Your Majesty

So the courtiers gave a hundred ducat each to Apie Suy, and one male and one female servant. Four hundred noblemen went with the king to bathe that day, forty thousand ducats to Apie Sui, and four hundred male and female slaves. In addition, the king gave him another hundred ducats and ten bondsmen for each maidservant. Apie Sui, flattered and grateful, knelt before the king, kissed the ground, and said:

"O wise king! I do not have such a spacious place to keep my slaves."

"I only command my ministers so as to collect a large sum for you. You are a stranger. Maybe one day you miss your hometown and your loved ones and want to go back to your hometown. At that time, you can bring a large sum of money back and enjoy the happiness for a lifetime." ?

"Allah bless you, Your Majesty! Only the lords and ministers can have such a large number of slaves. Your Majesty has ordered the officials to give me cash, and I have got good money. But I cannot afford to feed and clothe these servants, who are as many as the army."

"Allah, you are right." The King smiled. "There are enough servants to make an army. Will you sell them to me for a hundred ducats each?"

"I do."

The king sent for the gold coins from the Treasury and gave them to Apie Sui. Then he returned the maidservants to their masters and said to the officials, "This is my gift to you. Come and take back your own slaves."

Civil and military officials obeyed. Apie Sui was relieved and said gratefully, "Praise be to Allah for your Majesty who has saved me from this horde of servants who are begging me for food and drink."

At Apie Sui's words, the king could not help laughing, and led his people home.

Ali Sa was born and grew

Once upon a time, in the place of Hulhasa, there lived a merchant named Mattentin. Mattentin was rich, enjoyed the world's wealth, and led a happy and comfortable life. But the fly in the ointment was that, though he was sixty years old, he had not fathered a son or a daughter. He thought of the great wealth he had accumulated in his life, and that it would one day fall into the hands of others with his own death, and he lamented this all day long. That did not change until his sixtieth birthday. God gave him a boy this day.

Overjoyed at having a son in his old age, Mattentin named him Ali Sa and regarded him as the apple of his eye. Ali Sa was as beautiful and lovely as the full moon on the fifteenth day. His parents took every care of him. Owing to a privileged family environment, he grew up healthily. As he grew older, his character and common sense were enriched. Little by little Ali Sa grew into a handsome, bookish teenager. By this time Mattentin was in the last years of his life.

One day Mattentin felt that he was going to die, so he called his son Ali Sa to his bed and said, "Son, I am going to follow the call of God. Before I close my eyes, I have something to say to you."

"Father, tell me what you have to say." Ali Sa knew these were his father's last words.

"I tell you, don't make friends. Not everyone can be your friend. You must always be on the lookout for the unexpected, and always be careful to avoid unexpected disasters. Never approach those who do wrong. Approach those who do wrong is like approaching a blacksmith. Even if you are not burned by the sparks, you will have bad eyes from the smoke. The poet once said:

one

You want a real friendship,

It's not easy.

In times of disaster and death,

It's hard to be honest.

This is my admonition to you,

You must bear it in mind.

From now on you must give up swimming,

Live in absolute isolation.

two

People always have a disease hidden in them,

If you look, if you pay attention,

Will discover the deception and scheming,

So you must never go near it.

three

There's a lot of gibberish in society,

You will not profit from it.

Unless we discuss knowledge and exchange knowledge,

You should cultivate your mind alone.

four

Man's words and deeds are mysterious,

I know their true nature myself.

The so-called friendship is just a deception,

One can never forget pretense and hypocrisy, and play with power."