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Chapter 642: Chapter 293 Naval Arrangement_3

‘At most, we’ll recruit people first, then squeeze them onto each ship, and train the five water armies. With enough hands, we can slowly add ships every year and treat it as accumulating veteran soldiers.’

Chu Wei thought to himself.

Of course, Lu Yuan was not aware of his disciple’s thoughts.

However, he did know some of the difficulties in expanding the navy, and knew that it was easy to recruit soldiers, but hard to find ships.

But for Lu Yuan, ships and such can be slowly supplemented. If it really doesn’t work, conscripting domestic merchant ships could barely be sufficient.

The most important thing now is to fill the ranks and first gather people. They can’t wait for the navy to grow slowly due to the immense pressure from Ning Country, so they must force growth in some way.

Fortunately, this kind of forced growth has little effect on the navy’s foundation, and will not impact their future growth.

The biggest problem is that the money spent every year will suddenly increase.

However, this kind of difficulty can be overcome by the wealthy Chu State.

They might as well spend money for a sense of security. It’s worth it!

Therefore, in his joy, Lu Yuan promised: “If you can truly establish the navy this year, then the title of General Wei that I previously promised you will be bestowed on the day the army is completed, as a reward.”

Upon hearing this, Chu Wei was overjoyed and immediately thanked the king: “Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty. I will do my best to train the navy this year.”

Lu Yuan nodded, patted his disciple’s shoulder, and changed his address to console: “As long as you do your best, your master will not treat you unfairly.”

“Yes!” Chu Wei was excited by the familiar tone, already understanding that his expectations were stable.

With the Master’s promise, the position of the navy’s Deputy Commander cannot be dared, but there must be a place for himself.

The future is still promising.

Seeing this scene, Lu Yuan’s smile on his face becomes even more intimate. Just like those ordinary teachers with their disciples, it was filled with kindness and amiability.

He was quite satisfied with Chu Wei.

Since entering the path, Chu Wei, Li Liang, and some other disciples have fulfilled their duties as disciples and helped Lu Yuan, their teacher, to manage the army.

Now, more than a decade has passed, those inexperienced disciples have grown up one by one.

There are twenty-one first-class true disciples within his school.

Now these true disciples are either county prefects, defending a place, or holding the rank of general and above in the forbidden army and navy.

It can be said that it is because of the existence of these people as the backbone that the Chu army can have its glory today.

Among all the true disciples, Chu Wei’s performance is the most outstanding.

He was entrusted with heavy responsibility by Lu Yuan and took the responsibility of building the navy.

Then, with no experience, he constantly dug people from various countries, investing orders in the major shipyards, and tirelessly seeking domestic talents, to create the current situation of the Chu State navy with sheer drive and determination.

With such great merit and brilliant achievements, Lu Yuan naturally couldn’t ignore them.

Therefore, Chu Wei’s worries were unnecessary.

Lu Yuan always remembered his contributions, and even if he didn’t come to show off today, there would be rewards in the future.

‘But Chu Wei’s qualification for cultivation is still lacking. Although I have given him many elixirs as rewards over the years, and he has collected many resources on his own.’

However, after more than ten years of cultivation, he has only reached the middle stage level of first-rate cultivation, not even in the latter stage.

With this rate of cultivation advancement, it would be good if he could possess a peak first-rate strength before the age of sixty. To take a step further and break through innate, it is probably impossible in this life.

On the other hand, even if he had the potential to break through innate, I wouldn’t have extra resources to cultivate him.’

Now, in Lu Yuan’s hands, the Divine Blood Spirit Medicine and the Spiritual Energy in the Storage Spirit Jade are all reserved for Brother Sun and his son. The little remaining is not enough to cultivate a few first-class martial artists, let alone an Inborn Grandmaster.

It’s all fate.’

Lu Yuan thought and shook his head secretly.

Although Chu Wei works hard, his relationship with Lu Yuan is ultimately not as close as that with Sun Siwen and his son.

Even if there were resources for cultivating Inborn Grandmasters, those would be prioritized for his close people.

When it comes to personal relation, Chu Wei’s position in Lu Yuan’s heart has always been beyond the top ten. There is no chance for him to receive the best things.

So, without a close relationship, even if he wanted to cultivate, the other party didn’t have the destiny for it.

‘Forget it, for the next few years, let Chu Wei perform the duties of Commander-in-Chief as Deputy Commander first.’

Then, when Brother Sun achieves the Innate realm, he could be thrown to the navy’s side to be the Commander-in-Chief for a few years, to better train his understanding of the military.’

At that time, with the presence of Chu Wei, a veteran, Brother Sun could adapt to the troops quickly and easily.’

Sighing softly, Lu Yuan settled on arrangements for Chu Wei, and the future ownership of the navy.

Just as the disciple had thought.

With a powerful force of fifty thousand navy, Lu Yuan would only entrust it to someone with enough strength and trustworthiness to lead.

Clearly, on both of these aspects, Chu Wei is no match for Sun Siwen.

However, Chu Wei has put in great effort, so the second-rank title of General Wei and the position of Deputy Commander of the Navy would be his compensation.

As for whether the disciple will accept this arrangement?

From the conversation just now, the other party has obviously had this insight and has already accepted his fate.

Lu Yuan doesn’t have to worry too much.

Being able to have such an “understanding” disciple, Lu Yuan naturally felt relieved.

Just at this time.

The various army units have boarded the ships one after another, with thousands of sailboats fluttering on the river. As far as the eye could see, there was no end in sight.

The soldiers of the Da Changhe army on the opposite bank saw the navy with countless ships like a giant black beast and became nervous. They busily excavated fortifications back and forth along the river bank, strengthening their defenses.

For Lu Yuan, who didn’t cover his actions at all, this was just a glance and a dismissive laugh.

This time, the conquest of Da Changhe Country is not about launching a surprise attack.

This expedition seeks a fair and just confrontation, and absolute crushing power.

If not, they couldn’t deter Da Changhe Country, couldn’t make them lose courage, and couldn’t make them submit.

Looking at Huang Xuan beside him, Lu Yuan’s gaze turned to the distant southern land.

Hundreds of miles away from here, in Kunhai area, Li Xiong should have received the order by now, leading the army to attack Da Changhe Country in cooperation.

Three Innate Combat Powers, two ordinary first-stage, one equal to Innate second-stage, and one equal to Innate third-stage, plus nearly two hundred thousand troops from the north and south.

With such a strong force, they could justifiably crush the now ruined Da Changhe Country. What could they use to resist?

“Pass on my order, send troops!”

Lu Yuan looked down at the soldiers on the deck below, waiting for his command, and issued his majestic voice.