Chang 'an's handicraft industry was extremely prosperous. The handicraft industry was divided into official and private businesses. The official business was directly managed by the Ministry of Works.
Many private companies received the government's orders and put down their lives to manufacture military supplies.
The Ministry of Revenue allocated funds for compensation, but those private bosses refused one after another.
The people in charge of the Ministry of Revenue were all shocked. One had to know that merchants would not wake up early if there was no profit.
Then, the private boss sighed with emotion. Now that Chang 'an's government was in order, they used to have to show filial piety to those adults every month. Now, all the corrupt officials were dead. This was all thanks to His Majesty.
Now that the enemy was coming, everyone had the responsibility to contribute. How could they ask for funds from the national treasury?
Also, the imperial court had recently implemented many business policies that benefited merchants and eliminated discrimination against them. Wouldn't the merchants of the world be loyal to them?
Chang 'an rich merchant Zheng Fengchi donated 300,000 strings of money to the soldiers of the front army as military pay, and the soldiers of the front army were all more excited.
Li Yuanjing, who was in Taiji Palace, also heard that Chang 'an was united in military and political affairs, and everyone's morale was high.
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Half a month after the Black Tortoise Sect incident.
The Turkic spies in Chang 'an had spread the news to the Turks in the north.
Jie Li Khan was overjoyed and took advantage of the change of regime in Chang 'an to send a letter to Turi Khan.
On the second day.
Eastern Turkic Jie Li Khan and Tuli Khan formed an alliance and sent 200,000 troops south.
Their target was Chang 'an.
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In Taiji Palace.
The ministers gathered together to discuss.
Li Yuanjing sat on the dragon throne and carefully read the secret report sent by the East Military Bureau.
As expected!
The Turkic army sent 200,000 troops directly to Chang 'an.
Li Yuanjing then threw the memorial to Fang Xuanling.""Look, this Turkic dog is really impatient. He's rushing south, afraid that he won't be able to get anything if he's late.”
After Fang Xuanling finished reading it, he passed it to the others, and the ministers took turns reading it.
The Minister of War Yang Gongren's pupils constricted. It had always been the Ministry of War that knew the military situation first before reporting it to the court.
He didn't expect the East Hall to have such excellent intelligence.
Li Yuanjing smiled at the warrior beside him,""What about Chang 'an's armor, weapons, and ballistae?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the warrior was in high spirits.
He had not slept or rested these few days, supervising the Ministry of Works to forge and assemble military supplies.
"50,000 sets of Mingguang armor, 30,000 Mo knives, 800 eight-bull crossbows, 40,000 divine arm crossbows!"
Everyone was shocked. In just half a month, he had produced so much.
" That's right!" Wu Shi smiled." There are 100,000 people in Chang 'an who participated in the production. Although the quality is not up to standard, it is definitely better than nothing!"”
The Ministry of Works would naturally create some of the more complicated techniques themselves, while the rest of the simpler ones would be contracted out.
This was an unprecedented processing method.
"The Mo clan master and 300 Mo disciples sent by His Majesty have helped us greatly.”
The warrior added.
" Yes." Li Yuanjing nodded and asked," Have you transported all the military supplies to Jingyang? That place is of utmost importance."”
He had once ordered that all resources should be given to the Jingyang City army first.
Jingyang City was northwest of Chang 'an. It was also the first stop for the Turks to go south and the gateway to Chang' an.
Although there was Li Jing guarding the place, the battle was all about logistics.
Yang Gongren smiled." Li Jing has more resources than Chang 'an. The supply convoy from the day before yesterday has already set off. I believe Jingyang City has 300 Eight-Bull Crossbows, 20,000 Divine Arm Crossbows, 10,000 Mo Sabers, and 10,000 Mingguang Armors.”
The Eight-Bull Crossbow was mounted on top of the city wall and was specially used to defend the city, while the God Arm Crossbow was a crossbow that was carried around.
Li Yuanjing's eyes lit up. Back then, his 500 Mo Saber Unit had completely destroyed Li Shimin's Black Armor Army.
Now, there were 20,000 Mo Blades!
Jingyang City had amassed sixty thousand soldiers in the past two days, and they were like a nail stuck in the Turkic path to the south.
At this moment, he had no worries about logistics, and his equipment crushed the enemy.
Defend Chang 'an and Jingyang to the death, and there would be no worries!
The Turks would retreat!
" Your Majesty, Chang 'an Fortress has been handed over to General Baiqi. I don't know." Yang Gongren looked at Baiqi curiously. This person was unknown, and no one could be at ease when he suddenly took over Chang 'an's army.
"General Bai, tell me, what are your plans?" Li Yuanjing asked with a smile.”
At this moment, all the important officials of the Imperial Court were gathered together to discuss the state affairs. Baiqi was naturally present.
"I originally wanted to defend Chang 'an to the death, but after seeing the power of the Mo Blade and the God Arm Crossbow, I slaughtered the Turks like dogs."”
"Oh?" Guo Jia's eyes flashed. Could it be that General Bai was going out of the city to fight?”
Chang 'an City was located in the middle of Guanzhong. It was flat and wide on all sides, making it very suitable for the charge of Turkic cavalry.
If they went out of the city to fight, they would lose more than win.
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