Since the two armies set off from Quanzhou, they caused a shock, since they came to Fujian and were ready to conquer the whole of Fujian, the action lost the nature of secrecy, and Su Tiancheng believed that Huang Daozhou would definitely stand up and speak, including Liu Zongzhou in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, these people would definitely prove their worth at such a critical moment.

However, Su Tiancheng still demanded the removal of corrupt officials and corrupt officials and the restoration of peace to the people. This slogan is a bit far-fetched, but when it comes to the relief of the victims in Shandong, there are some reasonable meanings, besides, the common people will not stand up against such a slogan, as for the scholar class, Su Tiancheng's idea has long changed, since it wants to rule the world, the scholar class must selectively recruit, not to accommodate all the scholars in the Ming Dynasty, some of the scholars who do not play a role, but belong to the object of purging.

When Xiong Zijian was in Quanzhou, he had already disbanded all the guards in Quanzhou in accordance with Su Tiancheng's requirements, and it was said that doing so would have a great impact, after all, Quanzhou was close to the sea, and there were still a lot of guards in name only, such as Yongningwei, Chongwu, Fuquan, Jinmen, and Zhenhaiwei connected to Zhangzhou Mansion, etc., but when Zheng Zhilong was in Quanzhou, he had actually started and integrated many guards, which obeyed Zheng Zhilong's leadership and also accepted Zheng Zhilong's silver taels, after Xiong Zijian came to Quanzhou, Justifiably accepted these clubs, and carried out a thorough transformation of the guards, in fact, they abolished these guards and let their own sergeants take charge of these guards, and as for the guards commanders, all of them were relieved of their duties.

The army moved very quickly.

The 20,000 troops led by Su Tiancheng still took a warship, passing through the Meihua Station, passing through Changle and Min County. Arrive straight to the city of Fuzhou.

By warship, the speed was faster than by land, and three days later, the army arrived at the place where the plum blossoms were stationed.

Fuzhou is the location of the Yamen of the governor of Fujian Province, and it is also the first place that Su Tiancheng will take, judging from the list provided by Xiong Zijian. There are the most wealthy people in Fujian, and these tycoons and their guards are also the key targets of the Jiangning battalion.

The other two figures that need attention are Song Yihe, the governor of Fujian, who was selected by the general army money.

This is a very strange battle, not even a formal battle, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion are dressed in the uniforms of the Ming sergeants, and the people along the way see that it is the army of the Ming Dynasty. And Qiu didn't commit any crimes, he didn't care at all, the guards in Fuzhou, mainly Zhendongwei, Meihua, Dinghai and Gutian, etc., among which the strength was slightly stronger was Zhendongwei, and the rest of the guards existed in name only.

But Su Tiancheng's primary goal is to take the city of Fuzhou. This is the center of Fujian.

There were few sergeants guarding the plum blossom station, especially after the Jiangning Battalion Naval Division took control of the sea area. As a plum blossom station for the prevention of the coast guard, there is nothing to do at all, and the officers naturally have to find a way to make money, anyway, the safety of the sea is directly responsible for the sailors, and they are happy and idle.

Su Tiancheng led the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion to enter the Plum Blossom Institute directly. Without a battle, the officers of the Plum Blossom Institute were paralyzed with fright, and there was no way to resist.

The army did not stop and drove directly. According to the calculation of the marching itinerary, you can reach the capital of Fuzhou after three days.

It's a pity that things didn't change according to Su Tiancheng's thoughts, and those rich people in Changle were moved when they heard the news.

On the twenty-first day of the first month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the army came to Changle County.

Judging from Xiong Zijian's grasp of the situation, Changle County is a very critical place, where the rich and businessmen are quite concentrated, and it is also because of the special geographical location of Changle County, which is the transit point between Fuzhou and the seaside, and it is very suitable to do business, which can directly connect with Fuzhou and can govern the trade at sea.

Su Tiancheng's idea is different, he is not ready to conquer Changle County for the time being, the army still has to rush to Fuzhou Prefecture, first take Fuzhou, and then begin to calm the situation in various places under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou Prefecture.

The army did not enter the county seat of Changle and was about to make a detour, but the merchants in the county town of Changle sent a representative.

Su Tiancheng received a report that there were more than a dozen people on the official road who asked to see him, claiming to be the representative of the businessmen of Changle County. After a little silence, Su Tiancheng decided to meet with the representatives of these businessmen, at least to have some preliminary impressions of the next opponent.

But the businessman was able to seize the information and ask for a meeting, which in itself left an unusually deep impression on Su Tiancheng, generally speaking, after the businessman and the rich man got the army coming, they all tried to dodge, thinking of how to protect their own interests, I didn't think that the businessman in Changle County actually took the initiative to contact, I don't know what kind of requirements these businessmen have.

