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Of course, because the Venetians and the remnants of John still firmly occupy the key island of Rhodes between the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, this group of merchant ships can travel between Atalia and Tarsus, so Brenus also They were asked to use the vacated cargo hold after unloading to purchase grain in Adana. The Earl of Burke, who stayed behind in the Baldwin Kingdom, enthusiastically agreed. He announced that 70% of the stored grain would be sold at a suitable price. To the fleet of Breanus.

The assistant officers in the city of Tarsus began to follow Breanus's instructions, marshaling the ships that were shuttled back and forth, and transporting them in turns to maintain maximum efficiency and best condition. In addition, several assistant officers also worked with the Jince Brotherhood in various places, with the cooperation of the civilian army, to severely crack down on speculation, and strictly prohibited the ports from selling food to foreign countries, whether it was wheat or rice.

Caravans owned by border residents of several warlord districts were also recruited together to escort the food ashore from Atalia, via the plateau route of Laodicea, Doli Laem, and Prusa, and then through the strait to the imperial capital of Otani. warehouse.

On the north side, Brenus also set up an office. After passing through Fascism, he also purchased grain from Georgia, Shirvan, Kherson and Armenia, and then sent it to Media Port or Bosp by ship. Ruth Harbor, a steady stream of people were pulled into the restored large barn.

Under the effective work of Breanus (even Anna praised him, as long as he did not appear on the battlefield, he was still a very capable politician), the food in the capital quickly became abundant, and most of the food he purchased came from the East. , and it will not cause any consumption of grain production in places such as Bitynia, Mysia and Lydia. The grains produced in these areas can be supplied nearby to the three brigade groups (Red Hand, Opushkin and Nika) who eat here. , to avoid unnecessary losses on the way.

In the palace, Gawain, who was satisfied with his brother-in-law's work, announced: "The original Grand Palace no longer exists as the seat of the royal court's institutions. Its transformation goal is a huge 'big market' with cloisters, which will replace the cattle market." status, all food sales and distribution work in the capital are now concentrated here."

From then on, every day, grain was queued up to be transported out of the big barn and sold in the "Grand Palace Corridor Market". "Anyone in the rest of the city who dared to buy, sell or process grain privately would be beaten or even hanged on the spot." Burrill and Giovanni personally supervise this big market, from here to There were merchants and guild representatives wearing robes and holding calculation chips everywhere, as well as laborers walking around with grain bags on their backs. The fires in the bread workshops in the capital began to be lit everywhere, looking at the chimneys The fragrant smoke came out, and the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people in the entire capital gradually calmed down.

But that's not the end of the matter.

After the middle of the month of taxation, although the various fortresses outside the capital were all fighting between the garrison and the Bertin rebels, Anna still came to the Holy Apostle's Church built by her father himself on the north side of the Massina Pillar and presided over the "Officials' grand plans" activities.

This church was later announced as the seat of the Executive Yuan, and every year on the second week after the tax month, "big plan" activities for all districts in the empire would be held in time. Before that, there were 150 people from various colleges. Graduates, seventy members of the Jinshu Brotherhood, forty officers of the Renewal Society (all of whom had been expelled from various countries before), nearly two hundred and fifty officials who had nothing to do in the capital, and of course those from the inner palace Thirty attendants selected from among them were gathered in the Holy Apostles Cathedral.

From morning to night, for five consecutive days, it can be said that Anna worked hard to select these more than 500 people one by one, and gave them appropriate ranks and positions. "Half of them went to Thrace and Macedonia to supervise farming, Workshop, purchase now Half of the saved food and supplies will be stationed in various official residences in the new empire to fully mobilize the manpower. Three years later, the second major plan will no longer be just about the promotion of officials, and the promotion of promotion and relocation. And those who deserve to be demoted should be demoted!”

From then on, official positions in the Roman Empire began to flow and be reviewed.

"I could have lived to be eighty years old, but after this plan, I am afraid I will lose five years of my life. May the Virgin Mary have mercy on me." The extremely tired Basilisa lay on the couch after the plan was over. She complained to her husband, who was looking at the map table.

But Gawain was also thinking very hard during this period - the Bulgarian rebels rushed out of the mountains where they lived, and began to attack continuously along the Evros River and the Vileka River, sometimes approaching Weize, sometimes turning towards Adrianople, and They destroyed and plundered villages and towns, taking away people and animals.

Gawain is determined to launch a limited counterattack in the autumn to combat the arrogance of the rebels. He appointed Mero as general, and controlled the guard cavalry of Diogenes and Ephhraimius, as well as two regiments of red-handed cavalry. They swept westward along the mouth of the Evros River, defeated and burned They visited more than a dozen Bulgarian rebel camps and reached Adrianople.

At the same time, exciting news came. Macaulinus Ducas’s manor in Thrace donated enough food for five thousand soldiers for half a year to support Gawain’s military operations. This is really a generous act. Generously, when this batch of grain was delivered to Adrianople, the local governor Biley He immediately led 2,000 border infantrymen (mostly adapted from Ceces' old troops), cooperated with Melo's task force cavalry, divided the troops into two groups, and counterattacked, destroying a large camp of the Bulgarian rebels and rescuing the More than a thousand men and women were taken captive, and forced the rebels to shrink back to the mountains of northern Thrace.

Then, the coalition forces of Bilal and Melo moved along the river to reinforce Fort Philip upstream in the northeast corner, and went out with the Hierapolis Brigade to defeat the camp of Berdin's siege. The enemy general, who was also Berdin's son, Lalic Berdin, retreated to Serbia with the defeated soldiers.

In this way, by the early winter, the situation in Constantinople was turned from danger to safety, both in terms of military and food. In addition, with the end of the sailing season of the Euxin Sea and the Holy Sea, there would be no more threats from the ocean. Gawain and Anna could recuperate and concentrate on waiting for the victory news from Andeodate on the Eastern Front.

In front of the city of Tyre, Andeodate had been besieging for more than half a year in a war of attrition, and finally ushered in a decisive attack.

"We will take this city in half a month!" Mushroom-headed Andeodate waved his fist to express his determination. Although he was thin, his recent outstanding military exploits and skills had given him enough prestige in the military camp to dispatch veteran soldiers with ease.

The city of Tyre was divided into the outer city and the inner city.

However, the outer city was on land, while the inner city was on the sea.

Between the two was a sandy land and swamp that was soaked by sea water. The depth was only about the waist or knees of a person, but it was undoubtedly very difficult to walk and trek, not to mention the high tide - once the tide rose, this area would be completely submerged, and all the people and horses on it would be drowned.

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At that time, the only way to the inner city was a dam, the famous "Alexander Stone Dam".