Qingzhou began to enter the fast lane of development, as Su Tiancheng expected, a large number of people, began to move into Qingzhou, businessmen are also a large number of gathered, Liu Yunqing and Liu Zhongji are very busy, Fuzhou County officials, the focus of the force, are concentrated on the distribution of land and the enthroned population, the development of Dengzhou and Laizhou, by the common people word of mouth, the scope is very wide, to put it mildly, Qingzhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou, by the ordinary people, regarded as the Gold Coast.

In this process, many officials from the Governor's Office went to Qingzhou to see and strengthen supervision and inspection.

By October, Qingzhou's population had swelled to 600,000, an increase of 400,000 in just two months, and this was the result of the control of the yamen in Fuzhou County.

By this time, Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou had already entered the normal development track, and Su Tiancheng could fully concentrate and think about making money.

In November, the shipyard and Weihaiwei wharf, there is good news, it is now the agricultural season, there is a large number of labor, the shipyard and Weihaiwei wharf, concentrated tens of thousands of people.

The shipyard has broken through the bottleneck of technology, and the next step is to open the road horsepower production, and the number of people is large, and by November, twenty warships and twenty patrol ships have been assembled, as well as some small warships, these warships and patrol ships have not yet officially entered the water, entering the water is a major ceremony, Su Tiancheng must participate, what makes Su Tiancheng feel gratified is that the guns on the warships and patrol ships are all fully equipped, and test firing has been carried out, and the effect is very good.

This also indicates that Su Tiancheng's pockets quickly deflated.

The construction of Weihaiwei Wharf is basically completed, that is to say, the port can be opened, and Su Tiancheng plans to plan the time for the opening of the port. It was in the first month, nearly two months in advance, which was a little caught him off guard, and the opening of the port affected many things, including the blockade of the sea, which existed. Zheng Zhilong in the south controls a large amount of open sea, and I don't know if the merchant ships in the road will be able to enter the Weihaiwei wharf.

Weihaiwei set up the City Shipping Division, Su Jun concurrently served as the promotion of the Municipal Shipping Division, and handed over the Municipal Shipping Division to Su Jun to take care of, Su Tiancheng was completely relieved, at this time, Su Tiancheng used officials, the focus was not on rank. It's the ability. As for the relevant officials of the Municipal Shipping Division, they are all recommended by Su Jun, and they are all very capable, and there are not many personnel in the Municipal Shipping Division, a total of more than 50 people, and the task of these people is very heavy, once Weihaiwei Wharf is opened, they may be busy day and night.

Realistic situation. forced Su Tiancheng to consider opening the port.

It's mainly a matter of silver, and it's been close to a year. Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou are all under large-scale construction, and although some taxes were received after the autumn harvest, they were just a drop in the bucket compared to the expenses. Including the silver earned from the arms trade and the shops at Weihaiwei Wharf, they were all invested in construction and training, and at this time, earning silver became the biggest task. The trading of artillery can definitely make money, but it cannot be traded now, which is also a restriction on Su Tiancheng.

If the port is opened as soon as possible, it will definitely be able to harvest silver, and it will be a huge source.

After comprehensive consideration, Su Tiancheng decided to officially open the port on December 1.

The wax moon is the peak period of commercial transactions, and the opening of the port at this time will inevitably stimulate consumption to the greatest extent, and the silver obtained from taxes must be able to maintain most of the expenses.

The problem definitely exists, but what to do, it is impossible to wait until the conditions are completely sufficient, and at that time, the opportunity may be lost, and Su Tiancheng, who has crossed over, fully understands this.

At present, the biggest problem is Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, according to Su Tiancheng's idea, if he and Zheng Zhilong can negotiate, all problems are easy to solve, Zheng Zhilong has dominated the sea for so many years, he has been a pirate, and he is also very rich, he can understand the overall situation, everything is easy to say, maybe Su Tiancheng will help Zheng Zhilong from other aspects, but if Zheng Zhilong still wants to dominate the sea, or even take measures to suppress Weihaiwei Wharf, then Su Tiancheng will not be polite, If it is not done well, it will even directly eliminate the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion and exterminate Zheng Zhilong's lair in Fujian.

From the perspective of human nature, Su Tiancheng knows very well that there must be a contest between him and Zheng Zhilong, which is related to the development of Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, and the future of the Ming Dynasty.

The situation is not optimistic at all, Liaodong is very likely to have an accident, the development of Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, has entered a critical moment, can not open up maritime trade, it is impossible to have a great development.

On 20 November, 30 warships and 30 patrol boats will begin to be launched in turn.

After nearly a year of training, the officers and soldiers of the 25,000 naval divisions basically mastered the requirements of naval warfare, but they never had the opportunity to take a real warship into the water.

