At the same time, Karachi Castle, the old man Sinbada, who was facing calmly, calmly spoke his name: "I am Mansa Musa!"

Zhao Xing smacked his lips, repeated the name, pondered for a while, and replied: "I don't remember it!"

This reply made Sinbada a little frustrated, but what made him even more angry was that Zhao Xing turned to ask the Arabic translator on the side: "Do you have any impression of this name?"

The Arab translator was a member of Pu Yi'an. Rather than saying that he was an Arab, he was born and raised in Song Dynasty. Although he knew his own national language, he lived in the Song Dynasty most of his life. After listening to him ponder for a while, the answer he said made Sinbada angry: "I don't remember, I don't seem to have a reputation."

The old man's angry beard was raised, and he repeated angrily: "I am Mansa Musa!"

Zhao Xing shook his head: "If you want to use your family background to intimidate me, you are wrong. I am a conqueror. Your past family background and fame have no effect on me. The only thing I respect now is knowledge. If you want to impress me, please tell me the knowledge you have!"

The old man sighed, stood up and bowed to Zhao Xing, and said his other identity: "I am the tax-protection officer of the Southern District of the Drum Branch."

The so-called "tax-bearing official" is a medieval administrative method in which the local government relies on their wealth to advance taxes to the local government, and the local government uses the local taxes as collateral to repay merchants for advance payments. In the Middle Ages, lords were often ignorant and had no professional tax knowledge and business knowledge. At the same time, cultivating administrative talents was not something that the little lord could afford, so the lords contracted the taxes of the territory to professional merchants, and they collected the amounts stipulated in the contract from the merchants according to the agreed amount.

After this Middle Ages administrative method was introduced to China, it triggered a major earthquake, and two new words were born: "contracting" and "management of cities". These two words are completely the product of commercial civilization. Unexpectedly, they survived tenaciously under the nomadic civilization of Seljuk.

"In the 1040th year of the Jeremy calendar, Turgliberke, the grandson of Seljuk, occupied Khorasan; he conquered the entire territory of Iran and entered Baghdad in 1055. Caliph Kaim thanked Turgliberke for lifting the control of the Shiite Bwesh dynasty for him and named him the Sultan, and called him the "King of the East and the West". His father, also known as the nephew of Turgliberke, Alp-Arslan, inherited the title. He was the only prince of Seljuk and the hero of the Seljuk people.

Maliksha Arslan, the successor of the Seljuk Empire. In 1070 of the Jerez, he only used 5,000 people to defeat the Byzantine army at Manzikt. It took only three days to capture the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV, and thus most of the Byzantine region belonging to Byzantine belonged to him. During his reign (1072-1092), it was the heyday of the Seljuk Empire.

Eight years ago, in 1092 of the Yeli calendar, Maliksha died. The various philosophers were in conflict and the empire was divided. Some small dynasties appeared in Syria, Kerman, Asia Minor and other places. His third son, Sanjar, was granted the title of Khorasan four years ago (about 1096). He is currently the only remaining heir of the Great Seljuk Empire and the sect leader of other Seljuk dynasties. He defeated the Kara Kingdom in Central Asia and the Ghassini Dynasty on the Indian border…”

Mansa Musa slowly tells the history of the land under his feet. The "Sanjar" he mentioned is currently in its most glorious period. However, it is the glory of the sunset. In the late years of Sanjar's reign, the Ugus in Tocharostandi resisted, and he went to fight and was defeated and captured. He fled to Mulu in 1156 and died the following year. After the land, he was transferred to the Kingdom of Hualazimo. The Kingdom of Hualazimo was the frozen lamb leg tactic used by Guo Jing in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to climb up the mountain and landed in the city that was captured.

"The Yinlu Branch is now a branch of Seljuk, and is below the taxpayer in the southern provinces. This time, the inspection of the southern provinces approved the tax, but unexpectedly..." Mansa Musa continued to tell.

Zhao Xing didn't know whether Mansa Musa proudly mentioned his name several times, whether it was because of his family background, his scientific achievements, or his official position because of his mathematical achievements, etc. In his memory, the civilizations produced by this land were eventually destroyed by the Mongols' iron cavalry. Previous history and scientific achievements were all used by the Mongols as fuel for cooking milk tea and threw them into the tent with a simple stove. Therefore, even if Mansa Musa was in the local area or was famous in the history of Seljuk, he was ultimately just a handful of firewood.

Zhao Xing looked down on such a person from a condescending position. He was condescending to Mansa Musa's hospitality with condescending attentiveness, but he could not tolerate Mansa Mansa's pride. He interrupted the other party's long speech and said impatiently: "Mr. Sinbada, I just missed a person who was familiar with the local situation, and you... You said, I stayed in this port for fifty days, but I didn't see Prince Balochi come to conquer the attack. Does he not care about this port, you, the financial officer-oh, the correct name is the tax-protecting official."

Zhao Xing insisted on calling the other party Sinbada, as if he completely ignored the other party's original reputation. Sinbada sighed helplessly: "Marson, the promise I had received was to redeem my freedom with gold equal to my body. I hope you can urge your officers to fulfill their promises and allow me to redeem my own freedom.

