"How to reform the navy is a long story..." Lu Yan paused for a moment and said to Gan Ning Su Fei: "The manpower transferred from Xuzhou should soon come to Chenliu, plus the existing navy soldiers
, a total of 50,000 people. You can train on your own now, and after ten warships have come out, you can take turns to operate and cooperate with the warships. At that time, we will discuss the reform of the navy."
Gan Ning and Su Fei felt like they were in shock, but Lu Yan refused to say more now. They could only suppress the curiosity in their hearts, clasped their fists and said, "I will obey the order."
The building of warships and artillery is a long-term work, and the training of the navy is also a long-term work. As the saying goes, only by laying the foundation first can the building be built higher and the navy can go further.
Far.
The first appearance of the three-masted battleship ended perfectly, but after that, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi became even busier.
The shipyard has been expanding continuously. It was expected that ten docks would be built. However, after the first show, Cao Cao made a grand investment in additional investment. Now, the docks have to be expanded by ten more.
A total of twenty shipyards have to be built at the same time, which requires many more craftsmen, handymen, etc.
As a result, the shipyard began to expand its recruitment again. Central Plains, Hebei and even the south, Guanzhong once again set off a wave of migration of craftsmen.
Zhuge Liang was so busy every day with these trivial matters that he couldn't even put his feet on the ground. He was used to doing everything by himself. He had to take care of personnel matters and shipbuilding matters. He even had to personally inspect the food and accommodation in the canteen of the craftsmen.
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Let’s look at the naval side.
The soldiers who were transferred from Xuzhou and knew some water skills also arrived at the Chenliu Navy station one after another. Sima Yi was responsible for the food, clothing, housing, transportation, logistics support, etc. of the 50,000 Navy personnel. He was also so busy that the sky was dark and the sun and the moon were dark. But Sima Yi was willing to delegate power.
Going down, this allowed him to quickly gather a group of available talents, greatly reducing his workload.
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When Cao Cao first annexed Xuzhou, Xuzhou had a population of less than 400,000 households. Although Cao Jun did not massacre the city, he used various policies to attract many Xuzhou people to move to Yanzhou, resulting in a very serious population loss in Xuzhou.
But now Xuzhou, after several years of stable development, has long been reborn and is no longer what it used to be.
Due to the births of ordinary people and the migration of many refugees from other places in search of stability, the population of Xuzhou has soared to more than 600,000 households.
As the second large state first controlled by Cao Cao, Xuzhou's agriculture is now naturally very developed, and its commerce is also very prosperous.
In terms of agriculture, in addition to military and civilian villages, every household planted potatoes. In addition, the government built water conservancy projects and taught the people improved scientific planting methods. Today, there is no famine in Xuzhou and even in the Central Plains.
In terms of business, in addition to the official Xuzhou Chamber of Commerce controlled by Mi Zhu of the Mi family, there are also dozens of private chambers of commerce, large and small.
Xuzhou is an important place connecting the north and the south. The caravans traveling between the north and the south on the main official road are often in groups. With more merchants coming and going, Xuzhou's transaction taxes, tolls, etc. will naturally increase. Today's Xuzhou,
The annual tax revenue is also considerable, which is only slightly lower than that of Yanzhou.
Since the commercial tax was implemented, even the great minister Zhao Yan no longer complained about poverty in front of Cao Cao.
With huge financial resources as support, Cao Cao wanted to fulfill his promise to Liu Xie to rebuild Luoyang, and Zhao Yan agreed without blinking an eye.
There is no way, nothing else is enough, but we just have more money!
Liu Xie was naturally overjoyed and excited that Cao Cao had fulfilled his promise to rebuild Luoyang City.
Although this emperor has little say, the country is getting better.
In this feudal empire era where the emperor is the country, the country is prosperous, powerful and prosperous. How can history not leave a good review for the emperor of this country? What happened to the puppet? Doesn’t the Donglin Party in later generations hope that the emperor will be a capable person?
A stamped puppet emperor?
Besides, Liu Xie can at least give advice on some things now. Lao Cao's mentality is also very stable now, and some innocuous things will be caused by Liu Xie. However, the recent artillery attack made Liu Xie
Xie corrected his position.
In fact, preparations for the reconstruction of Luoyang City began last year, but planning has been ongoing some time ago, and construction actually started at the beginning of this year.
First of all, outside Luoyang City, the tomb where many dead people are buried must be moved first. Otherwise, there will be a big cemetery as soon as you leave the city gate, which will probably scare many people into psychological problems.
Although the current population of Henan Yin is still far less than what it was before Dong Zhuo came to Beijing, under the governance of Sima Lang, Henan Yin has gradually regained its vitality.
In recent years, some refugees who had fled in the past have returned to their hometown, and Sima Lang has also taken in some refugees who have sought refuge from other places. The population of Henan Yin has also returned to about 200,000 households.
When the plan to rebuild Luoyang was first proposed, there were not without objections from both the DPRK and the Central Government, especially from the civil and military forces under Cao Cao.
After all, the city of Luoyang was completely destroyed by Dong Zhuo's fire. To rebuild a new city on the same spot, the manpower and material resources required would be unimaginable.
And now Xuchang has been expanded several times. Both in terms of space and prosperity, it has surpassed the original Luoyang. It is completely enough to be used as a medical center. There is no need to go and do such a thankless job just for the sake of a word.
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However, no matter how much opposition there was, Cao Cao still chose to rebuild Luoyang arbitrarily.
No matter how good Xuchang is, the meaning that Luoyang represents cannot be replaced in a short time. After the city of Luoyang is rebuilt, Cao Cao can once again win over a large number of people who love the Han Dynasty.
Lao Cao's authority now is greater than that of the emperors of many dynasties in the past. Now that he has made a decision, it is natural for others to no longer object. Anyway, it is Lao Cao's money from his own pocket, and others only need to follow his instructions.
Just execute the command.
In order to plan the new Luoyang City, most of the craftsmen who would serve as supervisors, headed by Geng Liang, were summoned to the palace.
Liu Xie was ready to take action personally, starting from the design drawings, and work with them to complete the construction of the new Luoyang City.
The craftsmen were able to get so close to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. This was something they had never even dreamed of. Now that they have the opportunity, they can truly honor their ancestors.
In order to facilitate Liu Xie's drawing of the design, Geng Liang also specially introduced charcoal to Liu Xie, one of the secrets of the prison.
Before the advent of charcoal, all drawings were done with a brush. Not only did drawing with a brush require a very high level of personal ability on the part of the artist, but they also had to be careful not to make mistakes midway. Once a mistake was made, the entire drawing would be completely useless.
After switching to charcoal, not only can straight lines, circles and the like be drawn with the help of some tools, but even if the drawing is wrong, it can be erased at any time, which can be said to have greatly improved the work efficiency of craftsmen.
As for the money to build Luoyang City, Liu Xie didn't have to worry at all.
Because he knows that the current Lao Cao is so rich that oil will drip out of him if he pinches it.