Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

"Master Ying, do the foreign commercial offices and commercial envoys of the Department of Commerce still bear the responsibility of spying on the public opinion of various countries?"

"Master Xu is right in saying that." Ying Tanong was a little bit dumbfounded about Xu Qing's dull sense of smell. "The commercial envoys dispatched by the Department of Commerce do have the responsibility of recruiting Han people from all over the country and investigating public opinion."

"Then are they from the Department of Commerce or the Department of Military Affairs?"

Hearing what Xu Qing said, Ying Tanong understood that it wasn't that the lord knew it later, but that something went wrong in a certain link, and he was asked to ask the teacher to ask the crime, but Ying Tanong didn't fear the immediate boss : "My lord, the staff in the department are all transferred from the inner court manager and the army. It may be a problem to get rid of them and work alone."

"That means our company is just a signboard, destined to be married?" Xu Qing frowned with displeasure. "This is not acceptable, Mr. Ying, you are also Wentu now, and you are also the deputy chief officer of our department. You can't sit on your ass."

"My lord, where did you start talking about this?" Ying Tainong showed a wry smile on his face. "Aren't they all serving the Lord?"

"It's different." Xu Qing was obviously dissatisfied with being a puppet. "It's better for our company to handle our own affairs."

Ying Tainong wanted to say something else, when a small official reported outside the door: "My lords, a barbarian boat appeared outside Beishanwei Port. It is reported that he is a French barbarian. He hopes to trade at the port. I also invite the two adults to decide whether to allow entry into Hong Kong."

"French?" Xu Qing pondered for a moment. "It seems that the Lord mentioned it last time. In this case, Mr. Ying should deal with it." Then Ying Tanong took the order and left, seeing his back disappearing from sight, Xu Qing immediately let out a cold snort, Humph he ordered. "Come on, call Tan Qian and Tan Zhengzheng here"

"What you mean is to move the British-Yi merchant house on Beishanwei Island and the Fayi merchant house just agreed to be moved to Penghu Niangma Palace." Zheng Kezang looked at Xu Qing who was standing in front of him with his head bowed, his eyes flashed A trace of displeasure. "Why?"

Xu Qing didn't notice Zheng Kezang's annoyance, but said in a serious manner: "Seeing that more and more barbarians are coming, they may not have the heart to spy on the inland of Dongning. They moved to Penghu, and Penghu has naval forces, fortified villages, and artillery fortifications, which naturally can deter these barbarians who do not accept the king's transformation."

It is true that people who are not of our race must have different minds, and there is nothing wrong with the outlying island trade, but Zheng Kezang understood that Xu Qing's intention was not here, so he directly pointed out and asked: "The barbarians' trading houses and commercial ports have all moved there. Yes, the Department of Commerce and Industry will split it in half."

"Exactly." Xu Qing said without hesitation. "Nowadays, the Department of Commerce has two main responsibilities. One is to take care of the merchants and envoys sent abroad, and the other is to receive and supervise the merchants and merchant ships of various countries who come to Dongning for trade. These two do not conflict, so The former can stay in Anping, and the latter can be moved to Penghu for office.”

It would be better to set up the Governor of Ryukyu, Zheng Kezang muttered in his heart, but his face didn't show any signs of it. Instead, he asked, "So Qing thinks, who is better to stay in Dongning, Qing or Ying Qing?"

If Xu Qing volunteered to go to Penghu, Zheng Kezang might give him a compliment, but Xu Qing's goal was to seize power from Ying Tainong first, and then fight against the official secretary, so he responded immediately: "Speaking of practical matters Come on, I'm not as good as Lord Ying, so I think it's better to let Lord Ying preside over the exchanges with the barbarians in Western Thailand."

Zheng Kezang frowns. Although he has basically mastered the entire Zheng army, Xu Qing represents a large number of former Zheng army generals who have transferred from Wutu to Wentu. This problem can't be handled well. I'm afraid they just calmed down. After a long time, Dongning's political arena is about to make waves again: "Let Gu think about this matter again, if you step down without prior notice"

Looking at the topographical sand table of Fujian province in the middle of the room, Lin Sheng, who was dressed in a brocade robe, frowned slightly. As the former naval admiral, he was far above Hong Gongzhu, let alone Wu Shuke, who was attached to him later. Yes, but because he missed the second half of the Penghu Battle and the Dongning Defense Battle, not only is his title not as good as these two, but his position is also ranked last among the three, which made him quite depressed ---The so-called defeat is also due to a broken leg, and success is also due to a broken leg. It is precisely because of a broken leg that he cannot go to the palace to discuss matters. For Liu Guoxuan, who has been under house arrest so far, he can be said to be the luckiest of luck.

Of course, Lin Sheng is never willing to be subservient to Wu Shu and Hong Gongzhu all the time, but if he wants to make further progress in Dongning, where there are many officials and lack of officials, what he has to do is not just to win the favor of Zheng Kezang In the final analysis, it is still necessary to have solid military exploits as a foundation, so he did not hesitate to lower his figure to communicate with the young soldiers, military officers, and military contractors who were born in the boy scouts in the military academy several times, and then set up today's meeting tone.

"My lord." Lin Sheng was still thinking, when a soldier came to report. "Commander Ma and Commander Huang have arrived."

