"The books, I have already shipped them out."

As soon as Zhao Weiji said this, Jabbar was shocked. He never dreamed that Zhao Weiji had already shipped the book and shipped it away.

However, because Zhao Weiji spoke in Chinese, few scholars present understood what he said, but they felt a slight difference in Jabbar's expression, so they began to whisper among themselves.

After seeing the reactions of other people, Jabbar also realized something, so he immediately pulled Zhao Weiji aside and whispered: "Your Majesty, how could you transport the book away in advance?"

"Why not? Those books are mine. Besides, if I don't transport them away quietly in advance, can you guarantee that our group of people, with treasures and books, can reach Khomeini safely? The current situation of your empire still needs my reminder.

You?"

Zhao Weiji left Jabbar speechless with just two sentences. Indeed, as Zhao Weiji asked, the current situation of the empire cannot guarantee that these treasures, books, and people can reach Khomeini Port completely safely.

Nowadays, the actual situation of the empire is divided into pieces, and there are spies of others in every territory. Today's grand ceremony is known to the whole city, and naturally the spies also know about it.

"Also, what about you? Are you afraid that your enemies won't know that you have found a batch of extremely valuable books and treasures by carrying out such a big ceremony?"

"But those books and treasures are yours."

"Of course I know those are mine, and so do you, but does your enemy know?"

Jabbar shook his head.

"Even if they know, what does it matter? What's the difference in their eyes between robbing me and robbing you? I guess the only difference is that the risk of robbing me is lower. You pig brains.

Forget it, I won’t argue with you anymore, hurry up and sign the contract and we can get on the road as soon as possible.”

With that said, Zhao Weiji turned around and called Wang Dayuan up: "Huanzhang, come here and help me read the agreement. I can't understand Dashiwen."

Following Zhao Weiji's shout, Wang Dayuan ran onto the stage in a hurry, then took the agreement and read it carefully.

And Jabbar was also fascinated by Zhao Weiji's series of questions just now, so he never mentioned the need to check those books again.

When Wang Dayuan read the agreement, he turned to Zhao Weiji and said: "There is no problem with the agreement. All the terms are the same as what we originally negotiated."

In this way, both parties signed the agreement, and then the matter came to an end.

However, the matter on their side came to an end, but the matter was leaked out as expected. Later that day, the imam in the area ruled by the Kalmat sect received a message from the spy they sent to Baghdad.

Pigeons pass the message.

The Karmat sect was one of the internal schisms that arose in the Arab Empire due to sectarian divisions at that time. Although it was still nominally a part of the Arab Empire, its degree of autonomy was actually quite high, and it had the ambition to replace the empire. And this

The sect-ruled area is located in the eastern part of the peninsula. Its area is about two-fifths of the peninsula, and its geographical location is not far from Baghdad and Khomeini.

Their imam learned of this incident after receiving the message from the flying pigeon, but he did not know that the gold and books had been shipped away by Zhao Weiji in advance.

After learning about this, the imam's first reaction was to snatch away these things and everyone, whether they were people, books or other treasures.

It happened that their jurisdiction was not far from Baghdad and Khomeini, so they could organize manpower to attack on the road between the two cities.

As long as they pretended to be a grab and didn't leave any loopholes, there was basically nothing they could do about it from the imperial royal family, so they mobilized their manpower and started taking action.

At the same time, Zhao Weiji, of course, had to get on the road as soon as possible after signing the agreement to avoid long nights and dreams. But the problem was that when they came, there were only about 20 people, and when they returned, they turned into a huge team of nearly a hundred people.

Although the two ships can carry so many people, there is still a long land journey before they board the ship, and the huge team will inevitably slow down the journey.

And these people were not the only ones traveling by land together. After Zhao Weiji's last reminder, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also remembered that there were hostile forces, so he suggested to the royal family that they send troops to escort them to Khomeini Port.

This also means that there are five hundred soldiers following on the road.

By the time these six hundred people officially set off on the road, three more days had passed since the day the agreement was signed.

These three days gave the Kamal sect sufficient preparation time, and the thousand-strong "bandit" group over there was also ready.

On the first day they set out on the road, Zhao Weiji pulled Wang Dayuan aside and said, "This time, I'm sure the hostile forces from their royal family will attack. Are there any hostile factions nearby?"

"Let me think about it," Wang Dayuan thought for a while and said, "There is a sect called the Kalmat sect that seems to rule a certain area in the west."

"Kartma." Although Zhao Weiji knew that the Arab Empire was actually divided at this time, he did not know more details, so he was not sure what the Kartma sect was.

