Osman was very patient to listen to the store's explanation of Datang's various high-tech, because the ordering dishes are the most expensive, and at first glance they are big customers, and the store is also very willing to accompany Osman in person, not annoying at all, it can be said that everyone takes what they need.

Because he was very interested in what the store said, Osman chatted with the store for half an hour, and it was very rewarding, and the meal was worth it.

But at the same time, Osman also had a deep fear of the Tang Empire, this powerful and huge empire made him feel an indescribable pressure, he could feel that his strength was too small, at least, in front of the Tang Empire, it was so small.

If the Ottomans still have a little confidence in the confrontation with the Apos Dynasty, then the Ottomans do not even have the most basic courage to confront the Tang Empire.

The emergence of the Tang Empire made Osman understand a very important truth, there are people outside the sky, and the opponents he faced in the past are just soft-footed shrimps with little difference in strength, and the Tang Dynasty is the real powerful opponent, in front of the powerful Tang Empire, Ottoman's strength is not worth mentioning at all.

Having personally seen the strength of the Tang Empire, Osman's mood was slightly effectively lost, but after all, he was a veteran of the battlefield, even if he was not in a good mood, Osman would not choose to escape, he was not hostile to the Tang Empire now, so there was nothing to worry about, but he was a little jealous in his heart.

"The Tang Empire really lives up to its reputation! If you have time, you should really go to Datang to see, let's go, let's go to the port. ”

Osman was already full halfway through eating, and after paying, he took a group of subordinates along the street to the port, and when he heard that he could see the Tang steam gunboat in the port, he was still a little excited in his heart.

The port is relatively busy, usually crowded, there are a lot of people doing business, commercial ships come and go, so lively scene, and after the Tang fleet enters the port, there are more people in the port, in addition to the businessmen who do business, there are many people who come to see the excitement, and there are many people with the same purpose as the Ottomans, and even, the empty space of the entire port is occupied, which more or less affects the normal commercial operation of the port.

Osman was tall, even if there were many people in front of him, he couldn't stop his sight, he saw the huge Tang fleet moored in the port, and unconsciously squeezed forward, and he could see more clearly by getting closer.

Because of his tall stature, Osman easily squeezed into the crowd and walked to the shore closest to the pier, which was only twenty or thirty steps away from the Tang Dynasty's ships.

In such a position, he can clearly see many details of the Datang steamship, which makes Osman very satisfied, and at the same time, his heart is also very shocked, he has seen large ships, his expeditionary force, is to land in France by sea, but he has never seen such a huge ship as the Datang steamship, these Datang ships are much larger than the ships he has ridden, and his heart will naturally have a very shocking thought.

"This is the steamship of the Tang Empire, it's really shocking."

Osman looked at his entourage and said with a smile on his lips.

"General, the Datang steamship is really too big, if we also have such a warship, we can run rampant in the Mediterranean."

The subordinate said very greedily.

"Hey, it's a pity that all this is Datang's, not ours, and we can only take a look."

Osman felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and sighed.

"Woo woo woo ......"

At this time, the Datang steamship in the port suddenly made a shocking sound, and a huge black smoke came out of the middle of a steamship.

"Look, the Datang steamship is about to start, what a big black smoke!"

A common man next to Osman shouted, he had been here for a day yesterday, and today he had come to see the scene again, as if he couldn't get enough of it.

Soon, a Datang steam gunboat slowly drove away from the dock, thinking about the form outside the port, although the speed was very slow, but the momentum was very sufficient, causing a lot of movement, and the onlookers were boiling.

Osman glanced back at the crowd, then at the departing Tang steam gunboat, lost in thought.

He was thinking about the possibility of cooperating with the Tang Empire, his current strength was still relatively weak, the small Spanish court could not provide him with the slightest support, and the strength of the Apos Dynasty was relatively strong, which put him under a lot of pressure, although the Shiites and other armed forces could be co-opted, but all of these added up may not be the opponent of the Apos Dynasty, and it was not easy to overthrow the Apos Dynasty.

