The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 327
Tokugawa Ieko's face was calm, and he quietly looked around at the other daimyos and lords. Many people seemed to be absent-minded. Some daimyos didn't come, and the sent representatives even lowered their heads and whispered, as if they hadn't heard about it.

Anger surged into his heart again, he could not immediately call Bingjia in, and cut off all these disobedient names.

But his rationality told him that he couldn't do this kind of thing right now, he had to wait until Akito was cleaned up, and then settle accounts with them, especially that Hirado Matsuga.

It is said that the army has hundreds of ships, loaded with thousands of soldiers and horses, and arrived at Shimane via Hirado. There was no news from Hirado, and no troops were sent to stop it. It's not that simple.

Maybe it was Hirado Matsuga who colluded with foreign invaders and wanted to fight against the majesty of our shogunate.

If this is the case, Songpu must look good when this Ming army is wiped out.

Therefore, at this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu had just come to power in history. At the most difficult time, it was the easiest time for Ding Yi to choose this opportunity to beat him. If he waited a few more years, after he stabilized the situation in the country and ruled in full, basically It is impossible to beat him.

Unless Ding Yi also controls the entire Ming Dynasty and has the power and resources of the whole country to use, he can attack Japan.

Just when Tokugawa Iagawa was full of thoughts, someone below suddenly said leisurely: "Since the beginning of this year, the weather in various places has been abnormal and natural disasters have continued. Be sympathetic to the people."

"Also please, general, don't be good at fighting. Peace is the most important thing. Send people to negotiate peace. The Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, so it must be reasonable."

Everyone looked sideways, it turned out that it was Soma Shouyin, the eighteenth generation head of Kodaka Castle (now Kodaka Town, Soma County, Japan).

This Xiangma Shouyin is the grandson of the famous Xiangma Yiyin of the Xiangma family.

At the time of the Sekigahara War, Souma Yoshin first joined the Eastern Army, and later joined the Western Army. Unexpectedly, Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern Army won a big victory, and his territory was once confiscated. Help them intercede, so that Xiang Ma Yiyin can return to the status of the lord of Xiaogaocheng at [-] shi.

The Soma family is definitely not Tokugawa's confidant, especially after the Sekigahara War, the Soma family's status plummeted, and it is impossible not to hate Tokugawa.

"Bastard." As soon as Xiang Ma Shouyin said this, there was a lot of scolding at the scene. All the cronies of the shogunate yelled at him, and some even complained about him, did he collude with the Ming people?

Xiangma Shouyin didn't expect that what he said casually would attract such a big reaction, and he was too scared to say anything at the moment.

Some of them even stood up, clacked, and drew their knives directly, causing the scene to scream.

The only person in Japan who can appear in front of Tokugawa Iemitsu with a sword is Maeda Toshitsune, the third-generation lord of the Kaga clan.

Maeda Toshitsune's father, Maeda Toshiie, was one of the five elders of the Toyotomi regime, second only to Ieyasu Tokugawa.

In Maeda Toshitsune's generation, his third daughter, Manhime, was adopted by Tokugawa Iemitsu as an adopted daughter, and the relationship between the two parties was very good.

"Don't think about it, the only thing is to raise troops. I, Kaga Fanyuan, sent five thousand troops to teach this group of Ming people a lesson." Maeda Toshitsu sternly said, waving a knife.

There was applause from all around, and many big names stood up and expressed their willingness to send troops to teach Ming people.

But Tokugawa Iemitsu found that there were more daimyos sitting still.

Immediately, he understood that either he didn't send troops this time, or if he sent troops, he would win the battle, and if he lost, the consequences would be disastrous.

On September 9, after several days of intense discussions, the Tokugawa shogunate decided to go to war with the Akito.

Tokugawa Iemitsu asked his confidant Ota Zizong to lead [-] soldiers and horses, and the other four daimyos sent [-] soldiers each, for a total of [-] soldiers and horses, to form a coalition to recapture Iwami Ginzan and teach this Ming Dynasty a lesson. people pirates.
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On September 9, on the northwest coast of Yinshi, Shishan.

