Eagle Byzantium

After the signing of the Treaty of the Mountains, the entire Tripoli declared its surrender under the scepter of the new Roman Empire and turned into the color of Gawain's territory. Many "county assistants" and "graduates" from Asia Minor also began to be assigned to this area. They carefully distributed the land and prepared sea and land trade routes. The most important of them was the acquisition of Maronite tapestry fabrics and Drew. They themselves also began to make ceramic products from Zipai. Farms and warehouses were built on the sacred land. Flowers were planted in Beritus, grapes were planted in Jubail, mulberry trees were planted in Sidon, oak trees and grains of various colors were planted in Tripoli, and most importantly, a large number of crops were planted in Tyre. Cultivate a cash crop, "Zukre" or sugarcane.

Many warriors in the Eastern Expedition had eaten this kind of "Zukere" before. They were surprised by the sweetness of this crop and said that even if they were tired after a long day, they could feel energetic again after eating only a small portion. However, neither Antioch nor Jerusalem, either due to the short-sightedness of the politicians or the limitations of climate, water and soil, could allow sugarcane cultivation in the territory to develop on a large scale.

The plateau land adjacent to the mainland near the city of Tyre was most suitable for growing sugar cane, and an experimental sugar pressing workshop was also built.

But soon Syrian and Lebanese workers refused to work here. A very angry Andodat learned about the situation. It turned out that the liquid in the iron pot for boiling sucrose would become extremely viscous when stirred.

It's so sticky - three workers have died and seven others have been maimed - as long as the workers are not careful and their hands, feet or some part of the body sticks in, it will be completely over, and it will stick to their hands. It can cut off the hand, but it can only cut off the foot if it sticks to it...

So Andodat prepared to hire foreigners to do the work, but soon the foreigners stopped doing it. They were unwilling to face such dangerous work that could cause death at any time. "They would rather go against the teachings and raise pigs in Lebanon than raise pigs in Lebanon. "Tyre is the city of Zucre!" said many turbaned pagans openly.

The helpless Andodat could only temporarily close the sugar workshop. He expressed his confusion to His Majesty in the capital through a letter: "Zucre's workshop requires a large number of manpower, but no one in the know is willing to take risks. And if wages are raised, it may be possible to recruit a suitable number of people in Anatolia or Cyprus, but the production cost will soar extremely, which will seriously affect the sales of Zucre products. "

Soon, Gawain sent a concise reply, "Then buy a large number of slaves from Yemen. Remember that you don't need a thousand gold to buy slaves. They are for the caliph or sultan for security or entertainment. We only need five slaves worth five Or ten gold coins or even cheaper black slaves in Yemen. We will go deep into the interior of Africa and plunder and purchase a large number of slaves. We must become their most stable and generous guests. We can also take the opportunity to strengthen contact with the Abyssinian Empire at the transit station and invite the Abyssinian Emperor to send them when appropriate. Envoy, discuss with me how to strengthen the good-neighborly and friendly relations between the two countries.”

Andodat was somewhat opposed to such an action in his heart, but - he was about to return to the capital with his army, and the motherly Basilisa announced that she would give him and his wife a more prestigious rank and salary. He also needs to take on a more important official position in the center of the capital. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, Burrill's position will be inherited by him - Tripo The Jubail Governor's District was established here, with Armenian Pragit as the governor. The rest of the areas were all special jurisdictions of the royal family. In the future, it will be the attendants in Gawain's inner palace who will manage the government, commercial ports and ports. The slave trade has nothing to do with Andodat, at least that's what the young man with a mushroom head thought.

After seaworthy winds blew in April of the following year, Andodat finally led his army from Tripoli to Constantinople!

Those remaining in the Tripoli area are the 4,000 old border residents from the Governor's District who were originally here. The Maronites and Druze will also provide a large number of lightly-armed mercenaries to assist in defense.

The border troops of Maras and Samosata used the land route from Antioch to return to their respective defense areas carrying trophies and rewards.

And those brought to the imperial capital by Andodat were the Gemmagis Brigade, the Philomelon Brigade, and civilian soldiers from several counties. In addition, according to Gawain's instructions, the team of German poor men was expanded to The "Alemannic Brigade", and the previously surrendered Norwegian soldiers were changed to the "Midgard Brigade", and their sacred land was concentrated in the newly occupied Cyprus and Tripoli areas. Midgard means "boundary wall". In ancient Viking legends, this wall and the mountains stretched across the frozen wasteland, protecting humans from the invasion of ferocious giants in the freezing fog.

One after another, light and heavy ships set sail from the ports of Tyre and Sidon, heading towards the far west. Andodat's earliest partial division to attack the island of Cyprus was just a few improvised civilian army teams, and now There were four brigades returning with him.

Now there are twelve main field brigades in Gawain's hands.

In addition to the old brigades of the Red Hand, the Guardian, and the Three Wings of Gemegis, there are also Philomelon and Hierapolis (these two are the emperor's descendants collected after the Battle of Philomelon), as well as Bellerophon and Ye Venduni (one group is Diognis' old troops, and the other group is the surrendered troops of Marash Armenia), and the Austrians The two brigades of Pushkin and Nikka (Brenus's old troops were separated), and the "Bulgarian Brigade" was previously formed in the city of Vize with the old Thracian Plonian landowners as the core, plus the An Deodat's two new brigades of Alemanni and Midgard in the east happened to be the number of twelve.

Andodat's four powerful brigades entered the imperial capital two months later, and the whole capital was boiling!

At this time, one-third of the renovation plan of the imperial capital has been completed. Both the emperor and the empress showed great restraint and asked the craftsmen to give priority to the old palaces, churches, and monasteries to build large markets, large barns, and other buildings. He came to an official residence, but his family still lived in the Gallipoli Palace. But now Gawain has announced that a spectacular triumphal arch will be built between Metz Street and the Grand Hippodrome. "This gate is named after Andodat, and his wife will be promoted to the third-class inner palace, and she will be able to Put on the purple robe and enter and exit the palace freely."

Representatives of the Blue Party and the Red Party, as well as the celebrating people in the capital, stood on both sides of the street, shouting and cheering for the outstanding achievements of the soldiers in Tripoli and Cyprus. The sacred tradition of imperial unity was activated and awakened in the hearts of all classes.

In the Square of Constantine, Gawain and Anna, who personally awarded the generals with honors, also announced:

"From now on, for the sake of the entertainment of the people of the capital and the entire empire, I will allow various cities and towns throughout the country to hold six events: Roman horse racing, Seris Cuju, Delhi cricket, Baghdad polo, Seljuk archery and Cretan bullfighting. The Imperial Capital In particular, it will host the finals of these six events.”