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- Listening to the genuine compliments from the two men, no matter how thick-skinned Mr. Zhao is, he cannot remain content. He turned his head, embarrassed to look at his men's expressions.
"Young master said that Tamluo Island was also formed by a volcanic eruption." Jinke suddenly remembered something and asked curiously: "Then why are there no minerals here?"
"Perhaps, this is life" Zhao Hao sighed, thinking, how do I know, why are they so unlucky?
Science can indeed deduce the location of mineral deposits, but Mr. Zhao¡¯s claim that he can use geology to find minerals with human flesh is pure nonsense. Naturally, he used the most unscientific secret skill in science - the great prophecy.
In another period of history, Sado Jinshan was discovered in Xiangshan in 1601 AD, that is, the 29th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, by the prospector of Tsuruko Yinshan on Sado Island.
During its heyday in the 17th century, the output here once ranked first in the world, with an annual output of 400 kilograms of gold and 40 tons of silver. It was the financial backbone of the Edo shogunate that lasted for 300 years. The reason why Old Turtle Ieyasu had the confidence to isolate himself from the country was largely because he had this additional financial source, and there was no need to rely on foreign trade to make money.
After the fall of the shogunate, Sado Kanazan also provided strong financial support for the Meiji Restoration. It was mined by the Japanese government using modern machinery for more than a hundred years, and it was not depleted until the 1990s. During this period, a total of 78 tons of gold and 2,300 tons of silver were produced, equivalent to 74 million taels of silver. So it is worth spending no matter how much it costs to occupy it!
¡°And controlling Sado Jinshan and Iwami Ginzan is tantamount to holding the lifeblood of Japan. No matter how generals shut down the people in the world, they all have to call Mr. Zhao daddy!
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"The establishment of a squadron on Sado Island is not just to protect the golden mountains on the island." Mr. Zhao cast his sights further north and said: "We also need to control the Tsugaru Strait, eight hundred miles northeast of Sado Island."
"The Tsugaru Strait, isn't that the northernmost point in Japan?" Jinke Wang Rulong was completely dumbfounded. They saw that the young master was so conservative in his approach to Tamra Island, and they thought that their own young master was obviously very strong but was too cautious. Unexpectedly, after listening to his Japanese strategy, I realized that Zhao Hao had already wandered into the sky.
But it¡¯s not a waste of time, and we can¡¯t dream of building a Seven Seas Fleet
Since Mr. Zhao intends to carry out punitive operations against the Hirado clan, the two generals naturally have to collect intelligence in advance. Understanding the map of Japan and the distribution of various forces is the minimum. Of course, Japan has too many military leaders at this time. One Kyushu Island is enough for two people to work on, and there is no time to understand the situation in Honshu.
However, Japan is divided into five provinces and seven provinces, and the northernmost Higashiyama Road is bounded by the Tsugaru Strait. The two of them still knew it.
The two of them said to themselves, Mr. Zhao is not trying to punish the Hirado clan. He is simply trying to destroy Japan from south to north!
Wang Rulong¡¯s face is full of excitement, there is much to be done, there is much to be done!
Jin Ke was worried, fearing that the young master would take too big a step and pull his balls.
However, Zhao Hao asked the two of them with a relaxed expression: "Do you know where the north of Tsugaru Strait is?"
"It's the Ezo land." Jinke immediately replied: "I heard that when the Japanese emperor is not in power, the general Zhengyi is the regent. The so-called 'Zhengyi' refers to the Ezo people who were conquered."
"Yes, but the Ezo people are a scornful name for the aboriginal people by the Japanese." Mr. Zhao said seriously: "Their correct name is 'Ainu people'. They originally lived on various islands in Japan. At that time, half of Honshu was made up of them. . But for hundreds of years, the Ainu were driven away by the cruel persecution of the Japanese and were forced to move north across the Tsugaru Sea and settled on the big bitter cold island where they live now."
"Yes" Jin Ke nodded, knowing that Mr. Zhao must have deep meaning, so he listened quietly.
"But the Japanese still didn't give up, and actually wanted to kill them all. They kept sending troops across the sea to conquer the Ainu! Fortunately, the island was a little bigger and covered with virgin forest. The Ainu could rely on the protection of the forest to survive the difficult journey. Day." Mr. Zhao said with a look of compassion:
"The Ainu people have paid tribute to the Celestial Empire since the Han Dynasty and have always accepted the canonization of the Celestial Empire. They have been an inseparable part of our country since ancient times. How can we sit back and watch them being enslaved and oppressed by Japanese pirates? We must uphold justice for them. Let Ainu Island escape from the clutches of Japanese pirates and bathe in the glory of the great tomorrow!"
"Yeah." The two of them kept nodding, but their hearts became more and more confused. They didn't know what the young master saw in the Ainu people, so much love.
Mr. Zhao¡¯s words are actually well-founded. Ezo Land has indeed never been in Japan¡¯s territory. It was later that the monkeys unified Japan and conquered the Ezo land for the first time. But it was not until the Meiji Restoration in the 19th century that Japan finally annexed Ezo and renamed it Hokkaido.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty and even later generations,Originally there were only three islands. Mr. Kaishen also published a special article "Japan's sovereignty does not extend to Ezo Island", emphasizing that Japan's territory is limited to Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu Island.
Regardless of how future generations may argue, at least in this era, the Ezo Territory was indeed not the territory of the Japanese.
Speaking of which, it is closer to the Ming Dynasty. Because less than a hundred miles north of Ezo Island is Sakhalin Island, the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Sakhalin Island, known as Kuyi Island in the Ming Dynasty, is affiliated to Nurgan Dusi. There are three guards on the island. Among them, the Polo River Guards are mainly intimidating people.
