The construction of this canal has a very huge effect on expanding the influence of the Tang Empire and prospering the world's commerce, especially the development of the Western Europa world and the rapid development of culture and commerce in the East and West.

Li An calculated that although the cost of digging the Datang Canal is very large, it is simply astronomical, but as long as the canal is put into operation, the toll that can be received is also very large, and it will not take many years to recover the cost, and then it will naturally be a lot of profits.

Therefore, the Datang Canal plan is definitely not a loss, whether it is economically or politically, it will not be a loss, and the imperial court naturally saw this, so it quickly passed Li An's plan and planned to send officials and construction talents to the Canal City.

After all, it takes a long time to take either the sea route or the land route, the sea route is because the speed of the ships is not fast enough, and the land route is because the railway has not yet extended to the location of the Datang Canal, and even, there is not an inch of railway in the entire Arabian Peninsula, and the railway in eastern Khorasan is only in the stage of laying the foundation, so it will take a long time no matter which road to take.

In order to be less guilty on the road, Datang officials and technical personnel are naturally more willing to take the sea route, because the sea route is supported by huge ships, and the comfort of people is relatively much better, and although the railway is also relatively comfortable, but the railway cannot pass the Datang Canal after all, and there is a considerable part of the road to ride horses and walk, which is simply a crime, so they are unwilling to take the land route and choose to take the sea route to Canal Town.

The name of the Datang Canal has been well received inside and outside the imperial court, and everyone feels that this name is domineering, which can maximize the fame and influence of the Tang Empire, and the largest city called Canal Town is also more appropriate, echoing the Datang Canal, which is more conducive to the development of this town.

After all, Datang itself is too far away from the Datang Canal, and many places along the way need to be built, so it is impossible to transfer a large number of labor from China to dig the river, so using the surrounding labor force has become the only reliable choice.

If you want to use the surrounding labor force, you must first get the support of the surrounding regimes, otherwise, if no one mobilizes, the effect of calling the labor force will be much worse, and there is also a problem of trust, if the local court does not mobilize, how many people dare to go to work in the controlled areas of the Tang Dynasty, what if they don't give money.

It would be different if the local court fully supported it, they could help organize the labor force, explain the labor required to build the canal, and tell them the labor remuneration, so that the enthusiasm of the people could be improved, which was very beneficial to improving the construction progress of the Datang Canal.

Several officials in charge of discussing the details had to communicate back and forth between Ang Lee and Artik every day, after all, many terms required the consent of the two men, which could make them busy.

However, no matter how busy they are, they are not tired, after all, they travel back and forth by car, and it is also Ang Lee's car, which is temporarily rewarded to them.

In addition to asking questions about negotiation every day, the rest of the time is basically to play with the two little sisters, although the language barrier, but the two little ladies have a high level of understanding, and it doesn't take long to roughly know the meaning of Li An's words, just like raising a pet, you only need to call it a few times with different voices, and the pet can understand the meaning of the owner, and people's ability to judge the sound is much better than that of animals, so they can naturally understand Li An's meaning better.

For example, come, eat, hug, kiss and other languages, they can quickly understand, and even learn to imitate, just like babies learn language, very cute.

Unlike Ang Lee, who had fun all day, Artik was busy every day, in addition to being busy negotiating with the Tang Dynasty, he also had to command the people and soldiers in the city, rebuild the broken facilities in the city, and there were many wounded and disabled soldiers in the city, and these people needed to make reliable arrangements to calm their wounded hearts.

With so many wounded and killed soldiers, Artik was under tremendous financial pressure, and would have collapsed long ago if it weren't for the fact that their merchant group had a relatively strong foundation.

Even though Artik spent a considerable part of his financial resources to comfort the dead and wounded soldiers, there were still many people who were not taken care of, such as the dead citizens who were temporarily conscripted to the city to assist in defending the city, and the poor people who were accidentally stoned to death by the enemy outside the city, and it was difficult to take care of the rights of these people, which was also the main reason why many women joined the Qinglou family after the war.

