The coordination meeting of the liaison officers of all parties in Beijing was held in Jimingguan, because the stakes were very high, and Zhao Ran personally issued an invitation letter, and the top leaders of each family came in person. Wei Chaozong of Lingji Palace, Tang Yaozu of Manifestation Palace, Lu Xixing of Chaotian Palace, Li Dayin of Yuanfu Palace, Zhao Zhixing of Daolu Division, and even Lu Yuanyuan of the Dharma Hall were invited to participate.

The coordination meeting was very successful, and everyone was extremely indignant that Lingao Island dared to provoke the Daomen ships and privately block the sea route, especially the sale of the passage flag at sea, which directly challenged the bottom line of the Daomen, so the meeting quickly reached an agreement and decided to take the following measures immediately:

First, an official document was issued to Shandong, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi to strictly investigate the smuggling vessels on Lingao Island, demanding that officials and people in the above-mentioned coastal areas not have any contact with smugglers on Lingao Island, and that if discovered, they should be punished as smugglers.

Second, the bounties were announced to the above-mentioned provinces, and heavy rewards were given to the Wutong Daoren, the lord of Lingao Island, and his four major generals and leaders at all levels, and a reward of up to 5,000 taels of silver was given to those who were caught or provided important clues. The award was also announced to overseas monks.

Third, he sent a letter to the Ministry of War, suggesting that the three guard divisions of Denglai, Songjiang, and Dinghai be rectified and that the port defense be strengthened.

Fourth, a maritime inspection fleet led by Jimingguan was set up to crack down on the smuggling syndicate on Lingao Island.

The only point of contention in the coordination meeting was how to characterize Lingao Island. According to Lu Xixing and Tang Yaozu's suggestion, Lingao Island should be designated as a national thief and rebel, which also represents the views of Lei Xiao Pavilion and Sanqing Pavilion.

But Zhao Ran and Wei Chaozong didn't want to make a big deal out of it, especially Zhao Ran thought that once it was characterized as a national thief and rebellion, the nature would be different, and when it was against the forces of Lingao Island, it would be an act of war, and it needed to be led by the True Master Hall, the impact was too great, and the matter was more troublesome.

Zhao Ran's suggestion is that this is a joint anti-smuggling operation, which belongs to handling the case, so that the leading power is in the hands of the various institutions in Beijing, and it does not even have to be reported to the True Master Hall, which is efficient and fast.

He emphatically emphasized that the forces of Lingao Island are very good at naval warfare, don't think that the Daming Navy Division will be foolproof after dispatching, the Navy Division has not fought for many years, and no one knows what the combat strength is and what the condition of the ship is. If something goes wrong, it is a military defeat, and compared with a mistake in handling the case, there is a world of difference between the time when the responsibility is pursued.

After such an analysis, Lu Xixing and Tang Yaozu had nothing to say, and unanimously agreed to characterize it as a joint anti-smuggling operation.

After the end of the coordination meeting, all parties began to operate in full force, "Junshan Notes" and "Inside and Outside the Imperial City" first made efforts, counting the harm brought by maritime smuggling to the Ming Dynasty, with various detailed examples and figures, and summarized its harmfulness into three: it is the main culprit of plundering the wealth of the Taoist gate and the imperial court for private enjoyment, it is the source of the evil that leads to the separation of the people's wives and even the destruction of their families, and it is an extralegal place where the murderers of various robbery and homicide cases are free from law.

At the same time, Jimingguan began to prepare for the establishment of a maritime inspection fleet.

To prepare for the establishment of a maritime inspection fleet, Zhao Ran's first thought was to investigate the tactics and ship types of the current sailors, and use this as a template to establish a fleet.

The first naval barracks selected was the nearest town of Songjiang. This expedition was led by Lu Xixing, he was a person from Lei Xiao Pavilion, and it was natural to inspect the military camp, and Zhao Ran accompanied Lu Xixing to inspect together.

The process of investigation made Lu Xixing and Zhao Ran feel very disappointed. The entire Songjiang Weishui Division is rated at more than 5,000 people, and the actual number is more than 4,000 people, and this proportion of empty salaries is still within the acceptable range, but from the perspective of the accompanying Longtan Weiniu commander, there are 800 to 1,000 of them who are not like sergeants.

If what Commander Niu said is true, Songjiang Town actually has only sixty percent of the troops. Well, as a sailor who has nothing to do in the rear all year round, sixty percent can understand.

What displeased Zhao Ran the most was that the sailor only had three ships with 500 materials, and the remaining 38 ships below 200 materials, nearly seventy percent of them were below 100 materials.

Commander Wei cried that Songjiang Wei had not added a new ship for 20 years, and it was not easy to maintain the scale in front of him.

Then came the sailor's drill, and the commander set up a long snake formation, and then ...... If there is no more, the drill will be successfully concluded! To be able to put on such a posture is the ultimate that Songjiangwei can do.

Zhao Ran chatted with the commander a lot, and the other party told him that there had been no water war for hundreds of years, and the sailor had always been like this, and the so-called warships were more used for fishing than drills - drills were useless, at most they showed their existence. The farthest distance they could reach was twenty-four miles from the coast.

At this point, Lu Xixing and Zhao Ran's investigation of Songjiangwei ended, and they also decided not to go to Denglaiwei and Dinghaiwei anymore.

Lu Xixing said: "Fortunately, we didn't plan to use the water master before, otherwise we would be laughing and generous." ”

Zhao Ran said: "From another point of view, it is not a bad thing, if not, who would have thought that my Ming Dynasty would have no defense? ”

Lu Xixing said: "Where will there be a big war? For thousands of years, I have never heard of any big war on the sea. ”

Zhao Ran said: "Maybe in a few decades, hundreds of years, hehe, I will scare you!"

The inspection of Songjiangwei gave Zhao Ran a preliminary idea of what type of ship to buy. In mid-July, Zhao Ran came to Longjiang Shipyard to inspect the development and production of ship types.

Longjiang Shipyard is the largest shipyard in the Ming Dynasty, founded in the Taizu period, under the jurisdiction of civil shipyard and Xinjiangkou shipyard, among them, civil shipyard includes horse shipyard, flat shipyard, yellow shipyard, etc., Xinjiangkou shipyard is specialized in building sea ships and warships.

Zhao Ran's visit to the Xinjiangkou Shipyard was built here two months ago for the Amber Dao people to design, and now, a keel has just been erected on the slipway, and the surrounding wood is piled up like a hill, and the boatmen come and go, very busy.

Because the ship was a "Daofa" ship, Amber Daoren, who was a monk, naturally became the main designer of the project - other craftsmen did not understand Taoism and could only rely on his opinion.

Amber Daoren introduced to Zhao Ran: "A total of 460 materials of wood are used, according to the classification of the abbot, it belongs to 056, and the underwater compartment layer is used to absorb the practice of flat boats, and the ship building on the deck is canceled. The deck is flat, and each row can put four large wooden cabinets with a volume of ten stones, and the twelve rows of placement slots are regulated, which can be stacked in two layers, and six large wooden cabinets can be placed in the middle. If rice is loaded, it can carry a thousand stones according to two layers, and if it is heavier ore, it can only be stacked in one or a half layers. ”