Chapter 238: Chapter 238: Deep Coal Veins

Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate

Caliph Harun al-Mu'tasim stood overlooking the sprawling city of Baghdad. Two days of negotiation had passed since the eastern dragon first cast its shadow across the horizon.

The Caliph had signed the treaty with a hand that trembled only slightly, while his viziers watched in stunned silence. Now the eastern army was beginning its slow march westward, the ground shaking beneath the synchronized tread of a hundred thousand boots.