Li An knows Osman well, and in the past month or two, he has checked this fierce general from head to toe, and as long as he can find any information, he has not let go of it.

The reason why he is so concerned is because Datang wants to operate here in Aden City, so an influential person of Osman's level must naturally understand it clearly.

Of course, Apos, Mansur, Abdullah are the same, each of them is an important person, and they are all worth studying and understanding.

"Osman, it should be him, I still want to find him? He came to the door on his own, what would have happened? ”

Li An smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, looking quite happy.

"Li Shilang, the people are outside, do you want to let them in."

Li An nodded and ordered: "Let them in." ”

Soon, several Ottoman subordinates entered Ang Lee's residence.

"Dear Li Shilang, it is our blessing to see you."

Several people bowed and saluted.

Li An didn't want to talk nonsense with them, so he said directly: "This official has no friendship with the Ottoman general, and the Osman asked you to come over, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Our general wants to make a friend with Li Shilang, a true friend."

One said.

"Make a friend, okay! You go back and tell the Ottoman general that the officer is willing to make friends with him, and that the door of the officer is open for the Ottoman general at any time, and the Ottoman general is welcome to come at any time. ”

Li Ang said very boldly.

"Thank you Li Shilang, we came in a hurry, we didn't have time to bring gifts, I will definitely make up for it next time."

Li An said with a smile: "This official has made a sincere friend, how can he care about gifts, don't care about these clichés, it is a blessing for this official to be able to make friends with a talent like General Ottoman." ”

Several of Osman's subordinates all showed happy expressions, and hurriedly bent down to say goodbye.

Looking at the Ottoman subordinates who left, Li An had a very strong premonition, he felt that the Osman was near him, and it was likely to be in the city of Aden, as for the few people just now, it can be determined that there was no Ottoman, because a famous general who fought on the battlefield would not have this kind of momentum, and some things were destined to be impossible to hide.

"This Ottoman suddenly came to make friends with me, what is this for, what is the purpose?"

Ang Lee muttered to himself.

"Alang, who is Osman?"

Yuna asked as she massaged Ang Lee's shoulder.

When Li An met the guest just now, she heard it all in the back, but she didn't know who Osman was, so she asked casually out of curiosity.

"Osman was a Umayyad general? A general with great wisdom and talent. ”

Li An said.

"What is the Umayyad dynasty?"

Yuna continued to ask.

Li An sighed and said, "Forget it, you better not ask!" I'm afraid that the more you ask, the more you ask, it's not your business, here, here. ”

Li An, who closed his eyes, was enjoying Yuna's massage while thinking about Osman's affairs, and he wanted to know the reason why Osman took the initiative to make friends.

However, once a person reaches the top, the purpose of making friends is nothing more than for profit, except for interests, there is nothing else that can impress others, and Li An has a strong force in his hands, and he can indeed help Osman, so thinking about it, Li An found that he was still worth befriending.

Osman had been staying at the dock admiring the Datang steamboats, and for an hour, he saw three Datang steamers leave the port, and one steamer returned to the port.

It was difficult for him to comprehend that these steamships could be driven without sailors or sails, only by burning coal, and at a much faster speed than human oars.

"General, we're back."

The subordinates ran to the port with a happy face.

"Did things go well, did you see the senior officials of Datang?"

Osman asked.

"See, it's still the highest official of the Tang fleet, just call him Li Shilang."

The subordinate replied.

"What did he say?"

Osman asked.

"Li Shilang said that he was happy to be friends with the general, and that he welcomed the general to his residence at any time, and seemed to have a good impression of the general."

"Not only that, Li Shilang seems to know the general very well, and as soon as he heard the general's name, he knew that the general was a famous general of the Umayyad Dynasty."

Osman was very happy to hear this, thought for a while, and whispered: "Go back to the hotel, go to visit this Li Shilang early tomorrow morning, and you go and prepare some gifts." ”

"General, Li Shilang said that he didn't care about gifts, and he really wanted to make friends with the general."

