Hu Yanyu looked at the excited and curious expressions of Zhang Kuang and the other two, and had no intention of showing off. Looking around, Hu Yanyu took out a piece of folded rice paper from the wristband and handed it to Zhang Kuang's hand.
"Commander, deputy commander, let's take a look first.
If there is anything you don’t understand, I will explain to you in detail the information I have gathered.”
Zhang Kuang and the two people immediately got together, opened the rice paper without hesitation and examined it with bright eyes.
Looking at the contents recorded on the rice paper, their curious expressions were gradually replaced by contemplation.
Time passed silently, and after about two sticks of incense, they put down the rice paper in their hands and looked at each other with slightly frowning eyebrows. They could see the doubtful look in each other's eyes.
Zhang Kuang raised his hand and folded the rice paper in his hand and handed it to Hu Yanyu: "Brother Huyan, I seem to understand your purpose of coming here this time, but the content on the rice paper is too general.
My brother didn't know whether his guess was accurate.
You'd better explain it to us two old guys in detail.
Come, sit down and talk slowly."
Zhang Kuang poured another cup of tea and handed it to Hu Yanyu. He sat on the chair and looked at Hu Yanyu with a curious face, waiting for his next words.
Hu Yanyu took the tea and tasted it briefly, then walked to the chair closest to Zhang Kuang and sat down.
"In the past two months, we have discussed several times, but we still can't find an excuse to send troops westward again. The most fundamental reason is because the two brothers know it in their hearts, right?"
"Of course it is clear, but the news that we destroyed the Great Food Country spread out and reached the courts of Egypt and Egypt further to the west, making Egypt and Rome very afraid of our military strength.
After all, for the current two countries of Rome, they don't know our details at all.
Maybe they should know that we come from the far east, but they have no idea where exactly we come from and how far away we are.
Therefore, they may have originally planned to get a share of the pie, but because they were afraid of our mysterious identity and strong military strength, they had to take the initiative to make friends with us.
This can be seen from the increasing number of businessmen from both countries in Baghdad in the past few months.
If in our homeland of Dalong, two small barbarian countries took the initiative to bow down and make friends, we would naturally be happy to see this happen.
It just so happens that we are a Western Expeditionary Army that has traveled thousands of miles, and our ultimate goal is to march all the way westward until we reach the ends of the earth. Now that the two countries have come to actively befriend us, it is completely contrary to our vested interests.
We, Dalong, have a saying: Don’t hit someone with a smiling face if you stretch out your hand.
When I was wandering around the city, I saw that the merchants from the two countries who had been greeting each other with smiles all day suddenly sent troops to attack the two countries for no reason. I felt really uncomfortable.
After all, compared to Dashi who took the initiative to massacre the people of our Dalong merchants because of his greed, the two countries of Tianzhu, Rome, and Egypt have not had any substantive conflicts with our Dalong dynasty so far.
But your majesty’s secret mission to me is… alas… it’s so embarrassing!”
Yeruha took the tea and rubbed his brow: "General, there is no need to be upset about this. I think the fundamental reason why the merchants from Egypt and Rome greeted us with smiles when they saw our armor-clad dragon soldiers was not
It is simply because they are afraid of our powerful military power.
If our strength is not as good as theirs, will he still greet us with such a smile?
I'm afraid they have already rushed into our camp with a butcher knife.
When they treat us with respect, are they sincere? Or are they trying to please us? Who of us can say for sure?"
Hu Yanyu hurriedly put down the tea cup in his hand and nodded: "Yes, yes, the general agrees with what the deputy commander said.
I have heard from Queen Safisa that the Roman country we are talking about had an Alexander the Great a long time ago. This Alexander the Great once commanded the invincible Rome under his command.
The legions invaded Dashi and Tianzhu countries on a large scale.
And it is said that the current country of Egypt once fell to the cavalry of the Roman legions.
However, because Queen Safisa was not a native of the Kingdom of Dashi, but the eldest princess of the country of Yemen, a subsidiary of the Kingdom of Dashi, what happened to Alexander the Great in the end was too long ago, so she could not tell in too much detail.
Of course, the rumors about Alexander the Great are not important to us. What is important is that Rome once invaded the three countries that are now Tianzhu, Dashi, and Egypt.
