The army of the Tang Empire, after the modernization of Li An, has the strength to match its own national strength, which is the prerequisite for the Tang Empire to deter the Quartet, and it is also the reason why Li Ang dares to open up the Maritime Silk Road.

If there were no powerful elite troops of the Tang Dynasty, Li An would not dare to go south to open up the Maritime Silk Road no matter what, and if he forcibly opened it up, he might be wiped out by others.

At this time, it was the same, just by mediating the contradictions between Spain and Egypt, Ang Lee could not take Gibraltar, but Datang had elite soldiers and horses, so he had the capital to deter Rahman, and if he proposed to let them cede Gibraltar, there would be great hope.

In the event of a war between two countries, if a weak country goes to mediate, it is generally difficult to play any role, even if the mediation is successful, it will not get any benefits, only a stronger country to mediate, in order to play the due deterrent effect, the possibility of success of mediation is greater, and even can ask for enough benefits to make a lot of money.

Among them, the most successful example is the later generation of Russian Maozi, this shameless country, was crippled in the west, ran to the east to fill the big tail wolf, took the opportunity of mediating the pigtail dynasty and the western rogue countries, to ask for a large amount of land from the pigtail dynasty, and also asked for land again and again, the land it occupies is even more than the total area of many rogue countries in the West, which shows the great advantage of taking advantage.

Some people may think that the land occupied by Omaozi is the bitter cold land of the cold region in the north, and there is nothing to pity, this idea is wrong, although the land in the north is more bitter cold, but such a large area, the natural resources contained in it are extremely rich, and once these natural resources are available, it can provide continuous internal power for the development of an empire, so that an empire can continue to develop.

In addition, a wider territory means that there is more depth of defense, which is also very beneficial to the overall defense of the country, so that the country can have more reaction time when it is invaded by foreign enemies, so as to facilitate the rapid response of the army.

Because it is a weak country, the pigtail dynasty has no choice but to cede the peripheral territory in exchange for a chance to survive, and this so-called mediation power, in fact, is just a fat beating of the three deflated, in fact, there is not too strong strength, if the pigtail dynasty can be a little tougher, it is entirely possible to force the Russian Maozi to give up their unreasonable demands, so as to protect their legitimate rights and interests.

In any case, a weak country always has no diplomacy, a weak country, no matter how much it is done, it is a weak country, no matter how hard it tries, it is in vain, unless it is strong itself, it is possible to get rid of such an embarrassing situation, this is the experience that the dynasties have summed up for us, and it is very worthy of people to learn.

Li An came to Datang, it can be regarded as catching up with a good era, not only the original Datang is relatively strong, but also, after Li An's transformation, Datang has become more powerful, it is not difficult to kill the whole world in seconds, and naturally has the supreme right to speak, so when Li Xiaolu asked Li An if it was after the Tang Empire controlled the whole world, there would be no war and plunder, Li An could answer her more confidently and tell her that the Tang Empire does have a certain strength and can force the warring parties to stop continuing to fight. Sit down and negotiate slowly, and talk about the issues that should be discussed clearly, so as to greatly avoid many serious problems.

Seeing Ang Lee express her meaning so confidently, Li Xiaolu's eyes were full of admiration, she lay tightly in Ang Lee's arms, like a docile kitten, letting Ang Lee stroke and swim around on her body, she enjoyed this feeling of warmth very much, perhaps, she had never enjoyed this feeling on someone else's body in her life.

"Little beauty, if Gibraltar returns to the Tang Dynasty, I will report to the Tang Dynasty court, so that all the people who have been driven out of their hometown will return to their hometowns, the Moorish army stationed here must be evacuated, and even the Moorish people who live here must leave, and in the future, only the people of the Tang Dynasty and the original local people can live in Gibraltar, do you think it is good."

Li An said and gently kissed Li Xiaolu's pink forehead, full of infinite love.

"Well, of course, but do you really want to drive away the ordinary people of the Moors? Isn't that too cruel, after all, they have all lived in Gibraltar for so long, and they may have made it their home for a long time, and it is still a bit cruel to force them to leave their homeland. ”

Li Xiaolu's mind was full of the complex of the Virgin, she didn't hate these Moors who hurt her whole family at all, perhaps, in her impression, the people who hurt her family were Moorish soldiers, not ordinary Moorish people, but she ignored a problem, all Moorish soldiers were trained by Moorish people, if there were no Moorish people as a base, where would there be Moorish soldiers.

But the worldview is always unclear, once some people are formed, they can't change it for a lifetime, some people encounter unfair treatment, the first thing that comes to mind is hatred, and some people, even if they encounter very serious injustice, the first thing that comes to mind is not hatred, but only sadness, and they don't even think about how to punish criminals, because in their opinion, what has been lost is lost, and it is unlikely that they will ever be able to get it back, even if the person who inflicted the harm is cut with a thousand knives. Nor can they exchange their loved ones.

Therefore, people are different, different people will have different ideas, in the eyes of jealous and hateful people, if someone dares to hurt themselves, they must inflict many times the harm on them to reciprocate, and for some people, even if they are deeply hurt, they will not ask the other party to pay any price, but will use the heart of the Virgin to tolerate each other, let the other party repent and think about their mistakes.

Li An is of course a person without a virgin's heart, otherwise, he can't master an elite army of the Tang Dynasty, there is an old saying in China since ancient times, mercy is not in charge of the army, righteousness is not in charge of wealth, too benevolent people are not suitable for mastering military power, and similarly, people who are too righteous are not suitable for being in charge of finance, otherwise, it will bring great harm to the cause for which they are responsible.

