The leader of the Murong Xianbei who stayed in Dongping Prefecture was Murong Ren, the younger brother of Murong Ling.

As the new leader of the Murong tribe, Murong Ren led 50,000 Xianbei tribes to move south to the south of Lelang County.

"Your Majesty, how do you plan to get them to serve?" Gongsun Sheng asked.

This Murong Xianbei branch has been short of food and drink in the local area for about half a year.

If the Han army had not been supplying food and grass, they would have been starved to death in Lelang County.

"Although the Murong tribe is a barbarian, he admires Wang Hua after all. The Baekje and the three Han barbarians in the south are all unwilling to obey orders." Liu Yu said slowly.

In fact, it was not the Fuyu people and the Sanhan Man of Baekje that were unwilling to obey. It was the Han army in Dongpingzhou that was increasingly exploiting them.

At the beginning, the governor of Dongpingzhou only asked the Baekje king to offer the slaves and properties they captured every year.

In the past two years, Zhang Tong, the governor of Dongpingzhou, followed Liu Yu's orders and began to require the Baekje king to pay tribute to young women and slaves every year.

For Baekje, its core subordinates were Fuyu people, and there was no extra woman tribute. In the end, they could only fight against barbarians such as Mahan.

In the end, Baekje was overwhelmed and began to shirk the demands of the Han army.

"The Fuyu people from Baekje are no longer necessary to exist now, so I'd just erase them and the Mahans."

After hearing Liu Yu's words, Gongsun Sheng nodded slightly.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with Liu Yu's words.

For these barbarians, there are only two ways out.

One is to follow the will of the court honestly. Whether it is going to the mountain of swords or the sea of ​​fire, you must be determined without hesitation and must not have any complaints.

The second way out is to quickly prepare for the troops and make preparations to fight against the Han army.

As for other ways out, there is no such thing as this.

Therefore, the passive disobedience attitude of Baekje people has long been classified as the second.

"It's just that Baekje is extremely poor. Even if it is conquered, I'm afraid I can't make back the money and food I consume."

Gongsun Sheng’s only worry is that this war is really not cost-effective.

Because the southern end of Dongpingzhou Peninsula is too poor, except for some sporadic flat land along the coast, the rest are some barren mountains and the roads are extremely inconvenient.

I'm afraid that after a war, the land you earn will not be able to make a profit.

"Murong Ren is not a hero. If he does not have enough money and food, he is afraid he will not be able to command his subordinates."

Liu Yu naturally understood this very well.

After all, this is also the reason why he left Murong Ren as the leader of the Murong Xianbei in the eastern region.

"Although the Baekje land is a bit barren, its location is important, it can be said to be connected to all directions and must be controlled in our hands." Liu Yu said unquestionably.

The Xianbei soldiers led by Murong Ren are of no use except as being a front pawn of the Han army.

If they are not allowed to rush forward, would they still have to use food and grass to support them for the rest of their lives?

"I plan to capture Baekje and let Murong Ren lead his army to continue the east attack."

"Continue to the east to conquer? Your Majesty plans to let them conquer Benhan, Chenhan and other countries?"

Gongsun Sheng is quite familiar with these small Han Man countries.

He knew that the southern end of the peninsula was divided into three parts, Mahan to the west, Benhan in the middle, and Chenhan in the east.

"Haha, are there two small countries who are worthy of going to seek this title?" Liu Yu immediately sneered.

"It's not Benhan and Chenhan?" Gongsun Sheng was slightly stunned.

If that is the case, it should refer to Japan across the sea.

"What Your Majesty said is the Japanese country above the East China Sea?" Gongsun Sheng asked.

"Yes, it's Japan."

"What is there to attack Japan?" Gongsun Sheng was puzzled.

Although Japan, which is lonely overseas, is not considered a vassal, it has not offended the great man.

Why should Murong Xianbei be sent to attack them?

"With great benefits there, we will naturally have to take them!" Liu Yu said with a smile.

"Island? What kind of benefits are there in the country of savages?"

Gongsun Sheng once saw the documents left by Cao Wei, including the words conferred to Japan.

It records that the envoys from Japan are vulgar and short, and are inferior to those in the south. He really couldn't imagine anything to be greedy for.

