Chapter 522

Those few foreigners were still a bit unconvinced.

"But we paid for it, the price for high-quality ironware!"

"Get out quickly!"

Zhang Xian held the hilt of his sword, and his killing intent suddenly burst forth.

The few Byzantine merchants were so scared that they didn't dare to say anything more and ran away dejectedly.

Qin Mu pointed at this ironware shop.

"This shop is to be confiscated by the Ministry of Revenue, and all assets are to be seized." Then he lowered his head and looked at the shopkeeper crawling on the ground.

"This person is a Great Tang spy; hand him over to the Embroidered Uniform Guard to take back for further interrogation."

"Understood!"

Zhang Xian led the Personal Guards and executed Qin Mu's oral order with lightning speed.

After dealing with this matter in a few sentences, Qin Mu left the West Market amidst the people kneeling on the ground and returned to the Imperial Palace.

The trip to the West Market allowed Qin Mu to see the people's reverence for him and his prestige among the people.

At the same time, he also discovered a small trick of Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wuji.

He attempted to obtain the high-quality ironware that Great Qin prohibited from being sold abroad through Tianzhu.

Qin Mu estimated that the most likely scenario was that these ironwares were still handed over to Jin Tian to secretly forge weapons.

Fortunately, they would still remain in Jin Tian's hands and would not enter the Great Tang army.

If Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wuji knew that Jin Tian was actually a secret agent of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, what would he think?

Wouldn't he be angered to death?

For Qin Mu, this is just an insignificant little episode.

But for another group of people, they have been treated unfairly.

Byzantium!

They came to Chang'an for the first time and saw the prosperity of the Great Qin.

All the goods have a fatal attraction to them, and they want to take everything they see back to Constantinople to show off.

However, after a round of procurement, they found the thing they needed most urgently.

High-quality ironware!

I don't know how the Great Qin refined it, but it can have such tough and durable ironware?

Byzantium also has pig iron, but it is very brittle and of low quality.

Byzantine special envoy Cronus believes that this is a good opportunity to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the Byzantine army, so he asked everyone in the mission to pool all their money and buy all the Great Qin's high-quality ironware.

However...

"757" Not only was everything they got inferior ironware, but it was also confiscated by the Great Qin Imperial Guard.

Heavy losses!

Cronus was very dissatisfied, and after learning the news, he personally found the Great Qin Prime Minister Wang Wang Yangming.

"Prime Minister Wang, why does the Great Qin treat us Byzantines Wu Li Ke this?"

"We came from afar and are guests, so we should enjoy special privileges."

"The Great Qin should be polite to us, how can you confiscate our goods at will?"

Wang Wang Yangming already knew about the Great Qin Emperor appearing in the West Market to seal an ironware shop.

Wang Wang Yangming was a bit dissatisfied with Cronus's questioning.

"What special privileges do you want?"

"Attempting to buy contraband, it was already very polite not to throw you into prison!"

Cronus shouted.

"You openly opened a shop on the street to sell it, how can you say it is contraband?"

"You can't bully us just because we are from a foreign country!"

Wang Wang Yangming can understand Cronus's dissatisfaction.

This person is the son of the Byzantine King, Heraclius I, and his status is equivalent to a crown prince.

In his own country, he probably has never been bullied.

So when he came to the Great Qin, he felt so aggrieved.

As the Great Qin Prime Minister, his attitude represents the attitude of the Great Qin.

Of course, he cannot spoil this crown prince.

"High-quality ironware is sold openly because it is not contraband to our Great Qin people."

"However, for you foreigners, it is contraband!"

"When entering the Great Qin, everyone bought the Great Qin entry manual, right? It is written clearly on it."

"Don't run in front of me and pretend to be innocent at this time!"

Cronus was speechless.

The Great Qin entry manual must be bought by everyone who enters the Great Qin territory.

And it is very expensive; a thin booklet sells for one tael of silver.

But at first, Cronus didn't think it was expensive; on the contrary, he thought it was very cheap.

In Byzantium, there is no paper at all, and everything is written on thin sheepskin.

Every sheepskin book costs at least one tael of gold.

When he first saw the Great Qin's paper, Cronus thought it was a good thing more valuable than sheepskin.

It wasn't until he came to Chang'an that he discovered that in the Great Qin, paper books are ridiculously cheap.

Various books sold on the street only cost ten wen each, and one tael of silver can buy at least two hundred books!

Only then did he realize that as foreigners, they were pitted by the Great Qin.

He had read the manual, but he was only admiring the paper and handwriting and didn't read the content at all. "You Great Qin just look down on us foreigners!"

"Setting traps for us everywhere!"

"I want to protest, your approach has deeply hurt the feelings of us foreigners!"

"When I go back, I will report to my father and send troops to the Great Qin!"

Cronus got hot-headed and actually dared to say words of military threat.

Wang Wang Yangming's face immediately turned black.

"As a Byzantine special envoy, you must be responsible for what you have said."

"I will ask you one more time, do you really want to send troops to the Great Qin?"

Such serious and cold words were Wu Li Ke a basin of cold water poured on Cronus's head.

Having been warned by the Great Qin Prime Minister, Cronus dared not be presumptuous again.

Before leaving for the Great Qin, his father had given him instructions.

He still clearly remembered the conversation at that time.

Heraclius I: "Son, as the heir to the empire, you should go to the Great Qin to gain knowledge."

Cronus: "Father, isn't our biggest enemy the Arab Empire? What good will it do us to go to the Great Qin?"

Heraclius I: "Don't be too narrow-minded. If the Great Qin can make the Arab Empire suffer, there must be something worth learning."

Cronus: "Father, I understand, they are also a powerful empire similar to us, and are our potential allies..."

Heraclius I: "Not really, you don't understand the pride of the Great Qin people, they don't take us seriously."

Cronus: "Father, let them try the Byzantine iron cavalry, maybe they won't be so proud!"

Heraclius I: "Don't! Don't provoke strong enemies for us anymore! The Great Qin is mysterious and powerful, if you mess around, we will be in danger of perishing."

Cronus: "...Father, although I don't believe it, I still promise you not to cause trouble."

"I don't believe the Great Qin is that powerful? We Byzantines are the most excellent race!"

Although until now, Cronus still doesn't know what is so powerful about the Great Qin?

However, he promised his father not to cause trouble.

Moreover, after meeting the Arab Empire prophet Muhammad, he has been observing Muhammad's attitude.

He found that this arrogant prophet actually dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak out against the Great Qin.

Although Muhammad is an enemy of Byzantium, his reputation in Byzantium is very high.

Byzantines admire Muhammad's wisdom very much.