Chapter 1200: Righteous Merchants Return to the West
"You're Said?"
Abbas narrowed his eyes and looked the burly merchant up and down. He has the typical physical characteristics of a large cannibal, dark skin, a full beard, and a pair of eyes that glow with the light of a thief.
Said quickly replied:
"The villain came back from Anxi, and he has met General Yusuf twice!"
He had been doing business in Anxi for many years, and the Tang people had perfected their skills in drilling, but this time he met Abbas with enough money, and the silk and porcelain of the East were sent to a cart.
Moreover, due to the tight schedule, silk and porcelain could not be shipped from Ansi to the city of Mulu in Khorasan, and could only be collected in some nearby towns in Khorasan.
As the Tang people say, money can make ghosts grind, as long as you are willing to spend money, regardless of the cost, in just a few days to collect these two carts of porcelain and silk.
Of course, all this is supported by the Tang people, otherwise Said's financial resources alone would not be able to do such a deep pocket.
Now this move has done what he likes, and it really plays into Abbas's hands.
Despite his prowess, Abbas also had a penchant for expensive luxuries, especially porcelain and silk brought from the East.
The journey from the East to Khorasan is tens of thousands of miles, and its preciousness lies in its rarity, extreme rarity.
For Abbas, money is no longer attractive, but it is a priceless thing that people can't put down.
The habit of the big cannibal is different from that of the Tang people, who will send gifts to the house, but what is presented to the host's family is a thin gift list, and the recipient can know it by looking at the gift list.
Unlike all the introverted Tang people, the big cannibal gift-giver will inevitably put all the gifts in front of him.
The servant carefully removed the porcelain from the chest, along with the richly decorated silks, and Abbas's eyes quickly shifted from Said's body to the gifts Saeed had brought.
"All of this is for me?"
Although Abbas was in Khorasan, the gifts he received on weekdays were only silk and porcelain. And Saeed is obviously rich and rich, and he even sent a whole car.
Therefore, even the high-ranking governor of Khorasan could not help but be speechless about this.
Said bowed deferentially.
"These are the small gifts that the villain willingly gave to the noble governor of Khorasan!"
Even though Abbas was still deliberately grim at first, and didn't intend to give these businessmen a good color, he still couldn't help but subconsciously say:
"How can this be considered a thin gift? I have never seen it before!"
The generous gift is really an invincible stepping stone, Said laughed secretly in his belly, the big cannibal came out of the desert for only a hundred years, although it replaced the former Persia and other countries to rule a huge territory, but after all, he still can't get rid of the foundation of the barbarians.
And the Tang people are very particular about what they do, and they have a lot of knowledge just by giving gifts, and Said also took a lot of effort to understand the doorway. Now he only needs to show the mind of dealing with Tang Yicheng, and he can coax people to obey.
Many had previously told Saeed that Abbas was a governor who was not friendly to merchants, far different from the young Yusuf.
However, "money can make the devil grind" is an eternal truth.
After circling the porcelain and silk for an unknown number of times, and carefully stroking it for an unknown number of times, Abbas reluctantly straightened up and turned to Said.
"What do you want for such a precious gift for me?"
By the time he said this, the joy and greed in Abbas's eyes had faded and had been replaced by a faint coldness.
Said said in his heart, this old guy is really not easy to deal with, and quickly restrained his contempt.
"The villain has nothing to ask for!"
As he said this, his body straightened slightly, and he looked directly at the governor who was in Khorasan.
"Nothing?"
In Abbas's view, a businessman seeking profit and giving such a heavy gift must have a requirement that is difficult for ordinary people to do.
Said's answer surprised him, how could there be such a person in the world when he asked for such a heavy gift?
"Governor Rongyu, as a businessman, the villain has made countless profits in Anxi over the years, all because I am a big eater, and I will get preferential treatment wherever I go. But now ......"
Halfway through his words, Said actually wept, and then choked up and said:
"General Yousuf swept through Anxi with my big * soldiers, and arrived at Zhangye in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, and the villain joined the Eastern Expeditionary Army without hesitation to raise military funds for the Eastern Expeditionary Army, but who would have thought ...... It's just a little bit, it's a little bit close......"
Finally, Saeed couldn't say any more, and even cried out.
All that was left in the room was the sound of Said wailing, and Abbas was stunned to see why such a shrewd and stout merchant was weeping bitterly in front of him?
What else could be the reason, it must have been that this merchant witnessed Yusuf's fiasco.
At this moment, Abbas finally knew that he could not escape the problem of facing Yusuf's fiasco head-on, and he was distracted for a while and sat heavily on the ground.
Saeed didn't care about wiping away the snot and tears from his face, and hurriedly grabbed it and reached out to help him.
Who knows, Abbas actually pushed him away and struggled to stand up on his own.
"You, good, you're good!"
With such an episode, even if Said no longer explained, he understood why Said gave such a heavy gift and asked for nothing.
After a while, Abbas asked in a low voice:
"Let's talk about it, to what extent did Yusuf suffer a fiasco, and how many men and horses are left in the Crusade Army?"
"It's just a little bit, it's just a little bit!"
Said patted his thigh repeatedly, looking distressed.
"Defeat Zhangye, my big food army can take advantage of the victory to kill the Tang Dynasty's capital Chang'an, but this city has become a stumbling block for the big food army, a month of hard work, three successive defeats, Yu Sufu was frightened, only knew that the emperor fled for his life, and tens of thousands of * soldiers were ruthlessly discarded like rags......"
Hearing this, Abbas's body shook again, it was one thing to be mentally prepared, and it was another thing to hear it with his own ears, and he only felt heartbroken.
"The big food soldiers were defeated, after the Tang people recaptured Anxi, they began to frantically liquidate, the big food merchants were like marmots, drilling holes everywhere to hide, countless goods were looted and forcibly occupied, the villain experienced it himself, and it hurt to the bone marrow!
Said was in tears again.
Abbas's emotions were infected, and when he looked at the pile of porcelain and silk around him, he felt nothing but dazzling.