Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 174 Yinshan has an annual output of four million taels and reserves of million taels of silver!!

Bai Chu's face was happy at first, and then a solemn voice sounded:

"Slaves are slaves, and these people don't seem to recognize their identities yet."

"Send out the army immediately, arrest these rioting slaves immediately, and hang them on the wall of the camp." "I want these slaves to see who is the boss in this camp!!"

The staff officer quickly followed the order and left. Then Bai Chu heard constant shouting and cursing, followed by shrill screams. Only when the sound completely disappeared did Bai Chu walk out of the camp calmly. After Bai Chu left the camp, he saw more than a hundred slaves being pushed to the ground by Ming Haijun. The anger at the beginning could no longer be seen in his eyes, but instead turned into boundless fear.

Bai Chu waved his hand casually and ordered everyone to hang them up and let them dry in the sun for three days.

Then he slowly walked to a group of slaves and said in a deep voice:

"You have been defeated. Being a slave is the best destination for you."

"If you don't cherish this opportunity, I will make it impossible for you to live or die!" "As long as you serve me obediently for ten years, I will definitely let you go free after ten years." Bai Chu said The translator next to him quickly translated it into Japanese and told it to the slave in front of him.

When these slaves saw Bai Chu's cruel methods, they all remained silent, not daring to say anything or resist.

Bai Chu then looked at the former slaves, who were now the master's caretakers. He smiled and nodded at them, and said warmly: "You are completely liberated. Your next task is to make these slaves fight for me." work."

"As long as I dig out enough ore, I will never be stingy in rewarding you."

"But if all these people die in the pit, then I will fill it in with you and continue mining for me, do you understand?" With both kindness and power, Bai Chu's words made the guardians whose identities suddenly changed. , everyone’s expressions changed drastically.

However, seeing that Bai Chu didn't seem to want to punish them, they gradually became bolder. One of the young men was pushed closer by the guards and said flatteringly to Bai Chu:

"Sir, after receiving your rescue, we regained our freedom. From now on, we are willing to follow you and will never betray you."

"If you are of any use to us, we will never refuse. We will definitely go to great lengths to repay you."

After the translator's translation, Bai Chu's face showed a look that was half-smiling, and he asked:

"Interesting, what's your name?"

"The villain's name is Uesugi Kenshin."

The guard's face was extremely respectful and he didn't dare to slack off at all. When Bai Chu saw that this man had some talent, he immediately said:

"From now on, you will be the leader of these people. If you have anything, you can report to me at any time."

"Remember, I don't want these people to become a bunch of waste under your hands. I want you to drive these slaves and create value for me. This is your role." "If one day you let me down and cannot produce value, then your fate will be no different from that of these slaves, do you understand?"

Uesugi Kenshin was overjoyed when he heard that he had become the leader.

Although Bai Chu's words made him a little worried, he still knelt down without hesitation and expressed his loyalty: "This villain will be your lord's retainer from now on and will never betray you."

"Retainer?"

Bai Chu was dismissive and said:

"I don't need retainers. You want to be Ming's retainers, not mine."

"From now on, you only need to be loyal to Ming Dynasty."

"Ming dynasty?"

Uesugi Kenshin learned about countries other than Japan for the first time, but this also made him yearn for the Ming Dynasty.

Bai Chu stayed at Shijian Yinshan for the next few days. After informing Zheng He about their respective situations, Bai Chu quietly waited for the results of the reserve detection at Shijian Yinshan.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

It was rare for Bai Chu to have a good three days of rest in Ishimi Yinshan. During these three days, Bai Chu was resting besides checking the progress of the exploration team every day. Ever since he started the plan to conquer Japan, Bai Chu was like a spinning machine that never stopped for a moment. Until now, I finally have time to take a short break.

The slaves in the camp slowly accepted the status quo.

If you are obedient, you will have a full meal. If you are not obedient, you will be hung on the camp and burned to death by the sun, or even die of thirst and starvation.

For three whole days, the slaves heard the sounds of those hanging people, the pitiful cries and howls coming from their mouths, and the miserable situation of people being sunburned.

All this greatly shocked these Japanese soldiers who were previously aloof. Only now did they finally realize that times have changed.

Therefore, all these slaves became obedient one by one and no longer dared to resist the pressure of the watchers. They could only silently bear the whip in the hands of the watchers. Bai Chu would never have imagined what the future would be like for him to leave this camp.

In the future, with the expansion of the Ming Dynasty's navy, more and more defeated people on the island were sent here to do labor camps, and these people became third-class slaves, which were the lowest slaves.

Not only were they oppressed by their caretakers, but they were also oppressed by the first-class slaves, their predecessors.

When later generations discovered the ruins of Iwami Yinshan, 100,000 skeletons were dug out from underneath, so the camp was called the Japanese Concentration Camp.

It is filled with bloody violence, killings and inhumane torture.

But now Bai Chu has no interest in these. He is just thinking about when he can fully estimate the reserves of Yinshan.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and just when Bai Chu was about to run out of patience, the good news finally came.

"Sir, we've found out!!"

An experienced professional miner came to Bai Chu panting.

Seeing the excited and high-spirited look on his face, Bai Chu knew that what he was going to hear next would definitely be good news. "The silver stored under this silver mine can reach at least 800 million taels of silver.

"Well, we've made a fortune this time!!"

"What?"

Bai Chu's eyes suddenly widened, with some disbelief in his eyes.

Although he knew that the silver reserves in this silver mountain would be very rich, in his estimation, there were only 500 million taels of silver at most.
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But the current investigation results were far beyond his imagination.

Eight hundred million taels!! It is so huge that even if one million silver is dug out every year, this silver mine will take eight hundred years to be dug out. One million taels of silver was already a quarter of the Ming Dynasty's treasury.

The Ming Dynasty now has tens of millions of people and billions of land, but the tax collected is only four times that of this small silver mine.

Later, Bai Chu remembered that he had 30% of the shares in this silver mine, which meant that he was now considered a wealthy businessman with a net worth of 240 million.

Two hundred and forty million taels, even if He Shen was worth the most at that time, it was nothing more than this.

Bai Chu was elated, but then he remembered something and asked anxiously:

“Can the silver mine’s production increase again?”

"Of course. We have found several places that are suitable for mining." The miner replied confidently:

"If your Excellency agrees, we can increase the mining output tenfold, and the monthly silver mining output can reach 300,000 taels." "As long as there are enough manpower, the output will never disappoint Your Excellency."

Bai Chu was pleasantly surprised. The monthly output was 300,000 taels, which means that the annual output was nearly 4 million taels, which was equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's annual treasury tax revenue. With such a terrifying amount of mining, Bai Chu hesitated in his heart.

(End of this chapter)