With Zhu Yuanzhang's guarantee, Zhu Rong did not hesitate. He took out a treasure map that he had prepared in advance and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the treasure map and spread it out. He took a look and couldn't help but frown.
The treasure map only roughly depicted a few small islands.
Each island was marked with a few ink dots.
A few numbers were written below the ink dot.
Zhu Yuanzhang was confused.
"This is Fusang?"
Although the description of the island on the treasure map was a little simple.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was familiar with the situation of the countries around the Central Plains, still recognized the location of the treasure map in his hand.
Fusang, also known as Dongying, was an island country around the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang did not take it to heart.
The only thing he couldn't understand was the numbers on the treasure map.
Most of these numbers were in the tens or hundreds, and the largest number was a thousand.
However, there was a big question mark behind the number of "1,000", which made Zhu Yuanzhang even more confused.
Zhu Yuanzhang shifted his gaze from the treasure map and looked at Zhu Rong speechlessly.""This is the treasure map you mentioned? What do these numbers mean?"
Zhu Rong could naturally hear Zhu Yuanzhang's doubts.
However, he did not answer Zhu Yuanzhang's question directly. Instead, he asked,"Isn't Imperial Father curious?"
"During the Song Dynasty, most of the Central Plains fell.
What did Song Ting rely on to support the endless supply of coins, redundant officials, and soldiers?
That was a million soldiers of the Imperial Army that the Imperial Court needed to support.
However, Song Ting had never been worried about taxes.
What did you rely on?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed when he heard Zhu Rong's question.
He had naturally thought about this question, but he had never been able to figure it out.
"Could it be the Japanese?"
Now that he had seen the treasure map presented by Zhu Rong, an incredulous thought arose in his heart.
Seeing this, Zhu Rong did not deny or admit it. He only smiled and said,""Didn't Imperial Father ask your son what the numbers on the treasure map were?”
"Now, your son can tell father that this is the amount of silver and gold that the major silver mines in Japan can mine every year. However, after these numbers, you need to add the word 'ten-thousand'!”
"In other words, the amount of gold and silver that can be mined in Japan is no less than ten million taels.”
"What does Imperial Father think of this son's treasure map?”
The annual output of ten million taels of silver was enough to make anyone go crazy.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor, was no exception.
"What?"
"Is what you said true?"
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but exclaim in shock. He stared at Zhu Rong with wide eyes, his face filled with disbelief.
If it wasn't for Zhu Rong's solemn expression.
Zhu Yuanzhang even suspected that Zhu Rong was joking with him.
12,000,000 taels of silver were mined every year.
It was enough to match the total tax revenue of Ming Dynasty for three to five years.
As long as they sent troops to take down Dongying, they would be able to provide the court with an additional 10 million taels of silver every year.
He only thought about the numbers on the treasure map.
Zhu Yuanzhang wished he could immediately send troops to snatch all the silver mines in Dongying and take them back to the Ming Kingdom.
He stared at Zhu Rong with reddened eyes. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down."Qin Wang, are you lying to me? Do you really have so many large-scale silver mines in Japan that can produce ten million taels of silver every year?”
Zhu Rong wasn't surprised by Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction.
Or rather, Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction was within his expectations.
Not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, who was used to being poor, if anyone in the world heard that there were so many silver mines in Japan and that they could produce so much gold and silver, they would be like Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Father, I swear to the heavens that there is nothing false about this matter. I have also secretly investigated the situation in Japan."
Right now, the East Ocean Continent was in chaos, and almost every faction had one or more silver mines.
The amount of gold and silver that these forces could mine every year was at least a few million taels, if not ten million taels.
This matter would be clear as long as he sent someone to investigate.
Your son will not use this kind of thing that can be found out easily to deceive Imperial Father.”
Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer remain calm after receiving Zhu Rong's confirmation.
He had looked down on the small country of Japan because he thought it was a barren land.
Who would have thought that there would be so many silver mines in Japan?
This way, Japan would no longer be a barren land, but a sea of gold and silver.
Furthermore, Zhu Xiong was right. He could send someone to investigate the silver mine in Japan.
This kind of thing would be clear once it was investigated. It could not be faked at all.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang instantly made a decision and said,"En, Zhen will send people to investigate this matter as soon as possible. If this matter is true, the King of Qin will be the number one contributor to the rise of our Ming Dynasty.”
"As for the reward for the treasure map?”
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and said,"I'll lend you 100,000 taels of silver first. Once the information on the treasure map is true, then you don't have to return it."”
"Of course, if the treasure map is fake…"
When Zhu Rong heard this, he did not wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to finish and directly replied,
"Imperial Father, don't worry. If the treasure map is fake, not only will your son return Imperial Father's money, but I'm also willing to accept the punishment and let Imperial Father do whatever he wants!”
He was such an honest child. How could he lie?
There must be silver mines in Japan!
And it was a big drop of silver ore!
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