After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

Chapter 564: Stirring up hatred among the Japanese pirates

After discussing the opening of Chen's restaurant, it was almost lunchtime.

The morning was used to finalize all the matters that needed to be discussed, and the afternoon was the actual time for the lectures.

It was the same maritime map, but Jiang Xiaoqi insisted that Chen Lin listen to it as well.

Chen Lin was indifferent, but the Second Prince, for some reason, strongly agreed.

"This is the Tianjin Port of our Great Zhou Dynasty. I visited it last time, and the port is still not fully developed."

It can only accommodate three to five ships at most; any more than that. If Your Highness intends to use this place in the future, the port will need to be expanded.”

The Second Prince's fingertip swept over Tianjin, the closest port to the capital, which he naturally wanted to use.

However, the expansion of the port requires the cooperation of the local prefecture. This is a small matter for the emperor, but it is something he cannot accomplish now.

"Ah~"

A sigh.

"Your Highness, don't think too far ahead. Let's live in the present and just do our best in the things at hand."

When the time is right, everything will fall into place. We don't have water yet, so we don't need to worry about whether the channels are clear.

Once there is water and boats, the canals will naturally be dredged.

"I was too attached to appearances. I'll stop thinking about it now. We can think about the future later. Our task now is to understand this maritime map."

"That's right, Your Highness. Our future is as vast as the stars and the sea!"

"The stars and the sea? Hahaha, that's right, our future is the stars and the sea! It's the sea breeze and the setting sun!"

Although Chen Lin didn't understand what the two men meant, he could sense his master's good mood.

Then the stars, the sea, the sea breeze, and the sunset must be extremely wonderful things.

"This Japanese country is truly beyond my expectations."

Chen Lin had heard about the attempted abduction of the people of Great Zhou by the Japanese in the past two days. He had thought to himself, "I've never heard of this Japan before."

Could it be that besides the Southern and Northern Barbarians, there is another powerful enemy state next to the Great Zhou?

For this reason, he, a eunuch, was quite concerned about the country and its people for a while. But he never expected that the legendary Japan was not even as big as his little fingernail!

"Yes, the country's land area is not large, but that is not a reason for us to underestimate the enemy. You should know that there are many countries with small land areas whose ambitions are indeed growing larger and larger."

Their arrogance led them to believe that other people's land should belong to them; their arrogance led them to recklessly invade and plunder, committing murder, arson, and all sorts of atrocities.

Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't control her expression, and she said these words through gritted teeth.

"Um, does Lord Jiang have a grudge against the Japanese?"

"Ahem, well, not really. In short, those who offend our Great Zhou, no matter how far away, will be punished!"

If they can kidnap people and rob valuables in the Great Zhou this time, they will dare to kill, set fires, and invade land in the future. There is nothing they are incapable of doing.

These Japanese people have extremely low moral standards; they disregard human ethics and are utterly inhuman, even worse than jackals and wild beasts!

Jiang Xiaoqi's explanation was actually brainwashing, which made the two nod blankly. They didn't know why, but they just felt that what Mr./Master Jiang said made a lot of sense.

Now, the two of them feel an urge to send troops to flatten that tiny island nation, no bigger than a fingernail, whenever they see it.

"Ahem, alright, alright, you two stop! If you keep picking at it like this, my scroll will leak. It took me a lot of time and effort to draw this. Please have mercy!"

The master and servant awkwardly withdrew their hands; the Japanese position had already sunken somewhat.

Jiang Xiaoqi was helpless. Had her brainwashing really been that successful?

No, it must be the hatred that Chinese people have for them in their bones, that's for sure.

After reviewing the maritime map, Jiang Xiaoqi put away the somewhat crumpled scroll.

Then he took out an even smaller picture.

The two were already used to Jiang Xiaoqi's magical way of pulling things out, and waited calmly to see the picture.

"This map was purchased, not drawn by me, since it is a map of the interior of Japan."

Although this map doesn't indicate the location of the silver mine, our Great Zhou is full of talented people; surely we can find at least one expert in prospecting?

"Of course there are, and there's no need to go to great lengths to find them. The Ministry of Works has such capable people, but..."

"Ok?"

"We just don't know whose people they are, or whether they will be of any use to us in the future."

Jiang Xiaoqi really wanted to roll her eyes, but she held back.

"Your Highness, having such talent is enough. As for whose people he works for now, it doesn't matter."

After all, we're not going to mine privately. We'll have to go through His Majesty's hands eventually. No matter who's on the side of the court, in the end, they're all His Majesty's people.

As long as one wants to live and preserve their entire family, this person can instantly become the most loyal and devoted subject imaginable.

"Yes, of course I never thought of leading people to mine. No matter how much silver mine has, it will always belong to the Great Zhou."

Moreover, as you said, this Japanese silver mine is merely a stepping stone for us; we must take a long-term view.”

Jiang Xiaoqi nodded, "That makes sense."

Public and private matters should be kept separate. If the Second Prince is short of money, he can find other ways to get his hands on the silver mine.

No one is allowed to sleep soundly in my bed, not even my own son.

As long as there is no change of government, the proper relationship between ruler and subject must be upheld.

A ruler is also a ruler, and a son is also a subject.

"Alright, Your Highness understands. Let's look at the map. This is where the capital of Japan is located..."

"Sir, this place looks more like a small town than a capital city."

"That's right. That's how Japan is now. Many so-called battles where people are fighting each other like dogs are nothing compared to the number of people and the scale of a brawl between two villages in our Great Zhou."

"Ugh, it's such a waste that they're in charge of this silver mine."