Chapter 1080. Negotiation, collusion

Li Rang's solemn inquiry is obviously to remember himself, can Li Rang be so solemnly remembered, will it be far from reuse in the future?

After explaining a few more details, with ecstasy, Yao Chong hurried out of the captain's room, and a moment later, a small boat was lowered from the sea owl floating in the deep sea, the oars broke through the calm sea, and rowed to the shore like a centipede.

After another half an hour, a rope was lowered from the city wall, and after watching from side to side like thieves for a long time, a few fat and fat fellows carefully grabbed the rope and climbed up the city wall with great difficulty.

At this time, the city of Dubai was obviously empty, after the outbreak of the war, many of the Arabs who belonged to it also joined the plundering of the Great Min, killing officials and rebelling, plundering the county government, for the Arabs, the Min people no longer trusted, the Arabs who worked in the port city to move and do business were all driven out of the city, and naturally a lot of houses were vacated.

However, in the middle of this empty community, a lone lamp suddenly lit up like a ghost fire, and there was silence in all directions, which seemed unexpectedly eerie.

"Hehe, Master Yao, the person you are looking for has been found for you." Nodding his head, a rather wealthy chieftain wearing a long shirt and Tang costume, more like a Tang man than an Arab, said with a flattering smile.

This person is actually Elle Maigai from Tongli Town, and he has not been in contact since Yao Chong and Song Jing were transferred together, and I don't know when he will contact Yao Chong again.

Other Arabs are more or less related to the Great Min, some directly cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce in the Great Min to sell the special products in the desert, and some are in cooperation with the Great Min to jointly develop the resources in the territory, just like Al Maigai, who excavated gold mines in Tongli Town, and the Fujian merchants were responsible for transporting the products to the Great Min in exchange for the tobacco, tea, grain and luxury goods of some chiefs urgently needed by the Arabs.

However, after the defeat of the acacia, many tribes who did not obey the control of the Fujian officials also rebelled, and many people's tribes are still in the army attacking Dubai outside the city gate.

Some chiefs had cigarettes in their mouths, others silently fiddled with the wrench rings in their hands, and the huge cat's eye gems emitted a novel but strange light under the light, but except for Ellermagai, these chiefs did not look very good, and some still had fierce eyes.

"Ellemaigai, you called us with a pledge of faith in the Lord, wouldn't it just be to talk to this petty Fujian official?"

An Arab sheikh with a thick and stiff curly beard on his face, a large black gem inlaid in the center of his turban on his head, and a particularly fierce mania with strong muscles on his face, shouted unceremoniously, and the thick cigarette continued to spew choking smoke from his mouth, which made people frown.

This man's name is Maher, although in terms of blood, this man is not a pure Arab, but with a little northern blood that the Arabs despise, but his strength is undoubtedly quite strong, before the war, more than half of the porters in Dubai Port came from his clan, and after the war, the vanguard of the Busman Beard was this guy.

However, the enemy vanguard general was negotiating in the city of Damin in the middle of the battle, and although his attitude was disrespectful, Yao Chong still carried a victorious attitude, and without waiting for Ellermaigai's anxious explanation, Yao Chong had already taken the lead in sneering at each other without showing weakness.

"Although this official position is small, at least I can decide how long you can smoke this cigar, and how long your clan members will not starve."

"You! Look for death! The bull's eyes showed a fierce light, Mahe's thick hand reached out and grabbed Yao Chong's collar, his face full of horizontal flesh twitched, like a beast that was about to devour people at any time, this momentum, even Al Maigai, who was also an Arab, couldn't help but take half a step back timidly.

It's a pity that turning a blind eye to his majesty, Yao Chong is still so arrogant, his eyes are looking directly at his eyes without showing weakness, the two of them have exchanged eyes for a few seconds, Ma He snorted coldly and shook his hand again, after all, he didn't do anything to Yao Chong.

