Taizhou was located in Baiyue in the pre-Qin period. The so-called Baiyue was seven or eight thousand miles from Jiaozhi to Kuaiji. The Baiyue was mixed, and each had its own caste.

The town was established in the early Han Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of Chuzhou. It was not until the early Tang Dynasty that five counties gathered together to establish prefectures, named Taizhou after Tiantai Mountain in the territory.

Later, Taizhou's administrative area was quite chaotic, and it would be divided or filled in one or two counties every once in a while. Even the name of Taizhou disappeared into the long river of history.

It was not until the Yuan Dynasty rebuilt Taizhou Road and Zhu Yuanzhang changed the road into a prefecture in the early Ming Dynasty that Taizhou Prefecture reappeared in the world, with six counties under the jurisdiction of Linhai, Huangyan, Taiping, Xianju, Tiantai and Ninghai.

Taizhou Prefecture is located near the sea. Because there are many mountains in the territory, the typical pattern of seven mountains, one water and three parts of fields. Due to the poor geographical location, it leads to inconvenience in transportation. Therefore, Taizhou was one of the earliest areas in the Ming Dynasty to participate in maritime trade at a deep level. The maritime merchants gathered in Taizhou are no less than Ningbo Prefecture.

However, Taizhou was also the most severely invaded by Japanese pirates. Long before Ligang was destroyed, a large number of Japanese pirates often invaded Taizhou Prefecture. Although Tan Lun was later praised as a famous anti-Japanese general, even if he went barefoot to charge, he could barely maintain it. It was not until last year that Xu Hai and Wang Zhi started the war that Tan Lun breathed a little relieved.

The convoy slowly drove out of the gate of Xianju County and headed west. Five or six carriages were eye-catching, attracting many passers-by to pause.

"Which young master comes out to travel around?" Some passers-by said disdainfully: "It will look good if you meet Japanese pirates."

Although Wang Zhi and Xu Hai went to war, small groups of Japanese pirates often invaded the southeast coast, among which Ningbo and Taizhou were the most frequent.

He could see clearly with sharp eyes, "It's only five or six carriages. Look at the cavalry in front and behind, there are dozens of cavalry, and even if he encounters a small group of Japanese pirates, he can escape."

His eyes were even sharper and sneered: "Run? What a joke, didn't you see the bamboo spear?"

"Oh, that's the heroic soldier under General Qi Shen!"

After winning consecutive battles, the people in Taizhou and Ningbo regarded Qi Jiguang as a savior, and the characteristics of the wolf teeth on the Qian family's guards were very obvious.

But it’s not wrong. After Qian Yuan and his group left Hangzhou this time, they went upstream from Fuchun River, took Yanzhou Prefecture to enter Jinhua Prefecture, and went to Yiwu to visit Qi Jiguang.

After a long talk overnight, Qi Jiguang asked his younger brother Qi Jimei to escort him with twenty personal soldiers, from Huaxi to Taizhou Prefecture, settled in Xianju County, and then went west from Yong'an River to directly into Guolinhai County, affiliated to Taizhou Prefecture.

There is a sign of the Governor of Zhejiang. Qian Yuan borrowed official boats in the southeast. Xiao Qi carefully taught the four maids to kill the Three Kingdoms. She played well in this way, and the others who lost all the way were about to turn against each other. Qian Yuan stood at the bow of the boat, not to appreciate the scenery, but to observe the terrain carefully.

He looked down at the map again. The map of this era has no contour lines. Qian Yuan could only do some excellent things based on local chronicles and the information he collected before.

"Looking at Taizhou Prefecture, the southeast plain, the rivers are crisscrossing, but there are continuous mountains everywhere in the northwest and southwest. The traffic is not good, and the speed of the passenger army coming to aid will be very slow. Taizhou Prefecture can only fight alone, unlike Shaoxing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Suzhou, and Songjiang that can be connected together."

Qi Jimei nodded repeatedly, "That's true. Japanese pirates invaded Shaoxing and Ningbo. Even if they were defeated, the officials stationed on the border of Hangzhou Prefecture could immediately go downstream to support each other, but Taizhou..."

