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When Liu Jinsheng heard this, he was a little stupid. He suddenly discovered that in terms of intrigues, it seemed that his adopted father Li Kuiqi was indeed much worse than Zheng Zhilong.

So, he saw Zheng Zhilong in the back office again, called his personal guards and ordered them to secretly monitor the entire navy, focusing on those who came ashore and secretly followed them.

At about this time, at Fuzhou Governor's Yamen, Liu Guoneng hurriedly took several clerks to visit Sun Chuanting in the back hall. Of course, Ma San naturally followed. When he saw Sun Chuanting, although there was still no expression on his face, Liu Guoneng happily reported: "Master Zhongcheng, the tax statistics for half a year have been calculated, and a total of 876,356 taels were collected. Tax money.”

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked the two clerks to come forward and present the account book and said: "Here are the account details. Please take a look at it, Mr. Zhongcheng!"

For him, he collected 870,000 taels of silver in half a year. This was simply unimaginable. Compared with when he opened the sea, he only received 20,000 taels of silver a year. He didn't know how many times it had increased!

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting nodded slightly. For his confidant, he finally showed a smile and pointed his hand to ask the clerks to put the accounts aside.

"Lord Zhongcheng, I estimate that the number in the second half of the year will definitely be higher than this. It is estimated that the total tax revenue for a year will probably reach about two million taels!" Liu Guoneng said happily, and then said with a little regret. , "If it weren't for the current unrest on the sea, rampant pirates, and rampant smuggling, otherwise, I would feel that it would be possible to double the number!"

Having said this, he clasped his hands and congratulated Sun Chuanting and said: "With so much tax money, the emperor must be very happy. I wish Mr. Zhongcheng an early promotion!"

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting shook his head and said calmly: "It's far from enough. The basic line that the emperor asked me to collect taxes was 10 million taels, but now it's only 2 million taels. There's a huge difference!"

When Liu Guoneng heard this, he opened his mouth in surprise. The astronomical figure of ten million taels frightened him directly.

After a while, he came back to his senses and saw Sun Chuanting flipping through the account books. He couldn't help but said: "Master Zhongcheng, isn't the figure of 10 million taels a bit exaggerated? Even if the navy kills all the pirates, Even if they are wiped out, peace will be impossible, right? What's more, there are so many pirates now, and with the combat power of the navy, it will be impossible to achieve peace, at least in the short term, right?"

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting put down his accounts, looked up at him, and said confidently: "Don't underestimate Zheng Zhilong. Since he can emerge from many pirates and become the largest maritime force, he also has the imperial court's backing. , with my support and the emperor’s attention, even if other pirates are rampant for a while, they will never be his opponent!”

Regarding this, Sun Chuanting believed that his eyes would never see the wrong person! Zheng Zhilong is definitely capable, and he is a leader among pirates in terms of skills and tactics. When they fight as pirates, they are just like fighting on land. The principles are the same. As long as they are good at finding opportunities to fight, they can defeat the many with the few and the weak with the strong. Now, in his battle to become famous, he was only able to defeat tens of thousands of thieves in one fell swoop!

Liu Guoneng was stunned for a while after listening to his words. Perhaps he had stayed in Fujian for a long time and knew a lot about the forces at sea. After he came to his senses, he asked with some confusion: " What if we add those Western barbarians? Their ships are fast and their cannons are far away, and General Zheng Shen will have no advantage in fighting them, right?"

When Sun Chuanting heard this, the corner of his mouth suddenly cracked, showing a hint of disdain. He was obviously a little disdainful, and then he analyzed it for Liu Guoneng: "Those Western barbarians, whose hometowns are thousands of miles away, come to my Ming Dynasty. It's just a tree without roots, just duckweed on the water. So what if it's powerful? Zheng Zhilong's navy is backed by the imperial court, has the support of his own officials, and has the emperor's attention, so how can he care about a military force that has to work hard for an expedition? "

Speaking of this, he paused and added: "The strength of those Western barbarians can only be used to bully those small foreign countries. Otherwise, once they offend the Ming Dynasty and the emperor is furious, these Western barbarians will appear to be powerful. Do you believe it can be wiped out in ashes immediately?"

Seeing Liu Guoneng's mouth opened wide after hearing this, he seemed to be surprised by this statement, and there was a bit of doubt on his face. Sun Chuanting couldn't help but shake his head. Regarding his confidant, he had to teach him again: "Remember, in wars, it is always people who fight. The advanced or not of the weapons is not the decisive factor. Otherwise, throughout the dynasties, There is nowhere to rebel and overthrow the government. In addition, there are many such examples in our history books. In normal times, you should also become literate and read more books!"

Although Liu Guoneng didn't know how many such examples there were in history books, he believed in Sun Chuanting. Since Lord Zhongcheng said so, he nodded convinced and said: "The general understands!"

If Emperor Chongzhen were here, he might add something to Sun Chuanting's words, that is, when the weapons are advanced or not, and when they reach an overwhelming technical advantage, the weapons will determine victory. However, the human aspect is also a very important factor. As Sun Chuanting pointed out, the current gap between Xiyi and Ming Dynasties is indeed not so bad that there is an overwhelming technical advantage. Therefore, it has to be said that the final outcome of the war between the two sides does depend on people.

For this point, in the original history, Zheng Zhilong defeated the coalition forces of the Netherlands and Liu Xiang in the Liaoluo Bay naval battle with the support of the Fujian local government, thus establishing his position as maritime hegemon. This is a clear proof.

Just when the conversation between the two of them came to an end, Sun Chuanting suddenly received a notification from the system and quickly entered the chat group. It was Emperor Chongzhen who sent him a decree saying: "The Western Yi missionary Tang Ruowang is secretly preaching in Fujian. A gathering is scheduled for tomorrow morning on an island near Fujian. Sun Qing sent people to catch them all. Tang Ruowang escorted them to Beijing, and the other stupid people gathered at the gathering were exiled and naturalized."

Sun Chuanting was stunned after hearing this. He immediately understood that there must be factory guards operating under his control and discovered this first. He quickly replied: "I obey the order!"

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "The people from Dongchang are waiting outside the governor's office. He will lead your people there."

It turned out that after Wang Chengen confirmed the news, it was difficult to expose his presence in Taiping Port. If he directly sent a squadron to mobilize the navy, he did not have the power, and would lose the face of Sun Chuanting, the governor of Fujian, so he reported it directly to After marrying Emperor Chongzhen, he could not only repay his merits but also leave the finishing work to Sun Chuanting, so he did so.

At present, Wang Chengen's focus has shifted to another matter.

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