Chapter 1372 Navy
"Mass!" Li Jin waved his hand on the tall warship, and the Tang soldiers who had already landed immediately rushed into a tribe on the island. In the blink of an eye, screams came from inside, and countless natives were massacred.
This is the third tribe that Li Jin wiped out in Jinzhou. These tribes had already defected to the Tang Dynasty, but just a while ago, a gold mine was found nearby. As a result, these tribes became greedy and not only annexed the gold mine, but also killed the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. This aroused Li Jin's anger. All tribes involved in this matter were ordered to be massacred by him. Today, this is one of the masterminds of this matter.
Although Li Jin's subordinates were all navy, it was too easy to deal with these iron tools as good as those of the natives. After just a few hours, this large tribe with more than 10,000 people was slaughtered. Although a few people fled into the jungle, it was not worth worrying. Then Li Jin ordered the setting fire, and the entire tribe fell into the sea of fire.
However, just a few large tribes could not extinguish Li Jin's anger. In the next two months, he led the navy to clear out the natives in Jinzhou. Even though some native tribes did not participate, they could not escape the affair with the Tang Dynasty.
"General, if it was just for a gold mine and a few merchants, there was no need to start a killing like this, right?" Li Jue asked Li Jin softly at this time. Although he was Li Jin's cousin, there was no father and son in the army, and he now entered the navy, so he usually called Li Jin a general.
"The South Ocean is too big and there are too many natives. If we want to control this place, we must clean up these natives. After all, they are not of my race, and their hearts will be different!" Li Jin also smiled and said with a faint smile. When he led the navy into the South Ocean, because he had no foundation, he mainly used the local natives to surrender, but this also left some hidden dangers. Now it is time to clean up these hidden dangers.
"So that's it. Thank you, General for helping me!" Li Jue bowed again when he heard Li Jin's words. Since he returned from Chang'an last time, he has entered the navy and followed Li Jin to learn how to train the navy. Now he has some experience.
"Jue'er, you have been in the navy for a while and are already familiar with the navy. However, the things you can learn with me are limited, so I plan to let you go to the warship to do things so that you can truly learn something!" Li Jin suddenly spoke again at this time. Since Li Chengqian handed Li Jue to himself, he must train him well, otherwise he would be sorry for Li Chengqian's trust in him.
"Thank you, General!" Li Jue immediately thanked again. He naturally knew that if he wanted to learn the essence of the navy, he had to join the navy and fight step by step, otherwise he would have to talk about it on paper. Now Li Jin is helping him create opportunities.
Seeing Li Jue's appearance, Li Jin nodded with appreciation. Li Jue almost perfectly inherited Li Chengqian's intelligence. Moreover, he suffered setbacks since childhood and had a more tenacious personality than Li Chengqian. As long as such a person is trained more, his future achievements will definitely not be worse than Li Chengqian.
After Li Jin swept the Nanyang River, he arranged several fleets to patrol along several major waterways, and Li Jue was placed in one of the fleets. However, although he was Li Jin's cousin, Li Jin did not give him a high position, but instead served as the leader on a medium-sized warship, because only by starting from the bottom can Li Jue truly learn useful things.
However, Li Jin led the main fleet back to the navy's base. Although the navy had captured the Nanyang, in order to facilitate contact with the Tang Dynasty, the navy's headquarters was located in Zhenzhou, which is the southernmost end of Hainan Island. On the west side are Jiaozhou and Linyi, and on the north side is Guangzhou, not far from the Nanyang. What is more worth mentioning is that the current sea transportation is mainly based on offshore routes, that is, along the coastline of the land, so this can be said to be a major sea transportation route.
Zhenzhou was originally extremely desolate, but with the arrival of the Tang Dynasty Navy, it quickly became a prosperous port, and the navy went to sea for more than a year, so many naval soldiers moved their families, which made Zhenzhou more prosperous, and many overseas Hu merchants also came here to do business.
After Li Jin returned to Zhenzhou and arranged the fleet, he immediately returned to his mansion. As a result, Wu Mingkong had already prepared the wine and food in the mansion. When he saw Li Jin coming back, he smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work in the battle outside!"
"It's not a hard work to clear out some uncivilized natives. But you have to be careful of your health. I'm going back just to give birth to you!" Li Jin said softly at this time. When he spoke, his hand couldn't help but put it on Wu Mingkong's high belly. This was their fifth child.
When Wu Mingkong heard her husband's words, she couldn't help but smile with relief. She and Li Jin had been married for many years, but their relationship was still the same. Of course, Li Jin had a high position and was sometimes tempted, but with her being there, Li Jin did not dare to do anything out of the ordinary.
"Husband, I have done everything you have told me before you left. Several strongholds have been opened in Xinzhou, and our people have temporarily settled there. And after hearing the news sent back there, the east side of Xinzhou is indeed very suitable for living, and the land is also very fertile. As long as it can be cultivated, it is no problem to support tens of millions of people." Wu Mingkong suddenly thought of something and said with a smile.
"It's great. With Xinzhou, our Li family will have an extra way out in the future." Li Jin couldn't help but say excitedly when he heard Wu Mingkong's words. Before, when he left Chang'an, Li An instructed him to leave a way out for his family overseas. Xinzhou is Australia in later generations. After Li Jin discovered this continent, he temporarily concealed it and moved some trustworthy people to the past.
"Yes, brother, he is planning ahead, we must also make plans for our children and grandchildren. In addition, didn't my cousin send Li Jue to your place? I guess their father and son also want to own their own fleet so as to leave a way out for themselves in the future." Wu Mingkong said with a smile at this time.
"If my cousin stayed in the Tang Dynasty for retirement, he wouldn't have to spend so much effort. But if he wanted to do something for the Tang Dynasty, he had to find a way out for himself, otherwise he would definitely be suspicious in the future." When Li Jin heard Wu Mingkong mention Li Chengqian and his son, he sighed immediately. Although he might be suspicious, his situation was much better than Li Chengqian.
Chapter completed!