The bandit problem is serious at present. If it cannot be resolved well, it will shake the foundation of the Great Northern Dynasty. Since Li Guang has a reliable way to solve the bandit problem, we should follow Li Guang's method. It will definitely work.
Thinking of this, Ding Tong said, "That's great, please enlighten me, General Li."
"To combat the Japanese pirates who have been at large for hundreds of years, we must take a long-term approach. Currently, the Japanese pirates are not only harming the Northern Dynasty, but also the surrounding coastal countries."
If only the Northern Dynasty is suppressing bandits, and other countries do not cooperate, the bandit problem cannot be eradicated.
Therefore, the first thing Admiral Ding had to do was to send envoys to neighboring countries to persuade them to work together to fight the Japanese pirates.
The Japanese pirates were mostly from Japan, a country isolated overseas with a complex domestic situation and frequent wars, which led many people to go to sea to become pirates.
In response to this situation, Admiral Ding must send an envoy to Japan to lodge a formal protest and demand that they control their own people; otherwise, the Great Northern Dynasty will send troops to retaliate.
Given the strength of Admiral Ding's navy, the Japanese will certainly be wary and will not tolerate these Japanese bandits continuing to commit evil deeds.
After completing these two tasks, Admiral Ding will focus on internal affairs, mainly in the following aspects.
The first measure is to relocate people from coastal areas and ban maritime trade. This measure is detrimental to others and not beneficial to oneself, but there is no other way. The people in the coastal areas must make sacrifices in order to secure peace for future generations. Of course, this period should not be too long, about five years.
The purpose of the relocation and maritime ban was mainly to make these Japanese pirates' efforts fruitless.
Currently, some fishing villages have been completely deserted, which is essentially a relocation and sea ban.
The areas designated for relocation and sea ban must be at least thirty miles away from the coast; only in this way can the desired effect be achieved.
At the same time, the navy also had to work with local governments to strengthen coastal defenses, build high city walls and fortresses, and arrange personnel to patrol and guard them.
Furthermore, we must establish an intelligence network to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese bandits, utilize the terrain to our advantage, set traps and ambush points, lure the Japanese bandits into a predicament, and then eliminate them in one fell swoop.
Another important point is to take advantage of the navy to patrol the sea. There are many islands in the ocean, some of which are hiding places for Japanese pirates. Once discovered, they should be ruthlessly eliminated, their nests destroyed, leaving them nowhere to hide.
Admiral Ding must report this matter to the imperial court as soon as possible. The relocation of the border and the ban on sea travel are matters of great importance, and the imperial court's support must be obtained. Only by maintaining consistency with the local authorities can the suppression of the Japanese pirates achieve the best results.
Regarding strengthening coastal defenses and fortress defenses, Shuixian Village has an army of 100,000, which can lend Admiral Ding a helping hand.
Li Guang's words delighted Ding Tong. Following Li Guang's approach, every move sealed the Japanese pirates' Achilles' heel. As long as Ding Tong followed Li Guang's steps, the Japanese pirates would disappear in a few years.
At this moment, Ding Tong was full of confidence, believing that Li Guang's 100,000-strong army would be his solid backing.
"Thank you, General Li. I will return as soon as possible and formulate a specific plan to suppress the bandits according to your ideas. I believe the situation on the eastern coast will soon improve."
After Ding Tong finished speaking, he got up to take his leave. Li Guang knew that Ding Tong had important business to attend to, so he did not try to stop him and saw the group out of the Marquis's mansion.
Just after Ding Tong left, another soldier came in to report that a messenger from the capital was requesting an audience.
Zhao Xian was taken aback. A messenger from the capital should be delivering important letters. Whose letter was this?
"Summon the messenger," Zhao Xian instructed.
The messenger was quickly brought in. He walked up to Zhao Xian, bowed, and said:
"Greetings, Marquis Zhengyang. Here is a letter written by Lord Yao. Please take a look."
After the messenger finished speaking, he took out the letter and handed it to Zhao Xian with both hands.
Zhao Xian quickly stood up, took the letter with both hands, and asked:
"So it was a letter from Lord Yao. How is Lord Yao doing now? Is he in good health?"
"Reporting to Marquis Zhengyang, Lord Yao has not been in good health recently. He originally wanted to come to Shuixian Village, but was worried that he would not be able to withstand the long journey. Therefore, he wrote a letter and asked me to deliver it to Marquis Zhengyang in person."
Yes, Lord Yao has always been rather thin and frail. He has been working tirelessly for the country all day long, and his health has deteriorated considerably.
Zhao Xian opened the letter and read it carefully. It turned out that Lord Yao's letter was about fertilizer production.
It has been almost a year since Zhao Xian used saltpeter to produce fertilizer and applied it to agricultural production.
The use of fertilizer greatly increased crop yields, which greatly excited Lord Yao.
Currently, fertilizer production is limited, and its application is only in localized areas; there is no capacity to promote it throughout the entire northern region of the Great Northern Kingdom.
In order to resolve this issue, Lord Yao reported the matter to the emperor, who took it very seriously and immediately summoned his ministers to discuss it.
The emperor attached great importance to agricultural production and knew that fertilizer was of great significance to increasing crop yields, and that saltpeter was needed to produce fertilizer.
Numerous saltpeter deposits have been discovered in the Northern Dynasties, with most of the deposits located in the western and southwestern regions, while saltpeter deposits are not common in the Central Plains.
To produce fertilizer in large quantities and promote its distribution throughout the Great Northern Dynasty, it was necessary to mine nitrates on a large scale.
After discussion, the imperial court decided to conduct large-scale mining of saltpeter in the southwestern region of the Great Northern Dynasty. This matter was to be led by the Ministry of Works' Mining Supervision Department.
As for the production and promotion of fertilizer, that will be handled by Lord Yao.
Turning saltpeter into fertilizer and then promoting it throughout the Great Northern Dynasty is no easy task. What Lord Yao needs to do now is to first understand the fertilizer production process and then decide how to organize production.
Initially, Lord Yao planned to personally visit Narcissus Village to learn about fertilizer production and usage.
However, traveling to Narcissus Village would take more than half a month, and my current health condition is not very good, so I cannot withstand the long-distance travel.
After considering it for a while, Lord Yao wrote a letter to Zhao Xian, requesting that Zhao Xian send a capable person familiar with the fertilizer production process to the capital to help train personnel.
After reading Lord Yao's letter, Zhao Xian couldn't help but smile. He first settled the messenger in, and then prepared to arrange for someone to accompany the messenger to the capital to see Lord Yao two days later.
Next, Zhao Xian went to see Master Qin to discuss the trip to the capital.
The fertilizer production workshops are currently teeming with talent, so sending a few people to the capital would be a very simple matter.
When Master Qin saw that Zhao Xian had come specifically to discuss this matter with him, he wondered if Zhao Xian had some other plans.
As Qin Yuanwai had predicted, Zhao Xian had previously asked him to find someone to manage the fertilizer production business. In order to resolve Qin Shiyu's marriage, he asked Qin Yuanwai to find someone who would be his future son-in-law.
Following Zhao Xian's advice, Master Qin found a young man named Yang Jin to manage the fertilizer industry. Yang Jin was in his early twenties, handsome and talented.
Yang Jin's father had a good relationship with Qin Yuanwai. Yang Jin and Qin Shiyu had known each other since childhood and were very close childhood playmates, practically childhood sweethearts.
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