The Prodigal Son of the Empire

"Yes!"

Everyone discusses, but there is no good way.

"Actually, there is a way to change the name."

Anani, who had been sitting quietly next to her, suddenly said: "For example, there are a group of people under your command. They are only civilians, but they are actually your army."

"pirate!"

Zhang Xianxian spat out two words.

"Correct."

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

"this is okay."

Meng Qian echoed: "Actually, when we entered Nansha Bay, there were a small group of pirates here, but they were wiped out by us. As our movement in Nansha Bay became bigger and bigger, there were many rumors from the outside world that we A gold mine has been discovered, which has attracted the attention of pirates."

"A few days ago, a group of people were caught. After interrogation, they were sent by the surrounding pirates to inquire about news."

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

The chatterbox was opened up, and it seemed to be a lot more heated. This is indeed a good way.

Existing in the name of pirates, they can be used as needed, and will not arouse the discovery and suspicion of the imperial court.

At present, it seems that this is the only way to go. It is not that Wang Kang has not thought about it at this level. He called everyone to discuss it, just to find a better way.

"I know what your concerns are?"

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

"Real pirates are actually merchants. When they have business, they are merchants. Of course, they mainly do some illegal business, such as smuggling. The more common one is salt. Qi is a big salt-producing country, but salt is under the monopoly control of the state. , took the risk, smuggled to such a country as Yue Zhaoyan... and made huge profits."

"When there is no business, we will rob, go ashore or rob each other..."

Ouyang Wen obviously understands this aspect very well.

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

This also made Wang Kang a little interested.

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

And other countries obviously don't realize that this is actually a big cake.

In my previous life, I heard a saying that a country's prosperity is achieved through the sea, and it is impossible to rely entirely on the small peasant economy.

Wang Kang agrees with this sentence.

The most primitive accumulation of capital in Western countries earlier started from the age of great navigation, and in this process, pirates also played an important role...

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

But it takes a lot of time, shipbuilding, specialized hands, etc.

Pirates, on the other hand, are readily available.

Especially the large-scale pirate groups, they rely on various forms of means of making a living at sea, have accumulated huge wealth, and have a powerful armed team...

This plan works!

Through plundering, stealing is used to control theft, if it can be recovered, it will be recovered, and if it cannot be recovered, it will be eliminated.

Get it in one fell swoop!

Thoughts flashed.

Wang Kang asked: "Are the eyes and ears of those pirates captured a few days ago still there?"

This matter was reported to him, but he was too busy to forget it in a blink of an eye.

"exist."

Ouyang Wen said: "I personally interrogated them. They are from a large pirate group. The leader is Wang Zhi, and they are mainly active in the southeast coast..."

He said and pointed on the map: "It's in this area, but it's actually quite far away from us."

"it is good."

Wang Kang directly made the decision.

"Let's also be pirates once, and use thieves to control thieves. This pirate group is our first target. Keep these eyes and ears well and let them guide us!"

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

Ouyang Wen said: "In the beginning, should we set the goal a little smaller, after all, we don't have a mature naval formation yet."

"It doesn't matter."

Wang Kang knew his concerns.

Now he has only a few warships under his command, which are relatively small in scale.

But there is one thing that is not available in this era, and it is also unmatched by others.

That is the firearm he has, it is completely firepower output, and it is planned properly, there is no problem.

"If you want to chew on the hardest bone, it's meaningless to make small troubles."

Wang Kang directly made a decision.

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

"Yes!"

The leader of the Shenji Battalion responded.

"Lin Zhen, you go and arrange for the selection of seafarers."

"Yu Li, the soldiers of the special warfare battalion have done relevant training and have the conditions to go to sea."

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

Wang Kang made arrangements item by item.

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