A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

Wei Qing planted several spies among this group. These spies followed the map left by Wei Ping and found the Shijian Silver Mine. After estimating the output of the silver mine, they quickly sent the news back to the Great Han Dynasty.

Wei Qing was overjoyed upon receiving the news.

He hurriedly went to the palace to tell Emperor Jing of Han, Liu Qi, the good news.

"Your Majesty, a fleet of ships in the East China Sea has found a giant island, several times larger than Taiwan, and the island appears to be extremely rich in gold and silver mines."

"The people in the fleet could find a lot of gold and silver even in ordinary little villages."

"Moreover, the people on this island are very short; even adults are only about the height of a half-grown boy here."

"According to the search by the fleet, a silver mountain was found near the coast."

"This isn't an adjective; it's a real mountain of silver."

"A small hill, gleaming with silver light, where you could pick up a piece of silver ore at random."

"That small hill is about 600 meters high."

"There seem to be silver mines around the mountain as well, but the exact size of the mines still needs to be measured on-site."

Emperor Jing of Han gasped in shock, realizing he had made a negligible contribution to global warming.

Isn't "silver mountain" an exaggerated description?

Isn't "mountains of gold and silver" an adjective used to describe an abundance of gold and silver?!

Now you're telling me this isn't an adjective, but a statement.

It wasn't that Emperor Jing of Han was unwilling to believe the Wei family; it was simply that the matter was far too shocking.

Can you imagine a skyscraper made entirely of RMB?!

Emperor Jing of Han dispatched his embroidered-robed envoys to accompany the fleet to the Iwami Silver Mine, along with the Han Dynasty's most outstanding exploration team.

After several months of anxious waiting by Emperor Jing of Han, this special team finally arrived at the huge island.

Upon arriving at the Iwami Silver Mine, the exploration team quickly began to investigate the silver content of the mine.

Everyone who saw the Iwami Ginzan was dazzled by the sight of it shimmering silver in the sunlight.

An old man casually picked up a piece of silver ore from the ground, held it to his nose, and took a deep breath. "Ninety-nine percent purity, a rare find!"

He said, his voice trembling.

"The purity of this silver ore is the highest I have ever seen in my life."

He was a senior member of the Imperial Household Department of the Han Dynasty. As the person in charge of royal assets, he had seen gold and silver mines all over the country, but this was the first time he had ever seen a silver mine with such high purity.

Especially considering how old he is, looking at the towering mountain, the old man really wanted to say, "At my age, I've seen everything, but I've never seen a silver mountain like this before."

After careful investigation, they finally made a rough estimate of the silver mine's output.

An annual production of 20 tons of silver is enough to keep the mines running for hundreds of years.

When this data was presented to Emperor Jing of Han, the emperor became extremely excited.

First came rice seeds that could be harvested three times a year, and then came real silver mountains.

How unfair is fate! Why are all these wonderful things in other people's territory?

If Heaven doesn't grant it to me, I'll take it myself.

"Since Your Majesty has been unjust, then we must fight for justice ourselves."

"If they won't give it to us, we'll just take this place over."

"What we've captured is still ours."

"That's right, that's right." Emperor Jing of Han nodded and said that this thing should belong to the Han Dynasty and to their Liu family.

Moreover, the island is inhabited by uncivilized barbarians who do not even have their own writing system and are still in the ancient tribal era. What a waste!

Faced with the tyrannical ideology of the Han Dynasty, all good things should belong to us.

What's ours is ours, and what's yours is still ours?

"Please, Your Majesty, name this silver mountain."

Wei Qing spoke up.

"Let's call it the Heavenly Silver Mine, a silver mountain bestowed upon our great Han Dynasty by the heavens."

Emperor Jing of Han thought for a moment and then spoke.

Good name.

Isn't this a gift from heaven to the Han people?

As for why he wasn't in the Central Plains, perhaps Heaven misjudged him and placed him in the wrong place.

But it doesn't matter, they can make up for this mistake on behalf of God.

"I am willing to lead troops to attack this Japanese island."

A young general with a muscular physique stepped forward. Upon seeing him, many generals who had been eager to volunteer for the position quickly withdrew.

Because this young general's surname was Wei.

His name was Wei Lu, and he was the eldest son of Marquis Wu'an, Wei Yu.

Some generals didn't stop there; Wei Lu was the commander-in-chief, and they could also get a deputy commander position.

quasi.

With the silver mountain before him, Emperor Jing of Han did not hesitate for a moment.

None of the court officials expressed any objection.

What do you mean by wasting people's money and resources?

What kind of militarism is this?

No one mentioned it.

A single battle could win back a massive silver mine with an annual output of 20 tons, which could be mined for hundreds of years, multiplying the profits many times over.

If every war yielded such great gains, these civil officials would wish there were battles every day.

They were even more radical than these military generals.

They will become the new conservatives, those who feel that the military faction is too conservative and not radical enough.

"His Majesty."

Wei Qing stepped forward again.

"According to the news from the Japanese islands, in addition to the Heavenly Silver Mountain, they have also found some large gold and silver mines."

There was much discussion in the imperial court.

How can a place be so rich? The natives here are truly despicable!

Some members of the Liu clan even shamelessly came forward to request that this place be made their fiefdom.

He was kicked out by Emperor Jing of Han.

Such a great place, you're dreaming.

"After you conquer this place, you are allowed to capture those barbarians on the spot and use them as miners to mine gold and silver for our great Han."

"It is their honor."

Emperor Jing of Han said domineeringly.

No one in the court objected to this; these barbarians are not human.

This is not the era of later generations, where people either want to civilize barbarians or fear them like tigers.

The prevailing ideology in the Han Dynasty at that time was that barbarians were not considered human.

Those upright scholars would care about the ordinary people of the Han Dynasty, but those barbarians were not included.

Even the kindest and most compassionate students would not extend their kindness to barbarians.

This is the spirit of the Han Dynasty.

"I obey your decree."

Wei Lu nodded.

"Your Majesty's troops should be of high quality rather than large in number, and the island of Wa is too far away, so a long and arduous expedition would be too costly."

"I only need to lead 3000 elite troops to raze this island to the ground."

If it were just about pacifying the Japanese islands, it wouldn't require so many people. However, stationing them in various locations and capturing all the natives of the Japanese islands to work as miners would still require a lot of manpower to guard them.

Emperor Jing of Han also knew Wei Lu's intentions.

He directly approved Wei Lu to lead 1000 loyal and brave soldiers of the Wei family, along with 2000 imperial guards, to attack the Japanese islands.

"Grand Minister of Agriculture, please arrange for the construction of a multi-storied ship immediately."

"Send the soldiers there as quickly as possible."

"Your Majesty has built a large number of warships to capture abalone and whales. It would be a simple matter to allocate a portion of them to transport these 3000 troops and a large amount of gold and silver back."

Wei Qing stepped forward and bowed.

Emperor Jing of Han slapped his forehead; he had completely forgotten about this matter.

Anyway, he still has a lot of abalone and shark fin in stock, so he'll let these ships go to pick up people first, and also transport back the gold and silver that are being kept by those peasants.