In the busy work suggestion, Artik did not forget to care about the Tang Dynasty soldiers outside the city, especially Li An, of course, he also cared about the retreating Ziyad army, and sent a small number of cavalry to monitor the Qiyad army along the way, until the Qiyad army completely left the Arabian Peninsula, he could be completely relieved.

"Where has the Ziyad army withdrawn?"

Artik asked.

The subordinate replied: "City Lord, the army of Ziyad has reached the north of Ar, and after converging the soldiers and horses of Ar, it will soon withdraw to Khorasan. ”

"Okay, I'll rest assured, by the way, how about the Tang soldiers and horses outside the city? Why did they stay outside the city and refuse to go into the city? ”

Artik has been very busy, and he didn't have time to ask the reason why the Tang soldiers refused to enter the city.

"City Lord, it's too chaotic in our city, and Li Shilang is worried that after the Tang army enters the city, it will aggravate the chaos in the city, so he is temporarily stationed outside the city."

The subordinate replied.

"Outside the city is a desert, if the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses lack anything, you have to send them in time, you can't suffer them, after all, we can't do without the help of the Tang Dynasty now."

Altic said.

The subordinates hurriedly said: "The city lord is too worried, although the Tang soldiers and horses have not entered the city, but a small number of soldiers enter the city every day to purchase food, and one-third of the little lady in the Qinglou has been taken out by the Tang soldiers and horses, and they are all the best and most beautiful, their big camp is much more comfortable than our city?" ”

When Artik heard this, he felt much more relieved, as long as the Datang soldiers and horses lived well and did not suffer outside, he would not have to worry about the dissatisfaction of the Datang soldiers, and he would not have to worry about the relationship with Datang.

"Through the negotiations with Datang officials in the past few days, I found that Datang really has the sincerity to cooperate with us, and these conditions can be fully agreed to Datang, which does not do us any harm."

Artik spoke.

"City Lord, we are also in ruins now, and we also need manpower, do we really want to provide more than 100,000 laborers for Datang? That's not too much. ”

The subordinate said.

"City Lord, in order to make up the numbers, we need to reduce the number of soldiers, but the number of soldiers has decreased, in case the Qi Yade army comes again, wouldn't it be very dangerous for us, before the Tang Dynasty clearly gives us protection, we can't risk disarming."

Another subordinate said.

Obviously, Artik's regime has just been established, and the internal government is also in ruins, and it is also a time when human resources are needed, and at the same time, they also have to guard against the Qiyad army to kill again, if all the manpower is pumped to the Tang Dynasty, it will be a huge weakening of the national strength.

However, Artik obviously doesn't think so, although the human resources to the Tang Dynasty is a weakening of himself, but his regime is inseparable from the help of the Tang Dynasty, if he does not have a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty, his regime is really dangerous, and the construction of a hundred wastes also needs the mechanical help of the Tang Dynasty, in order to develop faster and better, if only by their own backward way, the speed and progress of the construction will inevitably be unsatisfactory, and as long as the requirements of the Tang Empire are met, the introduction of the advanced machinery of the Tang Dynasty, the progress of domestic construction, It will inevitably be greatly accelerated, so as to develop better and stronger.

That is to say, you can't look at the problem with a blind eye, you can't only look at the immediate interests, but also consider the interests behind you, after all, Artik is very weak-minded, he knows that his regime, if it is not supported by the Tang Dynasty, it is difficult to gain a foothold, so he must hug the thigh of the Tang Empire with all his might.

Artik said: "We can seize the entire peninsula, and the help of the Tang Dynasty is inseparable, and the future development is inseparable from the help of the Tang Dynasty, so we can't refuse the request of the Tang Dynasty, which is the most basic, however, the security issue must be promised by the Tang Dynasty, and it is best to let a small Tang army garrison in the north of Archeng, so that the Qiyad army will not dare to go south." ”

"City Lord, let the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses garrison in Ar City, then we will not be under the fence, which will lose our independence, and in the future, many things may be subject to the Tang Dynasty."

