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Su Tiancheng returned to Dengzhou first.

In his opinion, the battle to attack Taiwan is not particularly difficult, far less complicated than conquest on the grasslands, but the subsequent construction will be much more difficult. Today's Taiwan Island is not "touched" hundreds of years later. In the same way, Taiwan is regarded as a poor and backward place, even in the eyes of some adults in the imperial court, Taiwan is a land of barbarians. For so many years, the Ming court has hardly paid any attention to Taiwan, even if Taiwan was occupied by Spanish colonists and Dutch colonists No, I didn't care about it.

Taking Taiwan Island is just the beginning, and the most important thing is the follow-up construction. Since I am going to gain a foothold in Taiwan Island, I must find ways to build Taiwan well.

The imperial court has not sent officials to Taiwan for many years. In fact, it is impossible to send them there. On the one hand, Taiwan has long been out of the control of the imperial court, and the officials sent there cannot reach Taiwan. On the other hand, it is basically difficult to send officials to Taiwan. Taiwan, no one wants to go to Taiwan unless they are being disparaged or not seen by everyone.

Not to mention Taiwan, even Liaodong and other places, ordinary officials are unwilling to go.

The poverty of Taiwan is well known to all, and over the years, Spanish colonists and Dutch colonists have wantonly plundered the island, and the life of the common people is extremely difficult. The task of building back the island of Taiwan is very heavy.

The information about Taiwan in Qu Qingze's hands is much stronger than that of the imperial court. Some merchants who travel between Taiwan and Fujian, Weihaiwei and other places, when it comes to the situation in Taiwan, it should be said that Zheng Zhilong's influence in Taiwan is still not small , Zheng Zhilong's base camp back then was in Taiwan, the first year of Chongzhen.After accepting the appeasement of the imperial court, he left Taiwan and moved his headquarters to Fujian. Later, Taiwan was easily occupied by Spanish colonists and Dutch colonists. After that, Zheng Zhilong's power grew rapidly and he controlled the trade by sea.After being defeated by the Jiangningying Navy led by Su Tiancheng, Zheng Zhilong went to the capital, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong stayed in Fujian, the Zhengjia Navy was annexed by the Jiangningying Navy, and Xiong Zijian became an official representing the imperial court and Jiangningying and truly controlling the waters around Fujian.

Dutch colonists for the Jiangning camp navy.I don't know much about it, but I think it is the former Daming Navy.However, Ming Dynasty set up a trading terminal in Weihaiwei, which was in their economic interests. When the Dutch colonists controlled Taiwan, they also directly controlled places such as Luzon and Southeast Asia. A merchant ship that went to Daming for trade.It is also necessary to obtain the permission of the Dutch colonists. Under such circumstances, the Dutch colonists quickly became rich.After all, they have a dark and subtle attitude towards the establishment of Weihaiwei Wharf.

Smuggling along the coast of Fujian has basically been banned. This is also because of Xiong Zijian's toughness. Besides, the reason why smuggling at sea was popular in the past was the result of Zheng Zhilong's support. Now the navy led by Zheng Zhilong belongs to the Jiangningying Navy Jurisdiction, the main responsibility is to combat smuggling along the coast of Fujian. [

From this aspect, the Dutch colonists and the business groups staying in Nagasaki, Japan suffered heavy losses, and some Japanese consortiums were also dissatisfied with the situation.

From the perspective of commerce and transportation, in the long coastal zone of Daming, there is only one Weihaiwei Wharf for trading, which is far from enough, and it is not conducive to the development of commerce. Being able to reach Weihaiwei Wharf also leads to smuggling at sea, which cannot be completely banned.

Regardless of whether it was the Spanish colonists or the Dutch colonists on the sea, after occupying Taiwan, they did not consider the life and death of the people of Taiwan at all. The common people do not have the slightest support, and the grain tax collected every year has reached more than [-]% of the yield per mu. Therefore, the common people in Taiwan also rose up to resist. Unfortunately, the strength is not enough, and it is impossible to have a good result.

Under such circumstances, Su Tiancheng led the army to attack Taiwan, which has a certain mass base, but preparation in advance is essential, that is, a large amount of property needs to be prepared, including food, seeds, etc., even tea, Silk, salt, etc., gold and silver are also indispensable. It is best to immigrate to increase the population of Taiwan.

Based on this consideration, Su Tiancheng did not go to Fujian first, but returned to Dengzhou.

Many officials who were entrusted with important tasks by Su Tiancheng were notified to prepare a large amount of food, seeds, tea, salt, cloth, silk and other items, including livestock pigs, cattle, chickens and ducks, etc. Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou can be purchased very quickly. Today's Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou are richer than the south, and the abundance of materials has reached an astonishing level. All of this comes from Weihaiwei. pier.

When Su Tiancheng returned to Dengzhou, the first thing he cared about was the situation of material reserves. Qu Qingze, who followed him back to Dengzhou, focused on this task, urging officials at all levels to purchase as many materials as possible.

