The struggle of the reborn prince

Seeing that educated and skilled people escaped from the city, those fake officials and priests were taken to the front of the city and tied to wooden posts to be whipped as a price for deceiving the Song army.Hearing their screams that shook the world, the officials of the entire imperial capital trembled. Although Caliph Fatah covered his ears, he still couldn't stop the wailing from outside the city from reaching his ears.

The next day, the caliph couldn't bear the torture of his people, so he called the clerk into the palace to discuss the matter.The clerk is a position second only to the prime minister. Now the king of the empire, Sultan Sanjar, has been defeated and is still fighting fiercely with the Black Khanate in the east. The prime minister has become a captive of the Khitans, and he has temporarily become the core of the empire's leadership.The Caliph entrusted him with an important task, which was to negotiate peace with the Easterners and express their willingness to sit down and negotiate.

Now that there is a need for others, of course you have to give some gifts to show your sincerity when you meet.But the caliph is so weird that he can't give too many gifts to the Orientals, saying that if you give too much, it will become a proof of your fear, and the enemy will become more daring!Although the clerk couldn't figure out where the caliph learned the strange theory, he knew that he was still reluctant to part with his treasure when he was dying.

As for how much money the caliphate has, the clerk is not clear, but it must be an astronomical figure.Because since the founding of the country, the Arab empire began to take advantage of their favorable position between the East and the West, and started global business, and the Arabs have a tradition of doing business, and businessmen have a high status in society. As early as the founding of Islam, Muhammad believed that "businessmen are the messengers of the world and the faithful servants of Allah on the earth", and the "Koran" also clearly stipulates that encouraging and protecting business is an essential obligation and morality for all Muslims.

With the encouragement and support of religious leaders.Coupled with favorable location advantages, the Arabs' business career is flourishing.They are active on the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa.They shipped silk, spices, precious stones, medicinal materials, paper, coconut, sugar and other items produced in the East to the West for sale, and sold bronze mirrors, gold and silver, glass vessels, and various furs produced in the West to the East.From Sumatra, Malaya, India in Southeast Asia.As far as the Baltic coast of northern Europe and the Scandinavian Peninsula, there are Arab businessmen who have made a lot of money by trading on both sides.

Baghdad, the capital of the Arab Empire, is not only the political center of the empire, but also has developed water and land transportation. There are specialized markets for various industries in the city, and it has also become the heart of land and water trade.There are often hundreds of ships moored on the wharf, and all kinds of products are continuously transported to Baghdad through water and land transportation.In addition to the goods of the provinces in the market.There are also silk and porcelain from China, spices, minerals and dyes from India and the Malay Archipelago, rubies from Asia, ivory, gold sand and black slaves from East Africa, honey, yellow wax, fur and wood from Northern Europe and Russia, etc. It is sold all over the world, as long as the geese are plucked, they will make a fortune.

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.Taking out a little bit is enough to bribe ghosts and gods.But when the country was ruined and the family was destroyed, the caliph was still so stingy, and the clerk could only carry it out with a wry smile, and he had no hope for the success of the negotiation.

The two marshals of the Great Song Expeditionary Army were both businessmen.The wealth of this city can be estimated only by looking at the size of the city and the market.The two were happy when they saw that the gift presented by the clerk of the empire was just a box of gold coins. Sure enough, there is no such thing as the most picky in the world, only more picky.This caliph loves money as much as his majesty, but it is a pity that his emperor is better at managing money than him.Know that money must be spent in those places, and you can't pay any money at any time.

Sure enough, as expected.The clerk sent a gift to ask for an interview, but soon got a rejection reply, and he could only go back to the palace in despair.When Khalifa Fatah learned that the peace request was rejected and even ignored him, he panicked, and hurriedly sent his son to lead the officials out of the city to ask Cheng Xishou to forgive his unreasonableness and let the people of the city go. He is willing to pay the price .

Cheng Xishou refused again, and ordered people to tell them that if they really had the sincerity to achieve peace, they would first order the city's army to lay down their weapons and leave the city, but before they left the city, the expeditionary force would not withdraw the city walls, and the cannon Keep aiming at the palace. If they don't get a satisfactory answer tomorrow, they will start shelling the palace city, sending troops into the city, and destroying the entire city.

In fact, Cheng Xishou and others did not have any hope that the caliph would agree to such harsh conditions when they made this request. How could there be so many cowardly and incompetent people like King Song and Liao in the world, who did not know that laying down their weapons was tantamount to surrendering their lives. Overwhelmed the enemy and became a lamb to be slaughtered.But the world is so wonderful. The Caliph Fatah actually agreed to the request of the Great Song Expeditionary Army, which he thought was "unreasonable", and ordered the defenders of Baghdad to lay down their weapons and leave the city to surrender...