Osman smiled: "Even if he doesn't care, General Ben can't go empty-handed!" Go get some gifts! ”

After returning to the hotel, Osman was also thinking, he was thinking about how to cooperate with Datang, and what kind of conditions could exchange how many benefits, and what was the purpose of Datang's coming to Aden City, just for an Aden city, or for a greater purpose, whether Datang would use force against the Apos Dynasty and so on.

Only by thinking clearly about these issues, after meeting Ang Lee, can we better negotiate and strive for the greatest interests for ourselves.

Osman didn't sleep well all night, and although Ang Lee was also full of things, he quickly fell asleep with a few beauties in his arms, and he didn't hear the thunder at night.

Early the next morning, Li An did not rush out, and after eating the breakfast prepared by Yun'er herself, he took a walk in the back garden of his residence, and asked the guards to bring a map and hang it in a small pavilion.

Although it is not certain that the Osman will come, Li Ang feels that it is very likely, he always feels that the Osman will be in the city, after all, the northwest dozens of miles is the Osman camp, the two places are not far apart, if the Osman wants to enter the city, it will not take long at all, as long as he dresses up a little, he will not be blocked by the soldiers defending the city.

Osman didn't sleep well, and he didn't have an appetite when he got up in the morning, so he simply didn't eat breakfast and left the inn with his gifts.

"General, will there be something wrong with us going so rashly?"

The subordinates suddenly became a little worried.

"What's wrong, what's wrong."

Osman looked a little unimpressed.

"General, after all, this is Artik's territory, and it is also the first time we have contact with the Tang officials, in case the Tang officials sell us, wouldn't it be ......?"

The subordinate worried.

Osman laughed and said: "What is there to worry about, always worry about coming and going, what big things can be done, do the Tang officials know who Ottoman is, Artik doesn't recognize what Osman looks like, I say I'm Ottoman, I say no, it's not, what are you afraid of." ”

In the era of backward technology, many officials have never seen the emperor in their lives, and they have been loyal to the emperor for decades, but there are many people who do not know what the emperor looks like, and there are many people who do not know what their opponents look like.

Osman is a very bold and courageous general, if not, he would not dare to lead a large army to France, let alone run to Aden City with the remnants of the defeated army, don't you go to see the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty, what's the big deal, Osman doesn't take it seriously at all, he trusts his intuition, Datang has just arrived in Aden City, there is no reason to be unfavorable to himself.

"Li Shilang, a few people from yesterday are here again, and there is one more leader, who has brought a lot of gifts."

The guard said.

"Please, get someone here."

Li An said and asked Yun'er to prepare tea, and then asked everyone to retreat, at least there was no one within thirty steps.

Osman asked his subordinates to wait outside, and he followed Ang Lee's guards to the back garden alone, and saw Ang Lee standing in the gazebo, with his body facing away.

"Li Shilang, the Ottoman general is here."

The guard reported and stepped back.

When Li An heard this, he immediately turned around to look at Osman, and looked at Osman with four eyes, and the atmosphere suddenly seemed a little tense.

Osman is a military general with aura, of course Li An is the same, you can see from their eyes that two people with aura look at each other, and unconsciously produce a strong tense atmosphere, although it is only temporary.

"General Ottoman, I've been waiting for you for a long time, please sit down and have a cup of tea!"

Ang Lee spoke first, breaking the tense atmosphere.

Osman also hurriedly smiled, bent down and said, "Li Shilang is too polite, please take care of me when we meet for the first time." ”

After speaking, he sat down gently, but he didn't drink tea, maybe he wasn't thirsty!

Li An also sat down gently, poured a cup for Osman first, and then poured another cup for himself, and said politely: "General Osman, this is our Tang Dynasty's iced black tea, drink some and try it." ”

As he spoke, he took a sip first.

Osman would not suspect that Li An had drugged him at all, after all, if Li An wanted to be unfavorable to him, he didn't need to be so troublesome at all, just ambush a soldier and horses.

