After half a month of intense negotiations, Western Qin and the Dashi Kingdom finally reached an agreement on the loan.
Negotiators from both sides signed the agreement in triplicate, written in Chinese, Dashi script, and Greek.
The agreement stipulated that the Dashi Kingdom borrowed 10 million gold yuan from the Western Qin Kingdom to quell the civil strife and improve the living conditions of its people.
The loan was to be repaid in ten years.
The Western Qin Kingdom did not charge any interest, but the Dashi Kingdom Agree to the four conditions proposed by Western Qin: first, allow Western Qin to send no more than a thousand troops to garrison in Basra, and set aside a piece of bay land in Fa'ao in the Persian Gulf for Western Qin to build a port; second, , allowing Taoist and Buddhist personnel to When proselytizing in Dashi, the officials and people of Dashi cannot treat these missionaries as heretics; third, allow Western Qin people to purchase land in Dashi to open workshops, factories, and shops to do business; fourth, in Dashi, If the Western Qin people in the country commit illegal acts or any cases related to the Western Qin people, they will be handed over to the Western Qin embassies in various places in the country of Dashi for trial.
The country of Dashi can send officials to observe, but they are not allowed to intervene in the trial or veto the judgment. the result After the agreement was signed, Benold left the officials stationed in Xinjing and began to prepare to return to the Dashi Country.
The Western Qin Dynasty also immediately prepared to send to the Dashi Country to re-establish the embassy and send a thousand cavalry to Basra.
As for the Dashi Country, The 10 million gold dollars borrowed by the Food Kingdom were sent to Baghdad in three batches.
The first batch of 2 million gold dollars was sent to Baghdad from The Western Qin envoys and entourage who re-established the embassy in Gedad will take it with them.
These people will go to Baghdad with Bo Nuod and his party.
The second batch of loans of 3 million gold yuan will be shipped in a month, and the third batch of 500 gold yuan will be shipped.
The shipment of ten thousand gold yuan started two months later, and the last two batches of loans were only shipped to the border and handed over to the Dashi army.
The terms signed for the loan had been sent to Baghdad before Bnod and others returned to Baghdad.
After reading the terms, Mahdi was very happy that Bnod could borrow so much money at such a small price, so when Bnod When Wu Bilong, the new envoy of the Western Qin Dynasty stationed in Baghdad, returned to Baghdad, the Mahdi sent all officials to hold a grand welcome ceremony ten miles outside the city.
Constantinople, Grand Palace.
Leo and Princess Irina walked into the palace together.
They gave birth to a son last year, named Constantine, who has the same name as his grandfather.
Such a name is not surprising in the West.
Some grandsons have the same name as their grandfather, some grandsons have the same name as their grandfather, some granddaughters have the same name as their grandma, some granddaughters have the same name as their grandma, and some daughters-in-law have the same name as their mother-in-law.
Irina asked in a low voice: "There is news that the Arabs borrowed 10 million gold yuan from Western Qin.
Do you know about this?"
Leo nodded and said: "Yes, someone in the palace told me that Augustus was afraid that people would call me over this time because of this matter.
Some officials believe that this matter will prompt the Arabs to improve the domestic economic situation and quickly increase their national strength.
Others say Mahdi may use the money to spend on his army and wage war against several of his brothers. , with the skills of his idiot brothers, there is no way he can stop him, and the Arabs may soon complete their internal unification.
This Western Qin people are really strange.
Two years ago, they had several outbreaks with the Arabs like life-and-death enemies.
A hundred thousand people fought a war, but I didn’t expect that they would still lend money to the Arabs.
Are they mentally ill?"
Irina shook her head and said: "Do you think that a king who can build a huge and powerful empire from scratch and control tens of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers is a fool?
I think the King of Western Qin must have other plans.
I asked someone to inquire about the past experience of this powerful man.
His actions He is always unpredictable, no one knows what he will do next, such a person is the most terrifying."
Leo couldn't help but nodded and asked: "By the way, why are you suddenly concerned about this matter?"
Irina said: "If Mahdi uses this money to quell the civil strife, I think we should cause him some trouble.
Once he eliminates several of his brothers, they may not dare to do anything to Xi Qin due to their aggressiveness.
But maybe they will attack our Eastern Roman Empire.
Mahdi needs to establish his authority, so attacking our Eastern Roman Empire is the best choice.”
"What do you mean by looking for trouble?"
Irina said: "When Mahdi attacks Syria or Jerusalem, we send troops to attack the Antioch area to hold him back and give his brothers time to prepare.
If Mahdi's army is vulnerable, we can still Gain more” Leo was no longer surprised by Irina's political talent.
Before they got married, he knew that she was a very smart and politically intelligent woman.
Although he didn't like his woman to be too smart, who Let him love him, so he also loved her intelligence and political skills.
Leo thought for a while and said: "Your suggestion is good, but we cannot send troops to deal with the Mahdi now because Augustus is preparing to send troops to the Bulgar Khanate."