This shows that the Romans were not as docile and approachable as we see today.
They greet us with smiles, most likely because they are afraid of our military power.
After all, the big food country that was destroyed in our hands was very powerful for them. As the situation goes up and down, they are even more afraid of our strength.
Perhaps the arrival of these businessmen from the two countries is not just for the simple trade of goods, but also does not rule out the possibility of being a spy to spy on our truth.
Of course, this is just the general's guess. After all, the number of goods traded in the city is real, and this cannot be faked.
At the moment, the general understands that because our soldiers missed some local specialties brought from their hometown, almost all of them were bought up by businessmen from the two countries when they took turns to take a break."
Zhang Kuang frowned: "The soldiers didn't sell any prohibited goods, right?"
"No, no, the commander-in-chief doesn't need to worry about this. As long as it involves military items, the soldiers have not leaked a single bit from their hands.
The turning point mentioned by the last general appeared in the hands of Roman merchants.
The two of you have also read the content on the rice paper. The general mentioned this. It is the businessmen of Rome who want to buy sophisticated military equipment from us.
However, it is impossible for us to agree to this.
After receiving the report, the general immediately sent elite scouts to secretly investigate this Roman caravan that wanted to purchase our weapons and equipment.
As expected, there was the shadow of the Roman court behind this caravan.
With the in-depth investigation by the scout brothers, the general finally figured out the fundamental reason why Rome wanted to purchase our dragon's sophisticated military equipment.
That is, the Roman state is now at war with a country further to the west called the Frankish state!
These Romans didn't know when they learned from the soldiers of the Great Food Kingdom that our dragon army had artillery, crossbows, arrow arrays and other powerful combat equipment, especially the artillery that was like thunder from the sky.
They covet the weapons they want to buy.
In this way, we can definitely do something about the Romans."
"You won't tell me that you want to sell artillery to the Romans, right?
This is impossible. You must know that before setting off for the expedition, His Majesty gave repeated orders that even if the artillery were destroyed by our own hands, it would never fall into the hands of the barbarians.
The common items that were seized may not be a selling point, but combat weapons such as artillery, bed crossbows, and serial crossbows brought from our homeland must not be leaked out.
This is a matter of principle!”
"Hey! Commander, where are you thinking? Even if you don't tell me, the general will not think about selling artillery and crossbows.
It won't be sold no matter how much you pay, or whether it's high or low.
What the general means is that now that Rome and the Franks are at war! We can start from the war between the two countries.
Why do the Romans come to us to buy sophisticated weapons and equipment? It shows that they believe that their own strength may not be the opponent of the Franks.
Now you should understand what the general means, right?"
Zhang Kuang looked at Hu Yanyu's eyes full of meaning, holding his beard and thinking thoughtfully. After a moment, Zhang Kuang's eyes lit up and he pointed at Hu Yanyu with a smile.
"Send troops to assist friendly countries to open a gap for westward expansion."
Yeluha, who was still muttering to himself, suddenly raised his head to look at the two crazy people who were smiling at each other, and patted the table heavily.
"What a brilliant idea! What a brilliant idea! Now we can finally find a legitimate reason to send troops."
The three of them looked at each other and smiled for a long time. Zhang Kuang squinted his eyes and stroked his beard: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long run.
The Romans must first establish diplomatic relations with us, and then proactively ask us to send troops for help.
Of course, even if it is an friendly country, they have to contribute a considerable amount of money.
After all, the movement of hundreds of thousands of troops is no child's play."
"Commander, we already have a rough plan. It's much better than sitting motionless in the Big Food Country.
So we don't need to worry at all.
The most urgent task now is how to arrange for people to gradually contact the Roman merchants in the city, and use them as a medium to let the Roman court feel our goodwill, and then slowly take advantage of it."
"Yes, this matter should not be rushed, it must be done steadily.
Brother Huyan, brother Yale has to handle the matter of escorting the prisoners and black oil back to the court, so you have full authority to handle the matter of contacting the Romans."
"Yes, the general will take your orders!"
"Okay, it's settled then. I will immediately prepare the documents to be sent back to the capital. We will each perform our duties and strive to fulfill His Majesty's high expectations as soon as possible."