Eagle Byzantium

When caravans and cannons were rolled out from the surrounding camps, and the Lydian border army camp was surrounded. Looking at the cannon muzzles on all sides, the four thousand border residents who were making trouble suddenly woke up and realized that they had gone too far. Didn't wait for the lord When the guarantor arrived, he took the initiative to send out all the imprisoned soldiers. Then everyone opened the camp door. The fifty captains in the lead fell to the ground, shouting "We also want the salary" and worked hard to get it. Reduced "mutiny" to "petition".

Gawain, wearing a black cloak, stepped out from the gate of Prusa and set up a flagpole outside a slope on the edge of the camp, and met with ten "petition representatives" of the "Lydian Border Army".

"Why did you kick over the soup pot?"

"Because the food in the pot is too small compared to other teams, even if it is kicked over, there will be no loss." The representatives said in unison.

"Your treatment under Grand Duke Brenus has not been reduced."

"Please forgive me, my great patron. The other border residents in your frontier fortress area all have land in the local area, and then they are armed and fighting on the conditions of tax exemption and rationing of spoils. But we are different. This is the case in Lydia. Those who were drawn by lot to join the army did not immediately stand up Secondly, the salary is too meager. Now we are sent to fight in Crete. Even if we try our best to restrain the troops, I am afraid that everyone will surrender in front of the enemy." The experienced captain of fifty took the opportunity to speak softly and hard.

Gawain nodded slightly, "Your original tradition is to get rewards before setting off, but my army principles do not have this. Everything must rely on meritorious service to obtain a stipend, or to seize the enemy's trophies."

"I don't dare to ask for rewards, I just hope that the great patron will allocate us suitable sacred land and property!" Everyone expressed their hope almost in unison at this time.

Seeing that the plan had been accomplished, Gawain put his fingers on his lips and beard, pretending to think for a while, and then said, "Not only you, but also the three thousand soldiers in the current county of Somerst, all of whom were originally minelayers." As an old member of the Grand Duke Nuss, it stands to reason that I should give you preferential treatment and make reasonable arrangements. However, in Lydia, Mysia, and Samos, there were already various monastery estates and Protonian fiefdoms, and those that originally belonged to the Royal Estates Division were taken back by me and belonged to Tarsus. The royal family has special jurisdiction over the sacred farm, and there is really no room for rationing it to you now!"

Everyone bowed in front of Gawain and looked at each other for a while. Their eyes suddenly showed murderous intent. Then one of the bold ones took half a step forward and said directly to the guarantor, "Then take it." You have given us the monastery estate and domain as a benefaction, and as long as the Patron does so, we are willing to be loyal to you and your descendants for generations to come."

"Liu, I'm afraid this word is not very good..." Gawain hesitated.

Just after everyone's appetites were whetted, Gawain stood up after finishing what he just said, and continued to walk back and forth in contemplation for a long time. The eyes of the group of fifty captains followed him.

Finally, he finally spoke:

"Originally, all these areas fell into the hands of the Turks. Later, after the former emperor recovered, he restored some monasteries and Pulonian real estate; then Brenus vigorously established the Pulonian system here and pursued the Pulonian system. The landowners of Nia are cavalry and officers, and you civilians are auxiliary light soldiers. But now I want you to go to a dangerous place like Crete without giving you appropriate status and treatment. It is really unreasonable. "

Hearing this, everyone was moved to tears and felt warm in their hearts.

"The monasteries are of no use to the country, so they should be dismantled altogether. All monasteries should be converted into new synagogues. All slaves should be liberated as free people in the village and pay taxes for the country's farming. And the Plonian landowners have also abolished the supervision and taxation. The judicial power will be changed to the title of sacred land and will be incorporated into my army to serve as cavalry. The large amount of additional land will be all distributed to you, and part of it will be under the direct jurisdiction of the Tarsus royal family. Do you think this is good? "

"Okay!" Of course everyone welcomed him warmly. In fact, they still don't know what it means when Gawain promises to allocate them holy land and real estate.

This means that Anna's previous promise of "not changing for fifty years" to the local Plonian landowners and monastery will be overturned in just three months.

In Anatolia and Cilicia, the old estates of the original empire were almost completely wiped out by the frenzy of the Seljuk invasion, so Gawain did not encounter much resistance in promoting the "Holy Pension Gospel Military Estate"; But now it is different in Lydia, Mysia, and Bithynia. These are still places where the old forces are deeply rooted, so Gawain wants to take advantage of He used the opportunity to instigate this group of dissatisfied border soldiers, used the rationed pension as bait, and used them to realize his secret plan: to replace the Plonian real estate with the pension system, to destroy the Orthodox monastery with the Reform Society, and to vigorously carry out the plan. Give this old imperial land a major overhaul and pave the way for more powerful technological changes in the future!

Gawain can never forget that when he first traveled to that poor village, all the people were squeezed by the tax collectors and relied on the barren land to spend all their money to support the equipment, food and war horses of an expedition soldier. ,Why? This is not at all a problem that people cannot work, farm, or have children, but that society lacks fairness and order.

Now he wants to bring justice back, even with swords, cannonballs, and blood and fire.

Even if a hundred villages are destroyed, as long as a thousand are reborn, it is right and just.

So Gawain turned around and added an extremely generous condition to the petitioning soldiers to stimulate them, "Generally speaking, only regular brigade soldiers have a stipend, so why don't I just give you and the Samos County District The people and horses were the backbone, and each formed a new brigade, namely the Nikka Brigade and Opushkin Brigade. The brigade is at my service. The generals of Temach are Lycapanus and Acropolites. In addition, you do not need to go to Crete for the time being. Instead, you will be stationed in the city of Prusa immediately to monitor the surrounding area. The area was sanctified, while Opushkin's brigade continued the siege of Mesemna Castle on the island of Lesbos.

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I've given you the sword - so go ahead and set up your own soup pot. "

So the mutiny was quickly put down, and the "Lydian Border Army" transformed into the new "Nika Brigade". All the soldiers cheered and began to raise their own battle flags in the city of Prusa, and then began to demolish the original The earthen forts built inside and outside the city, including knob-shaped fortifications and large tortoise fortifications, were built because "such earthen fortifications were used in battles." After the war was over, there was no need. He immediately asked Gedier, the great engineer of the Ordnance Department, to build a real half-moon stone fort on the outside of the city wall of Prusa. There should be no blind spots for shooting on it, and the wall should be able to support the recoil of the artillery fire. The city and the fort should form a perfect fortification, so that the garrison of five hundred can withstand ten times the enemy."