Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 172 The Gold Mine of Wa Country
The martial arts people who came directly to participate in the martial arts conference, of course, needn't be too polite, and all of them were arrested.

It is obvious that Wu Zhengfeng is from Beiyuan, and he came to participate in some kind of martial arts conference with him. Isn't this intentional to make things difficult for Daming?

Then why don't people from Wudang Mountain come to the martial arts conference?
Therefore, these martial arts people who come to participate in the martial arts conference will be the ones who can be encouraged to recruit in the future.

There are a large number of guards in Jinyi, and all the martial arts practitioners in Feihe Tower were caught and arrested in an instant.

The interrogation that should be interrogated, the sentence that should be sentenced, anyway, none of them can escape.

However, there are still innocent people, that is, those little disciples who followed their own sect without knowing it.

They are young and don't know how to distinguish right from wrong. If it is not some serious crime, they will not make things difficult for them.

There are also Huo Laoni and Lan Xian'er, who were simply coerced by Wu Zhengfeng.

Now that Wu Zhengfeng had been arrested, and Huo Laoni also knew Zhu Qi's true identity, which turned out to be His Royal Highness King Liao, his attitude was naturally much better than before.

Huo Laoni is Lan Xian'er's master, almost like a mother, and will be his mother-in-law in the future.

How can anyone point out his mother-in-law as a traitor?

Naturally, Zhu Qi wanted to entertain them well, so he held a banquet that night, on the one hand to celebrate the success of the Jin Yiwei, and on the other hand to welcome Huo Lao Ni and Lan Xian'er.

However, Zhu Qi did not ask Bei Yuan why he targeted Huo Laoni at the banquet.

As Lan Xian'er was her apprentice, she didn't tell Lan Xian'er the reason, let alone an irrelevant outsider like herself?

Zhu Qi knew that she definitely wouldn't tell him, but it didn't matter, apart from Huo Laoni, Wu Zhengfeng definitely knew something.

In fact, when Zhu Qi was entertaining Lan Xian'er, her master and others, in the prison below, the Jinyi guards were also hurrying to interrogate Wu Zhengfeng.

This Wu Zhengfeng is indeed a tough one, anyone who has practiced martial arts will not be so weak.

The usual methods of interrogation, such as beatings and interrogations, did not have much effect on Wu Zhengfeng.

However, Gao Jin and others have followed Zhu Qi for so long, so they naturally learned a lot of new things.

For example, in the way of interrogation, His Royal Highness King Liao never liked to use violent means to deal with others.

In the Kongyin case before, when the Jinyi guards beat those officials to interrogate intelligence but had no effect, His Highness once showed his skills.

If you beat someone who doesn't talk, then stop beating, go directly to a lantern, hang that person up, and arrange people to guard them 24 hours a day.

Food and drink were provided, but he was not given sleep, and at the same time, he was kept shining with a lantern.

In this way, even a person with strong willpower will not be able to hold on for a few days.

Zhu Qi also knew that it would take some time to interrogate Wu Zhengfeng, so he was not in a hurry.

Take Bai Tang Yuer and Lan Xianer around every day.

Although the two girls showed some jealousy at first, but after Zhu Qi coaxed them twice with nice words, it was fine.

After all, both Bai Tang Yu'er and Lan Xian'er knew that Zhu Qi, as His Royal Highness King of Liao, could not have only one wife, let alone in Ying Tian Mansion, there was also a regular wife Xu Miaoyun!
And Jin Yiwei's interrogation quickly achieved a breakthrough. On the sixth day, Wu Zhengfeng couldn't hold on anymore.

To be honest, in Zhu Qi's opinion, being able to last for these six days is also very impressive.

After receiving Wu Zhengfeng's confession, Zhu Qicai felt a little dumbfounded.

It turned out to be Huo Laoni's original father, a businessman who ran a sea business.

Often go back and forth between the Yuan Dynasty and Japan to do business.

And this Japanese country is Japan, and there are many gold and silver mines on the mainland.

However, at this time, their gold and silver mines have not been fully mined, and only a small part of the silver mines are in the mining state.

The real blowout gold and silver mining in Japan was between the 15th and 19th centuries.

It is amazing that the small Japanese country actually has a huge amount of silver mines and the highest quality gold mines.

Naturally, people nowadays don't know this, but because of trade, Huo Laoni's father often went to the country of Wa, and he discovered a gold mine in the country of Wa, and even drew a map.

I plan to leave it to my children and grandchildren and use it as wealth.

