mtl008 Chapter 1205 Japan has silver mines
Chapter 1205 Japan has silver mines
Murong Yan uttered a single word softly.
"Based on the information I obtained from the merchants and sea travelers who travel to and from the East China Sea."
"There is a massive open-pit silver mine within the territory of Japan!"
"The sheer size and quality of its reserves are simply astonishing!"
"The local Japanese people didn't even know how valuable this thing was. They often used it as ordinary stones to build houses and pave roads!"
"what?!"
This news was released as soon as it was announced.
The entire Zichen Palace erupted in chaos!
Especially Zhou Xing, the Minister of Revenue!
His eyes, which were already somewhat small due to his obesity, widened to be bigger than a bull's eyes at this moment!
He was so excited that his entire body was trembling wildly with fat!
An open-pit silver mine?!
Huge reserves?!
They're going to use it to build houses and pave roads?!
God!
This...this is no barren island nation at all!
This is clearly a huge mountain of gold floating on the sea!
No! It's a mountain of silver!
"Your Majesty..." Zhou Xing's voice trembled; he felt like he was about to faint from happiness. "You...you said...is it all true?"
"I never speak recklessly," Murong Yan said calmly.
“Think about it,” she said, a seductive smile playing on her lips, “if we could conquer Japan and firmly control that enormous silver mine.”
"Would our Great Qian Dynasty ever lack money?"
"Then all those grand plans we had previously made, such as establishing banks, issuing stocks, developing industries, and expanding overseas."
"Will we still be unable to move forward due to an empty treasury?"
"No! Absolutely not!" Zhou Xing answered frantically, almost shouting, without even thinking!
His gaze towards that tiny Japan on the map has changed!
That's hardly an island nation!
That was clearly a stunningly beautiful woman lying on the beach in a bikini, posing seductively and waiting for him to pamper her!
"Your Majesty!" He knelt down with a thud, his fat face filled with a desperate and resolute madness!
"beat!"
"We must fight!"
"Even if I have to sell everything I own, even dismantle the roof beams of the Ministry of Revenue for firewood!"
"We will certainly procure enough provisions and military pay for His Majesty and the army!"
"Anyone who dares to stop His Majesty from making this enormous windfall!"
"This old minister will be the first to fight him to the death!"
Zhou Xing's words were filled with greed and avarice.
The atmosphere in the Zichen Palace, which had been somewhat solemn, instantly became comical and eerie.
Many officials couldn't help but laugh.
But I didn't dare to laugh.
They could only hold their breath until their faces turned red.
Murong Yan looked at this lively Minister who had completely lost his mind to money.
It was both funny and sad.
She raised her hand, gesturing for him to get up first.
Then she extended her second finger.
"Second."
"Using war to sustain war!"
"Our personal campaign to attack Japan this time seems like a two-front war that will only exhaust our resources and manpower."
"But in reality, it can alleviate the enormous pressure on our western front to the greatest extent!"
"You may all think about this."
"Once the news of our Great Qian's full-scale declaration of war against Japan gets out..."
"What would the Ottoman Turks, far away in the west, think?"
"What will the East India Company, which is eyeing us covetously, think?"
"They'll definitely think we, the Great Qian Dynasty, are crazy!"
"They will surely think that our young empress, because her husband was trapped, lost her composure and sought her own death!"
"They would never guess that our real purpose is that huge silver mine!"
"They'll just gloat and wait to see us make a fool of ourselves!"
"Wait until we're mired in a quagmire of war in the East China Sea and can't extricate ourselves!"
"Just wait until we're worn down and exhausted by those fearless Japanese pirates!"
"In this way, their encirclement and suppression of the Prince and the Divine Machine Battalion on the western front will inevitably be relaxed!"
"Because in their eyes, the prince and the Shenji Battalion were already trapped and could not escape."
"Whether it's done a day earlier or a day later, it won't make a big difference."
"And this has given us the most precious breathing space!"
"This also created the best conditions for the prince to find an opportunity to break through the encirclement in the Western Regions!"
Murong Yan's analysis can be described as a divine tactical analysis of "feinting to the east while attacking in the west, and secretly crossing the Chencang pass".
All the military generals present, led by Yue Fei, listened with rapt attention and were enlightened!
Only then did they understand.
It turns out that His Majesty's seemingly crazy move of launching an eastern expedition has backfired.
Behind this lies a profound strategic consideration of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao"!
This is no longer a simple military contest!
This is a kind of imperial strategy that manipulates people's hearts and human nature, as well as the entire international situation, at will!
"Your Majesty...is wise!"
In Yue Fei's heart, there was this beautiful empress who was younger than him but whose strategic vision far surpassed his.
I am completely in awe of them.
He knew that he might become an invincible and unparalleled general throughout his life.
But they can never become like His Majesty, an unparalleled chess player who can observe the changing world and turn the tide of history with a single move.
Murong Yan looked at Yue Fei's eyes, which were filled with fervent admiration.
He just smiled faintly.
Then she held up her third finger.
Thirdly.
"Training the troops!"
"And this is also the most important point in my opinion!"
"Troop training?"
Everyone was stunned, not understanding the meaning of His Majesty's words.
Our Great Qian army, whether it's the Twelve Guards of the Capital or the border troops guarding the four directions, which one isn't a battle-hardened and fierce force? Do we still need to train?
Especially the Shenji Battalion and the Guangdong Navy, which had just won a great victory in the Battle of Humen, were in high spirits. So how could they be training troops?
"My dear ministers," Murong Yan seemed to see through everyone's thoughts, and her voice rang out again, but this time, her voice carried an unprecedented solemnity, "We did win the Battle of Humen, and we won it very well."
"But how did we win?"
"It was thanks to Yue Aiqing's ingenious plan, the opportune timing and location, and the fact that we caught the enemy off guard."
"But is our own strength, especially our navy, really stronger than the East India Company's fleet?"
This question was like a bucket of cold water, instantly poured over everyone's heads.
Yes, did they win?
Won.
But was the victory a fluke?
It was indeed a stroke of luck.
If it weren't for the natural barrier of Humen, if it weren't for Yue Fei's ingenious fire attack plan, if it weren't for Lin Zhen's treasure map that was hard to distinguish from the real one... what would have happened if their small coastal gunboats, which were no more than a thousand shi each, had gone head-to-head with those super-giant ships with tens of thousands of shi each?
The answer is self-evident.
"Our Great Qian's army is perhaps unmatched in the world." Murong Yan's voice echoed in the silent Zichen Palace, each word resounding with authority.
"But our navy, our naval force, to put it bluntly, is a bunch of landlubbers who can only splash around in their own bathtubs!"