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"With all due respect, the strength of the empire is similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, or even worse. It is impossible to destroy the entire Tang Dynasty with the power of the empire alone. Even if it succeeds, it will have to pay a huge price."

"As far as I know, in addition to the Tang Dynasty and the Byzantine Empire, there are four powerful countries in the world: the Dashi Kingdom, Goguryeo, the Persian Empire, and the Harsha Dynasty. Although their strength is not as strong as that of the Empire and the Tang Dynasty, they should not be underestimated. Your Majesty If we can unite these four major countries to conquer the Tang Dynasty, we will definitely succeed in one battle! Yang

Chao explained, telling Heraclius his plan.

"I have heard about the Persian Empire and the Great Food Kingdom, but they are not as good as my Byzantine Empire! Byzantium is the most powerful country in the world. To defeat the Tang Dynasty, does it need to unite other countries?"

Among the many elders, the arrogant ones snorted coldly and dismissed Yang Chao's words.

"I do not deny that the empire has the power to overthrow the Tang Dynasty, but that would require a huge price and even a decline in national power. Is this what you elders want to see?"

Yang Chao still saved some face for these elders and did not directly say that you can't defeat the Tang Dynasty.

Under such obvious advantages and disadvantages, more elders were still shaken. Heraclius was carefully After thinking for a while, he said:"Then I will follow what you said, but are those countries really willing to cooperate with us to conquer the Tang Dynasty? Yang

Chao pulled an imperceptible smile from the corner of his mouth and said:"Those countries can just leave it to me to lobby. Your Majesty only needs to reorganize the domestic army and make full preparations. Don't send all the heavy cavalry the next time you go to war.""

A large part of the reason for the failure of this Eastern Expedition was that all the half-million troops were heavy cavalry.

Although the heavy cavalry is the king of land warfare, that refers to the heavy cavalry and the bulky cavalry that did not speed up after they were completely accelerated. There is no difference between the targets, so the experienced Li Jing was pressed to hit.

When mentioning this, Heraclius' face became a little hot, and he said impatiently:"I know!"

Yang Chao smiled slightly and said no more.

He is one step closer to his goal of overthrowing the Tang Dynasty.

Your Highness, King Qin, I will soon be able to repay you for your kindness.

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The Byzantine Empire was planning secretly, while the Tang Dynasty was still developing steadily.

The emergence of the Byzantine Empire made Li Changqing begin to feel a sense of crisis. Even he could not ignore this huge and famous empire in history.

Moreover, through the first battle between the two empires, he once again gained a deep understanding of the importance of scientific and technological strength. Therefore, in the morning after January, he announced a decree that he and Li Xiuning had discussed for a long time before deciding.

"From now on, the Royal Manufacturing Supervision Bureau of the Tang Dynasty will be established. All outstanding craftsmen can enter the Manufacturing Supervision Bureau after passing the assessment.

The Manufacturing Supervision Bureau is under the direct management of a few people and is independent of the six departments. Salary is determined based on talent. There is no threshold and anyone can participate in the assessment."

After this decree came out, the entire Tang Dynasty was shocked. Since ancient times, industry and commerce have been low-level industries and have been looked down upon by rulers of all generations. However, Li Changqing did the opposite. The

Royal Manufacturing Supervision Bureau of the Tang Dynasty was established. Under the direct management of King Wu, these two points alone greatly improved the status of the craftsmen! What's more, there is no threshold, anyone can pass the assessment and speak based on their own abilities! For a while, craftsmen from all fields in the Tang Dynasty competed Participated in the assessment and tried to join the Construction Supervision Bureau.

The happiest people were the Mohist children. Most of them were directly admitted to the Royal Construction Supervision Bureau of the Tang Dynasty, and the director of the Supervision Bureau was appointed by Gao Ci, a giant of the Mohist family. This is understandable. The Mohist machine arts are at the top of this era, unmatched by anyone.

Li Changqing's intention in establishing the Datang Royal Manufacturing Supervision Bureau is very simple, that is, to vigorously develop science and technology! Recruit talents from the people!

He The first task assigned to the Bureau of Manufacturing Supervision was to let them develop"artillery".

During the Tang Dynasty, gunpowder had been discovered, but now it is basically of no use. Even the use of fireworks and firecrackers was only used in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. There are some things.

Li Changqing was originally unwilling to develop such thermal weapons, because it would cause too much damage to the historical progress, and he was not sure what the consequences would be.

But now that the Byzantine Empire is ready to move, Datang must become more Strong, so these scruples were forgotten by him.

After Li Changqing told Gao Ci and the group of craftsmen from the Manufacturing Supervision Bureau about the basic concept and usage of"artillery", they were all shocked. They felt that Li Changqing's The idea was simply unconstrained!

But as outstanding craftsmen, they realized what a terrible weapon"artillery" was just from Li Changqing's few words, so everyone burst out with great enthusiasm for it and immediately devoted themselves to it. into research.

In addition, Li Changqing also asked another group of iron smelting craftsmen to improve the forging technology and let them make harder steel.

Using these metals to make military-standard weapons can undoubtedly increase the defense and lethality of the army. Big steps.

And so on. Li Changqing also told these craftsmen all the crafts he knew.

Although he is not a professional in these areas, he has a lifetime of experience and knows more or less some basic common sense. Using these basic It is enough to use knowledge to open up the minds of craftsmen and make them jump out of traditional thinking.

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Tai Chi Hall

"Your Majesty, please come out. Mr. Gao has not come."

Changsun Wugou said while holding back his laughter as he looked into the bedroom.

After hearing Changsun Wugou's words, Li Changqing walked out, sighed deeply and said,"I really regret telling them those things."

He told the craftsmen of the Manufacturing Supervision Bureau about the knowledge from the future. Although it greatly expanded their thinking, it was also a bit bad. That is, these guys listened to his"unconstrained" and"exquisite" knowledge. After that, he became his fanatical fan and worshiped him as a god. He liked to pester him to ask questions about craftsmanship when he had nothing to do.

The old man Gao Ci was especially annoying. He pestered Li Changqing with various questions almost every day, and he was very angry about it. Helpless, as a majestic Martial King, he had to be careful to avoid this old man.