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"Marines?"

The new terms Zhao Xu threw out made Zhou Yi confused. ReadМ

Upon seeing this, Zhao Xu explained the responsibilities of the Marine Corps to Zhou Yi in detail.

"That's it. Thank you, Your Highness." Zhou Yi was overjoyed.

It turns out that the Marine Corps is specifically responsible for landing operations.

In this way, the navy can not only fight at sea, but also land and carry out war on land.

In this way, the only shortcoming of the navy is made up for.

In the future, when they go to sea, they can complete the task of conquering cities and territories on their own.

"The guards of the armed caravan have been trained for some time, so how about integrating them into your Marine Corps?" Zhao Xu said.

Like Ning Jinjun, the armed caravan also belonged to his secret force, and it developed earlier than Ning Jinjun.

The number of people is about 8,000.

Now, as long as the guards of the armed caravans are given weapons, they can go to war.

He now incorporates the armed caravan escorts into the Marine Corps, which has another purpose.

When he established the armed caravans, he promised the merchants that they would make a fortune in future sea trade.

It's time for this promise to come true.

"In addition to incorporating the guards of the armed caravan into the Marine Corps, I will ask Yang Hezhong to establish a trading company called Black Shark Trading Company. This Black Shark Trading Company, like your Black Shark pirates, is independent of Yanzhou Trading Company. "Zhao Xu continued, "To put it simply, you are under my jurisdiction, but I will not recognize your relationship with the palace to the outside world."

Zhou Yi nodded.

He was clear about this.

The training of armed caravan guards has always been the responsibility of Yanjun Commercial Bank and the royal family's army.

They say they are guards, but in fact they are soldiers.

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Yi responded, looking excited.

Zhao Xu added: "Before you go back, go and see Yang He. From now on, you will be a family."

The target of his establishment of Black Shark Trading Company was the colonial companies established by Western powers, such as the East India Company.

The Black Shark pirates are responsible for conquests, while the Black Shark Trading Company is responsible for occupying the market in the areas ruled by the Black Shark pirates and selling King Yan's goods.

The Age of Discovery was an era where people were dressed in the garb of civilization and behaved like wild beasts.

There is no need to pretend to be a saint in such an era, because the enemy is always thinking about how to destroy your country and occupy your land.

Since being weak is the original sin, the enemy will not let you go just because you are harmless to humans and animals. On the contrary, they can only intensify their efforts to suck out the last drop of blood from you.

If it is impossible to carve out a bloody path in such an era.

A hundred years later, Goryeo and Japan will become the outposts of the West's stranglehold on Daesong.

Therefore, his first target for Zhou Yi is these two countries.

However, while he was thinking this way, Korea and Japan might also have similar thoughts.

As a vassal of Beidi, Goryeo's duty was to help Beidi's demise.

The Japanese created a Wufeng Island pirate to control the waters around Dasong, and also divided Yizhou with Fo Langji, which is enough to see its ambition.

If he wants to gain hegemony in the surrounding waters, he may not be able to avoid a maritime war with these two countries in the short term.

After giving some instructions, Zhao Xu asked Zhou Yi to leave.

Then he returned to the palace under the protection of Xu Lie.

Before reaching the gate of the palace, Zhao Xu saw a carriage parked at the gate of the palace.

Feng'er was looking at the door.

Seeing him coming back, Feng'er ran over and said, "Your Highness, guess who is here?"

After saying that, he winked at Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu was a little confused and was about to flick her head to ask what happened when Xu Lie's expression suddenly became strange.

Following Xu Lie's gaze, it turned out that a water girl jumped down from the front of the carriage and stood facing her.

He looked carefully and recognized the girl.

"Xiaohuan?" Zhao Xu was slightly surprised.

Now that Xiaohuan appears here, it must be Xu E who Feng'er is hiding.

"Stop standing there, come closer if you want to take a look." Zhao Xu poked Xu Lie.

When they first met Xu E and Xiaohuan, Xiaohuan and Xu Lie choked.

Originally, he thought it was Xiao Huan who was being rude, but Xu Lie was eager to protect him.

Later, after interacting with Xu E for a long time, I realized that the two of them were a bit like enemies.

It was just a matter of identity. Just as he was wary of Xu E, Xu Lie only watched Xiaohuan from a distance.

When Xu Lie heard this, his old face couldn't help but blush.

Follow Zhao Xu to the palace.

When Xiaohuan saw Zhao Xu coming back, he also shouted inside.

Xu E's figure appeared at the door of the palace.

"Your Highness, long time no see."

Zhao Xu arrived in front of Xu E, and Xu E bowed.

When he raised his head, his appearance was still the same, but there was a slight sadness on his face.

"Long time no see, Miss Xu." Zhao Xu stretched out his hand and motioned Xu E to go inside the palace to talk.

Although she is a fair lady and a gentleman is jealous, Zhao Xu is not the kind of person who gets sexually attracted to women when he sees them.

What's more, as the King of Yan now, the fate of the people, officials and soldiers under his command is the same as his own.

Sometimes it’s even more difficult to indulge.

Going straight to the living room, Zhao Xu asked Feng'er to serve tea and said seriously: "If I am not wrong, Miss Xu is here for Princess Changle, right?"

"The slave family knows that, with His Highness's intelligence, he can definitely guess it." Xu E said, her face was serious at this moment, and she was no longer as ambiguous with him as before.

Zhao Xu nodded. Xu E revealed the identity of Princess Changle to him before leaving Yan County.

At that time, he knew that sooner or later he would have to deal with this Princess Changle.

I just didn't expect it to be in this way.

"For this marriage, Prime Minister Dou Wei has evil intentions. He knows that the princess has always protected His Highness in the capital and had an engagement with His Highness earlier, so he deliberately humiliated His Highness. Whether it is for the help of Princess Changle to His Highness or to interrupt Dou Wei's conspiracy, please help Your Highness." Xu E suddenly stood up and knelt in front of Zhao Xu.

"Your Highness, if the princess went to the grassland, I don't know how humiliated she would be." Xu E said here, sobbing and crying.

Zhao Xu once saved his life because of a bowl of porridge, but afterwards, it was Princess Changle who treated her like a sister and let her survive the cruel training.

To her, Princess Changle is both her master and her sister.

So, when she learned that Beidi designated Princess Changle for marriage, she felt like she was falling into an ice cave.

"Get up, even if you don't come, I will take action. I never like to owe favors." Zhao Xu said.

Xu E was overjoyed when she heard this. "In a month, the princess will go to Beidi for marriage under the escort of the imperial guards. She will depart from Wuguan. I wonder if Your Highness has any way to save the princess. After all, Beidi will also send a large army to welcome her." Zhao Xu frowned when he heard this. The marriage team departed from Wuguan, which deliberately bypassed Yanzhou and made it out of reach for him. This was probably Dou Wei's idea. After thinking for a while, he said, "If I can rescue the emperor from Xiancheng, I can also rescue Princess Changle, but I still need someone to help me with this."