Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 224 Taming the Japanese

Lan Yu is not a kind person.

Japan's only value at present is to provide slaves.

This was used to mine ore for the Ming Dynasty.

The deputy general received orders from Lan Yu and soon began to launch a massive reform in Japan.

First of all, women, the elderly and children were all separated.

The middle-aged men stood on one side, the young women stood on another side, and the rest of the people all belonged to the other side.

Divide and rule. Under his operation, the Japanese had no idea what was happening to their compatriots.

For them, the only thing they could understand was that Japan was already dead in name only.

After two months of domestication, there were warriors who wanted to stand up and resist the violent rule of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that all these people were killed as the culprits.

The process was clean and efficient, without any mercy.

A few more months passed, and now all the surviving Japanese people have become servile. They dare not resist any orders from the Ming Dynasty. As long as the order is issued by an officer, they must execute it no matter what.

Otherwise you will be whipped.

Under the supervision of the Ming army, these hundreds of thousands of slave-like Japanese rebuilt Kyoto, Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Hokkaido and other areas.

All the previous Japanese-style houses were dismantled and reassembled into Ming-style residences.

At the same time, in order to be able to control these guys more conveniently.

Yang Chen suggested sending different types of people to Japan in batches.

Most of these people were refugees on Ming Dynasty land. It can be said that they were basically the group of people with the least identity.

But when these people came to Japan, each of them was allocated a certain amount of productive resources.

This measure alone solved the difficulties and troubles of millions of refugees in the Ming Dynasty.

Ever since the areas north of the three northeastern provinces all became part of the Ming territory, many people in the north began to voluntarily give up their identities and become Han people.

Those guys who claimed to be Manchus and Jin people voluntarily abandoned their identities after being hit by the Ming Dynasty's cannons, claiming that their ancestors were Han people.

When facing these guys, Zhu Yuanzhang's usual approach was to kill them all to prevent them from causing any trouble to the court in the future.

Fortunately, after Zhu Biao's persuasion, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly gave up this practice.

At present, Ming Dynasty is very short of people, and all it lacks is young labor.

The local labor force went to open up wasteland, leaving more land for planting American crops.

Finally, the abundant grain harvest will be transported to various territories of the Ming Dynasty.

And Japan is the most important territory.

Because Yang Chen proposed to let the native people of the Ming Dynasty go to Japan to work. If they only rely on the productivity of Japanese fields to feed all the people of the Ming Dynasty, it would be a complete pipe dream.

The Ming Dynasty must have enough food to supply so many people, at least until Japan can produce its own food in the future.

The three American warriors who are responsible for feeding the hungry have now all been planting crops in various parts of Japan, so Japan will not be short of food for the time being.

Plans to mine the ore are also on track.

Two months later.

Sado Gold Mine.

Thousands of civilians from the Ming Dynasty lined up, with smiles on their faces.

"Hahaha! We are just ordinary people in Ming Dynasty. I didn't expect that we can own land in Japan. This is really a good thing."

A rough man in cloth clothes said to the people around him.

The others were also talking about it.

"Who says it's not true? It's thanks to your majesty's wisdom and bravery that I have the opportunity to leave the Ming Dynasty. I used to be a beggar in Hunan, the Ming Dynasty, but since I came to Japan, we have become the upper class!"

"It's a pity that my parents died early, otherwise I could bring them here to enjoy happiness."

"Yes, I don't know if I will have the chance to return to Ming Dynasty in the future. From now on, I will live alone overseas."

"Go back? Why go back? Don't you think about how hard our life was in the Ming Dynasty? We had nothing to eat or drink, and the only thing we could do was to beg.

Rather than being a beggar in the Ming Dynasty, I would rather be a superior person here.

As for family matters, without money, who would treat you as a human being?"

When someone said this, many people nodded in agreement.

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In the Central Plains, although it is my hometown, in this land, having no money is the biggest sin.

Even though the Ming Dynasty's economy has begun to develop rapidly, there are still many people who have not been able to keep up with the trend.

Especially those refugee people who were arranged to come to Japan.

