Returning to Kaohsiung Port, Yan Changwu did not delay for a moment, and immediately listened to the report of Deputy Admiral Li Ying.

"On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, on the 'Green Island' (west of Taiwan, there is no actual control), Kaohsiung No. 35 was patrolling, and it turned out that two Dutch merchant ships were moored on the island, and the No. 35 ship sailed over and found that the other side did not have a command flag, so they ordered their crew to go to the deck to receive inspection, and the other party started the sails, and Kaohsiung No. 35 fired at the other side!"

Yan Changwu nodded, there was no mistake in the disposal of Kaohsiung No. 35.

It stands to reason that our ship is the first to take the lead, which is very beneficial, but the power of artillery in the sail era is really not good, especially when the blasting shells are not mature, they are all solid bullets, and this kind of ammunition relies on kinetic energy to kill, and it is really smashed.

There were 28 guns on the cruiser, only 14 on one side, plus the attack was lost, the other side was an armed merchant ship, and at the beginning it ate some shells, and when it did not lose its vitality, it immediately fought with the Kaohsiung ship after setting sail.

“…… The other side had a total of 40 guns (20 on one side), and they fought for three hours, but one was sunk by our ship, and the other was captured, but there was a fire, and only 30 loads of intact raw silk were found from the hold, and the No. 35 ship was discounted with two masts, the deputy captain Chen Ziyun was killed, and there were as many as 100 dead and wounded, all of which were compensated according to the regulations, and the No. 35 ship is now under repair in the Beigang dock, in good condition, and half of it has been repaired. ”

"The Dutch captives confessed to being a business and were not expelled, but their officers were almost dead and wounded, and could not ask any more questions." Li Ying made a brief report.

"What's the matter with the pirate Li Kuiqi?" Yan Changwu said in a deep voice.

"The merchant ship of the Quanzhou royal family received the order flag in my southeast province and crossed the sea, and it was always hung on the mast, but when it arrived at Dongshan Island, it met Li Kuiqi and was forced to stop the ship for inspection. . . According to the Wang family, they had paid Li Kuiqi the sea fee before, but the other party still robbed it, focusing on what they said, saying that the ship had the flags of the stars, peaks and oceans of our southeast province, and they were all robbed! Then they threw our flag into the sea in front of a boat full of people! Li Ying said angrily.

Everyone who heard it was angry, in the past few years, the Southeast Mansion has risen strongly, and heroes from all walks of life dare not give face, this Li Kuiqi is bold!

If you dare to hit us in the face, you have to pay with your life!

The incidents happened one after another, and Li Ying recounted his countermeasures, one was to inquire about the current situation of the Dutch in the Intelligence Bureau, and the other was to send a reconnaissance ship to Dongshan Island to check.

"The intelligence bureau said that the Dutch in Batavia have not moved, and the Dutch have not assembled at present, but this is information from a month ago."

"I sent three reconnaissance boats to Dongshan Island, the other side was very vigilant, as soon as we found our ships and drove them away, we could not find any useful information, at the same time, the intelligence bureau also said that the other side is very vigilant, no matter at sea or land, it cannot penetrate." Li Ying said regretfully.

He also knew the importance of "intelligence", but in the circumstances, the intelligence bureau was not omnipotent, and reconnaissance had limitations.

As for preparing for war, the four fifth-class battleships are in good condition, and the twenty-three cruisers are all ready, and the necessary materials are ready to go at any time! Li Ying said loudly.

"Good!" Yan Changwu expressed his relief.

Then Hong Sheng, who was in charge, told about Xiong Wencan's coming east:

Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian, had a big plan, and he advocated the use of force to suppress bandits, but gradually stopped with the changes in the domestic situation.

Since the new emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he wanted to do something, but the heavens were not beautiful (Xiaoice River period), drought and flood disasters followed, and the pressure of disaster relief was heavy, and the old wild boar outside the gate was humming and humming, making the Great Wall uneasy inside and outside, and the war continued, and the treasury silver poured into those bottomless pits like pouring water, and he himself died, listened to the Donglin Party, got rid of Wei Zhongxian and the factory guard, Jinyi, and the tax supervisor, etc., Wenchen called him the holy monarch.

