Baghdad is a city that has been planned in advance, with royal palaces and houses planned for a long time, and several streets radiating outward in a circle around the palace. Closer to the palace was the area where the princes and ministers lived, and a little farther away where the common officials and merchants lived, and there was a large open space to the outside, where the ordinary citizens of Ctesiphon would be relocated in the future.

In the construction of the new capital, the imperial court would only build mansions for nobles and people of high status, such as the sons of the caliph or royal officials such as Abbas.

As for ordinary officials, businessmen and small citizens, they had to pay out of their own pockets to build new homes.

After learning about these plans in the new capital, Saeed subconsciously thought that if he really said to Mahdi, in the words of the Tang people, it would be "a waste of money and labor"

Said bluntly objected and expressed his opinion.

Mahdi smiled and said:

"All those who cooperated with the imperial court in the construction of the new capital were granted a tax exemption for ten years, and the tax exemption was limited to*, and those who still adhered to the pagan faith still had to pay high relocation costs. Of course, if they obediently believe in Allah, they can naturally enjoy tax exemption. ”

Having said all this, it is clear that Mahdi's intention is to use the relocation of the capital as an opportunity to further assimilate the heretics living in the capital.

Saeed also had to admire Mahdi's tricks, and at the same time praised it:

"Those lost lambs will be grateful for His Highness's kindness......"

Speaking of Mahdi's benevolence, it is not Sayyid's deliberate flattery. In fact, almost all religions in the land stretching from Europa to Tigris and Euphrates in the west have a great deal of exclusivity.

For example, Christianity, which was the state religion of the Roman Empire, usually resorted to the destruction of both the spirit and the body as an exclusive means of dealing with pagans. In the squares of every city in the Roman Empire, there is no telling how many souls were burned to death.

In comparison, the methods of the Great Food Sect are much more relaxed, and they only use the poll tax to persecute them.

It is true that many people have gone bankrupt and become vagabonds, but after all, it has left the infidels with a narrow way of life, which is much more "merciful" than indiscriminately burning at the stake.

"The mercy of the empire will be rewarded, and the poll tax on the infidels has been reduced every year since the Caliph came to the throne, and by far more than any other year in the Umayyad period, and what does this mean Allah?

Suddenly, Said felt a little cold on his forehead, and subconsciously raised his hand to touch it, and it was a water stain.

"The rain is coming, Your Highness, hurry up and go to the palace in front of you to take shelter from the rain!"

The captain of the Praetorian Guard anxiously urged Mahdi to rush to the palace to take shelter from the rain.

Before the construction of Baghdad, there was a palace of the Caliphate on the banks of the Tigris River.

It was also here that Mansour lived here and came up with the idea of building a new capital on the banks of the Tigris.

The Mahdi was clearly not satisfied with the fact that he did not want to take refuge in the lower palace so soon, and the hill beneath them was just right to get a full view of the unbuilt Baghdad.

In the distance, the royal palace under construction is next to a mosque, with a tall spire that surpasses all the buildings.

He pointed to the spire and said to Said:

"In the future, there will be the largest mosque in the empire, and any temple in front of it will produce the inferiority complex of a crow in front of an eagle......"

The rain came as soon as it was said, and it didn't even give Mahdi time to finish speaking, and in an instant, the whole world was drowned in the rain.

Everyone, including Mahdi, was photographed by the torrential rain.

However, the caliph's favorite prince did not panic at all, and he tried to maintain the bearing of a prince, but it was a pity that all his bearing seemed so pale in front of nature.

In the end, it was the guards who forcibly took Prince Mahdi to the palace, after all, the prince's body was important, and if he fell ill from the heavy rain, they would be the ones who would end up bearing Harry's wrath.

As the distinguished guest of Prince Mahdi, Saeed naturally also enjoyed the treatment second only to the prince, not only was he supported by a large number of guards, but also enjoyed a rare hot bath after entering the palace, the bathing pool was very large, almost swimming, and there were few dressed maids by the pool, and his lower abdomen was ready to move.

"Why, you can take the maid here and enjoy it!"

Mahdi said with a chirp on the other side of the pool. There was an indescribable enjoyment in his voice.

Said is not the hypocrisy of the Tang people, he does not hide his desires, and he cracks his mouth and laughs:

"His Royal Highness is so generous to the villain, how can the villain repay it!"

Mahdi laughed heartily.

"Your beads, and your box, can afford a thousand of them!"

Both of them will smile.

After a comfortable night, Saeed woke up without seeing the usual early Prince Mahdi, and asked the guards around him to learn that Mahdi had suddenly received an urgent letter from the caliph last night and hurried back to Ctesiphon.

Mahdi has always regarded himself as calm and calm, and he left in a hurry at night as soon as he arrived at the Baghdad Palace, and there must be some reason behind this that made him so anxious.

Said was curious, but could not return to Ctesiphon like Mahdi.

Because according to the itinerary, he was going to do a three-day tour of Baghdad.

Mahdi returned, along with the guards and the accompanying eunuchs, who were ordered to stay behind as escorts.

For three whole days, Said was absent-minded, without the slightest news about Ctesiphon. I asked everyone, and they all got the same answer, nothing happened, and nothing big could happen.

But he clearly saw the signs of change in Mahdi's unusual behavior.

What is the sign? Said racked his brains and couldn't think of it, so he simply stopped thinking about it, and planned to return to Ctesiphon as planned, and as long as he arrived at Ctesiphon, he would naturally see Mahdi, and he would know what had happened.

On the day he was about to leave the palace, Mahdi actually returned, and the dashing and graceful prince was covered with dust, and the size of the cavalry that followed him more than doubled.

Sayyid's heart suddenly moved, could it be that there was something wrong with the caliph's health?

It is said that what makes Mahdi so gaffeous is ......

But Saeed soon rejected the idea, and if that were the case, Mahdi would not have hurried back to Baghdad three days later, but would have to stay in Ctesiphon and control all the power of the court.

"Your Highness, why did you go back in a hurry? But what happened to you?"

Mahdi did not answer two questions in a row, but hurriedly pulled him into the palace.