Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 847

"I was thinking about whether I should follow the example of Wu Anjun of the pre-Qin Dynasty and control these people in batches, with each team consisting of 100 people."

"Disperse them into different areas, and then kill them in small groups to prevent a large-scale riot."

After listening to what Lan Yu said, Wei Wu nodded. He quite approved of this attitude of killing the Japanese pirates.

Of course, if Lan Yu really did this, his heroic feat of killing 120,000 Japanese pirates would definitely be recorded in history books.

You should know that those who committed acts of massacre were basically famous generals in history, not to mention the king Bai Qi.

For example, Xiang Yu's Battle of Julu, Cao Cao's Battle of Guandu, and Xue Rengui's three arrows to conquer Tianshan, each one of them is famous.

But now, Lan Yu's feat might be in vain, because Wei Wu has new arrangements for the captives.

"Old Lan, the decision to kill them in a pit may need to be changed. These 120,000 Japanese pirates are still useful and cannot be killed for the time being."

"Huh? Didn't you say to make them surrender and then kill them?"

Lan Yu looked at Wei Wu with confusion, not understanding why he suddenly changed his idea.

Seeing this, Wei Wu did not hesitate and immediately began to explain.

"My guards came here this time and brought me news that Jiuguo Island has been completely brought under control."

"At the same time, the Hishikari gold mine is already underway, and the gold mined there will be gradually sent back to Ming."

Hearing Wei Wu's words, Lan Yu's eyes widened immediately.

"What? Jiuguo Island has been completely taken over and the gold mines have been mined? So fast?"

Wei Wu nodded, and then continued:

"The original plan was to take the gold mine first and then the silver mine, but you didn't follow the plan. Although I'm away from home, I don't obey your orders."

"But you suffered a lot of casualties on your side. Although you took Heian-kyo, you also know the main purpose of this expedition against the Japanese pirates."

"Your actions of killing people and slaughtering people in the city are not important, but you haven't even produced a single ounce of silver. Even if His Majesty doesn't speak out, the officials will still have opinions."

In fact, Wei Wu did not say this explicitly, but Lan Yu also understood what he meant.

It's not the officials who will have objections, it's Zhu Yuanzhang who will have objections. Zhu Yuanzhang came for money from the very beginning when the Japanese pirates came.

He led a large navy, but did not get back even a tael of silver. Instead, he was ambushed by Japanese pirates, with thousands of casualties.

Wei Wu, with a dozen people, took over the entire Jiuguo Island and even started mining gold.

Some things are fine without comparison, but now with the comparison of Wei Wu, he has a big problem.

To be honest, Lan Yu did not blame Wei Wu for this matter. He just blamed his own lack of ability.

But as Wei Wu said, Heian-kyo has now been captured, and the emperor and the shogunate have been eliminated.

Now is the time to think carefully about how to give an explanation to the emperor.

Thinking of this, Lan Yu raised his head and looked at Wei Wu.

"Brother Wei Wu, according to you, you want to make use of those 120,000 captured Japanese pirates?"

Wei Wu did not hide Lan Yu's intention and nodded immediately.

"That's right. Instead of killing these 120,000 prisoners, it's better to use them in more needed places. Let's go to your tent!"

Afterwards, under the leadership of Lan Yu, the two came to his military tent together.

Wei Wu stood beside the desk, pointing to the map on the table and explained to Lan Yu:

"Look, the territories of the Japanese pirates were divided into five provinces and seven regions. The five provinces are Yamashiro, Yamato, Kawachi, Izumi, and Settsu."

"The Five Kingdoms are also called the Five Capitals. This is where the Japanese pirates' capital sits. We are now in the Five Capitals, and then there are the Seven Provinces."

"They are Tokaido, Tosando, Hokurikudo, Sanyindo, Sanyodo, Nankaido, and Saikaido. They are named after the Tang Dynasty system."

As Wei Wu spoke, he explained to Lan Yu the area where the Japanese pirates were, and then pointed his finger at a certain place on the map.