"How many of the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Tartars were transferred from Taiwan this time?" , Chen Jialuo looked at Luo Bing and asked.

"There are more than 3,000 people, Taiwan is already a vast territory with few troops, and this time it has been drawn 30% of its troops, and the Tiandihui on the island has also moved more recently, and it seems that they want to take the opportunity to start an incident." , Saying this, Luo Bing suddenly realized what Chen Jialuo meant, "The chief helmsman wants to take down the Taiwan Mansion?" However, the strength of our current naval division is not enough, and I am afraid that we will not be able to transport a large number of troops to the island. ”

"yes, that's a problem!" , the ships can find a way to mobilize from Zhao Banshan's fleet, but the more than 30,000 Fujian sailors are not given in vain, even if they don't dare to fight hard with these third-level sail battleships under their own command, but they still dare to do these things to harass the transport fleet, "If you want to take Taiwan, you must first kill Huang Shijian's sailors, but our current sailors can't eat him." ”

"Why Taiwan? Can't we fight Jianning Mansion? Xu Tianhong asked, "If you build Jianning Mansion, you can connect with Zhejiang and Jiangxi, Zhejiang is our base camp, and Jiangxi's people are fierce and suitable for recruiting troops to expand their power; Taiwan is isolated overseas and has few personnel, I'm afraid it is not conducive to our expansion? ”

As long as there is a fleet to guard the sea route, we can develop with peace of mind, and if there are few people, we can send people to the island from Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Fujian. Besides, Taiwan has the coal mines and iron mines that we are currently most lacking! Coincidentally, most of Taiwan's coal mines and iron ore are distributed in the north, which is very close to Funing Province, and the transportation of materials in the future is also very convenient." By the way, Taiwan still has sulfur, with which we can make more guns and ammunition; It is a good thing and a bad thing that Jianning Mansion is located at the junction of the three provinces, we can fight out and the Tartars can also come in. Let's let Sect Leader Wang and Sect Master Ma be in the limelight, let's first practice our internal strength in a solid manner, and then we will naturally be invincible. ”

"It's not impossible for the sailor to think about it!". Luo Bing stretched out his hand and pointed at a certain point on the map, "Right now, in order to attack us, Huang Shijian has concentrated most of the troops of the Fujian Navy Division in the Meihua Institute near Fuzhou, if he can take the opportunity to kill them." At least for three years, you won't have to worry about the water master. ”

"In three years, it will be the turn of others to be afraid of our sailors!" , Huo Qingtong said with a smile, a few months in the navy, let her deeply appreciate the importance of sea power and the power of the modern navy.

"There are many small coal mines and iron workshops near the Tamsui Hall and the chicken coop, and the quality of the iron tools and coal mines produced is good. If it is true that there are a large number of coal mines, iron ore and sulfur reserves to the helmsman, Taiwan Province is indeed more suitable than Jianning Mansion to become the current target! Gao Classi gave his opinion from the perspective of his own department.

"The surname of the country has been operating in Taiwan for many years, and now there are many members of the Heaven and Earth Society in Taiwan's mansion, and we will inevitably have to deal with these people on the island in the future." , Lu Feiqing reminded, "Heaven and Earth will have a wide range of influence in the Liangguang and Nanyang regions, and if we don't deal with it properly, I'm afraid it will not be conducive to our future expansion." ”

Heaven and earth will! I don't know if the descendants of Lord Wei Xiang are still there? Chen Jialuo made a slight mistake, the history of this semi-underground organization lasted almost the entire Qing Dynasty, and just a dozen years later Lin Shuangwen, a member of this organization, would launch an uprising in Taiwan. The Qing court had to pay a huge price to suppress the uprising. Later, this organization also appeared in the Taiping Rebellion. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, they became the fragrant bavets of various legitimate scrambles. However, all this is useless, although this organization has a large number of congregations, and its sphere of influence spans the two Guangxi and South Seas, but it lacks a strict organizational structure, a mature operating system, and a clear goal of struggle, and the uprisings are either quickly suppressed or made wedding dresses for others.

Strategically we should despise the enemy, tactically we should attach importance to the enemy, although they do not think much of the Heaven and Earth Society, but they do have the strength to influence the course of history. Chen Jialuo knocked on the table and thought for a moment, then instructed Luo Bing, "Why don't you contact the Tiandi Society in Taiwan first and see what they want?" After all, everyone is a person who is determined to oppose the Qing Dynasty, as long as it does not violate this premise. Everything is negotiable! Isn't the fourth brother going to send a batch of weapons to the Heavenly Mirror Zen Master in a few days? If you can't find the right person to contact, you might as well let the Zen Master of Tianjing come forward to contact, although they and the people of Taiwan are different from the incense hall, but after all, they are a group of people. ”

"Yes! I'll arrange it! Luo Bing answered cleanly. Then he talked about how to settle the members of the Salt Gang and develop the salt industry in Fujian, and they did not disperse until dark.

I haven't seen Huo Qingtong for a while. Since he met it today, he definitely couldn't let it go, and when he returned to the room, Chen Jialuo wanted to do something, but Huo Qingtong refused because it was still dark. Chen Jialuo, who was itching, had no choice but to ask someone to bring dinner, and chatted with Huo Qingtong while eating. After talking about the problems in the recent army training for a while, Huo Qingtong suddenly said, "By the way, the sister of the Lin family has come to Funing Mansion twice recently, so she must miss you." If you have time recently, you might as well go back to Fuding to see her and Sister Yuanzhi. ”

Well? What's going on? Hasn't she always ignored herself? How can you take the initiative to come to the door? Chen Jialuo didn't realize that his actions last time had changed Lin Jing's preconceived notion of him.

When he woke up the next day, Chen Jialuo put aside Huo Qingtong's words last night, and now that the Qing soldiers are about to hit the door, there is still time to pay attention to an inexplicable tsundere girl.

inspected the army and intensified live-fire training; visit the Navy's new formation exercises and ask the Navy what it thinks of the new artillery; inspect factories to learn about the latest production of weapons and ammunition; From the results observed by Chen Jialuo, although the people of Funing Mansion did not answer the question of the extent of eating pot pulp to help Wang Shi, they were all satisfied with the work of the new government to varying degrees, and their words vaguely showed their worries about whether the good life could continue under the Qing army's wanton attack.

Everything is on the right track, as long as the Qing army is defeated this time, the people's confidence in the Red Flower Society will be more, and it will be much easier to recruit soldiers next time! When the number of troops rises to 50,000, the whole of Fujian will become the sphere of influence of the Red Flower Society! (To be continued.) )