"Let them in." Lin Sheng said calmly, when Maying and Huang Chuxu walked into the wing room one after the other, the gloomy look on Lin Sheng's face just now had turned into a solemn look.

"I've seen you, Mr. Tongqian." Both Ma and Huang bowed to Lin Sheng. As the commander of the navy teams, Lin Sheng, who is in charge of the navy division, is their immediate boss. Naturally very respectful.

"Commander Ma." Lin Sheng didn't talk nonsense, and once the two of them stood up straight, he asked straight to the point. "After the surrender of the Qing captives in Penghu, why didn't they continue to attack the coastal areas of Fujian?"

"Returning to Tongqian, at that time there were almost no boards along the coast of Fujian Province, and the repeated bombardment missions not only ran out of ammunition, but also the troops were extremely tired, so they took a short rest." Ma Ying answered honestly. . "Later, Wu Xingzuo and Yao Qisheng sent envoys to discuss peace. Although the Lord did not agree, the Yuanhang battalion was moved to Hong Kong to fight dogs, the navy was reorganized, the new year's festival, the training after the new year, and the continuous entry of the Qing army brigade. Fujian, so the invasion of the Fujian coast was delayed.”

"Then do you know the current situation of the northern captives along the coast of Fujian Province?" Maying and Huang Chuxu shook their heads blankly, so Lin Sheng gave an order to a military officer standing beside him. "Qin Zhongwu, please tell the two commanders about the situation from the staff room."

Qin Xiong (recommended by You Chiguoguo) who was born in Ding Siqi of the Boy Scouts immediately pointed to the sand table and reported: "There are [-] Qing soldiers who entered Fujian, of which [-] were Jiangxi soldiers, mainly with more than [-] Fujian soldiers. The Green Battalion was distributed in the areas of Fuqing, Xinghua, and Quanzhou. More than [-] Cantonese troops entered Fujian and were deployed on the line from Haicheng to Zhao'an. , Funing; near Fuzhou, there are about [-] soldiers from the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, and the total number of the Qing army is [-]."

These are all the information obtained by Xin Hanliu through the copying of Qing Tingtang, which may not be accurate because of the time limit, but it is already a very important reference for Dongning.

"The Qing captives set up a long snake formation along the coast of Fujian Province, with defenses everywhere, and loopholes everywhere." Lin Sheng swept Maying and Huang Chuxu. "There are two questions now. First, how is the training situation of the Penghu and Lukang teams? Can they play?"

Hearing that the war was about to start, Maying, who had been frustrated for a long time because she had lost the command of the Feitian, was excitedly gearing up. As soon as Lin Sheng finished speaking, he promised: "Please rest assured, the Penghu team has been training for half a year. I'm going to fight the humble job!"

Huang Chuxu hesitated a lot, but Lin Sheng was his old boss, and he was about to support the scene at this time, so looking at Lin Sheng's earnest eyes, he hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and responded, "Deer The Hong Kong team can also fight."

"That's good," Lin Sheng nodded in satisfaction. "The next second question is, where is the best place to fight?" The Qing army had to have no focus on thousands of miles of land, and Lin Sheng's goal was naturally not to fight a powerful opponent, so he wanted to hurt the opponent while protecting himself. This is not an easy task. "The Naval Division has selected three targets, and you can refer to one or two together."

Zhu Zaiyin (recommended by friend laoqi512), who was born in the Bingchen period, took a step forward, took the command pole in front of the sand table, and introduced the plan of the Navy Division: "The Navy Division decided to gather 4000 people from the Penghu and Lukang teams, and the Fuchuan [-] One, ten eight-oared express ships, fifteen transport boats and two-sail boats carried out raids on the Qing captives in Fujian Province. There were three targets, one was Quanzhou Port, the other was Meizhou Bay, and the third was Xinghua Bay and Haitan."

"Quanzhou is a big city, so there may be many Qing troops defending it?" Huang Chuxu asked, frowning. "Our two teams have a total of only 4000 people. Although there are no temporary opponents at sea, there are not many soldiers who can go ashore. Even if we don't directly attack Quanzhou and fight recklessly with the Qing army brigade, and just plunder the population and materials in the fortress outside the city, I'm afraid It doesn't mean that you can take it if you take it down, in case you are entangled in the fortress and the Qing army comes in droves." Huang Chuxu shook his head. "Forget it in Quanzhou."

"The Qing captives are now strictly enforcing the border closure order on the coast of Fujian Province, and all the people within [-] miles of the coast have been relocated. If it is not done in the relatively densely populated Quanzhou Port, Meizhou Bay and Xinghua Bay will actually be tasteless and wasteful. It's tasteless." Maying calculated the battle from the other side. "I have entered the army and spent money, but I can't bring back the population and supplies that Dongning wants. The Lord must not agree to such a loss-making business. In the opinion of someone, it is better to pull out the teeth."

"In this section, the Qing army has forty thousand." Huang Chuxu seemed to disagree with the risk. "Ten times as much as me, if you accidentally lose all this little capital, how can you explain to the Lord?"

"Then why don't you go to Xiapu?" Maying made a new suggestion. "Zhe Bing probably didn't think that we can get away with it without going far."

"Even if we attack from Lukang, it's too far away, unless we go to Danshui, but Danshui Port is small, I'm afraid it can't accommodate so many of us."