After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 362 The Importance of Vision

"By the way, was Xiaoqing from Xueshan sent to your husband?" Zhu Di suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Have you sent him to Lujiacun to serve him as a servant girl?"

"It should be time."

"No." Hu Weiyong said, "According to the news from the Central Plains, the emperor detained the woman from the Wa country."

"It is said that she is afraid that she will tarnish Mr. Gao Jie's character."

"I plan to send him over to serve him someday after he is ready to leave the mountain."

"At present, he is arranged to learn the language of the Central Plains in Jixia Academy, because she can't understand the language, and she still has hatred for Daming, so it is really not suitable to send her there immediately to serve her husband."

"The teacher in charge of teaching her is Liu Bowen. He teaches her piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and language and culture every day."

"Mm. Mm." Zhu Di hummed twice, indicating that he understood.

I feel a little disappointing, if I can't give it to Qin Yu immediately, I can't immediately show his filial piety.

Except for the team led by Zhu Di himself, the rest of the five-way army was also invincible in the country of Wa, advancing quickly.

Most of the territory of the Wa Kingdom has been occupied by the Ming Army.

Good news keeps coming.

Although Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has issued a call for orders, there are very few Japanese troops who really resisted on a large scale.

Even those who resisted were quickly wiped out.

"It is estimated that by the end of the year, we will be able to completely conquer the land of the Kingdom of Wa." Zhu Di said with emotion, "When the Kingdom of Wa is included in our territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Rooster will truly eat the fat centipede of the Kingdom of Wa."

"Report to King Yan, Shi Jian Silver Mine has been captured by us." At this time, a commander came to report.

"In addition, the Sado Mine was also occupied by Zhang Yi, the commander of the Leopard Guards."

"Iwami Silver Mine is nearby."

"Great!" Zhu Di was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said to Hu Weiyong next to him, "Let's go, let's go to Yinshan to see for ourselves."

……

Iwami Silver Mine.

The entire Silver Mountain is located in the vast mountain, stretching endlessly.

Just one of the mines has a thousand mining tunnels.The reason why the small island country of Wa Kingdom is rich depends entirely on their rich reserves of gold and silver. The two mines cannot be exploited for hundreds of years.

Their reserves are not only the largest in the East, but also the largest in the world.

"Iwami Silver Mine, what is the annual gold and silver output?" Zhu Di asked Song Wenkang, the 'silver envoy' next to him.

"Because the Sergeant of the Ming Dynasty just received it, the gold and silver production in other places is not yet known. There are many mines in the Iwami Silver Mine." Song Wenkang said, "However, the annual output of one mine here is [-] gold. kilograms, [-] kilograms of silver."

"According to our prospector's exploration, it is estimated that this mine will take at least 400 years to be mined before it is exhausted!"

"It will take 400 years to dry up? That's great!" Zhu Di was overjoyed when he heard that.

"Yes, our Ming Dynasty will soon become rich." Hu Weiyong said, "The Wa country does not have much arable land, and the annual grain production is very small. They used to rely on the export of gold and silver to live a comfortable life."

"We took their two gold mines and silver mines away, which means we have mastered their lifeblood." Zhu Di said, "As long as we firmly occupy this place, Japan can be controlled by us."

"Most of the gold and silver exported by the Wa Kingdom were exported to the Central Plains. After all, the Central Plains are relatively close." Hu Weiyong said, "A small part was exported to overseas regions such as America and Europe."

"To tell you the truth, Japan's understanding of the world is more advanced than that of the previous Ming Dynasty. They have long been in contact with Australia, America, and Europe, and they have specially set up Australian Deacon Representatives and Ocean Deacon Representatives to deal with overseas affairs. mechanism."

"This also confirms the correctness of the world map that Mr. Qin gave us."

"Sure enough, there is an old saying that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. We close our eyes and listen in the Central Plains. Even if we read the books badly, we don't know that there are Australia and America in this world."

"The expedition to the Wa country broadened the horizons of my subordinates."

"Yes, vision is the most precious thing, and it is also the hardest to obtain." Zhu Di said, "The map of the world that Mr. gave us broadened the horizons of my father and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty."

"It can be said that just a picture can do great things to Ming Dynasty."

"Your Highness is extremely correct," Hu Weiyong said.

……

"Now, all the gold and silver reserves here belong to our Daming." Zhu Di looked at the stretch of Yinshan and sighed, "It was too bad for them to export real gold and silver directly to other countries before."

"Now that Emperor Father is rebuilding the world without Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, building the Jixia Academy, and establishing the belief in the Three Emperors, it is time to use a lot of money. The little reserves we saved before are not enough."

"Now we have occupied the Iwami Silver Mine and the Sado Mine, and have continuously transported gold and silver back to Daming to support the reform of the father. This is undoubtedly a timely help for the father."

"We are the biggest pillar of the father's reform."

"Da Ming's new world also has our share of credit."

"My subordinates still don't quite understand why the current situation in Daming can be stabilized after the gold and silver are transported back." Hu Weiyong said, "Doesn't building a new world require food, wood, stone, manpower or something?"

"Gold and silver cannot be eaten, nor should they be worn."

"You haven't attended Mr.'s class, so of course you don't know the truth." Zhu Di said, "Even in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, when the world was in chaos and all the heroes were fighting for hegemony, gold and silver were hard currencies."

"As long as people can live, gold and silver are the most important things, except in the barren desert."

"Now Ming's overseas trade has started. With gold and silver, you can buy grain and other basic materials from overseas."

"So that's how it is!" Hu Weiyong said, "If there is no Daxing business suggested by Mr. Qin, vigorously develop overseas trade, no matter how much gold and silver there is, it will be of no practical use to Daming."

"From this we can also see the importance of commerce and trade to the dynasty."

"Most of the previous dynasties emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, and strictly prohibited overseas trade. It is indeed short-sighted."

"The previous dynasties emphasized agriculture and suppressed business because there was less communication with the outside world." Zhu Di said.

The crowd has almost forgotten that before Qin Yu came, Zhu Yuanzhang was also emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business and cracking down on overseas trade.

"Master Song, can the annual output of gold and silver be increased a bit? Today's Daming urgently needs a large amount of silver to be transported back." Zhu Di turned to the 'silver envoy' Song Wenkang and asked.

"Impossible." Song Wenkang said, "The annual output of [-] kilograms of gold and [-] kilograms of silver is already the limit of silver mines. The silver refining method we are currently using is called the ash blowing method. It melts silver ore and lead ore , and then spread it out in a furnace and heat it at a high temperature to obtain silver. The alchemy of ash blowing method, the limit of silver smelting, is to produce [-] kilograms of gold and [-] kilograms of silver per year."

(End of this chapter)