Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 556, Silver Mountain Port
Shi Jianguo, the country of Wa.

The Hongzhi Gengshen Treaty ceded Shi Jian Country to Daming, and Daming soon dispatched officials here, and officially renamed Shi Jian to Yinshan County, which was directly placed under the North Zhili Province.

Well, although Beizhili and Yinshan County seem to be a bit far apart.

But there is no way, who said that Yinshan County has silver mines containing hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

To the north of Yinshan County is the Whaling Sea (the Sea of ​​Japan in later generations), and to the south is the territory that belonged to the original Ouchi family, and now it has been divided between the Maori family and the Niko family.

These two families wisely chose to join Daming during Liu Jin's expedition to the Wa Kingdom last time, so they also enjoyed the benefits.

Here in a bay in the north of Yinshan County, the entire bay has become very lively, a scene of enthusiasm.

Tens of thousands of Wa people were hired to build Yinshan Port here.

At the same time, there are some temporary docks where merchant ships from Daming are berthing quietly, and Japanese people are diligently loading and unloading goods on the docks.

Yinshan County belongs to the Northern Zhili of the Ming Dynasty, and now merchant ships coming to Japan like to berth here in Yinshan Port, because they don’t have to pay taxes, and only need to pay a little berthing fee.

If it is anchored in other places in the Wa Kingdom, even though the Wa Kingdom no longer dares to impose heavy taxes on Ming's ships, general taxes can still be collected.

What's more, it is safer to park on the land of Daming.

There are [-] Ming troops stationed here in Yinshan County, which is enough to guarantee Daming's interests in Wa Kingdom.

Now the merchant ships of Ming Dynasty have two choices when they come to Japan to do business.

One is here in Yinshan County, who came to Yinshan County from Daming, still belonged to Beizhili, and then directly sold goods to merchants in the country of Wa in Yinshan County.

Or it can be re-transported to various parts of the Wa country for sale.

The other one is to arrive at the Hyogo Tsu of the Wa Kingdom. The Hyogo Tsu was leased by the Wa Kingdom to Daming, and it can also be regarded as Daming’s territory. After arriving at the Hyogo Tsu, it will be sold exclusively throughout the Wa Kingdom.

Daming defeated the Wa Kingdom, taught the Wa Kingdom a lesson, and forced the big names from all over the Wa Kingdom to no longer dare to impose heavy taxes on the merchant ships and merchants of the Ming Dynasty. This greatly promoted the merchants of the Ming Dynasty to come to the Wa Kingdom to do business and trade.

In addition, the geographical location of Yinshan County is very important, and there are huge silver mines. After obtaining Yinshan County, Daming also invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to come here.

In a short period of time, the entire county seat of Yinshan County and Yinshan Port became a busy construction site.

Since Yinshan Port is regarded as the transit port for Ming to go to Golden Island, Liu Jin, Zhang Mao and others also invested a lot, planning to build it into a large port.

At this time, cargo ships arrived at Yinshan Port from Daming, and most of the cargo ships were loaded with cement.

Ship after ship of cement was continuously transported to Yinshan Port for the construction of Yinshan Port and Yinshan County.

Everything in the port was built according to the style of Tianjin Port in Ming Dynasty. Thousands of Japanese people were hired to work hard.

Kotaro is one of the many hard-working Japanese.

Kotaro does not have a surname, only a first name. In Japan, only nobles and warriors can have a surname. Ordinary people like them are not eligible to have a surname.

He was originally an ordinary farmer in Ishimi country. He used to make a living by farming, and he has been a farmer for generations.

Who knew that Shi Jianguo was ceded to Daming at once, and Daming also gave Shi Jianguo's Japanese people two choices.

One is that he can leave Shi Jianguo, and the other is that from now on, he will be loyal to the Son of Heaven and become an ordinary citizen of Daming.

For the common people who became Daming and pledged their allegiance to the Son of Heaven, the original Shi Jian people did not have the slightest resistance.

Speaking of itself, there are many people in the Wa Kingdom who say that the Wa people came from the land of the Central Plains, and the saying that the Wa Kingdom and Daming are a family is still very popular in the Wa Kingdom.

In addition, the aristocrats and samurai classes of the Japanese country all used Chinese characters and wrote Chinese characters. They have the same root in culture, that is to say, there are differences in language.

Moreover, the Wa Kingdom is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the King of Wa has to submit to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. People from the Shi Jian Kingdom can directly become the people of the Ming Dynasty and serve the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Many people think it is very good.

His status has suddenly changed from a citizen of the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty to a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this a big increase in status?

In the country of Wa, they were ordinary people at the lowest level, but after Shi Jian country became Yinshan County, they were Daming people, and when they left Yinshan County, they were the superior Daming people in the country of Wa.

