Zhao Zhen was very curious about Austin, how did this goods reach the Great Song Dynasty from the hinterland of Europe, and you must know that there are many more obstacles and difficulties on this road than Xuanzang Tianzhu learned scriptures.

"Austin, how did you come to the Great Song from faraway Europa?"

Austin was sipping tea, and when he heard Zhao Zhen's words, his eyes were so sour that he almost cried: "The foreign minister arrived at the Abbasid dynasty by boat from Corsica, and encountered the raids of pirates, the troubles of the Abbasids, and the coaxing of profiteers, and crossed the entire Abbasid dynasty from north to south to Muscat and arrived at the city of Qinkelan by a merchant ship bound for the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Cai Boyu asked strangely, "Qin Kelan City?" ”

"It's the city of Guangzhou."

Zhao Zhen really admired Austin's perseverance and persistence, and nodded slightly: "You have traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers, it is not easy!" ”

Austin looked at the tea in front of him silently, in fact, the hardships and despair along the way were not at all clear in these three words: "Fortunately, I lived up to the emperor's expectations and came to the rich Great Song Dynasty, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty can let the foreign ministers bring back the advanced civilization of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Austin's words made Cai Bo Yan scoff, why did you let the Great Song Dynasty give you advanced technology to the Roman State?

Zhao Zhen also frowned uncomfortably, he thought that Austin was here to trade, as a trade bridge between the Great Song Dynasty and the Roman Empire, but now he found out that he was wrong, the Europeans wanted more greed than commerce, they wanted to obtain the technology of the Great Song Dynasty, which was absolutely impossible.

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Your Holy Roman Empire emperor wants the advanced civilization of my Great Song Dynasty, so what do you exchange for?" Is it just your empty words? Or do you think that my Da Song is the biggest philanthropist in the world? ”

Austin bowed down and said: "Your Majesty is certainly not a robber as a messenger, the Roman Empire will exchange it with something of equivalent value until Your Majesty is satisfied!" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Do you know the value of the advanced civilization of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Austen's body stiffened slightly, to be honest, he was still full of confidence at the beginning, there were many treasures of the Roman emperor in his treasure chest, but when he saw the advanced civilization of the Great Song Dynasty, he began to feel uneasy, these advanced skills are simply priceless, and they will not be easily sold in the Roman Empire.

"I have here a charter issued by the Pope and His Majesty the Emperor, as long as the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty sell goods in the Roman Empire, they do not have to pay taxes, and there is a special crown ......"

Zhao Zhen laughed and said, "I am not an emperor on the Danube, and I don't need the so-called pope to be crowned, not to mention that you think I will lead an army to Italy?" The Great Song Dynasty was thousands of miles away from Rome, and these were unrealistic things. The skills of the Great Song Dynasty are priceless to any country, including ourselves! But trade is still possible. ”

"Just trade?" Austin was speechless when he was disappointed after receiving Zhao Zhen's answer, in his opinion, trade is also an unrealistic thing, the distance between the two countries is too far, even if the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty transported precious goods to the Roman Empire, the price must be expensive and frightening to death.

Zhao Zhen saw Austin's disappointment, took a sip of tea with a smile and said, "What, is it possible that your Roman Empire wants to get goods from the Abbasid dynasty?" As far as I know, the great merchants of the Abbasid dynasty basically sell their goods to you at several times the price of my Great Song, do you want to be squeezed by them forever? ”

Austin smiled bitterly: "There is no way, the Heavenly Father has arranged Rome and the Great Song Dynasty too far, and the only one who can connect the two places is the Abbasid Dynasty." ”

"Then your Roman kingdom will find a way to open a trade route, that is, a place in Nuoda, can't you conquer a port leading to the Great Song Dynasty?"

Cai Boyu's words made Zhao Zhen suddenly startled, thinking of the religious war that lasted for more than two hundred years, Zhao Zhen was slightly stunned, could it be that the crusade was to find a direct road to China, and then shook his head with a smile, his thoughts were too ridiculous, the crusade was mainly about interests, religion, and the contradictions between clans.

"The skills of the Great Song Dynasty will never be leaked, but trade is possible, as long as you have your own port and reach an agreement with the Abbasid Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty will naturally sell you goods, after all, who will have trouble with money?"

Austin said firmly: "How difficult it is to get a piece of the Abbasid merchants, but the whole Roman Empire will fight for it!" ”

Zhao Zhen heard the smell of war from his words, and it seemed that the Abbasid dynasty, which had just gained a foothold, was about to face another powerful opponent, the Holy Roman Empire!

In this era when transportation and shipping are not developed, if you want to obtain enough resources, you can only expand outward, and whoever stands in the way will crush it and conquer it, why does Russia in later generations have such a large territory? It's not about finding a pitiful outlet to the sea yet!

There is a little silence for the Abbasid Dynasty, but Zhao Zhen will not be sympathetic to the flood of reminders, this era is a dark jungle, you don't know if other countries have malicious intentions, the goods obtained by the Abbasid Dynasty from the Great Song Dynasty were sold to other countries at sky-high prices after packaging and processing, so as to obtain strong economic strength to arm themselves.

Zhao Zhen is not sensitive to the slave dynasty of the Abbasid Dynasty, it is different from the Great Song Dynasty, if the Great Song Dynasty is a well-informed gentleman, then the Abbasid Dynasty is a complete villain, and it has recently been the third time that the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty have raised taxes, and since he completely ignored the glass of the Abbasid Dynasty, he began this shameful behavior.

Zhao Zhenzhao met with the Taliban, and the information he received from his secret channels was that he was not interested in Abbasid glass, which caused resentment among the Abbasid dynasty.

The reason is very simple, no country can live on imported goods alone, and the balance between the two is the best.

From the very beginning, Zhao Zhen and the caliph used each other, but it can also be said to help and support each other, the Great Song Dynasty needed the Abbasid Dynasty's excellent stallions, vast books, and exquisite skills, while the Abbasid Dynasty needed the exquisite goods of the Great Song Dynasty to become economic pillars to tide over the difficulties.

Now that the Abbasid dynasty has gained a firm foothold and began to play the idea of the Great Song Dynasty, how can Zhao Zhen not know this little trick, the production level of the Great Song Dynasty has reached a fairly high output, and goods and commodities are transported to the Abbasid Dynasty like flowing water, even if the Abbasid Dynasty is capable, it can't withstand the dumping of such goods!

The amount of goods sold to other countries did not change every year, but more and more goods were shipped by the Great Song Dynasty, but the merchants of Abbas refused to lower the price, which gradually became unsalable, which is why the Caliph planned to use glass to knock open the gold-swallowing beast of the Great Song Dynasty.

Since the caliph wants to counterattack the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen will naturally not be polite, originally planned to use the economy to sanction and sell goods to the area near Abbas, but now the appearance of Austin has given Zhao Zhen new ideas, such as letting the crusaders start the crusade in advance......