"You eat the Caliphate and continue to trade breech guns?" In the Changqing Hall of the Tang Imperial Palace, Cen Tianshi accompanied Li Xuanqing to meet with the Great Food Tributary Mission, and after the other party presented exquisite gifts, Li Xuanqing also presented the Tang Dynasty silk porcelain and a brand-new special bicycle to the mission. This strange object opened the eyes of the Great Food Empire Mission, looking at the palace guards as if playing acrobatics and the excellent performance of the bicycle, so that the Great Cannibals present couldn't help but ask if this kind of divine object that can run on its own Datang can join the trade list with Great Food. However, compared to ordinary members of the mission, the Great Food Envoy, that is, Wang Shoutian, who was dealing with Ah Yebi at the beginning, is much calmer, since the last time the Tang Dynasty fleet appeared at the mouth of the Great Food Two Rivers, the entire Great Food Empire is full of fear for the ancient empire in the East, that kind of steel giant beast makes all the big cannibals fall into mania and fear, and those popes and imams sitting in the mosque can't find an explanation after rummaging through the Koran, The true god they believe in did not have a manifestation at this time to tell the believers where this monster came from, so this time the Great Food Mission came to pay tribute in addition to listening to the reality of the Tang Dynasty, and it did have the intention of learning from the Tang Dynasty, at least Ayebi had received a secret order from the Caliphate, if the Great Tang agreed, the Great Food wanted to send the children of the nobles to the Tang Dynasty to study and study, and hoped to increase the supply of eye-opening breech guns before the trade was increased. Although they also knew that Datang would not take out the goods at the bottom of the box and buy them for themselves, but just the 30,000 rifles they got were enough to arm a powerful army for themselves, and with the support of such weapons, it was more than enough for Datang to go west to defeat those green-clothed eaters who betrayed the true gods and occupied the holy land of the Heavenly Sect and the white-clothed eaters in the distant land of Taixi, especially since the big cannibals secretly tried this kind of gun and could even penetrate the heavy armor of the heavy armor soldiers. Such a sharp weapon made the Baghdad caliph even excited to fantasize that after the unification of the Great Eclipse, he could touch the hinterland of Daqin, the old opponent who had been defeated by himself, and go west to the east to meet the Tang Dynasty, and if not, go south to fight to the south of Egypt.

At the same time, he believes that Da Shi should do his best to have a good relationship with Datang, absorb the nutrients from Datang and then strengthen himself, and accumulate his strength by expanding to the west and south, and when the time is ripe, his strength can catch up with Datang when he turns back and fights to the death with Datang.

I have to say that the person in Baghdad has a very clear mind, that is, after realizing that Datang is temporarily invincible, he immediately changes his strategy, uses Datang to strengthen himself, and then first cleans up his old enemies, the Green Clothes Food and the White Food Eater, so that the Great Food Empire, which has been divided for so long, can be unified again, and his strength will more than double out of thin air, and the scope of the development of the Heavenly Fang Sect is now getting bigger and bigger, and when the time comes, he will be able to conjure up millions of cannon fodder to go to the battlefield with a wave of his hand. In this way, even if it is not the opponent of Datang, if it attacks Daqin in the north, can't it be defeated?

These thoughts of the caliph were already clear to Li Xuanqing when Ayebi took the initiative to hope that Datang would increase the number of breech gun trade, but this also happened to give Datang time to continue to develop, and Li Xuanqing had no opinion at all about the Great Food Empire going north to attack Great Qin, the Western Expeditionary Army was able to take the Aral Sea region, and then its own logistics to the west would really be unbearable, and the most important point was that if the Great Food Empire thought that it could catch up with the Tang Dynasty by relying on a few weapons, it would be outrageously wrong. The development of natural science will inevitably bring science and technology to continue to move forward, and today's Datang has a major breakthrough in science and technology almost every year, and Li Xuanqing has set up the highest science and technology award after a two-year hiatus, and since then, someone has been able to get the award every year, and because Li Xuanqing has made natural science and technology from the beginning of practicality, Therefore, after almost every breakthrough, it will be quickly transformed into social productivity, and then drive the entire industry and even the entire society to move forward.

