Accepting a large number of valuable gifts from Artik, Ang Lee was in a very good mood, these gifts were all given to him personally, and he didn't need to hand them over to the treasury, who would be unhappy to get so much private property at once? Although Ang Lee is not short of money, he has never hated money, and for things outside the body, the more the better.

Since he has accepted other people's money, of course he needs to do things for others, Ang Lee is a very moral person, he will not accept other people's money for no reason, and he must give corresponding benefits to make the other party happy.

"Let's talk about it! What do you city lords need help from this official? ”

Li An gently put down a gem in his hand and quietly looked at Artik's subordinates.

"Our city lord doesn't dare to ask too much, I just hope that Li Shilang can persuade Qi Yade to let him withdraw his troops and return to Khorasan, which will be beneficial to everyone."

Artik's men spoke.

Li An nodded and said, "Your city lord is very pragmatic!" This request is indeed not excessive, it is not beneficial to anyone to fight back and forth, however, Ziyad is only a general under Mansour, and the order that Mansur gave him is to break through the city of Maya, it is not difficult to convince Ziyad, but the difficult thing is to make him disobey Mansour's order, which requires a lot of cost to the official! It also needs the support of the imperial court. ”

After speaking, he made a sad look.

Artik's subordinates were also very smart, and hurriedly said: "Our city lord said that he won't embarrass Li Shilang, I don't know what we need to do to make Li Shilang not so embarrassed?" ”

After speaking, he looked like he was humbly asking for advice.

Li An pondered and said: "Although our Datang is rich and powerful, but there are times when we need help, the strength and wealth of Datang are inseparable from the help of all countries, Datang needs to make friends with all countries, and it also needs all countries to cooperate with Datang in many aspects, as long as they cooperate with Datang and prosper together, they will be friends of Datang, so of course, the court will support friends, the specific needs, this official has already written, you take it back to your city lord to see!" ”

With that, he handed a large stack of papers to Artik's men.

Seeing that there were so many papers, Artik's subordinates were frightened, and there were too many demands, but Li An had already expressed his position, and he couldn't say anything, so he had to respectfully agree, and returned to Maia City with these papers.

Li Ang made a lot of requirements, but these requirements include a lot of details and explanations, and the actual requirements are not too many, they are all conditions that Altic can accept, and the beneficiary of many conditions is Altic, and agreeing to it is of great benefit to Altic.

Looking at Artik's subordinates and leaving with a sad face, a smile appeared on the corner of Li An's mouth, his goal could be achieved, how could he not be happy.

And what made Ang Lee even happier was that as soon as Artik's subordinates left, Ziade's henchmen brought a large group of people to give gifts, and looking at the cart of boxes, he knew that it must be gifts.

As soon as Artik's subordinates walked out of the camp of the Tang Army, they saw Ziyad's subordinates giving gifts, and, judging from the scale, the number of gifts was far greater than the gifts he gave, which made him very uneasy, and hurriedly quickened his pace and ran to the horses, rode back to the city first, and left many of his subordinates behind.

Qiade's subordinates, looking at Artik's subordinates who left after giving gifts, were slightly stunned, observing from the number of vehicles on the other side, the number of gifts is not as good as his own, but what is the gift, he is not very clear, sometimes the more the more the more valuable.

"Li Shilang, Qi Yade's people are here and have brought dozens of carts of gifts."

The subordinate said.

Li An smiled and said, "Let him in!" ”

After meeting, Li An was very satisfied with the gifts sent by Qi Yade's subordinates, and he was very satisfied with Qi Yade, because these gifts were really too valuable, and he didn't know where Qi Yade grabbed them.

"Ziyad is really a friend of this official! This official has received so many gifts, so naturally he also wants to return the gift, come and bring things. ”

Ang Lee said with a smile.

The subordinates quickly brought two telescopes, one was an eight-fold telescope, and the other was a monocular with a twenty-fold rate, which was a return gift to Qi Yade, although this thing was very cheap, but because only Li An could make it, it was still a very precious product.