One of his subordinates said worriedly.

"We are dignified Arabs, and we actually want the protection of the Tang Dynasty, which will make the people lose confidence, but if not, we really can't beat the elite of Khorasan."

Another subordinate said contradictoryly.

Obviously, letting other countries station troops in their own countries is a show of weakness, a kind of damage to national sovereignty, and will lose a certain amount of dignity, but weak countries have no dignity, and this has been the case since ancient times, no weak country can proudly maintain its own dignity, if the sense of dignity is too strong, then there is a risk of being wiped out.

In other words, dignity is always for the strong, and the weak always lose some of their dignity in order to gain hope of living.

Artik sighed, "Who made us too weak? For the sake of the future of the Arab dynasty, we must compromise with the Tang Dynasty, not only to provide the Tang with the labor they need, but also to ask them to station troops in the north to relieve the pressure from Khorasan. ”

"It seems that this can only be the case, however, many terms have been negotiated, if we ask for the Tang garrison, will they put forward new requirements, in this way, we have to renegotiate."

One of the subordinates said.

Artik said with a smile: "Of course they will have new conditions, but the requirements will definitely not be excessive, at most we will be asked to bear the daily needs and military expenses of the Datang garrison, and we can completely agree." ”

Obviously, after such a long time of understanding, Artik can roughly guess Datang's bottom line and requirements, so he is not worried that Datang will make things difficult for them.

Because stationing troops abroad is a big deal, Ang Lee's subordinates did not dare to make decisions privately, so after receiving this request, they had to return to the camp immediately and inform Ang Lee of this important request of Artik, so that Ang Lee could make up his mind.

At this moment, Ang Lee is playing with a pair of little girls, after a short period of training, this pair of little sisters has become more and more charming, the corners of their eyes can always reveal a seductive look, and the movements are getting more and more in place, especially when massaged, it can always make Ang Lee fascinated and feel that his bones are crispy.

"Li Shilang."

The subordinate stopped outside the big tent, because he heard Ang Lee's drunken voice, and thought what was going on inside? So stopped.

"Comfortable! Step aside! ”

Li An waved his hand, asked the two little ladies to step back, sat up, and said, "Come in!" ”

"Li Shilang, Artik has put forward new requirements, and his subordinates don't dare to make decisions privately, so they have come to ask for instructions."

The subordinate said.

"New requirements, what requirements, say it!"

Li An frowned.

"Artik used the threat of the North Gate as an excuse to ask the Tang Dynasty to send a medium-sized army of soldiers and horses to garrison Arcity in the north to prevent Ziyad from attempting to go south again."

The subordinate said.

"Oh, Artik took the initiative to ask for the Tang garrison, which is a good thing! It's totally okay, it's so okay. ”

Li An said happily.

After all, stationing troops in other countries is very conducive to improving the international prestige of Datang, and the reason why a certain country in later generations has such a high influence in the world is because they have troops stationed in many countries around the world, so they have such extensive influence.

If Datang wants to increase its international influence, stationing troops abroad is naturally a very feasible plan, as long as the countries concerned agree, and Artik took the initiative to propose the Datang garrison, which somewhat surprised Li Ang and made Li Ang very happy.

"Li Shilang, who is responsible for the cost of this garrison? And what is the appropriate number of garrisons? ”

The subordinate asked.

Li An thought carefully for a while, and said: "The cost of the garrison, of course, is fully responsible for Artik, this army is stationed here to protect their safety, of course, protection money must be paid, as for the number of garrisons, if it is too much, it is estimated that Artik can't afford it, too little and there is not much deterrence, a thousand soldiers and horses should be enough, no, it is also equipped with an additional artillery team of ten guns, so, with the cooperation of Artik's officers, it will definitely be able to block the southward movement of Ziyad's army, Let the Khorasan authorities completely abandon the annexation of the Arabian Peninsula. ”