The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 326 Fried Mountain
Because there were more than 2 people here at most in history, and now there are 8000 people.

Why two thousand?
But as soon as Wada Kazusuke explained it, he understood.

Among the more than 8000 people at present, more than 3000 are professional miners. The mining of silver mines is the preliminary project, and it is also the largest part of the project.

In addition, there are two to 3000 people who dig copper ore, iron ore and lead ore. After all, it is hard to see that Yinshan does not only produce silver.

There is another thing where women do sundries, cook, farm and so on.

There are less than 1000 people who are actually refining silver.

Wada Kazusuke is the one who needs two thousand to refine the silver, but in this case, the number of mining and preliminary work will increase again.

Of course Ding Yi has the manpower, and it can be shipped from Songpu.

But when there are more people, there will be more people to eat, and food and rice also need money.

Ding Yi thought for a while: "Take me to see how you mine."

Ding Yi followed Wada Kazusuke to look at several mine pits, and found that the quality of the copper mines here is relatively good, and the current digging is not too deep.

After all, Japan has always been dominated by silver mines, and copper mines have only begun to increase production in the past ten years.

Iwami Ginzan's silver mines were originally relatively good. At the beginning, they were almost all open-pit, but now they have dug a lot deeper underground, and the difficulty has begun to increase.

Ding Yi watched it for a while, thinking about a method in his previous life, but this method seemed to be for quarrying in his previous life. As for whether he had used it for digging metal and whether it was effective, he didn't know, and he was not a professional.

"Call over 2000 people who dig copper and iron, [-] will help you smelt silver, and [-] will be dedicated to mining silver."

"Your Excellency, you don't want copper ore and other mines? Lead is a must, and silver smelting is needed." Kazusuke Wada said strangely.

"It's easier to dig other mines. You can use a new method. If you succeed, you can gradually use this method in silver mines in the future, saving time and effort." Ding Yi laughed.

"What way?" Wada Kazusuke was even more surprised.

"Gunpowder blows up mountains." Ding Yi laughed loudly. People in this era never thought of using gunpowder to blow up mountains.

Just rely on the hoe, one hoe and one hoe to dig until when.

But gunpowder blasting the mountain must be suitable for the mine itself. For example, Iwami Ginzan was an almost open-pit silver mine earlier. It is not suitable for frying. If it is fried, the silver ore will be buried under the stone pile.

Ding Yi carefully explained to them the principle and prerequisites of using explosives to blow up mountains, but he is not an expert himself, so he can only let the craftsmen try more.

He asked, first, that mines using explosives must be of relatively good quality, not deep underground, but shallow surface mines.

Second, if you want to explode in an existing mine, you must be careful not to bury the workers. You can choose a low-level mine where the upper rock is not thick. First, use a small amount of gunpowder. It can still be dug out if it is blown up, but in principle, try not to blow it up in existing mines.

In this era, there is no special explosives for mining, and there is no relevant experience. It is difficult to guarantee the power and control the range. Once the entire mountain is blown down, mining will not be possible.

Of course, blasting mountains is also a technical job. How to use the least amount of gunpowder to achieve the best effect is what the craftsmen have to consider.

Therefore, Ding Yi asked the craftsmen to look for a location suitable for blasting the mountain in the silver mine. It was required that the upper layer of rocks should be less, the mountain should be relatively thin, the amount of work in the early stage should be small, and a large amount of ore should be produced later.
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Right now, the shogunate is under the rule of the third-generation shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. Last year, the second-generation general Tokugawa Hidetada just passed away. Tokugawa Iemitsu began to rule at the age of less than 30 years old.

At the beginning of his tenure, he was ambitious and set several goals for himself.

Including increasing the influence of the Tokugawa shogunate in the world, increasing the financial income of the Tokugawa family, training more and stronger troops, and so on.

And he knew that to do this, he had to have money first, as long as he had money, everything would be easy to handle.

So after taking office, first find an excuse to replace Iwami Ginzan's pursuit, and then ask for an increase in Hirado's tax rate.

In the original history, two years later, in 1635, he formulated the "Samurai Laws", imposing "participation and accountability" as an obligation on the princes, and monopolized Nagasaki's trade.

The meaning of this "Shenqin Confession" is to let the Tibetan daimyos take turns to go to work in Edo every year, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling the famous and local Tibetan daimyos.

When his father was around, this policy was not strictly enforced, and many big names couldn't make excuses.

After Tokugawa Iemitsu came to power, he strictly demanded that all of them come.

Of course, this is two years later, and he has just sat in this position right now, so he didn't dare to do this first.

What he wants to do most now is to first control the Matsuba family, the wealthiest landlord in Japan.

As long as the Matsubu family is under control, plus the Nagasaki he controls, the richest place in Japan will be in his hands.

At that time, money has everything.

In the original history, the Tokugawa shogunate under his tenure finally gained the ruling power of the whole Japan. All the daimyos and tyrants who had been hostile to the shogunate were either wiped out or surrendered. The shogunate even became the de facto monarch of Japan during this period, and his power reached its peak.

Then the shogunate began a closed-door policy.

At the beginning of August, the Tokugawa shogunate knew that there was a Ming Dynasty pirate named Liu Xiang occupying Yinshan. Tokugawa Iemitsu was furious and immediately summoned the lords and daimyo.

But Japan is surrounded by the sea, and many famous Tibetan masters from afar heard the news, and it would take a long time to send people over, procrastinating. It was not until early September that representatives from all over the country slowly gathered and came to the shogunate (Jiangsu) household).

On September [-], the young Tokugawa Iemitsu summoned various daimyos and lords. On that day, there were more than a dozen daimyos and lords in the future, including Hirado.

Tokugawa Iemitsu sat at the head, sitting upright, looking at everyone with a smile on his young face.

In fact, at this time, his heart was extremely angry, and he even felt humiliated.

He had just come to power, and his ambitions had not yet begun, yet soldiers and horses from the Ming army marched into the country.

It's really not the time to come.

Tokugawa Iemitsu clenched his fist deeply. If he was given another five years, he would have full confidence in controlling the whole of Japan, and he would be able to teach these shameless Ming people a lesson.

His confidant Ota Nobumune was sitting beside him, he saw Tokugawa Iemitsu squeeze his fist slightly, and he couldn't help but secretly sighed.

"Quiet, quiet." Ota Zizong suddenly shouted to the surroundings.

The big names slowly calmed down, and many people looked at them.

"Recently, there were men of Ming Dynasty who claimed to be pirates and passed through Hirado—" Ota Zizong said the matter again first.

As soon as he finished speaking, the cronies of the shogunate (basically the daimyo lords around Edo) yelled and demanded that troops be dispatched immediately to wipe out this group of pirates.

(End of this chapter)