The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Seeing that knowledgeable and skilled people had escaped from the city, the officials and priests who pretended to be were taken to the city were tied to wooden pillars and whipped as the price to deceive the Song army. Listen to their voices

The screams that shook the world, the officials in the entire imperial capital were trembling. Although the Caliph Fatah covered his ears, he still could not stop the wailing sounds outside the city from reaching his ears.

The next day, the Caliph really couldn't stand the torture of his own people and summoned the clerk to the palace to discuss matters. The clerk was second only to the prime minister. Now the empire's one-word king, Sultan Sanjar, was defeated in the east.

After fighting with the Black Khanate, the prime minister had become a prisoner of the Khitans, and he temporarily became the core of the leadership of the empire. An important task assigned by the Caliph was to negotiate peace with the Easterners and express his willingness to sit down and negotiate.

Now I have something to ask for, so of course I have to give some gifts to show sincerity when meeting. But this strange caliph actually said that I could not give too many gifts to the Orientals, saying that if I give too much, it would become a proof of my fear, and the enemy would

It will become more bold! Although the clerk does not understand where the Caliph learned the strange theory, he knows whether he is dead or unable to bear his treasure.

As for how much the Caliph has, the clerk is not clear, but it must be astronomical. Since its founding, the Arab Empire has begun to take advantage of their advantageous position between the East and the West to start doing business around the world, and the Arabs have a tradition of doing business.

, Merchants had a high status in society. As early as the founding of Islam, Muhammad believed that "merchants were messengers of the world and faithful slaves of Allah on the earth." The Qur'an also clearly stipulates that encouragement and protection of business is all

Muslims are obliged to have obligations and morals.

With the encouragement and support of religious leaders, coupled with the advantage of favorable location, the Arabs' business career was at its peak. They were active in Asia, Europe and Africa. They used silk, spices, gems, medicinal materials, paper, and coconuts produced in the East.

, sugar and other items were shipped to the Western world for sale, and bronze mirrors, gold, silver, glassware, and various furs produced in the West were sold to the East. From Sumatra, Malaya, India in Southeast Asia, to the Baltic coast and Scandinavia in Nordic Europe

The Via Peninsula has the footprints of Arab merchants, and they make a lot of money by buying and selling on both sides.

Baghdad, the capital of the Arab Empire, was not only the political center of the empire, but also the water and land transportation was developed here. There were special markets in all walks of life in the city, and it also became the center of water and land trade. Hundreds of ships were often moored on the docks, and they were transported by water and land in various places.

A variety of products are continuously transported to Baghdad. In addition to the goods from various provinces, there are also silks and porcelain from China, spices from India and the Malay Islands, minerals and dyes, rubies from Central Asia, and ivory from East Africa.

, golden sand and black slaves, honey, yellow wax, fur and wood from Nordic and Russians, and then resell them all over the world. They just need to pluck their hair and make a fortune.

The business is so developed that the Caliph family, the head of the empire, can be called the richest person in the world after hundreds of years of accumulation. It can be called the richest man in the world if it takes a little bit of it. But when the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, the Caliph is dead,

Still so stingy, the clerk could only execute with a wry smile, and he had no hope for the success of the negotiations.

The two marshals of the Great Song Expeditionary Force were both businessmen. They could estimate the wealth in it just by looking at the scale of the city and the market. They were happy to see that the gifts presented by the clerk of the empire were just a box of gold coins.

Yes, it turns out that there is no sting in the world, only more stingy. The caliph’s love for money can be comparable to his own majesty. Unfortunately, his own emperor is better than him. He knows that money must be spent in those places, and what

You can't pay a piece at all.

As expected, the clerk sent the gift to ask for reception, but soon received a refusal, and he could only return to the palace to report in shame. The Caliph Fatah learned that the request for peace was rejected, and he did not even

When he paid attention to him, he panicked and quickly sent his son to lead his ministers out of the city to ask Cheng Xishou to forgive him for his unreasonableness and let the people in the city go, and he was willing to pay the price.

This is really a pull and regression. Cheng Xishou refused again and ordered people to tell them that if they really have the sincerity to achieve peace, they ordered the army in the city to put down their weapons and leave the city, but before they leave the city, the expeditionary army will not withdraw the city wall, and the cannon will

Always aiming at its palace. If they don’t get a satisfactory reply tomorrow, they will start shelling the palace city, rushing their troops into the city, and destroying the entire city.

In fact, when this request was put forward, Cheng Xishou and others did not have any hope for the Caliph's meeting to agree to these harsh conditions. How could there be so many cowardly and incompetent people like the King of the Great Song and Liao Dynasty? Not knowing how to put down weapons is equivalent to giving their lives to them.

The enemy became a lamb slaughtered. But the world is so wonderful. The Caliph Fatah actually agreed to the request of the Song Dynasty Expeditionary Force that he felt was "unreasonable" and ordered the defenders in Baghdad to put down their weapons the next day and surrender.

