Chapter 990

Wang Kang is now regarded as the first powerful official of the state of Zhao. He has numerous families. He has the Pingxi army alone, and the private soldiers of the count's house in Fuyang. He has all kinds of forces under his command, including Xinfengcheng and nanshawan

As Ouyang Wen said, the emperor of Zhao did not suppress him. He was already the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

However, as a monarch, his tolerance is limited, which has nothing to do with bearing. It's an imperial mental skill. He won't allow a person to grow up endlessly

Wang Kang can understand.

But now the situation is that he has to expand the army and set up a Navy formation of real scale all the time!

Land troops are enough for the time being.

Because in addition to Pingxi army, Wang Kang has a backhand!

That is the original layout in the grassland.

It is also the last thing he can expose to let the emperor know.

He also controlled a tribe in the grassland, the ZAL tribe.

To be exact, he controlled annani.

This tribe is on the edge of the grassland, keeping aloof from the world and avoiding many wars.

They knew the identity of anani's prairie prophet, and they were convinced and worshipped.

Later, Wang Kang chased Tatar and forced anani to follow him. Zale tribe was controlled by him and became his rear horse farm.

In his need, can quickly provide strong soldiers!

This is his card.

Now he has to set up another one, but it obviously conflicts with the court.

"If so, it can only be done in the dark."

Ouyang Wen said: "but this is actually risky, because it's difficult to keep secrets in a large scale. If it's known, it will lead to suspicion."

"Yes

There is no good way for people to talk about it.

"In fact, there is a way to change the name."

"For example, you have a group of people under your command. They are just civilians, but they are actually your army," anani said suddenly

"Pirates

Zhang Xianxian spits out two words.

"Yes."

Ouyang Wen brightened his eyes and said, "what we want to build is a Navy formation. Pirates are the most ready-made. They can be recruited, trained and controlled secretly."

"This is OK."

Meng Qian echoed: "in fact, when we entered Nansha Bay, there were a small number of Pirates here, but they were exterminated by us. As we moved more and more in Nansha Bay, there were many rumors from the outside world that we had found a gold mine, which has attracted the attention of pirates."

"A few days ago, we caught a group of people. After interrogation, they were sent by the pirates around to inquire for information."

"Pirates themselves are on the water. They are good at water and are natural sailors."

It's really a good way to open up the chatterbox.

It exists in the name of pirates and can be used as needed. It will not cause the discovery and suspicion of the imperial court.

At present, it seems that this is the only way. Wang Kang of this level did not think that he called people to discuss, that is, to seek a better way.

"I know what your concerns are?"

Ouyang Wen said: "it's true that there are some ferocious people among the pirates, and there is no bottom line to kill them. In fact, such pirates are just roving pirates!"

"The real pirates are actually merchants. When they do business, they are merchants. Of course, they mainly engage in illegal business, such as smuggling. Salt is more common. Qi is a big salt producing country, but salt is controlled by the state monopoly. They take risks and smuggle it to Ruyue Zhaoyan Such a country can make huge profits. "

"When there is no business, grab, go ashore or grab each other..."

Ouyang Wen obviously knows this very well.

In his account, people have a relatively clear understanding of pirates.

This also makes Wang Kang have some interest.

On this continent, the country with the most prosperous maritime trade is Qi.

Other countries obviously don't realize that this is a big cake.

I have heard a saying in my previous life that the prosperity of a country depends on the sea, and it is impossible to rely solely on the small-scale peasant economy.

Wang Kang agrees with this.

Earlier, the most primitive capital accumulation in western countries started from the era of great navigation. In this process, pirates also played an important role

In fact, Wang Kang also intends to set up a fleet specialized in maritime transport trade.

But it takes a lot of time, shipbuilding, professional staff and so on.

Pirates are ready-made.

In particular, the large-scale pirate groups, relying on various forms of marine means, have accumulated huge wealth and have a strong armed team

This plan is feasible!

By plundering, we can control theft by stealing. If we can recover it, we can recover it. If we can't recover it, we can eliminate it.

More with one stone!Thoughts flashed.

Wang Kang asked, "are the eyes and ears of the pirates captured a few days ago still there?"

He was reported about it, but he was so busy that he forgot.

"Yes."

Ouyang Wen said: "I personally interrogated them. They came from a large Pirate Group. Their leader was Wang Zhi, and they mainly lived along the southeast coast..."

He said and pointed to the map: "it's in this area. In fact, it's far away from us."

"Good."

Wang Kang made the decision directly.

"We're also pirates. We'll take this pirate group as our first goal. Keep these eyes and ears and let them show us the way!"

"This pirate group is the largest in this area. They have a mature combat team, including warships and personnel..."

Ouyang Wen said: "at the beginning, should we lower the target? After all, we don't have a mature Navy formation."

"It doesn't matter."

Wang Kang knows his concerns.

Now there are only a few warships under his command, but the scale is very small.

But there is one thing that is not available in this era, and it can not be compared with others.

That's the firearm he has. It's all about the output of firepower. If it's well planned, it's still OK.

"If you want to chew it, you can chew the hardest bone. It's meaningless to make a little fuss."

Wang Kang made a decision directly.

"Wang Chen, you go to check the firearm assembly of the warship, and transfer sufficient ammunition from Xinfeng as soon as possible. In addition, artillery should be produced and transported for assembly during this period of time."

"Yes

The commander of Shenji camp answered.

"Lin Zhen, you go to arrange for the selection of people to go to sea."

"Yuli, the soldiers of the special combat battalion should do a good job in relevant training and have the conditions to go to sea."

"Lao Wu, go to Huzhou and find some experienced fishermen who are familiar with the sea area..."

Wang Kang is making arrangements one by one.

Finally, he said: "today's resolution is not allowed to be disclosed in private, especially about our military expansion plan!"

"Yes

"Good!"

Wang Kang stood up and said, "let's get busy and get ready as soon as possible. Let's be pirates as well..."