Artik is very good at being a man, since the grain is sold to the enemy, it is very reasonable to raise the price a little, and in order to curry favor with Li An, he is willing to share half of the overcharged profits, after all, the sale of grain is matched by Datang, and Datang is also responsible for reselling grain to Qi Yade, and the hard work fee must always be paid, so you can't let Datang soldiers and horses be responsible for running errands!

The subordinates sent by Li An listened to Artik's words, and they were very happy, when Li An handed over this task to him, he was still a little reluctant, after all, this is an errand job, if you don't give some benefits, the soldiers below are afraid that they will make trouble, now it's okay, Artik will give half of the profits for nothing as soon as he opens his mouth, which of course makes him very happy.

Although Artik said very clearly that half of the profits should be shared with Ang Lee, with Ang Lee's character of loving soldiers, he will definitely not swallow all these profits, at least give some of them to the hard-working soldiers, so that everyone will be happy and happy together, which is a long-term solution.

The amount of grain that Qi Yade wants to buy is not a small amount, the amount is very large, so this profit is also very large, half of the amount is definitely a large amount, with Li An's boldness, at least one-third of it will be given to the soldiers under his command, maybe more, and such a large amount is also a lot in the hands of each soldier, especially the soldiers with official positions, who will receive more.

"Haha! The city lord is so generous, it's easy to say, it's decided, I'll go back first, you can prepare food and grass quickly! Trade as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams. ”

Li An's subordinate spoke.

"Okay, let's get ready."

Altic said.

After the subordinates returned to the big tent, they told Li An the truth.

"Give us half of the profits, Artik is really generous! Ha ha! This is really good, along the way, the soldiers have worked hard, and the official has not treated the soldiers well? Let the soldiers work hard, complete this task as soon as possible, and share our profits, the official does not want any of them, and all the parts are given to the soldiers. ”

Li Ang said very generously.

For the wealthy Li An, this money is nothing, besides, he has received too many gifts before, and these gifts are more than the profit of food, and the soldiers follow Li An, it is indeed hard along the way, and it is understandable to treat them, and it also makes these big-headed soldiers happy.

"Thank you Li Shilang, then my subordinates will lead the soldiers to prepare to carry grain and grass."

The subordinates were overjoyed and hurriedly went to prepare.

In the direction of Ziyad's camp, Qiyad's subordinates told Ziyad of Lee's promise, and said that Lee's was trustworthy, at least more than Mansour.

This is enough to show that this subordinate of Ziyad does not have a good impression of Mansour, after all, he is loyal to Qiyad, if Qiyad can divide one side, then his status and identity can also be greatly improved, so he supports Li An even more.

"What, Artik really agreed to sell grain, at what price?"

Ziyad said in surprise.

The subordinate replied: "I have agreed, the price is twice as high as the market, it is quite reasonable, as long as he is willing to sell." ”

Qiyad nodded and said, "As long as we can buy enough food, we can return to Khorasan safely, and the most important thing is to send the money over now and bring the food back as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, General."

The subordinates responded, and immediately prepared all the money to buy grain, and sent it to the Tang army camp, so that the Tang army could help buy food, and at the same time, the Qiyad army had completed all preparations for withdrawal and was ready to withdraw back to Khorasan at any time.

The money to buy grain was quickly transported to the Tang army camp and handed over to Li An's subordinates, and after deducting part of the profits, many Tang soldiers set off together to transport the money to Maya City, handed it over to Artik, and prepared to transport part of the grain and grass in the city to Qiyad.

Datang has a lot of mechanical transport vehicles, but there are really not many empty transport vehicles, so only a small number of Datang transport vehicles have joined the transportation operation, and more use the transport vehicles of Qi Yade Daying.

Because the quantity of grain and grass is relatively large, one or two trips will definitely not be able to be transported, but after learning that they can get a lot of money, the Datang soldiers are full of enthusiasm and do not feel how hard it is to transport grain and grass at all.

