What is Zheng Zhilong's strength, Yang Fan inquired. There were 3,000 large and small fleets, and no less than 200,000 Han, Korean, Dongying and other troops. Of course, how much water there is in the figures of 3,000 ships and 200,000, Yang Fan doesn't care about it for the time being. If there are really so many troops, let alone fighting a Dutch fleet, it is not impossible to go north to fight Huang Taiji and Zhu Youzhen in the Central Plains, so why bother to succumb to a corner.

As Zheng Zhilong's biggest opponent Liu Xiang, Yang Fan certainly didn't believe that he only had so many thousand people, which was not enough for Zheng Zhilong to plug his teeth. The sea is not the same as occupying the mountain as the king. These robberies rely on ships, so few people live in groups on one island. If they all live on the same island, then it will be easy to do, then the bombardment will do. The point is that these people are scattered, and it is difficult to catch them. Yang Fan estimated that Liu Xiang was too light of the enemy yesterday and did not contact the brothers on the other island, so he did it alone, and was subdued by Jinyi Weizhi.

When the ship arrived at the Quanzhou wharf, it slowly docked. It has always been a haven for ocean trade. During the Tang and Song dynasties, the Maritime Silk Road opened up from here, and Chinese porcelain and tea were continuously transported to the Middle East and Western Europe. No matter how chaotic the pattern of the north is, it is still prosperous.

The sea is a symbol of wealth. The rise of maritime trade seized the opportunity to rise to the rise of empires. However, history, with a heavy chain, locked this ancient China on the land, and in the next two hundred years, the sea became a moat, a self-righteous moat.

"Sir, we have enough food and grass, why do we have to stop in Quanzhou, wouldn't it be good to go south directly?"

Yang Fan shook his head and said, "First, we don't know about the situation in Luzon, what if something happens, what about so many people on the ship?" Second, since he Zheng Zhilong has returned to the imperial court, then we have to sell him face, otherwise there will be a conflict at sea at that time, who will we talk to? ”

"Heh, I can't imagine that the lord is also afraid."

Yang Fan thought that this sentence should have come from Sun Yi's mouth, but he didn't expect it to be said by Li Yuhuan, which couldn't help but make him stunned. The ship was slowly approaching, and the sailors on board, one by one, shouted and put away the sails. In the past month, there has been no wind and rain on the sea, which can be regarded as God's blessing.

Yang Fan looked at the flow of people at the Quanzhou wharf and said, "Afraid? That is the reverence of the strong. The most terrifying thing is that you don't know the strength of the enemy, but you think that you are invincible, that is the most terrifying. ”

"There are so many dignitaries and dignitaries in Beijing, and the lord was in the court and at the gate of the city, so he didn't speak righteously?"

Yang Fan smiled, "Yu Huan, since you follow me, you can't even see through this, then you are also in vain." In Jingshi, the saint is the sky, even in the eyes of those people, no matter how presumptuous I am, no matter how unreasonable I am, they only dare to touch me on the surface, even if I secretly arrange some small tricks and feet, it is also a petty fight, because in their eyes, I am just a clown who jumps off the beam, and the saint behind me is the main master. Yang Fan died, and maybe there are more difficult Zhang Fan and Li Fan to deal with, so it is better to fight with me wholeheartedly. ”

Li Yuhuan was very intelligent, so he naturally understood what Yang Fan was talking about, so he asked: "What does the lord mean, the dignitaries and dignitaries of the imperial court are really working against the saint?" The students don't think it's true, how can a courtier deal with the saint. ”

The boat was almost ashore, and the planks were slowly lowered. Yang Fan planned to let those refugees get off the boat this time, but it was only within the prescribed range, so that people could completely clean up the filth on the ship. Now it's not just the bilge, but the ship is like **, stinking. It's okay at sea, it's windy enough to ventilate. Once docked, the smell lingers.