The most important thing is that if you want to fight, you must also have navy boats.

"The Japanese country is now weak, and it doesn't take many troops to deal with them. As long as Murong Ren leads his army to land, they can be self-sufficient in the local area in a very short time, and it can also be said that they can use war to support the war." Liu Yu said.

Today, Japan has just escaped from the ignorance of Yayoi era and has entered the "Kuno Tomb Age", which is the beginning of the Yamato era.

The entire Yamato Kingdom now only occupies the central and western parts of this state, as well as the two affiliated islands, and the indigenous barbarians to the east have not yet been conquered.

In history, it was not until fifty or sixty years later that Yamato completed the rough conquest of the state and began to have the ability to cross the sea to attack the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.

Therefore, Japan was really weak at this time and could not be the opponent of tens of thousands of Murong Xianbei.

"There are women in Japan, sulfur, silver ore, and charcoal. Although these are not rare things, they are extremely easy to obtain. They just need to cross the sea when there is no wind and waves, and keep it safe is a foolproof transaction!"

Liu Yu said.

The silver mines on the island of Japan once supplied one-third of the world's silver coins in the 16th century, and by virtue of their own efforts, the Ming Dynasty completely consolidated the silver standard.

Historically, ancient China had no choice but to adopt the copper standard. In fact, the output of various gold and silver minerals was limited and had to occupy a large amount of precious copper ore.

"What? There is a silver mine in Japan?" Gongsun Sheng immediately widened his eyes when he heard this.

The so-called "not being in charge of the family" does not know that the firewood and rice are expensive. Since helping to determine the quota, Gongsun Sheng could not hear the word "money and silk" in his ears.

"Yes, it's silver mine."

"Your Majesty, how many silver mines are there in Japan?" Gongsun Sheng asked excitedly.

However, he didn't have much expectations for this value in his mind.

He knew that the entire country of Japan was about the size of two governors. How many silver mines could there be?

"Very many! If you use 100,000 people to mine, you can dig for two hundred years!" Liu Yu deliberately exaggerated.

Although Gongsun Sheng did not hold military power, he had considerable prestige for most of the Hebei scholars in the court.

Liu Yu wanted to spread the news through him.

"One hundred thousand people, two hundred years?"

When Gongsun Sheng heard this, he immediately widened his eyes and his entire mouth fell out in surprise.

"Maybe there might be a little more."

Liu Yu said calmly.

Although his words were exaggerated, they were not empty talk.

The largest silver mine in Japan in history, the Ishimi Silver Mine, was mined for a full four hundred years before it was closed due to the hard mining of local powerful vassals.

Perhaps there are not as many as 100,000 craftsmen in the mining industry, and they do not have the full effort to mine them all because of the war.

However, according to the mining process at this time, it is really not impossible to mine for two hundred years.

"Impossible, it's impossible." Gongsun Sheng suddenly shook his head.

"What's impossible?" Liu Yu asked.

"Your Majesty, if Japan really had such a rich silver mine, how could it be so poor? Moreover, there was not much silver flowing out." Gongsun Sheng shook his head repeatedly.

"What's impossible?" Liu Yu explained patiently.

"The Japanese army is weak and there is no time to deal with the local indigenous barbarians. How can I have the energy to explore and dig silver mines?"

"What's more, Japan is lonely overseas, which means that it can guarantee food and clothing, so where can there be money for money?"

In Chinese history, although it was not until the Ming Dynasty that the silver standard monetary system was determined, in the previous society, it did not mean that the value of silver was not recognized.

The precious metal properties of gold and silver have long been accepted by the world.

"If there are really so many silver mines, then Murong Xianbei must not be allowed to go there." Gongsun Sheng said immediately.

"Haha, are you afraid that they will take it alone?" Liu Yu couldn't help but laugh.

At this time, Gongsun Sheng seemed to be a child who saw the baby candy, very afraid of being stolen by others.

"Isn't your Majesty afraid?"

"Not afraid."

"Why aren't you afraid?" Gongsun Sheng was puzzled.

He knew that Liu Yu had been lamenting the shortage of copper coins recently, which made the prices of various states and counties increase.

If there is a large amount of silver ore in Japan that can be supplemented, Liu Yu can replace copper coins with silver coins.
To be continued...