In order to motivate the soldiers to work more, the generals in charge of supervision and handling even put forward the policy of working more and getting more, so that the soldiers can work harder, and then they will be able to share more when they divide the money.

Under the encouragement of this policy, the Datang soldiers worked very hard, and they were not too tired to carry the grain, and they loaded the grain on the transport vehicle one by one, which was very flexible.

Of course, in addition to the Tang Dynasty soldiers, there were also many soldiers from Maiya City who came to carry grain and grass, and they saw that it was the Tang soldiers who transported the grain and grass, and they did not have the slightest rejection in their hearts, because the city spread that Qi Yad stopped attacking the city because of the arrival of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses, and many of the weapons they used in their hands were also provided by the Tang Dynasty, so they naturally had a great impression of the Tang Dynasty in their hearts, not to mention selling grain at a high price, even if it was given to the Tang Dynasty soldiers, they were also willing, therefore, I also work very hard.

"How many Tang soldiers came, why do they have to eat so much food?"

The soldiers and horses in the city who are working are also very curious, they guess from the amount of grain transported by the Tang soldiers and horses, and guess that at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have come, otherwise, why prepare so much grain and grass, and with so many Tang soldiers and horses coming to help, it seems that it is not difficult to defeat Qi Yade.

Of course, Artik also loves soldiers, and he also takes out a part of the profits from selling grain to reward the soldiers, so that the soldiers can be happy, so as to boost the morale of the soldiers in the city, after all, there are many wounded soldiers in the city, which has a certain impact on the morale of the army.

Because there are many times to transport, so, the Tang soldiers and the soldiers in the city are stepping up the time to move quickly, after all the vehicles are full, the Tang soldiers pull these grain and grass back to the camp, after returning to the camp, these transport vehicles together with the grain and grass are placed in the camp, the Tang soldiers will push the empty transport vehicles just sent by the cart to continue to transport grain, anyway, the Qiyad camp has a large number of transport vehicles, the number is definitely enough.

"Haha! That's a lot of food! Hurry up and get it back! ”

Li An smiled, and asked Qi Yade's subordinates, who had been waiting for a long time, to take people to transport these grains and grass back to the camp, which had been said a long time ago, since others had paid for it, they would hand over the grain to others.

Qi Yad's subordinates happily received the order and transported the grain and grass back to the camp.

After several successive transports, all the grain and grass purchased by Ziyad had been in place, and they were transported back to the camp by Ziyad's subordinates, so that Qiyad had to fulfill his promise and leave with his army as soon as possible and return to the place of departure in Khorasan.

However, Qi Yad's mood at the moment is up and down, in addition to helping him raise grain and grass, Li An also gave him a material, the small material is the manual of the telescope, which is not worth mentioning, and the thicker material is assuming that after Qi Yad obtains the dominance of Khorasan, Datang can give him all kinds of help, and help Qi Yad and Altic and other forces to establish good relations, everyone coexist peacefully, and jointly promote the prosperity and development of commerce.

The more Qi Yade looks, the more tempted he becomes, and the more he looks at it, the more he wants to cooperate with Ang Lee, and many of the ideas in this material are so tempting that Qi Yade is a little unable to hold on, and he really wants to sit in that position.

But Ziyad also has a lot of worries in his heart, that position is not something that everyone can do, there must be a large number of people to support it, although Mansur is more brutal, but very authoritarian, there are very many supporters in Khorasan, all kinds of henchmen are all over Khorasan, even if it is in the army, how many are Mansour's henchmen, it is really difficult to distinguish, he is worried that once he raises troops, someone in the army will assassinate him, and he can't figure out which is Mansour's cronies and which is really loyal to himself.

Of course, in addition to this, the army did not win the siege, which also made him very uncomfortable, and returned to Khorasan without victory, which means that his prestige is greatly reduced, and the reduction of prestige means that he lacks supporters, and once he raises an army to resist Mansur, the probability of defeat is greatly increased.

