Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

"In the mountains near the bay,"

"It was just a casual investigation lasting half a month,"

"All I see are vast open-pit silver mines?"

"Is such that....."

The veteran prospector was speechless.

Zhao Xiaozhong muttered to himself, "Are all the Japanese blind?"

Before setting sail, His Majesty said,

There is a gold mine on Sado Island, Japan.

Thus, Zhao Xiaozhong won over Ishimi Kuni.

They excitedly rushed to Sado Island to find gold.

In the end, they still hadn't found the gold or anything.

The mountains near the bay where the landing point was located.

A large open-pit silver mine has been discovered.

Let alone veteran prospectors,

Even if it were an ordinary miner,

Even just looking at those mining caps on the ground, you can tell something's wrong.

This silver mine,

It's called Crane Silver Mountain.

It is located on the south side of a mountain range.

On the north side of this mountain range,

There is also the Xiangchuan Gold and Silver Mountain, which has even richer gold and silver reserves.

Chapter 3240 Gold and Silver Mountain

Tsuruko Silver Mine and Aikawa Gold and Silver Mine

They are all located north of the bay where they landed.

To the south of the bay where the Ming army landed,

There is also the Sand Gold Mountain in Xisanchuan.

Historically, the Japanese used even more absurd mining methods here.

They directly chiseled away at the mountainside, allowing the soil and rocks to slide into the valley.

Then they sent people to pan for gold in the downstream river.

You can easily find gold dust with a simple search.

Gold and silver mines on Sado Island,

From Japan's Sengoku period

Mining continued until 1989.

During World War II, there were even large numbers of Chinese and Koreans.

They were captured and brought here to do hard labor.

Countless tears and blood were shed in the mine.

"Brother, several Japanese from the island are requesting an audience."

"They all claimed to be Japanese nobles."

"bring it here."

More than a dozen Japanese people came to pay their respects.

Zhao Xiaozhong inquired carefully,

Only then did I learn that they were exiled nobles and monks.

Although this place became a state governed by the imperial decree very early on...

However, the conditions were too harsh.

The population has consistently failed to grow.

Even the position of provincial governor in Sado Province.

Even when official positions were sold, they didn't fetch high prices.

For over a hundred years, no official has actually come to the island to assume his post.

As for the powerful families on the island...

It's not even as good as Tsushima Island.

At least, the Abiru clan of Tsushima,

They can also control the entire island through their strength.

The powerful clans of Sado Island,

Until two or three hundred years later,

They remain isolated and unable to reach a consensus.

The entire island, except for the central section...

It has been developed into farmland.

The rest are all mountainous areas.

There were even barbarians present.

They hid in the mountains and forests, eating raw meat and drinking blood.

Japanese political prisoners who were inconvenient to execute

They dumped them all onto the island.

This place was a Japanese place of exile.

After questioning him for a while, Zhao Xiaozhong quickly issued the order:

"Japanese nobles exiled to this island in the last thirty years,"

"Stay here to assist in managing the people and miners."

"And those powerful families on the island,"

"Arrest them all and send them to mine at the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine."

"No one except women is allowed to stay on the island!"

Another half month later, it was discovered that the Ming army was only arresting powerful clansmen.

They did not target other civilians.

The Japanese on the island were no longer panicked.

Even some Japanese people came all the way from the mountains south of the Gulf to tell Zhao Xiaozhong:

"General, there is gold to the south!"

Zhao Xiaozhong asked, "What's your name?"

The Japanese man said, "My name is Soy Sauce."

"soy sauce?"

Zhao Xiaozhong looked at the translator.

I thought it was a translation error.

The Japanese man explained, "My father was working in the mines,"

"Because they dug up a huge chunk of gold,"

"He was given two feet of cloth and a bottle of soy sauce as a gift."

“My dad can’t forget the delicious taste of soy sauce,”

"That's the name they gave me."

The translator said, "General, this man is a commoner."

"No surname."

Zhao Xiaozhong understood and smiled:

"Since you have come to offer gold, I will bestow upon you the surname Jin."

"It can be passed down to one's descendants."

"From today onwards, you will be called Golden Soy Sauce."

"Thank you for bestowing this surname upon me, General!"

Jin Jiangyou was so excited she almost cried.

He kept kneeling and kowtowing.

Zhao Xiaozhong asked, "How do you know there are gold mines in the south?"

Kim Soy Sauce explained, "I am a miner from Noto Province."

"Generations have been mining gold and silver."

"The silver mine over there is almost empty,"

"I went boating with my neighbor,"

"They secretly came to Sado Province to pan for gold."

Chapter 3241 Gold Rushers

Zhao Xiaozhong immediately became alert: "How many gold prospectors are there in the south?"

“Several hundred people, all miners from Noto Province,” Kim Soy Sauce said.

Zhao Xiaozhong asked, "Don't the local powerful families know?"

Jin Jiangyou replied, "The powerful families know this, and they even make us contribute gold dust every month."

Gold mining activities on Sado Island,

It emerged in the last few years.

However, it was mainly obtained through gold panning.

Local powerful families deliberately concealed the news.

The Japanese court must not know.

At the same time, they secretly collected gold mining taxes.

Furthermore, no one is allowed to take gold out of the island.

Those who made their fortune in the gold rush and wanted to go home would surely be murdered and robbed.

This matter has actually reached Noto Province.

But few people believed it.

Large-scale gold mining did not begin until three hundred years later.

Previously, it had always been a small-scale operation.

Zhao Xiaozhong sent prospectors to the site.

Following the gold-mining opportunities in the Xisanchuan region,