On August 15, the [-]th year of Xingguo in the Great Song Dynasty, the secretary and marshal of the Arab Empire led Wu out of the city to meet Cheng Xishou, and ordered the army to lay down their weapons and march to the place designated by the Song army.Cheng Xishou knew that the army that laid down its arms was an unstable factor, so he immediately dispersed them and organized them into various departments of the Confederate Army. The rapid expansion of the three departments was enough to form another [-] troops.

The absence of an army is like a tiger without claws and claws. The city of Baghdad completely lost its arms and became a piece of fish on a chopping board. The Song army kept its promise and walked down the city wall, but drove into the undefended city of Baghdad.They quickly controlled the traffic arteries and government offices in the city, and entered the inner city and Miyagi.The "Pixiu" task force, which has been silent all the time, with the cooperation of a commanding dragon rider, went straight to the "Wisdom Hall" in the city and the two universities of Mustan Suriya and Nitzemiya, and sealed off the school and prohibited anyone from entering the city. in and out...

The peace talks were carried out on the Song Army Shenwei battleship moored on the Tigris River. The Seljuk side, which was already at a disadvantage, felt more oppressive after boarding the tall enemy warship. Soft, cold sweat dripping before they can speak, they have no confidence, they have no momentum, they are obviously on their own territory but they are like pissed off daughters-in-law married to their in-laws.

"General, our country is willing to open all ports and cities to your country, allow your country's merchants to trade on their own, and compensate for the loss of 50 gold coins. What do you think?" The negotiators of the two sides sat opposite each other for a long time, seeing that the other party had never said a word Fa, the clerk who was about to sit on the ground and pay back the money couldn't hold back, so he tried first.

"Hmph, if it's just for such a small matter, why would we come all the way here?" Cheng Xishou, who had been keeping his eyes on his nose and his heart, raised his eyelids and glanced at the clerk after listening to the translator's translation, and said with a cold snort. .

"General, then we are willing to increase the compensation to [-] gold coins!" The clerk knew that the other party was dissatisfied with the price he offered, and hurriedly raised the price.

"80 million gold coins!"

"One hundred thousand gold coins!"

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

"120 million!"

"150 million!" The clerk gritted his teeth and said, this is already a year's tax revenue for the entire Baghdad province.

"Two million gold coins! Commander, this is already a huge amount. Are you still not satisfied?" The clerk said cruelly. Almost cried.

"Is your caliph worth this price? Because your caliph instigated his subordinates to rob and kill our merchants in the Song Dynasty, and charged as much as 200% of the tax on the goods, and even bought and sold them by force, which greatly damaged us. The interests of Song Dynasty made him very angry. The purpose of sending troops this time is to capture your caliph and bring him back to the country for questioning. Do you want him to escape punishment with just a million gold coins!" Having reached the limit of his power, he calculated that 14 million gold coins are equivalent to about [-] taels of gold, which is just a finger for a big country as rich as Song Dynasty.

"This... General, please calm down. We are willing to double the compensation for the damage done to the merchants of your country!" The clerk turned pale when he heard this. Although the Caliph has no real power, he is the spiritual leader of the entire Muslim. If he becomes a prisoner of heresy, Wouldn't it shame the entire Muslim community, he hastily made a wish.

"I don't have a lot of time to talk nonsense with you, I'll give you two days to discuss, otherwise we will have to go get it ourselves!" Cheng Xishou knew that the stick would not be knocked, and when it came to stealing and plundering, these 'profiteers' were no better than women. The real person is bad, how can such a good opportunity be worthy of the emperor's years of teaching if he doesn't knock out some bone marrow.

The clerk of the Seljuk Empire listened to the translation and saw the other party walk away. He was heartbroken and hated the other party's viciousness. What's more, he felt helpless towards the caliph's incompetence and cowardice.Now that the army has laid down their weapons, all the cities are under the control of the Song army, and they have no power to resist, so they can only be slaughtered.The most ridiculous thing is that the caliph, because of his greed, provoked the enemy to go on a long-distance expedition, but he still dreamed of sending the opponent away with a small amount of money. He didn't understand the enemy's purpose and got rid of him-he wanted his life !

After hearing the clerk's report, Fatah was stupid now, but he was not so stupid. He knew that he had to choose between his life and money, and he asked the clerk to go to Songying again regardless of the pain, expressing his willingness to use Money redeems itself.At the same time, a group of Song soldiers took advantage of the night curfew to continuously transport the books and various instruments of the Wisdom Museum and two universities out of the city. Some well-known scholars and skilled craftsmen in the city were taken away from their homes. Thousands of people "disappeared" during the day, but the caliph, who was unknown to his own fate, had no intention of asking about these trifles... (to be continued...)