Su Tiancheng returned to Dengzhou first.

In his opinion, the battle to attack Taiwan was not particularly difficult, and it was far from being as complicated as the grassland conquest, but the subsequent construction would be much more difficult. Today's Taiwan Island is not what it looks like hundreds of years later. Taiwan is regarded as a poor and backward place. In the eyes of some adults in the court, Taiwan is a barbaric land. Over the years, the Ming Dynasty's court has hardly paid attention to Taiwan. Even if Taiwan is occupied by Spanish colonists and Dutch colonists, it is not enough to care about it.

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

The imperial court has not sent officials to Taiwan for many years, but in fact it cannot be sent. On the one hand, Taiwan has long been out of the control of the court, and the officials sent cannot reach Taiwan. On the other hand, it is basically difficult to send officials to Taiwan. Unless they are derogatory or not favored by everyone, no one wants to go to Taiwan.

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

Taiwan’s poverty is well known, and over the years, Spanish colonists and Dutch colonists have plundered the island randomly, and the lives of the people are extremely difficult. After recapturing the Taiwan Island, the construction task is very heavy.

Qu Qingze's intelligence on Taiwan was much stronger than the ones that the court had. Some merchants who traveled between Taiwan, Fujian, Weihaiwei and other places, when it comes to Taiwan, it should be said that Zheng Zhilong's influence in Taiwan was quite large. Zheng Zhilong's base camp was in Taiwan, in the first year of Chongzhen. He accepted the court's pleading, left Taiwan, and planted the base camp in Fujian. After that, Taiwan was easily occupied by Spanish colonists and Dutch colonists. After that, Zheng Zhilong's power quickly became huge and controlled the trade on the sea. After that, Zheng Zhilong arrived at the capital, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong stayed in Fujian. The Zheng family naval commander was annexed by the Jiangning Camp naval commander, and Xiong Zijian became an official representing the court and Jiangning Camp and truly controlling the waters in Fujian.

The Dutch colonists did not know much about the Jiangning Navy and believed that it was the former Ming Navy. However, the Ming Dynasty set up a trade terminal in Weihaiwei, which was in line with their economic interests. The Dutch colonists controlled Taiwan and directly controlled Luzon and Southeast Asia. They could plunder a large amount of wealth and traded merchant ships by sea. They also needed to obtain the permission of the Dutch colonists. In this case, the Dutch colonists quickly became rich. After all, they had a very subtle attitude towards the establishment of the Weihaiwei Wharf.

Smuggling in the coastal areas of Fujian has been basically banned, which is also because of Xiong Zijian's toughness. Besides, the reason why sea smuggling was popular in the past was the result of Zheng Zhilong's support. Now all the naval forces led by Zheng Zhilong are under the jurisdiction of the Jiangning Ying Navy. The main responsibility is to crack down on smuggling in the coastal areas of Fujian.

In this regard, the Dutch colonists and the trading groups that stayed in Nagasaki, Japan, suffered heavy blows, including some Japanese consortiums, were also dissatisfied with this situation.

From the perspective of trade and transportation, it is far from enough to have only one Weihaiwei wharf to conduct transactions in the long coastal areas of Daming. It is not conducive to the development of commerce. Many merchant ships have to travel long distances before they can reach Weihaiwei wharf, which also leads to sea smuggling, which cannot be completely banned.

Whether it was the Spanish colonists or the Dutch colonists at sea, after occupying Taiwan, they did not consider the lives and deaths of the Taiwanese people. What they needed was interests. The Taiwanese people lived in dire straits. The Dutch colonists did not support the people who cultivated the land. The annual grain tax collected reached more than 60% of the per mu. Therefore, there were also people in Taiwan who rose to resist, but unfortunately they were not strong enough and there was no good result.

In this case, Su Tiancheng led a large army to attack Taiwan, which had a certain mass base, but pre-preparation was essential, that is, a large amount of property, including food, seeds, etc., even tea, silk, salt, etc., was indispensable, and gold and silver were indispensable. It was best to immigrate to make Taiwan's population larger.

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

Many officials who were given important tasks by Su Tiancheng were notified to prepare a large amount of food, seeds, tea, salt, cloth, silk and other items, including pigs, oxen, chickens and ducks, etc. These things can be purchased quickly in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou. Today, Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou have long been more prosperous than in the south, and the abundant materials have reached an amazing level, all of which originated from Weihaiwei Wharf.