The saint is holy, but the treasury has liquid silver, but I am afraid that it is not as much silver as the silver in the treasury of the southeast mansion!

For example, in the severe drought in Fujian Province, Xiong Wencan found an embarrassment: the government had no money for disaster relief, but the southeast government received a large number of victims, and received as much as they could.

actually let him show a small face in the imperial court: no one starved to death, no rebellion occurred, and the entire Fujian Province was calm!

Compared with other stormy provinces, Fujian Province is like a paradise.

This made Governor Xiong thoughtful, and finally, he dressed up as a businessman, took more than a dozen entourages, took a sea ship, and went to the "North Port" of the Southeast Prefecture open to the outside world.

There are five towns in Taipei, Beigang, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung, of which Beigang is open to Chinese people, and Tainan is open to Hongmaofan.

Needless to say! But I saw that it was densely populated, the roads were dense, the products were abundant, and the agriculture was developed.

In particular, the roads are clean and tidy, which is really jaw-dropping!

What shocked Xiong Wencan was the farmland water conservancy construction in the southeast province.

The farmland there is contiguous, from the sea to the inland of the mountains, the irrigation of the canal goes deep into the fields, the drought in Fujian Province is great, but the crops in the southeast province are amazingly vigorous!

"This is only the achievement of three years (1625-1628)?" If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Governor Xiong would hardly have believed it.

After years of hard work, the development of agriculture and the construction of water conservancy, the people of Southeast Province have turned the fields covered with barren grass into fertile and fertile fields.

Standing on the edge of the harbor and looking into the distance, you can see that the rivers and canals on the plains are like nets, and the sugar fields and rice fields between them are endless; On the straight coast, salt pans are dotted with vertical and horizontal avenues. This is an area with developed agriculture, especially the sea of sugarcane, Xiong Wencan knows "economy", this is silver!

No wonder people in the southeast province generally began to wear silk!

They actually practice the Gregorian calendar, have Sundays for rest, leisure time, and many people wear silk on the streets, the key is the general phenomenon, they look much better than the people on the mainland.

It turned out to be such a plastering place, and the water town in the south of the Yangtze River was bright for a while!

If it can be collected, how much food and wealth can be added to the Ming Dynasty!

However, his mind was shattered in less than a day, because he "did not do his job", he looked east and west, which attracted the attention of the people in Chaoyang, southeast province, and attracted the public to surround them, accusing them of being spies!

According to the law, the spies will not be killed in the Southeast Mansion, and they will be reformed through labor for three years.

Xiong Wencan was not afraid, and directly identified himself: "I am Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian, what, do you want to arrest your parents?" ”

The people of the southeast province were surprised, and flew to report that Tainan Hongsheng had taken people to Beigang overnight and met with Xiong Wencan.

However, when he saw the governor, he only bowed and did not kneel.

"This place is the southeast mansion, except for the Lord Overseer, he is the son of God, so he must kneel, and the rest of the people are all bowing, and please forgive the Lord Governor!" Hong Sheng is neither humble nor arrogant.

People are under the eaves, how can they not bow their heads, Xiong Wencan knew that the climate of the Southeast Mansion had been completed, and sighed slightly.

The southeast government has already taken countermeasures against the arrival of high-ranking officials on the mainland, and they want to see where they want to go, show them, in addition to the core factories (such as factories producing gelatin, candy factories, gun factories, etc.) and the army, other places are at their disposal.

Hong Sheng brought Xiong Wencan to a three-day tour, and the more the old Xiong looked at it, the more surprised he became, the Yan boy in the southeast mansion was going against the sky.

Rice, sugarcane and multigrain crops are grown in an astonishing way!

There are other industries such as sugar refining, candy making, deer breeding, shipbuilding, maritime trade, etc.

So he invited Yan Changwu to cross the sea to Kinmen.