Chapter 147: The Water Army is the focus
After Rourou swallowed all the things in his mouth, he said: "Don't let me be a big factory governor in the future for this kind of small thing, okay?" It's so simple. You just let Ying Yue go over directly, they are all small shrimps, and with Ying Yue's ability, they will definitely be able to make them obedient. ”
"Fart. What is a small matter, Guangling has the largest number of naval troops in the Great Liang Kingdom, they are the most important part of my plan in the future, it is a big deal to catch them in my hands, how can it be a small thing? ”
"Yes, yes, it's a big deal." Flesh nodded busily, and then introduced the situation of his investigation.
Guangling City has 15,000 sailors, five large ships with thousands of materials, 30 large ships with more than 300 materials, and countless other small ships.
With such a water army, how could Liang Jia not care.
This time, Yue was invited to Guangling City to supervise the military reform of the army on Guangling's side, and the navy naturally couldn't run. However, this naval army has always been relatively special, a bit independent of the existence of the imperial court.
It is said that this is a team formed by pirates recruited by the emperor from all over the world, and the personnel are extremely complex and the mountains are numerous.
According to the meat and flesh, there are more than 30 large and small pirates in the naval army of Guangling City, and the biggest strength is the largest pirate force on the sea, led by Chao Xianmin, who is the grandson of the former pirate king Chao Fugui.
There were more than 8,000 pirates attached to Chao Xianmin, and they owned 60 percent of the ships in the navy.
The second major force is a guy named Zhang Qian, a pirate who voluntarily returned from the Nanyang side and surrendered to the imperial court, with more than 3,000 people under his command.
The rest are all small forces, some have about a thousand people, some have hundreds of people, some have only one ship, and some have only two or three.
After this water army was recruited, there were almost no major actions, and every day was nothing more than patrolling everywhere. After so many years, the transformation from the beginning of the fierceness has begun. Many people have lost their blood and are beginning to enjoy life.
Especially those officers, who were well paid, and who had saved money from the pirates, were so rich that ordinary officials could not compare to them.
Just like that Chao Xianmin, although he has the most power under his hands, he has become more and more powerless to control the people below.
His grandfather Chao is rich and noble, although the name is too different from the hero's temperament, but this guy is quite strong. When he was young, he took a dozen or so people and a small boat into the sea, and in ten years, he fought his way out of many islands, gathering a team of more than 5,000 people.
Subsequently, he annexed some small pirate teams everywhere, and by the time Liang Jia's father ascended the throne, he had become the largest group of pirates near the waters of the Great Liang Kingdom.
After he left Chao Xianmin and other three sons, he suddenly didn't want to be a pirate. It just so happened that the imperial court also had the intention of recruiting them, and the two sides hit it off, and Chao Fugui became the general of the Great Liang State Naval Army. Later, the imperial court recruited many pirates, and in order to facilitate control, they opened a port near the river in Guangling City for them to garrison.
Among the various pirates in Zhao'an, they naturally need someone who can calm everyone to be the boss, so Chao Fugui became the general of the most important naval army in the south of the Great Liang Kingdom. After he died of illness, the imperial court named him the Marquis of Jinghai, and at the same time let his son Chao Xianmin take the title and inherit the position of general.
Liang Jia's father is also very ruthless, they have long inquired that Chao Fugui's three sons are tiger fathers and dogs, and compared with Chao Fugui, they can't suppress a group of arrogant soldiers under their hands.
Let Chao Xianmin, a guy with a weak personality, be the leader, although he can pacify the pirates, but it makes many small teams appear under this group of pirates.
These small teams used to be the Robe brothers, fighting side by side. But after going ashore, they began to fight for power and profit, and there were already many contradictions between them.
Now there is a lack of a guide and a fire. Soot. As long as there is an introduction, the old guys under Chao Xianmin's hands or the new guys who have just gotten up are very likely to catch fire.
Liang Jia didn't care if they were hot or not, although this group of pirates had rich experience in naval warfare, they had lost their fangs, and there were not many talents available. Liang Jia wants to use them, but he just treats them as an overkill of the old and the new, and the ships in their hands are also what Liang Jia wants very much.
The military academy in Beijing is being established, and there will definitely be a course on naval warfare at that time, and some pirates here can still teach how to fight.
Because Chao Xianmin's character is weak, Rourou thinks that as long as Ying Yue shows the righteousness of the court, they will not refuse the military reform.
Even if you don't want to, you will accept it on the surface.
That's okay, Liang Jia doesn't want to touch them for the time being, and will talk about it when the time is right.
After introducing the situation, Rourou drank all the water in the kettle, and then smashed his mouth and said, "The emperor...... Childe, when will you go to Shandong, there are still a few sects over there that have not been cleared. ”
"Okay, it was definitely not the local sect in Shandong that robbed me last time. You haven't found out about this Holy Fire Cult yet? ”
"Not many cases have been found. This sect is quite mysterious. ”
"However, I sent someone to the mountain you mentioned, but I didn't find anything. Our people can't go up. I could, but I was afraid of startling the snakes, so I left only someone to guard the mountain. ”
"Good. That's it, I just asked Jinyiwei to check the boss behind Ning Hualou. Since you are here, you go to check, your East Factory has the responsibility of supervising Jinyiwei, so that they can cooperate with you. ”
"Good. Then I'm gone. ”
Rourou left, and Liang Jia asked people to invite Yue over.
On the side of Invite Yue, the supervision and reform of the army in Guangling City went smoothly without any surprises. From top to bottom, the new system is very much in favor of it.
Therefore, she is also very idle during this period of time.
However, she also knows that the focus of this military reform is not on these soldiers in the city, but on the 15,000-strong team in the river, which is the hard bone to gnaw.
The reason why Jin Yiwei was not allowed to investigate the news was that he was afraid of startling the snake and making them vigilant.
Rourou and the people she brought are all hidden identities, so it is much easier to investigate, even if it is found that these people are interested in exploring the news of the water army, they will not think too much about anything.
"I'm going to meet Chao Xianmin first." After listening to Liang Jia's relay, Ying Yue spoke.
"He should be a good breakthrough. But you also have to be prepared for the possibility of unrest. ”
"There will definitely be a large number of people who are loyal to Chao Xianmin. If this group of people is entrapped, others can use this group of people to deal with it. Cannibalism is a bit cruel, but it's a must for your own sake. ”
"Originally, they were very chaotic, and it would not be a good thing to kill a group and let them unify." Liang Jia nodded in agreement.