On February 15, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Su Tiancheng arrived in Fujian Province.

After so many years, except for the magistrate who served in Jiangning County for a period of time, most of the time, Su Tiancheng was active in the northern provinces, and successively went to Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Shandong and other places, but rarely had the opportunity to go to the south, this was Su Tiancheng's first time in Fujian Province.

Before the crossing, as a grassroots civil servant, Su Tiancheng is not very familiar with this place in Fujian, but he knows that Fujian and Taiwan face each other across the sea, the people here are mainly Han people, the population of ethnic minorities is very small, but there are many ethnic groups, and it can be regarded as one of the places where ethnic minorities live, Fujian's Fuqing Gang and Changle Gang and other gangs are very famous, and they are famous overseas, and there are many overseas Chinese in Fujian.

Fujian's economic development speed is average, and its reputation after a few hundred years is not great, and it is far from being comparable with neighboring Guangdong, Zhejiang, and other places.

In the eyes of the court officials, Fujian is not a very good place, many officials have been belittled, or offended the magnates in the court, the most likely place to distribute is Fujian, the overall terrain of Fujian, belongs to the hilly area, there are many mountains, in the eyes of the court officials, this is not suitable for survival.

However, Fujian still has some fame in the entire Ming Dynasty, mainly because maritime smuggling activities are rampant here, especially when Zheng Zhilong ruled the South China Sea, most of the smuggling merchant ships were transported ashore through Fujian.

After the imperial court opened the Weihaiwei wharf, it had a certain impact on the smuggling of merchant ships in Fujian, but the impact was not too great, mainly because Fujian was far away from Weihaiwei. The cost of transporting goods from land to Fujian has increased a lot, and some businessmen who specialize in smuggling are certainly not satisfied. Able to affect all aspects, Zheng Zhilong evacuated Fujian, and Xiong Zijian entered Quanzhou, Fujian on behalf of the Jiangning battalion, and dealt a merciless blow to these businessmen who specialized in smuggling activities, because of the strength of the Jiangning battalion and the courage of the Jiangning battalion sailors, these businessmen suffered heavy blows, and some businessmen. I fled Fujian and went to Japan or Taiwan, hoping that one day I would be able to make a comeback.

Xiong Zijian's ability to rectify the once rampant smuggling activities in Fujian is also due to the improvement of Su Tiancheng's status, and it is unlikely that officials at all levels in Fujian will want to interfere in the affairs of the Jiangning camp. Especially after Su Tiancheng entered the cabinet, officials at all levels knew it even more. If you want to find trouble with Xiong Zijian, it is tantamount to offending Su Tiancheng, and I am afraid that you should not think about being able to wear an official hat steadily.

Xiong Zijian himself is very incorruptible, oil and salt are not entered, and those businessmen who are engaged in smuggling activities have also thought of a lot of ways. I hope that Xiong Zijian can accept their money and give them a yard, but unfortunately this purpose cannot be achieved, and those officials who have received the benefits of businessmen cannot mediate from it. After learning Xiong Zijian's attitude, he retreated.

Xiong Zijian did this, but also Su Tiancheng's arrangement, if Fujian's smuggling activities are too rampant, Weihaiwei Wharf will inevitably suffer a major impact, and even difficult to maintain, after all, smuggling can save a lot of costs, can be exempted from a lot of taxes, this situation is not unusual, Su Tiancheng knows very well, even after a few hundred years, there are large-scale smuggling, the purpose is to exempt a lot of taxes, so that money directly into the pockets of individuals.

The merchants along the coast of Fujian, or the merchants who have benefited greatly from smuggling activities, are not only Han Chinese, but also merchants from Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and other places, whose interests have also been affected.

According to the information obtained by Su Tiancheng, some merchants who had fled Fujian had joined forces with Japanese, Dutch, and Spanish merchants to form a powerful force in Japan and Taiwan, with the aim of opening up the Fujian waterway, so that they could continue to engage in smuggling activities and make huge profits from it.

Under such circumstances, Su Tiancheng decided to attack Taiwan, drive out the Dutch colonists, dominate Taiwan, and then completely dominate the surrounding seas, create a golden channel for sea transportation, and govern the surrounding Luzon, Nanyang and North Korea.

These things are all plans for the future, and the current task is to take Taiwan, and then run Taiwan well.

Su Tiancheng went directly to Quanzhou.

