Chapter 889: Macaques

Of course, what Ang Lee said was a lie, in order to scare Azimu and let him know that Datang could completely help the Ottomans conquer Spain, because this would make a lot of benefits, but Azimu himself had no right to promise any benefits to Datang.

"No, Osman is a dangerous man, he won't really give you so much, he must lie to you."

Azimu's expression was quite nervous, and he spoke.

Li An smiled, pointed to the ironclad car parked next to him, and said: "General Aqimu, in our Datang Dynasty, there are tens of thousands of ironclad cars like this, more than your war horses, if the Tang Emperor really wants, it is not a problem for us to occupy all Egypt and Spain, so why worry about the Ottomans deceiving us?" If he really dared to lie, he would have destroyed Egypt directly, would he dare? Ha ha! ”

After speaking, he laughed, for Li An, just with this small army led by the south, it is enough to destroy the countries along the way, because no king of a small country can give up his capital, and attacking the fortification is not a difficult thing for the Tang army at all, and capturing the capital and capturing the king can destroy a small country.

After hearing this, Aqimu shuddered a little, these iron bumps look so majestic, and there are tens of thousands of such powerful weapons in Datang, if this is really the case, wouldn't Datang be able to unify the whole world, in this way, what kind of negotiation capital can they have, even if he boldly promised to give all of Egypt to Datang, it doesn't make any sense, Datang soldiers and horses can be defeated by themselves, so why do they need to give it away.

However, the only question now is what the Tang Empire's intentions are, can they really look at the land thousands of miles away? What is the purpose of Ang Lee's trip, only by knowing this, can they respond.

"What Li Shilang said is that no force in the whole world will be the opponent of the Tang Empire, but whether it is our Spain or Egypt, they are too far away from the Tang Dynasty, and the customs and customs are different, I believe that the Tang Emperor will not care about the land in such a distant place!"

Azimu spoke.

His meaning is also very clear, that is, the Tang Dynasty should not occupy their land, and how can Li An not understand.

"Haha! The Tang Empire is a country of benevolence and righteousness, Your Majesty asked me to come this time to help all countries prosper together, how can they covet the territory of all countries? However, for the prosperity of the countries, the Tang Dynasty did not want to see the countries attack each other, so sometimes it occupied some land in order to separate the countries, so that the countries would be jealous of the opinions of the Tang Dynasty and not go to war casually, so that the people could enjoy peace in peace. ”

Li An said.

"I can't imagine that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is so sympathetic to the people of our small countries, if so, it is really our blessing, our king is unwell and could not come to greet him in person, and I hope Li Shilang will not blame."

Azimu said.

Li An smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, if your king doesn't come, I can go to your royal city in person, anyway, it's not far, it's more than ten days away, it's just that our soldiers are too tired and need to rest here for more time, and some subordinates want to stay here for the time being, go to your royal city, I just take ordinary people." ”

"That's good, if Li Shilang has any needs, just put it forward, I will definitely meet your requirements."

Azimu spoke.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, it's decided, I will definitely look for you if I need anything."

Li An has traveled a long way, and he really needs to take a good rest, and after explaining, he asked Aqimu to go back, and he had to make a good correction.

Although there are many places that Li Ang is not satisfied with, it is very good that a small place like Gibraltar can have such facilities, and it can be seen that Azimu has done his best.

But in order to have a better rest, Li Ang still has to temporarily renovate, at least to make up for many of the necessary hardware facilities in the residence, otherwise it will be too uncomfortable to live in, the hardware of the flush toilet and tap water must be in place, and the transformation of these will not take much effort, and it will be completed soon.

Because it was the first time to be here, although he had already seen the map of Gibraltar, Ang Lee still did not know enough about it, after all, the map was relatively rough, far less than what he saw on the spot.

But Li Xiaolu is different, not only has she seen the map, but also, she has lived in this land since she was a child, and she must know this place very well, every grass and tree here should exist in her mind, and she will definitely not get lost if she follows Li Xiaolu.

Ang Lee planned to rest in Gibraltar for three days, and after three days, he led the remaining half of his men to Moldova to claim the port of Gibraltar.

Because he had just arrived in Gibraltar, Li An needed to take a rest before he could have the energy and physical strength to enjoy the beautiful scenery here, and in order to have a good rest, Li An even refused Li Xiaolu's request.

After a night's rest, Ang Lee used the freshly made toilet to drain the toilet, then ate some breakfast, and after that, it was time to go and enjoy the beautiful view.

Although Gibraltar is not a big country, the scenery is not bad, and the high ridges are full of green trees, which look very green and eye-catching.

This mountain is the only mountain in Gibraltar, and it doesn't look like a big mountain, but it's actually not small, and there are a lot of plants on it, and maybe there are small animals.

Before going out, Li An made a lot of preparations, such as because he had to climb the mountain, he had to prepare enough food and water, and he also had to prepare knee pads and helmets and other defensive items, after all, there are a lot of stones on the mountain, and in case of a fall, having knee pads and a helmet can greatly protect his body and prevent him from being greatly injured.

Of course, in order to enjoy a better view, Ang Lee also brought the artifact of the telescope, and he had already started playing with it before he set off.

"Hey, monkey, I saw monkeys, one, two, three, five, wow! What a lot of monkeys! ”

Ang Lee held the binoculars and counted the monkeys excitedly.

Although his subordinates had already told Li An that there were monkeys on the top of the mountain in Gibraltar at that time, what Li An didn't expect was that there would be so many monkeys on this small lonely mountain, which greatly surprised Li An.

"Li Shilang, how many groups of monkeys are there here? It is estimated that there must be three or five hundred, and they can be seen on the mountain. ”

Li Xiaolu said.

