The amount of materials that Pei Min said in his mouth made Justinian completely dumbfounded and stunned.

5,000 horses, 5,000 camels!

War horses are good to say, there is no shortage of horses in Arabia, but battle camels are not ordinary.

There are many places in the West that are barren deserts, and camels are the best means of transportation, which is very common.

The combat camel is completely different from the ordinary camel, the combat camel is a combat hybrid dromedary.

Dromedary camels are much taller and more ferocious than Bactrian camels.

There is a saying that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and it is conceivable that dromedary camels are more than a star and a half bigger than war horses.

Animals, like humans, have a fear of being taller than themselves. At the same time, the dromedary camel will have a foul smell on its body, which is not endured by military horses. It is against the camel cavalry, and the ordinary cavalry has no advantage.

In the face of the Arab camel cavalry, Byzantium suffered a lot of losses.

Five thousand fighting camels were enough to form a cavalry team.

And a thousand pounds of Dama leather steel!

The sophistication of Damascus knives is well known, and the key to Damascus knives lies in Damascus steel, also known as Uzi steel, which is the top steel used to make swords.

Ordinary swords can be made more than twice as sharp as a star, and a thousand catties of Malaysian leather steel can forge 10,000 sharp weapons......

There are also spice gold coins and books from Constantinople......

Are Arabs willing to spend such a cost?

Justinian was somewhat unconvinced.

Pei Min smiled: "Still don't believe it? To be honest, I don't believe it either. But the lion king is bold, and he gave me a bargaining chip that Datang couldn't refuse. He said that as long as Constantinople was captured, what was this little material? ”

Justinian's expression froze, indeed.

What are these supplies compared to the great Byzantium?

Pei Min looked at Justinian with a smile, he was not worried that Byzantium would not take the bait, and he was not afraid that he would not believe it.

Again, this is a mammy.

Even if Justinian licked his face and asked Mosley Massa if there was such a thing.

And Mosley Massa also told him truthfully that everything was Pei Min's calculations, don't lie to him.

Will Justinian believe?

At this point, for the sake of Byzantium's safety, there was no room for Justinian to be unbelieving.

Can't allow Justinian to refuse, seek things from the Tang Dynasty, don't take off a layer of skin, and want to sleep peacefully?

After hesitating for a while, Justinian also understood that the current situation had changed from a good chess hand to him, and he couldn't refuse, and he couldn't refuse, and he was half angry: "I, Byzantium, am willing to give the same materials and rebuild with the Tang Dynasty." It's just that the battle camel is a unique product of Arabia, and I replaced it with seven thousand military horses. ”

He said uncomfortably, and the translator's voice trembled as he translated it.

The Byzantines were a typical militarily weak and wealthy country, occupying the southern coast of Spain and the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, occupying the Bosphorus, a strategic waterway connecting the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, and extremely developed maritime commerce.

Even though a large area of land has been lost, the core is still there. It's a bit like the later Song Dynasty, where a large area of land was lost and a corner of the country was not poor at all, but extraordinarily rich.

It's just that the rich are rich, and the innocent blackmailed so many state-owned materials, and the translator almost cried out in distress.

Pei Min squinted and smiled: "Governor, what I said about this matter is not counted, you have to ask Your Majesty." But your sincerity, I will bring to Your Majesty. I believe that he is also happy to see you. ”

Justinian looked at the shameless Pei Min and wanted to dismantle him.

has paid so much, if you can't even see Li Longji's face, then how can you live?

"That's right!" Pei Min suddenly remembered something and said, "I am very interested in your Roman culture, and now I have no chance to ask for your Byzantine books from Arabia, and I hope to allow us to send some scholars to exchange cultures with you!" Of course, you can also send envoys to my Datang to study in the same way. ”

Compared with some materials, this is Pei Min's main purpose.

Chemistry and physics are the sciences that change the world.

Based on chemistry and physics, we can invent and create advanced products beyond the times.

I don't even have basic knowledge of principles, and I still expect to engage in high-tech?

Coincidentally!

Whether in the West or in the East, chemistry and physics originated from the theory of gods and ghosts.

Chemistry and physics in the West have their roots in theology, that is, alchemy.

This is also the reason why many scientists in the West have studied theology in their later years.

The chemistry and physics of the East originated from alchemy and immortality......

Ask Byzantium directly for Greek fire, and Byzantium will definitely not give it, and even if it does, it will be conditional on thunder.

Compared with the thunder, the Greek fire is significantly lower.

But as Byzantium, which has the deepest cultural heritage in the West, their country does have something to learn from.

The reason why Datang has a brilliant culture is that it has the mind of the sea and all rivers, and is willing to absorb the strengths of other countries to make up for itself.

As for Byzantium's coming to study in the Tang Dynasty, it was also a way of cultural exchange.

The Tang Dynasty never lacked seekers of knowledge, let alone one more Byzantium.

Justinian saw that the relationship was equal, and he also agreed, but in his heart he thought that it was okay for Datang to learn, but the formula of Greek fire must be hidden, and Datang could not be allowed to learn it.

Pei Min was secretly proud in his heart, he knew that Justinian must have thought that their target was Greek fire.

But I didn't know that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was intended for Pei Gong!

Although Greek fire is good, it is obviously a bit outdated in the face of jade bead black powder.

What he really looked at was the Greek seafaring technology, because the Byzantine navy was particularly developed because of the geographical advantage, and their maritime trade and navigation were unmatched at that time.

This is also the reason why the West entered the Age of Discovery earlier than the East.

At present, Datang is mainly based on land development, and has not yet developed into navigation.

Navigation is not satisfactory, and the navigation technology of Byzantium can be learned, and the navigation industry of Datang has been promoted for at least ten or even more than twenty years.

And to confront Byzantium, the development of a naval army is a must.

In the future, if you really want to win the Arabians, when you step on the horses and march to the holy city of Jerusalem, how can there be any reason not to fight Byzantium?

Sending off Justinian, Pei Min also wrote the situation in a letter and sent it to the palace.

According to the rules, foreign ministers must go through Shangshu Province to contact the emperor. However, Li Longji had already given Pei Min the right to play secretly, and his letters could be sent to Li Longji for reading directly through Gao Lishi.

After doing all this, Pei Min stretched out only one thought in his mind, to sleep beautifully.

After a tiring day, I fell asleep as soon as I rested my head on the pillow.

I don't know how long I slept, Pei Min woke me up.

This sleep makes people wake up, it's really uncomfortable, my brain is confused, and I can't tell the difference between southeast and northwest.

"What's wrong?" He shook his head violently, forcing himself to sober up.

Seeing that it was Jiao Chen who woke him up, her eyes were red and a little sad, which made him sober up a little.

"Taigong, Taigong, he can't support it anymore!"

Pei Min instantly struck a spirit, like a basin of cold water poured on the top, and he suddenly sobered up.

The old lady of his Pei family has passed away for many years, and now there is only one prince, and that is Xue Ne!