Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1872, Iwami Yinshan

In Iwami Port, the sea breeze in spring is still mixed with a little bit of cold air, which makes the whole sea surface filled with a chill from the Arctic. Many dock workers in the port are also hiding in the house, talking about it by the stove Issues.

"It's time for conscription again soon. I heard that Iwami County has 100 quotas this year."

"real or fake?"

"Of course it is true. I learned from the county magistrate that although our Iwami County is far away from the mainland of Daming, we have always been valued."

"Then the children in the family must prepare well. If they can join the army and serve the Son of Heaven, it will be a matter of great honor."

"Yeah, look at the changes in our Iwami County over the years. Everyone's life is getting better and better. All of this is because of the Son of Heaven. Without the Son of Heaven, we might not have enough to eat and wear. It's not warm."

"Of course, there are more and more people smuggling to our Iwami County now. Yesterday, I saw a group of smuggling people caught by the police of the Yamen."

"If you want to smuggle here, you must at least learn to speak Daming official dialect, otherwise you will be exposed easily."

"That's right, in fact, there is no need to smuggle in. Our Daming is also willing to accept the Japanese. As long as the Japanese are willing to immigrate to our Ming's overseas, Australia, Golden Island and other places, they can enjoy the same treatment as our Daming people."

"I think this is a bit unfair. It's unfair to us Daming people. Why should they enjoy the same treatment as us."

"Because the Wa Kingdom is a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty, and enjoys the contents of the vassal state agreement. Now there is almost no difference between the Wa Kingdom, North Korea and the Ming people, and they can all settle with each other at will."

"We Daming people don't think about going to North Korea and Japan to settle down. Look at our Iwami County, there are concrete roads everywhere, and Japan hasn't built a few decent roads yet."

"That's right, it's better for us Daming people."

A group of Japanese leaned against the stove, chatting about the benefits of the Ming Empire. Those who didn’t know thought they were real Ming people, but looking at their height and the work they did, they were just Japanese from Iwami County. .

It's just that this Iwami County was ceded to the Ming Empire many years ago, and became a county in the northern Zhili of the Ming Empire. After a long time, the Japanese people here also regarded themselves as Daming people, and looked down on the Japanese people in other places around them. up.

"The boat is coming, the boat is coming."

At this time, someone came over in a hurry and said, the Japanese people who were warming up at the fire hurried out one by one to the pier, looked at the sea, and saw three large ships slowly approaching on the sea.

"The three big ships are busy now."

When someone saw it, he quickly wiped his hands and said.

They are stevedores at the wharf. They make a living by loading and unloading goods. They earn more when they have ships, and less when they don’t have ships. Naturally, they like more ships to earn more.

Especially in this winter, there are very few ships passing through Iwami Port, and it is not safe to take the northern route in winter, and only a few merchant ships from Daming and North Korea will berth here in Iwami, so that everyone can earn some hard money.

On the three big ships, Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin were drinking hot tea leisurely, the weather was really cold.

When the dimension is high, it becomes unbearably cold. When I sailed in low latitudes, it was still so hot that I was half dead. When I went to a place with a higher latitude, it was so cold that I couldn’t stand it.

"Your Majesty, next we will stay here in Iwami County for a few days. After resting, we will directly cross the Sea of ​​Whales (the Sea of ​​Japan, which we called the Sea of ​​Whales in ancient times) to the port of Vladivostok in Liaodong Province, and then take a flight from Vladivostok. The train returns to the capital."

Liu Jin took a map and told Emperor Hongzhi about his next itinerary. It had been almost a year since he went out, and he was really homesick, especially his two beautiful wives.

But Emperor Hongzhi obviously didn't want to have enough fun, and he even came to Shijian to see the silver mine and see what the Ishijian silver mine is like.

So Liu Jin also had to follow, and then adjusted his return route, returning directly to Daming from Liaodong.

Liaodong is considered to be one of the fastest-growing areas in Ming Dynasty. Agriculture, forestry, shipyards, steel industry, oil exploration, and smelting are all extremely prosperous.

Of course, this is inseparable from the rich natural resources possessed by Liaodong.

Now the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty includes the three eastern provinces of later generations, and at the same time includes a large area such as the Outer Xing'an Mountains. It has huge forest areas and forestry resources, and it is very suitable to develop the shipbuilding industry.

Among them are three major shipbuilding centers, one is Dalian, the other is Liaohe Estuary, and the other is Vladivostok.

