"But Brother Xie, have you said that Japan is full of gold and silver? Our experiences on the five islands have been verified. If we completely capture them, don't you have to worry about gold and silver?" Jiang Bin said strangely.

The gold and silver goods brought back last time were actually just Kyushu Island, or the wealthy families of the country in Taichung. Although Nagasaki is a large port and a distribution center, you can still see from it that the amount of gold and silver in Japan is so much. If you take all of them, how much profit would it be? []

"But in fact, this is difficult to do." Xie Hong explained: "Water is mountainous. If a full-scale war is launched, it will be difficult to eliminate the remaining enemies even if it is occupied. Therefore, after winning, it will have to be stationed in the garrison. In addition, there are many outlaws in the Japanese, and the fewest garrisons, probably 50,000 people. I guess it may not be enough."

"The same is true for garrisoning. When attacking, of course, more troops are needed. It is definitely not enough to have less than 100,000. So many soldiers and horses are transported by sea, and the logistics pressure..." Xie Hong pondered: "Don't look at the harvest in Liaodong this year, the scale will be expanded next year. If you include investment, it may be quite insufficient and it is impossible to support a large-scale war."

What Xie Hong said makes sense, and both Jiang Bin nodded silently.

The investment next year is much greater than this year. After all, Liaodong has fewer people and more land, while Jizhen is close to the capital, which is opposite to Liaozhen. Although Xuanfu deviates from the capital and has a lot of wasteland, since the Tumu, Xuanfu has been the hardest hit area for the invasion of the Tartars. There are many broken places on the edge walls. If the land is rashly opened up, the risk will be very high.

Therefore, although the situation in Sanbian Town is very good on the surface, there are actually many hidden worries. No matter who the opponent is, it is not a good time to start a war.

"Brother Xie, but the powerful people in Japan are everywhere. What general is the powerless restraint of the emperor. Can they still form unified command and resistance?"

This principle is similar to China. Whenever there is civil strife in China, it is the time when external enemy is most rampant. It is not that external enemy suddenly becomes powerful, but that China is weakened by civil strife, so that foreign invaders are arrogant, so Jiang Bin asked this question.

Xie Hong nodded and smiled, "Well, this seems to be the case, but Japan may be a bit special. When the Mongols attacked Japan, the situation there was actually similar to that now, but they still gathered together to fight the enemy together. We cannot take this risk, and there is no need to take risks."

"Oh?" Jiang Bin's eyes lit up. With his familiarity with Xie Hong, of course he would not know. Xie Hong's statement means that he has a wonderful idea again - he thought about it. At this time, he just needs to listen to it and don't have to worry about whether he will succeed.

"Since Japan is in the Warring States era, we don't need to disturb them. Instead, we should push them to fight more fiercely, extending the Warring States era for hundreds of years. Then we can plunder their wealth by trade."

"But last time you didn't say that the Japanese favorite goods were......"

"Well, tea, silk, porcelain, these things are priced more than gold. It's a pity that Liaodong is not produced. But we can sell other things. There are so many things they lack......" Xie Hong pointed his finger and said: "They are all short of strategic materials such as fur, grain, and medicinal materials. The most important thing is that since they are in a civil war, we can sell arms."

"Martial Arts?" Another new term jumped out. Jiang Bin was used to it, but Yang Haoran was a little confused.

"Yes." Xie Hong nodded with a smile, "The Japanese knives are pretty good, but it takes a long time to build a knife, which leads to their scarce samurai swords. Most of the equipment in the army is bamboo guns, and the bows are also big bows, which are extremely inconvenient to use. As for armor, hehe, even the armor made of bamboo pieces are used as treasures."

"These are military weapons. If we sell them, what if they......" Yang Haoran was surprised. He understood what arms were, but these things were not bought and sold casually, especially armor, which was the most serious.

According to the Ming Dynasty, if someone in the folk retains swords and guns, they will generally not be punished; but if there are bows and crossbows, it is hard to say; as for armor, especially iron armor, as long as someone dares to hide this thing, it will be a dead end. The combat power of armored soldiers and unarmed soldiers is completely different.

"Bit back? Haha, General Yang, you are too worried. Of course, I can grasp the degree in this. Just rest assured. Besides, even if there is an accident, those Japanese pirates really have malicious intentions, but with their navigation skills, how can they threaten the Ming Dynasty?" Xie Hong smiled contemptuously, not taking the possible threat to heart.

"The iron ore in Liaodong is abundant, and there is also a large mine in northern Korea, and there is no shortage of craftsmen in Lushun. Therefore, this hou planned to eliminate the weak and retain the strong in the three towns in the past two years, professionalize the entire army, and change the equipment at the same time, and not waste it, and just dump it in Japan for money.

"Oh." Jiang Bin's mouth was round, and Yang Haoran's eyes were wide open. The former felt that Xie Hong had a very good ability to utilize waste, while the latter was completely disguised and absorbed all his mind.