Irina said disdainfully: "What do the Bulgars have to deal with?
Their Khan King Teletz is now at the end of his rope.
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All tribes are against him.
They are killing each other.
In recent years, the Bulgars have been unable to do anything to us."
Threatening, I can guarantee that he will die in civil strife before long.
But the people from that desert peninsula are completely different, they are too aggressive. , and are natural enemies with the empire.
I think that as long as we can weaken them, we should do it at all costs.
Leo, you are the prince.
I think you should suggest to Augustus to attack the Mahdi.
Syria and Jerusalem were originally ours.
Yes, if you take them back because of your suggestion, your prestige will skyrocket and no one will be able to threaten your throne in the future."
These words touched Leo's heart.
He was the co-emperor of Constantine V.
The so-called co-emperor was the emperor's assistant and prince.
The title of co-emperor was used no matter in the Western Roman Empire.
It still existed during the Eastern Roman Empire.
Its status was similar to that of the prince in the Eastern dynasty.
However, if the co-ruling emperor came of age, his rights were not comparable to that of the prince.
"You are right, I will propose it to Augustus at the state meeting."
Leo nodded.
When they arrived at the place where the emperor and ministers were meeting, Irina said goodbye to Leo and went to play with his sisters.
At the state meeting, Constantine V finally mentioned the loan of 10 million gold yuan from the Western Qin Dynasty to the Dashi Kingdom, and asked the ministers for their views.
The ministers all laughed at the Western Qin State for being crazy.
Two years ago, a war broke out with the Great Food State, and within two years, they lent them money to quell the civil strife.
Isn't this crazy?
Leo stood up and said to Constantine V: "Father, if the Mahdi attacks Syria and Jerusalem after receiving the loan, I think we should send troops to attack the flanks of the Mahdi to contain him and allow his brothers to have more Accumulate strength in a short period of time, and when they have gathered enough strength, we will stop and let them fight to the death.
If the Mahdi's army is vulnerable, we can take advantage of the situation to save more lives in Syria and the Holy Land of Jerusalem."
Most of the emperors and officials during this period were too selfish and did not have the ideological realm to put national interests first.
Especially the emperors often decided the country's major policies based on their personal likes and dislikes.
Although Constantine V can be considered a wise king, he is also very selfish.
He believes that the Bulgarian Khanate is his biggest enemy.
He has been determined to eradicate this scourge since he was a child.
Therefore, when Leo said that he would send troops to attack He was not very happy when he saw Arabs.
I saw Constantine V saying: "Leo, you have to understand that the barbarians in the north are our biggest concern.
The Arabs can still reason, but the barbarians in the north don't talk about anything.
They only know that there is no reason."
They went south to plunder us without food or clothing; It has been hundreds of years.
Our people have had enough of the barbarians' burning, killing and looting.
It has been my lifelong wish to eliminate the northern barbarians.
Now I am preparing to go to war with the Bulgars.
As for your plan to send troops to attack the Mahdi's flanks, Don’t mention this matter anymore.”
Leo was not discouraged.
Although he was afraid of Constantine V's anger, he still bit the bullet and said: "Father, you are a wise and great emperor.
Your ambition to eliminate the northern barbarians is worth learning from your son.
But you should know that we are These Arabs have been fighting for more than a hundred years.
They have never given up the idea of annihilating us.
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They want to overthrow the empire and make our people accept their so-called paganism.
The northern barbarians are hateful, but the Arabs also Very annoying now.
The Erhan Kingdom has fallen into civil strife.
This guy Teletz has been abandoned by his former tribal leaders.
I believe Teletz will soon die in the civil strife.
If he dies, the barbarians will be even more chaotic.
At that time, their The strength will be weakened, even if they rise soldiers to attack us, we can also use their civil strife to find ways to thwart their attack.
Dear father, my son does not want to prevent you from annihilating the northern barbarians, but please give me 20,000.
I only need 10,000, which is enough for Mahdi to at least Delay the suppression of civil unrest for five years.”
There is another important reason why Constantine V insisted on attacking the Bulgar Khanate, that is, he felt that his health was getting worse and worse in the past two years.
He felt that if he did not fight, he would be in trouble in the future.
There was no chance, so he got angry when Leo said he would send troops to attack the Mahdi.
Now that he heard what Leo said, his anger calmed down a little.
After thinking about Leo's words carefully, he felt that what his son said was very reasonable, so he asked the ministers: "What do you think of Leo's suggestion?"
Leo's supporters and ministers who believed that Leo had a future all came forward and said that this suggestion was good and could be given a try.
Anyway, it only required 10,000 troops and would have little impact on sending troops to attack the Bulgars next year.
So Constantine V agreed to allocate 3,000 heavy cavalry and 7,000 infantry to Leo, and he would lead these 10,000 people to attack the Antioch area
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