When Rahman heard this, he felt very uncomfortable, he was also very aggrieved, and even felt that his subordinates were an afterthought, when the army first went south, there was hardly much opposition, and everyone felt that the victorious army would definitely be able to crush the Ottomans in the south, but they were defeated by the Ottomans.

There were not many soldiers and horses going south, and the losses were not particularly large, but this defeat greatly hit the morale of the army after the victory, and at the same time, it also allowed most of the soldiers of the kingdom to truly understand the strength of the Ottomans, so as to give birth to fear.

"Uthman had sworn allegiance to our Umayyad dynasty, and his sudden rebellion was a great loss to us, and besides, he wrote to us that he was quite arrogant in his words, and that such a great insult could I endure, and if he did not fight against us, what would be the face of the royal family, and would the people who had just returned to it agree?"

Rahman said bitterly.

His thinking was not wrong, the mistake was that he seriously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Ottoman army, or rather, he overestimated the tired army under his command, or he had already ridden the tiger, and for the sake of his own face and the dignity of the empire, he had to send troops south to crusade against the rebellion.

It's just that he ignored one point, that is, once the rebellion failed, it would hit his prestige even harder, and the prestige of the imperial court would be even more damaged, which was very uneconomical.

But everyone has a fluke mentality, if you don't fight, how can you know who loses and who wins? If he wins, the benefits will be too great, and in the vast land of the former Umayyad dynasty, it is possible that more people will come under his command, and perhaps the area under the former Umayyad rule will be restored, so that he will inevitably be praised through the ages as a great man second only to Allah.

Therefore, the complaints of his subordinates are completely an afterthought, because he was defeated, he said this, if he won a big victory, he would not say this, in addition, this also shows that his foundation is not deep enough, even if it is his heart, he does not have so much respect and awe for him.

This situation is unimaginable in the Tang Dynasty, if the emperor says something, even if the minister has an opinion, he will point out it very euphemistically, the tone must be respectful enough, how dare there be a complaint, this is particularly disrespectful.

And the conversation between this henchman and Rahman is like a conversation between two friends, and there is not much sense of dignity and inferiority.

Rahman can only bear this point, he is here alone, without the support of these people, he is nothing, therefore, naturally he cannot ask all those who support him to be careful to respect him, as long as they are loyal to him, he is already very happy, except when his foundation is completely solid, he can ask others to be extremely respectful to him.

Since ancient times, ministers have been extremely in awe of the emperor, and the premise of awe is that the emperor has absolute real power and can take the minister's life at any time, so the minister has to be respectful, and if the minister has great power, he can even put the emperor in the air, so that they are not afraid of the emperor in their hearts, and they will naturally be disrespectful when they speak, and even shout at the emperor, but make the emperor tremble and dare not speak in the atmosphere.

Since ancient times, there is a saying, called a companion like a tiger, a little careless will bring a lot of trouble to yourself, this is very clear, the king has the same majesty and strength as a tiger, so there is a great risk to accompany the king, and if it is a toothless tiger, then there is no need to be too afraid, if it is a sick tiger, then it is even less fearful.

"Alright! King, it's not much use to talk about these now, let's think about how to deal with the ministers of the Tang Dynasty! I heard that they had entered the great river, and that they should be there in a few days. ”

The heart shrugged his shoulders and spoke.

Rahman sighed: "I sent more than a dozen people to meet the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, but these people have not yet figured out the purpose of the Tang Dynasty, and the power of the Tang Dynasty is extremely strong, listening to their words, it is so powerful that people can't believe it, I really don't believe that there can be such a powerful force in the world, it's too incomprehensible, fake, it must be fake." ”

Obviously, after investigating the weapons of the Datang fleet, his subordinates were shocked by the advanced and powerful weapons of the Datang fleet, and truthfully reported to Rahman, however, this true report was not recognized by Rahman, because Rahman stubbornly believed that Datang could not be so powerful, maybe just to make some tricks and tricks to fool his subordinates, everything would not be believed until he saw it with his own eyes.