"Okay, good tea! Not only is it delicious, but it is also cold and cold, and it is very comfortable to drink. ”

Osman gave a very pertinent assessment.

Li An said with a smile: "General Ottoman, this is my Datang iced black tea, because ice cubes are added, it will feel very cool to drink." ”

"Huh! It's really interesting, Datang is worthy of being a big country in the Celestial Empire, and even the tea you drink is so fascinating, it's so interesting. ”

The Ottomans became more and more yearning for the Tang Empire.

Seeing this, Li An spoke: "General Ottoman admires the Tang Dynasty very much? ”

"This is natural, Datang is good at everything, not comparable to our small countries, yesterday, I watched Datang's steamship in the port, and I watched it for several hours, such a big ship, it's amazing."

Osman said sincerely.

Li An smiled: "It's just a steamship, it's not a big deal, if the Ottoman general is interested, I can take you to the ship to have a look, the structure inside this ship is also very different from ordinary merchant ships." ”

"Oh, is that true?"

Osman had a twinkle in his eyes, and it was clear that he was looking forward to it.

Li An nodded lightly and said, "It's just a trivial matter, the Ottoman general likes it, and this official can also take you for a ride on the sea, then it feels better." ”

"Thank you Li Shilang, it's just the first time we met, why does Li Shilang treat me so well, and what do you need me to do for you?"

After all, Osman is a middle-aged man, not a mentally handicapped little fresh meat, of course he doesn't believe that pie will fall from the sky, if he has no plan, why would Ang Lee be so good to him.

Li An was not in a hurry to express his needs, and said with a smile: "I really make friends, the prestige of the Ottoman general, I have heard of it for a long time, it is my honor to be able to have a talent like the general, the general only needs to be honest with me." ”

Osman was even happier when he heard this, and suddenly saw the map in the pavilion, stood up, and asked curiously: "These are all maps, are they the maps of Datang?" ”

Li An walked over, pointed to the first map, and said, "This is the map of the whole world, see it!" These gold-marked lands are all the land of the Tang Dynasty, this is South Tianzhu, this green is West Tianzhu, here is Khorasan, here is the Mediterranean, and here, Aden City is in this place, just a small dot......"

After listening to Li An's introduction, Osman's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe his eyes, in his consciousness, Khorasan was already big enough, and the land that the Umayyad Dynasty once controlled was even bigger and indescribable, but he didn't expect the Tang Empire to be so vast, and the territory area was ten times that of the Umayyad Dynasty, which was really terrifying.

Immediately, he understood the fact that why the Tang Empire was so powerful was because the territory of the people was very large, and the population was even more numerous, so how could a country not be strong?

"Is Datang really that big?"

Osman muttered to himself, looking incredulous.

Li An replied with a smile: "That's right, the Tang Empire is so huge, and it can be bigger, what does the general think?" ”

Ottoman looked at Malacca, Anshizhou, and Anzhu Prefecture, which had turned golden, and immediately knew in his heart, what Li An said, the Tang Empire could become bigger, didn't it just want to occupy the city of Aden, or, to occupy more land, so that the Tang Dynasty became even bigger.

"Li Shilang has taken a fancy to Aden City?"

Osman said bluntly.

"Don't you think the Ottoman general can't?"

Ang Lee didn't intend to hide it in front of Osman, since everyone was straight, why did he beat around the bush?

"Haha! Of course, with the force of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers and horses, even if you want to conquer the entire world, it is possible, and no force can be the opponent of the Tang Empire. ”

Osman opened his mouth to tell the truth, which made Ang Lee happy to hear it.

However, Li An would not create an image of bullying the weak to the Tang Empire, so he immediately smiled and said: "General Ottoman is talking about force, but my Tang Dynasty has always been a state of etiquette, how can I use strong force to bully the weak?" We Datang will never do this, my Datang troops are all to be famous, and we will not bully people casually. ”