Constans II said to Roosevelt: "The power of this weapon is needless to say, and the fallen gates are the best testimony to it." ”

Yes, being able to destroy their gates of Constantinople like that would have an immediate effect than Li Zhi's tongue and lotus flower, so Roosevelt naturally had no reason to oppose the purchase of machine guns.

The matter of machine guns and armor was settled by Constans II, and none of the ministers objected to him spending a large sum of gold on these weapons and armor.

"In addition to these weapons, I also plan to buy some of the warships brought by the Li Zhi brothers, these warships are many times faster than our sea ships, and more importantly, the weapons carried by these warships are much more powerful than machine guns, with these warships, the Arabs are even less our opponents, so the purchase of sea ships is so decided, but I still need to negotiate the price with the Li Zhi brothers."

Li Zhi had already figured out the character of Constans II, so after the other party finished speaking, he spoke directly: "My one hundred and fifty warships can only sell you fifty, and the cost of this warship is 100,000 taels of gold, so I will sell it to you for 4.8 million gold." ”

"No, no, no, how can this be." Constans II categorically refused to refuse: "The importance of this warship is self-evident, and it is also extremely precious to you Datang, buying these warships at cost price is not only an insult to these warships, but more importantly, an insult to the friendship between us, so I decided to pay 8 million taels of gold to buy fifty warships, if you reduce the price again, then you will not treat me as a friend, then I will be angry." ”

Li Zhi's face showed a tangled look, and finally sighed and said, "Then I will take advantage of you." ”

Constans II did not think so, he shook his head and said: "These warships of yours are priceless, if you change to someone else, even if I give him 10 million taels of gold, he will not be able to provide me with a warship." ”

This is true, unless there is another time-traveler like himself in this era, these warships will not appear in this era anyway, this is a benefit that only a time-traveler can bring.

casually sold fifty warships to get eight million taels of gold, this transaction is simply a bargain, if it weren't for the lack of gold in Byzantium, Li Zhi thought about packing the remaining fifty ships and selling them to Byzantium.

Spending tens of millions of taels of gold overnight, this amount would have cost Byzantium hundreds of years of savings, and Roosevelt, the chancellor of the exchequer, felt so distressed that he couldn't breathe.

Tens of millions of taels of gold is indeed quite a lot, but in the heart of Constans II, as long as he can completely defeat the Arabs, it is completely worth paying so much.

As long as the Arabs can be defeated, these costs can be won back with interest.

The Arabs were very good at business, and they had wiped out the once prosperous Sassanid Empire, and the gold in their hands was definitely not much more than the gold of Byzantium.

Well, Constans II's economic account is still very accurate.

The Arab merchants, as the economic and trade link between the East and the West, made a fortune in this era, which was one of the fundamental reasons why the Arab Empire was able to grow so quickly.

No matter what era of war, it is about money, and often the side with more money is more likely to win the war.

After the dinner, Constans II insisted on letting Li Zhi and his women stay in the palace, and Li Zhi was naturally very gracious.

As a qualified merchant, Li Zhi handed over the weapons and armor and the fifty warships to the Byzantine army early the next morning, and sent professional personnel to train them free of charge.

After the deal, it meant that a new great war was coming, and the Byzantine army would have to surprise the Arabs with these high-priced weapons.

At the same time, Li Zhi sent someone to inform his father, who believed that his ambitious father knew what to do next.

My father's life was extended by himself for three hundred years, and with these three hundred years of life, I don't know how strong my father will make the Tang Dynasty, and I don't know when I will be able to realize the dream of the sun never setting.

After spending nearly ten days in Constantinople, Constans II reluctantly sent Li Zhi outside the city.

During these ten days, Li Zhi opened a door in front of Constants II, and the Byzantine emperor became Li Zhi's student.

If it weren't for the fact that he was actively preparing for war against the Arabs, Constans II really wanted to follow Li Zhi all the way to see the customs of the world.

The continent of Europa has nothing to go to for Li Zhi, and as for the African continent to the south, he thought about it, and finally gave up, because he didn't want to turn himself and his woman into black charcoal.

In the end, he chose the American continent for his next trip.

The Americas were not a New World for the Native American Indians, who had arrived on the American continent 18,000 years ago, crossing the Bering Strait from Asia to the Americas about 18,000 years ago, or by land bridges over frozen straits.

Columbus's arrival in the Americas was only a great impact on the Western world, and the Indians and Westerners were both human beings, so they were the first Indians to discover the New World, but their discoveries had little impact. The American continent, where Columbus and other Westerners landed, was not "first discovered", and there were already tens of millions of inhabitants before they arrived.

At this time, the Americas were in the Mayan period, and the period from 200 BC to 800 AD was the most prosperous period of Mayan culture. Tikal was the largest of the hundreds of Maya cities in the region, which were largely rainforested, with scholars estimating that at its peak there were between 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants. They developed into many agriculturally dense and urbanly concentrated city-states.

The Mayan civilization is ancient and mysterious, the Mayan civilization belongs to the stone civilization, and the Maya did not invent the use of bronze, let alone iron.

The Mayans cultivated new varieties of maize, tomatoes, pumpkins, beans, sweet potatoes, peppers, cocoa, pandan grass and tobacco, among which the cultivation of maize contributed the most to mankind. Corn was originally a wild plant in the Americas, which was cultivated by the Mayans and turned into a high-yielding grain variety. There are many varieties of corn, high nutritional value and large yield, which is the material basis of American Indian culture. After Europeans arrived in the Americas, corn spread to the whole world and became the main food in many parts of the world, making indelible contributions to the continuation and development of human beings. The Maya were also breeders of turkeys. Turkey has become a must-have delicacy in European and American families, and the achievements of the Mayans in European and American food culture are recorded in history. Read the latest chapter of "Li Zhi's Science and Technology Factory Claw Book House" for free for the first time.