Because the Tang Dynasty strictly controlled the high-power telescopes, most of the high-power telescopes produced by Li An were sold to the imperial court, and only low-grade telescopes with a three-fold rate and five-fold rate could enter the civilian market, and they were sold in the Tang Dynasty, and the sales time was not long, and there was no appearance in Arabia for the time being, but Li An himself could carry a small number of high-power telescopes, so it could be given as a gift to important people, which was okay, after all, the number of telescopes carried by Li An was not much, It will not allow the potential enemies of Datang to possess it on a large scale.

"Come, I'll teach you how to use it, it should be like this, try more."

Because there are not too many technical requirements for using this thing, it is easy to teach, as for how to maintain it, it is also very simple, only need to come with a maintenance manual, let them take it back and read it slowly.

"Thank you Li Shilang, I have learned it in the next, and the general will definitely like it."

Ziyad's subordinate said.

Li An nodded and said: "A small gift is not a tribute, by the way, there is also an instruction manual here, and I will also bring it back, and the prophecy that the official said last time, you told you the general!" How did he react? ”

"This ...... The general didn't say anything, but he seemed to have a lot of trust in Li Shilang. ”

Ziyad's subordinate spoke.

Li An said with a smile: "I know that your general still has concerns in his heart, you go back and tell your general, when you keep suffering from it, don't wait for the knife to reach your neck to know that you regret it." ”

"Yes, I will definitely convey what Li Shilang meant."

Ziyad's subordinate spoke.

"By the way, there's another copy of the material here, let's take it back with you! The two armies have their own losses in the battle, so advise your generals to withdraw as soon as possible! Also, you must not have enough food and grass! If we don't retire as soon as possible, I'm afraid that a large number of soldiers will starve to death. ”

Ang Lee said with a smile.

Qi Yade's subordinates were slightly taken aback, and nodded randomly: "Li Shilang is really powerful, and he even knows this, that's right, we really don't have much food and grass, and we will definitely withdraw as soon as possible, and we won't make Li Shilang embarrassed, but we don't even have enough food and grass to go back, and we still need to raise grain and grass nearby to go back." ”

"Knowing that you are short of food and grass, you can buy it directly from Artik, as long as the price is reasonable."

Lian said.

"This ...... We are mortal enemies with Artik, they will sell us grain, how is this possible. ”

Ziyad's subordinate said.

Li An opened his mouth and smiled: "Nothing is impossible, at the beginning, Artik still wants his own official to send troops to destroy you?" If the official didn't agree, he wouldn't mention it again, so as long as the officer mediated it, there would be no problem, as long as you withdraw as soon as possible, and Artik sells you some food, what's the loss? This official can help you get it done, who made us friends? ”

"Thank you Li Shilang, our general will definitely be very happy to know about it, so please leave this matter to Li Shilang and retire."

Qi Yad's subordinates hurriedly left and went back to report the situation.

Got a lot of treasures at once, Li An couldn't close his mouth happily, these can be said to kill him, and it is not an exaggeration to say that blackmail, but Li An has such strength, and he can't accept it.

Artik's subordinates, after returning to Maia City, hurriedly took a large number of documents given to him by Li An, went to see Artik, and reported the situation in detail.

"Li Shilang actually put forward so many conditions to us, this is too much!"

Looking at the thick paper, Artik's head was big, and he was even more unhappy in his heart, feeling that Li An was too unfriendly to make so many requests, just to read these materials, it would take a long time, not to mention others.

"What, you saw Qi Yade's subordinates give gifts to Li Shilang, dozens of carts full of them, much more than what we sent?"

Artik asked, frowning.

The subordinate spoke: "Yes, city lord, the subordinates have seen it with their own eyes, Qi Yade is very generous, and he has given far more gifts than we have sent. ”

Artik fell into deep thought, and whispered to himself: "Could it be that we gave too few gifts to Li Shilang, which made Li Shilang unhappy, so we made such a lot of requests, hey! We should have given more gifts. ”

"City Lord, should we take a look at Li Shilang's requirements first, what are the specifics?"

