Eagle Byzantium

At first, facing the huge army below, Anna was a little shy and coy, and refused to follow Gawain's instructions to give a speech to the soldiers. Even though she was now the mistress of Seleucia (recognized), and could become a female Caesar or even an empress in the future (if there were no setbacks on the road ahead), she was still shy.

Moreover, Anna could not see the cavalry and flags below even if she stood on tiptoe, which undoubtedly made her more nervous and uneasy, so she kept breaking free from Gawain's invitation and refused.

But when Gawain "whoosh" and lifted the little princess lightly, that is, when Anna was "lifted high", she immediately obeyed and became obedient. This is a very subtle rule, especially when men are much taller than women, this method works every time.

Anna's eyes were suddenly struck by the grand and spectacular scene when she looked over the fence: the armored cavalrymen who were loyal to her were neatly arranged in the center, holding the holy flags of various patrons. Behind them on the left was the Gimages Brigade, holding the silver spike flag, and on the right was the garrison militia holding the red hand flag, with spears and lances everywhere; on the two wings at the edge, each company of the red hand cavalry was deployed - just like this, thousands of soldiers who were shouting made Anna's blood begin to churn, and the roar of "Hallelujah, long live the purple princess" vibrated her eardrums.

This feeling of being king is really good!

"Silence, the princess is going to give a speech as a support to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke!" Military Judge Giovanni stood majestically at the front of the pergola and shouted loudly. Then his speech was like a gust of cold wind, which instantly "froze" the originally hot array of soldiers. Everyone stopped talking in unison and cast their passionate eyes on the focus: Princess Anna, who was supported by Gawain from behind and wore the Seven Ridges Golden Crown.

"Anna, keep an eye on this group of people. They are all warriors who are willing to fight for you on the battlefield, whether they are riding on war horses or walking on their feet, whether they are holding halberds or carrying quivers." Gawainto's forehead was sweating, but he still stuck to Anna's side to remind her.

So Anna bit her lip, and then gathered her breath, like an archer drawing a bow and ready to shoot, she shouted two sentences to the thousands of soldiers and horses present as a supplement to Gawain's speech:

"The army is disciplined and the battle is invincible!"

All the cavalry and infantry raised their weapons and flags a second later, and shouted in unison, "The army is disciplined and the battle is invincible!"

The second sentence was shouted more clearly and loudly because her heart was calm: "Practice well and make progress every day!"

"Practice well and make progress every day!"

"Pah pah pah." Qi Se and Cabe Amiya bitterly found that the heartless blonde widow was actually smiling under the umbrella, obviously moved by Anna's words, and actually applauded.

"People who don't have to think about anything are really blessed by the Lord." The female archon held her cheek awkwardly with her golden hand, feeling that it was not worth the guilt just now.

Then, on the parade ground, the most elite and outstanding cavalrymen were selected. They rode in a row of sixteen, holding their lances straight out, and then rode forward at the same time. Amid the thunderous cheers of the audience, they stabbed the lasso on the wooden stake seventy feet away. Those who stabbed it would receive a generous reward, which replaced the bloody competition that had just started in the Frankish and Norman lands.

And Gawain also rode a horse and accompanied Anna on a sedan chair, followed by the widow and the lady Qisel's sedan chair and umbrella, and then the female consul riding a horse, and then Agnes and Hetomia riding a mule and sitting on a sedan chair. In short, all the female relatives were gathered, and with the guards, they began to inspect the Alaman Castle, which had already begun the restoration work.

When they walked out of the west gate, there were already about 600 hired militiamen and immigrants on the land bridge that originally spanned the ocean and the swamp, which was more than a thousand feet long. They used this land bridge as their "backbone" to build a dam to intercept the seawater. "The seawater contains a lot of salt and will flow back to the surrounding areas of the swamp, forming a lot of saline-alkali land, which will harm the scale and output of Alaman's fields." Pointing at this scene, the female consul said to Gawain.

"Well, is this the method given to us by the Emperor of the Romanian Empire?" Gawain said sarcastically, making the Saint Sister secretly smile beside him.

Because on the land bridge, the workers used the same method that the emperor had used to build the embankment: they first piled up rows of baskets filled with reeds and seaweed along the seaward direction of the land bridge. The plants inside quickly tightened and solidified after absorbing water, and were tightly entangled with each other, which could withstand greater impacts from the ocean wind and rain. Then people filled the gaps between them with burnt soil or gravel, raised and widened the embankment, and then piled up these baskets on the periphery, repeating the process over and over again, slowly eroding the sea water, seizing the land, and conquering nature.

In the large swamp on this side of the land bridge embankment, because of the need to fight the emperor's army, Gawain's army released the water of the Alaman River from the sluice gate, which spread a lot. So now, in order to turn it into fertile fields, it will be very necessary to pump out and drain the water again.

The drainage strategy was first proposed by a pirate from Antwerp (he was under the command of Wenmoha), which made Gawain very interested, that is, "windmill drainage".

But Gawain soon rejected this measure: the coast of Seleucia is not deep, so the sea breeze from Cyprus is not sufficient at all. In addition, it is located on the gentle coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and it is not as strong as the Flanders Low Countries from the North Sea. It is not even as strong as the cape wind of the Morea Peninsula. To put it bluntly, it is dry in summer and warm and rainy in winter. The climate is extremely mild, and it is not feasible to use a single-column windmill to drain water.

But the pirate insisted stubbornly, saying that there are ships sailing in the entire Holy Sea and the Sea of ​​Cyprus?

Gawain replied that of course, but the Mediterranean is full of paddle boats, which not only rely on sails, but also rely on oars in many cases.

So the pirate said that as long as there is wind, we don’t need the single-column windmills in my hometown, but the sail windmills of the Holy Sea style. I have seen this kind of thing in Morea, Crete and Eubia.

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"Can it be used in Seleucia?"

"Of course, Your Highness, the Grand Duke, the coast of Seleucia can use this sail windmill, and the highlands on both sides of the Mut River Valley can build Persian windmills. I guarantee that they can all be put to good use." The pirate vowed.

"Very good, I will reward you with 80 pure gold coins. You can discuss this matter with the Golden Hand Archon and the Deputy Director of the Ordnance Department (Agnes). "Gawain saw that he was very confident and was also infected. After all, he came from an era of scientific prosperity. He was happy to use ancient mechanics to solve production problems. (To be continued ~^~)