Zheng Lang went down again and came back several days later.

Among the nine magistrates, Sima Guang and Lu Gongzhu had the most outstanding political achievements because of Zheng Lang's teachings. Although Lu Gongbi and Han Jiang made mistakes from time to time, they did a good job overall. Among the other people, Liu County served as magistrates for several years, and it was also possible that Fan Zhen and Xue Lihe gradually adapted and got along. Even Wu Chong gradually performed some outstanding performance in the position of judge. However, Cui Huangchen and Su Shunqin were still very difficult to preside over the affairs of the two counties.

Zheng Lang had to go over and clean up the mess for them again.

There is also an advantage. Seeing his shortcomings, Su Shunqin was always quiet in shame. This is what Zheng Lang needs the most. Even if he has cleaned up the mess four or five times a year, it doesn’t matter, as long as he is not as self-righteous and nonsense as he is in the capital.

Zheng Lang was still very polite to Su Shunqin. If he didn't make trouble, he would be a good comrade. He talked to him about poetry, words, and experiences, which was also what Zheng Lang liked.

It turns out that he compared Su Shunqin to Li Taibai, and to Li Longji who was doing something. At that time, Li Longji was not so disappointed. Seeing through Li Bai at first glance, you should write poetry for me. As for what a Hanlin scholar is, don’t think about it. This is not writing poetry. You are also excited about poetry. You are drunk all day long and randomly commenting, and you don’t know how big a mistake it will happen.

Back at the prefecture, Fu Bi said: "The court's residence has come, and Liu Ping is moved to the deputy director of Huanqing Road to the deputy director of Fuyan Road to the deployment, Xia La is the governor of Fengning, the governor of Yongxing Army, Fan Yong of Henan Prefecture is the governor of Zhenwu, and Yanzhou."

"It's indeed Fan Yong," Zheng Lang sighed, and then shook his head.

"Why?"

"You have special skills and know what these four words mean. Brother Fu, will you do a jade work?"

"There are Zhuge Liang and Pei Xingjian..."

"Don't say, why am I not the prime minister?"

"You are the prime minister..." Fu Bi suddenly burst into laughter, then looked at Zheng Lang again and said, "Master Zheng, have you grown your beard?"

"Ganluo was prime minister at the age of twelve, why can't I be my husband?"

“That’s special…”

"You also know how many famous generals there are in ancient and modern times, and how many scholars have fought in wars, and how many scholars have no idea."

"This is the legal system of ancestors."

"The ancestors' legal system, who did Taizu use to conquer Jiangnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Sichuan? Taizong's conquer Youzhou was eager to achieve success, and the soldiers were exhausted and the coordination was improper. Who was available?"

Not only Zhao Kuangyi, but also in the large-scale battles in Emperor Zhenzong of Song, he still used military generals.

"Literati, sooner or later, he would not know that the world is high and the earth is strong, and he has fallen to the point of nine beggars and ten scholars."

"Prince Zheng..."

"When I was a young man, I wrote two words for Your Majesty. Laws are not laws, but a standard, a bottom line, and a law to abide by. The degree is to make some changes based on the law, just like the adjustment I wrote in the doctrine of the mean. But this degree must be made on the basis of the law. If the moon is full, the loss will be lost. If the water is full, the truth will be the same. What things have developed to the peak. It must fall. In Your Majesty's dynasty, the literati reached the peak of the peak. I don't know if the next dynasty will replace the country, and will be burning books and burying scholars because of hating the literati."

"Prince Zheng..."

