Chapter 802
"Report!"
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The Tang Dynasty has introduced blue and white porcelain again, and all the countries in the world are shocked!"
Just when the Emperor of Chu was high-spirited and ready to conquer Datang Mountains and Rivers in one go, a spy came over in a hurry on horseback.
Emperor Chu looked disdainfully and said: "Blue and white porcelain? Humph! Can the blue and white porcelain have the celadon glaze porcelain fired by Dachu? It's ridiculous! March, continue to march for me!"
"Your Majesty, not only that, the Tang treasury is currently full, and the Tang army has expanded to 300,000 in a short period of time!" the spy continued to report.
"The Tang army expanded to 300,000 so quickly?" Emperor Chu was a little surprised.
In his impression, the Tang Dynasty barely had an army of 200,000 soldiers not long ago. He did not expect that the Tang Dynasty army would expand to another 100,000 soldiers in such a short period of time.
Emperor Chu was not a fool. He knew that the Tang Dynasty had made a lot of money through refined salt and silk this time, otherwise the Tang Dynasty would not have been able to recruit people so unscrupulously.
After being briefly surprised, Emperor Chu looked contemptuously and said: "So what if we have an army of three hundred thousand? Aren't there two hundred thousand recruits among them? I am bringing an army of one million this time, and I can destroy it with just a few clicks!" "
"Your Majesty, Northern Qi is ready to move. It is said that Emperor Qi has mobilized an army of 600,000 to prepare for war at any time!" the spy said again.
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Hearing this, Emperor Chu's face gradually became serious: "What on earth does this Northern Qi want to do? Does Emperor Qi intend to gather the strength of the whole country to fight against my great Chu?"
"Report! Your Majesty, the Great Xia Dynasty has just assembled an army of 800,000 troops and has rushed to the border!"
"Report! Your Majesty, not long ago the Emperor of Han gathered an army of 500,000, and promised that as long as Chu dares to go to war, they Han will join the battlefield!"
"Report! Your Majesty, there is a commotion in the Great Zhou Empire. Emperor Zhou has assembled an army of 400,000 and wants to join the war. However, it seems that their target is not the Tang Dynasty, but us!"
"Report! Your Majesty, the 400,000 troops of the Nanliang Dynasty have arrived at the border, and it seems that the target is also us!"
Just when Emperor Chu was shocked, spies came one after another. With every piece of information, Emperor Chu was like being struck by five thunders. He was so confused that he could no longer be confused.
"What? All the countries in the world are shocked? Are they sending out troops to attack our great Chu? How reckless! How reckless!"
Emperor Long Yan of Chu was furious. As the overlord of the world, his authority had always been supreme. Unexpectedly, he was threatened and intimidated by all the countries in the world during his personal expedition.
The Prime Minister Zhang Shaoqing on the side sighed with emotion: "The bustling world is all for profit, and the bustle in the world is for profit! The Tang Dynasty has repeatedly made strange moves this time, completely shaking the major royal families. Now in the eyes of the major royal families, the Tang Dynasty is the sweet potato. Whoever dares to touch the Tang Dynasty will undoubtedly do harm to Tai Sui."
"If Da Chu really attacks Datang, I'm afraid all the countries in the world will really unite to attack us, Da Chu! By then, Da Chu will be besieged on all sides, and even a million-strong army will not be able to withstand the alliance of all the countries in the world. Please don't be impulsive!"
Zhang Shaoqing saw very clearly that for the major royal families, refined salt, silk, blue and white porcelain were huge profits. As long as they stabilized their relationship with the Tang Dynasty, the major royal families could earn hundreds of millions of dollars every year from these three aspects alone.
As the Prime Minister of Da Chu, Zhang Shaoqing knew very well that based on Da Chu's current national strength, Da Chu's tax revenue in a good year could barely reach one billion taels of silver, and in a normal year, it would only be around 500 million taels of silver.
Da Chu collects taxes like this, let alone other countries.
He had learned before that in a normal year, the Han Dynasty, which ranked sixth in terms of comprehensive national power, had an annual tax revenue of only 80 million taels of silver, while the Northern Qi Dynasty only had a tax revenue of 100 million taels.