For this, I am even willing to increase a portion of the ransom - plus my granddaughter, I am willing to pay three camels of sand, how about?...five camels?...so, how about ten? "

Zhao Xing's head was like a rattle. Sinbada increased the ransom to the golden sand carried by thirty camels. Zhao Xing still shook his head: "In my opinion, your value is worth a city and the entire Broad Branch. The bastards used to sell you cheaply. Fortunately, I have the opportunity to correct them. Mr. Sinbada, there is no need to fight anymore. You are my slave now. Your property belongs to me, including your property. Isn't it ridiculous for you to exchange my property for my freedom?"

After a moment of pause, Zhao Xing waved his hand and ordered an officer under his command: "Go and call Chen Buqun and tell him that the singing girl under him belongs to me. I want to return it to his grandfather and ask him to offer a price?"

Gangshou was full of displeasure and interrupted: "Sir, you said that this city belongs to Nanyang Company and to support people like us, but I heard it just now..."

"No conflict", Zhao Xing explained with a smile: "There is no conflict between the two! Recently, I have been thinking about the management methods of Nanyang affairs. You must know that maintaining such a distant sea and land requires a lot of effort. I can still maintain the diligence of the officers in this position, but after I resign, I cannot guarantee that my successor is not a corrupt official.

In this way, the hole in the military expenditure of the Southeast Asian countries will become the bottomless pit of corrupt officials. If you lose the support of the government, you will only be a rootless and a tree without roots in the face of the entire Arab counterattack.

But the conversation with this person just now inspired me. I am going to divide the overseas affairs of the Song Dynasty into two and completely hand over to the company for operation and operation. The Sri Lanka may be called the "East India Company", which is mainly responsible for the affairs east of India and the Three Foqi. With Sri Lanka as the boundary, the affairs west belong to the "Western Arab Company". The two major companies each contract and operate, and have the right to organize their own troops to maintain and ensure the smooth flow of their trade routes. As for the navy where I and I are, they only have the right to collect taxes, and also provide protection areas as required, and no longer interfere with your own operations."

Stop. Zhao Xing continued to add: "About the contracting matters between the East India Company and the West Arab Company, I hope you will discuss a constitution by yourself. In the future, I will only deal with the boards of these two major companies. In this way, I will avoid the successor from reaching out to you. OK?

In this regard, I have to send a financial supervisor, Mr. Sinbada, who once did tax-supporting things. He is the Financial Director of Arab Affairs where I appointed - this matter is no longer necessary. What you have to do now is to quickly come up with your own charter and then bid for shareholders of the two major companies."

Gang nodded in a nasty way, but immediately he understood: "My lord means that the overseas leaders of the Song Dynasty will be divided into two parts in the future, and we merchants will each carry out their own operations. The government will no longer interfere. They will only have the right to calculate our taxes in the future? On the other hand, we paid taxes. If we encounter an independent and irresistible crisis, we can also ask the imperial navy to come forward to help, right?"

Of course, this conversation was conducted in Song language, and there were too many new words involved. Mansa Musa obviously could not cope with the lower slang learned from the captive camp. He blinked and stared at the two people who were talking nervously. After the head of the slogan understood, he immediately excitedly asked Zhao Xing about his specific strategy. After asking about the contract period of fifty years, he turned around and exchanged his ideas with his businessmen and partners fiercely, speaking quickly and urgently.

After a while, the officer sent back with a veiled girl. The girl was graceful. When she saw Sinbada, she immediately rushed into Sinbada's arms and cried in tears. Zhao Xing was not interested in the girl's encounter. He turned to the officer and signaled with his eyes. The officer bowed and replied: "Sir Chen said: Since the teacher wants to ask for this woman, what is the money, the teacher just needs to take it."

Zhao Xing shook his head: "You can't break the rules, just do this. I will exchange a ship of goods with him for this woman. Tell him that the merchant ship belongs to me on the dock, and he will choose any one."

The officer bowed again: "The lower official also said this to General Chen. General Chen replied: This woman is his treasure, his eyeball. He cannot offer a price for his treasure, so she is priceless, but the teacher wants it, even if he asks him to dig out his eyeball, how dare General Chen pay the price to the teacher."

Zhao Xing smiled bitterly: "I can hear his resentment. Let me tell you about the situation here..."

Zhao Xing briefly introduced his plan. When he heard that Zhao Xing did not want to possess the woman himself, but wanted to return the woman to his grandfather, the officer was a little happy and replied: "In this way, the senior brother can continue to pursue this woman. Ah, take a ship of cargo from the teacher and continue to date this woman. The senior brother is not at all... I will tell the senior brother now."

Zhao Xing nodded and waved his hand to order the woman: "Release your veil!"

The veil was lifted, and a beautiful face was revealed in front of Zhao Xing. The people present let out a gentle breathing sound, and Zhao Xing was also surprised.

No wonder Chen Buqun was so moved. This woman had blond hair and blue eyes, and her blue eyes were as fascinating as the deep sea. Her white skin made her ivory-like face exuded a kind of carved beauty. Zhao Xing claimed that he had seen countless photos of beautiful women and had long been lost for beauty. When the woman's face was exposed in front of him, he was also confused for a moment.

