Wang Kang is now the most powerful minister of Zhao State, with countless family businesses. He is in charge of Pingxi Army alone, as well as the private soldiers of the Earl of Fuyang, and his command is the Tianluodi Net, which owns Xinfeng City and Nanshawan...

As Ouyang Wen said, Emperor Zhao had become a wise ruler without suppressing him.

But as a monarch, his tolerance is limited, and it has nothing to do with demeanor. This is the emperor's mind. He will not allow a person to expand endlessly...

Wang Kang could understand.

But the current situation is that he must expand his army and establish a navy formation that has always been truly large!

The land army is currently enough.

Because in addition to pacifying the Western Army, Wang Kang also has a backup plan!

That is the arrangement on the grassland.

It is also what he cannot reveal at the moment and let Emperor Zhao know about it.

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

To be precise, he controlled Anani.

This tribe is on the edge of the grassland, and is indifferent to the world and avoids a lot of war.

They knew the identity of the Anani Grassland Prophet and believed in it and worshipped it.

Later Wang Kang chased Tatar and threatened Anani to follow him. The Zale tribe was controlled by him and became the horse farm behind him.

He can quickly provide strong warriors when he needs them!

This is his trump card.

Now he wants to create another one, but this obviously has conflicts with the court.

"If so, it can only be done in secret."

Ouyang Wen said, "But this is actually risky, because it is built on a large scale and it is difficult to keep it truly confidential. If it is learned, it will attract even more suspicion."

"yes!"

There was no good idea when everyone was talking about it.

"In fact, there is a way, you can change your name."

Anani, who had been sitting next to her, suddenly spoke: "For example, you have a group of people under your command. Their identities are only civilians, but they are actually your army."

"pirate!"

Zhang Xianxian said two words.

"right."

Ouyang Wen's eyes lit up and said, "What we are going to form a navy formation. Pirates are the most ready-made ones. They can be incorporated, trained and controlled secretly."

"This is OK."

Meng Qian echoed: "Actually, when we entered Nanshawan, there were small groups of pirates here, but they were wiped out by us. As our movements in Nanshawan became more and more intense, there were many circulating outside, saying that we discovered gold mines, which attracted the attention of pirates."

"A few days ago, I caught a wave of people. After interrogation, they were sent by pirates around me to inquire about the news."

"Pirates themselves are active on the water surface. They are proficient in water and are natural sailors."

When the conversation started, it became much more enthusiastic, which was indeed a good idea.

Existing in the name of pirates, it is ready to use and will not arouse discovery or suspicion from the court.

At present, it seems that this is the only way. Wang Kang has thought about this. He summoned everyone to discuss it in order to find a better solution.

“I know what your concerns are?”

Ouyang Wen said, "It is true that there are some extremely vicious pirates among the pirates who kill but have no bottom line. In fact, such pirates are just bandits!"

"Real pirates are actually businessmen. When they have business, they are businessmen. Of course, they mainly engage in illegal businesses, such as smuggling. The more common one is salt. Qi State is a big salt-producing country, but salt is controlled by the state, and they are in danger. They smuggled to countries like Yue Zhaoyan... to obtain huge profits."

"If there is no business, grab it, grab it, grab it when you go ashore or grab it..."

Ouyang Wen obviously knows this very well.

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

This also made Wang Kang interested.

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

Other countries obviously did not realize that this was actually a big cake.

I heard a saying in my previous life that a country's prosperity is through the ocean, and it is not possible to rely entirely on the small peasant economy.

Wang Kang agreed with this sentence.

Earlier, the most primitive capital accumulation in Western countries began in the Age of Discovery, and in this process, pirates also played an important role...

In fact, Wang Kang also intends to set up a fleet dedicated to maritime transportation and trade.

But it takes a lot of time, shipbuilding, professional manpower, etc.

Pirates are ready-made.

Especially the large pirate groups, they rely on various forms of maritime livelihoods to accumulate huge wealth and have a strong armed team...

This plan is feasible!

Through plunder, stealing is used to control theft. If it can be recovered, it will be recovered. If it cannot be recovered, it will be eliminated.

One kills multiple goals!

Thoughts flashed.

Wang Kang asked: "Are the pirates captured a few days ago still there?"

He reported this to him, but he was too busy and forgot about it in a blink of an eye.

"exist."

Ouyang Wen said, "I personally interrogated them. They were from a large pirate group. The leader was named Wang Zhi, and they mainly operated in the southeast coastal areas..."

He said as he pointed on the map, "It's just in this area, but it's actually quite far from us."

"good."

Wang Kang made the decision directly.

"We are also a pirate, using stealing to control theft. This pirate group is our first goal. Let these ears and ears be kept and let them lead us!"

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

Ouyang Wen said, "At the beginning, should we put the target a little smaller? After all, we do not have a mature navy formation yet."

"It's okay."

Wang Kang knew his concerns.

Now he has 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 that others cannot compare with.

That is, the firearm he owns is completely firepower output, and there is no problem with the plan properly.

"If you want to chew, you can chew the hardest bones, and it's meaningless to make a small fuss."

Wang Kang made a decision directly.

"Wang Chen, go check the firearm assembly of the warships and transfer sufficient ammunition from Xinfeng as soon as possible. In addition, there should be artillery during this period and transport it to assemble."

"yes!"

The commander of the Shenji Camp responded.

"Lin Zhen, you go and arrange the selection of people going out of the sea."

"Yu Li, the soldiers of the Special Operations Battalion have done relevant training and have the conditions to go to sea."

"Old Wu, go to Huzhou and find a few fishermen with familiar seas and rich experience..."

Wang Kang made arrangements one by one.

Finally, he spoke: "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, "Then go and do it, be prepared as soon as possible, let's be his pirates..."
Chapter completed!