"Deal with it, it's not about using a knife and a gun to confront the saint, when Shenzong was in power, how he was in his later years and the ministers of the court, you must have heard of it. But it's so disgusting, you do yours, I do mine, isn't the court still like this? Therefore, the Holy One will not worry that those courtiers will overthrow him, but if the Holy One destroys their original interests for the sake of the overall situation, then they will do everything possible to obstruct it. ”

Li Yuhuan saluted and said, "What Mr. taught. ”

"Yu Huan, you are not in the world, there are many things that you take for granted, and there are many rules in it. Either follow their rules, or break them. What I'm going to do now is to break that rule for the Holy One. ”

The people on the boat slowly came down, and Yang Fan took Sun Yi, Li Yuhuan and Jinyiwei, two thousand households, four hundred households, waiting for the general soldiers from Quanzhou to come to meet them. It's not that there is any majesty in swinging, these dozens of big ships swaggering into the dock, if they don't report a word, they can't be justified.

After a while, a large group of people rushed in. The general soldier stationed in Quanzhou led a detachment to rush over. Seeing Yang Fan, who was surrounded by a few brocade clothes, he dismounted and came up. In this era, the official level crushes people to death, although Yang Fan has no real power and grade in his hands, but he is a celebrity around the emperor.

That's enough over here.

"Oops, Lord Yang. The last general Che Qiu saw Ling Hebo. ”

As soon as he saw this military general from the third grade, Yang Fan knew that he was a chief soldier, so he hurriedly bowed down and helped him up, "Chief Che is polite." In the next time, I went south to Luzon and stopped in Quanzhou, just to meet Zheng Dudu, so as not to encounter some trouble in Nanyang. ”

"South to Luzon?" Che Qiu was stunned. In the Ming Dynasty, where transportation was not developed, it was not so fast to transmit news from Beijing to Quanzhou. Even Yang Fan broke Jiannu and won the title of Bo in the First World War, but it was only the news that had just arrived in Quanzhou a few months ago, and this car feud was naturally not clear.

"Yes, the most important thing in this mission to Luzon is the immigration of 30,000 people, as well as the purchase of grain and rice. General Che also knows that there is a severe drought in Shaanxi, and it is estimated that there will be a severe drought this year, and there is a great shortage of food. ”

Che Qiu came back to his senses and whispered: "Lord Yang may not know that this Luzon was ruled by Westerners as early as fifty years ago, right?" How could you want to immigrate to Luzon, it won't work at all. ”

Yang Fan, who was still smiling just now, was instantly petrified, your mother is also a history college student, and even Luzon was colonized by Spain in 1571 will forget jì, this book is really read to dogs. He patted his head and shouted, "It's a mistake, it's a mistake!" ”

Do you want to put these 30,000 refugees back? Isn't this nonsense, if you put it back again, Yang Fan is worried that Zhu Youzhen will strangle himself. After tossing for so long, not to mention, if you have to raise these 30,000 mouths, it is estimated that the entire Jingshi will laugh at Yang Fan. If it's just ridicule, Yang Fan thinks that his cheeks are okay, it's nothing to be poked in the back and scolded at the beginning, the key is that the work of these 30,000 people is still not settled, so it will be troublesome.

Che Qiu said: "Don't worry, sir, in this way, when Governor Zheng comes, you and Governor Zheng discuss it, how about it?" Yang Fan's mood was in a mess at the moment, but he quickly calmed down. Prepare the station, a few of us will settle down first, and the matter will be discussed later. Also, the refugees on the ship can get off the ship first, and the fleet needs to be cleaned, which houses the tired car commander. ”

"This doesn't matter, the last general will arrange it for the lord. Lord please. "The general army in Quanzhou does not have a lot of power, Zheng Zhilong is pressing, where does the temper come from, dare to act without permission. Therefore, after arranging the residence of Yang Fan and the others, Che Qiu hurried to Zheng's mansion. In Quanzhou, Zheng Zhilong's words are better than anyone else.