As the weather cooled down, the official preparations on land were basically completed, and Zhu Yifeng ordered a large number of merchant ships to be sealed in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, and used them as ships to transport troops or loaded with cannons and used as warships.

In addition to the warships newly built and repaired by the government in the past year, they have assembled more than 200 large ships and more than 200 smaller ships.

Through Zhu Yifeng's efforts, in addition to casting dozens of Hongyi cannons in Zhangquan and other places, Fujian officials also ordered dozens of Hongyi cannons of various types from Guangdong and armed them on their warships.

Moreover, after several months of preparation, a large number of officers and troops have moved to Quanzhou and Fuzhou, and all kinds of combat materials have also been assembled, and they have piled up in Yongningwei in Quanzhou and Dinghai City in Fuzhou.

Zhu Yifeng personally ordered Yu Zhigao, the chief military officer of Fujian, to sit in Yongningwei, and ordered the deputy general Zhang Jiace to sit in Dinghai, and the two sides gathered troops and ships at the same time to prepare to go to sea to attack Nanri Island.

Because of the lesson of the last time, this time the government was much more careful, and began to strengthen its vigilance in the coastal area three months in advance, to prevent the sea wolf from learning the news, and once again to strike first, and attack the coastal area of Fujian on a large scale, and many wealthy gentry in the coastal area also knew that the last time the government wanted to use troops against the sea wolf, causing the sea wolf to attack the shore on a large scale, the main target was these prosperous families, so as soon as they learned the news, they quickly transferred their manor outside the city to the city. The family members also moved into the city to take refuge for a while.

In their opinion, although the sea wolves are arrogant and fierce, they are only pirates after all, and they dare to attack Zhuangbao along the coast, but they do not necessarily dare to attack the state capital and county, so it is safer to hide in the city.

At the end of October, everyone's hearts in the entire coastal area of Fujian were tensed, just waiting for the sea wolf to react, but to everyone's surprise again, this time the sea wolf didn't seem to notice it at all, and in the three months that the news was released, there was no reaction at all, although it occasionally disturbed the shore and captured a few forts, but on the whole it was far less violent than the last time.

Some people say that the sea wolf is already afraid, this time is different from the last time, the Fujian government mobilized troops and materials much more than the last time when Zhu Qinxiang was in power, the sea wolf must have seen Zhu Yifeng's determination this time, and he didn't dare to carry it with the government anymore.

Some people also say that the sea wolf is not afraid of the government's attack, and the reason why they did not strike first this time is to give the officials and soldiers a greater lesson on Nanri Island, so that the government will not dare to easily fight the idea of the sea wolf in the future.

Some people even speculated privately that the sea wolf has now occupied Taiyuan Island, after all, the pattern of Nanri Island is too small, and they can no longer look at it, since the government wants to recover Nanri Island this time, the sea wolf simply sells it to the government to save face, returns Nanri Island to the government, and retreats to Taiyuan Island, leaving a way for both sides to retreat.

Some people even swore that he had seen with his own eyes that a large number of sea wolf ships were transporting people and materials from the island, and many workshops had been demolished, and he was definitely not ready to continue to use Nanri Island as their lair.

In short, the reaction of the sea wolf during this time was relatively calm, and there were all kinds of speculations on land, but no one could tell what it was for.

After Zhu Yifeng decided to attack Nanri Island, he had been paying attention to the reaction of the sea wolf, saying that he was not nervous at all, which was false, because he also knew very well that the sea wolf was not easy to deal with, even if the forces he was currently mobilizing were combined, he did not dare to say that he was ten percent sure that he could eliminate the sea wolf, and he didn't even have any thoughts about this, but he just wanted to drive the sea wolf out of Nanri Island, and it was enough to knock and knock the sea wolf, so that they would not dare to be too arrogant in the future.

Because Zhu Yifeng now has a detailed understanding of the strength of the sea wolf, the sea wolf's current business focus is no longer Nanri Island, and many of their workshops and boathouses and transactions have been transferred to Taiyuan Island, and the homeless people they have collected from the land have basically moved to Taiyuan Island recently, but there are many fewer workshops and merchant inns on Nanri Island now than before.

Judging from the news from all parties, the sea wolf's current business focus has gradually shifted to Taiyuan Island, and it turns out that their old nest, Nanri Island, is no longer their business focus.

This is also one of the main reasons why Zhu Yifeng was able to make up his mind to mobilize such a large amount of strength and go to Nanri Island to suppress the sea wolf, he and his staff members privately believe that since the sea wolf has shifted its business focus to Taiyuan Island, and even because of the territory of Taiyuan Island, he does not hesitate to fight with the Spaniards, regardless of the victory or defeat, just saying this, it shows that the sea wolf has regarded the place they occupy on Taiyuan Island as a forbidden territory and does not allow anyone to touch it.