Before in the Central Plains, they were ordinary people. Zhenjiang Prefecture could bring wealth and honor to many people, but unfortunately, because they had no advantages, they could not enjoy any of the benefits brought by Zhenjiang Prefecture.

In the end, I had no choice but to come to Japan to save my life.

When we first set foot on this strange land, everyone was very worried at first, fearing that there might be some danger here.

After all, many times disaster victims would be asked to explore the way. This kind of situation did exist in the Ming Dynasty. They were just lucky enough not to be elected.

The reason they can come to this place now is that Zhu Yuanzhang gave them a lot of benefits. Otherwise, no one would sign up.

Coming to Japan for the first time, these guys were worried that something bad might happen.

Fortunately, Lan Yu did not do so in the end, but took them to a secret place for training.

The training content is roughly about how to treat these Japanese disaster victims.

Those who graduate successfully can go to the mining area and serve as mine managers.

Working from nine to five, not only can you get 20 shi of food every month, but you can also be allocated housing and various benefits.

In short, the benefits they could gain by crossing the ocean from the Ming Dynasty to Japan were things they would never have the chance to experience in the Ming Dynasty.

So, starting today, these people officially became team leaders of the mining area.

Each team leader can look after a group of people.

In this way, Lan Yu's soldiers could do other things and avoid wasting a large number of Ming troops in the mining area.

At the same time, the mined ore is transported to a city dedicated to refining.

This place had already completed almost 70% of its infrastructure before the Ming Dynasty craftsmen arrived. With these equipment, the Ming Dynasty craftsmen could better refine more gold and silver.

Another month later.

The city that refines metals welcomed the first furnace today. Refining gold and silver is a very tedious process, and it is impossible to succeed without some time.

Fortunately, Yang Chen brought the Ming Dynasty into the half-step steam era, and some of these refining equipment came from Zhenjiang Prefecture.

After various assemblies, it can be officially put into the production line.

A person with a face full of anticipation watched the gold solution flow out of the boiler. The golden color was so eye-catching under the high temperature, and many people were looking forward to it.

At the same time, Lan Yu also arrived to supervise.

During these days, Lan Yu never left Japan. He knew very well how many treasures there were in Japan. Zhu Yuanzhang did not trust anyone except him.

Once the gold and silver mines fall into the hands of other people, the loss to the Ming Dynasty will be huge.

Wait until the solution slowly enters the mold and cools down.

A ten-pound gold bar appeared in front of everyone.

This is not refined according to the previous Ming Dynasty refining method, but is refined according to the chemical method taught by Yang Chen.

The impurities may not reach 90% or above even if it reaches 1000% gold.

Compared with the previous situation when the Ming Dynasty only had 80% gold, it is already very good.

Gold with a purity lower than 90% can only be called colored gold. Only gold with a purity higher than 90% or even higher than 95% can be called 999% gold.

The gold obtained through some steam equipment and chemical industrial purification methods is obviously a gold bar of 999 quality.

Lan Yu took two steps forward and picked up the still warm gold bar from the water with his bare hands.

He held it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Good! The quality is good! From today on! All gold shipped out of here must be of this quality!"

Even though it was expected that the quality of the gold smelted from the gold mine would be very high, Lan Yu never imagined that the quality of this gold would be so high.

You have to know that in the Ming Dynasty before, the best quality gold he had seen could never reach this level.

To make a perfect piece of gold, the amount of manpower and material resources consumed is unimaginable.

But now, a medium-sized gold mine in Japan can actually produce such excellent gold.

Lan Yu had never been so excited.

Under his orders, all of Lan Yu's men knew that they would be able to make a fortune next.

Anyway, there is so much gold on the entire Japanese island that no one would be able to notice if a little bit was missing.

Three months later.

Near the end of the year, Lan Yu personally transported a batch of ships carrying approximately one million taels of gold back to the Ming Dynasty from the Sea of ​​Japan.

When the ship returned to the Ming Dynasty, everyone was in disbelief that so much gold appeared in the Ming Dynasty treasury in less than a year.

One million taels! That's just the gold.

That’s right, in addition to gold, Lan Yu also transported back silver, and the value of this silver was also beyond everyone’s imagination.