Speaking of it, he was a general of Ning Shao, but in fact, Qi Jiguang's main activity area was only in Taizhou. Qian Yuan recalled that it seemed that before going south to Fujian and north to Jimen, the Qi family army won several great victories in Taizhou.

"But there are benefits," Qian Yuan smiled, "If you win, Yuan Jing will be the only one who deserves the credit."

Qi Jimei frowned, "Isn't there any magistrate?"

"Magistrate Tan is a civil servant, wherever he goes." Yang Wen, who was standing beside him, complained: "If you can defend Taizhou firmly, it will not be difficult for General Qi Shen to be promoted to general."

Qian Yuan glanced at Yang Wen. Since entering Taizhou Prefecture yesterday, this guy has been a little unable to sit still. Yang Wen usually talks very little, but he has become a chatterbox these days.

The boat was going downstream and the speed was quite fast. I set off early in the morning. Before the sunset set, the group had arrived in Linhai County.

Yang Wen, who had never stopped his mouth along the way, finally stopped his mouth, clenched his hands tightly into fists, the gate of Linhai County in front of him was dilapidated and old, and there were traces of knife and axe chopping on the city walls. The soil beside the moat was purple-black, and I don’t know how many Japanese pirates and the blood of the city guards were mixed.

"It has been more than three years since the 32nd year of Jiajing." Qian Yuan said calmly: "The debt has been paid off. If you are interested, I can recommend you to follow the army, whether it is Taizhou or Qi Yuanjing."

As the traffic flowed forward, he walked into the city gate and checked the soldiers guarding the city. After a while, Yang Wencai said: "Young Master has come to Taizhou and stay by the young master's side. He will not have any chance to kill the Japanese."

"You really think of the young master, I am a broom star?" Qian Yuan cursed with a smile: "I'm too lazy to care about you, let me go."

Zhang San, who was standing beside him, breathed a sigh of relief, "If you really leave, you will slap you!"

"What are you talking about?" Wang Yi shook his head, "It's just that Yang Wen left, he was afraid that he would slow down when he recruited escorts."

After entering Taizhou Prefecture, the first place to go was naturally the government office. My mother, Tan, moved to Taizhou and only said to go to find her cousin Tan Lun, but said nothing else.

As he headed south, Qian Yuan wrote letters several times, but he didn't know if he had not received them or missed them. He had never received Tan Lun's reply, and Qian Yuan was a little anxious.

The soldiers guarding the government office were quite elite and were very alert. When they saw dozens of men riding horses escorting the convoy, they immediately summoned dozens of soldiers to come forward to interrogate.

A quarter of an hour later, Tang Shunzhi, the co-magistrate of Taizhou Prefecture, walked out of the mansion with great strides. Qian Yuan bowed deeply, "I will see Duke Jingchuan again in more than two years."

Tang Shunzhi stretched out his hand and helped him. The young man in front of him had lost his youthfulness as he had more than two years ago. His behavior was calm and he had a sense of compelling spirit, and he was no longer lazy in Chongde County.

"Okay, okay!" Tang Shunzhi nodded and said, "I have been departing for Chongde and have heard that he has made many achievements and successfully passed the imperial examination. I am quite pleased with Zili."

Tan Lun's wife stayed in Jiangxi and came to Taizhou alone to take up her post. There were only two side rooms beside her. Xiaoqi was taken to the backyard. Qian Yuan followed Tang Shun to the study to pay homage to Tan Lun.

This is a middle-aged man with a dark face. He is not tall, but his eyes are scattered and majestic. He has repeatedly killed Japanese people in his body over the years. There is a waist knife next to the desk, and a map and a long sword are hung on the wall. He doesn't look like a civil servant, but he looks a bit like a military general.

Tan Lun passed the Jinshi at the age of 24. He was a famous young talented man in Jiangxi Province. He was calm and had a strategy. He was a genius who could understand the military strategy from ants fighting. He was a famous general who could be as famous as Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, and Li Chengliang in later generations.

"Nephew Qian Yuan greets my uncle." Qian Yuan bowed properly.