Along the way, Su Tiancheng was a light car, with Qu Qingze, Liu Tiehan, Song Sijun and others, under the escort of Wu Rong and others, they slept in the open and rushed to Quanzhou at the fastest speed.

Sun Chuanting, Xiong Zijian, Wang Dazhi, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Chenggong and others have been waiting for Su Tiancheng for a long time.

Zheng Zhilong dedicated his mansion as a place for Xiong Zijian and others to work and stay, and after Xiong Zijian learned that Su Tiancheng was coming to Quanzhou, Fujian, he vacated the best courtyard and room.

The 20,000 soldiers of the Jiangning battalion led by Sun Chuanting and Wang Dazhi were stationed in the military camp built by Zheng Zhilong in the past, and many warships were docked in the open sea, that is, near Zheng Zhilong's former mansion, where the guards were very strict, and ordinary people were not allowed to approach at all.

After a hurried meal, Su Tiancheng went straight back to the room.

Everyone followed to the living room and waited for Su Tiancheng silently.

After washing up a little, Su Tiancheng appeared in the living room.

According to the suggestions of Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong, attacking the island of Taiwan in early March was the best choice, the sea was calm and there were few huge waves, which was conducive to the action of the warship formation, and tried to avoid encountering storms at sea.

Su Tiancheng came to Quanzhou, Fujian, which means that the time to attack the island of Taiwan has entered the countdown.

Sun Chuanting, Qu Qingze, Xiong Zijian, Liu Tiehan, Wang Dazhi and others all know Su Tiancheng's temper, do things neatly, and don't have so much gossip, even Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong have heard and witnessed Su Tiancheng's requirements.

"Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong suggested that the attack on the island of Taiwan should start in early March, which is a very good suggestion, but the attack will start in February, and the difference is not very big.

Xiong Zijian, who was familiar with the situation, spoke first.

"My lord, the situation that Xiaguan has learned is that some businessmen in Fujian who specialize in smuggling activities have fled to Taiwan and Japan, and some Japanese businessmen have also followed to Taiwan. In addition, the Dutch, because they occupied Taiwan and controlled Luzon and Nanyang, also wanted to be able to carry out large-scale maritime smuggling activities in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, and obtain huge benefits. ”

Su Tiancheng's face showed a sneering look, if it weren't for the involvement of Houjin Tartar, such a situation would have occurred, Su Tiancheng would lead the army after recovering Taiwan, and go straight to conquer Japan, so that the Japanese would-be robbers know how powerful the Ming Dynasty was.

After Xiong Zijian finished speaking, Sun Chuanting continued to speak.

"My lord, the officers and men of the Jiangning Battalion Naval Division, have been in Quanzhou, Fujian Province for more than a month, and they have to patrol and train at sea every few days, because the warships and patrol ships are huge, and some small boats to assist in landing are all ready, Lord Xiong, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong have given great assistance, and also helped the soldiers of the trained sailors to quickly transfer from the warships and patrol boats to the small boats and land quickly, and the training in this area is still going on, and the soldiers have been able to master and operate very skillfully."

After Sun Chuanting finished speaking, Su Tiancheng looked at Zheng Hongkui.

Zheng Hongkui also spoke quickly.

"My lord just talked about the problem of the time of the attack, his subordinates and Chenggong once suggested that the attack in March was also based on the actual situation here, and now the attack is also completely feasible, the summer wind and waves at sea are relatively large, from Fujian to Taiwan, there are still some islands along the way, these islands, mainly occupied by smuggling merchants, are not enough evidence, and the subordinates think that taking Taiwan is not a problem."

Everything that should be said was said, and Su Tiancheng slowly spoke.

"I am the first time to Fujian, the impression of this place is very good, here outstanding people, the climate is suitable, not the impression that everyone says the old and young are poor, the people's life is relatively poor, this is the responsibility of the government, into Quanzhou, I feel that the people's life, generally better than other places in Fujian, this is probably the credit of Zheng Zhilong, which shows that Fujian can build a good Lu."

"The imperial court has no special impression of Taiwan, I don't say that you also know the Tao, the imperial court thinks that Taiwan is a barren land, I learned from the intelligence that the situation between Taiwan and Fujian is not very far apart, in the first year of Chongzhen, there are many ordinary people in Fujian, relocated to Taiwan, and lived in Taiwan, built Taiwan, but such a good place, but was occupied by the Dutch, can we tolerate such a situation, it must not work, we must recapture Taiwan, we must build Taiwan well." (To be continued......)