But the Tang Empire in front of him is very powerful, if he can cooperate with the Tang Empire and fight against the Apersian Dynasty together, wouldn't the chances of winning be greater.

Although the Ottomans did not have the slightest connection with the Tang Empire, and there was no friendship, but friendship was generated in the process of communication, and there was no friendship before, it does not mean that there will be no friendship in the future, as long as there are common interests, then friendship will occur, which is an eternal truth.

Osman was thinking about what the Tang Dynasty wanted, as long as he knew the needs of the Tang Empire, he could find an opportunity to cooperate with the Tang Empire, if he couldn't provide the Tang Empire with the slightest benefit, so why would the Tang Empire support him and confront the more powerful Apos Dynasty?

"The Tang fleet is stationed in Aden City, what do they want to do? Is it land, or is it wealth? ”

Osman said softly to himself.

"General, the subordinates still know some of what the Tang fleet has done along the way, they seem to have a high demand for land, and this time they are stationed in Aden City, I am afraid that they are trying to plot the land of Aden City."

The subordinate said.

"But I heard that Datang has made it clear that he is passing through the city of Aden, is there an attempt to annex the city of Aden?"

Osman said.

"General, how can you take this statement seriously? Datang said that he was passing by, but this may not be true, just talking. ”

The subordinate said.

Osman said: "Is this really the case, if this is really the case, we can help Datang, but I don't know how to contact Datang officials." ”

"Why does the general want to help Datang, and what good will it do us?"

The subordinate asked very incomprehensibly.

Osman smiled slyly and said: "Interests naturally need to be exchanged, since we want to choose to help the Tang Dynasty, we naturally need the Tang Empire to help us and use each other." ”

"The general is planning to unite the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses to fight against the Apos Dynasty together?"

The subordinate asked in a low voice to prevent being heard by the people next to him.

Osman nodded slightly, agreeing that he had such a plan.

"There is no need for the general to personally inquire about this matter, just let his subordinates contact the Tang officials! The general only needs to be behind the scenes, so as not to expose his whereabouts and be discovered by Artik, which will be troublesome. ”

The subordinate said.

Osman nodded, looked at his subordinates and said: "General Ben lives in the hotel, you are responsible for contacting the Datang officials, whether you can get in touch with the Datang officials or not, we always have to give it a try, how can such a good plan not give it a try?" ”

"Yes, General, let's go to the residence of the Datang officials and find a way to get in touch with them, and the general can wait for good news."

The subordinates answered, and several people went to Li An's residence together.

Ang Lee rode through the streets of Aden to see the scenery, and all the streets had to be seen, and no one could be left behind, so that he could better understand the city and take over the city in the future.

Although Li An had promised that he would lead the fleet over, he was just passing by, and he had no intention of forcibly occupying the city of Aden, but what he said may not be true, such an important port is very much needed by the Tang Empire, how can he let it go? It's just that you can't rob it openly, that would be too violent, it would cause disgust among the people and merchants of Aden City, and it would even provoke resistance, which would be detrimental to the prestige of the Tang Dynasty.

Now, the situation of the Apos Dynasty is very unstable, if Li An wants to occupy the city of Aden, he can find an opportunity, even if there is no opportunity, there is no pressure to temporarily forcibly lease the port, after all, the army has already been stationed, does Artik still have the courage to drive away the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses? Of course I don't have that guts.

Li An is not in a hurry at all, anyway, the strength of the Tang Empire is here, and if you want to achieve your goals, there will always be a way.

In order to better understand the situation around Aden City, Li An sent many people to go out to reconnoitre, and the sea route also sent steam gunboats out in turn to understand the sea conditions and find out if there was a better port location.

Generally, as long as it is a coastal area, there will be a large number of ports, but due to the terrain and the depth of the coast, not all ports are suitable for mooring large ships, some shallow bays can only be used to moor small fishing boats, medium and large merchant ships can not stop at all.

