The winter in Alaska is a bit long, and Li Yuanjing thinks that five months is the longest.

But the reality told him that it would take about six months.

It was not until late March of the following year that Li Yuanjing ordered the fleet to continue sailing.

And so far, they have been in Alaska for almost half a year, spending a full winter.

Despite all the preparations, more than 400 people were lost, only a small part of them died in the war, and most died on the way to the battle.

Although the losses are quite large, the gains are not without them, at least there is some experience in dealing with the bitter cold, isn't it?

As for these fallen soldiers, Li Yuanjing was not stingy, and directly announced the pension plan.

In the future, Li Yuanjing will be in charge of their future, and their offspring will be able to go to school for free, and each will receive a monthly subsidy of 30 yuan until they reach adulthood.

The definition of adulthood in the military is eighteen years old, because recruitment begins at the age of eighteen.

For their parents, starting from the age of 50, each person receives a living allowance of 50 yuan per month.

A pair of elderly people add up to a subsidy of 100 yuan a month, which is enough for them to live for a long time.

For those who have no queen, they can designate one person to enjoy this treatment.

In other words, Li Yuanjing will directly intervene and let their brother or brother pass on one of their children to the fallen soldiers.

Although he still lives with them, this child can enjoy this treatment.

In addition, Li Yuanjing also made a special promise that in the future, if the descendants of fallen soldiers enter the army or participate in the imperial examination, they will be given priority admission under the same conditions, and without the latter, their brothers can enjoy this treatment.

I don't know if it's calculated or how to drop, and soon gave Li Yuanjing the opportunity to show it.

There was a team named Guo Yi who died of illness on the way to war, and his brother Guo Huai also happened to be in the army.

It's just that Guo Huai and Guo Yi are not in the same regiment, and when discussing merit after the war, Guo Huai learned the news of his brother's death.

However, his brother joined the Haizhou Army at that time as soon as he turned eighteen, and was the first batch of soldiers to follow Li Yuanjing.

Therefore, Guo Yi has no descendants, and because the policy was promulgated later, Guo Yi has not been able to establish an heir.

It just so happened that Guo Huai and a team leader of the same team competed for a place in the deputy team, and the two were not different from each other in terms of combat merits, and they were also equal in terms of ability.

It just made it very difficult for the above to choose, if it was in Haizhou, they would have waved their hands a long time ago, and the two of them would have been promoted.

But not now, the army is like that, the gap is just like that, everyone knows that it is not realistic to want to be promoted on the way to the expedition.

The biggest possibility is that after returning to Haizhou, he will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, unless there is a vacancy on the way.

Just when I didn't know how to choose, Li Yuanjing's order came down.

Well, these people don't have to have a headache anymore.

Guo Huai's brother died on the way to the war, and he is still in the team, what else is there to say?

immediately decided that Guo Huai won, after all, no one dared to disobey Li Yuanjing's order.

And the veteran gang leader who lost his qualifications could only sigh deeply helplessly, what else could he do?

The introduction of this policy greatly boosted the morale of the army, and Li Yuanjing also accurately seized such an opportunity for soldiers to be psychologically fragile, which instantly made the morale swell again.

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However, half a year is not wasted, and their savings are still very effective.

The most intuitive thing is that the fleet's sailing ability this time has been improved by about half a month compared to before, although the ship is small, but it is equivalent to them building a few new transport ships.

On the military side, four regiments attacked from all sides, led by these natives, frantically attacking one tribe after another, and then bringing them back to the camp.

In less than five months, Li Yuanjing swept through all the indigenous tribes within a radius of 800 miles with the camp as the center.

And the total number of people in this tribe has also exceeded 20,000, and there are more than 8,000 people in the young and strong alone.

After half a year of training, there is hardly any big barrier between the two sides in terms of language, at least between the top management.

Before setting sail, Li Yuanjing called the leaders of dozens of tribes over.

The most idealistic result is that Li Yuanjing sent a team of men and horses to be stationed here to watch them, but Li Yuanjing didn't want to do this, there was still a long way to go, and the size of the fleet was not large this time.

Moreover, all he wants is a breakthrough, Alaska is a good springboard, and then casually find a few suitable places on the West Coast to draw a circle, and the route is basically one.

"Calling you, in fact, this king has something to announce, and that is that this king is about to leave here."

"But don't be surprised, this king is only leaving for a short time, this king is going to the south to have a look, and he has to go farther to see it."

"But this king can tell you with certainty that in three years, three years at most, this king will return here, and the next time he comes, he will come with tens of thousands of troops."

"Therefore, don't be in a hurry to be happy with the tribes that were chosen by this king before, this king will keep his promise and give each of you a hundred weapons, don't be disappointed if you are not chosen, if you find something terrible, then secretly collect evidence, and then wait for the return of this king, when the time comes, this king will let you replace them!"

"In addition, during the period when this king is away, if there is a foreign enemy to attack, you must defend together, in addition, you don't need to easily step out of here, you just need to find some minerals in this area."

"Then it is to continue to collect coal mines, and then pile them up and store them, and when this king returns next time, it will be the time to lead you to open up the territory, and at that time, this king will give you a real Han surname, so that you will become a part of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Yuanjing flickered, saying all the good things, and the threat was also not less.

Naturally, there is only one purpose, to bring this group of 20,000 people together.

So that they can run the place in a stable manner in the years when they are no longer there, mining coal mines, and waiting for the next use.

Of course, Li Yuanjing did not tell them about the coking technology, and Li Yuanjing will still be responsible for these things next time.

As for these natives, although it seems that there are dozens of tribes and a lot, there are actually not many at all.

It just so happens that cultivating these dozens of tribes will save a lot of energy in the future development process.

If these people are interested, Li Yuanjing doesn't mind giving them some opportunities, anyway, the natives can't be killed, and the rest always have to be assimilated.

These people were stunned by Li Yuanjing, and they were all calculated, but they nodded excitedly in anticipation.