Although Vladivostok has a high latitude, it is an ice-free port. Relying on the huge forest area behind it, the shipbuilding industry has developed extremely rapidly. There are a large number of shipyards, wood processing factories and the like settled here.

It also allowed a barren land with few people to develop rapidly and become one of the most important cities in the Far East of Daming today.

At the same time, because Vladivostok is located next to the Whale Sea and is a non-freezing port, the fishing and whaling industries in Vladivostok are very developed, especially in winter, seafood can be preserved for a longer time, relying on the repaired railway Transportation can transport a steady stream of seafood, whales, whale oil, etc. to the Beijing-Tianjin area.

These have allowed Vladivostok to develop rapidly and become a relatively well-known emerging city in Liaodong, with a population of more than [-].

So Vladivostok must still go and have a look. By the way, you can also go to Liaodong to see the snowfields of Liaodong and feel the wealth and vastness of Liaodong.

"Okay, you can arrange it here."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the map and nodded.

For Emperor Hongzhi, it didn't matter where he went, he was out to play anyway, traveling around the mountains and rivers to see the great rivers and rivers of the Ming Dynasty and the great mountains and rivers.

Liaodong has always been a place that Emperor Hongzhi wanted to visit.

Emperor Hongzhi had read various reports about Liaodong a long time ago, and he wanted to see if the real Liaodong was as described in the newspapers.

This time, I can go to Liaodong from Vladivostok to see everything in Liaodong.

Looking at Iwami Port again, the description of Yinshan that Liu Jin said before emerged in Emperor Hongzhi's mind.

When the Ming Empire sent troops to conquer the Japanese country, teaching the Japanese country a lesson and attacking the Japanese pirates was part of it, but another important purpose was to seize the silver mines of Iwami.

At that time, Liu Jin said that the silver mine here is a real silver mountain, with reserves of hundreds of millions of taels of silver. As long as the silver excavated from this silver mountain is occupied, it can reach a terrifying level of tens of millions of taels every year.

In Huangjinzhou, I have already seen the pyramids made of gold bricks and silver bricks, and saw gold mines and silver mines. Now I also want to see how the silver mines in Ishimi are. Is it true? is a mountain of silver.

The big ship moored slowly at the port, and soon cars drove off the ship, heading straight for the Iwami Silver Mine in Iwami County.

Here at the Iwami Silver Mine, machines are roaring non-stop, excavators, bulldozers, large trucks, etc. are working non-stop. A pungent smell could be smelled from far away.

Liu Jin and Emperor Hongzhi, accompanied by the person in charge of the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company, came to the silver mine.

I saw cartloads of silver ore being pulled over by large trucks, and then put into the smelting process. With the heating of the furnace, molten silver, molten copper, molten iron, etc. flowed out continuously.

"The silver mine in Shijian is not just silver mine. The associated iron ore and copper mine are the main ones. The silver content is much smaller than that of copper and iron."

Liu Jin explained to Emperor Hongzhi patiently and in detail.

It's freezing cold outside, but inside the smelter it's sweating, it's too hot.

Emperor Hongzhi carefully looked at the smelter in front of him. Along with the roiling heat waves, molten iron, copper, and silver were poured out, forming standard silver, iron, copper, and the like in each grinding tool.

Then, as the cold water cooled, billowing water vapor rose up, and soon standard modules were separated from it one by one, and then some staff began to label and brand these silver mines.

Each silver mine has an individual number to ensure that it can be traced back to the initial mining and smelting process to prevent the loss of business wealth.

"This speed is really fast."

Emperor Hongzhi casually picked up a heavy piece of silver and said.

"Yes, we smelt tens of thousands of taels of silver every day, and sometimes we have to purify the silver. Only after the purification reaches the qualified standard can it be put into the warehouse and recorded in the account."

"See those mountains outside?"

"In the past, these mountains were very high, but with our mining, these mountains have been leveled by us."

The person in charge of Iwami Silver Mine proudly introduced the situation of Iwami Silver Mine to Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin. After years of mining, the amount of silver that could be mined from Iwami Silver Mine became less and less. The mountains have been dug up, that is to say, there are more excavators, bulldozers, and large trucks now, otherwise it would be difficult to mine silver mines.

Of course, for Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., more than 2 million taels of silver have already been mined, and they have already made a lot of money. Even now, it is completely acceptable to abandon this Iwami silver mine.

The war that year was also enough for Tianjin Ocean Trading Co. to eat for many years.

(End of this chapter)