Eagle Byzantium

As soon as she opened her mouth, the little princess Adelaide next to her was immediately dumbfounded. It turned out that the "evil and mad" prince opposite her was a female just like herself.

Dorus Lambert sternly stopped the arrogant speech of the little sunfish, and then said to the countess and the little princess: Under the protection of the Tarsus Palace Guards and I, your mother and son will set off for the Great Patron tomorrow. and the location of Purple Caesar.

"Thank you for your hard work, Dorus. Please wait for me to say hello to Caesar's health when you return." The little sunfish said as he picked up a glass of wine.

"It is the order of the great patron, you will come back with me." Lambert replied with a stern expression.

"Hey..." Agnes's face was full of surprise and reluctance. She hadn't had enough fun in Seleucia!

However, the request of the chief sponsor cannot be violated. The next day in the team, the little sunfish pouted, and from time to time took out a pen and paper from the saddle bag to make corrections, temporarily adding and deleting the plan that Gawain had asked her to complete. .

What they saw along the way was that the little Austrian princess Adelaide was as surprised and shocked as the newly liberated slave Wen Ruomingna riding on a mule: the former came from Austria, and there were many things she had never seen in her hometown before; The latter came from the Adige Mountains on the other side of the ocean. He had just walked out of the shackles of the workshop and went to the court of Tarsus accompanied by the big shot.

The little princess was the first to see that Alalman Castle had built a long embankment along the coast. There were several tower windmills arranged on and around the embankment. They were waving round shovels driven by the wind, constantly moving the windmills on both sides. The swamp and seawater have been drained away, and wheat and seawater have been planted on both sides. Buckwheat and long grass, their troops walked on the high embankment, with vast fields on one side and the boundless ocean on the other. According to Lambert, a year ago this place was a swamp connected to the sea. Now tens of thousands of people have opened up fields here.

"Once the 'Ladder Workshop' there is completed, many, many things will be manufactured in the entire Alameinburg area and sent to Akum Market for sale." Lambert said, pointing to the ladder climbing up the mountain over there. The workshop group said.

Adelaide's mouth was wide open. When she came to Akum Market, she saw that the place was extremely prosperous. Surrounding the Municipal Secretary's supervision building, there were three layers of tents and stalls inside and outside. Food is sold, jewelry is sold on one level, and daily necessities are sold on the other. There are many boats tied to the wooden piles on the seaside, swinging slightly in the blue water. Further north, on both sides of the road connecting the Mut Valley, are saffron plantations, owned by the "Pauline heretics": it is said that the Pope is condemning this sect, but this group of people still lives in Seleucia. Very good, many people have become rich by growing crocuses, farming, and afforestation. Of course, their strongholds are still in the river valleys further away, not on the road to Adelaide.

In the evening, the group arrived at Seleucia. Adelaide saw the magnificent Grand Hospital and St. Paul's College in the dusk. The streets in the Guanyi District below were full of pilgrims, students, and merchants, and there were rows of large warehouses. There are a lot of people in front of the door, and many goods from the Levant, Egypt and Kiev can be purchased in the shops here.

In the end, even Countess Ida couldn't hold it any longer and spent her money to buy a glass worship vase made in Cairo. It was made by the Crescent Church for Christians, but it didn't have any special meaning.

"When the Patron came to Seleucia, the city's population was only four thousand. Now it has tripled. A larger stone wall outer city will be built along the periphery of the large hospital to cover the rapidly expanding city. The city is enclosed." After Lambert finished the introduction, he politely left and settled the Count and his daughter in the VIP building in the Guanyi District.

At the door of the building, the little sunfish also came out, "Hey, you have to pay attention. That Austrian princess is obviously in love. I saw her winking at you along the way, trying to seduce you."

The smoke from the dinner was rising from the chimneys everywhere, and there were farmers on both sides of the street driving their sheep into the countryside. Lambert stepped onto the gravel road and said to Little Sunfish disapprovingly, "Even if the other party has such a You shouldn't spread your thoughts to the world, let alone my wife Hertomia knowing about it. You will feel hesitant and suspicious, which is also detrimental to the reputation of Countess Ida and her daughter. Some unnecessary things are best nipped in the bud, which is good for both parties. It is like having an Adigai around you. Girl, it would be embarrassing if the patron knew that you were keeping slaves in private."

Listening to the other party's serious reply, the little sunfish raised his eyebrows and stuck out his tongue, "I will keep it a secret for you."

"I don't have any secrets that I need you to protect." Lambert said. He understood that Little Sunfish would definitely stay in the old palace of the Seleucia Acropolis tonight, so he asked her to meet him at the city gate on time tomorrow. They will be together.

When the group arrived at the city of Zephyrim two days later, preparing to take a short rest before heading to Tarsus across the river, Conrad and Guillaume had already attended the welcome banquet in Gawain.

The 35,000 pilgrims and refugees they had gathered after the defeat of Gangara (more than 10,000 more since Angras) were temporarily settled on both sides of the Sidenus River. Most of the German and Frankish pilgrims did not even have anyone to do special work for them this time. They just saw the towering walls of the repaired city of Tarsus, the barges shuttling back and forth at the river port, the fertile land and forests being developed on the shore, and the beautiful houses on the foothills for soldiers and farmers to live in. When they heard that there was still a lot of idle land in Cilicia and Cappadocia, they all flocked to the local self-reform associations and brotherhoods and took the initiative to sign the Holy Benevolent Gospel Real Estate Contract.

In this way, only less than 10,000 of the 35,000 were willing to continue to follow the Grand Marshal of the Court, the Archbishop of Milan and the Duke of Aquitaine to the Holy Land. So while Gawain entertained these distinguished guests, Sheriff Andeodate led the office clerical team to arrange for 20,000 new immigrants: Andeodate suggested that half of them should be relocated to the County of Cis to start farming or iron smelting, and the other half should be relocated to Kayseri to grant land to border residents, half farmers and half soldiers, to strengthen the city defense there.

During the banquet, Gawain and Anna also skillfully carried out diplomatic work, and finally Archbishop Biser of Milan and Grand Marshal Conrad agreed to temporarily represent Salian Caesar Henry IV to sign a trade agreement between Bari and Milan and Bologna; as for Guillaume, Gawain promised him many times that in the territorial dispute between him and Raymond, Tarsus would stand on the side of the Duke of Aquitaine with all his strength.

Guillaume was very moved, and he also promised Gawain: he would write to the deacon of the diocese of Montpellier, a large port, to ask him to provide a fixed quota of cargo ships to the Port of Seleucia every year, including the "Gaol canvas" that Gawain had long coveted. This canvas was only produced locally and was an excellent sail for ships. (To be continued ~^~)