I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 258 Preparing to Build a Navy
In Luoyang City, Li Shimin was handling official business in the new Tiance General's Mansion. Although some people had secretly suggested that Li Shimin move directly to the Luoyang Palace to work, which would be more convenient. After all, he was getting closer and closer to the throne, but Li Shimin was decisive. Refuse, at this time he doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

"My lord, we may have a bumper harvest this year. Hanzhong and Nanyang can be counted as fertile fields and tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and most of them are the private property of officials such as Zhang Lu and Yuan Shu. Therefore, most of them are owned by our army. According to the lord This means that these confiscated and ownerless private fields are temporarily rented out by tenants and refugees. This year, in these two places alone, nearly 300 million shi of grain was handed over. In Liangzhou County, this autumn harvest treasury is expected to produce 1000 million shi of grain." Xu Shu said quite excitedly.

Li Shimin was also very excited when he heard about it, and he stood up and said: "Food and grass are the most important things in our army. They are related to the stability of the world and the peace of the people in the world. At present, our field system will not change for the time being. We will formulate a detailed system after we unify the world in the future." .”

"Promise, I will obey." Xu Shu naturally understood Li Shimin's meaning, so he didn't say much.Just as the two were discussing the military ration allocation plan, the guards outside the door reported loudly: "My lord, General Gan Xinghan asked to see him, and at the same time he brought a person with him, saying that he came to join the lord."

"Oh, General Gan." Li Shimin thought for a moment, and said overjoyed: "Haha, please hurry up."

In fact, when he met Gan Xinghan in Mayi that day, he felt that the name was very familiar. Later, he learned that Gan Xinghan's real name was Gan Ping, and his character was Xinghan. However, Gan Ping kept a secret about his family background at first.

It was not until before the Nanyang War was pacified some time ago that Gan Xinghan, also known as Gan Ping, approached him on his own initiative, and only then did he confess his family background to him.It turned out that Gan Xinghan was from Linjiang in Berkshire. Because he was implicated by his brother "Jinfan Bandit", he was forced to leave his hometown to join Zhang Yi's Bingzhou Army. He never dared to say who his brother was.

Later, I heard that his brother no longer engaged in house robbery after he changed his career, and even turned to Liu Yan. In the end, it turned out that Liu Yan ran to Nanyang and hid temporarily. Therefore, when Li Shimin was about to attack Nanyang that day, Gan Xinghan ran over on his own initiative. , and Li Shimin revealed the truth, and at the same time said that he was willing to help Li Shimin persuade his brother to join him.

This made Li Shimin very happy, and immediately wrote a letter by himself, asking him to bring it to his brother, and promised to reuse him, but Li Shimin was not very sure that day, so he had the right to give it a try.

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Li Shimin straightened his clothes and saw Gan Xinghan walking in with a burly and capable man. Li Shimin hurriedly walked from behind the big case to the hall, and asked excitedly: "Xinghan, this is your brother Gan Ning, Gan Xingba ?"

"Gan Ning, a reckless man, has met the General, and is willing to do his best for the General." After speaking, Gan Ning saluted.

This person was Gan Ning, Liu Yan died of illness, and his son Liu Zhang was in charge of Yizhou.Under Liu He's instigation, Gan Ning, Shen Mi, Lou Fa and others rebelled against Liu Zhang, but were defeated by Zhao Wei.Gan Ning led more than 800 people and stayed in Nanyang (Nanyang is Gan Ning's ancestral home), preparing to join Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

In fact, Gan Ning wanted to join Liu Biao. Originally, he planned to continue recruiting some brave men in Nanyang, but he had seen the strength of the Bingzhou Army in Nanyang, and Li Shimin sent him a sincere invitation, and his younger brother persuaded him. Naturally, he took refuge in Li Shimin.

After all, the feeling of being invited over by others is different from the feeling of taking the initiative to contribute. Besides, Li Shimin urgently needs a navy general like himself.

"Xingba, I have an important task to entrust to you brothers, I don't know if you dare to accept it." Li Shimin said straight to the point.

"Why don't you dare? I am willing to be driven by the general, and I will not hesitate to say anything." As they spoke, both of them saluted heavily.

"Haha, sure enough, I read the right person. From now on, Xingba will be in charge of preparing for the establishment of the navy, and he will serve as the first naval commander of our army. Xinghan will be the deputy commander of the navy, responsible for recruiting and training soldiers. The temporary establishment is [-]. The location is chosen in the Danjiangkou area of ​​Nanyang, and you can find Yuanzhi for money and food." After speaking, Li Shimin looked at Gan and Ning playfully.

Gan Ning and Gan Ping looked shocked. They didn't expect that when they first arrived, they would entrust them with a heavy responsibility and directly assume such an important position as the commander of the navy. They really didn't expect it, which made them feel at a loss for a while.

"General, I don't know anything about my subordinates, please let me know." Gan Ning neither refused nor agreed, but instead asked Li Shimin.

"Oh, it's okay to say Xingba." Li Shimin smiled and helped them up.

"Why does the general dare to hand over such an important task to the junior general at the first meeting? Don't you worry that I am not up to the job and have failed the general?" This is actually the doubt in Gan Ning's heart. Dare to appoint himself to such an important position, it is inevitable to make people doubt.

"Haha, the so-called employing people is not suspicious, and doubting people is not necessary. Since I dare to use the general, I naturally have a certain certainty in my heart. I also have great trust in the general's ability and character. I believe that the general will not let me down." Li Shimin. Said confidently.

"Thanks to the lord's trust, the last general will be broken into pieces, and the general's kindness will definitely do his best to train the navy." At this time, Gan Ning was completely overwhelmed by Li Shimin's magnanimity, and he accepted the job willingly.

Although Gan Ning was not considered to be the most powerful existence in the Three Kingdoms period, he was good at water warfare and was a well-known naval general in Eastern Wu in time and space.

Moreover, this person is cheerful and forthright, courageous and resourceful, despises money, respects scholars, treats soldiers favorably, and is deeply supported by soldiers.Chen Shou listed him as "the tiger minister of Jiangbiao" in the history books.

With Gan Ning's contribution, the establishment of the navy finally had a backbone. In fact, Li Shimin still hoped that Zhou Yu would join him in his heart. He was determined not to rely on himself, which made Li Shimin regret for a long time.

Gan Ning also came with more than a thousand Xiangyongs. Li Shimin handed over all of them to Gan Ning's command. At the same time, he selected [-] soldiers who knew water skills from the army and handed them over to Gan Ning. He first set up the framework.In addition, the craftsmen who knew how to build ships in the official workshops in Luoyang City were handed over to Gan Ning.

Li Shimin handed over to him the professional and technical personnel of Jingzhaoyin Ship Sikong and Shuiheng Captain that he had collected before. A series of warships such as Hai, Chilong, Chima, Chang'an, Dahuo, Da (Zhubian), and Qinglong warships. In today's words, these ships can completely form an aircraft carrier formation.

(End of this chapter)