"Is this an alarmist statement? No, look at what the scholars and officials are doing now. I wrote a letter to say, "Which victims are the victims, but how many people ask about the victims? Why do I have no good feelings for your so-called gentleman party? Look at what your party does, first the deposed queen and make a big fuss in the court. It's reasonable. Then, because Your Majesty was so tired that he fainted, saying that Your Majesty loved women, Brother Fu, you occasionally went to some brothels to find a happy one. Your Majesty is a young man and a man. Is it human nature to pamper one or two concubines? Has it really delayed the national affairs? Touch your conscience and say that this is because the two concubines Shang Yang were the cause of the deposed queen, so you made a fortune out of nothing? After Fan Zhongyan arrived in the capital, he established a map of officials and fought against Lu Yijian. Well, it seems that your gentleman party is like your gentleman party. All we did are these three major things. I don’t talk about right or wrong. Except for Your Majesty’s pitiful little harem, it’s really pitiful. Your Majesty couldn’t even drink a bowl of soup at night. He was thirsty and turned around repeatedly. It was the queen who asked me that it was Your Majesty’s thirsty, but she didn’t dare to say it out loud. She was afraid of blaming her subordinates for being in poor service. She wore torn clothes. Brother Fu, do you want us to visit Your Majesty’s dormitory that day. But you gentlemen are just holding on to this small harem and not letting go. The country’s redundant officials and soldiers are redundant in power! The country’s big annexation and hidden land! The people’s sufferings! The northwest border affairs! The one who has thought seriously? Brother Fu, this is the real future of the country and the people’s major affairs. I don’t care about this. What qualifications do you have to talk about the pillars of the country and the gentleman? Are you ashamed?"

Fu Bi was really confused.

"It's not that you don't think about it. Your so-called party is not a gentleman's party, but a powerful party. The party of the scholar-officials is considering the reputation of the Qing Dynasty, the interests of your scholar-officials, and the interests of the scholar-officials, but the national interest is a bowl of water. If you drink too much, others will drink less. So you are the country and even under the banner of being a villain who is not my kind, secretly suppressing the people. It's not enough. Continue to seize power from the emperor and suppress the emperor into a puppet. Emperor, you are wrong and you must listen to us."

"You can't say that."

"Am I wrong? Think about it again."

"It's past."

"Even if it's gone, are there any signs of this?"

"Prince Zheng..."

"Don't call me, why did the literati go to the border to lead the army? Xia Xu is a little better. This person may be a villain and his head is not stupid, but what does Fan Yong know? A pedantic nerd, when he arrived in the northwest, he was going to take many lives for him. Oh, the wrong one, the soldiers died, how could he take risks?"

"You said Fan Yong..."

"It's not Fan Yong, it's the same if you were the same. Think about it yourself. Li Yuanhao conquered Tubo and destroyed the Uighurs. He has been through the battlefield for a long time and has an army of 400,000 or 500,000 troops under him. If you go to the northwest to command, how sure will you win?"

"I, I, I..."

"Brother Fu, why? This is a group of literati groups join forces to seize power from the generals, seize the last trace of power of the generals, seize the last trace of power of the country, and then let the country be buried with them."

Zheng Lang said it very extreme. But before and after the war in the Northwest began, several people should have died thousands of times, first of which was Guo Guan, and then Fan Yong. But even though he knew the consequences, he was unable to change it. This sense of powerlessness made him feel very frustrated.

"I won't say it anymore, I'm just blamed for being born ten years later..." Ten years ago, he was 31 years old this year. He made some great achievements and was not the prime minister. If he could be a minister, he would have authority when speaking, not like the present.

But this situation is gradually getting better. For example, disasters, others don’t know his background. Zheng Lang said that there were major disasters, and years of disasters were caused. Although the earthquake was not accurate, it was not easy. It was said that Yuan Hao rebelled, and Yuan Hao really rebelled. At this time, some people recalled some strategies that Zheng Lang had offered. Those who regretted it were quite regretful, including Zhao Zhen. Otherwise, Sun Quanbin would not have sent to Hangzhou for consultation.

And his magical performance in Taipingzhou.

There is another greater miracle in Hangzhou, which will become a reality. All kinds of miracles will eventually make his voice sound.

There will be a bad side. Once he reaches that level, all the big guys will no longer regard him as a rising star without harm, but as an opponent on an equal footing, there will be many things. The greater the credit, the more people are red-eyed, the more unfavorable Zheng Lang will be.