Sun Chuanting took the lead in training with the soldiers, and the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Navy Division had to exchange their experiences every day and express their own feelings, and there were special personnel to sort out these new and insights, and compiled them into teaching materials for all the officers and men of the Navy Division to study, and the results of the training were also obvious.

On the surface, everything is starting from scratch, in fact, Su Tiancheng has spent a lot of effort, sea operations, the key thing is to overcome the feeling of vertigo, the rest and land operations, there is not much difference, the personal quality of the soldiers is still the key, as for the overall cooperation, the same pace, interdependent combat thinking, has long penetrated into the hearts of every soldier, has become the basic guarantee for their survival.

Sun Chuanting took the officers and men of the sailor division to train on the sea in a small wooden boat, and after the small wooden boat withstood the wind and waves, the swing amplitude was very large, and at the beginning of the training, some soldiers did not say that they raised their swords and guns, but it was good to be able to stand firm, and many sergeants vomited so much that they couldn't even figure out where they were.

Vomiting again and again and dizziness again and again, it was in this kind of training that the officers and men of the sailor division began to grow up slowly, and now, all the officers and soldiers can stand firmly on the rocking wooden boat.

Of course, such intense training requires a guarantee of food and salary, and the living conditions of the officers and men of the naval division are stronger than those of the rest of the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion, who have meat to eat every day, and no matter how dizzy the training is, they must be forced to eat to ensure sufficient physical strength.

The officers and men of the Navy Division have truly achieved this in the winter and the summer in the summer.

However, the confidence of the sailors is still lacking, after all, they have not fought in regular battles, and they have not fought at sea, so it is impossible to have sufficient self-confidence, and self-confidence in this kind of battle can only be established in battle.

In October, the officers and men of the Navy Division began to get on the warships and patrol boats, and the results of several experiments were very good, and all the officers and men of the Navy Division, after taking the giant warships and patrol boats, felt that it was a kind of happiness, and the giant warships and patrol ships were much more stable, without so many bumps, and even under the strong winds and waves, they were relatively much more stable.

The training effect of the officers and soldiers of the naval division, Su Tiancheng is firmly in control, this is also a situation that must be mastered, the intelligence from Shenyang and Lushun, so that Su Tiancheng knows the way, the naval division of Houjin, the total strength of the army has reached 15,000 people, as for the warship, it is far from being comparable with the Jiangning battalion naval division, the largest warship in Houjin, the length is no more than 20 meters, and compared with the warship owned by the Jiangning battalion, it is equivalent to comparing with babies and strong young people.

Su Tiancheng knew that although Huang Taiji had foresight, calm and wise, and had a unique vision, he was not clear about the huge role of the sailor, and the Houjin formed the sailor, not to fight for hegemony at sea, but to use the sailor to attack the Ming Dynasty.

After all, Huang Taiji lives in this era, and it is impossible to break through many limitations.

The sailor of Houjin is not the main opponent of the Jiangning Camp Sailor, let alone the strong enemy in Su Tiancheng's heart, Su Tiancheng is still concerned about Zheng Zhilong's sailor, the so-called Daming Sailor.

The intelligence personnel arranged by Qu Qingze have already entered Fujian, specializing in spying on Zheng Zhilong's sailors, these intelligences are what Su Tiancheng focuses on, a few months have passed, a lot of information has been imprinted into Su Tiancheng's mind, Zheng Zhilong is mainly a sailor, there are some cavalry and foot soldiers, but it is not the point, Zheng Zhilong relies on it, and it is also a sailor, with more than 3,000 ships of all sizes, of which there are more than 1,200 ships used for combat, there are no giant warships, and there are 80 large warships. There were two hundred medium-sized warships, and the rest were small ones.

In the coastal areas of Fujian, including the coasts of Guangdong and Zhejiang, Zheng Zhilong's fleet has an absolute hegemony, especially in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, including the Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish fleets, which dare not compete with Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

Zheng Zhilong has been a pirate, proficient in naval warfare, and understands the importance of sailors.

But based on the intelligence of all aspects, Su Tiancheng also noticed that although Zheng Zhilong's sailors were extremely powerful, there was also a big problem, that is, they did not have the determination to dominate the global oceans, and the focus was on defense, and Zheng Zhilong's sailors were in short supply of artillery, and there were almost no heavy artillery on the warships.

After analyzing a lot of situations, Su Tiancheng felt that the sailors owned by the Jiangning battalion were invincible, and the time for opening the port was basically ripe, and on November 20, after the warships and patrol ships were launched, they would patrol the ocean, and when the time came, Weihaiwei Wharf could be opened. (To be continued......)