Hearing Li Xin's words, Zhao Ji immediately understood the meaning. Obviously, in a short period of time, Datang has no intention of making a move against Yan Jin. Although there are some regrets, Zhao Ji still bows down. After all, it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders!

Luoyang City has withered a lot now, mainly because the people in the vicinity have fled a lot after the previous wars. In the end, those who stayed in these places were either conscripted into the army by Yan Guo or Jiang Zuo, and the rest were some old and weak people.

Although it is said that because Luoyang City has been relatively stable for more than a year, and because the Tang army occupied this place, the reputation is relatively good, and many people who fled have returned. But in the huge Luoyang City, it still looks very empty.

"Luoyang City will be handed over to you to take care of! We must restore the livelihood of the people here as soon as possible, otherwise there will be little meaning if there is only an empty city! Aside from the things ordered by the Imperial Court, what can you do to recover? Li Xin asked the officials beside him.

"Your Royal Highness, since the Tang Dynasty took Luoyang City, the ministers have been trying to restore the people's livelihood. One of them was to send people to repair the city and its houses, and to put in order the houses in the city so that the people could live and settle down. The second is to send people to the nearby mountains, and try to recruit back the people who fled into the mountains and forests before, so as to enrich the population of the city and restore the fields and farming! The third is to open up the trade route with Guanzhong, so that the goods in Guanzhong can enter Luoyang and other places! These three things have been implemented so far, and it seems that the effect is okay, as long as there is some time, it will be able to recover faster! Henan Taishou replied.

"Yes, that's the right thing to do! At any time, don't remember the words "people first!" If the people abandon us, then our Tang Dynasty will not be far from destruction! As long as this place slowly prospers and the government can do things fairly and justly, it will surely be able to recover soon. In the future, this king will pay attention to this, if you do a good job, you will naturally have merit! Li Xin nodded, quite satisfied with this answer.

"Yes, the ministers will follow His Highness's teachings!" Everyone responded in unison!

After staying in Luoyang City for two days, Li Xin turned back. This time, he went southwest along Luoshui, went to the area of Gaomen Pass, and entered Chang'an from Shangluo County through Wuguan through Lantian County.

And during the two days he was in Luoyang, the pressure on the Yan army generals such as Murong Chui and Huangfu Zhen in the Chenliu area was very great. Because they don't know if Li Xin is really just patrolling Luoyang, or if his purpose is to raid Chenliu County.

Even the Jin army with the Xuchang area couldn't help but raise their vigilance, because they were afraid that once Tang Yan started fighting, his side would not have time to keep up with the situation.

Fortunately, the worst-case scenario did not appear, and it was just a false alarm for Yan Jun. But from this incident, it is enough to see that the Tang Dynasty is now under pressure on Yan Guo, and it seems that any of Li Xin's actions is aggressive.

Li Xin, who returned to Guanzhong, passed through Chang'an this time without entering, and directly went north along the Qin Straight Road, which had recovered a lot, and went towards the Shuofang area.

This time, Li Xin's purpose in going to Shuofang was not to inspect the place, but to serve the Tang Dynasty's navy.

Datang is located inland, and there has been no need to build a naval army in the past. Even if there were, it was just a battle with ships and foot soldiers, but such a thing would not be done unless it was a last resort.

After all, if the northerners are not good at water, once they get on the ship and then get off the ship, their combat effectiveness may be halved.

Unless they are people who live on the banks of rivers, they are likely to have a good water nature. Of course, these people are obviously incomparable with Jiang Zuo's relatively professional water army.

Planning is not only for the present, but also for the long term. In the past, the Tang Army did not have the need to establish a water army, but now the words are different, and in the long run, the emergence of the water army is inevitable.

Although it may not be possible to use it in a short period of time, the water army is not something that can be built if you want to. The training time required is definitely much longer than that of ordinary class training.

Therefore, it can be said that it is not too early to start acting at this time.

In mid-October, Li Xin arrived in Shuofang County, the basin of the two northern and southern tributaries of the Yellow River. In one place, because the water surface is relatively wide and the water potential is relatively gentle, it is more suitable for the training of the navy.

In particular, the navigable distance of the river here is relatively long, and basically there is no problem in navigating directly from the Lingwu area to the Xihe County area. This is naturally very important for the training of a naval army.

Originally, the matter of training the navy should be best placed in the Yangtze River or the Great Lake. At least, if it is also placed in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, it will be much better. But Li Xin can't help it, after all, these places are not under his control now.

