There is a hidden manor in the vast Ishimi Mountains.

After being introduced by Ouchi Yoshihiro, Kuga Noriichi was having a cordial meeting with Yoshimi Masayori, Niko Tsukuhisa, Mori Motonari and others.

"Everyone, this is His Excellency Yoriichi Kuga. He comes from the Tsinghua family of the Kyoto public family. He has a distinguished status and has served the emperor for generations!"

After Ouchi Yoshihiro's introduction, Yoshimi Masayori, Nizi Hisashi and others nodded slightly, expressing their trust in Ouchi Yoshihiro and their respect for Kuaga Yoriichi.

"Guardians of the Ming Dynasty, I have organized three attacks on the Iwami Silver Mine with His Excellency Yoshihiro Ouchi."

"Just now, we sent people to blow up a tunnel in the Shijian Silver Mine, causing huge losses to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Da Ming wants to continue mining this mine for at least half a month!"

When several people heard this, their faces showed horror.

In fact, they had long disliked the Ming Dynasty, especially Yoshimi Masarai, the guardian of the Iwami Kingdom, who hated the Ming people for mining the Iwami silver mine.

Because the Iwami Silver Mine happens to be in his territory and is the private property of his Yoshimi family!

His Majesty the Emperor and General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu secretly transferred the mining rights of the Iwami Silver Mine to the Ming Dynasty without their own consent. This was a great disrespect for the Yoshimi family!

But in view of Ming's powerful force, he could only endure it secretly and did not dare to conflict with Ming.

Now that he heard that someone dared to provoke the Ming Dynasty, one can imagine the surprise in Yoshimi Masaori's heart, but he was more excited, a kind of excitement that someone had vented his bad breath on his behalf.

"Well done!"

"Brother Jiuga, if you ever encounter this problem again, let me know. Even if I can't be of any help, I can still find it by looking for a few tribesmen working in the mines!"

Kuaga Yoritsu smiled slightly when he heard this.

"Didn't I know Brother Yoshida before?"

"Now that I know Brother Yoshida, I will inevitably trouble Brother Yoshida in the future!"

Yoshida said very generously upon hearing this.

"As long as it's about the Iwami Silver Mine, you can trouble me at any time, no need to be polite to me!"

While Yoshida was chatting enthusiastically with Kuga Yorimichi, Nizi Tsukushima from Izumo Province and Mourimoto from Anyun Province remained silent.

They both couldn't figure out why Ouchi Yoshihiro invited them over.

"Ouchi Yoshihiro, this is a matter between the three of you, the two of us..."

When Ouchi Yoshihiro heard this, he quickly interrupted Motonari Mori.

"You two, this is not only a matter for Brother Yoshimi, but also a matter for us to protect."

"oh?"

As soon as Ouchi Yoshihiro said this, not only Moto Moto and Nizi were confused for a long time, but even Yoshimi Masayori, who had been so happy just now, was stunned and looked at Ouchi Yoshihiro in confusion.

"Your Excellency Yoshihiro, what do you mean by this?"

Ouchi Yoshihiro smiled and looked at Yoshimi Masayori.

"Your Excellency, I would like to ask, with all due respect, with the strength of your Yoshimi family, can you win back the Iwami Silver Mine from the Ming army?"

Yoshimi Masaori shook his head without thinking.

"impossible!"

"Let's not talk about the power of the Ming Navy. The thousand officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty guarding the Shijian Silver Mine are beyond what our Yoshijian family can fight against!"

Ouchi Yoshihiro smiled slightly when he heard this.

"What if we include my Ouchi family, Nizi family, and Maori family?"

"this……"

Yoshimi Masayori immediately fell silent when he heard this.

It is true that his family alone cannot defeat the Ming garrison, but if the Ouchi family, Nizi family, and Maori family also help, they may really be able to drive the Ming army from the Iwami Silver Mine back to the Ming Dynasty's hometown.

"What do you want?"

"Joint mining rights of Iwami Silver Mine!"

Yoshimi Masayori's face suddenly darkened when he heard this. He didn't want to share the silver mine with anyone, not even his brothers!

