Within the territory of Chu State, the Xuzhou area, this is an area divided according to the new government. This area is the core area of ​​Chu State, because Pengcheng is here.

After a period of buffering, all parts of the Chu country have basically "changed their flags and changed their flags". The original king of Chu was also demoted to the public, and Li Yuan was also deposed. No one cares about them anyway. Because they are now anxious to welcome the arrival of the new King of Chu.

According to the previous division of Chu State, each region established councils according to the taxes paid and their strength, and then the state assembly was elected through local assembly elections, and then the state assembly elected the governor, and the governor established the state government. When the son was responsible for raising funds, Chu was organizing various state governments in this way. In their view, this was the time when the government gave them local authority and created autonomy for all parts of Chu. condition.

"What do you mean by the three orders recently issued by King Xin Chu?" Uncle Huang asked a young congressman in a puzzled manner. Uncle Huang was a local nobleman because his family was relatively weak, so he just became a member of the council. Local councillor.

"It is for us to expand externally, not to merge land internally and spend money outside." Chen Gong said. He is a state councilor of Xuzhou. So there are more things to know. Naturally, the local councilors have the right to speak.

"I don't know what it means?" Uncle Huang asked puzzledly.

"It's very simple, our slaves are free. They have all become our subordinates, but for so many troops, according to the truth, if you want to pay the army, the army of the new king of Chu will give it, we will naturally give it, otherwise our army They will all go to the new king of Chu." Chen Gong said.

"And these people, joining the army are not free for nothing, they have to give us five to ten years of work, what do these time do?" Chen Gong said.

"Naturally, we have expanded abroad. We have occupied a region, such as your county. If there is such a large area, half of the county belongs to you, and the other half belongs to the country. The resources, population, and land above are all Yours, and these troops do this." Chen Gong explained.

"Oh, if it were to occupy such a large area as Xuzhou, or a land as large as Chu State, wouldn't it?" Huang Bo was speechless in surprise, and Chen Gong was already watching him severely. Don't they know the truth in this? They naturally know it. If you occupy a place as big as Xuzhou, you can naturally become the governor of Xuzhou. If you occupy a Chu country, you will naturally become a new king. Don't they know this situation? Yes, they naturally know this situation.

"However, if we want to develop at present, we must have a navy. The new government has announced that we will allow us to establish a large number of naval forces. However, we do not have many navies here. The ships are all offshore vessels. How can such ships transport a large number of troops? Go to the south. Obviously this is impossible." Chen Gong said worriedly. Regarding this matter, most state legislators are very worried, because there are seas in the Xuzhou area, but they are all small-scale sea-going ships. These sea-going ships are obviously far away from the navy. And without sea ships, they would naturally not be able to expand.

"We can’t compare with the aristocrats in the South. They naturally have warships. They can become navy and they can expand as long as they are reorganized. But we don’t have these ships, so we can’t let us hold these fishing boats. Let's expand, it's very unfavorable for us." Chen Gong said distressedly.

State legislators and local legislators have all seen such an important opportunity. In the future, whoever occupies a large area of ​​overseas land will be able to expand his own strength. For the Chu aristocrats of the size of the ranks, it will break their current status. good chance.

"This. I don't know, I have a good idea." Uncle Huang, who was struggling and hesitated, had a bold idea.

"Let's talk about it, maybe your method will work." Chen Gong asked.

"Yeah. I just said it." Huang Bo hesitated.

"Say it quickly." Chen Gong said, waving his arms.

"It's very simple. It is to recruit those pirates and the pirates as our naval force." Huang Bo said.

"What?" Chen Gong almost jumped up when he heard this. How could such a person cooperate? In his opinion, none of these pirates is a good person.

"Forget it. You can continue talking." At this time, Chen Gong waved helplessly and said.

"That’s what I think. We don’t know how to use water. Even recruiting sailors requires time, training, and a lot of money. We also need to build ships. When we are all ready, the aristocracy in the south has already occupied a large area. The land is gone. This is extremely unfavorable to us." Huang Bo looked at Chen Gong and said.

"Moreover, doing these things requires a lot of money. Without this money, we wouldn't come at all. For us, it's another investment. We have to pay taxes. We don't have this money." Speaking of.

"Recruiting those pirates and water pirates can solve many of our problems. We don't need to be trained. They have ships, as long as we arm them." Huang Bo said.

"Can those pirates be trusted?" Chen Gong asked directly.

"Trust it, now the life of pirates is difficult to do, and there are fewer ships looted in trade. They are naturally difficult, and they can't do business, and now the new government intends to expand, they are naturally unwilling to struggle with such people. The most important thing is Yes, they also want to have a good birth. It is better to have a backer. For them, there is no loss." Huang Bo said.

"Yeah. What you said seems to make sense." Chen Gong nodded and said. In fact, what Uncle Huang said has touched his heart. As Uncle Huang said, after they invested in this, the aristocracy in the south had already participated in the expansion. They will get nothing in the end. Moreover, in a short time, these sailors will not be able to form combat effectiveness. This will be extremely unfavorable to them. The three orders seem to be fair to everyone, but in reality they are not, because many conditions cannot be met. In such a situation Next, they have to think of other ways to do it. What is this way, of course, is to recruit sailors, or directly convert those pirates into regular troops. This is the only fastest way.

"Just do this. Although there are still some concerns, we can effectively control them." Chen Gong thought about it and said.

"Yes." Huang Bo nodded happily.