Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2912 Bargaining
On the way here from Chang'an, Changsun Jun already had a considerable understanding of Damascus.

Although it claims to be the "Pearl of the West" and "the land blessed by God", in fact this city is quite ignorant and backward. "Natural selection for the survival of the fittest" means whoever has the biggest fist gets to speak.

The people here don't understand the meaning of creation at all, and think that the benevolence, righteousness and morality that the far east pays attention to are basically empty.
So although they are far behind the Han people, they have never looked down on the Han people.

The so-called legal system is useless, just a tool created for the superiors to better enslave civilian slaves.

Therefore, the people of Damascus never cared about things like the Han people killing each other.

They only care about whether people come to Damascus to do business and whether they can bring them wealth. As for whether the Han people are dead or alive, they don't even bother to look at them.

As a result, Changsun Jun dared to brazenly massacre Qin Changgeng's caravan not far from Damascus...

Changsun Jun felt guilty, and forced himself to calm down and said, "I don't know about this at all, and I didn't rob or kill any caravan. The general must have made a mistake."

Azmi stared straight at Changsun Jun, and remained silent.

Changsun Jun coughed dryly, and said: "I came from Chang'an, and accidentally lost the seal of the state letter on the way, so I beg the general to ask your king for instructions. After the matter is completed, there will be a great reward."

He can't be entangled in the killing of the caravan. The Damascus people really don't care about the life and death of the Han people, but this man is not a good friend at first glance. In case of greed, he wants to arrest him and put him in prison, and then blackmail him. What about blackmail?
I am a jade, I must not break it on the land of Damascus!
It’s better to come up with a serious matter quickly, so that this Azmi knows that you want money, and I have enough, and I can do things for me to get paid, instead of blackmailing and blackmailing the caravan robbery...

Fortunately, although Azmi is vulgar, he is not stupid. After turning around in his mind, he also figured out the joints.

This Han man is thousands of miles away. Even though his family has a mountain of wealth, the distant water cannot satisfy his thirst. Is it possible that he can write a letter to his family in Chang'an and send it to Damascus to redeem people?
It's not impossible to do this, anyway, it is better to lock him in Jianyu and wait for his family to come, but this will inevitably cause a storm in the city. Once this matter is heard by the caliph, he may not be able to escape punishment.

For the rich land in the east, the caliph has long been salivating.Although the previous war failed to achieve the result of occupying the countries of the Western Regions and approaching the capital of the Tang Dynasty, halfway because of the turmoil in the holy land of Mecca, he had to return to the court, but his thoughts never weakened.

On the contrary, it became more and more urgent after he accidentally ascended to the position of caliph and took control of the vast territory and strong military force of the Arab Empire.

The caliph's coveting of Tang Dynasty is not a land that has not been masked. The caliph's desire for land is not the same as that of his predecessors. He values ​​real wealth more.

Everyone knows that the Silk Road is a channel flowing with gold, and the starting point of the Silk Road, Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, is the place where the wealth of the world gathers.

Countless Hu merchants who have been to Chang'an are describing the magnificence and wealth of that city. If they can conquer it, how much wealth will they get?

And the previous battle in Suiyechuan also made the Caliph see the strength of the Tang army, so he felt scruples, and he would not rush to conquer the powerful empire with countless troops before the internal stability was stabilized.

But the process of grabbing wealth cannot be interrupted. Therefore, all cities in the Arab Empire were ordered to treat Han merchants well, to attract as many Han merchants as possible to the Arab Empire for business and trade, and to accelerate the circulation of wealth, making the empire Get more taxes.

So if the caliph finds out that he put the Han merchants under house arrest in order to extort wealth, he will definitely not forgive himself...

Thoughts turned in his mind, Azmi said: "The caliph is the leader of the empire, and even the messenger of heaven in the world. His status is extremely noble. Who can see it if he wants to? It is difficult for generals like us to see the caliph. On the one hand, foreign ministers like you are even more delusional. It's hard, it's hard."

