Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 848

"Iwami Province is located in the Sanyindao Pass. On your way there, you will have to pass through six daimyo provinces, including Tamba, Tango, Tajima, and Izumo."

"But this is just the daimyo kingdom in Shanyin Road. There are eight more daimyo kingdoms bordering the neighboring Shanyang Road."

"Although most of the daimyo's troops have been transferred to Heian-kyō by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, there are still some remaining."

"You have less than 30,000 naval forces. You've got to fight against more than a dozen daimyo nations along the way. Even if you can win, you'll be exhausted."

Lan Yu frowned as he listened to Wei Wu's words, then asked a question.

"You mean to use these 120,000 captured Japanese pirates as a prisoner-of-war camp, and use them to attack the Daimyo Kingdom, letting them fight each other?"

"That's right!"

Wei Wu nodded in acknowledgment, and then continued:

"But that's not all. In the process of advancing all the way, we can also capture a lot of prisoners from those defeated daimyo countries."

"When the time comes, take all these captives to Iwami Province and have them all thrown into the mining area to work. Just don't treat them as human beings."

After listening to Wei Wu's suggestion, Lan Yu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then made a decision in his heart.

"Okay, I'll do as you say, but what about you?"

"Me? Me what?"

"Will you come with me?"

Hearing Lan Yu's question, Wei Wu shook his head.

"I won't go. I promised Heilang that I would go back to Ming with him and I won't go back on my word. The Japanese pirates don't need me to stay here anymore."

Only then did Lan Yu remember that Wei Wu had to hurry back to take care of his pregnant wife.

"Okay, it's better for you to go back. The situation on the Japanese pirate side is settled, and there won't be any more accidents in the future."

After Lan Yu finished speaking, Wei Wu was about to leave, but after taking two steps, he suddenly thought of something and spoke again.

"By the way, before I leave, I will stop by Jiuguo Island. I will then tell Zhang Hai to support you."

Chikuzen Province on Kyukoku Island and Nagato Province on Honshu Island are almost adjacent to each other, and the sea between the two daimyo provinces is only more than 500 meters apart.

Nagato Province happens to border Iwami Province. Now Zhang Hai has already controlled the entire Kyukoku Island, so it would be best to ask him for support.

Because of this incident, Wei Wu did not choose to leave, but returned to the desk to discuss the details with Lan Yu.

The two discussed for about half an hour, and then Shen Lin's voice came from outside the tent.

"Master, I have done what you asked me to do."

It just so happened that Wei Wu and Lan Yu had almost finished their conversation at this time, and Lan Yu also had to deal with post-war issues.

So after Wei Wujiang Shen Lin was summoned in, he left the general's tent directly and left the two of them to discuss matters.

After Lan Yu left, Wei Wu immediately looked at Shen Lin and asked:

"How is it? Have you dealt with the person?"

"He's already killed him. He burned his body."

Shen Lin nodded in response, and then he became excited.

"And that guy Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also confessed. We found where he hid his wealth. This bastard is really rich!"

"But that guy doesn't have a lot of gold and silver. He only has two boxes of silver and three boxes of gold, totaling five thousand taels of silver and seven thousand taels of gold."

"But there are so many things like jewelry, jade, calligraphy and paintings, and each one looks very valuable!"

"By the way, many of the calligraphy and paintings are from famous artists. Looking at the signatures, many of them are from the Tang Dynasty."

In fact, Wei Wu was not surprised by Shen Lin's gains. After all, this was the wealth hidden by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Given Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's status and power, there was only one possibility that he would hide his wealth: to keep a backup plan just in case.

His Ashikaga family relied on military power to establish the Muromachi shogunate to suppress imperial power. Who can guarantee that there will not be a more powerful force in the future?

Once that day really comes, these riches will be the capital and foundation for his Ashikaga family to make a comeback.

Of course, this kind of wealth must be hidden so that it cannot be discovered by others, and most importantly, it must be easy to transport.

Therefore, they would not store too much gold and silver. These things are heavy and worthless, and they cannot be taken away even if they store hundreds of thousands of taels.

On the contrary, if you put things like jade in the same box, it will not only be light but also valuable and easy to carry away.

Take jadeite for example. Any good quality jadeite can be sold for hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver.

As for calligraphy and painting, it goes without saying that during the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese pirates were authentic lackeys and vassal states.

What they are able to collect and bring back to their country must be high-end products produced by famous artists, and each piece is worth a lot of money.

A piece of calligraphy might cost two to three thousand taels of silver, but a box for storing silver in the Ming Dynasty could only hold two thousand taels of silver.

A box of the same size can easily hold dozens of calligraphy and paintings, which are more valuable and convenient to carry away.

Thinking of this, Wei Wu quickly turned around and asked Shen Lin.

"Besides the chests of gold and silver, how many other chests are there, and what are their weights?"

Hearing this, Shen Lin lowered his head and recalled for a moment before speaking:

"There are eleven boxes, three boxes of jewelry, three boxes of jade, four boxes of calligraphy and paintings, and one box of antiques."

"So there are only sixteen boxes in total? That's good, that's good!"

In fact, it’s no wonder that Wei Wu reacted so strangely. It was mainly because Shen Lin’s answer made him feel relieved.

If it really was hundreds of thousands or millions of taels of gold and silver, he would still have a headache and not know what to do.

The main thing is that there are so many that his yacht cannot accommodate them all. Even if he can barely fit them all, should he still go back to Ming Dynasty?

What he had in his hands was a solar-powered yacht, not a cargo ship burning heavy oil or diesel, even though the money was only 500,000 taels.

According to the Ming Dynasty unit, sixteen taels is one catty, which is almost thirty thousand catties, equivalent to fifteen tons!

But antiques, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings are not heavy and they may have some impact on the yacht, but it is still bearable.

After confirming his income, Wei Wu looked at Shen Lin and began to make subsequent arrangements.

"Do you remember the place where we landed when we first came to Heian-kyō?"

"Remember, Master, you were talking about a place called Osaka?"

"That's right. You take your men and transport our money over there. When I get there, I'll take the boat out and then transport it back on board."