Ishimiko finally took it, but Mori Moon didn't feel any ecstasy in his heart. He only felt that his destiny seemed to be no longer under his control.

Originally, he was full of expectations for Shijian Silver Mine, but now he found that Shijian Silver Mine seemed to have nothing to do with him, because he had already "selled" the mining rights and smelting rights of the silver mine to the Minister of Works of the Ming Dynasty, and he seemed to have to wait for others to share the money for him.

As for tearing up the contract and turning against the Minister of Works of the Ming Dynasty, he really didn't dare. He had seen the firepower of the Ming army. He didn't say anything else, just say that the ten thousand Ming troops stationed in Ishimiya with him were stationed with him. Even if he could not fight with all the forces of the Danei clan, he would definitely not fight!

In this case, what else can he do?

He could only wait honestly, waiting for the Minister of Works of the Ming Dynasty to share the money for him!

So, what did Gu Kexue, the Minister of the Ministry of Works of the Ming Dynasty, think? Will he share the money with the gross profit yuan in accordance with the treaty?

To be honest, Gu Kexue has no idea at this moment because he didn't know that Yang Cong was "scamizing" in Japan under his banner!

That day, he had just finished his shift and returned to the mansion. Before he had time to have dinner, the servant suddenly came to report that Hou Zhitan, the housekeeper of the Hui'an Hou Mansion, asked for a meeting.

Well, this is Hou Zhitan’s real “official position”, he is Yang Cong’s housekeeper.

However, his identity as a housekeeper is not ordinary, because he was a playmate who had been playing with Yang Cong since childhood. His relationship with Yang Cong was as close as a family. In the court, officials under the third rank had to be polite when they saw him. It can be said that he was equivalent to a court official who had no official position.

Gu Kexue naturally knew who Hou Zhitan was. His relationship with Hou Zhitan was not very good. He heard that Hou Zhitan asked for a meeting, without thinking, he ran to the outside of the mansion and welcomed the people in.

The two of them exchanged greetings all the way and came to the study. Gu Kexue finally couldn't help asking: "Monkey, aren't you helping Master Taishi in Japan to handle daily affairs? Why did you suddenly run back?"

Monkeys are not something that ordinary people dare to call. Generally, only court officials above the third rank dare to call them. Moreover, they must be officials on the side of Yang Cong. If they were ordinary officials, they would have to call him "Butler Hou".

Hou Zhitan is not the kind of person who relies on his power. He bowed respectfully and said: "The villain came to announce the good news to Lord Gu at the order of Lord Grand Master."

Report good news?

Where does this joy come from?

Gu Kexue said inexplicably: "Report good news? What kind of good news?"

Hou Zhitan said honestly: "Mr. Gu, you have made great contributions this time. Master Taishi said that with this achievement, you will be able to join the cabinet to assist in the government."

ah!

Entering the cabinet to assist in government affairs?

To be honest, Gu Kexue never thought about such a good thing. Of course, he knew how much he was. If he wanted to talk about things in the management department, he was really competent because he was interested in the "reason of studying things to gain knowledge".

For example, refining medicine is also a science, and it involves many aspects. He is not very powerful in refining medicine. Correspondingly, he is also quite proficient in "The Principle of Understanding of the Investigation of Things and the Five Elements". It is enough to be a Minister of Works.

However, if he is a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, he is not very competent because he has no research on the way of governing the country. In this regard, he is at best just like an ordinary official with a Jinshi background.

At this moment, Hou Zhitan actually told him that he was expected to join the cabinet and became a prime minister. To be honest, he was really shocked.

Of course, he didn't want to join the cabinet as a prime minister. Being a cabinet grandson is something that court officials dream of, and who doesn't want to?

He was stunned for a while before he said excitedly: "Really?"

Hou Zhitan said solemnly: "Of course it's true, how dare the villain make such a joke to you."

this!

Gu Kexue rubbed his hands excitedly, and then asked awkwardly: "You said I have made great contributions, why don't I know? What kind of contributions have I made? Can you tell me?"

He really didn't know what great contribution he had made. During this period, he was working in the workplace office of the Ministry of Works honestly, without going anywhere, and did nothing special. Why did he make great contributions?

Hou Zhitan did not hide it, and immediately told him in detail about Yang Cong’s thoughts and what happened in recent times.

Only then did he realize that Yang Cong had actually harvested the largest silver mine in Japan in his name.

This, this, this is simply joy coming from the sky.

He rubbed his hands excitedly for a long time before asking, "What does Master Taishi mean?"

Hou Zhitan still said solemnly: "Mr. Taishi, please quickly order the officials of the Ministry of Works to organize a group of craftsmen who are good at smelting silver mines, and then take them to Japan to receive Shijian Silver Mine. Once Shijian Silver Mine officially produces silver under our control, you, the position of Grand Secretary in the Cabinet, will not be able to escape."

He was doing this, and he clapped his hands excitedly and said, "Okay, wait a day, tomorrow, I will take someone to Japan with you tomorrow."

In this way, Gu Kexue brought a large group of officials from the Ministry of Industry and craftsmen who were good at smelting to Japan with Hou Zhitan. After he and his subordinates walked around Shijianguo, he was so excited.

This place is worthy of being the largest silver mine in Japan. The silver mountains are everywhere, and the silver content is quite high, higher than any silver mine in the Ming Dynasty.

There is more than one silver mountain, and it will be no problem to dig million taels per month!

So, why did Shijian Silver Mine only produce about 500,000 taels of silver every month?

This question is actually very simple. He knew it after a little bit of understanding, because neither the Onei nor the Nizi had enough food.

This seems a bit contradictory.

Just kidding, they have countless silver mountains and can dig out at least 500,000 taels of silver in a month. Will they lack food?

They really lack food because Japan produces not much food, and the food sent by Ming merchants is limited. Most of the princes use their only food to raise their troops. Where do they get the food to raise miners?

In other words, neither the One or the Nizi family had enough food to support a large number of miners, so even if they had countless silver mountains, they could not dig much money.

This problem is not a problem for Yang Cong or Gu Kexue. It is really not too easy for them to transport food. The southeastern provinces of the Ming Dynasty have food, and some of them have ships to transport food. Even if the fleets under Wang Zhi and Hong Tiezhu are not enough, it doesn't matter. They can use the Ming Navy fleet to transport food.

It can be said that the problem of food is not a problem for them. Even the consumption of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of miners is just a little bit of a problem. When it comes to them, food is no longer the main problem, but the main problem has become a problem of the number of miners.

So, how many miners can Japan or Shi Jianguo recruit?

This is really a bit scary. I heard that Shi Jian recruits workers in silver mines, and they can feed rice, and also pay for wages. The whole of Japan was sensational. Vagrants, hungry people, roninists, homeless men, and even wandering warriors all rushed here desperately. One hundred thousand or even hundreds of thousands is not a problem!

Finally, Gu Kexue had to control the number of miners to about 100,000, because no matter how many people were, it would be difficult to manage. After all, there were only 10,000 elite Ming troops here, and Maori Yuan had his troops, and there were only 40,000 to 50,000 people in total. It was not easy to control these 100,000 miners. No matter how many, there would be chaos.
Chapter completed!