Eagle Byzantium

The gentle south wind, with the unique moist and salty smell on the sea, was very comfortable on people's faces. Gawain also smiled with his blue eyes relieved, stretched out his fingers, fiddled with the iron weathervane, and let It turned around on its axis and made a chirping sound.

At this moment, Andodat appeared at the top of the stairs and stood behind Gawain. There were beads of sweat on his forehead, as if he had come in a hurry, "Your Highness the Grand Duke, about Tronzac I have a suggestion for iron ore funds.”

"Oh? You're not going to be the county magistrate, but you're actually very concerned about this issue." Gawain turned around.

"That is to put the 200 pounds of gold that Ruben had secretly hidden in the secret room of Fanka City into it. At least one or two mines can be put into operation first." Andodat was out of breath. I'm sorry, I finally made my meaning clear.

Gawain chuckled, "That gold cannot be moved. There is no need to destroy the weapons at hand in order to forge another weapon. If you embezzle this gold, the trouble you will cause will be much greater than the benefits. Don't worry, An. Deodat, of course I have a solution for money."

Then, the two of them walked off the top of the castle together. The spreading south wind spread from their side to the foothills of the Taurus Mountains, blowing away the green grass and colorful words, and lighting up the towering trees. shoots on trunk , letting the stream brush through the white snow and black and red clay, gurgling down around the castle, and then it continues to be gently held under the wings of birds, flying over the forested and towering mountain peaks, until it reaches Algei At the foot of Si Feng.

There, also on the lakeside highland outside Caron Castle, Anna sat on a chair. A wild pear tree with a gray trunk spread out its yellow and green leaves, covering the head of the beautiful princess in purple. , gently wrapping her petite body in the coolness.

Anna had been waiting for Gawain to come to Cappadocia to meet her during the snow season, but the numerous wars and government affairs delayed everything. When the spring breeze blew away the light frost that fell on the princess's headdress, she was surprised to see , now these snows and frosts seem to be rolling around the lake.

Anna raised her brown eyes, facing the scattered sunshine, and looked at the windmill on the mountain over there. It slowly changed the direction of its swing arm, from slow to irritable, hula The ground started to spin towards the north, "Yes, the south wind is blowing. " Anna sighed happily, and then looked at the large "frost and snow land" east of Caron City and surrounding the lake. Ah, this is not snow, nor is it real frost, because frost and snow are. It’s worthless, these are all white gold!

In front of her eyes, Reinstein directed a total of four thousand migrant border residents to use various farm tools to cut off all the long grass on the land on the side of the Great Lake in Cappadocia, and then excavated the land. There are ditches running vertically and horizontally with each other, and the soil is used as a border. The depth is about an Anna feet, which means Anna can hold up her skirt and play in the water with her bare feet. Water diversion gates are set up in the border areas near the lake. As long as they are opened, the white but stagnant lake water will be introduced into the respective soil borders one by one. "After a few days, the south wind will blow the water away." When it's done, a lot of white salt comes out," explained Hertomia, who was beside Anna.

"A large amount of salt land is being reclaimed now, so when can water be diverted?"

"Your Highness, please wait patiently for a month. From March to April, the south wind begins to dry up, and we can continue to produce until the end of the tax month. With the current scale, we can produce at least 30,000 bushels of white salt this year."

Thirty thousand bushels is equivalent to the current weight of about 750,000 kilograms. Based on the current population of Seleucia, which is about 600,000 people, and the per capita annual salt consumption is at least two kilograms, then 60% of the country's population can consume salt in the first year. self-sufficiency rate. "Of course, 30,000 bushels is just the current production. As the number of cultivated salt fields continues to expand, we will be able to achieve complete self-sufficiency in salt in about three years."

"And... the accompanying salt tax, even excluding the salary paid to the salt farmers, if we only collect five solid gold coins per bushel as tax, we can get 150,000 gold coins in the first year ...This is just like silk, a huge face-to-face income..." Crystal tears with salt flashed in Anna's eyes, and she couldn't help but cover her small mouth with her hands in excitement.

Then Anna twitched her shoulders and laughed happily, "It's a pity that the barbarian can't see such a magnificent scene."

"His Royal Highness the Grand Duke has left Tranzac and is heading to Tarsus. Your Royal Highness the Princess should meet him at the right time." Hertomia continued to lower her head and reminded her.

"Well..." Anna covered the skirt of her fluffy robe under her knees, then stood up and asked the Orson girl one last time: The current "Karon Frontier Area" is according to the plan of the barbarian , what kind of details are they?

So the imperial ink official replied in detail:

Now, there are 35,000 people surrounding the city of Kalon, including salt households, who are organized into the "border population system". Among them, 6,000 salt households are in the southeast side of the lake, engaged in the business of cultivating salt fields; the remaining 29,000 people are concentrated in the southwest and west sides of the lake, engaged in farming and animal husbandry - "the business of raising cattle, sheep and horses has also been slowly developed, and related workshops for butter, leather, wool and cheese are also being planned." In addition, border residents are exempted from shield tax, which is different from the inland communes, but 2,000 people will be selected to receive military training in their spare time, patrol the city and guard against the military colony of Danishmond on the opposite side; in addition, the "Armored Cavalry Regiment" directly under Her Royal Highness the Princess has a total of 300 armored cavalry, with 1,200 military servants and followers, stationed at the border with Konya, which is our military defense trump card.

"The military is in Walter's hands, and the civil affairs are in Reinstein's hands. Sigma and Gotti are not capable of taking charge. Do you think there is anything wrong with this personnel arrangement, Hertomia?" Anna asked.

"There is nothing wrong. In fact, during the winter when Her Royal Highness inspected, all the soldiers and civilians were encouraged to produce livestock and build and consolidate the defense facilities of Kalon. Reinstein also continued to recruit refugees nearby to enrich the border. The only worry is the Sultan of Konya, who seems to be exhausted under the Emperor's step-by-step offensive."

"We'll discuss this issue later. Well, very good, in fact, they can also get second-line support from your family and General Monomachus, so I can rest assured." Anna clapped her hands with relief, "Let's go, Hertomia, we have to go through the Cilician Pass to meet up with the barbarians."

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The next day, amid the deafening sound of trumpets and drums, fifty armored cavalrymen who came to the gate of Kalon City to attend the ceremony formed two teams, holding spears with various flags, and watched the purple-robed princess's sedan chair go towards the mountains in the south... (To be continued ~^~)