Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 923

Sometimes, if you make a mistake in composing a sentence, the meaning of several sentences may change completely, which is really a headache.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that Wei Wu was "unlearned and incompetent", so he immediately said after he finished speaking:

"Lan Yu said that after the Battle of Heian-kyo, most of the Japanese forces were destroyed, and the daimyo were left with a hollow interior."

"After you left, he followed your plan and set out from Heian-kyo to conquer all the daimyo states in the Sanyin and Sanyo routes."

"He is currently stationed in Iwami Province with his army, primarily mining silver and supplemented by training his soldiers. Once the miners become exhausted, he will continue northward."

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's battle report, Wei Wu's smile was so bright!

When Heian-kyo was first captured, the five regions of Japan were already controlled by the navy.

Now they have taken over the Sanyin Road and Sanyang Road, plus the Saikai Road which had been taken long ago, which means that half of Japan has been conquered.

Of course, this is just one of the reasons. In the battle report sent back by Lan Yu, the most crucial sentence is actually the following one.

He stationed his troops in Iwami Province, and when the miners became exhausted, he continued to march north.

The so-called stationing of troops in Iwami Province was said to be for recuperation, but in fact it was just to let the navy soldiers act as supervisors.

The following sentence, "When the miners are exhausted, we will continue to move north," almost treats the Japanese prisoners of war as consumables.

The overall meaning is: after these mining animals are used up, continue to go north to catch other animals and bring them back to continue mining.

So after Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Wei Wu immediately sighed in his heart.

"That's great, Old Lan! I really like this move. I'll have to get him a few bottles of good wine when he comes back!"

Just as Wei Wu was muttering in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again.

"From what Lan Yu said, the Japanese nation is now in name only. It is only a matter of time before the nation is destroyed."

"Also, according to his estimate, the next time the supply ship returns to Ming, it will bring back a large amount of silver."

When talking about silver, the corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth naturally turned up. Obviously, this matter was deeply in the heart of him as an emperor.

The most important thing is that when Zhu Yuanzhang said "a large batch", his tone was a little heavier, which obviously meant that the number was quite large.

Wei Wu was also curious about this, so he asked.

"Uncle Zhu, it's a big batch. How big is it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not hide it and immediately gave the answer.

"Four hundred thousand pounds!!"

Wei Wu was stunned when he heard this number. Four hundred thousand catties was equivalent to six million four hundred thousand taels of silver!

In other words, during the more than half a month since he left Japan, Lan Yu did nothing but focus on exploiting prisoners of war for mining.

From this exaggerated number, Wei Wu could fully feel how miserable the lives of those prisoners of war were in Lan Yu's hands.

However, although this number is exaggerated, it is not outrageous. After all, the labor force is there.

Lan Yu controlled 120,000 Japanese prisoners of war, and later he conquered all the daimyo states in Sanin and Sanyang.

Based on this calculation, the number of miners captured at Iwami Ginzan should be no less than 200,000.

Moreover, this is not normal mining, but exploiting people like animals, using their lives to dig silver mines for the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of reckless and large-scale mining can be said to have cost every ounce of silver a life, and is stained with the blood of the Japanese.

In addition, Iwami Ginzan is a rich mine with abundant output. The silver content of the highest quality ore is one percent.

Moreover, it had never been mined by Japanese pirates before, so it was not outrageous that Lan Yu estimated that he could bring back 400,000 taels of silver.

However, when he thought about coming back with so much silver, Wei Wu began to have some thoughts in his mind.

"Uncle Zhu, we've brought back so much silver this time. Isn't it time for you to fulfill what Big Brother promised me?"

"We agreed at the beginning that a portion of the money seized from the six major families in Shandong would be used to repair Nanzhili."

"In the end, there was no movement. Now, you have to give me some of the six million taels of silver!"

Speaking of the issue of silver, Wei Wu subconsciously rubbed his hands and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile on his face.

However, seeing his appearance, Lao Zhu smiled and said:

"It's no use for you to come to me about this matter. It was your eldest brother who promised you that. Besides, the money from the Shandong confiscation didn't go into our treasury."

"If you want money, you have to wait for your eldest brother to come back. Then even if you kick a hole in the gate of the East Palace, we will pretend we didn't see it."

After hearing this, Wei Wu understood that there was no way he could get any of the money, and he probably wouldn't get it from Zhu Biao either.

But even so, Wei Wu still wanted to fight for it again, otherwise he would have to lose all the money he brought back this time.

However, just as Wei Wu was about to speak, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke first.

"By the way, Xiao Wu, there's something wrong with the battle report Lan Yu sent back this time. That's why we called you here."

Wei Wu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang speechlessly and said unhappily:

"Uncle Zhu, your way of changing the subject could be a little more forceful. I don't see the point at all~."

"What are you trying to change the subject? Let's talk business! Do you know that Lan Yu gave you all the credit for this eastern expedition against the Japanese pirates?"

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Wei Wu didn't bother to change the subject and hurriedly asked.

"What's wrong with Lan Yu? Is he crazy? Now that the Japanese nation has been annihilated, he doesn't even want such a great credit?"

After Wei Wu finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and continued:

"More than that, he gave you all the credit for this battle, but took all the blame on himself."

"The defeat at Hidaka Castle was a heavy loss. The city was massacred, prisoners and surrenders were killed, and ordinary people were buried alive. Every single one of these things was his fault."

Zhu Yuanzhang's words made Wei Wu frown. He couldn't understand what was wrong with Lan Yu.

It is true that he was responsible for the defeat of Hidaka Castle and the massacre of the city, but who would be so foolish as to admit to it all?

The situation on the battlefield changed rapidly, and Lan Yu only needed to find an excuse to completely deny all his mistakes.

As long as it is not too excessive, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang will turn a blind eye and will not really pursue it.

What's more, the destruction of the Wa people was a demand put forward by Wei Wu a long time ago, and Zhu Yuanzhang also agreed to it at the time.

So Lan Yu went to Japan to fight a war with great difficulty, not to gain merit but to take the blame?