Yao Chong really had the taste of an unpredictable prophet, and in less than half a day, the news of the riots in the residential areas of the Fujian strongholds that Xue Ne passed through came back one after another.

However, there was only one case of spies in the city persuading the Arab clans in the city to rebel, most of which was because the defenders of the Min army found out that the spies had infiltrated and had a stiff relationship with the local clans during the search, which caused a riot.

This is fundamentally a difference in concept, in the concept of the Arabs, only the clan is the largest, and it is easy to get together when encountering problems, and the county officials of Qom City are forced to favor the Arab clans, and the thorniness of the matter can be seen.

Regardless of Huaxia or Tianzhu, the authority of the government and the temple has broken the narrow circle of the clan, whether it is the Min official or the Tianzhu official who prefers to do things directly and roughly, especially these local officials appointed by Li Rang are either exiled officials from the original border of Damin, or Taixue soldiers under the command of Confucian soldiers, both of whom have either been bullied by the local Arab clans, or are enthusiastic and unwilling to compromise.

At the beginning, even Yao Chong and Song Jing scolded the Kumucheng County Order for being unfair, and the thinking of the Min people can also be seen.

The defenders of the Fujian army came to arrest people with great vigour, and the Arab clans, which were especially protective of their shortcomings, had to desperately defend them, and the two national ideas that no one obeyed anyone collided together, so it would be strange if they didn't fight.

Throughout April, almost all of the Governorates, who had penetrated deep into the Arabian Peninsula, were revolted by this kind.

Fortunately, Xue Ne, who was persuaded, did not continue to march in pursuit, but redeployed his forces, and under the suppression of the superior forces back and forth, it can be regarded as suppressing the rebellion that invaded the territory of the capital and the settlements one by one.

At the beginning of May,* the trade in myrrh finally came to an end, and even the war did not interrupt the enthusiasm of the Arabs to trade with the Fujian, and even some tribes attacked the border of the capital and sent merchants to Dubai to trade on the one hand, and in order to appease these desert tribes, Li Rang did not order the arrest of these desert merchants.

The *fruiting* tree, as well as the myrrh-producing Hadidine tree, also needed to be adopted, and the harvest ended in late April, and after centuries of desert nomadism, the Arabs paid special attention to respecting nature.

However, the end of the spice trade does not mean the end of prosperity, the peninsula also produces gold, silver, agarwood, coffee, palm, oil, olive and other rare items, although not as many caravans that sold * myrrh before, but there are still a few Arab caravans to trade every day, in order to earn this money, and in order to harvest incense next year more smoothly, many powerful chambers of commerce in the later generations of the tyrant city of Dubai Harbour built residential shops on the spot, sending their own children to be stationed here semi-permanently.

Under this enthusiastic development, Dubai Harbor and a series of coastal settlements such as Abu Dhabi City, which is not far away, have almost expanded one or two circles, especially in Dubai, businessmen are the most investment-minded, seeing Dubai Harbor so profitable, there is no need to mobilize the government, big businessmen take the initiative to donate money and materials to build the city wall, a huge oasis plain, you can see the scaffolding built everywhere, and there are tinkling craftsmen everywhere.

Especially in the outermost ring of the city wall more than ten miles long, the men of all ethnic groups are bare-chested, sweating like rain under the scorching sun, and under the command of the foreman, they continue to beat the ground with a stone grinding disc weighing more than 100 catties, and the rammed earth casts the tall city wall.

However, in the midst of the hot construction, there is an indescribable restlessness, especially after more than a dozen arrogant Bedouin light riders galloped into Dubai Harbour from the middle of the desert, as if a big stone had been dropped on the calm lake.

In the large conference room of the Governor's Palace, which was also built in a much grander and more European-style style, a fist slammed into the long round conference table painted with Fujian red lacquer and carefully made of African small-leaved red sandalwood.

"The desert barbarians have all been killed under our noses, even the port of Dubai, where the Protectorate is located, these bold Bedouin sand thieves dare to come and loot, and now those sand thieves dare to make such unreasonable demands, he can't get it on the battlefield, and he wants to use negotiations to deceive! If you agree, how could I have been so cowardly? Where is the majesty of the Protectorate in my river? ”

The handsome and narrow face of the quite family roared a little distorted, quite the indignant style of the later generations, and the fists slammed on the hard table again and again, and Li Chou, the general of the Duhu Clan, roared uncontrollably.

"Riyadh! Until now, they still rely on the support of my Damin's Lu rice every month, as well as the barbarian tribes in various places, without the business of my Damin's reward, they would have starved to death a long time ago! But what did my Damin's favor get in exchange? Thirty-two miles, the Tutun clan killed officials and rioted! Eighteen miles of shop, three clans resist taxes and impact the county government. ”

"What's even more excessive is that my Damin Imperial Court arrests criminals and sand thieves, and I actually have to negotiate with the barbarian chiefs in those places, even if I am a Damin Tang person, I don't have this privilege! The people do not suffer from widowhood but from inequality! So unfair, how will the Great Min rule the Tang people, the Persians, and the Tianzhu people in the future? ”

The spittle star even splashed on Xue Ne's face on the other side, and Li Chou almost gritted his teeth and asked, "How long will our compromise strategy take?"