"The Great Food Country can send its children to study in Datang, my Datang has always adhered to the principle of inclusiveness and openness, but I have a little request, and I also ask Your Excellency to bring it back and inform the lord of your country, once the children of your country set foot on the land of my Datang, they must strictly abide by the laws of my Datang, if they violate the laws of my Datang, they will definitely not show mercy because of the identity of the other party. Moreover, Datang does not allow your Tianfang Sect to preach here. Li Xuanqing's previous sentence made Ah Yebi overjoyed, but the regulations on the Tianfang Sect in the back made him a little unnatural and even his face changed, for the **** Great Food Empire, the Tianfang Sect is the state religion, the caliph is both the emperor of the Great Food Empire and the great pope of the Tianfang Sect, the regime and the divine right are one, and not allowing the Tianfang Sect to preach will not throw the face of the Great Food Empire on the ground? But seeing Li Xuanqing's serious and irrefutable expression, Ah Yebi couldn't say anything at once when he retorted to his lips. Compared with other northwestern tribes, the big cannibals are not like other tribes have a natural fear of the Tang Dynasty, and the reason is that after the rise of the Great Food, they won the Tang Dynasty in the Battle of Everross, although the defeat of the Anxi Army at that time was because of the rebellion of Gelulu and dragged its feet, and the Great Food Empire was also a miserable victory at that time, and its own losses were several times more than that of the Anxi Army, but as the first empire to beat the Tang Dynasty back in Anxi, the Great Cannibals were psychologically not like other tribes who involuntarily stood up straight in front of the Tang Dynasty. But at this time, Ayebi faced the young emperor and suddenly found that even if the Great Food Empire defeated the Anxi Army in Genros back then, the Great Cannibal was still not psychologically sure to say no to the Tang Dynasty, especially when he faced the nascent Tang Army in the northwest, and then was blocked at the door of the house by an inexplicable warship led by others, in the face of the other party's unquestionable demands, he was suppressed and couldn't say a word at all.

Looking at Ayebi's speechless expression, Li Xuanqing was stunned, and still said in a light tone: "As for the breech gun, this is no problem, according to the price that Minister Wang negotiated with you before, we can provide as much as you need." But as compensation, your country needs to cede the land and population near the Aral Sea as compensation, otherwise Datang will not be able to agree to the demand to sell sophisticated weapons to your country. Li Xuanqing's words made Ah Yebi open his mouth wide and didn't know what to say, although he expected that the other party would take this opportunity to open his mouth, but what he didn't expect was that the other party actually fell in love with the land near the Aral Sea. However, at this time, the Aral Sea region does not completely belong to the Great Food Empire, only the southern part of the Aral Sea belongs to the Great Eclipse, and the western and northern regions and even the eastern regions are the lands of other tribes, but these small tribes are basically the vassal forces of the Great Food Empire, and there are other vassal forces similar to the Tuns and the tribes of the Taixi people extending to the east, and the Aral Sea and even the large land that arrived in the Caspian Sea are basically dependent on the nearby big forces at this time, but Li Xuanqing's meaning is obvious, That is, the Great Food Empire withdrew from this area and ceded the southern part of the Aral Sea to the Tang Dynasty. In this way, it means that Datang will be stuck in the land passage where all the Great Eclipse attacks Datang, and all the land along the Wuhu River will become the land of the northwest of Datang. Such a big concession made Ah Yebi Huo angry and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, you are insulting my Great Food Empire, and our caliph will definitely not agree to your request." As the translator told everyone present this passage in its entirety, Hu Xiaosi, who had originally planned to fill the number here, sneered: "Your Excellency, if you think that my Tang Emperor is bullying you Dashi, in fact, this is not wrong, what I want to tell you today is that all the land on the other side of the Aral Sea is the old land of my Tang Dynasty, and it is already my Tang Emperor to give you face if you let you out, otherwise do you think that my hundreds of thousands of troops in the northwest will not be able to take a corner of the land?" Do you want you to take the words back to you and me to fight again in the northwest? ”

