Zhu Zhu's actions were even more violent than Zhu Fan's.
It's not that Zhu Shu is more powerful than his third brother, but Zhu Ying consciously curbed Zhu Han's development when allocating vassal states.
For Zhu Ying, Zhu Fan's third uncle was relatively close to him. They had fought against Zhu Di together in the capital before.
However, Zhu Fan's personal ability is too strong, and with the help of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, if it is not curbed, it is very likely that Zhu Fan will completely suppress Zhu Shu and Zhu Gaochi within a few years.
The relationship was good, but the situation of a single family being the dominant one was not what Zhu Ying or Daming wanted to see.
Therefore, Zhu Fan's Jincheng is located in the northwest of Kyushu Island and is close to the sea. He can only advance to the eastern part of Japan.
Zhu Shu's side is completely different.
Without the help of Qunying Chamber of Commerce and Daming Sea Trade, Zhu Ying gave him a better location.
Zhu Su's Qi Castle was surrounded by the Japanese countries of Satsuma, Ohsumi, Hyuga, and Bungo.
From the map, it seems that we are surrounded by the four kingdoms of Japan, but in fact, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty's troops, this is a city surrounded by the four kingdoms.
The strong Zhu Shu directly divided his troops into four groups and launched a war against the four countries at the same time.
This is a bit cruel, even a bit arrogant.
But such arrogance and arrogance are completely unmatched by these four countries.
The difference in ability between the soldiers on both sides is really huge.
A team of thousands of people, even with only a few hundred cavalry, is still invincible.
The short Japanese warriors and Japanese knights riding ponies are just like children.
Without strict training, a village of several hundred households could easily be trampled by dozens of Ming troops. This was completely a one-sided massacre and rampage.
It was only because of the relationship with the silver mines that Zhu Shu also understood that a large population was needed, so he strictly issued orders prohibiting the random massacre of Japanese people, which prevented widespread deaths.
Of course, Zhu Su's army mainly carried out a sweep outside the cities of the Four Kingdoms, and there was no need to conduct conquests on the cities of the Four Kingdoms.
When the war broke out, a large number of Japanese people began to migrate towards the cities of Shikoku.
But facing Zhu Shu's army, the speed of this migration is no different from that of a turtle crawling.
It often took a village only to get the news, and Zhu Su's army might have already crushed it before it even started taking action.
The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.
People like Zhu Shu naturally didn't care much about military discipline. Zhu Ying's strict military regulations seemed not to have spread to Zhu Shu at all.
Of course, in Zhu Su's army, there were also people from the Ming Military Academy or those who had trained in Xuanjiawei, and they were even more loyal to His Highness Taisun.
In terms of combat effectiveness in all aspects, he is also the best in the entire army.
It's a pity that soldiers like this are usually around Zhu Su, and there are relatively few in other scattered troops.
People, especially men, are ultimately a bit evil.
Or is it the true nature of a hero?
Some general bannermen, leading dozens of people, quickly captured a village.
After running around for a day, they saw that it was getting dark, so they planned to rest in this village for the night.
"Boss, the brothers over there have found a very nice girl. She is very juicy and tender."
"It's been a tiring day, and the brothers are also thinking that the boss may be a little tired, so why don't we ask the girl to come over and give him a massage to relax him."
"This is also the thoughts of the brothers."
A soldier who looked a bit shrewd in his eyes walked up to the commander-in-chief and said in a slightly lowered voice.
There was a bit of hesitation on the commander-in-chief's face.
Although I feel a little itchy in my heart, this rule is a rule.
If word gets out, even if the prince doesn't pursue it and doesn't suffer any punishment, it will definitely have some impact on his future.
According to the latest military discipline introduced by the Ming Dynasty, these people are considered to have meritorious service while on duty overseas. If they return, they will have a high chance of promotion and salary increase.
But if the reviews are not good, then that’s another story.
Seeing that the general was hesitating, the subordinate thought in his mind and immediately understood the leader's concerns, and immediately said: "We have more than 40 brothers here, so naturally we will not miss anything. These Japanese speak different languages.
What other crime can you accuse me of?"
