However, if these measures are carried out, the income of the local government will inevitably decrease, and the supplies that the Shenwu Army receives from the local government will also be reduced accordingly. In the case that the war is not over, it is clearly inappropriate.

It's just that these complicated situations, Qin Jin won't tell that Li Zhongming one by one.

Qin Jin had a feeling that the suggestions made by this guy were always specious, and although they touched on some issues, they finally had the meaning of changing the topic.

For example, Qin Jin asked him how to not lose money on the long business road, but he did not have a more definite answer except to change the topic.

Because he can't give a satisfactory answer either. From far away Hexi to here, if there are still merchants who are not afraid of losing money, then they must have ulterior motives.

Li Zhong's words are awe-inspiring, but in this era, it is unreliable to expect mercenary businessmen to have noble manners than to count on prostitutes in Qinglou.

Despite this, Qin Jin did not expose his lies, and only gossiped with him every sentence. Most of these seemingly idle words are intentional or unintentional temptations.

From Li Zhong's origin, family background, to his adult experience, Qin Jin has learned about them one by one.

In Qin Jin's opinion, his answer is also half-true and half-false, if it is completely false, it can't be said, at least three or four points are true.

All in all, Li Zhong is a not-so-clever liar.

On the surface, this person always exudes concern and loyalty to the imperial court, but a careful analysis of his behavior may lead to the opposite conclusion.

For all kinds of cover-ups, lies are told one after another.

This was the kind of person that Qin Jin hated the most, and after chatting for half an hour, he gradually lost his patience.

Finally, a military officer came in softly and put down a military newspaper in front of him.

The military newspaper was covered with waterproof leather paper, and three feathers were pressed on the sealing fire paint. This was apparently delivered from the west.

Qin Jin silently opened the envelope, revealing a few pieces of paper inside, and pulled them all out, with crooked Chinese characters written inside.

Caliph al-Mansur was furious at the betrayal of his brother Qajar, especially when he learned that Qajar had gathered the Praetorian Guard to destroy him once and for all after Ilam had declared his division against him.

However, because the relocation of the capital had already begun, from the court to the government offices, and even the subjects were successively moved to the new capital of Baghdad.

It was as if the arrow had been wound and had just loosened the bowstring, and the arrow was unstoppable and unstoppable, even if Mansur was in power.

If you choose to send troops at this time to exterminate the al-Qajar, who calls himself caliphate, what awaits al-Mansur may be the end of the rebellion. Since there were not even half of the people inside and outside the court who were in favor of moving the capital, he sent most of the Janissaries to Ilam to suppress the rebellion in Qajar, and waited for those who opposed it to take advantage of the opportunity to rebel.

Moreover, Mansur is an extremely intelligent man, so he naturally guessed that Khazar must have the support of the Tang people behind him, otherwise how could this lost dog defeat the Janissaries sent to Ilam last time and won the victory?

Said not only listed the facts of Ctesiphon at this time, but also analyzed Mansour's situation and thoughts in detail.

It was concluded that this guy, despite his anger and a strong sense of revenge, had to swallow the bitter pill that Khazar had given him.

Because no matter how resentful Mansur is and how much he wants to kill Khazar, he must also stabilize his foundation before he can send troops to retaliate.

Otherwise, as long as he sends troops, it will inevitably be a mess from Ctesiphon to Baghdad. And this is also what the Shenwu army is happy to see, and a fragmented black-clothed food is in line with the Tang Dynasty's policy of managing the Western Regions.

The secret letter was also attached to a handwritten letter he wrote to his son, but Qin Jin didn't read it, after all, it was Said's family letter. After reading it, he slowly stuffed the letter back into the envelope and gently placed it on the Hu table.

A hint of curiosity flashed in Li Zhong's eyes, but he hid it well and was not worried about being spied on.

He didn't rush to leave, but waited quietly, waiting for a chance to see what was written in the secret letter.

Of course, this is an unrealistic idea, but it is extremely difficult to get close to Qin Jin's opportunity, so how can he let it go so in vain?

However, he immediately gave up this idea again, after all, it was too risky, if he fell into the trap set by the other party, wouldn't it be a problem with this plan to sneak into the city?

Finally, Li Zhong decided to leave, because he also saw Qin Jin's impatience that he didn't hide much.

After proposing to leave, Qin Jin didn't keep him, just a few polite words, and let the military officials lead him out.

This guy's flickering eyes confirmed Qin Jin's conjecture about him, if he didn't want to dig out the person behind him in one fell swoop, it would be impossible to let him go out so swaggeringly.

Qin Jin believed that Li Zhong and his people must have been aware of their suspicions about himself, but people's psychology is often like this, and there will be unrealistic illusions before the mystery is revealed.

Qin Jin's gaze fell on the secret letter, and then he pulled out the secret report inside, approached the candle, and a few pages of paper turned into ashes in a moment.

Then he stuffed Said's letter to his son into another envelope, picked up his pen and wrote on it irrelevantly, sealed it and put it in a stack of letters.

If it weren't for Qin Jin himself, I believe that no one would be able to find this letter from Said.

The protection of Said was necessary, and the spies who infiltrated Ctesiphon did not know that he was alone, and these people were not connected with each other, and they all maintained separate contact with Qin and Jin, waiting for the army to return to the court.

Zheng Xianli, who remained in Sylvan, took over from Qin Jin to contact all the spies who had infiltrated Ctesiphon and direct their movements.

After all, Chang'an is tens of thousands of miles away from here, and it will take a month or two to transmit information even at the earliest.

All kinds of specific measures must be delegated to the local town guard generals.

Qin Jin sat quietly, deep in thought, completely oblivious to the crackling of the candle, which was about to burn out.

The goal of this expedition to the west has exceeded expectations too much, but it is a pity that the national capital of Dashi has not been captured.

The candle flame flickered, and a wry smile appeared on his face, to such a point, what is there to regret? Isn't it as easy as a child to defeat a big empire?

Go back to Chang'an, that is the stage that really belongs to him.