The consequences of the fall of Damascus were severe.

Yanagi's words are not alarmist.

If it weren't for the arrival of willow wood in this era, then the best steel would be Uzi steel and Damascus steel, Uzi steel should have been invented by the Persians, Damascus steel should be a product of Byzantium, and iron was a product of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

The market price of Datang's iron knife is as high as 2,000 Wen.

If the three-layer steel of willow wood is made with the original craftsmanship of Datang, the cost will be 5,000 yuan.

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

"The question is, is it too late?" Yanagi asked rhetorically.

It also takes time to make a bow, and there is no steel plate for a crossbow that can be used here.

Li Daozong said: "After I set off, the sage arranged for the second group of people to prepare, this group of people brought the most is all kinds of crossbows, large, medium and small crossbows will not be less than five thousand pairs, these crossbows are not used for trading, they are used to suggest our line of defense, the sage believes that the defense line composed of 10,000 heavy crossbows can kill more than 5,000 enemies in a dense formation in a column of incense. ”

The rainstorm is an invention of willow wood.

Everything originated from a movie that Liu Mu watched in later generations, the terrifying rainstorm of hanging crossbow arrays.

Dense infantry came as many as they died.

The Roman shield was made of wood, and such a shield was shot in the face of the Tang soldiers' heavy crossbows, and all the people with the shield were shot.

"So, I need five thousand obedient slaves?"

"You must have a way to buy the hearts of slaves." Li Daozong believes in Liu Mu, and he believes it incomparably.

Li Daozong also said: "When I was passing by Temasek to supply fresh water, I heard a little story that Niu Jinda was ordered to attack the city of Champa, and the original plan was that the Japanese would be responsible for the first wave of tentative attacks, and then launch heavy weapons such as arrow tower carts and catapults. ”

"And then?"

"And then, hahaha!" Li Daozong laughed: "There is no then, three thousand Japanese soldiers carrying cloud ladders and shouting wood, wood, wood." Then more than a hundred people died, and they went up to the city and stood firm. Niu Jinda immediately ordered the army to press, and broke through the outer city of Cham with a drum, and the first hundred-man team to kill the head of the city is rewarding this is a digression, the important thing is that the Japanese people are crazy in this way of fighting, General Niu said that everything is due to 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 3,000 elite slave soldiers, create an opportunity for me to fight an ambush, and it is best to lend me another 5,000 to 10,000 cavalry, of which the heavy cavalry cannot be less than 3,000." ”

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

Li Daozong shook his head: "The sage asked, find an opportunity to show the national prestige of the Tang Dynasty." As for the merits of war, I am a clan, and I don't care about any rewards on the Roman side, but if I play with prestige, don't tell me that you can't get any benefits? ”

"I'll figure it out, are you sure that the saints 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.

Li Shimin, the great Emperor of the Ages, finally raised his head from the mountains of dossiers. The eldest grandson Wujian has been sitting quietly on the side for a full hour, and a bowl of sea cucumber soup has been heated four times.

Li Shimin stood up, and took advantage of the attendant's efforts to take the sea cucumber soup to the heat and played a set of punches in the open space of the study, which was the old fairy Sun Simiao's use of ancient books to improve several times, Taoist health preservation boxing method.

After Li Shimin finished a set of punches, the sea cucumber soup was also sent over.

At this time, the eldest grandson Wujian said: "What use do Shangshu Province, Neishu Division, Cabinet, and Six Ministries want them to do, but they are so incompetent. ”

"Where's that?"

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

Li Shimin laughed heartily: "It's busy, if it weren't for the efforts of various ministries and departments, I'm afraid there would be more things." It's okay at the moment, many things are just watching, if they don't handle it well, they need to ask, and everything will be more tiring. ”

As he was talking, an attendant came in, Shangshu Province Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, Household Department Shangshu Cui Junsu, Military Department Shangshu Li Jing, and Cabinet Chief Sun Wuji.

In the existing system of the Tang Dynasty, the cabinet is lower than the six Shangshu.

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

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

Li Shimin knew that these people must have something important to do, so he drank the bowl of sea cucumber soup in three or two bites, and the eldest grandson sighed helplessly, and ordered the maids around him to put away the bowl and leave with him.

The important ministers entered the door in turn after saluting the eldest grandson.

Li Shimin's study has already been served with refreshments, the important ministers sit down according to their respective positions, and then the four clerks of the inner secretary department also entered, two are responsible for recording the content of the conversation, two are responsible for serving tea and pouring water, passing documents, reading documents, temporarily calculating certain data, and so on.

Li Jing reported first: "Sage, the selected 1,000 Fusang soldiers and 3,000 Turkic elite cavalry have been trained in the Sanyuan military camp. ”

Li Shimin nodded slightly, but did not speak.

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

"Read."

Cui Junsu is the head of the household department, if it was placed a few years ago, such data would have been read by him personally.

Now that the rules have changed, Cui Junsu has a heavy daily workload as an important minister. This kind of data that has no technical content and does not need to be kept secret should not be made by the important ministers as much as possible.

Two clerks stepped forward, one in charge of holding the file, and the other reading the data in it with his hands behind his back and his chest held up.

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

Li Shimin said: "Last year's treasury revenue was more than 56 million yuan. This Roman route alone created 20 million yuan of income for Datang, and I thought that another 5,000 elites would be requisitioned to guard all the important islands and ports at the key checkpoints. The Ministry of Industry was instructed to increase the development of the shipbuilding industry. ”

Cui Junsu arched his hand: "Sage, these more than 20 million guan refers to the wealth brought to the Tang Dynasty, and the income from the treasury is far from so much, and the total amount will not exceed eight million." Among them, customs duties and maritime business taxes were handed over to about 3.7 million yuan. The gross profit of the caravan is about six million, which needs to be rewarded to each ship and army. ”