Only then did Xiong Wencan understand that the situation in Fujian that he had heard before coming was complete nonsense, and it was not reliable at all.

Xiong Wencan can become the governor of Fujian, although there is a factor of secretly running for officials, but it is also a bit level, not to mention that he is not a Beijing official who parachuted into Fujian, but was promoted from the locality, and has been a local official for a long time, and he is very familiar with the small actions of local officials.

As soon as he arrived at the Fuzhou Governor's Yamen, he immediately arranged for his servants and staff to start moving around to help him collect first-hand information about Fujian.

It's just that after just a few days of investigation, Xiong Wencan basically understands the situation in Fujian, and the official news and the market news are completely different.

Don't look at the gossip on the market Sometimes it is not very reliable, some news is obviously exaggerated, but after the many news are summarized, the real situation can be basically analyzed.

After these situations were gathered together and carefully studied and analyzed by Xiong Wencan and his staff, Xiong Wencan couldn't help but gasp, he never thought that the situation along the coast of Fujian would be so erosive.

Nowadays, the entire coastal area of Fujian can be said to be completely in a state of having no sea defense, and the acropolis set up along the entire Fujian coast have been attacked by sea wolves to varying degrees in the three months between last year and this year, and they have either been simply destroyed or beaten to tatters, and hundreds of gentry and powerful manor villages along the coast have also been attacked and plundered.

The number of people who were taken captive in various provinces was as high as 100,000, of course, some of them took advantage of the chaos to run away from home, and some of them were taken captive by sea wolves, so that there were empty spaces along the coast.

What's even more serious is the huge Fujian, which once claimed to have 1,000 boats and warships, but now after inventory, the total number of boats and warships that can be used will probably not exceed 200, and most of them are small boats.

Such a warship is a drop in the bucket in Fujian, let alone dealing with pirate attacks, even if it is self-preservation, I am afraid it will not be capable.

In a province near the sea, and the coastline is still very long, and most of the state capitals are near the sea, it is unimaginable that there are only so few warships left.

Originally, I thought that Haicheng Moon Port was only disturbed by the attack, but after inquiry, Xiong Wencan realized that Moon Port was not as simple as being attacked and disturbed only once, and the entire Moon Port has now been completely destroyed by the sea wolf, and the entire wharf has not even left a trestle bridge.

Even an acropolis protecting the Moon Harbor was completely destroyed by the sea wolf, leaving only some ruins and broken walls, it can be seen that this time the sea wolf destroyed the Moon Harbor, to what extent, Xiong Wencan is not a stupid person, and immediately figured out the reason, the sea wolf does not just want to grab a handful and pull it down, but to fundamentally destroy the Moon Harbor, the only sea port in the Ming Dynasty today, and make it impossible to recover.

What surprised Xiong Wencan even more was not these things, after careful investigation outside by his subordinates, he also learned that this time the sea wolf not only attacked all parts of the coast, but even landed deep on the land, and even a thousand soldiers and horses transferred from Yanping Mansion to Tong'an County were swallowed by the thieves of the sea wolf, and there was almost no scum left.

And the sea wolf also surrounded Tong'an County, and then the warship drove directly into the Jinjiang River, shelling Quanzhou City, but I don't know why Lu Dao later, soon after the sea wolf shelled Quanzhou City, he took the initiative to evacuate Quanzhou City, sailed out of the Jinjiang Estuary, and then the war between the whole Sea Wolf and Fujian began to end, and the sea wolf immediately retreated from Quanzhou, and the war was declared to be over.

With a person like Xiong Wencan, of course, he can guess that Cai Shanji must have reached some kind of compromise agreement with Yu Xiaotian of the sea wolf at a critical moment, but as for what kind of agreement was reached between them, few outsiders know the details.

Xiong Wencan only secretly guessed that Cai Shanji most likely agreed to some conditions of the sea wolf, so that the sea wolf stopped fighting and stopped the coastal area of Fujian.

At present, it is certain that Cai Shanji agreed to let the sea wolf resume business on the land, and secretly compensated the sea wolf with some silver, the specific amount cannot be ascertained, but it is basically certain that there will be such a silver expenditure.

What makes Xiong Wencan feel the most big is that although the sea wolf has stopped military operations, it seems that Weitou Bay has not been fully recovered by the government, and now a large number of merchant ships have gathered in Weitou Bay, including many merchants who dump goods on land, have also gathered in Weitou Bay, and have not returned to Yuegang to rebuild Yuegang.

Faintly, Weitou Bay has now replaced the status of Yuegang and has become a new distribution center for maritime trade, so to speak, although Xiong Wencan has not been able to find out the specific situation for the time being, but it can also be roughly guessed that Cai Shanji can persuade the sea wolf to stop the war this time, it must be at the expense of Weitou Bay, and it is estimated that Weitou Bay is now actually controlled by the sea wolf.

Xiong Wencan is quite unhappy about this, but he is also well versed in the way of being an official, since this kind of agreement has been reached, as a trusted governor of Fujian, he can only acquiesce, otherwise, he will offend many people, including Cai Shanji, although Cai Shanji did not succeed to the governor of Fujian this time, but the energy behind this person is also quite large, for this matter, if he does not let go of the investigation, it will touch the interests of too many people.

