The implementation of the "sail south" plan was quite smooth, and there were no people on the island of Taiwan at all, and the people on the island were either pirates or fishermen, and only after the Yan family arrived in Taiwan, they continued to move people into Taiwan, and in essence they were all immigrants.

Never underestimate the adventurous spirit of the Chinese people!

Since they dare to cross the strait to reach Taiwan, they also dare to cross the sea to the sea side to spell out a splendid future!

They are full of confidence, because they have wise leaders, they have an invincible fleet, they have a strong political guarantee, they have sufficient supplies and funds, and there is nothing to stop us from going south.

The time, the place, the people, we are coming!

Materials, funds, and ships are well prepared, and the most critical population, after a thorough survey (the notice to recruit people to go to the South Seas has not yet been posted, after all, Batavia has not yet been defeated), the population required for the first and second phases has been registered, and half of the third phase of 100,000 people has been completed!

Local officials enthusiastically signed up, and they all said that they would fight for a new place, do a great job, and live up to their lives!

Everything is waiting for news from the front, and once it is successful, it will be immediately set sail south!

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Taking advantage of the early northwest monsoon, the Southeast Fleet marched southward, and the warships formed a huge circle and would pass through Fujian, Liangguang, Hainan, and Annam, and finally reach Batavia.

The sun was shining, the warmth was pleasant, the sea was calm, the fleet was day and night, and hundreds of deck officers easily controlled this huge and spirited formation, all of them were young, mostly mud-legged fishermen on the mainland, fishermen without shoes, dishonorable maritime merchants, and scolded-off hawkers, less than one-tenth of the professional seamen (such as the families of the officers and men of the Fujian Naval Division), but in fact, it was these people who controlled the fleet in their respective posts, and their experience had given him confidence in their ability to do the job.

Among the officers, there are even women, such as Chen Yuxue, who made meritorious service a while ago, as a deputy captain in commanding a fifth-class sail cruiser to participate in the battle.

Everywhere the Grand Fleet went, the officials were frightened, and the people were excited!

At first, when the mainland officials saw this fleet, they were frightened, and they thought they were coming to fight them, after all, a while ago, the Qingliu of the imperial court shouted that they wanted to engage in the Southeast Mansion, and the officials were most afraid of the counterattack of the Southeast Mansion.

Fortunately, it was not afraid of something, but passing.

As a result, the officers became angry and enthusiastically approached the naval officers of the southeast province, and talked about their friendship together. (The fleet anchored for one night in the Grand Harbor for replenishment)

The common people were very happy, and they could make a lot of money: carrying water, vegetables, live poultry and livestock, all kinds of local products, and even wine banquets (enjoyed by the officers), etc., the southeast province has always been a fair trade.

The area around Guangzhou was bustling with activity, with ships coming and going, full of supplies and supplies to the fleet, and the officers and men then accepted it.

In the Pearl River Yingyue Tower in Huangpu Port, the Southeast Army surrounded the downstairs, and upstairs, Yan Changwu had dinner with Xiong Wencan, the governor of Liangguang.

“…… I didn't expect you to do such a great thing! Xiong Wencan said, he was even more emotional, because not long ago, he was scared and restless, and he was afraid that the official would be difficult to protect, but Yan Changwu lived a very beautiful life, and his career became bigger and bigger.

"If there is no Xiong Gong, there is no honor for me today!" Yan Changwu saluted him and said, "Come, I'll give Xiong Gong a drink!" ”

This is the truth, Xiong Wencanbao promoted Yan Changwu to be a Ming official, if Yan Changwu did not cooperate, just like Liu Xiang (drama thief), Xiong Wencan recruited Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang detained the envoy and killed the official army, Xiong Wencan was demoted by the imperial court to stay in office, if Yan Changwu didn't help him kill Liu Xiang, it would be almost unsafe.

Putting on an official body is very beneficial to Yan Changwu, and those staunch patriots of the Ming Dynasty have no psychological burden to accept bribes from him (he is also an official soldier!). As a result, he turned a blind eye to his smuggling of goods and human trafficking, and the great cause of the southeast province was on the fast track.

After everyone did it, eating and drinking and chatting, Xiong Wencan gradually led the topic to the major events of the imperial court.

"Now that the northern captives have stopped outside the pass, they can't break through the line of Ningyuanjin, and they are restrained by Inspector Sun by the detour, and the war is calm!