"King, to be honest, I don't believe it either, Datang is a big country in the East, I heard that it is a strong country, however, my uncle went to Tocharo, which is close to Datang, ten years ago, and knows a lot about Datang, and I have never heard that Datang is so strong, it has only been ten years, how can it suddenly become so powerful, most of it is fake, or it is Datang's trick."

The subordinates also felt that Datang was not so terrible, and most of it was false news.

"King, we are not rich now, do we really want to give all the gold beads to Datang? Isn't it too much. ”

Looking at the more than a dozen boxes of gold beads prepared, he felt that this meeting gift was too high, and Datang didn't give them any benefits, why did he send so many gold beads to Datang.

Rahman thought for a moment and said: "This is called being prepared, let's prepare more first, and then give it to you depending on the situation, whether the situation they are investigating is true or not, Datang is a powerful country after all, we still have to have a good relationship with them, if we can get their help, it will be great." ”

"Alright! Then let's wait! Hopefully, things will work out in a good direction. ”

said under the abdomen.

In the direction of Córdoba, Rahman is still thinking about how much to give Ang Lee, but Ang Lee is already thinking about how much benefits to ask for from Rahman's kingdom, of course, not all of them, there are many mutually beneficial cooperation plans, such as future commercial exploitation plans, plans to build railways and bridges and roads, etc., these can also be discussed, even if they cannot be implemented for the time being, they can be implemented in the future.

"Li Shilang, someone asked to see you earlier, and he came by a small boat, and we searched it, and he didn't carry any weapons on him."

A subordinate walked up to Li An and reported.

Li An was slightly startled and asked, "Who is the other party, and why do you want to see this official?" ”

"Li Shilang, he claims to be the son of You Sufu, because he can't speak the official language of the Tang Dynasty, and he also brought an interpreter next to him, he said that there is something important to discuss with Li Shilang, if you refuse him, you will regret it, by the way, they seem a little sneaky, as if they are afraid of being discovered by someone."

The subordinate said contemptuously.

Obviously, the subordinates also disdainful of this stunned young man, thinking that this guy was too arrogant, and he didn't know who he was, and he dared to say such a big thing.

Li An smiled faintly at the corner of his mouth and said, "Okay! I want to see what this guy can do, let him come over! ”

At this moment, Li An is purely curious, and in addition, he is a little bored, and there is no harm in meeting this person, so he should relieve his boredom.

The subordinates quickly brought this man in, and after the small boat was admitted to the big boat, they climbed the soft ladder and stood in front of Ang Lee.

Li An looked carefully, both of them were Arabs, and they could easily tell from their noses and eyes.

Among them, one of the better dressed people was in his twenties and still very young, while the other, about forty years old, looked more mature.

After the two of them got on the boat, they looked around and looked a little nervous, and they even forgot to salute.

"What are you looking for? Go ahead! ”

Li An didn't care about the number of courtesies, and asked straight to the point.

The young man frowned slightly, obviously not understanding what Li An was saying, while the middle-aged man next to him obviously understood, and said respectfully: "Respected guest of the Tang Dynasty, this one next to me is the son of our Governor Yusuf, and he has important things to see you." ”

"Yusuf? What kind of person is this? ”

Li An frowned slightly and replied.

He hadn't heard of the name of this character, although before coming here, Li Ang had also done his homework, however, Li An focused his work on the resources of the Rahman Kingdom and the current imperial court, and did not study the previous situation, and Yusuf had already died, so naturally it was not in Li An's concern.

When the middle-aged man heard this, he looked a little unhappy, they were such a great governor of Yusuf, Li An had never even heard of it, which made him very unhappy.

Since Li An didn't know who You Sufu was, the middle-aged man naturally needed to explain, and through his simple introduction, Li An finally got to know Yu Sufu as a person.

