Eagle Byzantium

Well, looking at the "shield" he drew on the paper, Gawain thought about what Anna said and thought that it was indeed the case. In this era, he saw Saracen-style conical shields, Greek-style olive-shaped shields, and the Southern Mediterranean. Kite Shield and Kite Shield, Saxon Viking Cross Iron Hoop-style round shields, and even Eastern European-style accordion-shaped shields, really don’t have the “iron shield” he drew (shields of this shape were not popular until the 13th century. Later, due to the superiority of their shape, they became the The main body of the coat of arms of each feudal family).

"I knew it would be okay to draw a kite shield." Gawain felt a little regretful and thought as he held the pen, but Anna soon became uninterested in this "kite and iron dispute" and just asked Gawain to continue talking.

"What color do you like?"

"Purple." Anna didn't think twice, but then she felt that using it now would be a transgression, so she quickly changed her mind, "It's better to use crimson or gold..." Gawain smiled and touched Anna's head, " Then use purple and gold.”

These words touched Xiao Nizi's heart, and she immediately expressed her satisfaction.

After mixing the paint, Gawain handed the pen to Anna's hand, then held her little hand, "Paint the shield I painted with paint. This is called the shield surface." Anna bit her lip and leaned into Gawain's arms. I did exactly what he said.

"Okay, this is called the top of the shield." Gawain drew a horizontal line on the top of the iron shield with his pen.

"These three points are called the head of the shield, the heart of the shield and the navel of the shield." Gawain drew another vertical line, and finally he drew another horizontal line at the bottom of the "iron shield", "This is called the base of the shield."

"Very good, now you understand the shield face, shield top, shield head, shield heart, shield navel, and shield base. You can now perform 'faceting', such as cross, triangle, chevron, and slash."

So Anna used a white paint pen on the iron shield pattern, taking the center of the shield as the axis. A triple cross-shaped dividing line was drawn to divide the pattern into four parts. "It can be divided horizontally or crosswise. The divided area is called the shield area, and the pattern is drawn inside as a symbol." Gawain continued to remind. .

Her Royal Highness used red ink paint on the upper left shield area. "Red Hand Cross Sword" was drawn, "This is your Red Hand Brigade." Anna smiled, and then in the opposite shield area on the lower right, seven "mountain-shaped" black patterns were drawn, three up and down. Four, "The Land of Seven Ridges?" Two people said at the same time. One question and one answer.

"It's pretty." Anna was very satisfied.

"No Anna, it's more than that. The complete coat of arms, except for the shield area, there is a helmet, feathers, and a small crown on the top of the shield. There are also coat of arms flags on both sides, wrapped around the names of the 'lanyard' and the 'cloak' 'The flower ribbon also has the inscription on the bottom of the shield."

Anna quickly used a fine pen to draw her own small crown and Gawain's red-hand feathered helmet on the top of the shield, and then threw the pen away. He said a little tiredly and coquettishly that he couldn't be busy anymore and would add more when he met something meaningful in the future. He didn't expect that just a coat of arms would be so cumbersome. "But this coat of arms imprint is pretty good. I will let everyone in Seleucia City know it immediately." Armory, and the seal will be stamped on my documents."

At this moment, Muzafi'adin hurriedly walked in from the arch, "in the camp under the city of Seleucia. There was an infantry detachment making a noise, claiming that the master and mistress should fulfill the promise they made by the Karasu River in Sinop. Allocate land and fiefs."

What! The two men did not dare to neglect. Gawain immediately asked Anna and his guards to defend the castle. Then he rode his horse and arrived at the barracks under the city. The ones causing trouble this time were actually several Italian veteran companies that he usually relied on the most. , they picked up the straps of their shields with their long swords, and sat at the edge of the camp wearing only their blouses, shouting, "We just want what we deserved three years ago!"

"We will not break our vow to continue the jihad, but we will pay for it!"

Later, several infantry detachments, mainly Greeks, also came out carrying flags and making noises. They did not dare to do so at first, but seeing that this group of Latins were the first to attack, they also emboldened themselves. Even Bramson raised his two-handed sword and shouted among the ranks of veterans. Giovanni was riding a horse, his face full of anger and suppressing it, "Until before entering Paflaconia, the previous Red Hand Company The team did not owe any military pay. Even when they were marching in the mountains, they used the spoils of war and the princess’s dowry as a reward! What else are you dissatisfied with?”

"Money is money, and now we still need peasants and soldiers. The stablemaster George made a promise to us three years ago, and His Excellency Sinopstratigos also made a promise before. Now it is time to fulfill it. "The soldiers shouted confidently, raising their fists and weapons, "It is said that even the Pauline believers were given several large market towns as compensation, why didn't we?"

