Chapter 803 Choice
Although the port of Abbas was slowly eliminated due to its water depth several hundred years later, due to its limited water depth, it was one of the most important ports in Persia in this era. This city, which was built hundreds of years ago, has never been as crowded as it is now.
Outside the broken city walls, there were tents everywhere. The natives who escaped from all directions lived in the tents outside the city, and their safety was temporarily guaranteed.
Half a month ago, according to the agreement reached by the generals of the Tang army and the city lord, the Tang army used the guarantee not to massacre the city as a guarantee to surrender. The witness of this agreement was the Ming Shang in the city. Even the reason why such an agreement was reached was because the safety of the Ming Shang was taken into consideration that the Tang army generals signed the agreement.
However, this agreement was not without any benefit to the Tang army. At least after a brief conflict, the port city once again restored its previous prosperity. Even the prosperity was far beyond the past when a large number of refugees fled to this city. Although it was occupied by the Tang army, the Tang army here did not carry out large-scale killings, but chose to "protection", even if their "protection" was a bit reluctant.
Inside and outside the city, there were bustling pedestrians everywhere, most of them wearing dirty Persian robes, which looked a little down. These people were Persians who fled from all directions, including farmers and herdsmen. They were all driven here by the guns and cannons of the Tang army. Of course, their waists were not carried with scimitars, their swords and muskets, as they used to hand over, which was the condition for hosting them.
Judging from their outfits, you will know that they all fled here in a hurry. After these people left their hometowns and fled here, they had no property. They were all penniless and had a slim future, but they always had to live. As for how to live?
They didn't know, but one thing that was certain was that in this era, there were no refugee camps, and no white left came to provide them with food or water, and there wouldn't be any white left to help these refugees solve certain physiological needs. Not only would they not, if they dared to have any abnormal movements, what would be waiting for them would be the bayonets or gun bullets of Tang army.
Moreover, for the sake of life, they even had to sell their daughters to the market, where they would put on Han costumes and combed their small buns on their heads. Although they were just ordinary cloth clothes, they were also dressed much brighter. They would soon take a boat to the Ming Dynasty and become maids of a wealthy family. If they were attracted by a certain young man, they might even become concubines.
In short, there are countless possibilities for their future.
Now, they are only worth only ten taels of silver, which is only exchanged for a few stones of food. In exchange for food, they can only cover their families' belly. This is the case in troubled times, but even so, compared to many people, they are undoubtedly lucky, at least they can survive.
Compared with these locals who struggled in troubled times, Ming Shangs, as outsiders, wore long swords and scimitars around their waists. This is not for pretending, but a killing weapon that can be pulled out and killed at any time!
They had to go shopping with swords... After all, in this troubled world, swords are the only choice to protect themselves!
When the Persians in long robe saw these Ming Shangs in their right-breasted Hanfu, they couldn't help but show a strong hostility in their eyes. Even if the existence of these Ming Shangs protected them, in their opinion, these people were the same as the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and they were even more hateful because they bought their wives and daughters and plundered their last little pitiful property.
Why are they hostile to them?
Because the Tang army had a gun in their hands! Since they didn't dare to hate the Tang army, then hate the Ming Shang, which was exactly the same as them.
Bullying the weak and fearing the strong has always been human nature.
However, facing their sinister and hostile eyes, the Ming Shangs' expressions were as normal and did not take them seriously at all. They knew that these people just dared to express their dissatisfaction with their eyes, and these people did not dare to act rashly at all. After all, without the protection of Ming Shang, they had only a dead end.
However, Ming Shang's palm was unconsciously pressed on the handle of the knife.
The Tang army has guns!
Ming Shang has a knife.
Therefore, Ming Shang, who walked across from these Persians, just stared at them with fierce and hostile eyes! The Ming Shangs also responded to the other party with contemptuous eyes without hesitation.
It's just a group of timid rats!
But no one dared to take action, because there will always be Tang Jun passing through the streets with live ammunition.
One thing that is certain is that once the two sides conflict, the Tang army will definitely favor their own people, Ming Shang is also Han.
Most of the Tang soldiers who are patrolling the streets inside and outside the city have been ordered to maintain order on the streets. When they encounter troublemakers, no matter what their identity is, no matter who takes action first, they will arrest only Persians. Then they will behead them outside the city!
This punishment has to be called tough. For this reason, although there are tens of thousands of refugees from all over the world gather here, the order inside and outside the city has finally been maintained.
As for whether such an iron fist can last for a while or last for a lifetime?
No one knows, no one cares.
Because everyone knows very well that in the end, these native people’s problems will definitely be solved, and what is the key to the problem?
It was not the Tang Dynasty itself, but the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away!
In fact, when the so-called "Tang Kingdom" went south to Persia, what was most worried about was the Ming Dynasty's reaction. After all, for the Ming Dynasty, the so-called "fake and sushi" was a rebellion. The current "Tang Kingdom" was just a change from Zhang Pi's "fake and sushi".
Originally, Puppet Shun had been staying in the hinterland of the Western Regions and had no direct connection with the Ming Dynasty. Even though the Ming Dynasty bought a lot of "sweat and blood BMWs" from them, the only connection between the two sides was just such a trade connection. But now it was different. The Tang army's southward advance made the Ming Dynasty finally face these rebellions directly opposite the Port of Abbas, and there was a Ming colony.
The land ceded by the Sultanate of Ariba is less than 3,000 square kilometers, and is basically a desert, which is the Oman enclave on the Musandem Peninsula in later generations. Perhaps this land is extremely barren, but it guards the Persian Gulf and controls this land. The entire Persian Gulf will be under the control of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, more importantly, the Ming Dynasty can also control the oil pipes in this world through this in the future.
Of course, Gan Hui, who forced the Sultanate of Ariba to cede this land, certainly did not know the importance of the land in the future, but after learning the news, Zhu Guoqiang immediately issued an order to build the "Pingrong City" here and sent garrisons and immigrants.
Although the military and civilians of "Pingrong City" were only more than 2,000, they were eyeing the nearby land, especially the several islands on the Strait of Hormuz on the other side. Compared with the barren "Pingrong City", the islands on the other side were relatively richer and suitable for the development of agriculture. The development prospects were far greater than those of "Pingrong City". However, due to the unstable foothold and Persia is a major power in this area, this expansion has always been suppressed by the "Pingrong City" guards. However, when the news of Abbas Port being captured by the "Tang Army" came out, it immediately caused an unprecedented shock in "Pingrong City".
The voice of the "expansion faction" that has been suppressed by the "Pingrong City" city guards suddenly sounded. In the "Pingrong City", those who advocate expansion in "Pingrong City" are willing to see the place they like being occupied by "rebels". Most of them have only one idea, which is to hit them.
They all wanted to fight to the other shore and then take down those islands. The land of those islands may not be rich, but it must be stronger than the desert on "Pingrong City"!
On the contrary, a group of Persians escaped from the other shore, with tens of thousands of people. They lived in the desert and tried to hide.
Is it a war or a harmony.
Chapter completed!