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"We have also converted to the faith of Allah, why don't you let us go in and pray?"

Wearing Greek robes, Roman gowns, and Persian robes, all kinds of people crowded at the entrance of the mosque, making loud noises, and some people excitedly raised the Koran, but unfortunately, the strong Arab men guarding the door pushed out with disdain.

"You apocryphal believers, lowly peoples, are worthy to come to the mosque to worship, do not defile this holy place! Get out of here! ”

The whip was struck on the head, and with a snapping sound, the new Muslims of these other nationalities had to cover their heads and flee.

Many people ran away, looking back at the endless stream of Arabs entering the mosque, and couldn't help but spit in anger.

It's not just a matter of faith, it's a matter of real practical interests.

Just as Li Jie exempted the Tang from agricultural taxes, the Arab Empire also exempted Muslims from most taxes, and it was this tax exemption policy that attracted a large number of Sassanid Persians and the Byzantine Far East provinces, overwhelmed by the brutal war for hegemony between the two empires.

At first, the Arab Empire did fulfill some of its promises, and the converted Muslims of other ethnic groups were treated by the Arabs, but it did not take long for this promise to lose its original credibility, firstly, it became more and more difficult to convert, and secondly, after the conversion, the original bad treatment did not change at all, and the heavy poll tax was still pressed on their heads.

No way, there were huge economic interests involved, and the reason why the Arab Empire was so happy to expand was not only to spread Islam, but also to conquer a wider territory and have more people to be taxed, and the pagan poll tax was one of the important financial pillars of the empire.

In this era, the Middle East is not like later generations, Arabs everywhere, Alexander the Great conquered Persia, Egypt, countless Greeks moved here, bringing Hellenism to West Asia and North Africa, and later the Roman Empire conquered Alexander's death, inheriting his successor empire Seleucus, Ptolemaic Egypt, and bringing Romanization to the Middle East.

In the vast territory of the Roman Empire, countless other ethnic groups moved to live here, and the new Arabians who broke into the great desert of the Arabian Peninsula were a minority, especially Christianity, which originated in Central Asia, and even a century after the rise of Islam, Christianity was still a strong and large sect in Syria and other places.

This pattern also influenced the political structure of the original Arab Empire, whose laws governed only Muslims, and the crimes of followers of other denominations were ruled by the elders of their own sects, and the Arab Empire intervened only when it came to Arabs and taxation.

This pattern was well adjusted during the Mu'awiya period, who was very generous with the pagan rule, and set up tax inspection teams in the provinces, exempted poor families who could not afford to pay taxes, and gave official positions to the local nobles of the Christian faith.

Christians who had belonged to a family of Byzantine treasurers also became provincial treasurers under Muawiyah, which was almost inconceivable for non-Muslims at the time.

Unfortunately, history turned a corner here, and the brazen invasion of the Min State caused the Umayyad Dynasty, which should have lasted for about a hundred years in history, to die before it was born and was beaten back to the desert, and the Helper Arabs, who were supposed to be exhausted in the Umayyad civil war, regained control of the country.

They were especially distrustful of these pagans and other peoples.

Nearly 200,000 Arab tribes in Yemen plundered the city-states of Mesopotamia for more than a year before retreating into the desert, and now, Kufa is still in the hands of Saladin, one of the important leaders of the Arab tribes in Yemen.

As for Syria, Egypt, Damascus and other former centers of Arab imperial rule, increasingly heavy taxes, and the purge of the Mecca aristocracy by the Medina helpers, riots are also slowly spreading.

These people of all ethnic groups who tried to enter the mosque to convert to escape the harsh taxes were just a microcosm, and after the road was blocked, more and more of the lower ethnic groups of West Asia accumulated a deep anger in their hearts.

It is a pity that the Arabs in power turned a blind eye to this.

Hou Jie's carriage passed by the Antioch Mosque, listening to the sound of riots in the mosque, Hou Jie didn't even mean to get off, so he went around.

Compared with three months ago, the emir's mansion was obviously empty, and the plundering from the caliphate, even Hou Jie could not resist it, the young and beautiful female slaves, the gorgeous and exquisite Persian carpets, the gold and silver wine vessels, and even Hou Jie's gold and silver tree were packed into three carts by Hassan and taken away.