"Get up." Tan Lun put down his pen and looked at the young man in front of him.

This was the first time Qian Yuan met Tan Lun, but it was not the first time Tan Lun met Qian Yuan. In the 24th year of Jiajing, Tan Lun was appointed as the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites and once visited Huating as a guest, Qian Yuan, who was only eleven years old at the time.

As the saying goes, when you see older at the age of three and older at the age of ten, Qian Yuan was already well-known in Huating. He reads well, looks beautiful, and has a very poisonous mouth.

Tan Lun was quite disappointed at that time. Her sister had two sons, one gave up her career and turned to business, while the other was smart but had an extreme temperament.

But unexpectedly, seven or eight years later, Tan Lun made a completely different Qian Yuan from his colleagues, letters, and even from the official texts sent by the Governor's Office and the Governor's Office. He was unparalleled in integrity, had strategies, was skilled in training troops, was deep in mind, and had great methods. Except for his mouth, he was still so poisonous, and he didn't look like anything...

More than a month ago, Tan Lun received a letter from Hu Zhengmeng, who in the same year, in which Hu Zhengmeng blows Qian Yuan to the sky... It's not too exaggerated. He went alone to Beijing to stir up the storm, and many forces moved freely. Jian entered Prince Yu's mansion again in the imperial heart, gathering the top figures who were regarded as the subject in the same year.

"More than three years ago, you joined the Wang Minying shogunate." Tan Lun's first sentence was to ask for guilt, which made Tang Shunzhi, who was standing beside him curled his lips. He and his colleagues had been with Tan Lun for more than two years. He knew that although this person was not a small-minded, he was obsessed with this matter.

More than three years ago, with Qian Yuan's efforts, Yu Dayou and Lu Tong led their troops north to fight with Japanese pirates in Songjiang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Jiaxing Prefecture, and were appreciated by the bigwigs of the two capitals, so that Wang Min should be promoted to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War. However, in Taizhou at that time... Tan Lun, who had no help, struggled to support him, rushed naked and seriously injured and died to save the city.

How did Tan Lun forget this?

Qian Yuan bowed calmly and said, "Ligang was destroyed, Japanese pirates rose everywhere, Taizhou was mountainous, Songjiang Plain, Taizhou was abandoned, support Songjiang, Suzhou, and replace it with my uncle, so would it be like this."

This sentence blocked Tan Lun back. He was proficient in military tactics and naturally knew that it was the best choice. Tang Shunzhi smiled and said, "Zhan Cai is just like this. Only by replacing his love can he repay his favor. He didn't take a step back at Banzhou Gong. Zili, do you still want to scare him?"

Zhang Jing and Qian Yuan had a conflict in Taozhai Town because of the looting of wolf clay soldiers. Zhang Jing had to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress them, but Qian Yuan did not retreat at all, and this incident had long been spread throughout the southeast.

Tan Lun said angrily: "You are not afraid of me dying in the formation!"

"My mother was worried that my nephew had sent someone to send medicinal materials and supplements, but was robbed by Japanese pirates and bandits in Jinhua Mansion." Qian Yuan bowed and asked, "Mother, where is the younger sister now? My nephew went to see you first."

Tan Lun's face changed and he said for a while: "Huangyan County."

"What!" Qian Yuan changed his color and stood up suddenly and said, "Huang Yan!"

Huangyan and Taiping are the two counties closest to the coastline of Taizhou Prefecture. If Japanese pirates want to attack Linhai, they must first attack Huangyan.

"Zhancai, Zhancai." Tang Shunzhi stood up and explained: "If I hadn't received the letter before, Zili and I wouldn't have known that your mother moved to Taizhou Prefecture. Zili took a lot of effort to find it."

"Why don't you persuade him to return to Linhai?"

"The mouth is worn out, she just refuses!" Tan Lun looked depressed and puzzled, "I don't even let my saliva drink and drive me out."

The majesty she had maintained before was gone, Tan Lun showed his nature, rubbed his fingers and wondered: "My third sister had the best relationship with me before she left the house, and she had never offended her!"
Chapter completed!