Even more in hand, Yao Chong took out a small notebook from his arms and talked eloquently: "And the Nasser clan, you should have collected a lot of coffee, right?" Saudi Arabia, how much more oil to sell like Damin? Tsk, the Saide clan, your agarwood should be able to sell for a good price in Damin, right? ”

As Yao Chong named them one by one, the faces of several tribal chiefs present became ugly, it is easy for a person to transition from a hard life to a good life, and it is extremely unbearable to go back to live that kind of hard life, although the cooperation with Damin has only been more than half a year, but the transaction with myrrh has already made these offshore tribes taste the sweetness of cooperation with Damin, and then restrain them with those hard days in the past, it is really more uncomfortable than killing them.

This was also Yao Chong's opportunity, in the generals of the Hezhong Metropolitan Protectorate, the staff were full of the threat brought by the Bedouins, but in the confrontation with Damin, he saw an opportunity to cooperate.

At the height of the war between Damin and Arabia, the idea of calling on the Arab sheikhs who were still fighting in the Vausmansu army to fight for Damin was crazy enough, but it was not impossible to realize.

In fact, now that the Busman is so arrogant, there is also part of the fault of the Great Min itself, Li Rang's order drove the Arabs out of the city, many food and clothing were lost, or the tribes that were afraid of the raids of these same tribes had to join the Busman Su, and the Great Min personally pushed some friendly tribes out.

But now the situation is a little different, Busman has led the Bedouin tribes to play a triumphant song into Li Rang's territory for more than ten days, and they have been attacked inside and outside, all the fortresses that should be robbed have been robbed, and everything that can be taken has been taken, and now they can't gnaw on the biggest spoils of several big cities.

The Min people can fight a protracted war, and the continuous supply of troops and materials from the sea is enough for the Great Min to fight for ten or twenty years, but if it cannot be fought for more than ten days, the Bedouin tribes will have to retreat to the desert.

Although the nomads are extremely mobile and adaptable, it does not mean that they are machines and do not need to eat river water, spring and summer, the period when the plants in the desert are flourishing, it is the time for grazing to fatten camels and sheep, but since spring, various tribes have already spent their time fighting against Damin.

If it is really an attack on the farming people, it is possible to plunder enough harvest on the fields of the farming people to feed the tribesmen, but the problem is that the upper and lower Arab states under Li Rang's rule are also deserts, which are basically a commercial civilization, and do not produce grain locally, and completely rely on Tianzhu imports.

The military rations of the various fortresses were almost eaten, and the delay delayed the final fattening of the livestock, and many tribes faced the threat of famine in such a harsh autumn and winter.

This is still a nomadic Bedouin, the Arabs are a semi-nomadic and semi-agrarian people, and those Arab clans who rely on oasis farming have missed the agricultural time, they have nothing to eat, and what is the use of grabbing more gold, silver, jewelry, porcelain, and tobacco?

Even when Guo Beifeng was having a headache with the fierce offensive of the Arabs, Yao Chong had already keenly seen the anxiety in the enemy army, and gave this anxiety to Li Rang as a qualification for promotion.

Even if Yao Chongquan said that he was right, these Bedouin chieftains still refused to show weakness, and Mahe once again hugged his arm fiercely, and snorted coldly with disdain: "The Min people are like sheep, and my Arab man has nothing to rob with a knife and gun." ”

Hearing this threat, the sneer on Yao Chong's face became even stronger.

"Hehe, rob? So what is Your Excellency still doing outside the city today? ”

"Even if you give up the interests of the Nevde Desert, with a few ports as a place of call, my Damin merchants can still go to Europe farther through the Suez Canal to exchange for wealth, but without my Damin, your *, myrrh, agarwood, and red sandalwood are just a bunch of waste, and they can't be exchanged for a grain of grain if they rot in the ground."

"Indeed, we Fujian people admire the bravery of the Arabs, but on this sea, I still say the same thing!"

In the window, you can vaguely glimpse the spectacular body of the sea owl-class ship swaying in the waves, hugging his shoulders and turning his back to Mingyue, and a sense of arrogance is even more fierce on Yao Chong's body, and the most terrifying Mach couldn't help but take half a step back, and a group of chiefs were also silent.

Indeed, if they could get it, they wouldn't have risked coming here to talk about it.

"Now that you've thought about your request, tell me, don't go too far! After negotiating the conditions, the official will naturally take you to meet the big man of my capital protectorate, remember to be respectful when the time comes, otherwise the official will not be able to protect you if you die. ”

Like a group of chiefs, Yao Chong said arrogantly.