"But doing so. It will only make the war continue to be fought." Senior Brother walked over and said to Shang Wen at this time.

"The war continues to go on, Qi State and Chu State are not good, but the beneficiaries are those countries that have offered to help in good faith, for example, you Qin State." Senior brother said at this time looking at Shang Wen.

"Is that so. Qin's prime minister?" Senior brother asked Shangwen at this time.

"En." Shangwen wanted to refuse to accept, but this is indeed a fact. The only parties benefiting from the war are those countries, groups, and individuals that encourage active warfare and then actively provide weapons. For them, war is a way, a way, and nothing more.

"You white-eyed wolf." Senior Sister said to Shang Wen at this time. Shangwen suffered a setback here, and Shangwen did not have the superiority of modern people at all. In their view, Shangwen does not have any moral emphasis, because there is no such thing. Shangwen is easily attacked, and Shangwen feels very innocent about this.

In the southern state of Chu. The Chu State Navy is making tremendous changes.

"We are going to set up a fort in the Jiujiang area. Then we will blockade the ships going south. Only in this way can we effectively blockade and achieve the purpose of tax collection." Xiang Yan said to the son at this time.

"En. This idea is very good." Ning Chu said at this time.

"It's just that the construction of the fort is very expensive. We can only rely on Qin's loan. It can be done, and Qin is fully involved in it." Xiang Yan said at this time.

"As long as it can bring benefits, the money is nothing." Said negative.

"These money should be spent." Said negative very firmly. From Ning Chu's point of view, only investment can yield a gain, and this gain is to obtain the King of Chu. Only by becoming the king of Chu can you regain the hegemony.

"The son." Xiang Yan said at this time.

"After the fort is established in Jiujiang area. We still need to build a larger fleet to go to sea, because overseas, we Chu people have established many colonies." Xiang Yan said to the young master at this time.

"Colonial?" The first time Gongzi Ningchu heard such a word, he was very surprised, because he didn't know that Chu people actually made a colony outside. It was an accident to him, and it was too much. By accident.

"Oh. This is Qin's vocabulary." Xiang Yan explained at this time.

"Oh." Gongzi Ningchu suddenly understood at this moment, and then nodded. Said that I knew it.

"These colonies are all from my Chu people. But these people from Chu, I don’t know them at all. They are developing lands overseas by themselves, and they have rich family assets. They have many ships, and most importantly, they have. A lot of slaves, these slaves, have been imported into the State of Qin from far away. They have earned a lot of money in the State of Qin. But these places are not under the jurisdiction of our army." Xiang Yan said to the negative at this time. Ning Chu was very surprised to hear such news.

"There is also such a place where they don't have to pay any taxes. This is simply a wonder in the world." Ning Chu shouted loudly. In his opinion, there is no need to pay taxes, which is simply impossible. But in reality, these colonies all pursued anarchism. They just established a management agency similar to the government, but this management agency was not given more powers. Such as collecting taxes and recruiting soldiers. Carry out some infrastructure construction and so on. They rarely grant such rights. Or maybe they didn't intend to give more power to such institutions in the first place. Because they know how much power this thing has on taxation.

For example, the aristocratic groups in the Chu Kingdom will become more cruel after they have obtained such power. They will find ways to collect more taxes to meet their various needs. These are a burden to the people. To prevent this from happening. Businessmen in the colonies and various immigrants jointly negotiated and formulated such a measure, that is, not to give such institutions more power. In this way, the rights of the people can be guaranteed. And this government-like institution will not have incidents that threaten individuals.

These people who came to the colonies actually did one purpose, which was to avoid the rising taxes in Chu. Taxes are a huge burden for them. They can't afford this burden.

"These colonies, we should take them down as soon as possible. Let them submit to us. In this way, our Chu army can get more taxes, and the Chu army can grow rapidly. This is a very important thing for us. , This thing must be done like this." Ning Chu said at this time.

"Here." Xiang Yan respectfully agreed at this time.

"My son. At the end, the general has sent Xiang Liang to command all naval vessels to go to sea and occupy these colonies. I think it won’t be long before they will bring the first tax. How many overseas colonies are there? I think it will gradually be enough. Meet our needs." Xiang Yan said.