"A little bit of aristocratic beauty like Audrey Hepburn," Zhao Xing muttered in a low voice: "I didn't know that Seljuk is a white man, and there is such a blonde and blue-eyed beauty."

The muttering sound was too light. No one heard it clearly. After a moment of pause, Zhao Xing waved his hand and said, "Your voice must be as gentle as a nightingale. No wonder my naval commander has fallen... Well, Sinbada, I have returned your gem to you, how can I repay my generosity?"

Zhao Xing said this sentence in Arabic. Suddenly, when he heard Zhao Xing speak fluently in Arabic, Sinbada hesitated for a moment, his expression was very confused. He paused for a moment, and he bowed slightly. He answered in Arabic: "My master, you have received allegiance from the Musa family!"

Zhao Xing raised his face and replied proudly: "I can say now that you have received the protection of my family. But this is what I already have."

Zhao Xing and Mansa Musa's question and answer are the "loyalty question and answer" between typical feudal lords. Zhao Xing's last sentence means: As a prisoner, Mansa Musa should have handed over his own loyalty after he was free.

Moussa bowed again: "My master, what else do you have to ask for?"

"My naval commander wants to have the opportunity to interact with your granddaughter - believe that our civilization is not inferior to you, and the Seljuks, the landowner of the Dorutch, are just sinners expelled by our ancestors. Since you can respect Seljuks, I think that my naval commander has not insulted the Moussa family in the slightest disgrace of the Mossa family."

Some of the facts that Zhao Xing omitted is that Chen Buqun already has a wife, so even if he married the woman, the woman married into the Chen family as a concubine, and the concubine has no status... However, this is not a problem for Arabs. Arabs can have four wifes, so even if Zhao Xing ignores this fact, I believe the other party doesn't care.

Chen Buqun had a different belief from this girl, which was not a problem for the Arabs. In the Middle Ages, Arabs regarded the crusaders fighting with them as equal opponents, and they also respected their beliefs. For example, Saladin and King Sixing respected each other. At the same time, there were also defeated Arab nobles who handed over their daughters and property to the Crusaders to redeem their freedoms. Shakespeare once wrote such a drama that recorded the customs of the time.

Arabs are slave countries, and Arab women are very tender. After marrying into their husbands' home, they often regard their husbands as the whole world. In the Middle Ages, due to the ruling power of the Arab Empire, the Western world also respected Arab rivals very much. Many people married the daughters of Arab nobles, but instead took pride in their bloodlines.

Because of all this, in this bloody crusade era, the Arab world was not as stubborn as modern times. Sinbada hesitated for a moment, and was also under the roof. He nodded helplessly: "Marson Marshal, I agree with your point of view. Now I want to ask, can I contact my family?"

Zhao Xing touched his chin and replied: "Of course, I need a group of professionals. Mr. Sinbada, the appointment I gave you far exceeds half a storm. It covers the entire Arab world, so I need a large number of professional talents to be responsible for helping me manage the entire Arab affairs. You should feel honored that this position may be an unimaginable opportunity for your family."

Sinbada hesitated for a moment and took Zhao Xingdi's appointment with a reserved attitude. But he immediately hesitated: "Marson, I heard that Aduli, the prime minister of the Tangluzhi, had negotiated with you. You have been stranded here for fifty days. I am worried that Aduli has assembled the army."

Zhao Xing smiled and asked with some anticipation: "It's been fifty days, and the flowers I'm waiting for are about to fade. Why haven't he come to attack me yet?"

Is there anyone who expects the enemy to attack like this? Sinbada rolled his eyes.

But Zhao Xing's expectations also showed the strong confidence of the Song army. Thinking of the sound of the Song army holding, which was thunderous and powerful, Sinbad nodded with satisfaction, feeling relieved that he had stood the right position. He hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, I just said that the King of Seljuk passed away not long ago, and the Great Seljuk was in collapse. The princes were fighting for the throne. Although His Majesty Sanjar was the recognized sect leader, he could only adopt the strategy of evacuation to rule his country.

In this case, His Majesty Sanjar dared not consume his army in fighting for the interests of the Prince of the Dorutes, and the Dorutes dared not easily consume their army. I estimate that if they sent out the army, it would be a struggle for interests and a series of conspiracies and compromises.

It takes time, I think this time is coming soon, fifty days, and they should have negotiated the result anyway.”

Zhao Xing didn't know that at this time, the black armored cavalry of the Banglu Branch had arrived. After a series of intrigues, the Banglu Branch reached a non-aggression agreement with the neighboring Fars state. After King Fars promised not to take advantage of the situation, the Prince of the Banglu Branch received a batch of weapons and supplies supported by Sanjar. He assembled all the troops and rushed towards the Karachi Castle with 110,000 troops. The vanguard, the vanguard, the 5,000 black armored cavalry, was discovered by the scouts; the second vanguard, the thirty thousand Persian infantry, then discovered the hidden Song army scouts.
Chapter completed!