When Su Tiancheng returned to Dengzhou, the first thing he was concerned about was the material reserves. He followed him back to Qu Qingze, Dengzhou, and focused on taking on this task and urged officials at all levels to purchase as much supplies 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 high attention of the imperial court. When Su Tiancheng was conquering the grasslands, because Haoge led the Later Jin Tartars to attack the Xibe tribe and the Dawu tribe's garrison, Song Sijun made a decision in a hurry and begged the border troops from Datong, Yulin and other places to enter the Jingbian of Anning Fort to protect the mutual market. What Song Sijun and Su Tiancheng did not expect was that the army had moved in, and the officials of the Ministry of Revenue also followed Anning Fort and Jingbian, and slowly began to interfere in the mutual market and were preparing to take over the operation of the mutual market.

Song Sijun quickly reported the situation to Su Tiancheng. After thinking for a long time, Su Tiancheng made a decision to let Song Sijun hand over the operation of the mutual market. All the remaining soldiers of Jiangning Camp returned to Dengzhou. However, Su Tiancheng, in his capacity as a cabinet minister, asked the Ministry of Revenue to give Jiangning Camp a million taels of silver every year. 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 that he was preparing to go to Taiwan to operate.

There is no second person in Su Tiancheng's hands for a talent like Song Sijun. Wan Chenggui is not as good as Song Sijun, nor is he as good as Song Sijun.

Taiwan has become the most important goal in Su Tiancheng's mind and must be managed well. Once the Jiangning Camp occupied Taiwan, Su Tiancheng would leave enough materials in Taiwan to allow Wang Dazhi and Song Sijun to operate. Officials at all levels of Taiwan will also be Su Tiancheng's confidants. In this way, the pace of leading the army to conquer the Later Jin Tartars can be accelerated. Once the Later Jin Tartars are completely wiped out, Su Tiancheng will go directly to Taiwan.

Of course, operating Taiwan is not a matter of one or two years. To wipe out the Later Jin Tartars, it also requires great efforts. Perhaps it is a short time, or perhaps it takes several years.

Briefing is necessary, Dengzhou Governor's Office.

Qu Qingze and Song Sijun were waiting in the wing room.

After Su Tiancheng hurriedly walked in, Wu Rong and others guarded the door of the wing room and did not allow anyone to approach.

Su Tiancheng's expression was very serious and straightforward.

"You two have been with me for a long time. I have to briefly explain some situations. The court's suspicion about me has never stopped. Some things I have to prevent. Everyone knows what the cunning rabbit is dead and the lackeys are cooking. Now the court is gradually becoming richer, and all regions have begun to calm down. The biggest enemy of the court is the Later Jin Tartars. The next step is, the main responsibility of the Jiangning Camp is to wipe out the Later Jin Tartars."

"I must consider what kind of attitude the court has towards me after the extermination of the Later Jin Tartars. Do you confidants who have been following me for a long time also suffer a catastrophe and are prepared for the future. I have to be careful. The reason why I value Taiwan is to leave a way out for myself."

"Song Sijun, your next task is to manage Taiwan. Once we regain Taiwan, you have to stay in Taiwan and operate it carefully. Taiwan's position is very important. If you control Taiwan, Luzon and Southeast Asia, you are under control. Most of the maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty must rely on the island of Taiwan. Therefore, it is much easier to develop trade in Taiwan than the mainland. The imperial court has long ignored Taiwan Island. We retreated to Taiwan Island and will not attract the attention of the court. Once we control the docks in Taiwan, Fujian and other places, we need to build them."

"The people in Taiwan are very poor, so we need to transport a large amount of supplies to Taiwan, and we also need to help the people in Taiwan to improve their production capacity so that the people can settle down in the shortest time."

"As for the officials who were selected, I plan to draw from Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, as well as Fuzhou, Xuanzhou and other places. Fuzhou and Xuanzhou have been recovered. Judging from the current situation, the court can directly send officials to govern these places. As for Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, it will eventually be under the direct jurisdiction of the court."

"Laoqu, I'm going to set off soon and go to Fujian. This time you don't have to follow me to Fujian. You are responsible for raising more materials in Dengzhou. Once we recover Taiwan, these materials will be shipped. You also have to consider transferring some merchants to Taiwan and transferring many workshops here directly to Taiwan. In this regard, you can directly contact Wan Chenggui."

"I have said all the requirements and the purpose is clear. I don't have time to manage these things for the time being, so I will ask you all. The planning must be accurate and the preparation needs to be sufficient. This time, we are truly building a base for our own survival."

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

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

"Sir, my subordinates will definitely live up to their mission, but the military pay for Jiangning Camp is no longer worried about."
Chapter completed!