Liu Yuqian walked through the slum, covering her nose, still overwhelmed by the stench.
"Kai Xuan, let's leave quickly and go to the rich district over there!"
"My treat, let's go to a luxury hotel for a good meal!"
"Alright!" Liu Kai Xuan also felt there was no need to stay in this stinking place any longer.
Through this brief inspection, Liu Kai Xuan already had a preliminary plan in mind.
Through years of practice, Liu Kai Xuan had gradually realized that relying solely on brute force to deal with pirates was not enough.
To completely cut off the lifeline of pirate forces, they had to destroy the soil that pirates relied on for survival.
Slums like the Senluo Kingdom were breeding grounds for pirate forces.
For a large number of young and middle-aged men, relying on legitimate fishing work, let alone making money, it was difficult to even maintain basic sustenance.
On the other hand, the nobles lived extravagant lives, controlling vast amounts of resources.
For the poor, the only hope of rising above their station was to take a risk and become pirates.
Once they took that step, they could enjoy the good life, just like the nobles, with endless money and women.
As long as this environment did not change, pirate forces would never be completely eliminated.
One group of pirates would be wiped out, and another would immediately emerge.
It was like harvesting leeks, one crop after another, endless.
In fact, changing the situation here was not particularly difficult.
Invest in commercial ventures, build factories, and provide these people with jobs to make a living.
If they could earn enough to eat through normal work, who would be willing to engage in a life of constant danger?
Of course, it was not impossible that a very small number of desperate individuals would insist on killing and robbing.
But it would absolutely not be like now, where pirate forces could rally widespread support.
The next morning, Liu Kai Xuan returned to Kai Xuan City.
Also on the same day, Liu Kai Xuan sent a cooperation application to the royal family of the Senluo Kingdom.
In the cooperation application, Liu Kai Xuan stated that he wished to invest in the Senluo Kingdom to build a canned fish factory.
The investment scale for this factory was over one billion!
The condition was that the Senluo Kingdom would assist in eradicating pirates and creating a safe business environment!
Liu Kai Xuan's current status in the Kaiya Kingdom was that of an upper-middle-class noble.
Furthermore, Liu Kai Xuan had high prestige in the gulf area.
Naturally, the letter sent by Liu Kai Xuan would reach Sen Kai, the King of Senluo, as quickly as possible.
After reading the letter delivered by Liu Kai Xuan, Sen Kai's expression became extremely strange.
Sen Kai truly liked Liu Kai Xuan's investment of one billion.
Considering that the Senluo Kingdom, a small country with poor resources, had a national output of less than ten billion a year!
The development that Liu Kai Xuan's one billion investment could bring to the Senluo Kingdom was self-evident.
Optimistically speaking, this one billion yuan could completely revitalize the Senluo Kingdom's stagnant situation.
However, Liu Kai Xuan also stated that this fund would only be given after Sen Kai had eradicated the pirates.
It was equivalent to drawing a big pie for Sen Kai, urging him to help eliminate the pirates.
With Sen Kai's intelligence, he naturally did not want to take the blame.
The military strength of the Senluo Kingdom was not strong to begin with, and eradicating pirates would cause huge casualties to the army.
Finally, after careful consideration, Sen Kai replied to Liu Kai Xuan that same day.
In his reply, Sen Kai told Liu Kai Xuan: He hoped Liu Kai Xuan could personally visit the Senluo Kingdom to discuss the matter face-to-face!
This matter was of great importance, and many details needed to be discussed before a final decision could be made.
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On the other side, after Liu Kai Xuan received Senluo's letter, he sent his capable subordinate Dang Kuo to the Sen Kai Kingdom for negotiations.
Sen Kai was clearly much more pragmatic than Kaiyadun.
Even though Liu Kai Xuan only sent a negotiation representative, Sen Kai still conducted friendly negotiations with Dang Kuo.
Sen Kai expressed his willingness to cooperate with Liu Kai Xuan to combat pirate forces.
However, due to Sen Kai's limited capabilities, he was unable to independently launch a large-scale annihilation operation against the pirate forces.
To ensure victory against the pirates, Sen Kai hoped that Liu Kai Xuan would send his air force to attack the pirates.
At that time, the Senluo Kingdom's navy would assist Liu Kai Xuan in encircling Wang Lan Island.
Together, they would surely be able to completely eradicate the pirate forces.
Dang Kuo, after consulting Liu Kai Xuan via telephone, immediately agreed to Sen Kai's request.
The two sides joined forces to launch a highly secret military operation to severely crack down on the roaming pirate forces!
To prevent the pirates from escaping, this operation would be carried out under strict secrecy.
The Senluo Kingdom's navy would first blockade the waters around Wang Lan Island.
After the Imperial Army blocked the pirates' escape routes, Liu Kai Xuan would send his air force to attack the pirate strongholds on Wang Lan Island.
Sen Kai stated that there were no permanent residents on Wang Lan Island.
Basically, only during the fishing season would some distant fishing vessels pass by this area for temporary rest.
At this time, it was not the fishing season.
Liu Kai Xuan's air force could bomb with confidence, without harming any innocent civilians.
At the same time, to prevent accidental friendly fire during the air strikes.
The two sides also agreed on a marking: all Imperial Army warships would fly a conspicuous white flag!
When drones carried out their missions, they would use the white flag as an identification mark.
In reality, Liu Kai Xuan was not fond of the white flag marking.
It absolutely did not have a good connotation. If it was about visibility, a red flag would definitely be more conspicuous than a white flag.
But now that he was cooperating with the Senluo Empire, he had to follow local customs.
According to the views of the people of the Senluo Kingdom, they preferred white and disliked red.
Furthermore, because white flags had the connotation of surrender, pirates would absolutely not hang such a flag.
This would allow the identification color to truly exert its intended value in actual combat.
The day after the two sides reached an agreement, Sen Kai assembled the forces of one fleet of the Imperial Army and commenced operations.
The organizational structure of the Imperial Army's navy was different from that of the army.
A fleet's organization was smaller than an army's corps but larger than an army's brigade.
It consisted of two surface units of brigade level and one brigade-level marine corps.
If these forces were used properly, they would be more than enough to eliminate the pirates on Wang Lan Island.