The contempt in Changsun Jun's heart is still Abdullah's way, first emphasizing the difficulties, and then leaving the words... Don't these stupid Damascus people know other tricks?

"We Han people have a saying, 'Friends have the right to donate money'. As long as the general can help me, then the general is my friend. As long as you ask, no matter how many thanks you give."

Now there is a popular saying in Chang'an: "Any problem that can be solved by money is not a problem."It is said that these words first came from Fang Jun's mouth, and later spread, and were regarded as a standard by many people.

It sounds a bit crazy at first, but when you think about it carefully, you have to admit that it does make sense.

When a person reaches a slightly higher level, he will find that it is actually quite easy to accumulate wealth. Compared with it, some matters in the officialdom or in the rules are more difficult to deal with. If you can use money to open the way and solve problems, why not? Why not?

Hearing this, Azmi smiled, and the coldness and seriousness on his face disappeared in an instant. He applauded and said, "You Han people are indeed smart, and only you can imagine such a brilliant truth. Since you regard me as a friend, I will not hide it." Tucked away, the price is 1000 taels of gold, what do you think?"

Chang Sun Jun almost bit off his tongue, he stared at Azmi in surprise, did this person fall out of sight?
Due to the low level of ore mining in this era, the output of gold and silver is extremely rare, which is the case in both the East and the West, so it is extremely precious.

Datang’s official exchange value for gold, silver and copper is one: ten: ten. The unit of the former two is "two", and the unit of the latter is "guan".It has always been equal to one thousand Wen, which means that one tael of gold is worth ten thousand.This is still the official price. In fact, due to the scarcity of gold and silver, copper coins and cloth are used as currency most of the time. The actual exchange price has risen a bit, and it is roughly around [-] yuan for one tael of gold.

This Azmi opened his mouth to ask for 1000 taels of gold, that is more than one million guan, more than ten million yuan...

Even if it is pulled by a carriage, dozens of carriages are needed.

Even if the eldest grandson's family has a big business, it is not easy to gather so many people in a short while...

Changsun Jun, however, had no embarrassment on his face, and said with great emotion: "It is impossible for me to bring so much money with me when I am an envoy to Damascus. If the general trusts me, I can wait until the next return journey and send my relatives to follow. Serve, without delay."

"Haha, Your Excellency thinks I'm a rough person, so I'm so easy to fool?"

Azmi grinned and said, "When you return to Chang'an, what can I do if you want to play tricks? That's Chang'an, the capital of the Great Tang Empire, with millions of soldiers impenetrable, even our caliph can only look at it and sigh. Not to mention my little general?"

Changsun Jun frowned and said, "General, it's hard for me. This time, the journey is long and easy. No one would carry so much money..."

In the middle of speaking, Azmi interrupted.

Azmi stared at Changsun Jun, put away his smile, and said coldly: "Don't use such words to deceive me again. Before I became the general guarding the city of Damascus, my duty was to be in charge of the market in the east of the city. Dealing with Han merchants every day, that's why I learned this Chinese language, and I can also recognize a few Chinese characters. As far as I know, no matter which country the angels of the Tang Dynasty go to, they will have the Emperor Jieyan's accompanying guards to highlight the Tang Dynasty. The dignity of the emperor's reign in the world...Your Excellency, there are only dozens of people around you, who have neither credentials nor integrity, and you want to slaughter a group of merchants and rob their carriages and goods to disguise your identity. You say you are an envoy of the Tang Dynasty. who?"

Changsun Jun had nothing to say.

After all the calculations, he didn't calculate that his every move was controlled by the Damascus, and he fell into an extremely passive situation.

He had no choice but to say: "I really don't have that much money with me. I will offer it up when I return to Chang'an. The general is worried that I will cheat. In your opinion, what should I do?"

(End of this chapter)