Hu Xiaosi's mocking words revealed a strong killing intent, which made all the members of the Great Food Mission present shudder, and Ayebi suddenly sobered up, looking at the expressionless Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi and Hu Xiaosi sitting opposite, his tone became low and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, please forgive me for my rudeness just now, Ayebi solemnly apologizes to you, and I also want to beg His Majesty the Emperor for forgiveness, but Ayebi is indeed coming with the sincerity of our caliph this time, for the truce and peace between the two countries, For the sake of exchange and development, I am willing to promise His Majesty the Emperor that the area east of the Aral Sea will be given up by our country, and as for the southern region, we will not interfere with your country's actions, and the rest of the west and north must be known to His Majesty the Emperor that China cannot influence the local tribes. Although Ayebi's words were very good, but none of the people present were human spirits, and they instantly understood the meaning, because the eastern region was close to Datang, even if they didn't give up Datang, they would pass, and they didn't even need the army to arrive, they only needed to wait for a while, and these tribes would automatically think about Datang's embrace when they knew how Datang defeated the Dashi Empire. The southern region is the focus of Ayebi's words, the southern part of the Aral Sea is one of the land passages between the Great Food Empire and the Tang Dynasty, once the Great Cannibal is cut off here, he can only find a way from the Safar side, so Ayebi made a detour, the Great Food Empire does not interfere, but if the Heavenly Sect interferes, the army of millions of believers will come, and these fanatical believers who are bewitched by religion do not even need the Great Food Empire to pay any grain and grass, they can carry their own weapons and dry food, and they can go on an expedition of thousands of miles for the expansion of the Heavenly Sect.

However, Li Xuanqing didn't realize this, everyone, including Cen Tianshi, didn't care about this, just a group of cultists were a group of rabble, even if this kind of army was not afraid of death, it was just a group of fighters. Therefore, when Wang Shoutian handed the drafted terms to Ayebi on behalf of Li Xuanqing, he instinctively felt that there was a problem here, but after looking through the "Tang Dynasty Foreign Trade and Friendship Treaty" formulated by Wang Shoutian according to the conversation between the two sides just now, he didn't see any other conspiracy, so he could only sign his name with a puzzled look, of course, this kind of treaty involving the two countries had to be brought back to Baghdad after signing and let the caliph personally seal it before it could take effect, but Li Xuanqing didn't care too much about whether the caliph repented. If you regret it, then you can just hit it. It's just that the northwest side needs to be repaired for the time being, so that the local economy can recover and can afford the expenses of the western expeditionary army before it can fight westward.

"Inform the General Staff Officer, let Senior Brother Wan Yi and other high-level officials of the Western Expeditionary Army go back to Chang'an to report on their work, and let them come back during this time, on the one hand, to reunite with their families, and on the other hand, to discuss the specific strategy of the northwest." Li Xuanqing said to Hu Xiaosi and Cen Tianshi who stayed behind after Ayebi left.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will let Tianxiang expedite this matter to the northwest." Hu Xiaosi and Cen Tianshi followed Li Xuanqing to the side hall and sat down, and said, "If the Baghdad side regrets it, let's just go over." ”

"In addition to the geographical advantage, the Aral Sea is actually a treasure land, although most of the area is desert, and a small amount is grassland, but it is actually rich in products, but we have not explored it." Li Xuanqing's words made Cen Tianshi a little puzzled: "The emperor doesn't mean to develop Anxi, right?" Isn't our finances under pressure? ”

"Then let the Navy grab it. Go tell the Treasury to send a commissioner to work with the Admiralty on a new mission. Li Xuanqing pulled the two of them to the new Western map he drew and said with a smile: "Actually, I don't care about the thoughts of the big cannibals, even if they take the breech guns we sold them to shoot others, it doesn't matter." As long as we take these coastal lands and then build a port base, we will be able to bring back a large amount of wealth from this vast land every year and then support the development of the empire. ”

"If there is such a good thing, then I will send someone to take a look." Hu Xiaosi heard that Li Xuanqing was so determined, and couldn't help touching his nose and smiled: "Recently, I have sent people to go deep into Tibet and Tubo several times, and I have contacted Xue Yang. Hu Xiaosi's words made Cen Tianshi interested, and he followed beside him and said: "You have locked the treasury of Tubo?" Then hurry up and let Xue Yang lead the army to fight over, and the land in Tubo is not as valuable as these treasury. ”

"I said you two weren't worried about the big cannibal at all?" Li Xuanqing saw that the two of them were in front of him and began to discuss how to go to the body poison side to earn wealth, and couldn't help laughing.

"Your Majesty, your words almost overwhelmed Ah Yebi, plus Xiao Si's scare, I think this Ah Yebi is over. This Great Food Empire is too, sending a defeated soldier to act as a messenger in the future, doesn't this make it clear that we can blackmail casually? Cen Tianshi pursed his lips and sneered at the Great Food Empire.