Chapter 1519： Dispatched Japan

The rise of the Emperor of the European Empire in 1519

The lack of money is certain, even in Europe, no matter which country is short of money. At this time, Marin estimates that the one that does not lack gold and silver is probably India. The Ming Dynasty has not yet opened trade with Europe. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty is also short of money and lacks gold, silver and copper, so prices are cheap. Unlike India, India began trading pepper and other spices with Europe since the Roman Empire. Although Arab merchants have made a lot of money as intermediaries, India itself has earned a lot of gold and silver. For thousands of years, Europeans have spent a lot of gold and silver every year to buy Indian spices. Part of the gold and silver was earned by Arab merchants, and part of it went to India. However, most of the gold and silver earned by Arab merchants still flowed into India. Because, in addition to importing spices from India and reselling them to Europeans, Arab merchants also need to import large quantities of materials from India. For example, the Uz steel that manufactures Damascus scimitars, as well as various materials such as sugar, grain, cotton, wood, and even horses. After all, there are many deserts in the Arab region, and the products are barren. It is necessary to import a lot of living materials from the productive India. Therefore, although Arab merchants have made a lot of money, most of the money they make is still used to buy cheap goods in India. Therefore, most of the gold and silver used by Europeans to buy spices for thousands of years fell into the pockets of Indians. It is precisely because of the large amount of gold and silver that Indians have developed the habit of local tyrants wearing gold ornaments all over their bodies. This habit is still popular in India in later generations. If the Indian girl marries, if it is really difficult for her family, she will basically wear gold on her body. No way, the Europeans sent too much gold to buy spices, don't want to wear it on the body to show off, is it moldy in the warehouse? In addition to the Indian women wearing gold and silver, the Hindus believe in Hinduism, and the habit of donating large amounts of gold to Hindu temples. This resulted in a lot of gold hidden in Hindu temples in India. Marin remembers that the Padmanabashwari temple in the later state of Kerala, India, was built in the 16th century, but when the golden treasure was discovered in the 21st century, there was even gold and silver jewelry worth $ 11.2 billion . As for other Hindu temples, Marin does not know if there is so much gold and silver, but each temple basically has a lot of gold and silver. Because of the lack of money in his hand, Marin even had the idea of ​​forming an expeditionary army to go to India to grab a vote. Marin remembered that he had seen in the history book that after the fourth Mysore War in 1799, after the British army broke through Mysore City, only the gold and silver jewelry snatched from the Mysore Palace , Worth 12 million rupees. The robbery of the whole city made ordinary British soldiers' pockets full of gold and silver. And Arthur Wellesley, the highest commander of the British army in that war, and later the Duke of Wellington, also made a lot of money. The Kingdom of Mysore, in fact, is just a landlocked country in the southern part of the Indian peninsula. It is not very prosperous and its products are not too rich. If you switch to a coastal country, you have more money. For example, the British East India Company conquered India ’s most important battle of Plasi. The East India Company army looted Bangladesh ’s treasury after defeating the Bangladesh Mughal Empire ’s Allied Bangladesh Army. As a result, the British army robbed the gold and silver jewellery worth 37 million pounds from the treasury of the Governor ’s District of Bangladesh. This does not include the 21 million pounds of gold and silver jewelry that the East India Company soldiers and staff put in their pockets. In total, after the Battle of Plasi, the British East India Company snatched gold and silver jewelry worth 58 million pounds from the Bangladesh treasury. According to the gold standard of one pound equal to 7.322 grams of gold at that time (1 pound is almost equivalent to 2 Ducat coins), 58 million pounds is equivalent to 116 million Ducat coins ......... Thinking of this, Marin's saliva will fall Then, I wish to immediately organize an expeditionary force to attack Bangladesh. In this era, even if there is no gold and silver jewelry worth 116 million gold coins in the Bangladesh treasury, there are always tens of millions. After all, Bangladesh is one of the richest regions in India's Mughal Empire. what? Do you say that Bangladesh is a poor country in the future? Yes, Bangladesh is indeed a poor country with a large population, and it is still an agricultural country. However, you have to look at the times. In this era, the world is dominated by agriculture. Well, Bangladesh, which occupies the fertile land of the Ganges Delta, is a wealthy area with no compromises. This position in India is almost equivalent to the Jiangnan region of the Daming Empire, which belongs to the most developed region of agriculture. And the small southern countries like the Mysore Kingdom, because they are located on the inland plateau, are economically worse than Bangladesh. I do n’t know how