Knowing that they came from the Oriental Porcelain Country and had official status, he immediately arranged for the heavily protected merchant fleet to place them in an safe and quiet area, and all the food and drink were very high.
Don’t stay in Sri Lanka for about two months without paying. The founder of the new dynasty seems to have solved all the troubles and came to see Zhao Yang in person with ease.
Zhao Yang informed him of his name and official identity through his colleague Ma Jiaguo’s businessman translation, and the supporter also informed him of his name and official identity.
Only then did Su Yonglin know that this man was Saladin, the famous emperor representing the Arab world and the European Crusades.
Saladin attached great importance to Zhao Yang and was very friendly. He personally invited Zhao Yang and other official friends to apologize for not meeting each other for two months and presented them with two boxes of gold coins as a gift of apology.
These two boxes of gold coins were brought back by Zhao Yang and handed over to Su Yonglin, the national treasury, for a look. It is said that this kind of gold coin is called dinar, which carries a lot of weight.
Saladin’s private identity gives a private gift, so it is so valuable that it shows people’s atmosphere.
Of course, what impressed Su Yonglin most was not Saladin’s wealth, but on the third day after the banquet, Saladin took the initiative to invite Zhao Yang and others to visit his military parade
A huge military parade was held near Cairo, his own capital.
Zhao Yang carefully counted a total of 147 military phalanxes, including cavalry, crossbowmen and hand-to-hand combat troops. The army’s strict armor and flags were rare, and it looked like a good soldier.
According to Saladin’s own statement, it probably means that no monarch in his neighboring countries can compete with his military strength. Zhao Yang also paid close attention to the faces of people who came to participate in the military parade with his senior officials.
Some people are happy and proud, some people are shocked, and some people are slightly worried and frown.
But when they face Saladin, they always look respectful. They don’t have his expression in front of Saladin.
So Zhao Yang judged that Saladin was indeed the strongest representative in this region, and it was not a parallel import to have such a large and elite army.
Zhao Yang described that all the Saladin hussars he saw were skilled archers, who mastered the bow and riding tactics, and were very disciplined in advancing and retreating. At first glance, the troops who had been strictly trained were absolutely good at fighting.
Not only that, they also have heavy cavalry
Knights are armed with chain mail, neck and face armor, pot-shaped or conical helmets, nose shields, swords and spears, and their teeth are very powerful.
Zhao Yang commented that if such an army launches a charge, it will definitely cause great deterrence to the enemy. Generally, it is legal for an army to train for two years against such an army.
The materials consumed by such a heavy cavalry training and maintenance can probably train and maintain infantry about ten times the size, which shows that Saladin is really rich, thus reflecting his perfect control over his own territory and tax system.
A strong heavy cavalry unit can reflect a lot of things. Without excellent tax system and governance ability, he can never afford to support a heavy cavalry unit.
This means that Saladin Zidon Sri has a strong national strength and can communicate with the country, which is regarded as the representative government of this region by the state.
Of course, in front of the army, Zhao Yang is sure that there are more than a dozen ways for these elite soldiers to be wiped out, and even the strongest firearms army can defeat them.
Saladin didn’t know what Zhao Yang was thinking, so he proudly asked Zhao Yang what he thought of his army.
Zhao Yang politely praised the elite and powerful army out of a friendly gesture.
Saladin seemed to hear the implication of Zhao and asked Zhao Yang what he thought of his country’s army.
Chapter 1622 Su Yonglin wants to know
Zhao Yang is very confident and proud in the face of Saladin.
He adjusted his tone so that his words didn’t seem overbearing as much as possible, and then said that big countries have very vast territory, which is far from ancient times to modern times.
He said that it will take three months for Daxian territory to move from the eastern border of a big country to the western border.
Nine out of ten of them were called by their leaders in the thirteenth year after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Their leaders were very good at fighting. In the thirteenth year, their army destroyed seven big countries and dozens of small and medium-sized powerful tribes, which were very powerful.
Such a vast territory is called by that powerful army.
Saladin can still regard Zhao Yang as boastful to him, but he is quite surprised by the saying that it takes 90 days to ride a fast horse from the eastern territory to the western territory.
He asked Zhao Yang carefully about the authenticity of this matter, and Zhao Yang gave a definite response.
Zhao Yang said that he had personally gone from the eastern territory of a big country to the western territory to do things, and he was on his way for three months.
Then Saladin asked how many people lived in such a big territory, and Zhao replied that he had 100 million.
Zhao Yang didn’t know how the Arab businessman from Majia explained this figure to Saladin. Anyway, he noticed that Saladin stared for a long time and it seemed difficult to accept the huge population ruled by this huge country at once.
With such a huge population and such a huge territory, how can we govern to solve the contradictions?
He governs the population, that is, millions of levels control the land area, not to mention whether the fast horse can run for 90 days from east to west and from south to north for 10 days.
And 100 million people …
Saladin still has a certain knowledge of mathematics. The number created by Indians was spread all over the world through Arabs. Saladin could not understand this number.
It is Saladin’s method that imagines that such a huge population should be ruled so as not to go wrong.
Military strength is important, but administrative governance is equally important, even if slaves don’t have enough to eat, they will rebel, and what’s worse, there are such a large number of people
Saladin then asked Zhao Yang about population management, and Zhao Yang said that most of the population are farmers. If they are given enough land for farming, they can set up factories for the surplus population to become workers or allow them to go to sea for business.
Saladin also asked so many people what to do if they didn’t have enough to eat. Zhao Yang proudly replied that there had never been enough to eat in the thirteen years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Their leader was very good at making people eat enough than Britain.
Is this really the case?
Saladin can’t make a true or false judgment about the problem beyond his imagination limit, and can temporarily stop thinking about the truth or falsehood of the problem.
He said that if he had the chance, he would like to meet the great king with his own eyes, and he would like to personally set foot in that mysterious territory to understand the customs of that country.
Then see for yourself whether their country is really so big and has so many people.
Of course, not now, but when others have made achievements comparable to this great king.
It seems that Su Yonglin’s great achievements stimulated Saladin, and his strong self-esteem and self-confidence made him very eager to prove himself.
He never despised the Arab world, nor did his opponents despise the Christian forces from Europe, but he felt that the strength of those opponents was something he could touch and defeat.
However, for the first time, he fell into a strong shake.
However, Saladin, a talented hero, did not let himself fall into marginal anxiety, but expressed his great desire to make good contacts with China officially.
The two countries can exchange business, of course, but it will be wonderful if the official can reach diplomacy.
In this regard, Zhao Yang said that he would go back to China to ask the leader for instructions. If it goes well, it will be two years or one year, and he will come back to tell Saladin the news.
Saladin was very happy and gave Zhao Yang many precious gifts. He also bought the merchant fleet department at a high price and filled the merchant fleet cabins. It seemed that he wanted to show his strength and the prosperity of his country.
Su Yonglin does not doubt the strength of this king who defeated the Crusades.
His ability to integrate the strength of the whole Arab world by himself and then defeat the crusade by relying on religious unity and reoccupy Jerusalem proves his military talent.
Su Yonglin is also very interested in his desire to realize the diplomatic proposal between the two countries.
He really wanted to know about Saladin and his Ayub dynasty in this era and then understand the European political ecology in this era.
Naturally, it is wonderful to directly do business in Egypt, save Chinese businessmen from earning the difference, and then Egypt can make special profits and further open up business roads to Europe to achieve more friendly exchanges.
It would be even more wonderful if we could send the ideas and organizations of the Renaissance Association by the way.
Saladin’s sincerity Su Yonglin also learned.