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Chapter 1276 Silver Mountain

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    Jinzhe Ferry, as the name suggests, Wenquanjin is a port with hot springs.

    This is the outer port of Iwami Ginzan.  Because Iwami Yinshan is located in a deep mountain, land transportation is inconvenient, so the local officials who managed Yinshan at that time dug a mountain road of more than ten miles to connect the mine with this natural harbor. It served as an export port for silver, and  Unloading dock for supplies needed for mine operations.

    The entire Wenquan is actually a long and narrow fjord, with long piers on both sides, surrounded by mountains, and a large outlying island at the entrance of the fjord. No matter how big the wind or waves are, it cannot affect the ships in the pier. It is indeed unique geographically.

    As the largest silver mountain in Japan, Iwami Ginzan has an annual silver output of up to one million taels. Naturally, it has been repeatedly competed by the surrounding daimyo.  The daimyo built a series of castles to protect the silver mountain.  On the outlying island at the entrance to Onsenjin, there was a Kushiyama Castle to defend against water thieves attacking from the sea.

    The headquarters of the Wenquan Jinshui Police Station was rebuilt using this Kushiyama Castle.

    "Utilizing" means to demolish all the original stone castles built by the Onsen clan, and then use those stones and cement to build a brand new bastion.

    This bastion occupies almost the entire island.  Well, mainly because the island itself is not big, only a little over 25,000 square meters.

    The bastion has three layers, like an irregular multi-layered cake.  The highest level is nearly five meters, mainly to prevent waves.

    Because the high stone wall made of rough concrete stands straight on the reef.  It has only been a year since it was beaten by the humid sea water, and the stone walls are already covered with thick moss.  The moss surface is so slippery that it completely eliminates the possibility of climbing from the outside.

    On the first floor of the fortress, there are gun emplacements on all sides, as well as female walls to protect the musketeers.  There are only four wooden ladders that can be dismantled at any time connecting the first floor to the second floor.  The second floor also has gun emplacements and parapets, and two months' worth of water and military supplies are also stored in the internal warehouse.

    Furthermore, the square tower divided the first floor into four disconnected areas, severely limiting the scale of troops deployed by the siege party.

    ¡°In this way, if the first floor is unfortunately lost, the Coast Guard soldiers can retreat to the second floor and hold on for more than two months.

    The situation on the third floor is similar. There are wooden ladders that can be removed at any time, gun emplacements and parapets, and one month's worth of water and military supplies are stored.  The square tower also divided the second floor into four corners, so that the Marine Corps soldiers who retreated to the third floor could hold on for another month.

    There are also strict access regulations in the bastion. For example, outsiders entering the castle must be disarmed, make a reservation in advance, enter without permission, and the number of people cannot exceed three.  Close the fort gate before sunset and never open it before dawn.  After dark, all stairs must be guarded.  Under no circumstances are any outsiders allowed to stay overnight, etc

    On the breakwater and dock on the west side of the bastion, a hotel and a prison were specially built to accommodate visitors and captured prisoners.

    It is necessary to be so overly cautious.  This was Japan's Warring States Period, surrounded by tigers and wolves, and it was also the gateway to Japan's No. 1 Silver Mountain.  The island is so close to the shore that you can even swim across it at low tide.  As long as there is a slight flaw, it will inevitably be attacked by those cruel daimyo, powerful men, mountain bandits, and water thieves.

    Even a seemingly honest farmer might pick up a hoe or a dung fork at any time, transform into a "warrior hunter", suddenly show his fangs, and bite him hard.

    Therefore, the three most important things for the officers and soldiers stationed in this dangerous place are safety, safety, and safety!

    The security area even allowed them to abandon all facilities outside the castle, including warships, if necessary, and retreat to the city to wait for reinforcements.

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    Therefore, the top priority of Mr. Zhao¡¯s inspection this time is safety.

    Standing on the high bastion, looking at the Yamabuki Castle Castle on Ishimi Gin Mountain in the distance.  Wang Rulong told Zhao Hao that even in the worst situations, such as the castle being besieged, carrier pigeons being hunted, and continuous strong winds and huge waves making it impossible to go to sea, the reinforcement fleet in the guard area would set off on the tenth day after the contact was cut off. Within half a month  Arrived here.

    "So as long as they can hold on for a month, nothing will happen to them!" Wang Rulong said solemnly.

    "How are you doing? Do you have confidence?" Zhao Hao smiled and asked Hua Feng, the director of the Wenquanjinshui Police Station who was standing beside him.

    "Don't worry, young master, we have already sworn an oath to fight to the death and hold on until the last man!" Hua Feng replied quickly and loudly: "As long as there is still one person who can move, the Japanese slaves will never take our castle!"

    "Relax," Zhao Hao said with a smile, "Don't make it so tragic."

    "Hehe, yes." Hua Feng showed a contemptuous smile and said: "Little Japan doesn't even have a cannon, but it still wants to attack my hot spring mountain city? Just dream! I?.

    "That's five hundred thousand taels." Zhao Hao looked at the silver in the room and couldn't help but secretly thought. He didn't expect that five hundred thousand taels was so much. I knocked Lao Wang for several million taels, which was indeed a bit harsh.  ¡­

    "So, five hundred thousand taels of silver can be put into the treasury in one quarter?"

    "It's about the same as last year. This year there has been a significant improvement. We can get two more deliveries from Silver Mountain this month, which is almost 100,000 taels." Jia Youcai said.

    "Then we won't get 2.4 million taels this year?" Zhao Hao was overjoyed when he heard this. He expected that after adopting the Ming Dynasty's silver refining technology, the output could almost double, that is, an annual output of two million taels. He did not expect it to be more.

    ps. Sorry, I took a short break over the weekend. I planned to type up a chapter in the evening and post it early, but I ended up writing it now.  As for the second update, I¡¯ll make it up tomorrow (remember this site¡¯s website address: www.hlnovel.com
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