Therefore, Xiong Wencan can only pretend not to know about this, otherwise, it is not only a matter of offending many people, if he wants to forcibly cancel the agreement reached between Cai Shanji and the sea wolf before, it will immediately cause the sea wolf to launch a large-scale retaliation against Fujian.

And take stock of the current military strength of Fujian, Xiong Wencan also shook his head, Fujian is said to be a rich province, but after this battle, heavy losses, financial resources have also fallen into a state of exhaustion, needless to say, tens of thousands of officers and troops have been wiped out, and the total strength of the entire Fujian is now only 30,000 or 40,000 people, these people are stationed in various places, and it is impossible to recruit them all.

Even if the troops and horses are forcibly mobilized, the troops that can be summoned in the whole of Fujian now are only about 10,000 people, and such a small number of soldiers and horses, if they want to drive the sea wolves out of Weitou Bay, I am afraid that it will not be enough for people to stuff their teeth.

Zhu Yifeng used so much manpower and material resources before, and in the end, in front of the sea wolf, he was still killed like a dead man, with this little force, if he wanted to use force with the sea wolf again, he was simply uncomfortable.

Xiong Wencan knew very well that the first two governors of Fujian were for what he fell, Zhu Qinxiang just wanted to take the sea wolf under the knife, but he was disgraced and went home to retire, Zhu Yifeng wanted to be ashamed of Fujian Yixue and pull out the stinger of the sea wolf, but the end was even worse, and now he was even caught by the Beijing master for questioning, this time he couldn't even save his head.

As long as he does it, he will definitely follow in the footsteps of the previous two terms, and it will be okay to lose his official position and resign, and if he doesn't get it, he will even move his head.

So what's next? You must know that the Lu Dao Imperial Court sent him to Fujian this time, but it was clear, so that he had to solve the trouble of the sea wolf, if he couldn't do it, I don't know how many people in Lu Dao were waiting to see his jokes.

But now that Fujian has insufficient troops and financial resources, what can he do? Is it a last resort to invite the imperial court, Guangdong, Zhejiang, and even Guangxi, Jiangxi and other provinces to come to a few provincial capitals to suppress them?

But as soon as Xiong Wencan mentioned this idea, he was immediately dissuaded by his staff.

His staff members are not vegetarians, this time Zhu Yifeng was arrested and questioned, some of Zhu Yifeng's former staff members can only scatter and find another way out, now these people are looking for a way everywhere, after Xiong Wencan came, he naturally became their best choice.

These people are in Fujian all the year round, helping Zhu Yifeng to do things, and they are very familiar with the local situation in Fujian.

Now these staff members are now mentioning and using force against the sea wolves, and their heads are shaking like rattles, and they are even saying that it is really unwise to do so!

Seeing that the staff members all expressed their opposition one by one, and there was little support, Xiong Wencan also felt very depressed, so he asked the staff about the reason.

"Dong Weng, the students think that it is not easy to mention the matter of inviting the Holy Lord, asking a few provincial capitals to suppress now! There are only three reasons for this.

First, Dong Weng came to Fujian this time, and he himself was responsible for solving this matter, if Dong Weng did nothing, he asked the provincial capitals of the Holy Shang to suppress it, it is difficult to guarantee that some clear streams in the Beijing division will not use this as a reason to impeach Dong Weng for disadvantage! This is one of them.

Second, if the imperial court really launched a few provincial capitals to suppress, then the guest army will pour into Fujian in large numbers, and now there is not much left in the Fujian domain, how can it afford the food and salary of so many guest troops?

If Fujian can't afford so much food and salary for the guest army, it is difficult to guarantee that the guest army will not come to Fujian Hu, and eventually provoke the anger of the heavens and people! You must not be scolded by the people! Even if there is no war, I am afraid that the place has already been eroded, so it will be suppressed, so it is better not to suppress!

In the past, the sea wolves only attacked the coast, but once the guest army came, they didn't know that the situation along the coast was erosive! I'm afraid there will be no more peace in the whole of Fujian! That's the second one!

Third, now that the wolf thief has ceased fighting, it is not easy for the coast to breathe, and if he uses force again, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses, and this wolf thief is not easy to deal with!

It is rumored that the wolf thieves now have more than 1,000 warships and tens of thousands of troops, and in the battle of Nanri Island a year ago, although the officials and divisions requisitioned hundreds of ships to attack the sea wolves, they were still not their opponents, and it can be seen that the wolf thieves are indeed difficult to deal with.

If the provincial capitals suppress it, with the number of warships in Fujian, we will never have the ability to confront it head-on, even if we add the warships of the Guangdong Navy Division and the warships of Zhejiang, I am afraid that they will still not be able to defeat the warships of wolves and thieves.

The students recently heard that the wolf thieves not only defeated the official army and sailors this time, but even the fleet of large plywood boats sent by the red-haired people was annihilated by the sea wolves before!

Although we have never seen the red-haired man's big splint fleet, but we all know that the red-haired man's ship is strong and powerful, and we have all seen its power in the red-haired man's big plywood ship, which is always equipped with dozens of Hongyi cannons, but it is still destroyed by the sea wolf, and it can be seen that these wolf thieves are by no means easy to destroy!

Therefore, I hope that Dong Weng will think twice before acting, and it is better not to bring up the matter of suppressing these provincial capitals! A staff member stood up and said to Xiong Wencan.