Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

Preparing a navy?

Su Ming felt like the world was spinning.

As a merchant, it is no problem to make money by doing business, but how about training soldiers? !

Besides, why prepare a navy? !

Whether it is the Yuan Dynasty and Daxia in the north, or the soldiers and generals in the far west who only heard rumors, it seems that they do not need a navy! ?

Could it be that there are enemies outside the ocean? !

If this is true, no enemy on the ocean has appeared in so many years.

"Your Majesty, I am just a businessman..."

Su Ming suppressed the panic in his heart and quickly tried to refuse.

He couldn't understand Zhou Zheng's thoughts at all.

Unfortunately, this polite refusal was rejected by Zhou Zheng on the spot.

"It is precisely because you know nothing about military training that I decided to let you do it."

Zhou Zheng looked serious.

Naval training cannot be equated to pure cavalry or infantry, so generals from the past cannot be selected.

In addition, the importance of the navy is not yet prominent, but no one knows what the world will be like in the future.

By mastering the navy, it is very likely that we will have the initiative and the right to speak in the future.

Therefore, Zhou Zheng must choose someone he absolutely trusts.

Su Ming is the best candidate!

In the name of doing business, we develop secretly without anyone noticing!

Zhou Zheng had already seen the English words on the ancient tomb. In other words, the Western country really existed.

The reason why they did not appear in the current land of Dazhou is simply that the land passage has not been opened, or the secrets of the ocean have not been discovered by them yet.

But that doesn't mean the secret will always remain.

If we passively wait for the Western invasion, everything will be too late.

A hundred years later, if I die of old age in this world, who will know the secrets beyond the ocean?

Therefore, Zhou Zheng is absolutely unwilling to wait any longer.

He would never allow the invasion that happened in his own world to happen again in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Do you believe me?"

Seeing that Su Ming was still refusing, Zhou Zheng did not use a commanding tone, but looked at Su Ming and spoke seriously.

"nature!"

Taking a deep breath, Su Ming nodded fiercely.

Although he didn't know why Zhou Zheng acted like this, he knew that Zhou Zheng would never play tricks.

"But Your Majesty, you want to train a powerful navy, send envoys to the oceans, and enhance the prestige of our country."

"Relying on me alone is not enough."

Su Ming rarely became serious.

Even now, he only thinks that Zhou Zheng may be promoting the national prestige of Zhou Zheng for the future Kaiyuan era.

"ferry!"

Su Ming's words awakened the dreamer.

The most important and critical part of the navy is the ship.

It's a pity that the shipbuilding technology in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty is quite backward. After all, there are few fishermen, so they mostly use small boats, which can barely cover dozens of nautical miles.

The ships the navy needs are not just boats.

"I will ask the Mo family to mobilize people."

After thinking for a while, Zhou Zheng gave some advice.

However, Su Ming shook his head, "The Mo family now has no time to deal with His Majesty's gunfire problem."

"How can I still have extra energy to build ships?"

"Besides, can they really build a ship?"

It wasn't that Su Ming didn't believe in the Mohists, but that the structure of the ship couldn't be understood overnight.

The Mohists are proficient in mechanisms and tempering techniques, but almost all Mohists have never touched ships.

This sentence really stopped Zhou Zheng.

In his mind, he could naturally draw the structure of the ship, but it could only be relatively rough.

After all, Zhou Zheng is not omnipotent.

There are too many things involved in a ship, and if you are not careful, everyone on the ship may be destroyed.

Therefore, one has to be cautious.

"This is indeed a problem."

Zhou Zheng frowned. If there were no real warships, then training the so-called navy would be nonsense.

After all, it’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.

"However, I do have someone I can recommend."

After pondering for a while, Su Ming's eyes suddenly dodge.

"Who?!"

Zhou Zheng asked quickly.

"Wang Dayuan."

Su Ming slowly said three words.

But this name was very unfamiliar to Zhou Zheng, and he had never even heard of it.

"Where is this person!?"

"Since he is the person you recommended, there must be something extraordinary about him."

Zhou Zheng is really hungry for talents now.

"This person is in Kyoto now."

"However, he is being held in a prison."

Su Ming did not dare to neglect.

"I, haven't I already granted amnesty to the whole world?!"

"What, he's still in prison?"

Zhou Zheng was a little surprised.

"Your Majesty, he is a death row prisoner and is not on the pardon list."

Su Ming smiled bitterly and spoke quickly.

"Does this person have the skills and ability to make you mention him specifically?"

Zhou Zheng frowned. Those imprisoned in the Kyoto Sky Prison were all those who had committed heinous crimes.

Ordinary people are not qualified to enter the Kyoto Heavenly Prison, which immediately aroused a lot of interest in Zhou Zheng.

"Your Majesty, he is called the Pirate King!"

Su Ming didn't hide it and spoke directly.

One Piece! ?

What?

These three words made Zhou Zheng speechless for a while, and he even rolled his eyes.

Unexpectedly, there is someone in this world who is called the Pirate King.

"He is proficient in the art of shipbuilding, and the ships he built can be said to be the pinnacle of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Even the government and the imperial court can't hold him back."

"Staying on the sea for a long time, galloping in one place."

Su Ming kept introducing One Piece, especially highlighting his shipbuilding skills.

"Why would such a person be called a thief?"

"This is obviously talent."

Zhou Zheng asked in confusion.

"Your Majesty, he stole sea salt."

Su Ming shrugged helplessly.

The Pirate King, Wang Dayuan, also comes from a poor family. He wants to get rich but has no other way.

So I had to steal some sea salt behind my back.

However, Haiyan was originally monopolized by a few wealthy families, so every attempt to steal salt was a huge risk.

If he just stole a little bit, the wealthy family would not take it seriously.

But every time he stole salt, it was hundreds or even thousands of kilograms.

They even entangled some fishermen and formed quite a force.

It can be said that the aristocratic families hate him with all their teeth!

It wasn't until he was caught by the Yin family's design that he was arrested.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Wang Dayuan was eventually sentenced to death.

If not for many things that had happened to the court in the past two years, Wang Dayuan would have been executed long ago.

"This is not a big deal."

"I immediately issued an order to release him from prison."

"By following you, I can make the best use of everything and let him shine."

Zhou Zheng was not disgusted with the Pirate King and immediately agreed.

However, Su Ming shook his head helplessly when he heard it.

"I'm afraid I will disappoint His Majesty this time."

"Wang Dayuan has long wanted to die."

"It is impossible to serve the imperial court."

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