This month, in the face of chaotic rule, the extermination faction represented by Li Chou and the pacification faction led by Guo Zhifeng have been arguing, making Li Rang, the king of Hezhong County, undecided, and finally it was Xue Ne, the guerrilla general of Guo Beifeng's faction, who suddenly rose up and brought back Yao Chong, who had been good with Li Rang, and Yao Chong's strategy of bringing back from the front-line grassroots persuaded Li Rang.

Yao Chong's strategy was indeed successful, trying to pacify the Arab communities in the various settlements, acknowledging the authority of the Arab clans, and in April and May, the low plants in the desert gradually grew, and it was the nomadic season, and the Arab sand pirate tribes who had entered the Kou retreated to their respective stations and began to graze, and in early May, the situation in the Governor's Mansion suddenly stabilized.

It's just that he is partial to retreat, and this style has further angered the main battle faction dominated by Li Chou and others, especially the new caliph in Riyadh Bessmansu in the name of ascending the throne, asking the Metropolitan Protectorate for 10,000 gold, 50,000 silver, 50,000 grain, silk tea, etc., plus a number of property that is almost extortion, and even fried the pot in the Metropolitan Protectorate.

In the face of Li Chou's questioning, Xue Ne was really calm at this time, he didn't even wipe the saliva, and arched his fist calmly.

"General Li, the reason for appeasement was explained a few days ago, and the vast majority of the local inhabitants are nomadic Arabs! We need to rely on them to rule! ”

"Now to tolerate them is just that we need time, plus time, to divide the clans in various places, and to influence them with the customs of the Great Min, sooner or later we can rule these unruly Arabs like the Tang people, Tianzhu people, Persian people, and Japanese people......"

Facing Li Rang, who was sitting on the top with a frown, Xue Ne explained respectfully, but before he finished speaking, Li Chou, who was knocking on the table, had already roared excitedly again.

"What do you mean, the property that Riyadh asked for was given to them?"

"The meaning of the last general, paying is just to win over people's hearts, and Busman must have just succeeded to the throne, and it is when people's hearts are unstable, so he will test the ...... of Da Min in this way"

Again, before Xue Ne could finish explaining, Li Chou interrupted him again in a violent manner, and directly vetoed arrogantly: "This is exchanging money for peace!"

"If money is exchanged for peace, what do you want us and other soldiers to do? Your Highness, the last general is invited to fight! ”

"Now the tribes in the desert are so arrogant and domineering because of the Busman beard, as long as Riyadh is defeated and the Busman is destroyed, the Bedouin barbarians will naturally become a plate of scattered sand again! Your Highness, don't miss this opportunity! ”

As he spoke, Li Chou left his position directly, knelt down solemnly on the ground, and said solemnly to Li Rang, who had a stern face.

bowed to Li Rang, but Li Chou's eyes inadvertently remained fixed on Guo Beifeng, who had not said a word until now.

Li Chou, Guo Beifeng, has always been the leader of the two opposing factions in the Hezhong Metropolitan Protectorate, Guo Beifeng belongs to the powerful faction that relies on military merit for promotion, and Li Chou is a shadow faction that relies on family background, relatively speaking, Li Chou is not too popular.

This time, it was not how willing Li Chou was to think about Damin, but that there were too many war factions, but Guo Beifeng advocated stability and opposed sending troops.

The phrase of spending money to buy peace and asking us and other soldiers to do it really aroused the enthusiasm of many young generals, who also felt that it was too shameful to pay this tribute to Riyadh, and almost most of the generals around the table also stood up and bowed down suddenly.

"The last general is going to fight!"

Many of them are generals and lieutenants under his command, looking at this scene, Guo Beifeng, who has been silent, has become a little unsightly, but in this case, he has no way to go against everyone's wishes, so he has no choice but to turn his expectant eyes to the side again.

On both sides of the upper seat where Li Rang sits, there are two generals standing in the iron tower, Sheng Lianshan, the general of the left Qianniuwei, listened to what Li Chou said and was already ready to move, while Li Yexu, the general of the right Qianniuwei, pinched his chin thoughtfully, he did not belong to the Hezhong Metropolitan Protectorate, and he did not need to take into account the feelings of the generals of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and Li Yexu has always been calm, and it is undoubtedly risky to send troops at this time, if he speaks against it, even Li Rang, the king of Hezhong County, needs to be considered.

Not only Guo Zhifeng expected him to speak out, but even Li Rang looked at it hopefully.

"General Li, what do you think of the matter so far? Lone should send troops to Riyadh. Or is he gentle with Busman, promising to give him 50,000 stone of grain, 10,000 gold and 50,000 silver? ”

Almost all eyes were fixed on Li Yexu, Guo Beifeng's eager gaze, Li Chou's nervous gaze, and the expectant gaze of the generals, under so many gazes, Li Yexu actually seemed to have just woken up, and he came back to his senses in a trance, but he bowed respectfully and said: "His Royal Highness is the chief of the march personally granted by the King of Fujian, whether to send troops or not, His Royal Highness can make a decision." ”

Li Yexu said this is equivalent to not saying it, neither supporting nor opposing, but he gave up, which is almost equivalent to support, Guo Beifeng blinked in disbelief, Li Chou's twitching face showed ecstasy, and finally groaned for about half a minute, Li Rang finally made up his mind suddenly.

"Spread the order of the Protectorate of the Middle River, assemble the four armies of the front, center, right and rear of the upper and lower Arab states, order the Bedouin to assemble from the horse to Dubai, officially refuse the request of the Busman to be canonized and ask for a reward, and pass on the order of the king to crusade against Riyadh!"