Yang Haoran has heard that in addition to weapons, the dressing also includes armor, and it is not the fish scale armor that I have changed now, but a new armor with a strange name, and it is called the Ban armor.

That thing is still in the research and development stage, so he used fish scale armor to practice. It is obvious that the plate armor must be stronger than the fish scale armor. Yang Haoran has been an old army for many years, and he really couldn't think of what kind of armor would be stronger than the fish scale armor.

You know, before this, the fish scale armor was already a treasure that the generals could only possess. If you go further, there would probably be only Wenshan armor. But that kind of armor is expensive and it would take time to build it. It would take a lot of time to become popular in the three towns within two years. How many craftsmen would have to do it?

"Although the trade costs less, the effect is slow, and it is far from supplying the needs of the capital and the three towns..." Yang Haoran was dazed, and Xie Hong continued to explain, "So, we still have to grab it, because this method is effective the fastest."

"Mr. Marquis is wise." Yang Haoran's eyes lit up.

He is no longer Chu Ge in a business without a foundation. When he snatched the Jianzhou Jurchen last time, although Xie Hong decided to snatch all the Jianzhou people, he, as an executor, made a great contribution. He was able to do so well in the first time, which shows that he was originally a little talented.

So, after hearing this keyword, Yang Haoran was also energetic and looked at Xie Hong with bright eyes, hoping to get this good job.

"There are many gold and silver mines in Japan, but most of them are very scattered. As far as I know, there are three concentrated places, namely the gold mountains on Sado Island, the Ishimi silver mine, and the gold mountains on Kafei."

Xie Hong smiled and said, "The easiest thing to do is Sado's Kingsoft. There should be only some natives on it, and there are not many people. As long as a fleet is sent, it will be occupied. Then call some hard work from North Korea, then grab some points from the local area, and finally place a garrison troops. The Kingsoft there is ours."

"There is a mountain of gold on such a small island?" The Japanese like to call that island Sado Island and list it as one of the sixty-six countries, but it is not too big, only a few hundred square kilometers. The map proportions made by Xie Hong are relatively accurate and can be seen clearly, so both generals were surprised.

"Hmph, it's not just a question of whether there is a gold mountain. Not only does it have it, but there is more than one." Xie Hong smiled proudly. It was similar to the Ishijian Silver Mine. The Japanese people of Sado Jinshan also started mining since the Warring States Period and were not yet fully harvested until the Hirado period. The stock was extremely huge.

"Sadou is the least difficult, and Ishikan is more troublesome. It is now in the hands of the Da Nei family. This Da Nei family is considered a powerful man in Kyushu. It is of course easy to dispatch troops from Liao Town to deal with them, but in this case, things will be difficult, so I transferred troops from the Three Guards of Duoyan."

"But to the Japanese, aren't the Tartars also foreigners?"

"Of course it's different," Xie Hong shook his head, "If we transfer the children of Liao Town to the place, we must command ourselves to avoid unnecessary losses. However, there are not so many specialties in the Duoyan army. As long as we negotiate with the name we want to support, uh, the Japanese tyrants, and then hand over the command to them. Anyway, it's not my race, and I don't feel sorry for all deaths."

He smiled and said, "This is called a mercenary. Anyway, we just spent some food, but what we exchanged for is silver. By the way, it can also weaken the three guards of Duoyan. Isn't this a good thing to win in one fell swoop?"

"So that's the case. Brother Xie, you don't need Duoyan's ministry to provide the horses themselves. Could it be..."

"If you want a horse, Huadang should feel distressed, and transportation is also laborious. Don't there be thousands of horses on Jeju Island? It's just right to use it. Although the North Korean horse is not tall, it is already considered a big horse in Japan. With such an elite cavalry, it is not difficult to defeat the Dawei. Let's just wait to receive the silver mine, it's a big silver mountain."

Looking at the map and thinking about the information about Shi Jian Yinshan, Xie Hong felt that his saliva was circling around his mouth. Shi Jian Yinshan not only had large reserves, but also easy to mine. A large part of it was even exposed to the surface of the ground, which was a bare silver mine!

The Japanese mining level is low, so they did not draw the light here until the end of the shogunate. Now, hehe, I will hollow out the there within a few years...

There is no problem with tools. There are many senior miners in the Ming Dynasty, and there are also themselves. There are no problem with labor. There are also many Koreans and Japanese. There are only a supervisor in Liao Town. The transportation capacity is also simple. With the guidance of Old Man Dai, the ship craftsmen are working hard now, and the big ships will soon be available.

"The same is true for Kafari. We can just build a daimyo in Echigo. On the one hand, we can ensure that Sado Island is not disturbed, and on the other hand, we can expand towards Kafari, and achieve the best, but not achieve it.

Anyway, we just want to take advantage of the Japanese fight and make a good deal, haha." The silence will not be continued.
Chapter completed!