With the support of Changsun Wuji and others, the policy of promoting commerce was implemented, mainly in the coastal areas and the Western Regions, and the country still practiced heavy agriculture and suppressed commerce.

These businessmen who left Datang to do business abroad, in addition to doing business, still have to understand the customs and customs of various places.

To put it bluntly, it is to use these businessmen to spy on intelligence, find out the news and the customs of various places.

With the rise of the Xingshang Movement, many merchants organized groups to go to the Hexi Corridor and embarked on the Silk Road, all the way west to conduct international trade.

There are also some merchants, especially those in the south, who go to sea all the way to the south and north through the convenient water transportation of the canal, and sell the goods of the Tang Dynasty to the coastal countries.

With the development of international trade in Datang, Datang's economic level has risen sharply, and species have been continuously enriched.

Potatoes, sweet potatoes and other foods were continuously imported from all over the world, and Datang exported silk, porcelain, tea and other foods overseas.

Datang is well known to countries all over the world, and Rome, Dashi, Tianzhu and other countries have also sent people to establish diplomatic relations with Datang to jointly promote development.

For this reason, Li Chengqian also sent additional manpower to reclaim the fields again and grow potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other foods.

"Hello everyone! The research institute came out with news that the first batch of self-generated firearms had been manufactured. Wang Quan reported to Li Chengqian.

"How effective is this self-generated firebolt?" Li Chengqian asked.

The advent of the bird gun represents the arrival of the era of firearms, and Datang is about to transform from the era of cold weapons to the era of cold weapons, supplemented by hot weapons.

Datang's combat effectiveness will rise in a straight line, and it will not be a problem to beat the surrounding barbarians.

"The research institute has already experimented, and the power is greater than the power of bows and arrows, but the range is shorter than that of bows and arrows, but the rate of fire is fast." Wang Quan said.

"As long as the power is huge, it can make up for the shortcomings of the short range and form a dense musket team, which will definitely terrify the enemy and even become their nightmare." Li Chengqian said.

Li Chengqian couldn't wait to equip such a unit, which was all full of firearms.

"But what else is there?" Li Chengqian continued to ask.

"The research institute also said that compared with the first generation of arquebuses, the self-made firecracker can not worry about getting wet in rainy days, which is convenient for rainy days."

"Filling the drug is much simpler than the arquebus, and it is also much better than the arquebus in other aspects, which greatly improves the combat performance." Wang Quan said.

Self-generated firebolts are indeed much more convenient than arquebuses. In particular, I am not afraid of being wet by the rain and not afraid of being discovered by the enemy at night.

"Very well, how many of these self-generated firebolts have been produced now?" Li Chengqian asked.

"It is said that 6,000 qualified self-generated firearms have been manufactured." Wang Quan said.

According to the number of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, there are 1,200 people in the upper government, 1,000 people in the middle government, and 800 people in the lower government. Flash Dance

It can equip five upper houses, six middle houses, and seven and a half lower houses.

This is not what Li Chengqian expected in his heart, but he plans to form a musket army with a number of men.

"Inform the research institute to make more self-generated firearms as soon as possible, and all of them must be qualified." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Wang Quan answered the order.

"Inform Wang Fangyi to select suitable candidates from the army and join the newly formed army, and I will give him a quota of 30,000 people." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Wang Quan took the order and left.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner, and Wang Fangyi sent an edict to select elite soldiers from all over the Zhichong Mansion and move their families to Chang'an together.

The weapons manufacturing workshop of the research institute worked day and night, constantly making self-made fireworks.

"The 30,000 elite soldiers have been selected and arranged in the military camp outside the city, and I ask Your Majesty to give the name to the new monarch." Wang Fangyi reported to Li Chengqian.

These 30,000 soldiers and horses were carefully selected by him, and all of them were at the first-line combat level, and they could be immediately put into battle when they were pulled out.

"Go and take a look, Wang Quan informed the research institute to send the self-made fire gun to the barracks." Li Chengqian got up, said to Wang Fangyi, and instructed Wang Quan to do something.

"No!" Wang Fangyi and Wang Quan received the order, Wang Quan went to inform the research institute to transport muskets to the barracks, and Wang Fangyi accompanied Li Chengqian to the barracks first.

"All assembled!" The emperor's chariot drove into the barracks, and the generals in the camp immediately gathered the soldiers.

Li Chengqian stepped out of the carriage, and the generals in the battalion hurriedly stepped forward to see Li Chengqian.

"The four battalions of Zhonglang will see Your Majesty to Jiang, Ma Long, Zhang Yang, and Wang Sicong!" The four generals clasped their fists and saluted.

"No rudeness!" Li Chengqian, dressed in a white dragon robe, said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The four of them thanked him and got up and said to Jiang, "Your Majesty!" The soldiers have been assembled, and His Majesty is invited to review the speech. ”

Li Chengqian nodded, and under the guidance of Xiang Jiang and the four people, he walked up to the platform, and the audience was full of 30,000 soldiers, all of whom were tall and energetic.

"See Your Majesty!" 30,000 soldiers knelt down on one knee, and 30,000 shouted in unison, with loud voices reaching into the sky.

"Let's get flat!" Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Thirty thousand men thanked him and stood up.

Next, Li Chengqian, who was the emperor, gave a speech, and it was indispensable to say some words of encouragement, and under some encouragement, the soldiers were enthusiastic.

"Let them go back and continue practicing!" Li Chengqian said to the river.

"No!" Xiang Jiang hugged his fist and saluted, turned around and shouted at the soldiers in the audience, "Disband!" Keep practicing. ”

The 30,000 soldiers dispersed in an orderly manner, and rows of soldiers practiced in modern ways such as standing in a military posture and kicking the right step.

Li Chengqian and others came to the tent of the Chinese military camp, and as soon as they sat down, Wang Quan came, and he was accompanied by researchers from the research institute.

"See Your Majesty!" The researcher saluted.

"Excuse me! How many self-generated muskets did you bring in this time? Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty! A total of 16,000 self-generated firebolts were brought in, and we also brought a lesson on how to teach the soldiers how to use them. The researcher said.

Of these, 6,000 were the original 6,000, and 10,000 were self-made firecrackers that were processed day and night.

In order to allow soldiers to use self-generated firearms, the institute has also specially equipped instructors to teach them how to use self-generated firearms correctly.

After these first soldiers have learned and become proficient in the use of self-generated firearms, these instructors will return to the academy.

As for the promotion, it was taught by the first batch of soldiers.

"Good! Put the self-generated fire gun into the military arsenal, strictly prohibit fireworks, and take out a part of the self-fire gun to learn shooting for the soldiers. Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Xiang Jiang was ordered to retreat, go to hand over to the people of the research institute, and take out 6,000 self-made firearms for practice, and transport all the others to the armament depot.

Li Chengqian stayed in the barracks for a while, watched the researchers teach the soldiers the knowledge and use of self-made firearms, and gave the new army the name of the Fire God Army, and then returned to the palace. 20 Friends who read books, you can search "Blue Chinese Network", you can find this site as soon as possible.