The news of the Byzantine Empire's attack from the Asia Peninsula reached Mulu City from various sources, and just yesterday Li Siye had relented and ordered his soldiers to pack up and prepare for the road. He had lost hope in negotiations, and often cursed himself that the princes of Constantinople were cowardly bastards, and did not even dare to seize such a great opportunity.

The missionaries of the Nestorian Sect came to Mulu City with the news, Li Siye had just laid down and was about to rest, and after hearing Cen Shen's story, he excitedly beckoned to Yan Xiaosi outside the door: "Call that priest over, I will ask him personally." ”

The priest walked into the flat-roofed room in a ramie robe, clutching the cross around his neck, and the blood-soaked soldiers terrified him.

Li Siye sat up from the couch and beckoned to him with a warm expression: "Hello priest." ”

The priest thought to himself that this was the only gentleman here, though he was also a man of scary build. He hurriedly drew a cross on his chest and said, "See Your Excellency the Honorable General." ”

"Father, tell me in detail the news you brought that Constantinople is finally at war against the Great Cannibals?"

"It is so, Your Excellency, Constantine IV the Great has gathered his generals more than a month ago to cross the Torus Mountains and attack the peninsula of Asia Minor. I know that this news will be very useful to the Great General, and it will ease your stress on the battlefield of Khorasan today. ”

It's not just useful, it's just too useful, this is his opportunity to open his mouth to the lion of Hebosilin, and at the same time it is also an opportunity to develop the Anxi army. Tianbao has eleven years, time waits for no one, he needs to grab a fortune, this wealth can make his strength grow rapidly, and he can overshadow the three towns of Heshuo in one fell swoop.

After the priest withdrew, Li Siye spun around on the ground barefoot, and said excitedly to Cen Shen: "Go and call everyone over, and order the whole army to continue to be stationed." And Bo Silin will send an envoy to come soon, and we will discuss how to put forward the conditions, what kind of conditions, and I will say, well, how can there be robbery in farming. ”

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Everyone sat cross-legged on the left and right, looking up at Li Siye who was sitting on the Hu bed, he took off his heavy armor today, only wore a purple robe, and said with his hands on his chest and relaxedly: "The Great Food Society sent envoys to negotiate with us, the place of negotiation is a post station located in the Kizilkum Desert, I am ready to send Duan Xiushi and Cen Shen as our representatives, what conditions we need to propose, everyone will participate." ”

All the generals looked at each other, not because they didn't understand, but because they had never heard of being able to make conditions with the enemy, and they didn't know what to mention.

Tian Zhen patted her belly and said, "Doctor Li, the brothers are all rough people, where will they put forward any conditions?" This matter was facilitated by Dr. Li, what needs to be mentioned, you just have to say it, brothers just listen. ”

Deputy Protector Cheng Qianli also crossed his hands and said: "Doctor, what conditions need to be proposed, you give us a sample first, and then we will slowly refer to it." ”

"Okay," Dr. Li rolled up his sleeves and spoke: "The so-called conditions put forward by the defeated side in the victorious direction are nothing more than two kinds of compensation: compensation and land cession. The indemnity is naturally the gold dinar coin, the official currency of the Great Food Dynasty and Byzantium, which is what you call the Sassanid gold coin, and we will discuss a figure. ”

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became ambiguous, the generals almost showed a look of greed for money, and some even swallowed saliva secretly, for fear of being ridiculed by the doctor for not being productive.

"How much should I ask them?" The marching Sima Wang Zhengjian stroked his pale beard and hesitated: "Or, 200,000 gold coins?" ”

"Alas," Tian Zhencai waved his hand and said, "It's too little, it should be at least 300,000." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Only then did Li Siye show his disgust that you were all worthless, and 300,000 gold coins were not enough for the materials, grain and grass consumed by this war.

The dinar gold coin system was popular throughout Eurasia because gold, a precious metal, was the favorite of all peoples. The true dinar originated in the Umayyad Dynasty, and until today, Eurasian countries have used gold to mint money, and almost most of the gold in the Tang Dynasty market flowed through the Silk Road, making it a hard currency on an equal footing with spices due to the low production of gold in the Central Plains.

The weight of a gold coin is about eight to ten grams, four or five pieces are one or two pieces of gold, and the exchange rate between gold and Kaiyuan Tongbao is about one or two thousand, so 300,000 gold coins are equivalent to 600,000 yuan, which is not a small amount, but Li Siye is still not satisfied. He inherited the greedy nature of later generations of businessmen, and would rather talk about collapse than less.

"The doctor thinks it should be as much as it should be." As a disciple of Confucianism, Cen Shen was also forced to talk about money and other things here, which really went against his heart.

Li Siye twisted his beard and pondered: "What we are asking for is war reparations, so naturally we want to include our war losses. It's been a full year since we started from Qiuzi. More than 20,000 Anxi athletes, as well as Ning Yuanguo and Ge Lulu's two allies, are always working hard with their heads, including the bereavement of the families of the fallen soldiers, as well as the financial contributions of Anxi, and the intangible losses are difficult to estimate. I don't think it's as good as this, for 365 days a year, Da Shi will compensate 10,000 gold coins every day, for a total of 3.65 million gold coins. ”

The generals were dumbfounded when they heard this, and it was really a lion who opened his mouth.

"What's that look on your face? If even you think it's much more, wouldn't it be even more difficult for the big cannibals to accept? It was not enough to ask for gold, and the Abbasids had to compensate us with 10,000 Arabian horses. ”

Li Siye proposed to ask for war horses, which made the generals' eyes light up for a while.

"As for the land cession, it is naturally unrealistic to ask them for the entire Khorasan Province, and it is not very useful to ask for Mulu City in this desert alone, it is better to cut off the relationship between the nine countries in the river and even Tocharian and the Great Eclipse at one time, and also cut off the passage of the Great Eclipse to India. Let the Great Cannibal recognize the sovereignty of our Tang Dynasty as the suzerainty of the Nine Kingdoms of the River and the Tocharian Realm in the treaty, and at the same time the two sides agree on a permanent border line. With Mulu City as the boundary, it was ruled that it was a border free city, and the Great Food Army was not allowed to garrison troops in the city, and at the same time, a boundary pillar stone tablet was placed, and Chinese characters and Arabic characters were engraved on the top as a testament to the historical legacy. ”

After hearing this, the generals deeply felt the familiarity and comprehensiveness of Dr. Li's proposals, as if they had already made a draft in their wombs.

The amount of compensation and the demarcation of boundaries were unanimously agreed.

"You all retreat first, Duan Xiushi and Cen Shen stay, and we will discuss the specific details of the terms of the treaty."

The generals got up to leave, and Li Siye closed his eyes and meditated for a moment, then opened his eyes and looked at them.

"There is also an article to be added to the treaty, the Abbasid dynasty will pay tribute to the sage Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty every year nine white horses and nine white camels."

Cen Shen scratched his head and said, "If you want them to pay tribute, can they agree?" ”

"They have to agree to this, even if it is reduced by two percent on other conditions."

"Why do you want to reduce it by two percent in other aspects, although white horses and white camels are rare, they lack actual value."

"I'll tell you why." Li Siye pointed to his feet and said: "It's really cool to ask for money from the big cannibal, but I can't fucking just care about myself, the most important thing is to make the saint happy, only when the saint is happy, I can be truly happy." ”

Cen Shen understood in a trance, nodded and said, "I feel that we have been on an expedition for so long, and this battle is nominally fought for the saint?" ”

"What do you think? Fighting is for the saints to see, and if your marching chronicles are wonderfully written, you can give them to the saints to read when the time comes. ”