Eagle Byzantium

"This is simply crazy." On the hillside, looking at the rolling red dragon-like flames and the people kneeling and crying everywhere, an unreliable person like Robert Curtis felt unbelievable.

"The Greek emperor's wealth is beyond our imagination. This is also a way for him to defeat the enemy. Don't worry too much, Curtis." Blois pulled the reins and kicked the mount with his spurs. "Hurry forward immediately. Go to the city of Seleucia and lead the rest of our brothers."

"Yes."

At the moment Robert, accompanied by the Seleucid Civilian Army cavalry, headed towards the city where Anna was.

In front of the Zixinhui Watchhouse in the middle of the hospital's post area, several clergymen in black robes urgently shook the bronze bell on the bell tower. The clear sound instantly echoed in hundreds of houses in the entire block, many accompanied by Count of Blois The knights and sergeants who came came out in surprise, rubbing their groggy eyes. Then they saw dozens of guard warriors wearing heavy armor standing quietly in the bell tower under the misty gauze and orange sunlight. Surrounded by two exquisite shoulder carriages.

One is for Anna and Little Sunfish, and the other is for Widow and Qise.

After hanging the veil, the widow turned her face, revealing the charming mole between her eyebrows.

He made an inviting gesture towards Anna who was ten feet away.

Anna raised her hand to Count Reinstein who was standing outside the carriage. The Count slowly walked to the shadow cast by the tower while holding the scroll, facing the Blois soldiers who didn't know what was going on.

Reinstein first lowered his head and unfolded the scroll, then remained quiet for a while, then raised his face with a frown, "Everyone, unfortunately, the Count of Blois and the Count of Normandy, together with the Emperor of the Roman Empire, burned down the plateau. Everything went back to Constantinople."

Hearing these words, the knights and sergeants first looked at each other in confusion, and then looked at Reinstein in confusion. After a long time, a Blois flag-bearer said, "Then we are not going back to Antioch? "In response, Reinstein nodded and replied, "Yes, according to the behavior of the two earls, they will not go."

Suddenly the crowd was in an uproar, and the voices of "Then where are we going?" kept coming. Reinstein clutched the scroll and looked full of heart. Then he raised his head and said, "We Seleucia are just outsiders, but I think it is more possible." Yes, you will go to Constantinople with Count Blois, or return home."

As a result, when everyone heard the word "return to hometown", the expressions on their faces were more desperate than death.

And those who saw this scene in the carriage, whether it was Anna here or the widow over there, all raised their fingers and put them on their beautiful chins, and also smiled. The widow's smile was purer, the smile of achieving a goal; while Anna's smile was deeper, the smile of achieving a goal.

The reason is very simple. This has been clearly stated in the letters exchanged between Gawain, Anna, and Inglina.

The general process is like this. When they participated in the Holy War expedition, these knights and retinues all pawned their property and fields. They found it insufficient and owed many accounts to merchants or churches, so they pawned their property under the crown of the Holy See in Rome. Recently, another group of cardinals asked Urban to issue an edict out of consideration for the expedition. "Any noble who participates in the holy war can not only atone for his sins, but also cancel the debts he owes." In other words, as long as the Holy Land is recovered, these knights can cancel the debts they have borne after returning home, which means that they have pawned their debts. The creditor must repay the mortgaged property to them or their wives, children, and children unconditionally.

It is obvious that the Pope faced tremendous pressure in the face of this proposal. Because since the Holy War, the various creditors that have emerged in western Europe are all these elements: kings, cardinals close to the king, monasteries or churches, and merchants who are extremely wealthy.

Asking them to swallow the meat in their mouths for free is simply more difficult than "letting a camel go through the eye of a needle."

Urban Odar was very distressed, so he asked the cardinals if they could adopt a compromise plan that "can reduce the interest on the debt and allow those upright military lords to repay it in installments and reduce the pressure"?

But even so, this idea is difficult to implement. Creditors from all walks of life showed their magical powers. They ostensibly agreed to the Pope's edict, "willing to cancel the debts of the sword-wielding warriors in front of the holy Christ and make this Things should be limited to the spiritual level of devotion to our Lord, not the despicable material and monetary level.”

The slogans and promises were high-sounding, but soon the creditors instructed their agents to slightly change the text and notes on the contract, changing "interest" to "penalty."

In other words, Christ said that believers are not allowed to lend money to other believers, let alone ask for high interest rates. The Gospel clearly states, "The love of money is the root of all evil. If someone is greedy for money, he will be lured away from the truth and use many means." "You can't serve God and mammon at the same time." However, if the reason is changed to "the fine you have to pay for delaying the repayment period of a loan with no interest at all", everything is different. Become confident again.

Moreover, fines will naturally accumulate more and more as the date is postponed.

The pope, who learned of this tampering, was furious in front of the Holy See. He felt that his holy wisdom had been played upon and insulted, but he was helpless for the time being.

This is also what the widow Ingrina saw and felt on the way to Seleucia, so she made a sharp suggestion: Gawain should take advantage of the fact that the expedition knights owed debts and could not return to their hometowns, and divide and bribe the subordinates of the Count of Blois and the Count of Normandy.

In short, let them become the additional new core of the Seleucia army.

And Gawain, who was far away in Antioch, handed this task to Anna and the widow.

A correct version in 16-9 Book Bar!

"We can't go back home at all. Maybe the Count can go back, but we can't." Many people held their heads in panic.

"Then take courage and return to the battlefield of Antioch." Reinstein took the opportunity to raise his hand and said.

But no one answered him. These days, in the gentle land of the bathhouse and the comfortable rest of the inn, no one would go back to Antioch, which has no roots and no foundations. Besides, if their Count left, who could they rely on on the battlefield? Will soon be swallowed up and abandoned.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the scarred Sigma rushed back to his own house. In front of everyone, he put on his armor again, holding his sheathed sword, trotting all the way, and came to Anna's sedan chair, kneeling down. Two warriors stopped him, and then took the sword in his hand and turned to show it to Anna.

"Please accept my loyalty, Your Highness, the Honorable Princess Purple!" Sigma knelt on one knee and bowed his head. (To be continued ~^~)