There are a total of eleven people who came to the front, all of them are middle-aged or above, most of them are white and fat, when they introduced themselves one by one, Su Tiancheng learned that a large part of these people are representatives sent by the Chamber of Commerce, Changle County has set up a Chamber of Commerce, which has jurisdiction over the merchants in Fuzhou Prefecture, this Chamber of Commerce is an underground organization, and has not been recognized by the government, but among the merchants, the role and ability of the Chamber of Commerce are far stronger than the government.

In other words, most of these people who come to meet or petition are managers in the chamber of commerce, not the merchants themselves, but they can represent the merchants.

Su Tiancheng felt surprised for the first time, and also noticed that Xiong Zijian said that businessmen in various parts of Fujian are powerful, I am afraid there are still reservations, the chamber of commerce is not a new thing, but the special chamber of commerce, special management and coordination personnel, this is the first time Su Tiancheng has seen, there are chambers of commerce in many places, but the president of the chamber of commerce and other candidates are all standard businessmen, all of whom want to do business, even if Su Tiancheng established a chamber of commerce in Jiangning County, the managers are also part-time.

Business has not developed to a certain extent, or the competition is not to the point of life and death, there is no need to have special personnel to coordinate and manage, just imagine, the shops do their own business, the strength and weakness are very clear, and there is nothing to do, so there is no need to spend a lot of energy to coordinate. Having special personnel to manage and coordinate can only show that Fujian's businessmen are not simple, and the competition between them is also extremely fierce.

But in Fujian, Su Tiancheng will not feel particularly surprised, after all, the businessmen here mainly rely on two means to make money, one is smuggling at sea, and the other is selling illegal salt, both of which carry huge risks and profits, and it is impossible for the government to effectively manage them.

It seems that the Chamber of Commerce's special management and coordination has shown that Fujian's businessmen have formed a unified understanding and strength.

This increases the difficulty of striking and exterminating.

The imperial court did not recognize the scourge of smuggling, and Su Tiancheng knew very well that maritime trade was now his financial lifeline, and if these merchants in Fujian were allowed to smuggle unscrupulously, his interests would suffer great damage.

In every respect, these merchants, who made their fortune by smuggling and selling illicit salt, must be exterminated, although it seems cruel to do so.

The attitude of the crowd was very good, and one of the deputies in his forties was respectful when he spoke to Su Tiancheng, but their request made Su Tiancheng dumbfounded.

It turns out that these businessmen have already thought that Su Tiancheng led the army to Fujian, I am afraid that he wants to lead Fujian, there are many businessmen in Fujian who do business in Dengzhou and other places, and even some whose families have moved to Dengzhou and other places, there must be a connection between businessmen, so Fujian's businessmen are no strangers to Su Tiancheng, and they also know that the status of businessmen in Dengzhou and other places is good.

It's a pity that the businessmen in Fujian misunderstood, and the businessmen in Dengzhou had a good status, which was the result of Su Tiancheng's request, and it was also a decision made by Su Tiancheng in accordance with the law of economic development, but this does not include the businessmen in other places, unless these places do it in accordance with Su Tiancheng's overall requirements.

The representative of the Changle Chamber of Commerce put forward a request for the Chamber of Commerce to be open and directly manage the merchants.

Such a request seems to be nothing, but how could Su Tiancheng not know the greasy inside.

There are no rules can not be a square circle, do any loss, are to abide by the rules, with personal preferences to manage the country, will definitely encounter major problems, since Su Tiancheng has decided to lead the big tomorrow, he will definitely do it in accordance with this requirement, if he agrees to the requirements of the Changle Chamber of Commerce, in a short period of time, he will definitely be able to get the support of many businessmen, but from the perspective of long-term development, smuggling and selling illicit salt and other commercial and trade behaviors will be rampant all over Fujian, and when the time comes, it will really be able to control the government, I'm afraid it's these businessmen, including the Chamber of Commerce, whose power is definitely greater than that of the government.

Businessmen are shrewd, but sometimes, shrewdness is not used in the right place, the personnel of these chambers of commerce, representing many businessmen in Fujian, they did not expect that in more than ten years, Su Tiancheng can develop so rapidly, can make such a huge contribution, if the understanding can't keep up, how is it possible.

This also determined the fate of the vast majority of businessmen in Fujian.

Su Tiancheng didn't say much, and told these representatives of the Changle County Chamber of Commerce very unceremoniously that Jiang Ningying came to inspect Fujian on behalf of the imperial court, and everything had to be done in accordance with the rules.

When the representative of the Chamber of Commerce left, although he still had a smile on his face, he was very reluctant.

After the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce left, Su Tiancheng groaned a little, and immediately arranged for Liu Tiehan to send scouts to follow these representatives of the Chamber of Commerce to see what they would do after they returned to Changle County, and at the same time, the army was temporarily moving forward.

Su Tiancheng has already begun to have a thought in his heart, I am afraid that the first thing he has to deal with is the merchants in Fujian, in the name of which is good, these merchants are engaged in smuggling and selling illicit salt at sea, harming the interests of the imperial court, and Jiang Ningying has sufficient reasons to teach them a lesson. (To be continued......)