It turned out that Yusuf was the governor of the Abbasid dynasty and was in charge of the area, but the main local forces supported the Umayyad Rahman, and in the end, Yusuf was defeated by Rahman and finally killed.

Although Rahman's local roots are very shallow, Yusuf is also a latecomer, and his local roots are also not worth mentioning, so it can be regarded as a fair competition, and his death is not unjust at all.

And through this person's introduction, Li An can probably guess their intentions, it is estimated that they are here to pull the alliance, but how can Li An help them.

"Okay, no need to introduce it again, let's talk about the purpose of your trip!"

Seeing that the middle-aged man kept boasting about You Sufu's benevolence and prestige, Li An really couldn't listen to it anymore and wanted to blow them away.

The middle-aged man was still unsatisfied, but he had to stop, thought for a while, and said: "Li Shilang, we want to unite with you, the Rahman who rules this land now is the prince of the Umayyad Dynasty, but the Umayyad Dynasty has been overthrown, they are unpopular, they are not worthy of owning this land, only the son of the great governor of the Abbasid Dynasty, Yusuf, is worthy to rule this land, and can bring a better life to the people here." ”

This cowhide is not at all level, Li An is about to fall asleep when he listens to it, and he wants to drive the guy in front of him away more and more, but the other party has not yet said the key point, so Li An has endured it for the time being.

"Haha! If your great Governor Yusuf has won the hearts of the people, and is brave and resourceful, why did he fail? ”

Li Ang impatiently interrupted the middle-aged man's boastful language.

When the middle-aged man heard this, he said emotionally: "It's a conspiracy, a conspiracy, it's Rahman's use of conspiracy and poisonous tricks, Governor Yusuf failed for a while, but the hearts of the people will always support Governor Yusuf, even if the governor has been killed, but the people still support his son, that is, the young man next to me, now our team has 10,000 horses, distributed in every corner of the kingdom, ready to defeat Rahman at any time, if you can help us, it will be easier for us to win, of course, We will thank you as well. ”

After talking for a long time, finally getting to the point, Li An smiled at the corner of his mouth and asked, "Thank us?" How are you going to be grateful! ”

After speaking, he looked at the two of them.

The middle-aged man opened his mouth and said: "In the mountains in the north of the kingdom, there is a huge mountain of gold, if you can help us, we will give a whole mountain of gold, this mountain of gold is very large, you will not suffer." ”

"Jinshan, it's a gold mine!"

Ang Lee said with a smile.

Li An still understands the situation of the Rahman Kingdom, in the north of the kingdom, there is indeed a gold mine, but how can Li An help the failed Yusuf Group because of a gold mine, this is obviously impossible, and these two guys are too ridiculous, and they are ashamed to say that Li An will regret not seeing them.

For Ang Lee, a gold mine is really nothing, it is simply not worth mentioning, and to help them completely avenge the great cause for a gold mine, Ang Lee is not a fool.

In their opinion, maybe a gold mine is really a great temptation, but in Ang Lee's eyes, ordinary can't be more ordinary.

However, it was not in vain to meet these two people, at least, when he met Rahman in a few days, Ang Lee would have more topics to talk about.

"That's right, it's a gold mine, and it's the kind with a lot of gold."

When the middle-aged man spoke, his eyes were full of light.

Li An smiled and said, "It's just a golden mountain, in our Datang, golden mountains are everywhere, this is not attractive to me, I'm sorry." ”

"Not a single mountain of gold, so what do you want?"

The middle-aged man was taken aback and asked.

When Li An heard this, he was about to answer, and when he saw Rahman's henchmen on the ship next to him, he was looking at himself, because the distance was a little far, so he looked down on the other party's expression, but it could be seen that the guy was very concerned about what was happening here.

"The man on the other side of the ship is Rahman's henchman, you are in danger here, so you better leave as soon as possible! By the way, Rahman has given us much more than you have given us, so let's go! ”

Li An said.