Since Nanri Island is no longer a high status for the sea wolf, then they all guess that once the government uses a large army to attack, the sea wolf is likely to give up Nanri Island and retreat back to Taiyuan Island because Nanri Island is no longer so important.

In this way, they can recover Nanri Island, which can be regarded as giving them a way for the sea wolf, and strategically speaking, it can be regarded as encircling three queyi, so as not to force the sea wolf to jump over the wall and fight to the death with the officials and soldiers.

Therefore, in Zhu Yifeng's opinion, if Yu Xiaotian, the thief leader of the sea wolf, can see this clearly, he should be a little more interesting, take the initiative to give up Nanri Island, and retreat to Taiyuan Island.

During this time, the sea wolf's reaction also seemed to confirm their thoughts, the sea wolf must have already learned the news that he was going to use troops on Nanri Island, the reason why there was no retaliatory first to launch a large-scale attack on the coast this time, it is estimated that he saw this, and he didn't want to continue to fight with the government for Nanri Island.

So this made Zhu Yifeng quite pleased, and he looked forward to the prospect of attacking Nanri Island this time.

However, Zhu Yifeng also knew that this time, no matter whether he took Nanri Island or not, I am afraid that he would not end well, because he had seized the lush source of the sea wolf, and he had already offended Wei Zhongxian in the Jingshi, and he had always refused to lose the silver to the Jingshi to confess to the Wei Party, and he had already hated Wei Zhongxian's party, and the Jingshi already had his friends and sent him a message, and the Wei Party had begun to collect his charges and prepare to impeach him.

And the sea wolf doesn't know how to hang up with the Wei Party, although it is said that he did not directly climb Wei Zhongxian, but he is just a eunuch surnamed Liu in the palace, not even counting the Wei Party, but the eunuch is now very powerful, even if this Liu eunuch is not a member of the Wei Party, but he can still stay in the palace, which shows that he has a good relationship with the Wei Party.

The reason why Mao Shengyuan's business has been doing very well is that it is rumored that there is this Liu eunuch behind their backs, even if it is the local brocade guards, they have not dared to reach out to Mao Shengyuan in the past two years, and the local officials dare not take them lightly.

Now he has forcibly ordered all parts of the country to seize Maoshengyuan, although he did not directly offend the Wei Party, but at least he also offended the Liu eunuch to death, and it is indispensable to give him eye medicine in the Wei Party in Beijing in private, it is estimated that even if he can get back Nanri Island, he may not be able to be rewarded by the imperial court, at most, it is good to be able to fall without reward or punishment, but if he can't get Nanri Island back, then it is ironclad that this time this pass will not pass, and it will inevitably be impeached by the Wei Party, and finally end up with a disgrace and resignation.

Therefore, Zhu Yifeng has no way to retreat at the moment, even if he protects himself, he must take Nanri Island, otherwise he, the governor of Fujian, may be considered the end.

Nanri Island is now a little deserted, because of the approach of the war, so that the original shopping inn area, which was not very lively, is even more empty, leaving an empty shopping area.

This is also a matter of no choice, the government wants to invade Nanri Island in a big way, it is now a well-known thing, merchants seek profits, it is impossible for them to advance and retreat with the sea wolves, and the government has sealed a large number of merchant ships along the coast, and merchant ships are not allowed to go to sea, which also makes it impossible for them to maintain business on Nanri Island.

As a result, most of the businessmen in the business district chose to quit again at this time, standing on the dry land and watching the fire from the other side, and then making a decision after the situation became clear.

For the sea wolf, for the time being, the merchant area of Nanri Island is no longer of much use, and with the gradual construction of Tamsui City, Tamsui has become a new trading point.

When the sea wolf was preparing to build the Tamsui Village, it needed to purchase a large amount of materials and grains from the land and transport them to both Tamsui and chicken coops, which was a great challenge to the capacity of the sea wolf, and at the same time squeezed out the capacity of a large number of ships of the sea wolf itself, so that the sea wolf had to dispatch a large number of cargo ships to transport these materials.

This seriously affected the sea wolf's sea trade business, so that the sea wolf could only send a small number of cargo ships to do sea trade business, and most of the ships were put into such freight between Fujian and Taiwan.

Later, Yu Xiaotian found that this was really not cost-effective and not economical enough, so he changed his approach and adopted the method of onshore payment for some goods.

(Special thanks to the old brother Hu Lulu for his tip!) It seems that the brothers who have a monthly ticket have already voted, and it is useless to ask for more! Hehe! ）