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On August 17, the 15th year of Xingguo of the Great Song Dynasty, the clerk of the Arab Empire and the marshal led civil and military officials out of the city to pay homage to Cheng Xishou, and ordered the army to put down their weapons and set off to the designated location of the Song army. Cheng Xishou knew that the army that put down its weapons was an unstable factor, so he immediately

They were broken up and organized into the various units of the association. The teams of the three units quickly expanded enough to form three 10,000 teams.

Without the army, it is like a tiger without its minions. Baghdad City has completely lost its armed forces and turned into fish on the chopping board. The Song army also kept its promise and walked down the city wall, but drove into the unguarded city of Baghdad. They quickly controlled it.

The main traffic roads and government offices in the city entered the inner city and palace. The Pixiu task force, which had been in silence, rushed straight to the "Smart Hall" and Mustansui in the city with the cooperation of a commanding dragon cavalry.

Two universities, Riere and Nietzscheemia, blocked schools and prohibited anyone from entering and leaving...

The peace talks were launched on the Shenwei battleship of the Song army on the Tigelus River. The Seljuk side, who was already at a disadvantage, felt more oppressive after boarding the tall enemy warship. The clerk, who was the plenipotent representative of the Caliph, felt even more exhausted.

They were soft and sweating profusely before they could speak. They were out of confidence and were completely imposing. They were obviously on their own territory, but they were like an angry young wife who married into their in-laws' family.

"General, our country is willing to open all ports and cities to your country, allow your businessmen to trade on their own, and compensate for the losses of 500,000 gold coins. I wonder what you mean?" The negotiators of both sides sat down for a long time, and kept saying a word when they saw the other party.

The secretary, who was about to sit on the floor to pay back the money, couldn't help but test it first.

"Hmph, if it's just for such a little thing, will we be here all the way?" Cheng Xishou, who had been watching his nose and staring at the heart, listened to the translation of the translation, raised his eyelids and glanced at the secretary and snorted coldly and said, "After listening to the translation of the translation, he raised his eyelids and glanced at the secretary.

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"General, then we are willing to increase the compensation to 600,000 gold coins!" The clerk knew that the other party was dissatisfied with the price he offered, so he quickly raised the price.

"Eight hundred thousand gold coins!"

"Nine hundred thousand gold coins!"

"One million gold coins!" Seeing that the other party was still silent, the clerk kept raising prices.

"One and two million!"

"One and a half million!" the clerk said, gritting his teeth. This is already a year's tax revenue for the entire Baghdad province.

"Two million gold coins! The Grandmaster is already a huge amount. Are you still not satisfied?" The clerk said ruthlessly. This number has exceeded the bottom line given to him by the Caliph, but the other party is still unmoved.

He almost cried.

"Is your caliph worth this price? Because your caliph instigated his subordinates to rob and kill our merchants in the Song Dynasty, collecting up to 50% of the goods, and even forcing them to buy and sell, which greatly harmed us.

The interests of the Song Dynasty were so angry. This time, the troops were sent to capture your california and sent them back to the country to question the crime. Do you want him to escape punishment if you just a million gold coins?" Cheng Xishou suddenly slapped the table and said sternly. He saw that he was from the expression of the secretary.

Having reached the limit of power, he calculated that two million gold coins were about 140,000 taels of gold, which was just a finger for a big country that was as rich as the Song Dynasty.

"This... General, please calm down. We are willing to double compensation for the infringement of merchants in your country!" The clerk was shocked when he heard this. Although the Caliph did not have any real power, he was the spiritual leader of the entire Muslim. If he became a prisoner of heresy,

Wouldn't it bring shame to the entire Muslim? He hurriedly made a wish.

"I don't have much time to talk nonsense with you. I'll give you two days to discuss, otherwise we will take it ourselves!" Cheng Xishou knew that the bamboo robbers would not sound, and in terms of skillful and powerful kung robbers, they are not as good as women.

Real people are bad, how can you be worthy of the emperor's years of teaching without knocking out some bone marrow?

After hearing the translation, the clerk of the Seljuk Empire saw the other party leaving again. He felt cold and secretly hated the other party's viciousness, and more of the helplessness of the Caliph's incompetence and cowardice. Now the army has let go

All weapons and cities were controlled by the Song army, and they had no power to resist and could only be slaughtered. The ridiculous thing was the Caliph, who caused the enemy to go thousands of miles away due to his greed, and he was actually trying to send the other party away with some money.

The dream of a beautiful woman, not understanding the enemy's purpose, get rid of him - what he wants is his life!

After listening to the secretary's report, Fatah was stupid now, but he was not stupid yet. He knew that he would choose between his life and money. He did not care about the pain and let the secretary go to Songying again, expressing his willingness to

Money redeems himself. At the same time, a team of Song soldiers used night curfew to transport books and various instruments from the Wisdom Hall and two universities out of the city. Some well-known scholars and skilled craftsmen in the city were sent out of their homes.

Take it away, thousands of people were missing in just a few days, but the Caliph, who had unknown fate, had no intention of asking about these trivial matters... (To be continued...)