”

"The Japanese navy is the real pirate level, and it has not improved for hundreds of years, so it is not worth mentioning at all. We have spent so much money over the years, built so many treasure ships and giant ships, and trained so many years of soldiers, and our level has long been far higher than that of those years. ”

"Besides, Japan is divided between the north and the south, and the Southern Dynasty is weak, but it is only a corner of the country, and the internal is not united, and it is on the verge of extinction, otherwise Prince Huailiang would not have taken the risk and sent samurai to help Hu Weiyong coup d'état." The sixth continued:

"We took the opportunity to subdue them, and naturally we did more with less. My master and Cao Guogong are not willing to act rashly because they don't know Japan, and they can't say that they are wrong. After all, it is separated from Japan by the sea, and the land is not enough to supply, and the people are not enough to make orders, so how can you look at it as a loss-making deal. ”

"Yes. Fighting a war is the same as doing business, you can't lose money, otherwise no matter how thick your family foundation is, you will lose everything. Hu Quan nodded, this is a very convincing reason. Even the subordinates were a little worried before until they entered Dazaifu......"

"I didn't expect Little Japan to be so rich, with gold and silver everywhere." As he spoke, he smacked his lips and said, "When I was the king of the mountain, I didn't have such a good time. ”

"Have you ever thought about it, where did all this gold and silver come from?" The sixth asked with a smile.

"The people are fat, the people are anointed." Hu Quan said without thinking.

"Not really." Zhu Zhen shook his head and smiled: "The Japanese people are outrageously poor, and there are no fat sheep such as rich merchants, but they can't find so much gold and silver." ”

"Could it be that it can't grow in the ground?" Hu Quan couldn't help laughing.

"Really." Zhu Zhen laughed and said: "Uncle is right, this country has many mountains and few lands, and the property is barren, but gold, silver and copper can grow in the land, so these princes and nobles are poor one by one, and only money is left." ”

"Really? And such a country? Hu Quan asked with wide eyes.

"Yes." Lao Liu nodded and explained to his uncle that this was because of the collision between the Eurasian plate and the Pacific plate, gold and silver, which are related to magma and hydrothermal systems, are widely distributed in Japan, and most of the deposits are exposed to the ground, which is very easy to mine.

If you listen to Hu Quan, how can you understand what a plate collision is, and why gold and silver are related to magma and hot springs?

"You just know that." The sixth said helplessly: "Japan is full of large and small gold and silver mines, and the king and the daimyo have mines under their names, and they can save so much gold and silver by opening mines." ”

"Your Highness says so, and we'll understand." Hu Quan swallowed his saliva and said, "Then can you grab it many more times?" ”

"Collect the taste, uncle, we are not the king of the mountain now," the sixth said with a wry smile: "What we have is a way, let them obediently take out the gold and silver and hand it over to us, and we have to thank us, why bother to rob it?" ”

"Yes, yes, trade." Hu Quan nodded and said with a wry smile: "The main thing is that I have been a little addicted to robbing it recently." ”

He saw with his own eyes that His Royal Highness sold the silk porcelain of the Ming Dynasty overseas, and those Persian merchants who ate greatly, as well as the princes and nobles of Nanyang, rushed to buy it at ten times the price, and said that it was really cheap.

Japan, a country like Japan, where there is only money left over, is simply the best trade partner.

"Of course, in addition to trade, we can also build a few gold and silver mines and operate them." The sixth man said with a golden light in his eyes: "The level of metallurgy of the Japanese is basically the level of our business and Zhou, not only is it very wasteful, but the efficiency is also extremely low. ”

"This business can be done!" Hu Quan swallowed his saliva and said: "What our Daming lacks the most is gold and silver, which are originally prepared for us on this Dongying Island." ”

"Now do you still say that it is useless to defeat Japan, and it will only waste national strength?" The sixth asked with a smile.

"That's definitely not going to happen!" Hu Quan hurriedly shook his head and said, "Not only do you want to fight it, but you also have to occupy it for a long time!" Let it become the gold and silver mountains of the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Hahaha, that's what I thought too." The sixth child also laughed proudly, he knew that as long as the Chinese people's perception of Japan was reversed, the fate of this country would change forever.

At this time, Deng Duo came in to report that Wang Bi and Yang Shiqi were back.

"Hurry up, please." The sixth child was in a good mood, got up to greet him with a smile, and as soon as the two came in, they asked, "How is the surrender ceremony enjoyable?" ”

"Okay." Wang Bi smiled and said, "Let His Highness speak, their king twisted and refused to show up." ”

"It's normal, so this king didn't go either." The sixth child didn't think about it and said: "As long as he hands over the three artifacts, this king can not embarrass him." ”

"The gang went to ask him, and they were reluctant anyway." Wang Bi raised his eyebrows and said: "According to the minister, it is all meat on the chopping board, what are you doing with him so politely, just arrest people, and he will be honest." ”

"Hey." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said, "Then he will be worthless, and it will be useless to us." ”

(End of chapter)