Although the silver mine is not in his hands now, he has always regarded it as his forbidden property and does not allow anyone to get involved.

Now Ouchi Yoshihiro dared to worry about his silver mine, which made him very angry.

"The Iwami Silver Mine can only belong to the Yoshimi family!"

"I can give you dividends every year, but the mining rights..."

Ouchi Yoshihiro sneered when he heard this.

"Masayori Yoshimi, you still haven't seen the situation clearly!"

"Even if there was no Ming Dynasty, the Shijian Silver Mine would not belong to you!"

Yoshimi Masayori asked angrily after hearing this.

"Why?"

"If it doesn't belong to me, does it belong to you?"

Ouchi Yoshihiro snorted coldly.

"The silver mine can belong to the emperor or to General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but it cannot belong to your Yoshimi family!"

"You have lived so long that you have never heard the saying that a man is not guilty but a man with a jade is guilty, right?"

"this……"

Yoshimi Masayori was immediately speechless when he heard this. Even if he was deeply unhappy, he had to admit that Ouchi Yoshihiro's words were right.

The Iwami Silver Mine can belong to His Majesty the Emperor or General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but it cannot belong to the Yoshimi family.

Because the silver content of this silver mine is so great that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu abandoned all rules and face to compete for it.

When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu comes with an army of 100,000 to rob the silver mines, what will his Yoshimi family do?

Seeing that Yoshimi Masayori was silent, Ouchi Yoshihiro persuaded him with serious words.

"If the four of us join forces to jointly develop the Iwami Silver Mine, we will not only protect the interests of our four families, but also repel the harassment of the Ming Dynasty's army."

"When the time comes, we will give some of our output to General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and if Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also supports us, we will have more confidence to deal with the Ming Dynasty!"

Yoshimi Masaori was already a little moved when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at Nizi Yuanjiu and Maori Yuan who were standing aside.

"What do you two think of this matter?"

After hearing this for a long time, Ni Zi thought about it and said.

"It's a good suggestion, but I'm afraid Daming won't be that easy to deal with."

"The Ming Dynasty does not have many troops stationed at the Shijian Silver Mine, but the Ming Dynasty has a powerful navy. The Shijian Silver Mine is close to the sea, making it easy to attack and difficult to defend. How can we resist the Ming Dynasty's counterattack?"

Ni Zijiu's words immediately aroused the agreement of several people.

"Yes!"

"The Ming Navy is so powerful that it can easily gather tens of thousands of troops. I'm afraid we can't defeat them..."

Ouchi Yoshihiro smiled confidently after hearing this.

"If we can't beat him, let's just run away..."

"It's impossible for the Ming Dynasty to be stationed at the Shijian Silver Mine all the time. We just need to be able to defeat their garrison and make them tired to deal with it."

"this……"

The three of them were stunned again when they heard this, and after a while they clapped their hands and laughed.

"Your Excellency Yoshihiro Ouchi is indeed very resourceful!"

"In this way, the Shijian Silver Mine is useless to the Ming Dynasty. It has no meat to eat. It would be a pity to abandon it, hahaha!"

"The enemy!"

"We just let Daming do a loss-making business, and we will take over when Daming can no longer make losses!"

"But before that, we have to reach an agreement. We can't restrict each other or betray each other!"

"Don't worry, Yoshihiro, we understand the importance!"

Ouchi Yoshihiro discussed the details with several people before ending the meeting.

On the other side, Wei Ming also received an investigation report from Yan Yi, the guard of the Shijian Silver Mine, and learned that the Shijian Silver Mine was attacked, the mine was blown up, and the miners were killed and injured.

As the Ming Dynasty's special envoy to Japan, Wei Ming was very aware of the importance of the Iwami Silver Mine to the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to gallop around the world and open up battlefields west of the Tianshan Mountains was largely due to the Shijian Silver Mine.

In the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, it doesn't matter whether Japan is land-locked or sinking, but the Iwami Silver Mine must be preserved!

Therefore, on the day he received the news, Wei Ming quickly summoned Japanese public officials to put the Kuga family on trial.

"Everyone, the Shijian Silver Mine is the private property of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and no one may infringe upon it!"
To be continued...