The subordinate spoke.

Altic nodded, picked up the file and looked at it, again with a frown.

"Datang wants to build a grand canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to facilitate the passage of ships, but the manpower to build the canal is insufficient, and we need to help, send more laborers to work, the wages will definitely not be disadvantaged, and the living and living conditions are relatively good."

Artic read the first article and felt that this condition was nothing, there was no loss to his own interests, wasn't it just that Datang spent money to hire laborers, which was also a condition.

"Datang needs countless resources to build canals and bridges, and Datang has the right to exploit iron ore and other resources in our territory, but it will pay all kinds of taxes and fees in full to help us improve the employment of the people."

After reading the second article, Artik was stunned again, these are also conditions, and it feels weird.

"In order to facilitate the travel of our people and merchants, Datang will help us build railways and bridges, which can be offset by the cost of construction with operating income, and after the cost is collected, the railways and bridges will be completely handed over to us and become our property."

After reading the third clause, Artik gave it to his subordinates, who were asked to continue reading.

After his subordinates received the order, they read the conditions set out by Li An one by one, almost all of them were very reasonable, none of them violated Altic's core interests, and even many of them were very favorable to Altic.

"City Lord, there are quite a few conditions mentioned by Li Shilang, but almost all of them are win-win, and we can fully agree."

"That's right, that's right, if we want to develop quickly, we can't do without the help of Datang, if Datang can help us pave roads and build bridges, in the future, our businessmen can move goods more quickly, and make more money and faster."

"The most critical problem is that we don't need to spend money, this is the most reasonable, let Datang earn some money! A win-win situation can last a long time. ”

The subordinates all supported Li An's conditions, and felt that although Li An's conditions were very many, they were also very reasonable and could be fully agreed.

Artik was also very happy and said: "You are right, the conditions proposed by Li Shilang are very reasonable, and you can agree to them all, since you have no opinions, then it will be decided!" You can promise Datang now. ”

"City Lord, Li Shilang has sent someone."

One of the subordinates said.

Artik hurriedly said: "Please, no, no, no, I'll go to meet you personally." ”

After saying that, he ran to meet the people sent by Li An.

"City Lord, our Li Shilang persuaded Qi Yade to let him withdraw as soon as possible, and not to be an enemy of the city lord, but Qi Yade proposed to buy some grain to appease the soldiers under his command, and hoped that the city lord would sell some grain to Qi Yade as soon as possible."

Ang Lee's subordinates spoke.

"Ziyad wants to buy our grain, I heard you right!"

Artik couldn't believe it, they were enemies of each other, how could there be any reason to do business with the enemy, and besides, they had just experienced a very tragic offensive and defensive battle, and the two sides had a very strong hatred.

The subordinates also all looked at the people sent by Li An, looking a little incredulous.

"The soldiers are extremely hostile to Ziyad, if they know that we sell grain to Qiyad, don't make trouble in the city."

"If these big-headed soldiers make trouble, the consequences will be unimaginable, isn't it inappropriate to do so."

Several subordinates objected.

"We Li Shilang said, if you want Qi Yad to withdraw as soon as possible, you have to sell them some grain, don't worry, you only need to hand over the food to us, we will give it to Qi Yad, and supervise their retreat, and then, we will hand over the money for Qi Yad to buy food, so that your people don't need to contact Qi Yad's people, and even, the soldiers in the city don't know about it, so how can anyone make trouble? Unless, a few of you deliberately leak secrets. ”

Ang Lee's subordinate spoke, and gave a very reasonable simplicity.

Seeing this, Artik hurriedly said: "Haha! Since Li Shilang has thought it through so thoroughly, what else can we say? That's it, but the grain is sold to Ziyad, and the price is naturally more expensive, just twice the market price! We only need half of the profits, and the remaining half will be given to Li Shilang, which can be regarded as a piece of our heart. ”