The absolute monarchy of Trabzon, before the Palaiologos of Nicaea recaptured Constantinople, the kings of Trabzon called themselves emperors, also known as 'Barcelianus' in Greek. However, after the beginning of the Palaiologos dynasty of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Komnenos of Trabzon were not angry that the position of emperor was taken away by another family, and on the other hand, they hurried to Constantinople to exchange for the title of 'absolute monarch'.

But Komnenos's descendants will not give up. They still choose to put 'megas' in front of their last names, which means the great. Obviously, Trabzon and distant Constantinople are not one heart. The Greeks in these ravines enjoyed the final end of the Silk Trade Route, and Trabzon is considered to be the starting point for all of Europe to Asia.

There is no doubt that on the Black Sea, in addition to Kaffa, which was famous for its slave trade, Trabzon was more prolific. Trabzon may be a little weaker than Kaffa in terms of currency entry and exit alone, but that's because Kaffa carried the needs of the majority of slave owners, while Trabzon was a real trading city.

It's a wonderful city, a piece of fat cake. But the descendants of the Komnenos had no way to build a wall for the cake.

They choose to constantly trade the beautiful women of the family for the affinity of the surrounding forces. The biggest threat to Ottoman Turkey is also a large number of chiefdoms, and the surrounding Sinop, Kalapalia and other forces have chosen to support Trabzon, which makes the king of Ottoman Turkey have no choice but to temporarily suppress Trabzon.

The long-term wrestling between the Aries and Black Sheep dynasties in the east also gave the Trabzon kingdom a chance to survive. The Aries dynasty was a natural ally of Trabzon, both economically Silk Road and politically hostile. Trabzon unites under the banner of the Aries dynasty to have a chance to live.

It's a country that leaves people speechless. The reason for its existence may be to prove that the Greeks have gradually been abandoned by the times.

Sophia soon followed Qin Cang back to Chizhou. Now to be honest, Qin Cang is almost poor as pants. After paying more than 30,000 acres of wasteland on the east side of the victorious guard, Qin Cang barely got out of the huge salary brought by the army.

The social situation in Chizhou has finally stabilized. Except for the more than 30,000 acres that were still in the ethereal, Qin Cang had no more worries for the time being. Oh no, there are. It is obvious that the relationship between the new Sophia and the old two queens is not good. What's more, Sophia represents a force from Wang Khan, which is obviously incompatible with the powerful nativists.

In May, the dry season turns the grasslands yellow. Chabala set out on his way home. To be honest, Chabala didn't want to leave Chizhou at all, but Qin Cang really couldn't stand this shameless old bastard, so he coaxed Chabala out early.

Of course, there were seven or eight hundred Han Chinese who left with Chabala. They were the only people Qin Cang could redeem. They carried their possessions and were to be the first colony of the Han Kingdom outside the Chizhou Peninsula in the Chabala territory.

At the same time, Qin Siliang, who was once again entrusted with an important task, began his inspection journey.

After staying in Chizhou for a month, Qin Siliang began his private visit to Weifu as an investigator. First of all, the place where Qin Siliang went was the current 'industrial' town of Yanhuwei.

Along the road where the Han tribe trekked to Kerch with great difficulty, Qin Siliang embarked on the journey with great emotion. He took only two people with him.

Generally speaking, Salt Lake Wei would not let strangers enter, but in order to secretly investigate the situation of the territory, Meng Zhuoyan prepared a trade certificate for Qin Siliang. It is a symbol that only merchants with the permission of the Chishu government can carry, a fine ornament made of gold. With this, you can go back and forth to the market of Salt Lake Wei and buy a certain share of salt. Generally speaking, a merchant is not allowed to buy more than 500 catties of salt per month.

After Qin Siliang arrived at Yanhuwei, two militiamen soon stopped him.

As he expected, he was allowed to go after presenting the trade certificate. There was even a militia ready to sell mules and horses to him. However, Qin Siliang refused.

The Salt Lake Guard had already built a low wall, which was built with rammed earth. Walking into the city, the unpleasant smell constantly coming from both sides told Qin Siliang how busy he was with boiling salt.

That's right, the salt-boiling industry has now infiltrated the lives of more than a thousand people in the region. Many people make small workshops in their own homes and sell them freely to merchants who have trade certificates. It has to be mentioned that the excess bitter brine from boiling salt soon reacted with the soybeans brought by the Han people.

Bean curd.

That's right, the one-of-a-kind soy products that the Han people love very much have appeared. Not only in Salt Lake, but this delicacy soon spread throughout the kingdom. In Deshengwei, Linhaiwei and Chizhou, the tofu industry is quietly emerging. Many people even eat tofu for breakfast, especially those Tatars, who love this stuff to death.

And in the royal family, the three women of Qiao Su quickly got this kind of property into their hands. The brine from Salt Lake Wei was transported by their caravans, the royal caravans, and then distributed to the tofu workshops in various regions.

Of course, this topic is far away, this is just Qin Siliang's feeling after seeing the team transporting brine.

Nowadays, with the spread of the salt boiling industry, the former government-run workshops are not only increasing in number of workers, but also said to be improving their technology.

Salt Lake Sanitation is a two-track governance. The person who manages the salt boiling and the person who manages the salt lake guard are two people, which effectively avoids the possibility of monopoly, but also creates difficulties in the efficiency of governance. Qin Siliang is here for this.

He rented a house in Salt Lake and watched what might happen.

Sure enough, there was a clash here the next day. Salt workers from outside (mainly the down-and-out Han Chinese of Victorious and Chizhou, as well as the Tatars) came into conflict with the local small workshops in the small town of Salt Lake Wei.

But then, the Salt Lake Governor's practice of driving out the workers broke out into a larger fight.

Then, the chiefs of the two sides got to know the matter privately.

It was not reported. Qin Siliang took notes and left. With this one, you can make these two fools quickly take off their official hats.