On the third day after Su Tiancheng returned to Dengzhou, Song Sijun also came to Dengzhou.

The mutual market between Anning Fort and Jingbian attracted the attention of the imperial court. When Su Tiancheng conquered the grassland, because Hauge led the Houjin Tartars to attack the Xibo and Daur tribes, Song Sijun was in a hurry. , made a decision, and implored the frontier troops in Datong, Yulin and other places to station in Anningbao and Jingbian to protect the mutual market. What Song Sijun and Su Tiancheng did not expect was that the army moved in, and the officials of the household department also followed to Anning Fort and Jingbian, slowly began to intervene in the affairs of the mutual market, ready to take over the operation of the mutual market in an all-round way.

Song Sijun quickly reported the situation to Su Tiancheng. After Su Tiancheng thought for a long time, he made a decision to ask Song Sijun to hand over the management of the mutual market, and all the remaining Jiangning battalion soldiers returned to Dengzhou. As a minister, he asked the Ministry of Households to give Jiangning Ying 100 million taels of silver every year. Both Yang Sichang and Zhu Shenxuan agreed to this request, and the emperor also agreed.

The reason why Su Tiancheng asked Song Sijun to withdraw was because he was planning to send Song Sijun to Taiwan to operate.

A talent like Song Sijun, Su Tiancheng has no second person in his hands, Wan Chenggui is not as good as Song Sijun, nor does he have as many wrists as Song Sijun.

Taiwan has become the most important goal in Su Tiancheng's mind, and it must be managed well. Once the Jiangning Camp occupies Taiwan, Su Tiancheng will leave enough supplies in Taiwan for Wang Dazhi and Song Sijun to manage. Officials at all levels of government in Taiwan, He will also be Su Tiancheng's confidant, so that he can speed up the pace of leading the army to conquer the Hou Jin Tartars. Once the Hou Jin Tartars are completely wiped out, Su Tiancheng will go directly to Taiwan.

Of course, running Taiwan is not a matter of one or two years, and it will take a lot of effort to wipe out the Golden Tartars. It may take a short time, or it may take several years.

Confidence is a must, Dengzhou Governor's Office. [

Qu Qingze and Song Sijun were waiting in the wing.

After Su Tiancheng hurried in, Wu Rong and others guarded the door of the wing room, not allowing anyone to approach.

Su Tiancheng's expression was very serious, straight to the point.

"The two of you have been with me for a long time. In some cases, I have to confess. The court's suspicion of me has never stopped. There are some things that I have to prevent. Who cares about the tricky things? It is clear that the current imperial court is gradually getting richer, and the localities are beginning to calm down. The biggest enemy of the imperial court is the Houjin Tartars. The next step, the main duty of the Jiangning Battalion is to exterminate the Houjin Tartars."

"I have to think about what kind of attitude the imperial court will have towards me after we wiped out the Hou Jin Tartars. Are you confidantes who have followed me for a long time in conquests, and you will also suffer from annihilation. You have to plan ahead, and you have to guard against it. The reason why we value Taiwan is to leave a way out for ourselves.”

"Song Sijun, your next task is to manage Taiwan. Once we regain Taiwan, you have to stay in Taiwan and manage carefully. Taiwan's position is very important. After controlling Taiwan, Luzon and Southeast Asia, it is in Under control, most of my Ming's maritime trade relies on the island of Taiwan, so it is much easier to develop business in Taiwan than in the Mainland. The imperial court has long ignored Taiwan Island, and we will retreat to Taiwan Island It has attracted the attention of the imperial court, once we control Taiwan, the wharves in Fujian and other places need to be built.”

"The people in Taiwan are very poor, so we need to transport a lot of supplies to Taiwan, and more importantly, we need to help the people in Taiwan to increase production capacity so that the people can settle down in the shortest possible time."

"As for the transferred officials, I plan to transfer them from Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, as well as Fuzhou and Xuanzhou. Fuzhou and Xuanzhou have already been recovered. Judging from the current situation, the imperial court can directly send officials to govern These places, as for Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Qingzhou, will eventually come under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court."

"Old Qu, I'm going to go to Fujian soon. You don't have to follow me to Fujian this time. You are responsible for raising more supplies in Dengzhou. Once we regain Taiwan, these supplies will be transported there. How about you?" We should consider transferring some merchants to Taiwan, and transfer many workshops here directly to Taiwan. In this regard, you can contact Wan Chenggui directly."

"I have said all the requirements, and the purpose is also clear. I don't have time to manage these things for the time being, so I completely entrust you. The planning must be precise and the preparations must be sufficient. This time, we are truly building a survival base for ourselves. .”

After Su Tiancheng finished speaking, he looked at Qu Qingze and Song Sijun.

Qu Qingze nodded, and Song Sijun clasped his fists to express his opinion.

"My lord, my subordinates must fulfill their mission, but I can't worry about the military salary of Jiangning Battalion."

"You don't have to worry about this. With the Weihaiwei Wharf, the military salary of the Jiangning Camp is enough."

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