The Rise of the European Emperor

The Rise of the European Emperor 1520 Author Taishang Laoniu The total number of words is 2354 words

Since he wants to occupy Sado Island, Marin must consult Gan Fushuizi, a native Japanese. Moreover, the occupation of Sado Island must not be in the name of Marin, and in the name of Gan Fushuizi, the noble daughter of Gan Fu's family, resistance can be reduced. The most important thing is that if you rule the local area in the name of the Japanese daimyo, you will receive less resistance. Otherwise, there will be rebellions all day long, and no matter how strong the Marin army is, it will not be able to bear it. But the problem is that Sado Island is also a government-controlled country. Although the stone height is only 17,000 koku, which is not even one-tenth of the 175,000 koku of Osumi Kingdom, it is also a serious name. It's easy for you to kill people, but what name you can use is a big problem. Without fame and righteousness, the rule is difficult to be stable. Gan Fu Shuizi thought for a while, and said: "Husband, I heard that although the Sado Kingdom was ruled by the Honma Clan, but because the Honma Clan entrusted the bastards at the beginning, the power of the Sado Kingdom was dispersed and internal strife continued. Before leaving Japan, the concubine I heard that the Yumo Honma Clan of Yu Mao Township and the Honma Clan of Kawarada are powerful, and they have clashed with the Honma Clan of Zatai Castle many times..." "Then you mean to support one of the three families , use them as puppets to secretly control Sado Kingdom?" Marin nodded, thinking that this idea is very good, and it is the least likely to cause a backlash. Then, Marin asked again: "Which of these three families is the strongest?" After thinking for a while, Gan Fushuizi replied: "It seems to be the Yu Mao Honma clan. I heard that Sado Island is mainly divided into three. The Honma clan The main family mainly controls Zatai Castle and the surrounding areas in the central part, and the Yumo Honma clan mainly controls the southernmost tip of the island, where there is a port for trade with the island. As for the Kawaharata Honma clan, they mainly control the northern part of Sado Island. Their strength, and The main family is comparable, but they are all weaker than the Yu Mao Honma family..." "Is the Yu Mao Honma family the only one?" Marin was stunned. He seems to have read a Japanese Warring States novel in his previous life, which clearly stated that the Kawarada clan in the northern part of Sado Island controlled the Tsuruko Silver Mountain, and then had the strength to fight against the Yumo clan... Of course Marin's memory is correct, but, That was the late Warring States period. In fact, it was not until 1542 that a businessman from the Echigo Kingdom accidentally discovered the Crane Silver Mountain. Now, of course, the Kawarada clan does not have the silver mountain as a financial backing. Therefore, it is natural that they cannot compete with the Yu Mao clan who has trade. In fact, because of the strength of the Yu Mao family, the family is stronger than the main family and Kawarada's branch family. As a result, in 1524, the Yu Mao family destroyed the main family and became the guardian of the Sado Island Country. But then the Kawarada branch family in the north discovered Tsuruko Yinshan, and with Yinshan as financial backing, they naturally had the capital to fight against the Yumo family who replaced the main family. Then, the two families have been fighting for decades, and the dog's brains have come out. The dispute between the two families is actually pecking at each other, but "everyone is innocent and guilty", the crane son Yinshan of the Kawarada family finally attracted a powerful pretender——Uesugi Kenshin sent an army to Sado in 1589 Island, and tidy up Shimo and Kawarada together. At this point, the Honma clan's rule on Sado Island came to an end... However, in later generations, Sado Island is most famous for the Sado Golden Mountain in the Aikawa area in the west. Marin, who had seen a map of Sado Island before, only remembered that Sado Golden Mountain was a little north of the small peninsula west of the harbor in the southwest of Sado Island. Then, there is Jinbei Mountain in the inland area in the northeast. As for Hezi Yinshan, he really had no impression. Perhaps, the Hezi Yinshan has been mined long ago in later generations. But in any case, Hezi Yinshan was the fuse that attracted the Uesugi clan to send troops to destroy the Honma clan, so its output and grade must not be low. Otherwise, it would not attract Uesugi Kenshin to send troops across the sea with his capital. Anyway, Marin will dispatch prospectors to conduct a careful survey in the mountainous area of ​​the northern half of the island. These mountains of gold and silver could have been discovered in the 16th century, and it is certainly not difficult to find them. Otherwise, the ancients would not have found that technology. The gold and silver mines of later generations are mainly underground mines, because the gold and silver mines on the surface have been mined by the ancients long ago. After all, the ancients were not stupid. Only gold and silver mines buried deep underground, or rare gold and silver mines in the mountains,

It will be left to future generations to mine. The underground mine Marlin is definitely not capable of detecting it, but the surface mines that ancient people can discover, as long as there are enough people, they will definitely be able to discover them. However, in ancient mine prospecting, there were no detectors, planes and drones, and it was very inefficient to rely on manual trekking. But there is no way, after all, the conditions in ancient times were like this. If you want to find ore, you can only rely on manpower to pile it... Considering that the Yumo family is the only one on Sado Island, but the righteous name is with the main family. Therefore, after thinking twice, Marin decided to confuse the Yu Mao family to annex or expel the main family, and then send troops to capture Sado Island in the name of "helping the main family of the Honma family reset". Then, send people to explore the mine... As for how to do it? This is very simple. Marin only needs to sell a batch of excellent weapons and armor to the Yu Mao family at a low price to fuel their ambitions. With excellent weapons and armor, coupled with their own ambitions, Marin did not believe that they could resist annexing the main house. After all, being the daimyo of Sado Kingdom, the attraction is very great for Yu Moshi. The Yu Mao family is rich, and then has excellent weapons and armor. Once there is a fight, the main family of the Honma family will definitely be difficult to parry. When the Yu Mao family beats the main family of the Honma family to nothing, Marin's army can appear in the name of "savior" to help the main family of the Honma family restore the rule of Sado Island. At that time, the head of the Honma family had nothing, and could only listen to Marin... Of course, Marin had no interest in manipulating the Honma clan, he was only interested in mining the gold and silver mines of Sado Island. As long as the Honma family is sensible and doesn't interfere with his gold and silver mining, he doesn't mind handing over the control of the farmland on those islands to the head of the Honma family. Anyway, those two crooked melons and split dates are not worth a lot of money... And with the head of the Honma clan as a puppet, there will be no legal obstacles to Marin's control of Sado Island. This plan is much milder than the direct annexation he thought before, and it is less likely to cause resistance. ... However, apart from the army, Marin felt that he should train a group of prospectors to find gold and silver mines. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to find no gold and silver mines when the land is occupied. It just so happened that Marin has now seized the Rammelsberg silver mine near Goslar, and Marin decided to rely on this silver mine to train a group of engineers who are good at identifying and finding gold and silver mines. To this end, Marin signed an order to establish the "Goslar Prospecting School" on the mines outside Goslar, specializing in the training of prospecting engineers, majoring in the exploration, mining and smelting of gold and silver mines. As for other types of minerals, there is no rush, and the gold and silver mines will come first. After all, Marin now has no shortage of other metals, but gold and silver... As for the students, Marin thinks that they should choose people with strict mouths, so as not to leak the news of the gold and silver mines and cause other countries to covet them. For this reason, Marin asked Kohler to select a group of reliable and physically fit teenagers and send them to the prospecting school in Goslar to learn how to identify and explore gold and silver mines with the old engineers on the mine. After they have learned well, they will be sent to Sado Island, Japan, to explore the Sado Gold Mountain, Crane Silver Mountain and Osu Silver Mountain for Marin...