Chapter 178: A Universal Fertilizer

The conflict between Korea and Japan has a long history...... This has a lot to do with the economic structure of the two countries.

The economic development of the two countries is strikingly similar: both rely on the export of labour, the export of minerals, and the export of primary products such as cotton and linen yarn to obtain valuable paper money, and then to buy food and necessary household goods.

Especially in the export of cotton and linen yarn products, the competition between the two countries is very fierce, they invariably lower the cost of production, lower the export price to sell more than the other party, the buyers of both sides are the two big customers, the Great Song Dynasty and the Federal Empire...... Therefore, they privately think that as long as they can defeat each other, they can monopolize a large piece of the cake.

However, there is little difference between the two sides in terms of military strength, economic strength, and technological strength, and neither has a clear advantage...... The Goryeo kingdom suffered more, perhaps the army was more combat-oriented, exported more kinds of minerals, exported labor earlier, and seemed to be better off than Japan as more grain and cotton fields were cultivated at home.

For example, they introduced the shipbuilding technology of Liuqiu Island and built twelve warships of more than 1,000 tons themselves...... The Japanese introduced shipbuilding technology relatively late, and they only built ten warships of more than 1,000 tons.

However, those are not real warships, and in the eyes of the Imperial Navy, they can be regarded as commercial and warlike sea ships.

The so-called navies of these two countries have only learned their military uniforms and some of their actions and behaviors, but their understanding of the navy is still at the level that they ultimately rely on jumping to win...... Of course, the world at this time should have understood naval warfare in this way.

They were also armed with their own cast artillery, gunpowder of their own preparations...... Fortunately, if it weren't for the lack of medicine, they wouldn't have killed only this little person.

Now that the oceans are so abundant, there seems to be little worth clash between the two countries over the marine fishing industry.

However, with the large-scale cultivation of grain and cotton fields, they took the initiative to learn the method of fertilizing fields in the Federal Empire, using struvite as slow-release fertilizer...... However, struvite resources in East Asian waters are far less abundant than those in the South China Sea, so it is a relatively scarce resource, so if you find this thing on an unnamed island, you will be happy, and it is normal for disputes to arise.

If they stay at the level of civil fighting, the Federal Empire will not care about them, but if the two sides do not agree, they will dispatch their navies, and they will also pull the Federal Empire to the forefront, and this cannot be ignored.

King Zhang Anguo directly drew a line on the map of the sea area of the two countries, asked the naval department in the military department to determine the latitude and longitude, and sent it directly to the port of Qingdao, asking them to convey it to the Dengzhou naval base, and let them dispatch three warships to reconcile the battle between the two sides, and at the same time divide the exclusive sea area for them, and warn them not to fight for the broken island again.

Let the Goryeo Kingdom spit out the looted Japanese warship, and then assign that small island to the Goryeo Kingdom, and the two sides will understand this, and there must be no more friction because of this!

Wu Dapeng said coldly: "Lao Zhang, I think they are idle...... Well, after a few months, we will organize them into a battle fleet, load them with supplies and labor, and then go east to support our development in South America, and when they return, let them return home with struvite on an island in Peru!

In the name, it's called the Joint Battleship Training Operation......"

Song Ziqiang was dissatisfied after hearing this, and said, "Why should you tell them about the new route? Why give them struvite? I can see in the world that you are a fine and a good man! ”

"Don't follow that! If you don't tell others, others will know sooner or later...... Now that there are maritime merchants who have begun to inquire about the so-called new routes, it is better to let them do more work for us now, send a little more materials and labor, and speed up the development there!

Let more people know that letting more people go there is the shortcut to development!

What is broken struvite? Our struvite in the South China Sea is enough for 100 years, and the Peruvian side, at the current level of development, is enough for 500 years...... What do you have to worry about?! ”

Well, in that world, Song Ziqiang can't say Wu Dapeng, and the same is true in this world.

The Imperial Army stationed at the mouth of the Yalu River and the Imperial Marines stationed in the Kamakura area respectively informed them of the orders of the Imperial Military Headquarters, and three 3,000-ton five-masted warships symbolically patrolled the disputed waters.

Not surprisingly, the two countries had to accept the mediation of the Federal Empire, and also accepted the division of the exclusive sea area between the two countries...... Although the king of Goryeo was reluctant to return the stolen warship, General Kim Jong-sik strongly demanded that it be returned, and at the same time he wanted to show goodwill.

General Kim Jong-sik said, "How can the demands of the Federal Empire be refused? Since they want us to be reconciled with little Japan, then we will reconcile with them, and we will take the initiative to ...... more than them."

General Kim Jong-sik looked at the young King of Goryeo and said, "Your Majesty must have seen the world map they sold...... This world is too big, only the Federal Empire has the ability to conquer it, as long as we are obedient and follow behind, the benefits will not be less...... Your Majesty wants to think about the future of my Goryeo Kingdom......"

The King of Goryeo nodded silently.

In the general's palace in Kamakura Castle, Prince Weiyasu, the great general of the Japanese army, and the great general Rensuke Mihara Koi sat on their knees and listened to the announcement of the lieutenant colonel of the Imperial Marine Corps of the Federation.

After listening to this, the general Lianfu Mihara Koi knelt down and said, "I will completely obey the mediation and demarcation of the Federal Empire, and we will make peace with the Goryeo Kingdom...... It would be unwise for a small island to divide and affect the peace of the entire region! ”

After the lieutenant colonel said goodbye, Prince Weikang was a little reluctant, saying, "Great Japan needs struvite ......."

Rensuke Mihara Koi smiled and said, "Our students studying agriculture on Ruuki Island have replied that the king of the Federal Empire has immediately created a new type of agricultural fertilizer, which is said to be better than struvite stone...... As long as we fully obey their orders, we believe that help can be obtained. ”

Rensuke Mihara Koi looked at Prince Weikang's expression and said, "Without the Federal Empire, there would be no great generals today, and there would be no merchants today, and those ridiculous samurai would run rampant in the country!"

The people will still be miserable, hungry and cold...... Where will there be today's happy days? ”

Truth be told, as the local daimyo and guardians successively took refuge in the Kamakura Shogunate, which was restored with the help of the Federal Empire, the country became more and more stable, new grain varieties were promoted, many cotton fields were cultivated, many new industrial workshops were built, and many large water-powered spinning mills were opened, and the wealth in the treasury increased day by day, and the common people began to gradually have food and clothing, and it was rare to hear rumors of people starving to death in winter.

Especially after they learned how to build boats on the island, they were able to catch more and more fish from the ocean, and they would have fish to eat in their daily meals, which was no longer a luxury.

All this is possible with the help of the Federal Empire......

"The future of Great Japan lies at sea, and in commerce, we cannot do without the Federal Empire, and we must always follow behind them," said Rensuke Mihara Koi.

Your Excellency, General, think of the vastness of the ocean and the ocean......"

The two of them looked at the world map hanging on the wall at the same time.

King Zhang Anguo is really developing a new type of compound fertilizer, after all, this is the right way for agricultural fertilizer.

At that time, it was also very simple, that is, it was based on superphosphate, mixed with Peruvian guano, Chilean saltpeter, and potassium salts everywhere in a certain proportion to granulate and use.

This compound fertilizer mainly contains nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium three elements, are the three most necessary elements for plant growth, all farmland, all plants can be applied, all-purpose type.

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