Chapter 563: chapter_563

In recent years, the Great Kang dynasty has become increasingly weak. Not only is it threatened by the Khitans, Tanguts, and Tibetans in the north and west, but piracy along the coast has also become rampant, severely affecting the normal lives of coastal fishermen and salt factories.

While the impact on the fishermen isn't too severe, the effect on the salt factories is significant. Salt merchants are often representatives of powerful figures, so disrupting the salt industry affects their business, essentially taking a bite out of the power structure.

To combat piracy, these powerful figures have rarely united, quickly establishing two naval forces: one stationed at the mouth of the Yellow River and the other at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Regardless of their motives, no one has questioned the naval forces, and no officials have withheld supplies.