What Pei Ji means, of course, is not just that if you have more ships and more private soldiers, the Romans will pay more attention to you.
Rather, what everyone was worried about just now was that after joining the Romans, they would have to make friends and solve many problems, which would require spending huge amounts of gold and silver.
If your private soldiers are strong enough, you may not need to pay this kind of expense!
After all, if we continue to purchase sea ships and expand the scale of our private army, then everyone here can be regarded as a town of princes with strong soldiers!
This person has strong soldiers, which is different from ordinary wealthy families. This is real power.
Even if you don't have any official title, when you get to the wine table, people still have to toast you with a glass of wine!
This is almost the same as when everyone was a powerful force in China before, and it is even better and more powerful.
Back then, it was cool to be a powerful person in China, but that was not the case, because Wang Jing and others mainly made friends with various local heroes in Sangzi. In other words.
He was the kind who could fight, similar to the heroes of the later Song Dynasty.
But for ordinary Guizhou farmers, this situation is difficult to say. To be honest, Wang Jing and others have never paid attention to this aspect. However, judging from the subsequent situation, it is obvious that these Guizhou leaders are basically on the side of Li Er.
This is from Hunjun's side.
Looking at it this way, the possibility that everyone could mobilize Sangzi to directly raise troops to threaten Li Er's empire must be discounted. Everyone was indeed able to mobilize some heroes. After all, these were all the dead men of our family.
Well, but if we really want to form a regular army to fight Li Er, this may be a problem...
When gathering an army, the most important thing is who the army's morale is towards. Even if everyone built an army back then, I'm afraid it would not be able to pose a real threat to Li Er.
But now it's different!
The key to a land army is said to be its morale, but military morale is the people's heart. To put it bluntly, it mainly depends on the people.
After all, the army on land is an army mainly composed of people!
It can even be said that this is an iron law since ancient times.
But it’s different at sea!
Things at sea don't depend on people's hearts. Are you good at fighting?
To go out and hang out, you need to have a background and understand the ways of the world!
The main component of an army at sea is really not people, but ships!
The ship is everything on the sea.
Of course, boats are also controlled by people.
If the people under my command are not loyal, then there will naturally be risks in running the navy. Wouldn’t it be over if the people under my command directly betray the enemy and hand it over to the brothers here?
This kind of risk is very common in the army. The most typical one is the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. This is the case almost every day. Either the subordinates directly engage in riots, or they engage in various collusion and conspiracy.
Turn around and boss, in short, the average per capita registration level is 25 people.
But sea-going ships are different after all. They sail up and down the sea, north and south, and seem to be extremely free. They are much freer than on land.
However, in actual situations, if the army on land has caused trouble, it is still a force after all. It can continue to hang out on any hilltop. On the other hand, the navy is different. The sea seems vast and the coastline is endless, but it is really suitable to rely on
There are not many places to go ashore for supplies, food, and weapons.
These things cannot be supplied everywhere!
In other words, the ships that seem to be freely traveling on the sea are actually still attached to the big trading cities on the land. Therefore, they naturally have to communicate with the wealthy merchants in these big cities on the land and the chiefs and princes from various places.
Build a good relationship, and these things are undoubtedly not something that those reckless heroes who only know how to fight and rob can handle.
These are the pawns recruited by Wang Jing and others. It is much easier to use these people than to bribe these Guizhou leaders.
When a general Guizhou leader wants to buy something, it may seem like he doesn't spend a lot of money, but in fact the amount is huge, and that's the real expense.
As for creatures like wild heroes, they don't actually need to spend much money. As long as there is a carrot hanging on them, these unruly guys will obey their orders, and more importantly.
Unlike land at sea, the biggest limitation on the size of the army is ships rather than people. In other words, the size of the army is limited.
As long as everyone ensures that the steward, first mate, and second mate on a ship are all our own, it will be extremely simple to handle this matter.
And this also means that General Qiwang of the Five Surnames can truly have his own army!
Although it is a navy, not an army, it is naturally impossible for him to directly march into China and capture this stupid Li Er, but with an army of his own, it will be much easier to get along in the future no matter what!
Not only is this benefit huge enough, but it is also a real long-term benefit. How can we not be tempted by it?
After understanding this, Wang Jing understood what Pei Ji said in his heart. Not only did he agree happily, he was simply overjoyed.
The plan is decided!
…
After some discussion, it was decided and rejected again, then decided again, and then rejected again, and the profit was huge.
After a long period of silence, Wang Jing and Pei Ji, a group of former social celebrities in China, finally made a major decision again and decided to return to the world and stir up troubles again!
Just imagine that China will be one piece in the future.
However, at this time, Comrade Li Shimin, a well-known fool in China, was almost completely unaware of this.
While the enemy was having a bloodthirsty meeting and reaching a bloodthirsty decision, Li Er was daydreaming in the palace...
That's right, in the eyes of Empress Changsun who brought the ginseng soup, the emperor's dazed look at this moment was undoubtedly daydreaming.
"Erlang, you've been playing with this wooden toy for half the night, can't you go to bed earlier?"
Empress Changsun frowned and looked at Li Er displeased and distressed.
At this moment, the latter was sitting in the "office" of Ganlu Hall, looking at a wooden... toy in his hand.
The whole body of this toy is like a date stone, but it is about the size of a watermelon.
From the middle of this "date core", a structure similar to a stone pier stretches out - but this thing itself is undoubtedly made of wood.
Such a thing, no matter how weird it looks, seems a bit weird even if it is said to be a child's plaything - what is there to play with these four things?
But if you really look closely, you can easily find that this thing is actually exquisitely made, which means that no matter what it is, it must have been made very seriously.
Empress Changsun was mainly concerned about Li Er, who was getting older and hadn't had a good rest. Seeing that Li Er was still playing after the ginseng soup was served, she couldn't help but said, "Erlang, I think...
You can build an extra temple in the future and live with this thing!"