Bramson also angrily jumped onto a mound, waving to the soldiers and shouting, "Seleucia, Seleucia, the largest army, the Red Hand Company, has collapsed! The former Bari and Armenian Grand Dukes are now General Stephen Gawain of Strategos, who deceived and abducted us, owed us more than hundreds of thousands of Byzantine gold coins for our military pay and land, and was about to take His Royal Highness the Princess and the Heretic Woman with him. The consul ran away together, and we had no choice but to sell the shield, sword, lance, saddle, armor, and five copper plates, which were originally worth several Grosso silver coins, at a low price in the military port market. A copper plate, a total of five copper plates - Lord Gao Wen will punish you. We have worked hard to fight for you for two years, and you don’t give us the land. You pay us back our hard-earned money!”

At this moment, Gawain rode a silver horse and arrived in front of the soldiers. When the soldiers saw him, they stopped saluting and shouted towards Gawain, "Liar, pay us back our hard-earned money", "Serve you" To Seleucia, across half of Asia Minor, everyone has become a beggar", "Don't talk to you, we only believe in the eldest princess, please come out", "Don't try to prevaricate this matter, otherwise we will not go to Antioch" One after another.

Gawain understood that these soldiers were not interested in the emperor. They did not trust Alexios and were willing to follow him and Anna at the previous juncture. They were bound by a promise. That was what Master Stabler George had promised them before, and now He had to cash in - but he had just arrived in Seleucia, and everything was waiting to be done. The military supplies had been almost spent, and it was very difficult to buy them with money; in addition, the entire region, It turns out that after the death of Emir Yesudin, the Turkic Bey and Ghazi fiefdom systems also collapsed. The unclaimed land that was originally idle should be abundant, but the local Greek Ginat military noble landowners, But I took advantage of the opportunity and ran out to take advantage of it. Taking advantage of the fact that I temporarily had no manpower to check household registration and property, I wantonly occupied land and tenant farmers. Therefore, it is also very difficult to allocate land to soldiers.

But Gawain was Gawain after all. His head turned a few times at high speed, and then he slowly raised his hands. At this time, the entire crowd of soldiers fell silent, "I ask you, are you going to become mercenaries who receive military pay? Or do you want to become a peasant soldier who owns land and pays for your military service?”

As soon as this question came up, the soldiers immediately talked about it. Bramson and Decius Moss, the flag officer who had made great achievements in the Battle of Zephyrim, lowered their heads and talked, but in the end the result was that Bran Mussen still wanted to continue receiving "hot money", but Decius wanted to settle down and start a family in Seleucia. There were obvious differences between the two men.

"Even if you become peasant soldiers, are you willing to farm and run the farmland with the tenant farmers?" This is the second question Gawain shouted.

This problem is no different. Most of the soldiers came to join the army because they hated farm work and the hopeless career of farmers. Now they only want land as a kind of monetary reward, or they have the characteristics of contemporary people. I have the same desire to "buy real estate", but if I want to run my own business, I am not interested at all. After all, I am not a native Anatolian, and I don't have deep-rooted feelings for this land.

After hearing the soldiers' discussion, Gawain immediately established the direction of guidance, "If this is not the case, we will sign a contract under this beautiful castle. This contract will allow you not to farm and at the same time receive military pay. How about you even make a fortune while fighting?"

Is there such a good thing? The soldiers suddenly cheered loudly, but Bramson and Decius reminded everyone: Don't be fooled, General Gawain is very treacherous.

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"Listen to General Stratigos!" Most of the soldiers were still willing to listen.

Gawain then spoke loudly, "You have land but you don't need to farm it. It's more like holding shares. No, you are soldiers holding the 'Gospel Pension' land."

"What are you talking about? I don't understand!" The soldiers expressed their apologies one after another.

So Gawain will try his best to explain it in easy-to-understand words:

The term "gospel pension" was not something he came up with in a moment of enthusiasm. In fact, he had been thinking about it during the previous march. After all, Gawain was a person with a spirit of contract. Since he had made a promise to the soldiers, He was about to figure out how to achieve it, and Bramson had indeed wronged him by calling him "cheating" and "thinking of taking Anna and Cabea Amiya away." Gawain had previously "examined" the land and tax systems in Asia Minor and Italy. At the same time, he would invite Anna to explain to him some of the past laws of the Eastern Roman Empire, and he would also screen and explore them.

Therefore, Gawain had a strong interest in the "Pulonia Real Estate", but he also questioned the privileges of the Plonian cavalry not only to enjoy land taxes, but also to directly occupy land and depend on farmers, believing that this was a sign of the imperial government. For a long time, they had failed to compromise in the struggle of the military aristocrats, not to mention that Emperor Alexios and other newly emerging military aristocrats supported the throne. There was no reason to backhand and infringe on the interest groups to which they belonged. It would be tantamount to digging their own graves.

Therefore, innovation and improvement are left to me, Gao Wen. (To be continued ~^~)