At the same time, he didn't want Yan Jin and Jin to know too early about the existence of a naval army in Datang. Therefore, this remote place can only be chosen.

But one of the most troublesome things is that winter here comes early, the river freezes early and thaws late, and the time of the year is only a few months for training.

Fortunately, Li Xin didn't plan to directly train a real water army here at the beginning. His ideal place is actually near the sea and in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. When the border of the Tang Dynasty really extends to these places, he plans to train troops there on a large scale.

And Shuofang here can be said to be the initial place of the Tang Dynasty Navy.

He first trained a group of sailors here, laying a foundation for the real establishment of a navy army in the future. The most important thing is that in the future war, the role of the naval army should gradually become prominent, which can be regarded as a surprise soldier prepared by himself.

There are no talents in the Datang Army, so everything can only be explored by itself. Fortunately, many soldiers escaped from Jiangzuo's side, and Li Xin ordered to find people who had served in Jiangzuo's naval army among these people.

Then, with them as the backbone, they will first experiment on a small scale, and then slowly expand the team. If you calculate the time, this matter has been going on for more than three months now, because this is what Li Xin explained to Sun Tie when he went north to fight ~ Vashi Yiqian.

Looking at the dozens of small boats swaying on the water, Li Xin couldn't help frowning and said, "Like this, when will you see the navy in front?" ”

Sun Tie on the side was a little embarrassed, but there was no way, after all, he was a general immediately, and he didn't know anything about this water war.

At this time, he had to say: "Your Highness, these ships were requisitioned from the vicinity, and besides, we have never built a big ship. Even if it were to be built, it would not be possible to complete it in a moment, so now we have to use these small boats to let the soldiers get used to it first! ”

Hearing this answer, Li Xin couldn't help but be speechless. But he had no way to blame Sun Tie, after all, what he said was also true.

In fact, Guanzhong still has shipbuilding strength, and ordinary large ships can be built.

Thinking that in the Spring and Autumn of that year, the Jin State suffered a natural disaster, so he asked the nearby Qin State for help. At that time, the Qin State transported a lot of grain with thousands of large ships, all the way from Weishui to the east of the Yellow River, and then ~ into the territory of the Jin State.

With the strength of Guanzhong at that time, after so many years of development, it will naturally not be impossible to build. But the problem is that warships are not the same as ordinary cargo ships! Not to mention that after all these years of war, the original people in Guanzhong suffered many casualties and a shortage of craftsmen.

"That's it, this king will find a way to solve this matter! All you have to do is get these soldiers familiar with the water as soon as possible! After thinking about it for a while, Li Xin had to say.

This matter still has to be handed over to the Ministry of Industry to do, and at the same time, the staff department must also take action to see if a few talents can be fished out from Jiangzuo. If there are talents in the relevant fields, then the progress of this matter will be greatly accelerated.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the last general will definitely let them train as soon as possible!" Sun Tie hurriedly replied, and after thinking for a while, he still hesitated and asked, "Your Highness, why do we spend time on this navy?" With our unparalleled steps, the unification of the world is just around the corner! ”

In fact, the generals of the Tang Army are not very interested in the water army, mainly because in the process of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, including the rise of the Huashan Army, they basically relied on the strength of foot soldiers and cavalry.

And, especially important among them is the strength of the foot soldiers. Judging from today's situation, the Datang infantry can be said to be invincible in the world. Therefore, a general like Sun Tie did have some doubts about Li Xin's desire to build a new naval army.

The idea was that instead of spending so much money and materials on the navy, it would be better to expand the scale of the cavalry and foot soldiers. This is a typical Continental Armyism, and of course, there is some truth in this era.

And the reason why there will be no comprehensive opposition is mainly because everyone has seen that today's Jiangzuo Navy is indeed of a certain use in the war. Otherwise, absolutely everyone would have come out against it.

Coupled with Li Xin's strong advocacy of this matter, his authority in the military is unparalleled. Both the soldiers and the generals were extremely convinced of what he decided, and rarely questioned it.

"The usefulness of the trolls, you will naturally know in the future! Although our Datang soldiers are brave, they are not all-conquering! There are some places where you have to follow the rules in the end. The existence of the water army is of great benefit to us. Li Xin glanced at him and said slowly.

That is, in this era, if Sun Tie is from the next generation like him, he will know that there is no such thing as a powerful navy, or the pain of the navy.