Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 232 The whole of Japan is crazy about it!

"General, General, it's dug out! It's dug out!"

"The silver mine has been dug out!"

Shouts of joy resounded throughout Iwami Silver Mountain.

Through the unremitting efforts of the civilians of Izumo Country for seven consecutive days, they dug the mountain.

Xu Da finally succeeded in excavating the silver vein beneath Shijian Yinshan.

The next thing to do is to set up a mining area and then go down the mine to mine silver ore.

Then comes the refining of silver.

During the Ming Dynasty, the technology of refining silver was already very sophisticated. You must know that the use of silverware in China can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty.

Nowadays, the ash blowing method is generally used.

The process is roughly as follows: chiseling the ore - crushing the ore - panning and beneficiation - adding lead to the selected ore powder - making ore balls - forging into fire and breaking into pieces - frying into broken silver - —finally refined to form silver ingots.

Everything is going in a good direction and in an orderly manner.

Large amounts of silver ore are shipped out of the mines every day and then refined into silver ingots.

Looking at the large wooden boxes filled with silver, Xu Da smiled on his face.

Yang Xian, this kid, is always worthy of trust. He said there was a silver mine, and it turned out that the silver mine was actually dug out.

In the past few days alone, tens of thousands of taels of silver have been accounted for, and the silver will eventually be shipped to the nearly a thousand Ming warships docked at the port and transported back to the Ming Dynasty.

During the original expedition, several empty ships had been reserved specifically for transporting silver. However, looking at the current situation, it was not enough. If it was not possible, the only choice was to rob the Japanese pirate ships.

The fifteenth day when Xu Da occupied Izumo Kingdom.

Only then did the daimyo from other regions of Japan react.

When the news came out, all the great names in Japan didn't believe it for the first time. Their reaction was exactly the same as that of the Yamana Toki clan who now has three feet of grass on his grave.

None of them believed how the Ming army could fight over such a long distance.

Until the daimyo of Ishimi Country, which is adjacent to Izumo Country, broke a shocking news. The Ming army not only crossed the sea to Japan, but also occupied Izumo Country.

This news is enough to shock all the famous names in Japan.

But compared with the second piece of news that Iwami Kuni Daimyo broke, it was nothing at all.

Shi Jianguo broke the news that the Ming army occupied the entire Shijian Silver Mountain and excavated a huge vein of silver ore on it.

The silver output of this vein can reach tens of thousands taels per day.

This news was like a huge boulder dropped directly into a small, calm lake. After hearing the news that a huge silver vein was dug out of Iwami Ginzan, the whole of Japan went crazy!

In particular, Ashikaga Takauji dominated the Northern Dynasty court.

The emperors of Japan's Northern Dynasties were all supported by Ashikaga Takauji. He himself held the position of general, and his status was somewhat similar to Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms.

The Emperor of Light is a puppet.

Kyoto, Japan, the General's Palace.

Ashikaga Takauji sat on the main seat, and the two rows of kneeling people below were his confidants.

"General, is the news from Ishijian Country credible?" a samurai asked.

Ashikaga Takauji did not answer, but looked at the man below.

"It's completely credible." The man dressed as a military advisor shook the folding fan in his hand and said. "Izumo Country is adjacent to Iwami Country, and the most important thing is that most of the Iwami Silver Mountains are actually in the territory of Iwami Country." "Master Military Advisor, if such a large amount of silver is really excavated from the Iwami Silver Mountains Mine veins, then how could that fellow Yoshihiro of the Iwami State University leak such important information to us?" Another samurai asked.

The military advisor smiled and said: "It's very simple, because the Ming army is really powerful, at least Ouchi Yoshihiro will never be able to take it down. It will be easier to understand if he spreads the news, driving away wolves and devouring tigers, Then he sat back and watched the tiger fight.”

"Shi Jian Yin Shan is in his Shi Jian country after all. As long as he drives away the Ming army, he can reap the benefits."

This military advisor has obviously studied Chinese culture and knows a lot of idioms.

"What do you mean by the military advisor?" Ashikaga Takauji said.

Snapped!

The military advisor closed the folding fan in his hand and said crisply: "Hit!"

"But Military Advisor, didn't you say earlier that you were worried about Ouchi Yoshihiro reaping the benefits?" Ashikaga Takauji asked doubtfully.

"General, have you forgotten that you are related to the Yamana Toki clan?" the military advisor raised the corners of his mouth slightly, as if he had a pearl of wisdom in his hand. "We can send troops this time under the banner of revenge for the Yamana clan. In terms of justice, no one can stand up better than you, the general. At that time, whoever dares to intervene, we will just fight."

"After repelling the Ming army, we can take advantage of the situation and directly take over the Izumo Kingdom. Are we still afraid of Ouchi Yoshihiro?"

Ashikaga Takauji sat on the high seat, pondered for a while, with a bright smile on his face, and said: "Okay, just do what the military advisor said!"

In the rest of the territory, all the great names are also ready to make moves.

Wealth and silk are attractive, not to mention a huge vein of silver.

Fifteen days later.

Ashikaga Takauji directly dispatched [-] troops and surrounded Izumo Kingdom.

The slogan was to avenge the Yamatoki clan of Izumo Kingdom.

But when Ashikaga Takauji's army arrived outside Izumo, suddenly a huge cannonball traced a perfect trajectory in the air and fell directly into the crowd of their army.

Then it exploded directly.

For a time, severed limbs and broken bodies were flying everywhere, and blood was splattered.

Xu Da's combat style has always been royal warfare. After occupying Izumo Country, he immediately deployed secret sentries and spies around Izumo Country to spy on the surrounding situation.

In addition, there are artifact bonuses such as military telescopes.

Ashikaga Takauji's army had not yet arrived at Izumo Country, but Xu Da had already learned about its movements.

Xu Da had already made arrangements early.

Otherwise, it would be really difficult to defend a city like Izumo Kingdom with almost no city defense facilities.

If the opponent is really caught off guard, there may be a lot of casualties. You must know that Ashikaga Takauji is serious this time, dispatching an army of [-] people at once.

This kind of troop configuration is already exaggerated for Japan at this time.

Therefore, when the other daimyo saw this situation, they very wisely avoided the head-on confrontation with Ashikaga Takauji.

The general led by Ashikaga Takauji also had rich combat experience. He immediately restrained his soldiers not to panic and avoid secondary casualties caused by stampedes caused by human factors.

Unfortunately.

He finally managed to stabilize the situation, and another cannonball pierced the sky and fell.

Ashikaga Takauji and other soldiers only felt the gleaming fire and thunderous sound of the iron cannon, which made their livers and gallbladders split, their eyesight and deafness were dizzy, and they were at a loss.

(End of this chapter)