On the contrary, it is the Liukou (peasant uprising) that is blazing! Xiong Wencan said that at the beginning of the year, the peasant army entered Hebei, and the general Yang Yuchun led his troops to chase after him, and died in ambush. The rebel army captured Zhaozhou, Xishan, Shunde, Zhending, etc. and went west to the Motianling in Xingtai, to Wu'an, where the garrison Cao Ming and the chief bookkeeper Wu Yingke were all killed. The power of the peasant army in Hebei was greatly shaken, which made the court and the people uneasy.

"Wherever the rogues go, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil, we all eat Mingsu, how can we sit idly by!" Xiong Wencan said impassionedly.

Yan Changwu just listened, noncommittal.

"This little fox!" Xiong Wencan muttered secretly, so he had to show up in the dagger: "Virtuous nephew! Your southeastern army is a rare strong army in the world, if you have cavalry, dare to say that the northern captives have already been suppressed by you! And the rogues are uncensored, which is just right for your southeast army to deal with them! ”

"You might as well wait for you to return from the fight against Hongmaofan, dispatch a large army, and help the court to exterminate the Liukou, so that the Ming Dynasty is peaceful, and you will also be famous for a hundred years, after helping the war against Ningyuan, you will make a great contribution, and be admired by all the people and relied on by the court!" Xiong Wencan flickered Yan Da Shaodao.

Yan Dashao would not fall for him, and laughed and said: "Xiong Gong bullied me!" ”

"Such a good thing, how can I deceive you, old bear?" Xiong Wencan pretended to be displeased.

"You and I both know why the Rogue Rebellion came!" Yan Dashao smiled and said: "The rogues are because they can't survive, natural and man-made disasters, serious taxes and forced labor, land is occupied, and the people are not able to make a living!" ”

Yan Changwu stopped at the point, and in front of Lao Xiong, he did not deeply expose the ugly faces of the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but just said: "If you don't solve the root problem, patronize and suppress the rogue, such as fighting the fire with salary, the more it burns, the more intense, the wise man will not do it!" ”

"But!" He changed the subject and said, "Although I can't solve the problem of rogues, I can reduce its intensity. ”

"Immigration?"

"Yes, it's immigrants!" Yan Changwu smiled.

"If others want to go with you Xiaoyan, let them go!" Xiong Wencan said solemnly: "I have to give them a way to live!" ”

He fully knew that Yan Dashao's move was digging up the roots of Daming.

"Xiong Gong is righteous!" Yan Changwu thanked Xiong Wencan, not only Lao Xiong's side, but also the passage of smuggling in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty was opened by Yan Dashao to bribe officials, and the population continued to flow into the southeast mansion.

"Xiao Yan, you don't want to go, I'm afraid that Lao Xiong will leave for a while!" Xiong Wencan's words were desolate and authentic.

"The imperial court wants to transfer Xiong Gongxing to suppress the rogue?" Yan Changwu hurriedly asked.

"Exactly!" Xiong Wencan nodded and said, "The imperial court wants to move me, let me suppress the Liukou." ”

"Can't go!" Yan Changwu said categorically.

"The order of the court, I can't help myself!" Xiong Wencan smiled bitterly.

"Then don't believe them!" Yan Changwu said bluntly: "Absolutely don't believe them, especially Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, I'll give you an idea, when you see them, kill them first!" ”

"Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong?" Xiong Wencanqi said: "Why do you only say that you want to kill them, are they very powerful?" ”

At this time, Li Zicheng was not yet the king of Chuang, he had just defected to his uncle Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, in Shanxi, and his reputation was not obvious.

And Zhang Xianzhong is only one of the thirteen rebels with Gao Yingxiang as the leader of the alliance, and he has not yet shown his prestige in attacking Fengyang and digging the ancestral tomb of the old Zhu family.

"It's not amazing, they should all be killed anyway!" Yan Changwu stood on the side of the officials and said vaguely.

Xiong Wencan said suddenly: "Xiao Yan, come on, let's enjoy a picture!" ”

He took out a scroll drawing, opened it, Yan Dashao looked at it, it was a picture of an ancient lady, a girl laughing in the peony bush, the girl was very young, but she had a pair of peach blossom eyes, melon seed face, water snake waist, looking very charming, Yan Dashao nodded and said: "Not bad!" ”

"Mei Mei is my youngest daughter, born from my side room, now thirteen years old, how about it, can you enter Xiaoyan's eyes, you and I can marry Qin and Jin?" Xiong Wencan asked with a rather hateful smile.

Yan Changwu was unhappy: "Dead old bear, you will make as much money as you can, it's not enough for labor and management to call you uncle, but also to call labor and management to call you father!" ”