Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 921 The Hardworking Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

The consequences of the fall of Damascus were severe.

Liu Mu's words are not alarmist.

If it were not for the arrival of willow wood in this era, then the best steel would be Wootz steel and Damascus steel. Wootz steel should be invented by the Persians, Damascus steel should be a product of Byzantium, and iron is a product of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The market price of Datang's iron knives is as high as [-] Wen.

If the three-layer steel of willow is made with the original technology of Tang Dynasty, it will cost five thousand Wen.

Li Daozong is a very good general, and he contributed a lot to the expansion of the Tang Dynasty. After thinking for a while, Li Daozong said: "Then, it's time to let the Romans and Persians see it, the rainstorm."

"The question is, will there be enough time?" Liu Mu asked back.

It also takes time to make a bow. There is simply no high-elastic steel plate for steel crossbows that can be used to make crossbows.

Li Daozong said: "After I set off, the sage arranged for a second group of people to prepare. The most people in this group were all kinds of crossbows. The crossbows of large, medium and small sizes would not be less than [-] pairs. These crossbows were not used for trading. It is used to suggest our defense line, the saint believes that a defense line composed of [-] heavy crossbows can kill more than [-] enemies in a dense formation within the time of one stick of incense."

The rainstorm is an invention of willow.

It all originated from a movie Liu Mu watched in later generations, the terrifying rainstorm-like flying crossbow array.

The dense infantry came and died as many as possible.

The large Roman shields were made of wood. Such shields faced the heavy crossbows of Tang soldiers and shot them all.

"So, I need five thousand obedient slaves?"

"You must have a way to buy a slave's heart." Li Daozong believed in Liu Mu, very confidently.

Li Daozong added: "I heard a little story when I passed by Temasek to supply fresh water. Niu Jinda was ordered to attack Champa City. The original plan was that the Japanese were responsible for the first wave of tentative attacks, and then launched heavy weapons such as archery carts and catapults. "

"and then?"

"Then, hahaha!" Li Daozong laughed: "There is no more. Three thousand Japanese soldiers carried the ladder and shouted wood, wood, wood. After that, more than 100 people died before they killed the top of the wall and stood firm. Niu Jinda immediately Ordered the army to press on, broke through the outer city of Champa with a single drum, and the first centurion to kill the top of the city was being rewarded. This is a digression. What is important is the crazy Japanese fighting style. From you."

Liu Mu pointed at himself, then shook his head: "I didn't do anything, I just promised a big reward."

Li Daozong didn't answer, but said: "Give me three thousand elite slave soldiers, and create an opportunity for me to set up an ambush. It is best to lend me another five thousand to ten thousand cavalry, of which the heavy cavalry should not be less than 3000." people."

"No one will reward you for your military exploits." Liu Mu hit Li Daozong unceremoniously once.

Li Daozong shook his head: "The sage asked, find an opportunity to show the national prestige of the Tang Dynasty. As for the military exploits, I am the clan, and I don't care about any rewards from Rome, but if I show my prestige, don't tell me you can't get benefits? "

"Let me figure out a way. Are you sure the saint will send equipment over one after another, even if my letter hasn't arrived in Chang'an yet?"

"I'm sure."

Li Daozong gave a very positive answer.

A few days later, Chang'an City.

The great Eternal Khan Li Shimin finally raised his head from the mountain of files.The eldest grandson Wugou had been sitting quietly at the side for a full hour, and a bowl of sea cucumber soup had already been heated four times.

Li Shimin stood up, and while the attendant was warming up the sea cucumber soup again, he punched a set in the open space of the study. This is the Taoist health-preserving boxing method that the old god Sun Simiao improved several times with the help of ancient books.

After Li Shimin finished punching, the sea cucumber soup was ready and delivered.

Only then did Changsun Wugou say: "Shangshu Sheng, Neishusi, Cabinet, and the Six Departments need them to be useful, but they are so incompetent."

"Why do you say this?"

The eldest grandson Wugou complained: "Erlang is so busy every day, isn't it because they are incompetent. There is no mention in the history books that there is an emperor who is as busy as a small official in a granary in autumn."

Li Shimin laughed heartily: "I'm a bit busy. If it wasn't for the efforts of the various departments, I'm afraid there will be more things. It's okay now, many things are just to be watched. If they don't handle it well, they need to ask. It will be even more tiring to give instructions on everything. .”

Just as he was talking, attendants came in, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, Shangshu Sheng, Cui Junsu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, Li Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Sun Wuji, the head of the cabinet.

In Datang's existing system, the cabinet is lower than the six ministers.

The cabinet also belongs to a joint work of coordinating six ministries, focusing on important issues, voting on many countless resolutions, etc.At this time, the cabinet has no legislative power, only relative executive power.

The eldest grandson Wugou motioned for people to wait, but Li Shimin didn't even finish a bowl of soup.

Li Shimin knew that these people must have something important to do when they came, so he drank the bowl of sea cucumber soup in two or three gulps, Changsun Wugou sighed helplessly, and ordered the maid beside him to put away the bowl and leave with him.

The important ministers saluted the eldest grandson Wugou outside the door and entered one by one.

In Li Shimin's study room, attendants had already served refreshments, and the important ministers sat down according to their respective positions, and then four clerks from the inner secretary also entered. Two were responsible for recording the conversation, and two were responsible for serving tea and water files, read files aloud, calculate some data temporarily, etc.

Li Jing reported first: "Sage, one thousand selected Fusang soldiers and three thousand Turkic cavalry have been trained in the Sanyuan barracks."

Li Shimin nodded slightly, but did not speak.

Cui Junsu said: "Sage, this is the income report of the ocean-going fleet of the General Shipping Department after the opening of the Roman shipping route last year, as well as the revenue reports of the shipping divisions, transshipment, and supply ports of the General Shipping Department on the Roman shipping route."

"read."

Cui Junsu is the Minister of the Household Department. If it was placed a few years ago, he would have to read such data in person.

Now that the rules have changed, Cui Junsu, as an important minister, has a heavy workload every day.This kind of data has no technical content and does not need to be particularly confidential. Try not to make the important ministers work harder.

Two clerks stepped forward, one was responsible for holding the file, and the other read the data aloud with his hands behind his back and chest out.

Halfway through hearing this, Li Shimin slightly raised his hand, and the two clerks stopped immediately.

Li Shimin said: "Last year's treasury revenue was more than 600 million guan. This route alone created 2000 million guan in revenue for Datang. I thought that another [-] elites would be recruited to guard all the main roads, checkpoints, important islands, Ports. Order the Ministry of Industry to increase the development of the shipbuilding industry."

Cui Junsu cupped his hands: "Sage, the more than 2000 million guan refers to the wealth brought to the Tang Dynasty. The income from the treasury is far from that much, and the total amount will not exceed 800 million guan. Among them, customs duties and maritime business tax are about 370 million guan. The gross profit of the shipping caravan operation is about 600 million yuan, which needs to be rewarded to each ship and each army."

(End of this chapter)