Chapter 1204: The sword is pointed at Khorasan

Adultery, people, wives and daughters may seem exciting to some, but not to Saeed. Of course, he also loves beautiful women, but like the three beauties with complex backgrounds in front of him, he doesn't even want to touch them.

As a businessman, Saeed is best at finding the right and left, and who knows if Yusuf will make a comeback one day?

After thinking for a while, Said ordered his servants to arrange a place for the three women to live and treat them well.

The gifts from the treasurer were a nuisance to him, and even if he didn't touch them, who would know?

After a moment of astonishment, Saeed immediately threw himself back into a new job, and Abbas's old donkey was of great use to him, even when he was in business.

From taking the lead in building artillery to incarcerating and disposing of Yusuf's clansmen, there is now a more important matter, which is to sort out the accounts of the money needed to recruit soldiers in Mulu City.

Don't look at Abbas's old donkey, who spends his money like water on weekdays, but he is not sloppy at all in business.

The treasurer hurried over at this moment, naturally hoping that Said would make him profitable in this business.

Early the next morning, Saeed rushed to see Abbas.

"Recruiting 30,000 soldiers, it is initially estimated that at least 100,000 dinars will be needed!"

"Why do you need so much? 100,000 dinars to recruit Great Food Warriors is more than 60,000, right?"

Said also had a headache, more than sixty percent of the Persians and heretics in Mulu City, and the vast majority of the remaining forty percent of the big cannibals were nobles and merchants, so it was almost impossible for their children to join this kind of army with the nature of daring to die.

Therefore, the only target is the remaining six adults, ninety percent of whom will have to pay the poll tax that they have to pay because of the paganism, and if they are to fight for the Great Food, they will have to come up with more money.

After patiently explaining, Saeed is confident that Abbas will understand that he has managed to be as careful as possible in this regard.

If you want the horses to run, and you don't want the horses to graze, even if the caliph comes, it is useless.

Sitting cross-legged, Abbas habitually knocked his heels against the carpet, he had just asked the treasurer, and now there were less than 200,000 dinars available in Mulu City, and taking out 100,000 at a time to recruit soldiers was tantamount to hollowing out Mulu City.

If before Yusuf's Eastern Crusade, Mulu City's financial situation was very rich, and the empire supported the Great Food Army's conquest of the Tang Dynasty with the financial resources of Khorasan alone, which shows the wealth and prosperity of Khorasan.

It is also conceivable that in addition to the rich Khorasan, the empire also has a more developed agricultural region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and has so many geographical advantages, if it could concentrate its efforts on resolving any war between the East and the West, it will not be the result it is today.

Abbas straightened his somewhat unkempt beard, which he had not bothered to build up his beard these days.

"Governor, Khorasan's finances are about to dry up, and it's time to turn to the caliph for help!"

Said made his own suggestion at the right time, and his ultimate goal was to get close to the court of Ctesiphon, who had eaten the Caliphate, and Khorasan had now become a weak lion who could be completely knocked down with a single slap.

The war came sooner than anyone expected, including Abbas, and the recruitment of soldiers was still being prepared, when news of a major Persian attack reached the city of Mulu.

At this time, after learning the news, the attitude of the vast majority of people in Mulu City was very optimistic, and even some people regarded the so-called Persian coalition army as a clown for entertainment, and many people had begun to bet on when the governor would send troops and when the big * soldiers would completely destroy them.

Whenever he sees these elite elites who are drunk and dreaming of death, Said feels sad for them, the Persian coalition army is by no means simple, because behind him stands the Tang Dynasty, and even the Persian coalition army has Tang soldiers as the backbone.

Abbas had gathered all his cronies to discuss what to do, and he now regretted that he was sorry that the 100,000 dinars had not made the decision to recruit troops immediately.

The difference between this meeting and the past is that Saeed actually appeared in the governor's palace of Abbas as a merchant, of course, this is no secret, and now who around Abbas does not know that the governor is trusting this big food merchant from Anxi?

If it weren't for Said's status as a cannibal, almost everyone would regard him as a spy of the Tang Dynasty.

Said, however, came from a family of Bedouin merchants, and was a pure* man, and none of his qualities were questionable.

Several generals were at a loss, they were not like the blind optimism of the elite elite, and the crusade took away more than half of the elite of Khorasan, and the only 5,000 elite horsemen under the leadership of Iprasin pursued the rebels.

Moreover, the pursuit of Iplasin turned out to be very unsuccessful, if not very unsuccessful. Under his pursuit, the rebellion actually spread from the Hezhong region to Tocharia, not only was the rebellion of Bahanna not broken, but even the Persians, who had always been as weak as Mianyang, showed their fangs, officially declared the restoration of the country, and launched an attack on the empire in less than a month.

Abbas's cronies used to be generals with troops, and now they can only use 30,000 infantry to deploy, and these 30,000 infantry can only be used to defend the city.

However, Abbas's decision surprised everyone, except for leaving 5,000 people in Mulu City, all the rest were sent out to quell the rebellion.

The opposition of the generals was also fierce, and they all believed that the premise of quelling the rebellion was to ensure the safety of Mulu City first, and if the Persian coalition army attacked Mulu City, everything would be over.

Abbas said categorically:

"The Persians are a rabble, and the walls of Mulu City are tall and well-garrisoned, if they choose to attack Mulu City, this is exactly what I expected!"

Said looked at Abbas in surprise, he even thought that this old donkey was not frightened, how could he expect the Persians to attack Mulu City?

If the Persian coalition army came to the city, it would be a very serious blow to the Great Eclipse, and the morale of the people could be reduced to the lowest point in a century.

I'm afraid that even the heretics in the city will have a different heart.

"Said!"

Abbas suddenly swept his gaze to Said.

Said subconsciously straightened up and swept away all the chaotic thoughts in his mind.

"The villain is at the behest of the governor!"