Chapter 783: Classical World Heritage Application
After reaching the top, Gan Ning began to try to transform the elite pirates into qualified navy.
Gan Ning started out as a pirate. Although he later joined the imperial court, he knew very well how to discipline pirates.
The pirates have no lack of combat experience and fighting will; what they lack is discipline.
So after Gan Ning unified all the pirates, he began a long transformation process.
Sakara was in charge of the first stage of the whole process, but Gan Ning never let anyone else do the second stage. He had to train them personally to ensure the absolute loyalty of his pirates.
"Is there anything else?" Seeing that Sakara was hesitant and did not leave, Gan Ning glanced at him and asked casually.
But this understatement made Sakara tremble with fear. Gan Ning's brutal reputation was spread throughout the sea, and he couldn't even look Gan Ning in the eye.
"Great Pirate King, Lord Otakemaru in charge of logistics asked me to inform you that we may not have enough supplies!" Sakara replied with his head down.
"Huh?" Gan Ning's questioning tone made Sakara even more frightened.
"We haven't plundered merchant ships for a while. During this period of time, we have been integrating manpower and training soldiers, and the materials we looted have begun to be consumed rapidly."
"Apart from the food and fodder that the army must leave behind when it goes out on the expedition, we don't have enough logistical supplies!"
"Really? I see. Besides looting, what other ways are there to get supplies?"
Gan Ning understood. Only those who run a household do not know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. He also worked in military logistics. The consumption of this stuff was indeed outrageous. His current power was so great that it was indeed not enough to survive solely on the supplies looted before.
"There are only two ways for pirates to earn income. One is to plunder merchant ships, and the other is to dispose of the looted materials and then trade with the black market that specializes in pirate business." Sakara explained simply.
"But the black market takes too much of a cut. Generally speaking, unless it's some necessities, most pirates won't trade with the black market. Instead, they'll choose to barter with other pirate groups. They'll only trade with the black market when they really can't afford it."
Gan Ning also understood . He had no supplies before, so he just sent people to rob them and never thought about anything else.
"The black market?" Gan Ning stroked his chin. "How much do they take?"
"The proceeds from the sale will be split 70% to 30%. If you want to use it to buy goods on the black market, you can give us an extra 50% discount."
"Why is it only 75%?" Gan Ning was stunned. These black market merchants are not afraid of death. They dare to charge such a high commission.
"Seventy percent belongs to others, and thirty percent belongs to the pirates. Whether you can get the thirty percent depends on their mood ." Sakara answered cautiously.
"Whose face are you looking at?" Gan Ning was stunned. "A black market merchant?"
"That's right, it depends on the black market dealer's mood!" Sakara nodded and answered affirmatively.
"I'm the pirate king now, do I still have to look at their faces?" Gan Ning was so angry that he laughed.
"Great Pirate King, of course I'm not talking about you, but ordinary pirates." Sakara explained quickly.
"But now there are only my pirates in the Pacific Ocean. My pirates are being exploited, which is exploiting me!" Gan Ning said angrily.
"Go, inform all pirates that from today on, no one is allowed to trade with the black market. I will open up new trading channels, and the pirates can hand over the items they can't handle to me according to the payment."
Gan Ning gave the order directly. Are you kidding me? The black market merchants are taking his blood? They are taking his life.
"Great Pirate King, the forces of the major empires are behind the black market. If we really cut off the trade, we may not be able to find a new trading channel."
Sakara said cautiously. He was born in the Ceci family and knew the situation very well.
The black market is definitely a place where you can monopolize.
He knew that there were powerful forces behind Gan Ning, but offending all the black market forces at the same time might cause Gan Ning to face more challenges.
"Then order the logistics department to open up supplies first and continue to increase training efforts. I'm going to go out and do something. When I come back, I want to see a well-trained navy. Do you understand?"
Gan Ning touched his chin and thought of something.
He couldn't handle the business world, but he knew the God of Wealth, so he would have to ask the God of Wealth for some advice. If he was really exploited by the black market, he would be very angry.
But flying back would take too much time, and he doesn't have that much time to waste. Although he is the uncrowned king now, these pirates will be the first to turn against him if something goes wrong on his side.
He must not leave for too long before his own unique power takes shape.
Finally, Gan Ning set his sights on Lu Bu.
"You said that you were going back to Luoyang to report something important?" Lu Bu looked at Gan Ning suspiciously. He always felt that Gan Ning was not telling the truth.
"Please give me a helping hand, Lord Wen. I need to report to the court all your help before." Gan Ning tried hard to pretend that he really had something urgent to do.
Lu Bu thought about it and realized that he really had nothing to do recently. Guo Hao and the others were still on the road and had not yet reached the coast of Qingzhou, so they were not in a hurry.
"Okay, I'll go with you!"
In the end, Lu Bu agreed to Gan Ning's request, which was told to him by Diao Chan.
Normally, no one would dare to bother him, the number one in the world, with trivial matters. Usually, after asking him for help, if he really has nothing to do, it is best for him to help, which can be regarded as accumulating blessings for his children.
Lu Bu may not care about anything else, but he takes accumulating blessings for his children very seriously.
Moreover, he heard that Gan Ning has now become the pirate king of the Pacific Ocean. This favor is more or less valuable. After all, he had seen the ships under Gan Ning's command before.
Although the pirates are rubbish, the size of their ships is not small, almost catching up with the regular army.
"By the way, Lord Wen, do you have the method of visualizing gods and Buddhas?" Gan Ning suddenly asked.
Gan Ning had actually thought it over carefully. What was the best way to control pirates? That was strength. As long as he could master one method, his position as the Pirate King would be more stable.
The reason he thought of this was entirely because of the ocean authority bestowed upon him by Guo Hao, the divine authority stripped from Arakawa. This thing contained some information, but perhaps because of the violent deprivation, the information was incomplete.
He also heard about the story of Guan Yu the God of Galan, so he set his sights on this.
"Yes, you want to use this for those pirates? That's a good idea!"
Lu Bu understood Gan Ning's meaning instantly. If he understood one method, he would understand all methods. He just didn't like to use his brain. When it came to his field, his thinking changed very quickly.
"I'll just pass it to you!"
As he spoke, Lu Bu stretched out his hand and touched Gan Ning's forehead, and Gan Ning came up with a set of methods for creating gods in his mind. This was a method that Lu Bu came up with by combining the god systems of Kushan, Great Britain, Japan, and Goryeo.
It is of no use in terms of strength, but it does give Diao Chan and Yan Shi a deity position that can maintain their beauty, and a blank deity position that can be used by Lu Bu to eliminate all the sequelae.
If it wasn't of no help to his strength, he would have made one for Lu Lingqi no matter what.