It is precisely because of the limitations of this natural condition that the excellent port will be highly respected and gradually develop into a large port city.

But Datang already has a dredger, as long as enough resources are invested, even in shallow water, it is also able to dig out a good port, but in this case the cost must be very great, with machinery to dig the port, and the natural deep-water port, this is not the same thing at all, completely use manual methods to dig a large deep-water port, will consume extremely high manpower, material and financial resources, is a lot of people are not willing to do.

The reason why Ang Lee likes Aden City is because the port of Aden City is very good, it is a natural deep-water port, and more ships can be berthed with a little modification, and if you dig a port in the shallow water next to it, the consumption will be too great.

However, with such a large area of water and such a long coastline in the Gulf of Aden, it is not difficult to find a good port, and it is also very good to find a few natural harbors worth excavating, so there is no need to stumble here in Aden City.

Because he was new to the city, the safety issue was very worth considering, so Li Ang was not in a hurry to eat at the Aden City restaurant, and after looking around the street, he returned to his residence.

Outside the luxurious residence where Ang Lee lived, there were a few people who looked like they were five big and three thick, and they didn't look like good people.

Someone snooped, how could this kind of behavior be tolerated, and the pro-soldier team in charge of security responsibility immediately walked up with a few soldiers.

"What do you guys do?"

Ang Lee's pro-soldier team asked.

"We are the personal soldiers of the Ottoman generals."

"Ottoman? I don't know. ”

The ordinary small army of the Tang Dynasty naturally doesn't know the Ottomans.

"We want to see your chief, we have something to discuss."

Li An's personal soldiers were upright, and said contemptuously: "We live here with Li Shilang, how can you see it if you want to, if there is anything, just tell me directly." ”

"This ...... All right! Our Ottoman generals admire the Tang Dynasty very much and want to be friends with the Tang Dynasty, it would be great if we could form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, our general wants to be friends with the senior officials of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Your general, your name is Ottoman, right? What a big official! How many soldiers and horses do you have? ”

The pro-soldier team asked.

"It's already a big official, there used to be an army of 50,000, but now there are only 10,000 or 20,000 people, and it's stationed in the northwest direction of Aden City, about twenty miles!"

The Ottoman soldiers replied.

"Oh, it seems that he is still a big official! Rest assured! When Li Shilang returns to his residence, I will report the matter. ”

As the pro-soldiers were talking, they saw Ang Lee's convoy returning.

"A few of you stand down first, and when Li Shilang is willing to summon you, I will tell you."

For the sake of safety, the pro-army team was driving away several of Osman's men, so as not to interfere with Lee's access to the residence.

When Li An got out of the car, he saw several irrelevant people who were driven away by his own soldiers, but because these people looked very inconspicuous, Li An didn't pay much attention to it and strode into the residence.

After going out for most of the day, you will definitely be thirsty, as soon as Li An entered the residence, Yun'er and the white fox were very considerate and served juice to Li An to drink to quench their thirst.

"It's too hot, are there any ice cubes? Add some ice. ”

Li An touched the small bowl, felt not cold at all, and asked.

"Ah Lang, I always drink cold, it's very bad for my body, let's drink something at room temperature!"

The white fox said with concern.

"That's it, that's it, just quench your thirst."

Ang Lee picked up the small bowl and drank all the juice in one go.

Everything in the tropics can be missing, but there is no shortage of fruits, various types of fruits, too many to count, if you want to eat fruits, it is too easy, drinking fruit juice has become a manifestation of saving, after all, the price of fruits in the tropics has always been relatively low, and Li An just drank the cheapest coconut water.

"Li Shilang, there were a few people outside the door just now, claiming to be Osman's subordinates......"

The pro-soldier team was coming in to report the situation, and before he could finish speaking, Li An hurriedly interrupted: "Osman, is it the Osman of the Umayyad Dynasty?" ”

"My mother, dynasty? Little don't know? ”

The pro-soldier team is an illiterate person who doesn't know much about things.