Not only Kotaro and ordinary people like Kotaro think so, but also the original nobles, samurai and so on of Iwami country.

The former Ishijian country was extremely weak, the Ouchi family came to bully, the Mori family also came to bully, the Nizi family could also come to bully, and even the neighboring Izumo country could come to bully.

These nobles and warriors of Ishijian Kingdom have also been subjected to it.

But it's different now, they are from Daming Yinshan County, their identities have been thrown aside, and they have become the landlords and gentry of Daming, who dares to bully them?

Daming took over the entire Yinshan County without any difficulties. The nobles, warriors, and ordinary people in Yinshan turned around happily and became Daming people.

Although there are not many people in Yinshan County who can speak Daming dialect, this does not prevent the celebrations in Yinshan County.

Emperor Daming was very kind. Considering that Yinshan County had just been incorporated into Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi also decreed that Yinshan County should be exempted from taxes for three years.

When the news reached Yinshan County, people in the whole Yinshan County rejoiced.

In the Wa Kingdom, the exploitation of ordinary people by nobles and warriors was also very serious, and the ordinary people of the Wa Kingdom were similar to the people of Ming Dynasty.

After working hard all year round, many times I can't even get enough to eat.

Now the Son of Heaven exempts them from taxes for three years, which means that their life in the past three years will be much easier.

Of course, they didn't know that it was Liu Jin's request to Emperor Hongzhi for the purpose of stabilizing Daming's rule over Yinshan County.

After all, this place is far away from Daming, and the people here are all Japanese. The number of Daming people is very small. If you want to rule here for a long time, you need strong force, and you also need a certain strategy.

It is necessary to give them a little taste of sweetness.

After all, for Emperor Hongzhi, the tax in Yinshan County was nothing at all. The key was the silver mines in Yinshan County. Once it was mined, it would be a steady stream of white silver.

Kotaro worked hard, mixing sand and cement together, stirring constantly.

Cement is such an amazing thing.

At first it was like mud, but after a while, it immediately became as hard as a stone, which is really convenient, and it is very useful for building houses, city walls, ports, etc.

"Clang~clang~"

"Dinner is ready~Dinner is ready~"

"Everyone wash up and prepare to eat."

Time passed slowly, I worked hard, and soon it was time for lunch.

Along with the ringing of the bell, the Daming man in charge of the work kept shouting.

Immediately, the entire busy construction site erupted in cheers.

Kotaro and the others put all the tools neatly as required, and then came to the side where the cement had been laid.

Here, a lot of tents have been set up, and a large number of Japanese women are busy in the tents. From a distance, you can see buckets of white rice. At the same time, there are a lot of vegetables next to it, and the smell of meat is also bursting Floating in bursts.

Kotaro couldn't help swallowing.

However, I still came to the place where I washed my hands, washed my hands, and then lined up.

He likes life now.

When he came to work here in Yinshan Port, he could earn fifty Wen a day. At the same time, there were three meals a day, rice and noodles, as much as he wanted, fish and vegetables, and occasionally braised pork.

This was a life he had never imagined before.

I used to farm at home and worked hard all year round, and I could only eat two meals a day.

Every meal is a rice ball, just a rice ball the size of a fist. Life is very hard, and I can't eat enough.

Now I eat three meals a day, and I eat with my belly open. There are vegetables and meat, and I get paid.

Not only did he work here, but his wife Miko was also hired to cook for everyone, with three meals a day including meals and a salary of [-] Wen.

Kotaro has already done the calculations. It will take about half a year for the Yinshan Port to be built. After the Yinshan Port is completed.

The two of them can save almost 10 taels of silver, and then they can tear down their house and rebuild the country.

Well, it should be built with cement, just like the houses of Daming people, it is durable and not afraid of rain leakage.

At that time, the front and back of the house will be paved with cement, so that even if it rains, it will not be afraid and will not get dirty.

He doesn't plan to farm any more in the future, and he has already found out clearly.

The imperial court discovered a large silver mine here in Yinshan County. In the future, many people will be recruited to open the silver mine. The silver mine can be mined for a long time, at least for decades, or even hundreds of years.

He was going to work in a silver mine, specifically to help the Ming emperor dig a silver mine.

The work is simple and easy. The key is to be able to eat enough and earn money to support the family.

Even he has already thought about it, let his children learn Daming dialect, so that they can become real Daming people, and if they can't speak Daming dialect, they are not real Daming people.

He did know that some Japanese who could speak Ming dialect, even though they were only some very simple Ming dialects, had already been reused.

In the past, they were just civilians, but now they have helped to manage everyone, and their status is different.

　It should be fine to write like this.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)