Unexpectedly, this matter spread to the outside world quickly, and brought disaster to Huo Laoni's family.

And the treasure map of this gold mine has always remained in the hands of Huo Lao Ni.

Not many people knew about this matter, and it happened that Wu Zhengfeng was one of the people who knew about it.

After taking refuge in the Yuan Dynasty, he wanted to gain a place in the Yuan Dynasty, but relying on martial arts alone was not enough.

Although the people on the grassland were corrupted in the Central Plains, they were kicked out of the pass at this time, and they began to advocate martial arts again. They soon became mounted on horses to shoot arrows, dismounted to kill people, and their martial arts were abundant.

What's more, Wu Zhengfeng didn't just want to be a martial artist, he also wanted to gain the power of being under one person and above ten thousand people, and the gold mine was the best stepping stone that Wu Zhengfeng could think of.

At this time, Beiyuan, after losing the huge wealth in the Central Plains, really needed a gold mine to supplement itself.

Although this gold mine is in the Wa country, it may be a bit troublesome to develop, but the Wa country is also in civil strife.

Taking this opportunity to fish in troubled waters, he might be able to get a lot of gold back to Beiyuan.

The problem is, this gold mine really needs to exist.

Apart from knowing the news, Wu Zhengfeng was not sure about the real existence or address of the gold mine, so Beiyuan just kept an eye out and arranged some experts for Wu Zhengfeng to catch Huo Laoni.

Then under Wu Zhengfeng's guarantee, the matter was handed over to Wu Zhengfeng for investigation.

This is why after Huo Laoni was caught by Wu Zhengfeng, the experts sent by Beiyuan also came to monitor her.

Wu Zhengfeng also knew that Huo Laoni prefers softness to hard work, so at the beginning, he also hoped to use his sweet words to persuade Huo Laoni to cooperate with Bei Yuan.

But the treasure map in the gold mine caused Huo Laoni's family to be ruined. She also swore to her father that she would never disclose this matter.

Naturally, they didn't want to cooperate with Wu Zhengfeng, so they remained in a stalemate until Lan Xian'er came back.

It just so happened that Wu Zhengfeng brought Huo Laoni to Yunnan to hold a martial arts conference, hoping to make another contribution to Bei Yuan.

He was hit straight by Zhu Qi, and then he was caught in the dungeon.

Zhu Qi laughed when he heard that, Bei Yuan actually missed such a good opportunity.

Of course, this country has big gold mines.

Not only that, Zhu Qi also knows the specific place.

He has read the popular science knowledge of the relevant official accounts before. If it was before time travel, he would definitely not be able to remember it, but after time travel, his memory has become very good, and he can even memorize the contents of previous textbooks. .

After seeing all the contents of the report, Zhu Qi also had a very strange expression. It turned out that it was because of this matter.

Tell Huo Laoni this information directly, and there is no guarantee that she will not misunderstand that she is also greedy for the gold and silver mines of this Japanese country.

Of course, I really want the gold and silver mines of the Wa country.

But I don't need any treasure map of Huo Lao Ni.

I can draw by myself.

Zhu Qi casually picked up a piece of paper and a pen, and began to draw on the paper. It didn't take long to draw a map of Japan.

Then marked a circle in Kyushu.

This is where the map of the largest gold mine in Japan is located.

As for the silver mines, the distribution of silver mines in Japan is quite extensive. Zhu Qi drew a few casually, and then took this map to find Lan Xian'er.

Lan Xian'er was still resting in the room at this time, and after hearing Zhu Qi explain the ins and outs of the matter, Lan Xian'er also had a surprised expression on her face.

I didn't expect my master to have such a secret. For so many years, he had hidden a big golden mountain, and never told it to the outside world.

It is estimated that Huo Laoni trusted this senior brother very much when he told Wu Zhengfeng before. As for whether anything happened between these two people, then Zhu Qi didn't know, it was all a matter between the seniors.

However, Lan Xian'er still had a surprised expression after seeing the treasure map that Zhu Qi took out that marked the gold and silver mines in this country.

"Your Highness, where did you come from? Did my master give it to you?"

Hearing Lan Xian'er's question, Zhu Qi said dumbfoundedly:

"Can your master's treasure map be as detailed as mine?"

Lan Xian'er heard that it was true, and only Zhu Qineng could draw such a style of painting.

And Lan Xian'er soon thought why Zhu Qi came here with this treasure map, the reason was because she was worried that her master would misunderstand her.

