The return trip has been put on the agenda, but Li Yuanjing and they can't leave Silla for a while, and there are too many things to deal with in the future.

But business can not be done, because this trip carried more than 10,000 soldiers, so the lack of goods was not transported at all.

So the next fleet still has to return to Yangzhou to transport goods, although Haizhou is closer, but Haizhou does not have an inner river, unlike Yangzhou, you can directly enter the Yangtze River through the canal, and then directly transport the goods to the sea, although the distance is farther, but the overall time and transportation links have reduced a lot of trouble.

However, to Li Yuanjing's surprise, both Cheng Chuliang and Changsun Jian made it clear that they refused to be responsible for transportation.

Rather than adrift at sea all day, they preferred to stay in Silla.

Li Yuanjing asked them the reason, and the two refused to say it, but the two also made it clear that they would not follow back to Chang'an this time, and they would stay here for a while.

In desperation, Li Yuanjing had no choice but to let the two of them each be responsible for five transportations, and the two of them were in charge alternately.

Yao Bing, Lu Yu, Song Ji, and Zhang Qu, these four are the four captains of the Navy under Li Yuanjing.

Each person is responsible for a battalion of 500 soldiers and horses, when Li Shimin gave him these two thousand sailors, he did not arrange a general to lead them, although I don't know what the purpose is, but it is still a lot more convenient for Li Yuanjing.

"The four of you need to stay and take care of the three mines, are you volunteering?" In the face of the lieutenants under his command, Li Yuanjing did not trust them completely, but he didn't say anything about making a fuss, trust when he should trust, and keep it when he should keep it.

may be accustomed to some thinking of later generations, so although he has experienced the identity of a prince for several years, now when he encounters some things, Li Yuanjing is still accustomed to asking for the opinions of his subordinates.

"Your Highness, I am willing to stay!" Yao Bing took the lead in expressing his support, he has no foundation in Datang, even if he goes back, what can he do? On the contrary, it is better to stay and leave a good impression in King Zhao's heart.

"Your Highness...... I...... How long are you going to stay here? Song Jixian was a little hesitant and asked cautiously.

The other three also showed eager eyes, even Yao Bing, who agreed in one mouth.

No one wants to stay in this strange foreign country overseas for so long, although this is a subject country of the Tang Dynasty, but they always feel that they are out of place here, no matter what they do every day, they will always feel an inexplicable disappointment in their hearts, whenever the night comes, the camp is full of soldiers in a daze, obviously, they are homesick.

"After this king returns to the dynasty, he will immediately form an army of 3,000 to replace you, but it is uncertain when this army will be formed, it may be two or three months, or a year or two." Li Yuanjing thought about it, and didn't plan to hide his thoughts from them, otherwise what he concealed today would become a hidden danger in the future.

"Your Highness, humble ...... Do you contact your family once? When he left home, he was pregnant, and the time was probably the latest...... "Song Ji didn't want to give up this opportunity, but his heart was itchy like a cat scratching.

It has only been nearly four months since they went to sea, but Song Ji and their two thousand sailors have been assembled for more than four months, and they have assembled two months in advance and conducted relative training, so if you count it, they have actually been away from home for half a year.

"Yes, go back and ask the soldiers to write a letter to their families, and bring it back with this king when he returns." Li Yuanjing nodded and agreed directly.

The army has military rules, and in order to prevent the leakage of the battle situation on the front line, soldiers are generally not allowed to contact their families during wartime.

Of course, preventing the leakage of the war situation is only one thing, to put it bluntly, there are many purposes for doing this, the other is to prevent these letters from causing panic among the internal people when the war situation is not going well, and then there is the protection of some outstanding young generals who have made great achievements.

These people are basically the hope of Datang in the future, and if someone exaggerates the actual situation too much in the letter, then these people may cause some hostile forces to strike.

Of course, these are all precautions, and the most important thing is the second one, to prevent internal panic.

Moreover, even if a letter is written, it will only be sent back after someone has checked it, and in order to control the spread of certain information, the army will often adopt delaying tactics, that is, writing letters before the war, running on the road for a while, and when the letter is almost at the respective military offices, the battle is basically almost fought.

Most of the time, the official war report comes out shortly after the letter is received.

If the battle is lost, these letters may be returned to their families along with the soldiers' belongings, so the soldiers on the front line do not write letters when they want to.

"Your Highness, I am willing to stay!" got the promise, Song Ji finally let go of the worries in his heart, and it was good to be able to write a letter.

"I am willing to ...... my humble position," Lu Yu and Zhang Qu also immediately expressed their willingness to stay.

Everyone is not stupid, Li Yuanjing has clearly told them that after returning to the dynasty, an army of 3,000 people will be formed to replace them, and the captain can command up to 500 people, and at present, one of the four of them is the captain of Zhaowu on the sixth grade, and the general is the general of the generals, one is the deputy lieutenant of Zhaowu, and the second is the deputy lieutenant of Zhenwei.

The generals also have to rise one level at a time, and those who jump several levels at a time are basically blessed by the halo of the protagonist.

Song Ji, the youngest of the four, was careless in the north last year, and no one paid attention to the surrounding situation, but Song Ji noticed this, and issued an early warning in advance, leading a team of men under his command to block the enemy army for a while, thus buying time for the entire army to set up the formation, and finally causing the other party to leave hundreds of corpses and flee in a hurry.

Song Ji was also directly promoted to lieutenant after the war because of this merit, awarded Zhaowu lieutenant, and jumped five levels in a row, but if there was no great merit in the future, he would have been like this in his life.

But Li Yuanjing gave them hope, the newly formed army of 3,000 people, not to mention the need for a guide to be responsible in the future, and this candidate is likely to be one of them, as long as they take this step, it basically means that they have successfully entered the upper level from the middle level of the Tang bureaucracy, although it is only the last one, but it is also an upper-level figure.

After weighing the pros and cons, Song Ji chose the future, but it doesn't mean that he completely gave up his family, although he couldn't be with him when the child was born, and his life left some regrets, but how many generals in Datang were with each child when they were born?

"What awaits you is loneliness and temptation, and if you go back, you may not be able to go easily, you two can discuss it yourself." Li Yuanjing smiled, he knew that these four people must be struggling in their hearts now, but he didn't want to deliberately promise anything, it didn't make any sense.

Of course, only letting the horses run, but not giving the horses grazing, this kind of thing Li Yuanjing can't do anyway, after thinking about it, he still said:

"From the day you assembled, each soldier will receive a monthly allowance of two hundred yuan, and the fire commander will increase by thirty yuan, and each level will be increased by thirty yuan, until you return home, and as of now, the king of Qian Ben will have people sent home with letters!"