Fortunately, the plant that Hou Jie really loved was still there, and after getting out of the carriage, Hou Jie habitually stopped under a large area of rainy and misty plantains, these precious tree species were specially transplanted by Fujian merchants from Southeast Asia for him, and they were not too conspicuous among the exotic flowers and plants.

But Hou Jie was fascinated by them.

Enjoying the coolness of the water vapor and squinting at the plantain trees, Hou Jie seemed to be relieved from the excitement of the situation in Syria that he had just arranged, and once again regained his calm.

At this moment, the sound of thin footsteps suddenly sounded from behind him.

The black cloak that covered the entire body, the hazy veil that covered the entire mysterious face, and even the last corner of the eye was covered by a silver mask, and in the past three months, Li Que seemed to have completely integrated into the image of an Arab woman.

Only her pair of turquoise eyes look so energetic and penetrating.

Li Que is not a substitute for not concealing her pupils, the financial resources of the Min Wangfu allow her to easily create this kind of contact lenses, but Hou Jie has never concealed the color of her pupils in the name of the needs of the task.

And she didn't deliberately hide many things, such as her hot personality.

"That horny old bastard is finally gone?"

Awakened from the calm, Hou Jie really turned his head a little crying and laughing, and spread his hands helplessly: "The caliph is the object of this emir's sworn allegiance, you are too polite, right?"

"Hmph, that playboy is nothing compared to His Majesty the King of Min, and only a shameless traitor like you would give up his allegiance to the Lord and be loyal to this kind of person."

Li Que was not polite, but even Hou Jie was degraded, and Hou Jie smiled bitterly when he listened, but at this time, Li Que, who walked in, was scooped from his sleeves, and a thick stack of ledgers was thrown into Hou Jie's hands.

"What is this?"

Turning a few pages and looking at the detailed figures of the various materials listed above, Hou Jie really raised his head in surprise. It was still the same class that was not polite, holding his arms, and Li Que's muffled voice under the mask came with some disdain.

"Seeing that you have spent all your money in order to entertain that faint king, I am afraid that you will not be able to mix in the Arab Empire and affect the interests of Fujian, I have managed to get you some property from the port of Suez, including grain, cloth, silk and spices."

"But don't think about using Fujian as a withdrawal bank, Fujian and you are just a cooperative relationship! The canal is going to be opened in Suez, and the materials are also very tight, if you don't have enough use value, the Fujian State will not hesitate to abandon you! ”

It's really a sweet jujube before it can be eaten, the stick is hit, listening to Li Que's disdainful voice, Hou Jie smiled bitterly and stuffed the account book into his sleeve, and shook his head helplessly.

"Then thank you for the grace of Captain Li."

"Hmph."

didn't take a closer look at what Li Que had come up with for himself, but Hou Jie suddenly showed a full evil smile and took a step forward, but Li Que was startled, took a big step back vigilantly, and arched slightly to stare at Hou Jie and asked.

"What are you going to do?"

"As the liaison officer of the Fujian Kingdom, isn't it your duty to assist me! Now Ben Emir needs you! ”

Looking at Li's missing appearance with a wicked smile, Hou Jie filled in a sentence again.

"Don't worry, this emir has no interest in hiding her head and showing her tail and not knowing how ugly she is, and she purely needs your force."

No matter what kind of woman is a woman, she is more or less concerned about her appearance, listening to Hou Jie belittle himself like this, Li Que couldn't help but hug his arms again and hummed disdainfully: "Yes! Lord Hou has a room full of beautiful women, and you can find your Yu'er if you need it, what is the official worried about. ”

In the muttering angrily, there was a faint but slightly sour feeling, and Hou Jie, who listened to it, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Captain Li, you won't forget, the jade of this emir has been given to the caliph!"

Li Que suddenly realized that the Turkic woman that Hou Jie loved a while ago was indeed given away by Hou Jie without any nostalgia in Hassan's eyes, and at the same time, Li Que's face under the mask couldn't help but turn red for the first time, annoyed that he was inexplicably sour.

Fortunately, it was completely impossible to see under the mask.

didn't seem to notice Li Que's abnormality, reached out and put his arm around Li Que's shoulder, Hou Jie laughed and walked out.

"Okay, my Captain Li, the place I want to go is very far, and I must leave early!"

Subconsciously, Li Que was taken by Hou Jie, so he walked outside the Emir's mansion, not realizing how familiar this action was.

and the tremor of Hou Jie's hand at the moment of holding her shoulder