However, no matter what, the most important thing is to withdraw the army as soon as possible, because he promised Li An, he must be honest, besides, his army staying here is also facing a huge threat from the Tang army, and it is responsible for the army to withdraw as soon as possible, and the grain and grass are finally ready, if you don't leave quickly, the grain and grass will be insufficient, and you will continue to spend a high price to buy, which is too cost-effective.

"Give the order to go down, and the whole army will withdraw from camp and withdraw to Khorasan."

Ziyad gave the military order.

Soon, the soldiers and horses under the command of Qi Yad evacuated from Maya City one after another, and evacuated due north, a large number of equipment used for siege of the city, because they couldn't take it away at all, so they simply burned all the fires, these were the instruments they had worked so hard to build, and they were burned with such a fire, and the soldiers were naturally a little reluctant in their hearts, but this was also a matter of no choice, and it was not up to anyone to decide.

The fire burned very strongly, even in the direction of Maia City, you can see it clearly, especially at night, the soldiers and civilians in the city can see the fire outside the city, many soldiers run to the city wall to watch, and the people also follow to join in the fun, such a beautiful scenery, if you don't see it, you will lose a lot.

Artik naturally stood on the city wall to watch the excitement, this scene is his favorite to see, after all, he already knows that the huge flames that are burning are the siege equipment of the Ziyad army, and these weapons, once caused great damage to their soldiers, and now, a fire has been burned, it is really happy.

"City Lord, the Qiyad army has burned all the siege equipment, it seems that it has really withdrawn, and it is not going to attack us."

"Burning all the siege equipment is enough to explain the problem, the crisis in Mia City is completely resolved, and we can sleep soundly."

"City Lord, it seems that tonight, we don't need to send so many soldiers and horses to defend the city, let most of the soldiers sleep well!"

The subordinates said.

Artik nodded and said: "Ziyad is really gone, only one hundred people are needed to be on duty at each city gate tonight, and the rest of the soldiers should have a good rest!" ”

"Yes, City Lord."

The subordinate answered.

Li An was outside the camp tent, also admiring the fire in the distance, accompanied by the soldiers in the camp, everyone was very interested in the spectacular fire, such a big flame, it is not so common, it is definitely a great loss to take a few more looks.

"Big brother, Qi Yade's fire is big enough, it's been so long, and it's still burning so strongly, it seems that it won't be burned until tomorrow night!"

Li Feiyu said while admiring.

"Li Shilang, Qi Yade left more than a hundred old and weak soldiers to be responsible for burning these instruments."

One of the subordinates said.

Li An put on the posture of a wise man and said, "Qi Yad launched a wrong siege war at the wrong time and in the wrong place, and this war is doomed to failure. ”

"Big brother, these words are so profound! The wrong time, the wrong place, the wrong war, the same can be said. ”

Li Feiyu was a little dizzy when he heard it, but he felt that these words were very profound, as if they were very reasonable.

This is a famous saying of later generations, of course, it has a certain philosophy, and Ang Lee just borrowed it, and there is nothing inappropriate to use it in this place.

The officials in charge of counting the grain carried by the soldiers soon counted the amount of grain and grass carried by the soldiers of each team, and paid each team of soldiers a full amount according to the amount agreed at the beginning, and the generals were ten times the share.

The remuneration is directly paid to each team, and then, the team will naturally continue to divide down, because they are all watching, so naturally no team dares to embezzle.

Half of the profit from grain and grass is not a small amount, and the total number of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty is only more than 1,000 people, so the money distributed to each soldier is a lot, and the generals are ten times larger, not to mention.

Ang Lee was admiring the fire in the distance, and the soldiers soon began to divide and count the money, and the soldiers seemed to be more interested in money than in the spectacular fire, after all, with money they could bring them a lot of things, and without money, they would not get anything.

"How many gold coins were divided?"

Li An looked at a smiling soldier and asked.

"Back to Li Shilang, I divided ninety-eight gold coins, hehehe."

The soldier replied happily.