Chapter 31: Silver Island "A compromise?
Are you saying that the fleet will be divided into two parts, one will be transported back to the silver mines, and we will continue to sail towards Luzon?
Luo Hansheng understood what Liu Renliang meant, compared it with his own proposal, and found that it was really better to use this method, so he couldn't help but agree: "Not bad, it's more reasonable to do this, not only can we send the news of the silver mine back, but we can also continue our mission, and we can take care of both ends, this method is good." ” "That's what I meant."
Liu Renliang nodded with a smile and said, "This silver mine is so big, even if our entire fleet goes into battle, how much ore can we transport back?"
Our current task is really only to report to His Highness and ask him to send an army to come and occupy this place, so the effect of going back to one ship or a hundred ships is the same, and it is enough to bring back enough evidence, that is, silver ore. ” "Then you're going to send a few ships back."
Luo Hansheng asked again.
"My plan is to have ten large cargo ships and two fourth-class warships."
Liu Renliang said his arrangement: "The cargo capacity of the vertical and horizontal class cargo ships is huge, with a full load capacity of 300 tons (the standard displacement is 2,000 tons, and the full load displacement is 2,300 tons), and ten large merchant ships are 3,000 tons of silver ore, which is enough to show the wealth of this island."
With two more warships to escort them, ordinary young people definitely don't have the courage to offend them, and they can escort the ore to Lingnan safely. ” "Then do as you say."
Luo Hansheng naturally has no opinion, just like Liu Renliang said, the silver mine on the island will definitely not be mined in a short time, and what they need to do most now is not to mine the silver mine, but to send the news of the silver mine back to Lingnan, so no matter how many ships are sent back, it is okay.
As for the large troops, they cannot stay here, they still have their own tasks to complete.
"But before we go, we have to find out about the island."
Luo Hansheng said: "Don't say anything else, at least we have to figure out the silver reserves on the island, so that we can explain it to His Highness." ” "It's nature."
Liu Renliang said with a smile: "It just so happens that we have just experienced a storm, and the brothers are already exhausted, so we just take this opportunity to rest for a few days." ” Two days passed quickly, the entire island had been almost explored, and Liu Renliang also got an initial data.
A note is three inches wide and four inches long, and it is no more than half a baht, but when it falls into Liu Renliang's hands, it seems to have a thousand pounds, which makes his hands tremble, trembling in both strands, sweating, and almost incontinent.
After a long time, Liu Renliang raised his head, his face was sallow, his eyes were red, his breathing was heavy, his voice was hoarse, his eyes were red, and he looked at a young man in front of him: "Are you sure that the data on your piece of paper is true?"
Wen Yiming, you have thought carefully, you are a prospector, and you are responsible for what you have said. ” The young man, that is, Wen Yiming, was also excited: "Lord Liu, don't worry, I am also an old man who has been with His Highness for almost ten years, how can I joke about this kind of thing?"
In the name of the prospector, I assure you that there is no stone or soil buried under this island, but silver ore - that is to say, this island, which is simply made of silver, is a silver island. ” Prospector is an ancient profession, since the Chinese ancestors knew how to smelt metals, this profession was born, but for a long time before, the ancients did not have the concept of prospector, this position is more held by experienced old miners, and it is not independent from the miners.
However, after Li Zhen arrived, he gave a definition of this profession, and invited experienced miners to teach in Wentian Academy, passing on his life experience to the students in the academy, and this generation gave birth to the first batch of prospectors.
However, there are only three or five hundred qualified graduates in the first batch of Wentian Library, and there are even fewer who have successfully become prospectors, Wen Yiming is one of the best, and his ability is particularly outstanding, and he has won Li Zhen's trust.
This time, he was sent by Li Zhen and was able to follow the fleet to Luzon.
After all, Luzon is also very rich in minerals, at least not much worse than in the Tang Dynasty, and it is precisely the prospectors who need to find out.
It's just that I didn't expect that Luzon hadn't arrived yet, and he found such a silver island on the sea first, if he hadn't carefully checked it several times, Wen Yiming himself couldn't believe that the reserves of this island were so rich.
After determining the silver reserves on the island, Wen Yiming was even more excited, this is a super mine with an output that almost exceeds all the silver mines of the Tang Dynasty, as its discoverer, the name Wen Yiming will definitely be remembered in the history books, and it will be passed down with the history books.
"Do you dare to swear?"
Liu Renliang was still a little unbelievable, no wonder he couldn't believe it, this matter was too big, if what he said was true, then such a big benefit, even Li Zhen couldn't eat it, and even the Tang Dynasty court might not be able to eat it - this matter was too big.
Once the forces outside the imperial court know the true situation of this silver island, no one will know what they will do in the face of the interests that make everyone crazy.
Those big forces don't care if you are the imperial court or not - since ancient times, interests have been moving, and in the face of the interests of almost the entire Tang Dynasty, they are blinded by interests, no matter what they do, it is not very strange that they do anything......
Even if it's a rebellion.
At this moment, how much he hoped that Wen Yiming would say that he had made a measurement mistake, but as an elite prospector, how could Wen Yiming be wrong?
"Of course I can guarantee it."
Wen Yiming raised his hand and swore: "The sky is a testament to the thick earth, and I, Wen Yiming, promise that what I just said is true, if there is a word that is false, I will be crushed to pieces, and I will not die well." ” "......" doesn't need to ask anything, it would be an insult to Wen Yiming to ask again.
The ancients swore a heavy oath, believing that there were gods three feet above their heads, since Wen Yiming dared to make such an oath, it had been proved that what he said was true, if he doubted it again, Liu Renliang promised that he would offend Wen Yiming to death.
However, this is also the situation that Liu Renliang is most unwilling to see: first of all, this matter must not be hidden, the entire fleet of more than 10,000 people, Liu Renliang can certainly ensure that ninety percent of the people in the fleet are reliable, but after all, a small part is likely to be spies planted by hostile forces, if they are given the opportunity, they will definitely pass the news back - an island composed entirely of silver mines, God knows how many enemies Li Zhen will set up for the imperial court?