"Huanzhang, do you know anything about this sect?"

"I don't know much about it, but it seems that there are many dark-skinned people in their sect?"

"Dark skin? How dark is it? Is it darker than their cannibalism?"

"It's much darker. I've seen one or two people there. Their skin is as black as carbon."

After hearing what Wang Dayuan said, Zhao Weiji understood who these people were. These black people came from Africa. Selling black slaves was not a patent of Europeans. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, so-called Kunlun slaves entered the Central Plains. This kind of Kunlun slaves entered the Central Plains.

A slave is a black slave.

Since the Arab Empire spanned Asia and Africa, it was easier to come into contact with black Africans, and it was easier to engage in large-scale slave trading activities.

"I guess if we were attacked, it would probably be the Karmat sect that did it."

"Then what should we do? Do we need to pay more attention to see if there are any black people around?"

"No need, I think the ones who came to attack us are definitely not black people, but cannibals."

"Why?"

"The black people are too conspicuous. If they are captured, they will know that they are from Kalmat without a trial, so they will definitely send a cannibal to pretend to be a bandit attack."

"Then do we need to remind those big food soldiers?"

"No need, we will act at our own pace. You can send one person out quietly every day to use telescopes to conduct reconnaissance, but just don't let the food soldiers see the telescopes."

"Okay, no problem."

So Wang Dayuan sent one person out to investigate the enemy's situation every day, but nothing was detected for three consecutive days.

The reason for this is that this team is too large, and the three-day journey is not as good as the two-day trip when they were a small team.

It was precisely for this reason that Kalmat also miscalculated the progress of Zhao Weiji's trip, and they ambush further away.

…

"Boss, is the information from the Imam accurate? Why has no one been seen for three days?"

The soldiers of the Kalmat faction became impatient after waiting for three days and still had nothing to show for it.

However, his question did not receive a positive answer from their leader, but he was given a slap in the face.

“You dare question the Imam?”

The soldier covered his face and said, "I don't dare, I don't dare."

At this time, an older veteran walked over and said, "Let me tell you why. It's not that the imam's information is inaccurate, but that the people in that group are too complicated.

Didn't you hear the Imam say when he gave the order that there were a large number of scholars from the Wisdom Hall in that group of people? These scholars are usually very pampered and must be very slow to move, so just wait."

After the veteran's words, all the impatient soldiers quieted down. At this time, no one was restless anymore, and they all began to prepare for the battle that would come soon.

As for Zhao Weiji, as the old man analyzed, the group of scholars really dragged down the team's assassination. Although everyone was riding camels, the group of people could always find other excuses to take a rest.

So the whole team was like a tortoise crawling, slowly and leisurely for another two days.

On the fifth day after setting off on the road, the people Zhao Weiji secretly sent out to investigate every day finally made some gains.

"Your Majesty, my lord, I found a suspicious person out front investigating."

"Did he notice you?"

"Back to your lord, no, I'm using a telescope, he can't see that far."

"That's good. You can inform all our people later to have their guns loaded and ready. However, no one is allowed to move at the first moment of the enemy's attack. Let the Dashi soldiers deal with the enemy first. Everyone should do

Just be prepared for war."

The sailors went down after receiving the order, but Wang Dayuan on the side felt very strange why Zhao Weiji would issue such an incredible order. This order was equivalent to putting their own people on alert and standing by.

"Your Majesty, why did you issue such a...weird order?"

"I only think you want to describe this order as cold-blooded, but there is nothing we can do about it. If we use muskets to kill a group of enemies as soon as we are attacked, what will be the result?"

"Wouldn't the result reduce casualties?"

"The result is that none of us can even think about leaving."

"Why is this happening?"

"Because the power of muskets is too great, it is impossible for any country not to be tempted by such a weapon. Although these people here may be able to guess that we are carrying a weapon, they cannot imagine the power of this weapon.

How big is it.

But once we show the power of our muskets, the troops escorting us will definitely turn into the troops arresting us. And with the few guns and bullets we have now, do you think we can stop it?

Are these people attacking at close range?"

Wang Dayuan shook his head.

"So we must stand by and watch. It would be good if the troops escorting us can repel the enemy. Even if they can't, I think that after the troops escorting us are exhausted, the enemy will not have too many people left, but we will be exposed later.

The muskets will not cause too much danger."

As soon as Zhao Weiji said this, wild sand rose in the distance, and people sent by Larmat appeared.
Chapter completed!