"En, very good. It will be done as soon as possible." Ning Chu exhorted at this time. Ning Chu actually didn't think of it. The Chu people actually established some colonies overseas, and these colonies actually have so much money, which is for the Chu army. It was a huge accident.

And on a medium-sized warship of the Chu State Navy's naval fleet that just went to sea. Xiang Liang, standing at the bow of the ship, was looking around with a telescope at this time.

"Unexpectedly. The sea is so big. It is bigger than the Yangtze River." Xiang Liang was the first time he went to sea. Although he had been on a sea boat before, that one was not at the same level at all. This ship is a real war ship, and it is just a vehicle.

"General, our army has officially assembled, and we have to go all the way south along the coastline." This time. The captain of this medium-sized warship came to report.

"Go south quickly." Xiang Liang ordered at this time.

"Here." The captain of the medium warship agreed at this time. He stepped back and gave the first officer an order to go south. The true appearance of Chu's naval forces this time can be regarded as their largest lineup. They have three medium-sized warships. The rest are small warships, as many as nineteen. In addition, there are two merchant ships. These two merchant ships are the supply vessels of the Chu Army naval forces. They are specialized in carrying supply materials. Such a huge battleship team. Logistic supplies consume a lot of materials, so the Chu Jun naval forces specifically left two merchant ships without making any changes. They are specially used to load various materials to replenish various warships. You must know. In such a battleship team. There are only three medium warships. The number of small warships reached nineteen. In addition to carrying a large number of weapons on small warships, supplies will be severely reduced. The reduction of supplies will seriously affect the voyage of small warships. Therefore, the Chu State Navy specially carried such merchant ships to go to sea.

In addition to these, the Chu Army also dedicated three troop carriers. They are specially used for landing operations, so to speak. This time the Chu army went to sea exclusively. The purpose is very clear is to seize the Chu colony established overseas by the people of Chu. They want to establish a colonial government and exercise jurisdiction over the colony.

Such a large fleet of ships traveling on the sea naturally caused panic among other merchant ships, but at this time. Merchant shipping also has some of its own confidence.

With the transformation of a large number of armed merchant ships, they were launched into the water. Armed merchant ships carrying cannons on the sea rapidly increased. These merchant ships are unusually large. However, they rarely form a team to sail. They are all done separately.

"It seems that there are many merchant ships ahead of us. They are all armed merchant ships." At this time, the chief officer said to the captain.

"Captain. No." At this moment a sailor ran over nervously and said. He just got off the lookout post.

"I saw the banner of the Chu Army." The sailor nervously pointed to the battleship team that appeared in the distance.

"What?" The captain looked at the sailor in surprise at this time. The first officer looked at the sailor nervously.

"That's right. I did see the flag of the Chu Army. They all have the flag of the Chu Army on top. It's not the merchant flag we fly." The sailor said at this time. Merchant ships of various countries are for distinction. Also fly the flag on its own. These flags are all mounted by themselves, so the mounting is very irregular, but they do not use military flags. Especially the flag that symbolizes their own country, they have not used it. Because this means that they are the military, in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, they all chose to avoid the military flag. So, in terms of unspoken rules. No one would fly a military flag to mark their ships.

"Indeed." This time. The first officer nervously picked up his binoculars and looked at the ship ahead.

"So is the one next to him. They turned out to be Chu State Marines?" The first officer put down the telescope in his hand and looked at the captain in surprise.

The captain was holding a telescope to check the situation at this time. What he saw was the same as the chief officer. this means. What they saw was Chu's navy, a real fighting force.

"Why are they here?" The captain said in surprise.

"Is it possible that they are here to keep safe. Come to fight those pirates?" At this time. The first officer said with some excitement. Because of this, they can quickly follow up.

"No. No. I heard that it is still difficult for Chu's navy to go to sea. They will not waste so many ships here. They must have other reasons. We still try to avoid them. You know, they are comparable. The pirates are even more powerful. No one can say anything about the army," the captain said.