So, after Zhu Qi and Lan Xian'er finished talking, they took the treasure map money in their hands to find Huo Laoni. Huo Laoni was resting in the government office at this time, and when he saw Zhu Qi coming, he also got up.

Zhu Qi raised his hand and said:
"Senior, you don't need to be too polite. You are Xian'er's master and my elder. Maybe we will be relatives in the future."

Although Huo Laoni has a much better attitude towards Zhu Qi, he seems to be quite resistant to the marriage between Zhu Qi and Lan Xian'er. At this time, he said:
"Your Highness is joking, Xian'er grew up with me in the wilderness since childhood, how can He De be worthy of His Highness, not to mention His Highness's rich body, there will be countless pink and beauties in the future, and Xian'er's thin willow appearance will not be appreciated."

If Lan Xianer's national beauty and heavenly fragrance were like thin willows, there would be no good-looking people in the world that day.

Zhu Qi also knew that Huo Laoni wanted to deliberately distance Xian'er from him, but he didn't care.

The princes of the Ming Dynasty, and people from the rivers and lakes, that is, elephants and ants, if he really wants to marry Lan Xian'er, unless Zhu Yuanzhang, no one can stop him.

But he still doesn't want it to be hard, marriage, a harmonious and beautiful one is good.

He took out the map of the gold and silver mines that he had prepared long ago, and said:

"Leaving aside this matter for the time being, I have already asked Wu Zhengfeng about the reason why Bei Yuan put senior under house arrest. Senior, take a look at this picture, is it similar to the picture in your home?"

As Zhu Qi said, he had already handed over the treasure map in his hand.

Huo Laoni was quite surprised when he heard that Zhu Qi mentioned the treasure map when he came up, and wondered if it was Daming who was also thinking about the treasure map.

But I have already promised my father that even if I die, I cannot tell outsiders.

I once mistrusted Wu Zhengfeng, but now I absolutely can't...huh? !How is this treasure map so accurate!
Huo Laoni had mixed thoughts in his mind, and after seeing the treasure map Zhu Qi sent up, all the random thoughts disappeared.

The location of the gold mine marked in this treasure map is exactly the same as the treasure map drawn by my father!
It's just that the treasure map has been destroyed long ago, and only Huo Laoni still remembers it clearly in his mind.

"Your Highness, where did you get the picture?"

Huo Laoni looked at the treasure map in front of him in surprise, and asked in disbelief.

Zhu Qi chuckled and said with his hands behind his back:
"Your father is a businessman, and he has the opportunity to discover the Kyushu Great Mine.

I have a great fortune in the Ming Dynasty, and the hearts of the people are strong, and the guards in Jinyi are all good players. It is not difficult to find this. "

What Zhu Qi said was very general, and Huo Laoni sounded a little unbelievable.

But I remembered that I had heard people say before that this Great Ming Liao King was the kind of god-man who descended from the stars in the sky and knew 500 years before and 500 years after.

Shouldn't it be true?
Huo Laoni looked at the treasure map in front of him, sighed for a long time, and said:
"My father, mother, relatives all lost their lives because of this mine.

But I didn't expect that His Highness could get it so easily, it's really..."

Zhu Qi also somewhat understood Huo Laoni's mood, and also said:

"Old predecessors, please be sad and resigned."

Huo Lao Ni shook his head and said:

"It's because everyone is innocent and guilty, and it's my father's greed that led to the catastrophe.

It's just that if His Highness also knows about this mine, please don't take the war lightly, and think about the disaster of the Yuan Dynasty's expedition to Japan. "

Zhu Qi also listened to it in his heart, and said some words of long live peace, but he really wanted to say whether he would fight the Japanese country?

That is impossible.

Let's not talk about what the mountains of gold and silver represent, even the geographical environment and important strategic position of the country of Wa are determined not to give up.

Don't look at the fact that land power is number one now, in another three or four hundred years, the whole world will be fighting for hegemony over the oceans, whoever controls the oceans will be able to control the world!
You don't have to take it anywhere, but this Japanese country must definitely not take it!
Zhu Qi thought so in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

Seeing that Zhu Qi was so honest with him, Huo Laoni changed his mind a lot. Even Zhu Qi took Lan Xian'er and left without saying anything.

The reason why Zhu Qi told Huo Laoni about this was actually to open her heart knot.

Tell her the secret of the gold mine in Wa country, don't keep guarding it anymore, I, Daming, already know it.

On the other hand, I also hope to win some favors, so as to pave the way for marrying Lan Xian'er in the future.

(End of this chapter)