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In the middle and late Warring States period, when the Fusang people fought, muskets had become the mainstream long-range weapon.

However, except for sulfur, the Fusang people lack anything, including lead for making bullets and nitrate for making gunpowder.

Before the Battle of Goryeo in Wanli, the commander of the Second Army, Kiyomasa Kato, specially transported a large amount of silver to Nagasaki and sought 10,000 to 20,000 kilograms of lead from foreign merchant ships in Nagasaki.

During the Goryeo War, Kato also wrote letters to ask for saltpeter and lead many times, and once again even wrote letters to ask for 5 yiyi jin of saltpeter. That was basically unified in Fuso during the Toyotomi era, which shows how severe the supply of saltpeter and lead during the Oda era was.

The question is, Japanese lead was a very famous export product in the late Ming Dynasty. Why is lead a base metal also lacking?
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