"After this wave, the disobedient ones will be dealt with, and the others will be captured and mined. Of course, the brothers will not be stupid enough to talk about this matter and cut off their own escape."
When the commander-in-chief heard this, he was indeed a little moved in his heart, but he still pondered and did not speak.
Seeing that he did not refuse directly, his subordinates immediately waved back.
Following a few noises, a Japanese woman came over followed by a subordinate.
The most interesting thing is that when this Japanese woman saw her, she felt no nervousness or fear. She even saluted towards the general flag, her eyes flashing as if with expectation.
"Is this Japanese woman willing?"
The general flag couldn't help but ask.
The subordinate chuckled and said, "We don't know either. We couldn't understand what they were saying anyway. But when the brothers went to collect the women, they still cooperated quite actively."
At this moment, Zong Qi felt relieved and waved to his subordinate, which meant clearly.
The two quickly exited the yard.
The Japanese woman followed the general flag into the room naturally and closed the door.
Zong Qi was immediately a little embarrassed. It wasn't that he had never done this kind of bullying before, but it seemed a little different to do it so proactively.
The Japanese woman softly spoke a Japanese language that the general flag could not understand, then walked up to the general flag and helped him undress and take off his belt.
At this moment, Zong Qi actually felt as if he had returned to the brothel in the Ming Dynasty.
The village that used to be peaceful is now very noisy at night.
The shouts of all kinds of men and the moans of women could be heard all the time.
The biggest difference from the Ming Dynasty is that there is no crying sound.
This is the difference in customs.
In the Japanese country, strong warriors had priority in choosing a mate, and even women with a family could not help but give themselves.
To the Japanese, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were simply God-given bravery.
In terms of height, he is much taller than the average Japanese who is 1.5 meters tall. At present, the heights of Ming soldiers are almost 1.7 meters tall.
The Japanese are vegetarians and do not eat meat. Naturally, they do not have any muscular warriors, and most of them are relatively thin.
Such a strong man is simply what Japanese women dream of.
In addition, even the Japanese who once did not understand the Ming Dynasty now basically know that there is a very powerful country on the other side of the sea, which is dozens of times more powerful than the Japanese country.
Therefore, Japanese women longed to have the seeds of the Ming Dynasty left in their bodies.
In this way, their descendants will also be descendants of the Ming Dynasty.
In their eyes, the descendants of the Ming Dynasty were born nobles in the Japanese country.
After all, it is just a small village, and there are not many young and beautiful people. Except for the general banner and the small banner, most of the other soldiers are shared by many people.
This only made those who didn't wait to enjoy it alone even more excited.
Situations similar to this continue to appear throughout the four countries of Hyuga, Osumi, Satsuma, and Bungo.
Men, they can't help but communicate after this. When some teams that are familiar with each other meet, they will easily talk about it.
There is absolutely no way that something that dozens of people know, let alone the soldiers at the bottom, can become a secret.
If you haven't experienced it before, you want to feel it in your heart, especially when you hear that the Japanese women not only don't reject such things in the slightest, but are extremely supportive of it, you don't feel any guilt at all.
As a result, a strange phenomenon occurred in the Shikoku area. The Japanese people who originally started to flee slowly drove back.
Even when I met the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty on the road, I was not afraid at all, and was even very flattering.
Even though the languages are different, communication in some aspects is relatively simple.
The delicate and thin appearance of the Japanese women also made the Ming soldiers feel very nostalgic.
Of course, in addition to this aspect, several silver mines have also been discovered.
These were mined by Japanese nobles, and were easily taken over by Zhu Su's army.
When the news reached Zhu Shu, let alone how excited he was.
Immediately begin dispatching additional manpower to station in the silver mines.
Not only silver mines, but also copper mines, iron mines and many other mineral deposits, the contents of which are not low.
After only a slight hesitation, Zhu Shu recorded all the news about the mineral deposits discovered so far, and then passed it to the capital.
This is not to say that he is selfless, but that the mining of these mineral deposits cannot be effectively exploited by him alone.
The most important thing is that most of these mineral deposits are currently in Japanese territory.