Including Fu Bi, because of Zheng Lang's magical and erudition, he would not be like watching Zheng Lang on the banks of the Caishui River. He was a very good young man. Zheng Lang called him his brother, and he also regarded Zheng Lang as his younger brother. He was at the same level, not a relationship between former and junior.

But he was not evil to Zheng Lang. Although Zheng Lang repeatedly said he wanted to kill Guo Guan, he heard the kind of heartache. That day, Zheng Lang's blunt statement also made Fu Bi examine Zheng Lang again.

In his heart, he faintly saw that Zheng Lang was another direction for a gentleman, not a gentleman like Fan Zhongyan, but another kind of gentleman. He said little, even if he had any words, he would not make a big public. This is the Confucian wood and na, except for writing books and writing.

He also sees how hard he is when he does things more and how hard he is. This is agility in action.

A good temper is warm.

Ask humbly and ask more questions wherever you go, you can see with your own eyes. This is humility and the care of the people is truly from the bottom of your heart. This is benevolence. The family’s income is nearly 10,000 yuan per year, and there is an annual salary of 5,000 yuan or 6,000 yuan. Life is not very luxurious, it is frugal.

Love words, love paintings, love the geek, love knowledge, is elegance. Being filial to mothers and caring for family members is filial piety and brotherhood. Being very polite to others, regardless of their superiority, is respectful. Loyalty to the emperor and the country is called loyalty. Even private salt dealers are unwilling to be executed, which is called forgiveness...

In him, almost all the virtues of a gentleman mentioned by the Master can be found.

No wonder those two unruly students looked like two docile kittens when they saw Zheng Lang.

Or to make a metaphor, Fan Zhongyan is the clean snow in winter, but Zheng Lang is the warm spring breeze...

He sighed and said, "Don't talk about ten years, even fifteen years, not necessarily..."

It’s a matter of qualifications. No matter how capable you have, now that you have become the prefect of Hangzhou at your age, you are no longer appointed. If you don’t have qualifications, who will take your words seriously? After ten years, you will still lack qualifications.

I saw it, and I had extraordinary wisdom. After all, you don’t have much influence.

"Don't talk, don't talk, let's talk about good news."

“What good news?”

"When I came back, I saw a ship back from the Japanese country in the Maritime Bureau. They happened to meet Wang Zhaoming and his group and brought a message back. Everything went well and they would be back in about a few days."

"Did that find it?"

"Amitabha, monks do not lie."

"Okay, Master Zheng, it's good that you don't finish the monks, don't joke about monks." But smiles flew on Fu Bi's face.

This is the most critical step.

The leap of navigation technology in the Song Dynasty made this major event possible for Zheng Langsou.

Nothing else, gold, silver, copper coins!

If you want copper, you have to go to the Luzon Islands. The terrain is complicated, and the Song people are not very familiar with the terrain. They have to search slowly, including the waterway. The time is long and the accident rate is high. Therefore, Zheng Lang put it aside first and thought of gold and silver.

These two things are in Japan.

First of all, silver.

Because of the large number of volcanoes, Japan has a lot of gold and silver, but because of its small area, its total storage volume is not the best in the world. It ranks Peru, Mexico, China, Australia, Chile, Canada, Poland and the United States by storage volume. Later, the eight major silver producers accounted for 80% of the world's silver production.

Among them, China ranks third, far exceeding Japan. The mining time was very early and it has been mined one after another since the Spring and Autumn Period. However, silver ores were scattered and technical factors, the silver production in ancient times was not high. The same was true for gold ore, including the Song Dynasty and gold ore. There are now 84 silver ore in total. During the Zhenzong period, silver was mined at 880,000 taels, but now due to exhaustion, there are only 200,000 taels. There are only 10,000 taels of gold ore, and only 10,000 taels of gold.

