Hearing this, Gan Ning was suddenly overjoyed. He cupped his hands and said, "Gan Ning will live up to the trust."
"Good. Then remember to send Lu Jun back. Anyway, his family has a sea boat. Inform me once you have train a navy that can be used within a year, I will then give you the second task. Otherwise! Humph!" Chen Xi said with a sullen smile, "Do you hear me?"
"Yes!" Gan Ning replied loudly.
"Then get ready to go. I'll write you a power of attorney. If something goes wrong, I can take responsibility for you, but if you don't do it well, I will absolutely ignore you if something goes wrong!" Chen Xi began to write and talk. After that, he stamped it with the seal of the county guard. Then a note of appropriation was written. With this note, you can get money from Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping, and Mi Zhu.
"This is also for you. You can use this thing three times. For the first time you can withdraw 20 million yuan, the second time it is only half of the first time, and the third time is only half of the second time. If by the third time you withdraw the money and are not self-sufficient. You come back to me!" Chen Xi roared while handing the note to Gan Ning.
"I will live up to the county guard expectations!" Gan Ning said loudly.
"Take the note and go. I still have other matters to deal with." Chen Xi waved his hand and motioned Gan Ning to leave. He still had things to do. Gan Ning got the order and went away with joy.
"Chen Xi, is it okay to do this?" Lu Su said with a wry smile, "Let's not talk about Yizhou's problem. There are problems with the way you handle this. Even if Gan Ning invests in us now, we can't use him yet."
"Use him?" Chen Xi rolled his eyes and said, "Gan Ning has only changed from a pirate of the Yangtze River to a pirate of the sea. It has nothing to do with us. All things we have to handles are the dirty water that will be splash on us. The ships belongs to the Lu family. The people are made up of pirates, lake bandits, and gangsters. Is that any of our people? And have you ever seen soldier trainings not on his own site? Besides, what generals has this much power? Leader, do you know what a leader is? You can do anything you want, okay. Who would issue this kind of right?"
Chen Xi's words directly shut up Lu Su. He had vaguely grasped Chen Xi's thoughts, after all, he was a wise man, and he soon reacted, "You mean you are fooling Gan Ning and cheating Gan Ning. If that kind of person knows that you are fooling him, don't even think about being friends?"
"Hey, hey, Lu Su, you are talking nonsense. Be careful that I don't sue you for slander. I gave Gan Ning the power of attorney, and also 20 million yuan as the start-up capital. Am I such a fool that I would put in so much money for no reason!" Chen Xi rolled his eyes and said, "When did I fool Gan Ning?"
Lu Su was a little dull. After all, this kind of thing was his first experience. After thinking about it for a while, he finally figured out the whole thing. He sighed and said, "This method can only last for a while. After the training is done, Yizhou Liu Yan can call him back. At that time we would have to let go of Gan Ning navy. The situation would not be as good as it is now."
"What recall? Yizhou Liu Yan still needs to find him first. Even if Liu Yan can find Gan Ning, would Gan Ning go back, when he is used to being the king of the sea? And I am not optimistic about Yizhou Liu Yan, he should be running out of time." Chen Xi shrugged and said.
"Of course I also understand what you mean. You mean that the power given to Gan Ning is too great, but don't worry, that guy will not betray us. Even if you don't give him that position, no one can control him. After all, we don't understands the navy. Rather than a layman commanding other laymen and making both sides unhappy, it is better to delegate power! Give him the greatest power!" Chen Xi said as he saw Lu Su hesitation to speak.
"Well, I didn't think you would make a wedding dress for others according to your wisdom. But what I am worried about is the problem that other generals might have. Giving Gan Ning too much power would make it difficult to arrange others." Lu Su sighed and approved Chen Xi's ideas. Then talked about other shortcomings.
"Well, that is a problem. But that kind of power itself should not be restricted. However, it is unacceptable to have foreign monarchs. In this case, we will directly identify this hidden danger, and the generals who leads the expedition will be directly granted arbitrary power. And after returning, it will be recovered!" Chen Xi said, looking up at Lu Su.
"This method is also good." Lu Su pondered for a long time and knew the drawbacks, but compared to separating the leading general from the monarch, the benefits of this decentralization clearly outweighed the drawbacks.
"As for Gan Ning, it will take a year to train the navy to be barely able to take them out. And if the other party still wants to recall Gan Ning, I will ask Gan Ning to do the second tasks. Which is to let him go to the north. I am still very interested in the horses, and I want to weaken some Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes." Chen Xi smiled, but that smile made Lu Su feel a little cold.
"Chen Xi, can you not smile so coldly? I can't bear it," Lu Su reminded.
"I am ignoring that. By the way, I heard that Gongsun Zan had a hard time and is lacking food. You let people transfer three ships of grain, and get another ship of salt to sell in Youzhou. The give the money to general Gongsun. After all, he have helped Liu Bei a lot, and can't be treated lightly." Chen Xi narrowed his smile and turned the subject to other things.
"I have left this matter to the Mi family. I think it won't take long before it will be transported." Lu Su nodded and said.
After the two chatted about some other matters, Chen Xi began to wander off again. He had already thought about how to arrange Gan Ning's affairs. There is no denying Gan Ning's ability, but now there is a problem. Liu Yan will at most lived for three more years. If he died, Liu Zhang would be in charge of Gan Ning after he took power.
As for the three-year arrangement, Chen Xi had already thought about it. First, let Gan Ning go train the navy. If it is to train purely the Qingzhou people into navy soldiers, it will not be possible in two or three years. But it is not that difficult to train the pirates or something into navy soldiers. Although much smaller and the discipline is much worse, but Chen Xi believes that Gan Ning will definitely live up to his title as the commander of the navy.
As for fighting in other states and counties, this is purely a joke that Chen Xi just talked about. He knows very well that Gan Ning would never do this as long as he was not stupid, but he would not need to ask for permissions at all when he went to fight pirates, bandits, thieves, etc. While practicing, the captives are likely to become his navy soldiers.
After more than a year, Gan Ning will have developed a navy that can be used. Chen Xi plans to get Gan Ning go to Yizhou, and reorganize the natives there. Putting a nail in advance, and let Gan Ning practice his hands. As a transit point, you can get the spices on the surrounding islands. Anyway, it is only natural that there is no cost to buying cheap stuff!