"Three or five hundred, there are so many, oh my God! This is simply Huaguo Mountain! ”

Li An said excitedly.

"Sure enough, what is Huaguo Mountain! I've never heard of it. ”

Li Xiaolu said with a puzzled expression.

Of course, Li Xiaolu has not heard of Huaguo Mountain in the Tang Dynasty, after all, Huaguo Mountain is just a very ordinary mountain, and there is nothing special about it.

And what made Huaguoshan famous in later generations was the work Journey to the West, if there was no Journey to the West, Huaguo's name would not be so loud.

But the work Journey to the West was written during the Ming Dynasty, and at this moment it is the Tang Dynasty, so there is still a long way to go? Therefore, at this time, Hua Sure is very famous, not to mention Li Xiaolu from Europa, even the common people of Datang may not know where Hua Sure is, and they may not even have heard of Huaguo Mountain.

Li An smiled and said, "Hua Sure enough, it is a mountain in our Datang Dynasty, and there are many, many monkeys on this mountain, just like the mountain in front of you." ”

"Oh, I see! I didn't expect that Datang also has a mountain full of monkeys, and it's almost ready, let's go! I know all the fun places, and I'll lead the way. ”

Li Xiaolu said enthusiastically.

Li An put down the binoculars, nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you all today, I'll go wherever you want." ”

After saying that, the group began to march towards the top of the mountain.

Considering the safety issue, Li An's party was divided into two parts, the first part had more than 10 people, who were responsible for protecting Li An's safety, and the second group had 100 people, who were responsible for responding at any time and keeping a distance of about 100 meters from Li An.

The reason why the two groups of people are not combined into one is naturally to be able to play better, and it will be very uncomfortable to be surrounded by too many people, and a dozen people are enough to call.

Let a few people lead the way in front, and a few more in the back, and a few soldiers around to help carry supplies such as food and water, so that it is enough to use, and any more is a waste, which will greatly weaken the mood of playing.

When he watched it from a distance, Ang Lee had already discovered that there were many cliffs on this lonely mountain in Gibraltar, almost everywhere there were cliffs, and there were many places that were impassable by manpower.

Otherwise, these wild monkeys would not have survived for so long, after all, the mountains with cliffs and forests are a very good cover, which can greatly reduce the interference of human activities to these monkeys, and also protect these monkeys from being hunted by humans.

Just imagine, if this mountain was a flat land, it is estimated that these wild monkeys would have been extinct long ago, and it is absolutely impossible for them to reproduce to this day.

Many wild animals almost live in the mountains, and this is because only in the mountains, these wild animals can find a natural environment to shelter themselves, in order to escape the poisonous hands of humans, in the plains, they will not live long, will be wiped out by humans.

Therefore, these monkeys should be grateful to this mountain, which has existed for a long time, and has protected their reproduction so that they can reproduce from generation to generation.

Ang Lee likes monkeys very much, because monkeys are cute, and they are also animals that are very close to humans, and they feel friendly when they look at them.

These monkeys are all wild monkeys, and the presence of wild monkeys on this mountain is enough to show that there is enough food to sustain the survival of this group of monkeys on this mountain, that is, there are more fruit trees of all kinds, and these fruit trees can provide enough food sources for these wild monkeys to promote their growth and reproduction.

The monkeys of Gibraltar, which belonged to the Barbary macaque population, were the only wild monkey population on the European continent in later generations, and were a very rare species, and, until later generations, this group continued to flourish and reproduce, unlike the same group of macaques in North Africa.

This is due to Gibraltar's unique mountainous terrain, the kindness of the locals, and of course, most importantly, the terrain, without which these monkeys would never have been able to thrive forever.

Of course, in later generations, in fact, these monkeys were also on the verge of extinction, and it is said that during the Second World War, the number of macaques in Gibraltar was reduced to only a handful of seven, and they were almost extinct.

In order to preserve this species in Gibraltar, the British supreme ruler at that time ordered the collection of this monkey from the forests of northern Africa and replenished it into Gibraltar, and strengthened the protection of wild monkeys in Gibraltar, so that the number of monkeys living in this area became more and more abundant, and the climate gradually formed.

As for the British ruler at that time, why he cared so much about the insignificant monkeys, it was naturally because of a legend, it is said that there was a very magical legend at that time, that as long as these macaques existed for a day, Gibraltar would be British territory, and if these monkeys were extinct, Gibraltar might not be British territory.

At that time, the British naturally did not want to lose the treasure land of Gibraltar, so they preferred to believe that this legend was true, and to protect the local macaques for the sake of this legend, so that the macaque population became more and more numerous, and it also indicated that their territory would never be lost.

Legends are legends, not necessarily true, and not necessarily reliable, but the legend of the macaques in Gibraltar has really come true, with the increase in the population of macaques in Gibraltar, Gibraltar has not been taken back like other British territories, but has remained in the British territory, I have to say that it is a miracle.

Of course, Gibraltar's stay in Britain is not due to the macaques' credit or the macaques' blessings, but because the local people are not Spaniards, they are unwilling to return to Spain, and they have been strongly opposed, which has caused this situation.

There is more to the legend of the Gibraltar macaques, there is also a legend that St. Michael's Cave under the Gibraltar Rock is the exit of a fifteen-mile underground passage connecting Gibraltar to the African continent, and the ancestors of these Gibraltar macaques came to the gibraltar rock from this tunnel to live and reproduce.

Of course, no one knows whether there is an undersea tunnel under St. Michael's Cave, and no one has seen this tunnel anyway, so maybe it's just a legend.

The interior of St. Michael's Cave is very beautiful, it is simply a natural auditorium.