As early as when he was in Taiwan, Zhou Lang thought that Taiwan's affairs had become the emperor's biggest headache. The Qing court would definitely gather heavy troops to suppress it, so at that time he supported Chen Zhouquan's Northern Expedition in order to attract Chen Zhouquan's firepower.

Zhou Lang only guessed half right, after Qianlong learned the news from Taiwan, he really attached great importance to it, but it didn't make it a headache.

First, the pirates in Fujian and Guangdong have not been quelled in recent years, and Vietnamese pirates will snatch them from Guangdong to Zhejiang every year. Although something happened to Taiwan, it was only an island at best, and the changes on land were the big deal. As for the suppression of Taiwan's Lin Shuangwen uprising in the list of the ten martial arts, it is all to make up a good number, it does not mean that Qianlong attaches importance to Taiwan, Qianlong even included the ten perfect martial arts in the confused war with Burma, not to mention Taiwan, you must know that the battle against Burma is actually a victory or defeat, and the suppression of Taiwan's Lin Shuangwen is a real victory.

Second, Qianlong is really a big-hearted person. He was eighty-five years old, and his body was still very strong. Generally, long-lived people have a trait, that is, they don't get angry in everything, some are really broad-minded and can tolerate things that cannot be tolerated, and some are indifferent to everything, Qianlong is both, he has some tolerance and some cynicism. This is related to his life situation, the throne passed to him, the difficult things have been done by his predecessors, the political initiative of opening up and closing, Kangxi has done it, and Yongzheng has done it, and when Qianlong succeeded to the throne, he really ushered in the most glorious time, he really couldn't find anything to do for a while except for pleasure.

Qianlong knows pleasure, understands pleasure, and is keen on pleasure, just like Jia's mother in the Dream of Red Mansions, who seems to have come for pleasure all her life. He is such a character, the emperor who has made a difference ascends the throne, and what he prays for is generally what the country and the people are safe, Qianlong is not, he prays for a long life, and makes a wish that if he can sit as the emperor for sixty years, he will never do one more day, and he will take the initiative to abdicate.

Such an emperor, and he is already over eighty years old, he can't afford to eat because of the chaos on an island.

Qianlong's only way to deal with it is to urge Wu Lana to enter Taiwan to supervise the war, but Wu Lana is too incompetent, the emperor has urged him, he did not dare to enter Taiwan, stationed in Quanzhou to watch, unfortunately, Quanzhou just suffered from a big flood, hungry people surrounded him to pray for relief, all over the warehouses in Fujian were empty, Wu Lana where there was food relief, can only pretend to ignore, and was seized by Kui Lun to bring down.

Wu Lana was really unreasonable, and finally let the angry Qianlong use him to make a decision; In fact, in terms of factions, Wu Lana is a party of Heshen, otherwise it would not be possible to pay tribute to the emperor eleven times a year through Heshen; And what is the relationship between He Shen and Qianlong, if it weren't for Wu La, who would really make people angry, Qianlong really wouldn't have used him, after all, there are too many corrupt officials in the whole world who can make Qianlong open the knife.

However, even if Qianlong did not care about Taiwan, he could never have not cared about Fujian.

The news from Beijing has reached Fujian, so the news of Fujian should also reach Beijing.

The next move of the Manchu court has basically been determined, and there is no second way except to send troops to suppress it. If Zhou Lang was just a pirate bandit, the Manchus might have Zhao'an, Zhou Lang had already captured the provincial capital of Fujian, and if Zhao'an was returned, the Manchu Qing would really have no face.

Moreover, Qianlong is an extremely good-looking person, he must not tolerate Zhou Lang, a sea coward who attacks the city and plunders the land, retreats with all his body, and the next thing is to gather the elite troops of the whole country and attack Fujian in an all-round way.

This is exactly what Zhou Lang is worried about, and it is also the reason why Zhou Lang is unwilling to accept Wang Fuqian's suggestion to conquer the whole of Fujian.

Kui Lun killed ten corrupt more than 10,000 state and county officials, deposed a large number of them, Fujian's high-level bureaucratic system is chaotic, the grassroots system is actually even more chaotic, with the current chaotic situation in Fujian, Zhou Lang transferred the 10,000 people in Fengshan County, with 20,000 troops, enough to capture every city.

But the question is, what is the use of the capture?

Zhou Lang's troops are scattered, and the expansion of small forces will always encounter this kind of dilemma, if he fights, he can't hold it, he can't hold it, he can't govern it, Zhou Lang can't talk about the problem of governance now, he can't even hold it.

Therefore, instead of consuming troops and dividing troops to occupy the prefectures and counties of Fujian, it is better to gather the army in the coastal areas, rely on its own naval superiority, and deal with the Manchus.

The attraction of capturing a large land province was too great for Wang Fuqian and other subordinates, and they found various reasons, what to occupy Fujian, they would have the capital to chase the Central Plains, and tried their best to persuade Zhou Lang to forge ahead. Moreover, from a military point of view, he explained that Fujian is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea on the other, so as long as the three passes are guarded and the Qing army is prevented from attacking from the interior, and the sea is guarded by a superior navy, Fujian will be completely defeated.