There is also a supplement of more than two million kilograms of copper, which is enough as currency.

However, in the Northern Song Dynasty, currency was outflowing. Not only copper coins, but also the currency that lost the most, and the quasi-currency gold and silver were also outflowing. Therefore, copper coins have always been insufficient, and gold and silver have become more and more expensive.

In comparison, Japan's gold and silver storage volume is not as good as China. It has several major advantages: one is concentration and the other is shallow mineral resources, which is conducive to the development of current primitive technology. Therefore, it has become the gold country in ancient legends. It is not China, but Japan, and it is the real gold country.

The gold and silver are already mining. Its smelting technology is advanced, but the mining technology is very backward, and no one gives them gold fingers. Therefore, there are two super-large mines that have not moved.

The first is silver mine and Shijian silver mine.

It took 170 years to officially mine this mine, and now it is a primitive area. Zheng Lang doesn’t know how much the content is. He only knows that its real large-scale mining began in 1562 and gradually dried up in 1600.

It was in these forty years that a legend was made. During the Ming Dynasty, Japan contributed one-third of the world's silver output, and this mine contributed half of the Japanese silver mine. It was these silver that made the West mistakenly believe that China was a gold country, and the Ming Dynasty called Japan the Silver Islands.

It cannot prove its storage volume, but it can be calculated. The total amount of silver in the Ming Dynasty was divided into several parts. The first was about the silver left by the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, about 370 million taels, the second was the silver produced by itself in the Ming Dynasty, about 83 million taels, and the third was the silver inflow from Japan, about 700 million taels, and the fourth was the silver inflow from the Americas, about 190 million taels.

There is also a conservative saying that the actual total mining volume in the Ming Dynasty was 26 million taels, Spain was 80 million taels, and Japan was 200 million taels.

The former statement is too exaggerated, while the latter statement must be conservative.

In fact, there was a Ming generation, and the amount of silver produced in Japan was definitely more than 200 million taels, maybe 300 million taels, or 400 million taels.

Then the amount of silver hidden in Shijian Silver Mine is at least 200 million taels.

This statement is quite credible. Later, the world's largest silver mine, Cannington lead-zinc and silver mine in Australia, found that the amount of silver hidden in the Cannington lead-zinc and silver mine was 23,000 tons, and one tael of only one tael of silver was more than 30 grams. The mineral silver alone was more than 700 million taels, and the annual silver mining was more than 1,100 tons, which was nearly 40 million taels of silver.

It is not easy to compare. Some silver ore is deep or other reasons, and there was no technical mining in the Song Dynasty. Even if there is, Zheng Lang didn't want to move.

The Shijian Silver Mine was exhausted in just 40 years, which proved that its silver ore was shallow and easy to mine. It was in line with Zheng Lang's requirements.

Therefore, Zheng Lang said that the amount of silver is about 200 million taels, which is convenient for mining. If it goes well, more than half of the silver will be collected in just 40 or 50 years, which is more than 100 million taels of silver, which is more than 200 million taels of silver! Nearly three times the total annual income of the Song Dynasty!

However, it is not enough. There is also a Lingji Gold Mine, which was mined in modern times, with a gold storage capacity of more than 300 tons and 10 million taels of gold. It is also a relatively shallow gold mine, and it is a gold-rich mine. Other ores can mine two grams of gold per ton, and forty grams of gold can be mined here, which is twenty times the amount of other gold mines.

However, Zheng Lang also knew that backward technology would reduce the quality, so he could produce one-third of the gold. But it was enough. This was more than three million taels of gold, which was three hundred times the annual output of the entire Song Dynasty!

In addition to these two large mines, Japan also has large mineral deposits such as Kurokawa Jinshan, Zhongshan Jinshan, Island Jinshan, Izu Jinshan, and Tsuru Yinshan. Some have been mined, while others are inconvenient to mine. After all, they are plucking teeth from the tiger's mouth, so Zheng Lang voluntarily gave up.
To be continued...