In fact, if it is not necessary, Suning does not really want to deal with today's Yangzhou Navy, that is, the East China Sea Navy, not for anything else, although the current Datang is said to be jointly built by three navies, but due to the regional tradition, the shipyards and shipbuilding industry in the Wuyue area are more developed, and the shipbuilding has a long history, so it is more convenient to build, and because of Suning's construction, Li Erma Xià temporarily focused on the establishment of the navy in Yangzhou, while Guangzhou and Youzhou ranked second or third.

So today, the development of the Yangzhou Navy is the best, the most ships, there are probably more than 300 ships, the establishment of the Navy and the recruitment of the Navy is also very smooth, the first time I heard that to build a special Navy and the Navy Government, for the people in the Wuyue area is very novel, they can not fight the big Han in the Guanzhong, but the water is a first-class good, as the Navy is the most suitable.

And the treatment of the navy is quite high, because the number of the navy cannot be too much, and there is no conquest mission at present, so the recruitment tasks of the Yangzhou Navy, the Guangzhou Navy and the Youzhou Navy are not large, 30,000 in Yangzhou, 30,000 in Guangzhou, and 20,000 in Youzhou.

Because of the difference in numbers, in order to balance the balance of strength between the army and the navy, Li Erma deliberately tilted the resources to the side of the navy, so that the navy only had a theoretical number of 80,000 people to obtain at least 100,000 army resources, and considering the particularity of the navy, once there is a task, it is very likely that you will not be able to take care of the affairs of your family, and there is no way to follow the agricultural time, and the construction and training of the navy is also different from that of the army.

So in this case, the military pay will be more. Not only is it exempt from all kinds of taxes and service, but also subsidies, which are much better than the army soldiers, so there are many people who are willing to join the navy, Yangzhou quickly recruited the designated number of 30,000 people, but considering the number of losses, Li Er Majesty also relaxed the number of reserve navy, which can be included in the military government to train according to the model of the government soldiers, and once there is a loss, it will be replenished into the navy immediately.

It stands to reason that Suning is very willing to deal with people in the navy. After all, he is the initiator of the construction of the Navy. Although he can't serve in the navy for reasons of avoiding suspicion, he will not be as embarrassed as an ordinary army general, but because of the commander of the Yangzhou Navy, which was the first to become an army, Suning is really unwilling to deal with the Yangzhou Navy. None of them. The commander of the Yangzhou Navy is called Zhang Liang.

In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, it was revealed that Hou Jun had rebelled. Zhenguan's 20th year of rebellion and beheaded, although it is only nine years of Zhenguan, Suning is not very willing to deal with this guy who has a bad reputation. Although he has a hand in warfare, and he is also one of the few generals in the early Tang Dynasty who is good at using the navy, and he is also trusted by Li Erma, but what about it......

This guy is a bit dangerous.

But now I don't want to deal with it, this guy is in charge of the Yangzhou Navy, and he is the main force to rescue the adventurers who are trapped on Ryukyu Island, the only army at this time is the Yangzhou Navy, and the Guangzhou Navy only has more than a hundred warships, and the commander-in-chief of the Youzhou Navy has not yet been elected, let alone others, so Suning also had to order Zhang Wuregret to let him go to Zhang Liang with the emperor's will.

Zhang Wuregret has been a little puzzled after receiving Suning's order, because he received two instructions, one is an official order on the surface, that is to say, His Majesty the Emperor ordered Zhang Wuregret to communicate with Zhang Liang, the commander of the Yangzhou Navy, about sending troops to rescue, and another private order belonging to Suning, which was brought by Niu Geng, the Su family's commercial housekeeper - don't have anything to do with Zhang Liang, try not to have any contact with him.

Zhang Wuregret has always believed in Suning's order, but for this order, although he decided to do it, he had some doubts, no matter what, Zhang Liang is the commander of the navy, the commander of 30,000 people, the leader of the largest armed forces in this area, even if he doesn't have a good relationship with him, there must be contacts on the surface, right? Why did Suning ask for this? You must know that when he first arrived, Zhang Liang also gave a good gift.

At this time, Niu Geng came forward.

As the first person to follow Suning, from the pro-soldier to the finance minister of the Su family, Niu Geng has always been a person who is very valued by the retainers and servants of the Su family, although Niu Geng does not often appear in the house, but from Suning's move of handing over the most important family business of the Su family to Niu Geng to take care of it, everyone can see how much Suning trusts Niu Geng, Niu Geng has no great talent, but he is better than loyalty, not a retainer, but he is more concerned and preferential treatment by Suning than a retainer.

Over the years, Niu Geng has gradually become familiar with his tasks and identity, from the reluctance at the beginning to the current willingness, Niu Geng's psychological changes are absolutely huge, so anyone who is suitable for Suning knows that Niu Geng is a special case of the Su family, and he must not be provoked, Zhang Wuregret naturally knows that as early as when he was in the Zongheng Division, he heard of such a person around Suning, who has been in charge of the Su family's finances for so many years.

This time Suning handed over the news to Niu Geng, who happened to go south to do business, and brought it over, obviously there were some other meanings in it, Zhang Wuregret also came to a building near the water to get the moon first, and asked Niu Geng for advice, Niu Geng has also tried a lot of identities over the years, and has talked about business with many people.

"What does Hou Ye think, we don't really need to know too much, after all, whether in business or in private, you should not disobey Hou Ye's orders, Hou Ye is your top boss in business, and Hou Ye is still your top boss in private, what he says, you just do it, but this matter is a little special, so I also specially told me before leaving." Niu Geng took a sip of tea from the teacup and said slowly: "You must take care of the size of this matter."

