Hong Yuan once told Li that the system of Dongmu is too loose in terms of the system, and there are even cases where some soldiers' wives and children are still in the military camp.

His meaning was obviously that he wanted to rectify these situations, but what Li Neng said in his personal reply to him surprised Hong Yuan very much.

When Hong Yuan conveyed Li Qing's order to Zhang Chong, Li Qing must have easily forgotten Zhang Chong's surprised expression.

"What, the Ministry of War actually agreed to live here with our family members?"

When Zhang Chong asked this, he looked like he couldn't believe it because he knew that it was impossible to bring his family into the barracks elsewhere in the Tang Dynasty.

"Yes, and the Ministry of War's opinion was also issued by Your Majesty. Our navy is no better than others. And Your Majesty wants to vigorously develop warships here. We will not be able to leave for many years. Therefore, Your Majesty specifically promised our Dongmu navy to concentrate our families in villages close to the military camp. In this way, our soldiers can serve the Tang Dynasty with peace of mind!"

"Mr. Hong County, please take me to thank the Ministry of War and His Majesty!"

With just one news, Zhang Chong, a seven-foot man, kept kneeling in the direction of Chang'an City. At this moment, Hong Yuan knew that Li Qing could easily exchange the return of almost all the Dongmu navy troops, including Zhang Chong, with such a simple policy.

Although this team doesn't look very good now, their tone has been formed at this time.

And himself, as the possible future leader of this navy army, Li Wen has done enough for himself.

Now that he has received news of the arrival of these 6,000 navy troops and 100 elite craftsmen who specialize in building ships, Hong Yuan feels that the pressure on his shoulders is getting greater and greater. Although there is not one of the generals, it is obvious that Li Bing showed his trust in Hong Yuan and Zhang Chong.

After accepting these 6,000 people and one hundred craftsmen, Hong Yuan was still the county magistrate of Huang County, and Zhang Chong was also the central commander of Dongmu, but the responsibilities on their shoulders were incomparable to the past.

"General Zhonglang, the six thousand soldiers in Chang'an City will arrive within ten days. At that time, you will have seven thousand soldiers under your command. Among these, there are many elite soldiers originally drawn from other places. General Zhonglang should take them seriously and cannot fall into the title of our Tang Dynasty naval army!"

After receiving the accurate news, Hong Yuan also rushed to Zhang Chong's military camp again. When he saw that the houses prepared for the new soldiers in the military camp were ready, he breathed a little relieved, but he still gave in a little worriedly.

"I, Zhang Chong, was waiting for this day. Your Majesty sent you, the new top scholar, to such a territory, and began to pay us military salaries and supervise the training of soldiers. I can see that this is to use our navy to fight. As the saying goes, raising soldiers for a thousand days will take place for a while. We will definitely practice soldiers with all our heart and strength. No matter when, as long as the warship of my Tang Dynasty can be launched, we will dare to go to war!"

When Hong Yuan saw Zhang Chong so excited, he felt much more at ease.

"Training troops is of course important, but this time the 100 craftsmen dispatched by His Majesty is even more important. It is said that these 100 craftsmen have already experienced the task of building two thousand barges in the new policy of canal transportation. They were selected among those people and will definitely be able to get started directly after they come. His Majesty's meaning is quite clear, which is to speed up the construction speed of this warship. After these two warships were able to be launched, His Majesty asked to build one of the other five types of warships recorded by the Ministry of War of the Tang Dynasty. This matter does not sound difficult, but it is not easy to operate!"

At this time, Zhang Chong also understood the importance of the warship. How could he not be important in this matter that the emperor kept reminding him?

Under the leadership of Hong Yuan, Dongmu's guards were already full of energy, just waiting for the two thousand new forces and one hundred craftsmen to make a big fight after they arrived.

On the other hand, the salt administration in the pass finally changed almost. Not only did they take down almost all the previous salt officials, but they also recruited almost all the latest merchants who were responsible for selling salt. They all purchased goods from the official ship by ship, and the things were the same. As for how to sell and what price to set, they had the final say.

Of course, it was not entirely up to the final decision. Li Ning set a ceiling price for salt prices, and a small yamen was established specifically by the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel.

This yamen is to monitor whether there are merchants forming offensive and defensive alliances in terms of prices. Once such market manipulation is discovered, the qualification of Datang official salt supplier will be permanently disqualified. At least under normal circumstances, no one will deliberately touch this bad intention.

Things inside the pass ended smoothly. Li Qing knew that the more difficult thing should be waiting for him later, but this step must be taken. Almost all the people and officials of the Tang Dynasty saw the situation inside the pass. Only by struck while the iron was hot can we achieve better results.

So the day after the implementation of the salt administration in Guannei Road, Li Ning personally announced in the court that the salt administration of the entire Tang Dynasty had begun to be implemented, and the previous duties of the imperial guards were jointly undertaken by the four armies. Although it was impossible for the imperial guards to do their best to the imperial guards as hard as the previous imperial guards, they could basically achieve full coverage.

Originally, Li Qing and Zhang Xun were very nervous. They felt that such a one-size-fits-all approach with a death threat would definitely arouse some people's desire to resist, so when salt administration is being implemented across the country, bloodshed will almost certainly happen.

However, Li Qing, who had been fully prepared, waited in the court for nearly a month, but the news came that many salt officials had committed suicide fearing guilt.

The salt official chose to commit suicide because he was afraid. This seemed very normal to Li and Zhang Xun, so he didn't care at the beginning. However, as the follow-up news came little by little, Li and Zhang Xun and others gradually discovered that it was not normal to implement the new salt administration within the entire Tang Dynasty. There was a very likely big problem.
Chapter completed!