Zhou Lang knew very well in his heart that after he conquered Fengshan County, the non-cooperation of the local gentry class made him unable to obtain resource support from the local government for a long time, and rashly conquered Fujian, let alone strive for local support, I am afraid that it will not even have time to build up the organizational structure, and the Qing army will arrive, and the whole map of Fujian occupied by that time is not a resource, but a burden.

As for the suggestion of dividing troops to garrison the pass in the Wuyi Mountains and blocking the Qing army, Zhou Lang felt unreliable when he thought about it. Send all your troops to the mountains far from the sea, in front of which is the Manchu army that is approaching with great momentum, and behind you is a group of local squires who are eyeing each other for training.

Of course, if you take a risk, you will gain a lot if you win, but Zhou Lang is not a gambler, he prefers to believe in the limited benefits brought by a steady and reasonable operation, so Zhou Lang resolutely rejected the advice of his subordinates, and let the soldiers rest in Fuzhou on the grounds that the army had been fighting for many days and the soldiers were tired. However, it was agreed that Wang Fuqian would go to appease various places, let Ma Dalei bring the most elite battalion elite soldiers with 1,000, and inspect various prefectures and counties with Wang Fuqian, and persuade the other party to surrender if he can, and try to maintain the status quo if he can't.

Then transfer troops from Taiwan and gather all the troops that can be assembled, and the 20,000 pirates who surrendered to Cheng will also consider letting them fight as infantry for the time being, and will not consider letting them get on the ship for the time being. However, all the new recruits and veterans have stepped up their training and strive to strengthen their combat effectiveness again before the big war.

Twenty days after the occupation of Fuzhou, Wang Fuqian had already toured the nearby prefectures and counties, and he was very dissatisfied with the operation. In the surrounding prefectures and counties, where there are Qing troops stationed, either the four gates are closed and guarded to the death, or the soldiers flee and bandits are rampant. is what Zhou Lang said, it is easy to fight, but it is difficult to govern. Wang Fuqian took over several county towns where the officers and soldiers had fled, but found that he could not find anyone to manage the city at all, whether it was an official or an official, he could not find a single one.

When he governed Fengshan County, he went to invite those old officials one by one, but now there are dozens of prefectures and counties in Fujian, where does he have the energy to invite them one by one.

The scholars did not support or accept it, which made Wang Fuqian very sad, and after returning to Fuzhou, he was very depressed.

A month later, someone came from Taiwan, not Zhou Lang's army, but someone sent by Chen Zhouquan from Lukang.

is still an old acquaintance, and he is his nephew, Chen Guanghui!

Chen Guanghui still came as Chen Zhouquan's envoy, and this time he brought the will of Emperor Chen Zhouquan, or a cooperation agreement.

After reading this will, Zhou Lang was like winning the lottery, and the joy in his heart was beyond words.

Chen Zhouquan canonized Zhou Lang as the king and was named the king of Fujian! Of course, this is not the reason why Zhou Lang is happy, for an extreme pragmatist like him, this kind of name is worthless, and it is meaningless unless everyone else eats a set.

In the holy decree, in addition to canonizing Zhou Lang as the king, he also ordered Zhou Lang to immediately send a sailor to seize Penghu, and then assist the "Wang Division" in the Northern Expedition.

Chen Zhouquan is going on another Northern Expedition, which is why Zhou Lang is happy. Chen Zhouquan has already occupied the northern part of Taiwan, and further north, but the sea, of course, there is no need for the Northern Expedition in Taiwan, but it is most likely to go south to annex Fengshan County controlled by Zhou Lang. So, of course, this Northern Expedition refers to something else.

In the holy decree, Zhou Lang was ordered to immediately escort the "Wang Division" north to Zhejiang with a sailor, and Chen Zhouquan's Northern Expedition began in Zhejiang.

Zhou Lang was suffering from having to face a head-on battle with the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the future, which not only affected trade, but also interrupted the opportunity for him to maintain his glory, and he could not develop from then on. At this time, Chen Zhouquan suddenly jumped out, saying that he hoped that Zhou Lang could escort his army to the Northern Expedition, and to attack Zhejiang.

After Zhou Lang occupied the three cities of Zhangquan and Fuzhou, he was bound to face the counterattack of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if Chen Zhouquan went to Zhejiang at this time, what would the Manchus do, whether to attack Fujian or Zhejiang first?

The importance of Zhejiang is higher than that of Fujian, because compared with Fujian, which has many mountains and few places, Zhejiang is the land of fish and rice, and Fujian has been in turmoil for many years, and it is also close to the Grand Canal, the lifeblood of the Qing court.

But if the Qing court regards Chen Zhouquan and Zhou Lang as a group of forces, it makes sense to send troops to attack Fujian and Zhejiang at the same time, because of the absolute balance of power, the Qing court occupies an absolute advantage, and they have no way at sea, and it is definitely not arrogant for them to attack Zhou Lang and Chen Zhouquan at the same time on land. No matter which outcome it is, Chen Zhouquan's northern expedition to Zhejiang greatly reduced the pressure on Zhou Lang.

This is simply jumping out to help Zhou Lang block the gun, which makes Zhou Lang how unhappy!

So just like when Chen Zhouquan said that he would go on a northern expedition to Taiwan's capital, Zhou Lang immediately promised to give his full support.

Then Zhou Lang discussed the details of the cooperation with Chen Guanghui in detail, and found that Chen Zhouquan was really not what it used to be, and the Northern Expedition was not delusional!