The news that the Zheng family sailors were preparing to attack Weihaiwei Wharf soon spread.

Zheng Zhilong's soldiers were divided into two routes, one was three hundred warships, attacking Weihaiwei Wharf, completely destroying Weihaiwei Wharf, and one hundred warships and patrol ships all the way, and began to block the waterway and prohibit merchant ships from entering the waters of the Yellow Sea, so that the two-pronged approach could play a decisive role, when doing these things, Zheng Zhilong did not deliberately avoid it, he even began to discuss with Zheng Hongkui and others, whether to establish a large commercial wharf along the coast of Fujian, since Su Tiancheng was able to establish a public wharf in Weihaiwei, You can also do it yourself in Fujian, and with the wharf, you can earn more silver.

Zheng Zhilong's determination to attack Weihaiwei Wharf also benefited from his weaving network over the years, he understood that he understood that it was unrealistic to want to occupy wealth and power alone, and there was no good end, the best way to do it was to be able to collect large and small forces, so Zheng Zhilong, who didn't care about silver, also established a lot of relationships, the people of Quanzhou absolutely supported the Zheng family, and many ministers in the court also accepted the silver sent by the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhilong knows very well that although he has been appointed as the governor of Tongzhi, there is still a big gap in his status compared with those civil and military ministers who are from a real background, and it is definitely unrealistic to rely on the imperial court to improve his status, so he can only control his own destiny and become strong enough.

Once the decision was made, Zheng Zhilong did not have so many scruples, and the struggle for supremacy on the sea not only relied on attack, but also on momentum, Zheng Zhilong specially released a word, which was to warn those merchant ships that entered Weihaiwei Wharf.

Weihaiwei Pier was clearly affected.

The Zheng family sailors have maintained hegemony at sea for many years, and everyone knows that they are powerful. Especially those merchant ships that came to trade, they were more or less hit, when the Dutch East India Company united many fleets and launched a fierce battle with the Zheng family's sailors, but they still failed, which also proved the strength of the Zheng family's sailors. Now that the Zheng family sailor has released words to attack Weihaiwei Wharf and block the maritime trade report, the most uneasy thing is the many merchant ships that come to trade.

The wharf is still lively, but if you look closely, you will find that there is a noticeable increase in the number of merchant ships docked at the wharf, some cargo ships. It was already full of goods and could set off, but it was still in the wharf, and it was slow to leave, and the number of merchant ships coming in to trade was also decreasing.

When such a situation arises, there are many people who are in a hurry, and the first thing to recommend is those shipowners who come to trade. The second is Su Jun and others, who are promoted by the city boss. Su Jun felt that he had to do his duty, and the number of merchant ships at the dock was decreasing, and he had to come up with a solution.

Just when Su Jun was in a hurry, Su Tiancheng came to Weihaiwei Wharf.

Seeing Su Tiancheng, Su Jun immediately felt relieved. No matter what the problem is, in the hands of Su Tiancheng, it must be able to be solved, after so many years, there is still no problem that can stump Su Tiancheng. Even if he was such a strong Houjin Tartar, he didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Su Tiancheng.

"Su Jun, how is the operation of the City Division?"

"My lord, there is no problem with the operation, in the first ten days of the opening of the port, the daily tax collected exceeded 500,000 taels of silver, and the tax in the past few days has decreased a lot, less than 100,000 taels per day."

"Hehe, you must be in a hurry, it's a good time to make money, but unfortunately the merchant ships have decreased, presumably Zheng Zhilong's words have played a role, three hundred warships attacked Weihaiwei, so bold, I'm afraid Weihaiwei Wharf no longer exists."

Hearing Su Tiancheng say this, there was no anxious look on Su Jun's face, he knew very well that once Su Tiancheng said such a thing, he was ready for everything, I am afraid that Zheng Zhilong will suffer a big loss, after so many years of development, the courage of Jiangning Ying has developed from an outward-looking type to an introverted type, and Su Tiancheng must have made a decision to hit Zheng Zhilong hard.

"My lord, there are a lot of merchant ships moored at the wharf, many of them have already purchased goods, in fact, they can leave, they always occupy the berth, and the small ones are also very anxious."

"Don't worry, it's normal for these businessmen to be afraid, they don't want to suffer huge losses, if they lose the goods of this ship, I'm afraid that a lifetime's efforts will be in vain, let them wait at the dock for a while longer, this time is a little more leisurely, the city is just to sum up the experience, see how to improve the speed of inspection, if a large number of merchant ships come to Weihaiwei in the future, you need to deal with it calmly."