Iwami Yinshan also has a large amount of pyrite and chalcopyrite, which are rich in copper and iron.

There is a pothole here that is rich in copper mines. It was just mined last year. The surface layer is about half a meter to one meter thick with rocks, and the quality is quite good.

Ding Yi and the craftsmen decided to use this place as an explosion test site after investigation a few days ago.

Because the rocks that are only half a meter to one meter thick are easy to distinguish even if they are mixed with copper ore. After all, they are relatively rare, and there will be no large-scale collapse.

A few days ago, he sent someone to smash more than a dozen potholes in the mine, and then put the gunpowder into a wooden barrel and put it in the pit, stuffing it as full and dense as possible.

After everything is ready, everyone stay away from here.

Then use gunpowder sprinkled on the ground as a fuze to ignite the fire from a distance.

Not long after.

Boom, boom, boom, amidst bursts of continuous huge explosions, the copper mine cave collapsed, and a large amount of rubble was scattered in all directions.

When the dust dissipated, Ding Yi took everyone there. The previous mine had disappeared, and gravel and thick smoke were everywhere.

The craftsmen casually lowered their heads to search, and found a lot of copper mines mixed with rocks, some large and some small.

"You can pick it directly. Hahaha." Someone laughed.

"This really saves time, effort, and labor." Wada Kazusuke was full of praise.

"This kind of quality ore that is suitable for open pits and shallow surface layers must not be exploded if it is deep underground." Ding Yi said slowly: "Fortunately, most of the minerals are of good quality."

From September 9nd to 2nd, Ding Yi organized people to blow up ore everywhere, and then transported them away.

By the 22nd, there were already eight ships of Ding Yi on the coast of Shimane County, filled with copper ore, saltpeter, sulfur, flint, iron ore and a small amount of silver ore, and they were about to be taken by Ruan Siqing to return to Phi Island first.

From the first day after Ding Yi occupied the Iwami Silver Mine, he organized manpower to start mining frantically. Later, he used a new mining method, that is, blasting the mountain with explosives, which greatly improved the work efficiency. (Anyway, it wasn’t the mountains of the Ming Dynasty that were blown up, Ding Yi thought so.)
A local craftsman once reminded Ding Yi that using an explosion may cause changes in Yinshan (for fear of local volcanic eruptions and earthquakes).

Ding Yi persuaded, this is not a volcanic belt, don't worry, there will be no earthquakes.

Hearing the words volcano and earthquake, the other party looked confused.

If Ding Yi dared to say this to the Japanese now, he probably would have just slapped him with a big mouth.

Because the mining is in a hurry and is exploded with gunpowder, many of them are directly transported to the ship in large chunks of ore, and it takes time and effort to go back, but Ding Yi doesn't care, and transports it to the country first.

In the one and a half months from the occupation to the removal on September 9, they mined and removed a total of 22 jin of copper ore, 12 jin of iron, more than 16 jin of saltpeter, more than 3 jin of sulfur, more than 4 jin of flint, 2 More than 3 catties of lead, a total of nearly 40 catties of various ore materials (a small half of which was dug here by the original shogunate and has not been transported away.).

Ding Yi used three warships and five merchant ships to load them, and Ruan Siqing first batched them back.

At the same time, Ruan Siqing was instructed that if the [-] soldiers from Lushun who were responsible for building the new fort were to finish building the fort, [-] soldiers would be transported back.

Counting the time, Ding Yi also estimated that Lushun's new castle should be built.

When Ruan Siqing set off on the 22nd, Ding Yi received a report from Songpu's subordinates that the [-] soldiers of the shogunate had already entered the territory of Ota City, Shimane County, and it would take half a day at most to reach Iwami Ginzan.

"Let's go." Ding Yi laughed: "Go beat the devil."

The generals were inexplicable, and they didn't know what the devil meant.

But looking at Mr. Ding, he seems to be in a good mood and really wants to fight devils.

(End of this chapter)