Governor Faisal was extremely happy to see the King of Shule coming from afar. All the news he had heard during this period was negative. Either our intelligence personnel were arrested, or our local strongholds were overturned, or our caravans could not return. In short, there was no news he was willing to hear.
Today we finally got good news. The King of Shule came to surrender with more than 80,000 of his men. They gave up their city, loaded all their wealth onto the carts, and prepared to join the Arab Empire.
"Your Highness, great news, great news."
In the garden that originally belonged to him, Prince Salaman was here, enjoying the tenderness of his daughter. Who knew that his voice came from a distance, which made Prince Salaman very unhappy.
"Get out."
Prince Salaman is in high spirits. Besides Governor Faisal's daughter, there's also another young lady from a prominent family. How could Prince Salaman give up these two beauties? And there hasn't been any good news lately. How good can the news you're talking about be?
Governor Faisal felt a little strange. His daughter was being raped in there, and he, as a father, could only wait at the door. He felt uncomfortable when he thought about it. But he remembered that the person in there was also a prince of the empire. If his daughter could give birth to a son or a daughter, then there would be no need to rush about this matter. In the future, he would be considered a high-ranking official of the empire.
Thinking of this, the guy was happy for a long time. After being scolded by His Royal Highness the Prince, he was not so depressed anymore. He stood at the door honestly. The guards around the prince didn't know what the old guy was laughing at. Was he so happy about the official position he got in exchange for selling his daughter?
After about a cup of tea, Prince Salman put on a white robe and went to the flower hall next door, and then asked Governor Faisal to come over.
"Hurry up and tell me the good news you mentioned. If it doesn't make me happy, don't blame me for having my men whip you all afternoon. Perhaps you've forgotten the scars on your body, and then you won't work as carefully. Just like those donkeys, you must be beaten constantly so that you can remember how to work."
Governor Faisal was indeed very angry when he heard His Royal Highness the Prince compare himself to a donkey. After all, he was a senior official of the empire. Although he made a mistake, he was not clearly designated as the crown prince yet. Is this how you treat the old ministers of the empire?
"Tell me what happened?"
While the Governor was still thinking about these things, Prince Salaman could no longer hold back and put his hand on the side of the horse. If there is no satisfactory news, you will definitely be whipped today.
"Your Highness, please calm down. This is extremely good news. There is a country called Shule in the Western Regions, approximately 2,600 miles away from us. Now the king has brought all his men to us for refuge."
The guy looked at the prince's whip and swallowed his saliva, fearing that he would speak too slowly, or that his meaning would not be expressed clearly, and he would be whipped.
"I've been here for so long, and this guy is only now coming to seek refuge. What was he doing before? Find a place to settle him down, and have our people go and take all their gold and silver. It's not safe to keep them on their bodies, so let our people from the empire keep an eye on them."
Although Prince Salaman is better than other princes, he has become addicted to collecting money during this period. People in the Arab Empire are like this. Whenever they arrive at a place, they must plunder the surrounding area thoroughly. The prince takes a big share, and the people below take a small share.
If you occupy this place by fighting, there is nothing wrong with your way of doing things, but these people have come to us for help. If you rob them of all their gold, silver and treasures, will anyone come to us for help in the future?
"Your Highness, this isn't a good idea. They are the first of the Western Regions to come to us. If we don't give them a good outcome, no one will come again, and we will suffer a great loss."
Governor Faisal hesitated. Although the countries in the Western Regions seemed weak, if you treat them as partners, these people can bring us considerable help. But if you push them towards the Tang Dynasty, this war will be difficult to fight.
"When did I ever ask you to teach me how to do things? Don't I know how to do things? Among these 70,000 people, there must be 20,000 to 30,000 elderly, weak, sick and disabled people. The empire will have to support them in the future. Moreover, our land is already very scarce. Who will they rely on in the end if they bring so many people here? Now they just pay for some food, don't they want to take it?"
Prince Salaman said seriously that in fact, for the people of the Arab Empire, they need a large amount of land, but they need a lot of gold and silver treasures more. There is no fertile land in their empire itself, so what supports their development is robbery.
From princes to ordinary soldiers, everyone understood this truth. If they were not allowed to rob, it would mean that the development of the Arab Empire would come to a halt. So in their eyes, there were only themselves and pagans. Anyone who did not share the same faith as them was their enemy.
"I'll do it immediately."
Seeing that Prince Salaman was about to kill someone, Governor Faisal didn't dare to say a word. There was no need to risk his life for a group of people from the Western Regions. Everything that needed to be said had been said. Since His Royal Highness the Prince had already made up his mind, he would just listen obediently to avoid being whipped.
"Why don't you get out of here?"
His Royal Highness the Prince couldn't wait for the second half to start and really didn't want to talk any more with such a waste.
Northeast of Samarhan.
The King of Shule brought his 70,000 to 80,000 men and went through hardships to get here. Although they often migrated in the Western Regions, most of them were within the scope of the Western Regions. Now they have left the scope of the Western Regions. They have been waiting for the summons from Prince Salaman of the Arab Empire.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. Please come out and take a look."
After two days of waiting, the king still hadn't received an audience with His Royal Highness, so he was getting a little impatient. He had just rested for a while when he heard a commotion outside. Just as he was about to punish his guards, he saw a black tide in the distance...
