After the master's attitude replied to Changlin, it was not difficult for Changlin to make a decision.

He had seen the strength of Zhou Lang's army, although there were many Yi people in Zhou Lang's army last time, and there was no information on the appearance of Yi people this time, according to Taiwan's intelligence, Zhou Lang still had a group of Yi soldiers under his command, and the Taiwan government exaggerated the strength of Zhou Lang's Northern Expedition as 10,000 to cover up their ugly state of being pierced by more than 1,000 mercenaries from south to north.

Therefore, Changlin judged that Zhou Lang had left the powerful Yiren soldiers in Taiwan, what he didn't know was that the elite under Zhou Lang could now compete with those Indian native soldiers, and they might not be as good as the European mercenaries in terms of mental state, but they could also fight against them.

After the defenders of the two islands of Jinxia were defeated and retreated, they also exaggerated the strength of Zhou Lang's army, which also made Changlin worried. The most important thing is that Changlin has seen Zhou Lang's army, and at the same time, he also judged from some reports from the Taiwan government that the army of the Heaven and Earth Society is not very strong, at least the imperial army can suppress the Heaven and Earth Society before, but after the loss of Penghu, those Fujian-based soldiers were cut off because of the back road, and the army was disheartened, resulting in a rout.

Based on these judgments, Changlin believes that it may be more difficult to recover Jinxia than to recapture Taiwan.

In the case that Zhou Lang did not accept Zhao'an, Changlin was not unable to accept the tacit understanding of mutual non-aggression between the two sides.

So he sent Qianlong a letter of reciprocation, summing up his plan of action in thousands of words.

He explained to the emperor that the two islands of Kinmen and Xiamen were lost because the main force of the Fujian naval division was transferred to attack Penghu, and the rear air defense was weak, which left an opportunity for the Haikou. Now that Li Changgeng is in command of the Fujian and Zhejiang Naval Division, and has recovered Penghu, Changlin believes that Taiwan should be first and then Jinxia.

His reasoning was that the officers and men were full of vigor and drove out the main force of the Penghu pirates, and only the rest of the troops attacked Jinxia without a major disaster, and instead of sending troops to turn around and recover Jinxia, it was better to take advantage of the current military spirit to land in Taiwan and fight a decisive battle with the bandit leaders in one go.

Changlin made a negative evaluation of Jinxia's pirates, but the reason is very sufficient, this is just a partial division under Chen Zhouquan, the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, and the imperial court sailors can even take the Penghu defended by Zhu Li, the king of Zhenhai appointed by Chen Zhouquan, and there is no reason why he can't take down the pirates under Zhou Lang.

Regarding the countermeasures of the Jinxia Haikou, Changlin continued to say that he wanted to be Zhao'an and appeased, first stabilize the Haikou, wait for the imperial army to return, and then take the Haikou in one go.

Since it is to stabilize the Haikou, before Taiwan is recovered, Changlin will have an excuse not to conflict with Zhou Lang.

His recital was sent to Beijing at an expedited speed of 800 miles, and it only took a month to deliver it back and forth, which was the fastest delivery method in this era.

But enough of a lot happened in the middle of the month.

The number of Fujian locals who trade between the two islands of Jinxia has increased, but most of them are moved by the huge profits of Zhou Lang's defenders and come to send some supplies to the army.

Obviously, from Wuyi Mountain to the mouth of the sea, it was not so easy for the Qing army to pass through the ten-step, one-post, five-step, and one-outpost, and it was difficult for tea merchants without strength to open up the entire trade route.

The real big tea merchants, has long been accustomed to take the land route, over the Wuyi Mountain through Jiangxi to Guangdong, although the road is far away, the checkpoints are numerous, but a complete transportation chain has been formed, from Wuyi Mountain to the sea, but there is no ready-made transportation channel, it is difficult for a single merchant to open up such a channel alone, so the tea of Wuyi Mountain can not go to sea.

Zhou Lang believes that this situation may not be solved by the local small smugglers in Fujian, and he needs a capable person who does not use violent methods to dredge such a channel, even if the cost of dredging is very high, but as long as it is opened, then there will be a steady supply of tea.

This candidate is naturally Wei Lianli, who is well-versed in human feelings, and when Wei Lianli was transferred from Guangzhou to Xiamen, he also watched him nearby, so as to avoid a defection like Zhao Wen.

What Zhou Lang didn't know was that when his letter was sent to Guangzhou, Wei Lianli really had the intention of defecting.

He is enjoying happiness in Guangzhou, and he is quite happy, not to mention the dangerous front line, and he does not want to go back to Taiwan.

Whether it is the Qinglou Fengyue, or the delicacies of the mountains and seas, these favorite things, Taiwan is far inferior to Guangzhou.

At this time, Zhou Lang suddenly wrote to him to go to Xiamen and told him to let him open the passage to Wuyi Mountain.

He was crying!

Wei Lianli has never been a person who has courage, nor is he ashamed of his lack of courage, he is used to flattery, bending to meet this set of means, and quite complacent, he can't write the word risk, and he doesn't agree with the sentence of seeking wealth and danger.

But now let him go to a strange land to open up trade routes, doesn't this force him to die?

But he is indulged in pleasure, and he is really reluctant to be rich in front of him, he has opened up the situation in Guangzhou, it can be said that he wants to be windy and rainy, let him give up all this, even if he absconds with infinite wealth and hides incognito for a lifetime, he really can't do it.

He is greedy for pleasure, but in fact he is not greedy for money, and his philosophy of life is to spend money when he has it. He even spared no expense to buy a thin horse opera troupe from Yangzhou that could not only sing opera and sing songs, but also make beds and quilts, making him quite popular among the magnates in Guangzhou.

He is a smart person, he knows that he can enjoy all this safely because he has Zhou Lang behind him, if he betrays Zhou Lang, he will be useless, and he can only be reduced to the end of the Qinglou to see people's faces, and even for people to have fun.

So after three days of pain, he was still depressed and took his bags on the road.

After arriving in Xiamen, Zhou Lang explained the current situation to him.

Tell him that he has reached a tacit agreement with the Fujian government that the well water will not interfere with the river water, and as long as the trade road is opened, the government will not intervene. But the smugglers in Fujian were not able to get out of this trade route, and Wei Lianli needed to make a trip.

Let Wei Lianli sneak inland as a businessman, trace it up to Wuyi Mountain along the Jiulong River, Jinjiang River and other waterways, and at the same time wade out of a Fujian tea channel, he must also establish relations with local forces along the way to dredge this humanitarian road.

In the era of precious metal currency, the funds that can be carried are limited, Zhou Lang brought all the gold ingots to Wei Lianli, and sent three cronies to accompany him, and also paid him two donkeys, he can only bring 10,000 taels of gold, the price of gold and silver is 1 to 10, that is, 100,000 taels of silver, with 100,000 taels to open up this tea trade road, it is very cost-effective.