Li An needs to master an army, and his family has a lot of money, so Li An cannot be merciful or righteous, everything must follow a certain framework, otherwise it will be a violation.

"What a kind little lady, your family has been treated so unfairly, you don't hate Moors at all, it's really rare, in Datang, there are not many people like you."

Ang Lee said affirmatively.

The word Our Lady originally came from the Western world, and the earliest people who preached the feelings of Our Lady were Westerners, and Li Xiaolu was a Europa, it seems that some people in the West have the feelings of Our Lady in their genes!

"How long will it take for us to get to Gibraltar, and will the Moors willingly give up Gibraltar? Will there be a conflict with Datang, if a conflict breaks out, a large number of people will die in battle, it is really too bloody. ”

Li Xiaolu asked.

Li An thought for a moment and replied, "We will need a day at most to reach the beach, and after we get on the boat, it will be about ten days!" We were able to reach Gibraltar in a little less time. ”

If the Datang steamship can enter the Mediterranean, the voyage at sea will not take ten days at all, and it will take five or six days at most to reach Gibraltar, Spain, but at this moment, the steamships brought by Li Ang from Datang are still docked in the Red Sea, and the ships that can be taken are all borrowed from the Ottomans, but they have been modernized and modified by Datang craftsmen, and some small steam tugboats have been built, so the speed is definitely much slower, but the safety is relatively reliable, and there are not too many safety risks.

"Ten days, it only takes ten days, I can return to my hometown, I'm really excited!"

Li Xiaolu said excitedly.

For Li Xiaolu, who has been away from her hometown for many years, being able to return to the place where she was born is definitely something worth celebrating.

"Tell me about it! What's interesting about your hometown, that is, what interesting things did you experience when you were younger? ”

Ang Lee likes to listen to other people's stories when he was a child, because for any person, childhood life is always happy and interesting, and adulthood is more about responsibility, and happiness will gradually decrease, even if he becomes a rich and powerful successful person, he will still not have the happiness of childhood.

This is because when people are young, they only need to play well, and there is no other psychological burden, and all kinds of difficult problems do not need to be faced by themselves, just leave them to adults.

In adulthood, you need to face a lot of problems, and many problems are very distressing, there are a lot of very simple things, but it takes great effort to do it, it takes a lot of effort, it takes a lot of pain, and it makes people miserable, in short, after adulthood, people always have to face a lot of problems, the pressure in their hearts will skyrocket, and the feeling of experiencing happiness will be lower and lower, so there will be so many people to miss the past and miss their childhood.

When Li Xiaolu heard this, she thought for a while and said, "Then let's talk about it one by one!" Let's start with the youngest! When I was five or six years old, I liked to lie in the arms of my family at night, watching the stars and the moon in the sky while being petty, and it was the happiest years of my life. ”

"Oh, when I was very young, I liked to lie in my family's arms and watch the stars and the moon, and when I got on the ship, you can look at the stars like this every day, and I will hold you every day, and I will give you the story of the constellation."

Ang Lee said with a smile.

"The story of the constellation? What does it mean that the stars in the sky still have stories? ”

Li Xiaolu didn't seem to have studied astronomy at all, so she didn't quite understand what was going on with the constellations, and looked at Li An with a curious expression.

There are special astronomers responsible for studying this aspect, ordinary people don't need to know too much, just need to know the most basic ones, such as the Cowherd Star and Vega are necessary to know, the Big Dipper of course also needs to know, the most basic stars are to know, Polaris and Tai Bai Xing, these most basic stars, are to know, otherwise, when others ask, there is no point to talk about.

The more astronomical knowledge a person has, the more he can convince others, since ancient times, in the Chinese Empire, astronomy has always been more popular, all the emperors in ancient times believed in the knowledge of constellations very much, all dynasties and generations have people who specialize in observing the stars, recording the trajectory of the constellations, and even, can predict the rise and fall of a dynasty through the change of constellations, so no emperor dares to take the astrology lightly, and even, if the celestial phenomena change slightly, the astrologer in charge of astronomy must report to the emperor in timeto point out what this astrological sign represents, and what needs to be done by the emperor to make amends, so as to avoid greater losses for the empire.

Li An's astronomical knowledge is still okay, although it is not a special cow, but it is used to coax girls and flaunt their knowledge without any pressure, there is no pressure at all, just cite a few astronomical knowledge, it is enough for a silly woman like Li Xiaolu to digest for several months, there are really few people who can compare to Li Anniu in the field of knowledge, most of them are rookies.

"Would you like to hear about astronomy?"

Ang Lee asked.

"Of course, I'd love to hear it."

Li Xiaolu said coquettishly, obviously, she really wanted to hear stories about the stars.

Li An moistened his throat and said: "Okay, let's talk about the Cowherd Star and the Vega Star first, these two stars have a story, a very touching love story, it's just bleak!" ”

After speaking, he had a sad expression.

"A bleak love story, I like to hear it the most, let's talk about it!"

Li Xiaolu was very interested in such a story, holding her chin with her hands, and looked at Ang Li cutely, like a little girl looking at her father.

After all, if you are a girl, you will definitely be very interested in poignant love, which is a common problem of women all over the world since ancient times, and no woman is exempt from vulgarity, and Li Xiaolu is of course no exception.

Li An smiled faintly, gently stroked Li Xiaolu's pink face, and said: "Okay, then let's tell the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, it is said that the Cowherd is a child of a poor peasant family, who lives by herding cattle and lives a very difficult life, and the Weaver Girl is the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, and the identity gap between the two is huge, but the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl like each other, they broke through many obstacles, and finally got together." ”