many grades ... Even the Arab fairy tale "One Thousand and One Nights" describes With a "white and beautiful" Bangladeshi princess ... Marlin almost lost his mind when he thought of the massive amount of gold and silver in Bangladesh. But in the end, Marin was still awake and gave up his plan to send troops to expedition to Bangladesh. why? Marin is not worried about Bangladesh, which still belongs to the Sultanate of Delhi, but is worried that it will not end well after being defeated .... At present, the Spanish and the Portuguese have entered the Indian region. Marin sent troops to Bangladesh. Portugal. If these two countries knew that they had robbed gold and silver jewelry worth tens of millions of gold coins from Bangladesh, they must have been jealous. By that time, the hostility between these two countries was light. If you come back to publicize it again, it is estimated that Marin will be jealous and hated by all countries in Europe. Therefore, despite the great economic benefits of sending troops to Bangladesh, the political risks are also extremely large. Now Marin can't afford this risk and can only give up with pain. Unless, until Marin is confident of crushing the Quartet, he can send troops to India and **** the treasury of Bangladesh. By the way, the trade center Calicut was also robbed, including Calicut's temple, and it was also demolished to find gold ... But now, Marin does not have the strength to single out countries. Therefore, we can only endure not to rob India. However, if you don't want a solution, it is not enough to see domestic gold and silver. Therefore, Marin has to think of other ways ... First of all, Marin thinks of the newly arrived Braunschweig-Ramfensberg Silver near Goslar City in the Duchy of Wolfenbüttel mine. It is necessary to expand the output of the Rammelsberg silver mine. Marin has also invested a lot of manpower and material resources to expand the production of the Rammelsberg silver mine. However, Marin now needs to use a lot of silver to maintain trade with Daming. The silver in the Rammelsberg silver mine happens to be mostly used for trade with the Ming Dynasty. As for the redundant part, it is estimated that it is not too much, and it is difficult to solve the problem of lack of money in the North Sea country. Then, Marin thought of sending troops to robbery in the Aztec Empire in Mexico. There are a lot of gold and silver in the Aztec Empire. If one vote is made, it can immediately alleviate the plight of the North Sea country's lack of gold and silver. However, Marin has figured it out, and it is estimated that thousands of troops will be used to conquer Mexico. Marin could not guarantee that thousands of soldiers could keep their mouths shut. If other countries know that Mexico in the Americas has so much gold and silver, it is estimated that something big will happen. Like attacking India, Marin dares to attack Mexico only after he has guaranteed a powerful fleet that can crush other countries. Otherwise, you have to bear it first. Finally, Marin finally thought of a place to solve the shortage of gold and silver-Japan ... Japan's gold and silver reserves are extremely rich ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Ishimi Silver Mountain was once the world's first silver mountain. Moreover, Japan is very far from Europe, and other countries want to go to Japan, the difficulty is extremely high. Marin plundered Japan's gold and silver, even if other countries knew it, they could only envy it, and it was difficult to intervene. After all, it ’s no joke that Japan ’s voyage is so far. With such a long sailing distance, without the latitude and longitude coordinate method developed by Marin, it is extremely difficult to find the right route. Therefore, the development of gold and silver in Japan can not only alleviate the domestic shortage of gold and silver, but also avoid the covetment of other countries. So, Marin finally made up his mind and ordered the preparation of 10 500-ton warships and 3,000 soldiers and horses, preparing for an expedition to Japan, and plundering the gold and silver there ... But considering that 3000 people were not enough to fight against the Japanese coalition forces, Marin planned ——Start colonization from Sado Island ... Sado Island is far from Japan's main island, the island is sparsely populated and weak. Even if there are a few warriors, the 3000 soldiers sent by Marin have thousands of musketeers, enough to sift those warriors into a sieve, and easily occupy Sado Island. On Sado Island, there are not only Sado Gold Mountain, but also Osu Silver Mountain and Tsuruko Silver Mountain. It is said that Sado Island produced 78 tons of gold and 2,300 tons of silver in the Edo period, which was an important financial support for the Edo shogunate in Japan. Attacking Sado Island is much easier than attacking Izumo, where Ishigami Silver Mountain is located. Moreover, even if Jinshan and Yinshan were developed, it would not be easy for the Japanese village chiefs on the island to be besieged. After all, they had to take a boat to get around Sado Island. Marin doesn't think he can't stop them by sending 10 500-ton warships ... 3000 soldiers and 10 500-ton warships are still in preparation, but Marin first sent two 250-class armed merchant ships to Keelung, notice Kong Tai, let him make logistic preparations for the fleet expedition to Sado Island, Japan, waiting for the arrival of the expedition fleet ...