The total amount is 50 million taels of silver!
It took so much silver to fill up several ships before it could be transported back.

It took these large ships several days to pass through the sea before they returned safely to Ming Dynasty.

When these silver and gold returned to the capital, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't even imagine it.

Just today, in the Grand Square of the Imperial City, several railroad carriages filled with gold and silver were escorted to the place in the capital where officials usually attended the morning court.

"Hahaha! Lan Yu! It seems that sending you to Japan was indeed the right decision!" Zhu Yuanzhang strode to Lan Yu and patted him on the shoulder. "Quick, quick, quick! Tell us what you saw in Japan and what is Japan like now?"

"Uncle, please tell all the ministers here whether Japan has now completely become the back garden of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Biao, who was standing aside, also persuaded the other party.

"Your Majesty! Prince! Don't be impatient, let me tell you slowly." Lan Yu bowed to the two of them, and then walked to a high place, which was the position usually occupied by Zhu Biao during the morning court.

When he arrived here, Lan Yu could see the huge crowd of ministers just by looking down.

These guys stared with burning eyes at the load of gold and silver in the middle.

"Everyone!" Lan Yu's voice quickly spread throughout the hall.

"I'm sure you all know that I conquered Japan a year ago, and I spent half a year reducing the number of slaves in Japan to less than one million.

All these Japanese were under my control on the Japanese islands.

Their daily job is to work hard and do their best for the future of the Ming Dynasty.

After these days of domestication, the Japanese should now not dare to rebel against the Ming Dynasty at all. They are all working hard in various mining areas.

And we, naturally, occupied all the gold and silver mountains in Japan. So far, Japan has been able to dig out about 5 million taels of gold and 100 million taels of silver. These money can continuously enrich the treasury of the Ming Dynasty. And according to the people I brought over, Japan's mineral resources are far more than this."

This news is really too exciting for all the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Those who had supported Japan's war bonds knew that this victory would bring them nearly ten times the income.

What does this mean? From now on, they can get a steady stream of funds just by lying down.

The main income does not need to rely on punching in at the court all day.

As long as the Ming Dynasty becomes more and more powerful in the future, it will have countless weapons to carry out bloody killings in other countries!
Before being invaded, Japan had a population of less than six million. After the Ming Dynasty's civilization and enlightenment, there were less than one million people left in the whole of Japan.

These officials knew that the process would be extremely bloody, but they didn't care. After all, the dead were not Ming Dynasty's own people. Even if all the Japanese died, it would have nothing to do with them.

Zhu Biao already had a clear understanding of his feelings towards Japan ever since Li Wenzhong returned to the Ming Dynasty, but now he learned from Lan Yu that after their contact, the entire Japan was almost destroyed.

The mental stimulation brought by this sense of accomplishment still made him feel temporarily unable to bear it.

At present, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has expanded to a level he had never dared to imagine before.

In the north, the three Jurchen tribes were directly wiped out by the bombing of various hot weapons. Some of the Jurchen nobles who fled wanted to seek help from the Mongolian territory.

Unfortunately, during the Yuan Dynasty, there were various frictions between the Mongols and the Jurchens. Once the Jurchens fled their territory, they were captured and eaten by the Mongols.

There were also many Mongols who were so bold and presumptuous that they wanted to attack Zhu Di's subordinates such as Qiu Fu. Naturally, the ending was very tragic.

Any Mongolian who wanted to fight the Ming army got a taste of the grenade.

After realizing these advanced weapons, the Mongols in the Northern Yuan Dynasty were not stupid and quickly fled to the north. All the vacant territories were taken over by the Ming Dynasty.

In the southern region, the flags of the Ming Dynasty appeared in various places in the South China Sea. The backward and ignorant forces such as Annan, Myanmar, and the ancient Dian Kingdom in Yunnan were all defeated by the Ming Dynasty with the most brutal means.

Especially the elephant soldiers, who originally wanted to rely on their size advantage to win, but the ending was very funny. They were beaten to a pulp by the shotgun troops led by Mu Ying, and even the cannons that were usually used for siege were shot flat by him.

One artillery shell can destroy an elephant and reduce it to minced meat.

(End of this chapter)