Fang Zhen sent the message and put down his phone.
His plan was clear: raise an army to protect his trade and his territory.
He needed to purchase sufficient military supplies in the real world, primarily food. But his army couldn't be a pure drain on his resources; it had to generate value.
That value would come from safeguarding the construction of his territory and his upcoming commercial ventures.
The army's value lay in protecting trade. Trade, in turn, would create wealth to support the army. Therefore, the key was wealth.
There were only a few main ways to obtain wealth: inheritance, plunder, and trade—in other words, the exchange of value.
Fang Zhen was more inclined toward trade.
Even though he had an army, he didn't want to go down the path of plunder. The Nameless World's industry and commerce were undeveloped. Plundering would mean robbing commoners, and that was something Fang Zhen refused to do.