After Zhu Gaochi's assassination is over, is it possible that the thing in his mouth will be spit out again?
So this requires support from Ming Dynasty.
It is said that overseas vassals make their own decisions, and it is the territory of the vassal king.
But Zhu Shu also knew that if an edict came, all the power on his side would be taken away, and there would be no way many people would follow him in rebellion.
Just on one line.
Soldiers stationed in Japan can return to Ming Dynasty for a shift change after five years.
Maybe there will be changes in the future, at least the current soldiers don't really want to stay in Japan forever.
Fallen leaves, angelica roots.
"This kid, Lao Qi, seems to be quite obedient. We didn't notice it before."
During the Ming Dynasty, in the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who received Zhu Su's letter, said with a smile, with a bit of relief in his tone.
After all, Zhu Shu did not do many good things in the Ming Dynasty's territory.
In other words, after most of the princes became vassal kings, they no longer had any human affairs to do. They were all extremely arrogant and domineering.
Now that I have been sent overseas, I feel a little more obedient.
Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang had no idea about the current situation of the Japanese people. After all, they were not his own people. The Ming Dynasty could not care about it now, so how could they care so much.
After Zhu Ying took the letter and read it, he sighed and said: "We in the Ming Dynasty can deploy too few craftsmen. There are more than 5,000 people gathered here. I'm afraid that in the past, it was just a drop in the bucket. This is only part of the area.
The mineral deposits in the entire Japanese Kyushu Island may be more than we imagined."
The Japanese country was different from the Central Plains.
In the Central Plains region, many mineral deposits have been excavated a long time ago, even thousands of years ago.
However, the Japanese state was limited by the influence of various factors such as population, and the mineral deposits were relatively slow.
As an island nation, Japan is also rich in mineral deposits. Coupled with the Ming Dynasty's mining technology, this must be an extremely long-term harvest.
The grandfather and grandson had a tacit understanding and did not discuss the issue of territory scope.
It was made clear that after Kurosawa Daimyo arrived in the capital, he would be imprisoned until his death.
As long as nothing happens here in Kurosawa, the assassination of Zhu Gaochi can be postponed.
From a superficial point of view, it did not have much impact on the peace treaty of the Ming Dynasty and Japan, and it would not have anything to do with the majesty of the Ming Dynasty.
Craftsmen are rare talents.
Under this premise, a large number of schools for cultivating craftsmen are gradually being established.
Even if it involves mineral deposits, it is not published in the newspaper.
The scarcity of talents has brought about the rapid improvement of the status of craftsmen.
Well-connected families, officials, and nobles soon learned that a large amount of mineral deposits had been discovered in the Japanese area.
At this time, they suddenly realized a problem. It turned out that at the beginning of the conquest of the Japanese country, His Highness Taisun said that the Japanese country was full of gold and silver, and it turned out to be true.
It's only now that I'm starting to discover it.
For a time, a gold rush quickly surged in Ming Dynasty.
The emergence of this craze also had some secret guidance from Zhu Ying, but the feeling of gold and silver was enough to make everyone go crazy.
With the endorsement of the imperial court in the capital, no one would have any doubts about this.
This will also drive the development of more industries, the most intuitive of which is the shipbuilding industry.
Faced with the rising enthusiasm of the people, Zhu Ying also quickly formulated a series of measures.
At the same time, it was announced that if an uninhabited mineral land is discovered in the Japanese country, the discoverer will have priority to open it and only need to pay 40% of the Ming Dynasty's tax to receive the blessing of the Ming Dynasty capital.
This regulation applies not only to the Japanese country, but also to any territory that is not affiliated with the Ming Dynasty.
In other words, even if you are in the Nanyang region, such as Annam, Champa, Java, Sumatra, Sulu, Pahang, Chenla, Kuri, etc., this regulation can be applied.
It does sound exciting, but if there is no Ming army nearby, it depends on your own ability.
The imperial court only provided a nominally legal mining right. If it was occupied by others, it would have nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty.
Even under such a name, you must pay 40% of the income from mineral deposits, otherwise it is tax evasion.
But even this still makes many families participating in sea trade extremely excited.