"Keiyi" is what the Ming Dynasty called the Ainu peoplewell, it's not very polite either.
The Ainu people on Sakhalin Island have a very close relationship with the Ainu people on Ezo Island. Later, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent people to attack Ezo Island, the upper Ainu people on Sakhalin Island even crossed the sea to help in the battle. It was just a massacre.
Therefore, Mr. Zhao has no excuse at all if he wants to help the Ainu people.
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"Then Young Master, what benefits can we get?" After listening to Mr. Zhao's talk about ancient times, the two of them finally couldn't help but ask: "Why are we doing this?"
Although they firmly believe that the young master is a righteous partner, they also firmly believe that the young master will never do anything that is not beneficial.
"Is it Ezo Landoh no, there is a gold mine on Ainu Island?" Wang Rulong boldly guessed.
"Haha" Zhao Hao said with an expression that made you guess: "Of course, and he's not too young."
Mr. Zhao is certainly not lying. The Konomui Gold Mine on the northeastern coast of Hokkaido is the third largest gold mine in Japan. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Sumitomo Consortium mined 73 tons of gold and 1,200 tons of silver in 50 years, equivalent to approximately 44 million taels of silver.
Hongzhiwu and Sado's two golden mountains can provide Zhao Gongzi and Jiangnan Group with 118 million taels of silver. It seems like a lot, but in fact it is only half of the "Treaty of Shimonoseki".
So it¡¯s not enough! It is necessary to dig out all the Shijian Yinshan and Linggao Jinshan before Zhao Hao can feel a little more comfortable.
At that time, the Japanese completed the modernization of the navy and army by relying on the compensation from the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
Now, Mr. Zhao needs to rely on Japan¡¯s gold and silver to build his own Seven Seas Fleet, which is very reasonable.
It just means using the sword of the Qing Dynasty to kill the officials of the Ming Dynasty
No, this is called a son repaying his debt to his father. It is only right, brother!
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"What I value most about Ainu Island is not gold and silver, but their timber." Mr. Zhao let out a long sigh and said: "The so-called ten-year army and a hundred-year navy. If you want to build a To build an invincible fleet, money alone is not enough, you must also have enough wood.¡±
"Wood?" Monk Wang Rulong Zhanger said confused: "We in the Ming Dynasty have no shortage of this stuff. We can get as much as we want."
"The Ming Dynasty certainly has enough wood to build ordinary ships, but the wood to build giant ships is only available in the southwest and northeast." Zhao Hao explained lightly: "Building Galen ships and larger sail battleships has very strict requirements on wood. The pine and fir used in traditional shipbuilding are too soft, easily deformed by absorbing water, and easily eaten by insects, so they cannot be used on large warships. As for wood that is too hard, not only is it difficult to process, but after being bombarded, the flying wood chips can easily hurt people¡ª¡ª Don¡¯t look down upon small sawdust, as this will be the source of the greatest casualties of officers and soldiers in future naval battles!¡±
"So our choices are actually very narrow, only oak and teak." Zhao Hao said solemnly: "Teak is the best material, but it is only produced in Siam, Myanmar and other places. It is too far away from us, and the quantity There are also relatively few. Only oak trees can meet our needs - a Galenic ship needs to cut down 2,000 oak trees that are more than a century old. In the future, when we build a larger sailing battleship, we will even need 5,000 to 7,000 giant trees that are hundreds of years old!"
"Hiss" When the two kings heard this, they took a breath of air-conditioning, and then they understood why the cost of Galen's ship was so high! Giant trees that are hundreds of years old are all talented people. What is the concept of using thousands of trees at a time? Build the Forbidden City for the emperor!
The palace cannot spend so much money. The King of England only spent 100,000 pounds on the purchase and decoration of Buckingham Palace, which was not even enough to build a battleship
But there is no way. In this age of great navigation, any country that is interested in competing at sea cannot fall behind in the naval arms race even if it is starved to death and impoverished. Therefore, forests are strategic resources more precious than gold, silver, copper and iron.
For a country, the absence of forests means the loss of sea control. The formation of a forest takes at least a hundred years!
The so-called "hundred-year navy" comes from this.
One of the important reasons why Portugal, Spain and other countries, which were all-powerful and dominated the ocean, finally declined and made wedding dresses for others was that all the trees were cut down.
And even if all their trees are not cut down, they will gradually fall behind. Because the quality of oak produced in temperate zones is very average, making furniture is no problem, but building boats is really not that interesting. If you want to build a high-quality warship, you must use oak from high latitudes.
Therefore, the Baltic Sea is the key to the European powers' struggle for hegemony in the Age of Discovery. For no other reason than mastering the Baltic Sea can monopolize the timber trade with the Nordic countries.
After the Netherlands defeated Spain for independence, Spain lost its access to purchase oak from Northern Europe, and the empire fell into decline.
The Netherlands monopolized the timber trade in the Baltic Sea and became the sea coachman who ruled the ocean. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)One of the important reasons why people made wedding dresses was that all the trees were cut down.
And even if all their trees are not cut down, they will gradually fall behind. Because the quality of oak produced in temperate zones is very average, making furniture is no problem, but building boats is really not that interesting. If you want to build a high-quality warship, you must use oak from high latitudes.
Therefore, the Baltic Sea is the key to the European powers' struggle for hegemony in the Age of Discovery. For no other reason than mastering the Baltic Sea can monopolize the timber trade with the Nordic countries.
After the Netherlands defeated Spain for independence, Spain lost its access to purchase oak from Northern Europe, and the empire fell into decline.
The Netherlands monopolized the timber trade in the Baltic Sea and became the sea coachman who ruled the ocean. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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