Eagle Byzantium

In the corridor of the renovated St. Nicholas Cathedral in the city of Bari, the letter was first sent to the hands of Bergot Schalke, who was wandering here and in charge of the regional academic affairs.

This man was originally a fanatical believer. He held a sacred goose and joined the Peasant Crusaders during the first Eastern Expedition. Later, he joined Gawain at the Hungarian border. Because of his fanatical and energetic behavior, he was entrusted with the responsibility of taking charge of the holy remains of Nicholas in the city of Bari. , and also assist Francis in managing the general affairs of the city-state's brotherhood and the Renewal Society.

After receiving the secret message, Gottschalk did not dare to neglect, and summoned several dervishes who were on an envoy to Rome. After checking with each other, he came to a relatively clear answer, "Obviously, this time, The master of the eastern expedition to Tarsus will be suppressed and calculated. I must provide the facts to the court of the eastern capital."

When the news passed through the emissary on the ordinary merchant ship and sailed to the port of Tarsus via Crete, Gawain, Anna and many generals and retinue were carrying out dredging of the port of Zephyrim in the humid season of autumn. Work on rivers entering the sea.

On the hillside covered with citrus trees, the little sunfish returned to the court of Tarsus. Now his mood has calmed down, and he can stand in the sun and issue project instructions in front of the man Gawain and the woman Anna. .

Looking down from the hillside, the sparkling Newport, like a huge spout, is the "City of St. Paul", and it was renovated on the old site of Zephyrim. Zephyrim is about nine miles away from the city of Tarsus. The location and relationship between the two are similar to those of ancient Ostia and Rome. In a hundred years ago, the harbor of Zephyrim was covered with thick sand and reeds. The siltation caused the port's throughput to be greatly reduced. Therefore, in the early days, Gawain chose to build a port in Seleucus. It is not unreasonable to have a military port with equipment in West Asia, but it is different now - the old term Zephyrim is going to disappear, and the same is true for Tarsus. The two are about to be merged into a coastal port that is responsible for trade, workshops, farming, animal husbandry, St. Paul City is a new city with various functional industries such as fishing.

Now in the eyes of Gawain and Anna, the white "Cleopatra Gate" leads to the huge stone lighthouse, which is the new entrance to the city of St. Paul. The lighthouse is engraved with the famous sayings of Jehovah in "Exodus": " Egosumquisum”.

That is, "I am who I am", which foreshadows the endless wealth of this new city.

The huge wing-like windmill panels on the lighthouse flipped, spreading the sound like cracking silk to the distance. Below it, thousands of Slavic, Adigai, Moorish and Nubian slave laborers of all colors were on the Hezhou plain. People were naked from the waist down, some lined up holding ceremonial objects and danced vigorously to the beat of drums, while others lived on both sides of the estuary, holding long ropes tightly and moving forward while shouting slogans.

The ends of the ropes were all tied to the sides of two large ships purchased from Amalfi. In the middle of the two ships, a long and horizontal log was tied to a noose post, with sharp jagged edges attached to both sides of the huge log. The iron rake, with iron ingots tied underneath, sank into the water - when the ship was pulled by the fiber rope and the water wheel was stepped on, moving forward at a constant speed, the ship The power of the water and the water moved the giant wooden nail rake, making a dull roar like a sea beast, which attracted the city residents in various tents and stands to scream and cheer. The nail rake was constantly turning under the water, rake and cut large swaths of silt. , causing large groups of red, ocher, and yellow floating traces to surge up on the sea surface, spreading behind the stern rudder of the big ship.

"Well, yes, this invention of Little Sunfish has greatly saved the time and expense of manual dredging." Gawain sat on the chair under the colorful tasseled umbrella and praised it.

Agnes in front looked back slightly, glaring at this person with a complicated expression.

Over there, amid shouts and exclamations, the two large ships had plowed to the end of the estuary. So the sailors on the ship deck pulled the noose with all their strength, then raked the giant wooden nails out of the water, and then lifted them up. Added several iron ingots , allowing it to sink deeper, and then a drum beat on the ship, and the oars and pedal water wheel drove backwards, so they plowed slowly and heavily in the original direction. After several back and forth in this way, they could sink into the water. The sand and silt in Haikou are chopped up and cleaned.

At this moment, Agnes raised a small colorful flag, and several artillery regiment gunners nearby, under the command of the honorary officer Nexus, used small bronze cannons with thick chambers to fire a loud noise, and what flew out was The clay bomb quickly disintegrated in the air and disappeared.

But everyone's eyes were attracted.

Among the hilly slopes covered with citrus orchards and apple orchards, the previous river engineering armed groups dug through to divert the mountain water and connected the Zephyrim River Channel and the Sanus River Channel. There was a huge gap between the hills and the estuary. In the area, a highland reservoir was built with stones, and a diversion channel with a steep slope was used to extend into the estuary.

With the sound of cannons, the sluice on the reservoir rumbled down the aqueduct chute.

But it wasn't just a rumbling sound, there was also a violent sound like a shower.

It was the sound of many small gravels rubbing and colliding with the channels. They were collected from the mountains by slave workers and dumped into the reservoir in advance. Then, using the huge inertia generated by the drop, they followed the rapids in the aqueduct. They rushed to the estuary and washed away all the loose mud on the bottom of the water that had been raked by the giant wooden pegs of the big ship!

In this way, many huge ships can quickly enter or berth in the New Port of Sao Paulo, and there will no longer be the risk of congestion.

Anna smiled and looked at the three-masted ships on the sea outside. She raised her finger and looked very proud. Her eyes followed the river channel at the estuary to the new city. About a li away, there was a huge petal-shaped lake dug by humans. The cross section of the lake was protected by a wall. This was a dock structure imitating the ancient Carthage, which could effectively block enemies and storms. In each direction of the lake, there was a covered dock. Water was introduced into this dock, allowing ships to enter directly and float on the beams below for maintenance.

Outside the lake, waterways crisscrossed, cutting through one piece of field estate after another. Some were citrus, some were Indian cotton, some were Indian hemp bamboo forests, and there were also rice fields like golden snail shells, and densely packed new workshops at the estuary. In the center, there was a wide paved street, which not only connected the palace, the new city and the old city, but also led to other cities in all directions of the east, west and north. Messengers and caravans were traveling on it.

In the core of the city, landmark buildings such as the Arch of Sebastian, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Mint of Santa Barbara stand tall and eye-catching. "Gawain, I don't want to go to the imperial capital anymore. A thriving new city can bring me more pleasure." Anna said excitedly.

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"This is not difficult. We can announce that the future empire will implement the 'multi-city system', with Constantinople as the imperial capital and Smyrna, Tarsus, and Melitene as secondary cities." Gawain didn't care about this little problem.