The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion stationed in Weihaiwei were most transferred, and only 2,000 people remained, and the remaining 8,000 people were all concentrated in Qingzhou, preparing to enter Zhejiang from Nanzhili and directly to Fujian. The two-pronged approach is also a decision made by Su Tiancheng.

The mobilization of the cavalry, in a state of top secret, after leaving Qingzhou, what route to take, how to keep it secret, how to do it quickly, from Qingzhou to Quanzhou, Fujian, the road is far away, it is already the moon, the attacking soldiers, must be outside the Spring Festival, all these are issues that need to be considered, and comprehensive planning needs to be done.

These specific things do not need Su Tiancheng to worry about, after many years of campaigning, the officers above the commander of the Jiangning battalion and guard have been forced to think independently, and they have long formed a good habit of being in charge, and have received combat tasks.

There are only 2,000 soldiers stationed in Weihaiwei, but many businessmen don't know what to do.

Compared with the owner of the ship, the businessmen of Weihaiwei Wharf are much more optimistic, and they don't believe it at all, just with Zheng Zhilong's strength, they also dare to call out with Su Tiancheng, who doesn't know the way, the Jiangning battalion led by Su Tiancheng wiped out hundreds of thousands of rogues, so that the Houjin Tartars did not dare to move in Liaodong, these are the embodiment of strength, and on the day the port was opened, everyone saw the giant warships and patrol ships, and the degree of shock could not be described in words, the Jiangning battalion has such a huge warship and patrol ship, Where is Zheng Zhilong's sailor can contend with.

Many businessmen, naturally there are from Fujian, in this regard, Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze thought of going together, Zheng Zhilong was very arrogant, indispensable, Su Tiancheng would not do this, the chance of winning the battle, secrecy is very important, after receiving the information from Fujian, Qu Qingze sent a lot of people to start monitoring these Fujian businessmen, to see if someone sent information to Fujian, although the businessmen did not know the deployment of the Lu Dao Water Division, it was impossible to get any valuable information, but just in case.

After a period of surveillance, the situation is still good, perhaps the conditions in Quanzhou are too good, Zheng Zhilong controls the South China Sea, where the merchants have a way to make money, plus Zheng Zhilong is very good to the people of Quanzhou, the entire Weihaiwei Wharf, there are no merchants from Quanzhou.

Intelligence can often reveal a lot of information, from this intelligence, Su Tiancheng felt Zheng Zhilong's self-confidence and conceit, businessmen are thinking about making money, no businessman will think that there is too much silver, Quanzhou businessmen, I'm afraid they also want to come to Weihaiwei, but these businessmen have received many benefits from Zheng Zhilong, and at some times, they have also been subject to a lot of restrictions, and they don't dare to come to Weihaiwei at all.

This information shows that although Zheng Zhilong has returned to the imperial court, he still thinks about his own interests in his bones, and does not put the national righteousness and the imperial court first.

In peacetime, there is nothing strange and impossible to blame for having such thoughts, but in extraordinary times, everyone thinks like this, and it is dangerous, which will make people lose judgment and collapse the whole country, because this kind of thinking reflects that everything is for themselves. Su Tiancheng believes that many civil and military ministers in the imperial court also have this understanding, they will not consider the national righteousness, and when danger comes, they will be helpless and watch the country collapse.

With these analyses and judgments, Su Tiancheng has a lot of confidence, he feels that defeating Zheng Zhilong is a sure thing to win, and the next thing to consider is how to maintain the safety of the Ming coast after defeating Zheng Zhilong, after all, the sea area of Daming is vast, Zheng Zhilong controls Fujian, Guangdong and most of the coastal areas of Zhejiang, if Zheng Zhilong's power is uprooted, the control of these places will become a vacuum, and when the time comes, the sailors of the Jiangning battalion must set up military docks in coastal places, Maintain the peace of this generation.

This is also Su Tiancheng's purpose, sea power has never been valued by the imperial court, but sea power is the basis for the Ming Dynasty to really be able to dominate, once the hegemony of the sea is mastered, the scope of control of the Ming Dynasty will be dramatically expanded, and wealth will also roll in.

When the sailor division was established, Su Tiancheng thought that it would take a long period of time before it was possible to gradually control the hegemony at sea, but he didn't expect that this time would come so quickly, and the sailor division of the Jiangning battalion had not yet been completely built, so this opportunity would come.

A day later, Su Tiancheng left Weihaiwei and returned to Penglai, and news came from Penglai, and the news about the warship sent by Zheng Zhilong had been obtained. (To be continued......)