Hou Ye seems to have some special opinions on Zhang Liang, and Hou Ye doesn't seem to have a good impression of Zhang Liang, you probably don't know, when Hou Ye was tinkering with white sugar, he needed to transport a large number of sugar stalks from Lingnan to Jingshi to make Zuò white sugar, and Hou Ye himself had no power on the water, so he had to turn to others for help. At that time, the most powerful person was naturally Zhang Liang, he had been mixed in the navy before, but Hou Ye categorically refused, and only later found the king of Hejian County, that is, Hou Ye's current father-in-law. ”

Zhang Wuregret was puzzled: "Maybe I shouldn't ask more, but I still want to know why Master Hou is so wary of Zhang Liang?" His Majesty did not hesitate to hand over the 30,000 navy to Zhang Liang! ”

Niu Geng said: "I don't know the specific reason, it seems to have something to do with Zhang Liang's personality, and I don't know why, but Hou Ye has always seen people very accurately." Xue Li at the beginning. When he first came to Chang'an City, he was still a fugitive with a crime, and he chased the enemy all the way to Chang'an. Only then is there today's General Xue. And General Duhodu. Chang'an's famous gentleman almost made Du Xiang angry to death, and Hou Ye sent him to the military academy. In a few years, General Du!

So, Hou Ye never messes around when he does things, let alone Zhang Liang, you know that he is the commander of the 30,000 navy, but Hou Ye doesn't know? You know that His Majesty trusts him, but the Hou Ye doesn't know? Hou Ye must have his reasons for doing this, as a subordinate that Hou Ye is very optimistic about and trusts, I think you should do what Hou Ye said. ”

Zhang Wuregret nodded: "Thank you Mr. Niu for your advice." ”

With Niu Geng's guidance, Zhang Wuregret had no doubts, and honestly followed Suning's instructions, went to Zhang Liang's residence with Yangzhou Assassin Shi, and conveyed the emperor's instructions - Zhang Liang, the general of the East China Sea Navy, led all the ships of the Navy to the Ryukyu Islands to assist the shipwrecked, and there must be no mistake.

Zhang Liang didn't talk too much nonsense after receiving the order, and immediately ordered the navy to prepare, and at the same time, perhaps out of the psychology of wanting to show off, he invited the two highest power holders in Yangzhou he knew - Yangzhou Assassin Shi, who managed government affairs, and Zhang Wuregret, who managed corruption.

This is a very normal and reasonable move, Zhang Wuregret didn't feel anything bad, he also knew a lot about the officialdom, everyone praised each other, and there were many things that helped each other, even Zhenguan Nian, but due to the emperor's strong attention and the development of Zhenguan's innovation, there were fewer such collective activities.

But as a local military head, it is also necessary to make friends with the head of politics and intelligence, and now it seems that the relationship between these two people is not bad, knowing that the identities of these two people are not as simple as they seem, Zhang Liang, who is old and sophisticated, will naturally not miss such an opportunity.

Without giving the two of them time to object, Zhang Liang immediately ordered the navy to prepare for assembly, and then ordered his cook to set up a table of wine on the parade table and invite the two colleagues to watch the majesty of the navy together.

In the final analysis, whether this is majestic or not is not up to him Zhang Liang alone, but in the current situation, he has no choice but to refuse Zhang Wuregret, so he had to go to the banquet together, and when he arrived at the naval port, to be honest, Zhang Wuregret was shocked by the scene in front of him, he had never seen the navy, not even the sailors, so he didn't know what the navy was and what a warship was, but now when he really saw it, he was really shocked.

What is Navy? What is Warship? That's it!

There are a lot of deviations from what Suning himself thought at the beginning, the shipbuilding technology of the Tang Dynasty was actually not bad, but because of the same situation as the Han Dynasty, the results of the army were so dazzling that the naval conquests and the achievements of the naval division in the same period were completely covered up by the army, and the Central Plains Dynasty was basically an inland dynasty, and the importance of territory far exceeded the importance of territorial waters, so that there was no concept of territorial waters.

"The Old Tang Dynasty Book Cui Rong Biography" records that "the world is all in Tianjin, the boat and the voyage are gathered, bypassing the Ba and Han, the former refers to Fujian, Yue, Qize and Ten Servals, the three rivers and five lakes, the control of Heluo, and the Huaihai, the Hongge giant ship, thousands of axes, trade and return, and the eternal day"; "The History of the Tang Dynasty Supplement II" also said that "all the southeastern counties are connected to water, so there are many goods and boats in the world"; These all show that the shipping industry in the Tang Dynasty was very developed.

This is true for the people, and the same is true for the military, during the period of foreign conquest, whether it is the powerful naval army used by Taizong's expedition to Goguryeo and the navy used by Liu Renliang to break the Japanese Baekje coalition army, they are all first-class powerful, which is enough to reflect the strength of the Tang Dynasty naval army, but as in many times, the strength of an army and a branch of the army in a period does not mean that it can continue to be strong in the future, just like the Modao soldiers, except for the Tang Dynasty, no other dynasty can be used.

What the navy needs is hundreds of years of accumulation, hundreds of years of experience accumulation, the strength of the British Navy can not be trained in one or two years, it is hundreds of years of training when fighting with other European countries, fighting with Spain and Portugal, fighting with the Netherlands, fighting with France and Germany, the British Royal Navy has always been very strong, fighting for hundreds of years to fight an empire on which the sun never sets, how difficult it is for the navy!

But Zhang Wuregret didn't have this kind of thinking, what he paid attention to was the number of the real navy and the majesty of the ships, so that he really thought that the navy in front of him was an invincible and terrible army! (To be continued......)