Eagle Byzantium

The little sunfish arrived at the port of Mytilene, her former home, about two months ago on a gorgeous yacht.

This yacht was given to her by Gawain before she left. It was decorated with silk and fine leather sails, a gold-clad mast and a silver-clad bow. It was originally the ship of the great pirate Wen Moha, and was later used by Gawain for a full year. Bought for fifteen hundred Byzantine gold coins, it was originally intended to be a It was the flagship yacht of Caesar and the great patron of the Kingdom of Tarsus, but now the little sunfish has returned to Lesbos. "The emperor cannot be asked to despise Agnes, as this will also have a great impact on her grandfather's safety." Benefits." So Gawain gave her the yacht.

The gray-haired girl was standing on the deck. She resumed her female attire, tied up her hair, and her expression became sad. She looked at the port, which has as long a history as the island, and a long diagonal promontory protruding from its northeast. , a lighthouse is built on the rocks above, gently hugging the bay, and a long circular trestle is built along the headland and the land, and sailboats of various colors come in and out of it.

Mytilene is almost synonymous with Lesbos. The island where this port is located is almost inseparable from the ancient times of the Mediterranean: first, a family named Paislidani from the Thessaly region occupied it by force. Over the past five hundred years, the rule of this family has been He was replaced by an indigenous general named Pittacus Mytilene (probably a descendant of the Hittites), and then Mytilene implemented Athenian-style democratic rule throughout the island. In order to commemorate him, people The port southeast of Lesbos was named after him.

At the same time as General Mytilene, it was the famous ancient Greek poetess Sappho who made this island famous. In the classical era, people praised Sappho as the tenth muse, but they also tried their best to conceal it. Her identity and orientation, Sappho with black eyes in the paintings of that era Staring at the young male poet Alcaeus playing the harp opposite, she seemed to be interested in men; but later, or now, people are more willing to regard her as the originator of "lesbianism". In fact, the word "les" It comes from Lesbos.

Of course, according to Gawain's thoughts: "What are you arguing about? Sappho, like Agnes, is more likely to be bisexual. If I travel back to the seventh century BC, I will definitely prove it to you."

The island country became famous for a time because of its generals and poetesses, and later entered the history books again because of the arrival of Caesar. Caesar's first battle was to perform a siege mission on the island of Lesbos. Of course, in his spare time, he would go to Bithynia. "Hang around" with the king there.

After Caesar, this large island lost its luster and remained silent for thousands of years. It remained calm under the rule of the Eastern Roman Empire. Only once did a rebel naval admiral named Thomas use the island as a base to besiege Constantine. Dinburg ended in failure.

Ten years ago, the Turkic Emir Zahas of Nicaea led a large fleet of ships to attack the island. However, although he captured the port of Mytilene, Alexios's garrison retreated to Mesemna in the northwest corner of the island. The fortress held firm and resisted, eventually causing Zahas to retreat in anger.

The defense of Mesemna was inseparable from the strong assistance of Little Sunfish Grandpa Maglendius. At that time, the most famous family on the island burned down his home, taking Ah, who was only six or seven years old, with him. Genis retreated to the city of Mesemna, donated all her family property and liberated all the domestic slaves, and fought side by side with the defenders, leaving Zahas without local supplies at all, and contributed a lot to the victory.

So now even if the emperor puts Maglendius under house arrest, he can only treat him with courtesy and restrict his activities to Mesemna, hoping to force his granddaughter to come back and not serve Gawain.

So, Agnes, who got off the ship, was "escorted" by a group of archers from the emperor's orphaned imperial army, and rode a mule to the city of Mesemna.

This castle is located on a raised hill at the bottom of the promontory. It is triangular in shape and can control the sea on both sides and the protruding land of the promontory. Agnes's grandfather was under house arrest here.

Soon, the palace chief steward Xiaoniao arrived on the island in person. In the castle, he happily took the formula from the little sunfish, while the white-haired Maglendius sat in front of the arch formed by the elevated aqueduct, almost A pigeon jumped around him.

"As expected of Prani, who is proficient in mechanics. With such Khitan fire, it will be much easier for the emperor's army to restore the empire's territory." Nick Demia respectfully and flatteringly put the formula into his sleeve, and then leaned over to speak to Mage. Lendius said.

"Your Excellency, the Chief Steward, it is necessary to clarify that this formula was only obtained by this child from others, and it definitely does not belong to our Plani." Then the old Maglendius chanted in a hoarse tone. Recite the inscription, "When you do something, you should do it well - but the problem is that I didn't do it."

The little bird who was born in the countryside of Paphlagonia certainly didn't understand that the old noble's words came from the motto of General Mytilene. He continued to smile and reassured, "Actually, it's all the same. The emperor will give the order soon." A suitable husband for my granddaughter, one who will bring glory to Pulani’s family.”

"Which fallen former Anatolian military nobleman? Or a palace guard recently promoted by the emperor?" Maglendius said with a slightly contemptuous tone.

This made the palace chief manager a little embarrassed, but he couldn't get angry. When he was about to continue explaining, the gray-haired girl standing over there had complicated eyes, but a determined expression. She turned to Nicodeemia and said, "Don't bother Your Majesty, I've already done it." She was given to a man in Tarsus and is no longer a virgin.”

This sentence made the two old men feel embarrassed at the same time.

So the honorable chief steward coughed twice, "If that's the case, then I still have some reason to worry that my granddaughter will be deceived by the emperor's enemies, so..." Then he raised his hand, and a team of people wearing badge cloaks came from the other side of the fortress. Agnes knew their identities, they were all craftsmen from the imperial palace arsenal, "So we have to make compliant Khitan firearms here on the spot, so that we can return to the Brahenna Palace to report to His Majesty with peace of mind."

"Okay, I'll wait here, what about you Agnes?"

"Grandpa, I'll be by your side." The little sunfish was not unreasonable, and handed the box containing the drawings to the chief steward. Although she hated Gawain for taking away her virginity, she also knew that Gawain would not trap her.

Nicdemia laughed dryly twice, and then signaled the soldiers and craftsmen to speed up the production here. He was responsible for monitoring - the objects were both Agnes's grandparents and the progress of the craftsmen, because the emperor was anxiously waiting for this matter in Adrianople.

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After a while, Agnes was alone with her grandfather under the arch of the canal. This was also a kind of privilege. After all, the emperor only wanted the formula and did not want or dare to abuse the name of Plane too much: Komnenos treated the great nobles in the country more by marriage, just like the Emperor Romanus of the Macedonian Dynasty did in the past, so that the throne would be stable and peaceful.

"Grandpa, I..." Agnes covered her face with embarrassment at this time. After all, she was still a girl in her bones. (To be continued ~^~)