Chapter 558

As for the people, Great Tang had more than ten million.

In Old Li's mind, too many people were also a burden.

"Then it's settled, Great Tang will use people to pay the debt."

Actually, this was the result Qin Mu was looking forward to most.

Unlike Old Li, what Qin Mu valued most was not land or prisoners of war, but the people!

Land and prisoners of war were things that were easily obtained for Great Qin.

But the population of the people was not so easy to increase.

After conquering foreign lands, assimilating the foreign people also takes a long time.

How could it be easier than obtaining people directly from Great Tang?

Great Qin and Great Tang share the same roots and origins.

Moreover, the Great Tang people's yearning and recognition for the Great Qin court far exceeded that of the foreign people.

It can be said that as long as the Great Tang people cross the border, they can directly become Great Qin people.

"Refreshing!

Then it's settled!

The wealth obtained from robbing the family merchant caravans also belongs to the horse bandits!

By the way, there is also the Arab Empire; didn't you do any business with them?"

As soon as Qin Mu announced that the family wealth looted by the horse bandits belonged to the horse bandits,

he immediately changed the subject, not giving Old Li a chance to object.

Old Li had indeed wanted to object.

The families had made a big move this time, sending a large number of guards, and the wealth in the merchant caravan was not a small amount.

Losing it for nothing made Old Li's heart ache.

But Old Li thought about it again and decided he couldn't compete with Great Qin.

Because he had no strength!

This is a sad reality.

"The Arab Empire... oh, we just have ordinary merchant caravan dealings with them.

Currently, there is no smooth path to reach the Arab Empire.

Perhaps we will take the sea route in the future, bypass Tianzhu, and go to the Arab Empire."

Old Li had just been pondering the loss of the family merchant caravan and wasn't paying much attention.

He let it slip.

He had hidden the pirate business with the Arab Empire,

but he had revealed the idea that the two countries wanted to try sea trade.

Qin Mu didn't believe that Great Tang would have no conspiracy with the Arab Empire.

In the original four-nation alliance, the one clearly isolated was Byzantium.

Great Tang could cooperate with Byzantium, so how could they let go of the Arab Empire?

"What are you talking about?

What do you mean the trade route is not smooth?

Both of your countries border Great Qin; you can completely go through Great Qin's territory!"

There is normal commercial trade between Great Tang and Great Qin.

The roads within Great Qin are indeed smooth.

However, Old Li did not want his own economic lifeline to be held in Great Qin's hands.

That's why they wanted to open up other trade routes outside of Great Qin.

But how to say this?

He couldn't just say directly that Great Tang wanted to guard against Great Qin, right?

Although that was the fact!

At this time, Fang Fang Xuanling stood out and explained for Old Li.

"Your Majesty, previously, there were often some border battles between Great Qin and the Arab Empire.

Therefore, it is difficult for us Central Plains people to pass through the Arab Empire's border.

I hope Your Majesty will not overthink it!"

Qin Mu intentionally brought up the cooperation between Great Tang and the Arab Empire.

Of course, he had a purpose.

How Old Li and Fang Fang Xuanling explained it didn't matter.

What mattered was how to achieve his goal.

"Old Li, Minister Fang, the Arab Empire's prophet Moke Mo is a charlatan.

You must be careful not to be cheated by him.

He seems to have been making some little moves at the border.

I am considering when to send troops to teach the Arab Empire a lesson again, so they don't always act dishonestly."

Dishonest?

Old Li and Fang Fang Xuanling were both dumbfounded.

When they met Moke Mo last time, they didn't think he was very dishonest.

At that time, they even felt that this person was quite wise and did things with a sense of proportion.

How could he make little moves at Great Qin's border and provoke Great Qin?

"Great Qin Majesty, may I ask what kind of little moves the Arab Empire is making at the border?

Sometimes, it might just be that everyone's living habits are different."

Old Li even tried to excuse the Arab Empire.

If Great Qin really used troops against the Arab Empire,

then the pirate business they were doing with the Arab Empire might be exposed.

Qin Mu just tested them slightly.

And he tested out the relationship between Great Tang and the Arab Empire.

If the relationship between the two countries wasn't very close, why would Great Tang plead for the Arab Empire?

In his anxiety, Old Li had revealed his flaws.

Qin Mu was confident and calm.

"I just said, this person Moke Mo is a charlatan.

He has been at the border, intimidating the people to believe in that little sect of his.

Great Qin does not oppose sects, but does not Wu Li Ke those that mess around.

I just wiped out the Persian Manichaeism, you should have heard of it.

This Moke Mo is truly courting death!"

Old Li and Fang Fang Xuanling were both bitter.

Of course they knew that Moke Mo had created a sect, which is why he had the title of Arab Prophet.

But they didn't expect Qin Mu to hate those small sects so much.

"Your Majesty, if you use troops against the Arab Empire, it will inevitably destroy the current prosperous trade.

Why not write a letter first to warn him and let him restrain himself?"

Fang Fang Xuanling still wanted to make a final effort.

Once Great Qin and the Arab Empire go to war, it will be of no benefit to Great Tang at all.

It's not just as simple as losing an ally.

There is also the possibility of being implicated.

Moreover, once Great Qin prepares military supplies, it must purchase them on a large scale in the market.

Especially grain!

The Great Qin court will control grain prices so that the Great Qin people do not have to bear the burden.

But Great Qin's market will be Wu Li Ke a magnet, sucking in all the low-priced grain from surrounding countries. Great Tang's grain prices were already much lower than Great Qin's.