When the contemplation was over, the Emperor saw the princess of Jerusalem standing up strong, and once again rushing forward with her sword in hand to fight her opponent.

Alexios smiled with satisfaction, this was the best result, and it was not in vain his hard work.

The Empire now has three cards in its hand, Barrian, the defender of the Holy Land in Jerusalem, Richard the Lionheart on the sea route, and Princess Isabella of the imperial capital.

The Empire's supreme's best hope is to train this girl to be a warrior like Valkyrie.

A virgin warrior who swore to defend her country to the death, and the future leader of the Holy Land, Isabella will be the last hole card in the Emperor's hand to counterbalance the Lionheart's sword.

The Supreme of the Empire knew that he could not control the Chosen Lord of Great England, but he could find a way to counterbalance the knightly king.

For the sake of the Empire, Alexios finally placed Isabella in the Praetorian Guard, where she would serve as the chief of the guard of Baselisa (Empress of the Empire).

"This is the end of today's competition, let the imperial doctor give our little princess a good look!"

The emperor smiled evilly, gave up his plan to continue to abuse the princess, and slowly and gradually!

A volume of documents was picked up by the Imperial Supreme from the table, and after a few glances, Alexios stood up with a shocked expression and ecstasy.

Large gold veins have been identified in Sveshtari, Bulgaria.

"This is great news!"

Closing the paperwork, the Emperor tried to calm his mind.

"A gift from God!"

The Roman Empire relied on gold from the Ervo River as a source of military spending to conquer the Iberian Peninsula.

The huge gold mines under the Alps were mined for 200 years, and slaves toiled day after day until they fell.

But with the Germanic barbarians moving south and the Western Empire shattered, the Romans were never able to recover the mines.

The hills of the Ervo River bear witness to the prosperity of the Great Empire, but unfortunately everything is in the dust.

However, once this gold vein is confirmed to be true, then the empire's military spending and reform funds for the next few years will all be gone.

The emperor's confidence does not come from gold!

"Troops must be sent immediately to blockade that area and move all the people there."

"Where are we going?"

"Let's go to Nicaea!"

"Just to fill the eastern soil of Anatolia, where the military reclamation area still lacks a lot of population!"

Having made up his mind, the Emperor quickly issued an order to send messengers to the headquarters of the Third Legion, and asked the imperial general Theodosius to send troops and take it for himself.

The Imperial Supreme seemed to have seen a sky of gold coins pouring towards him.

I've been fighting too many wars lately, and I'm a little poor!

"Let's make this golden rain more intense!"

"I'm full of joy now!"

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Sveshtari, the Bulgarian village was already noisy, and the Imperial Army had not been seen marching with such fanfare for most of the year.

And not long after the bloody battle, the Bulgarians have not so easily forgotten the hatred of the fall of their blood relatives.

Vigilantly watching every Imperial soldier entering the village, the peasants were resentful but afraid to show too much for fear of being targeted by the Romans.

The military is always the biggest machine of war violence, especially the soldiers who have just retired from the battlefield.

Murderous!

You must know that the Third Legion is a strong army that defeated the King of Hungary, and according to the soldiers' ideas, at least it must go straight to Budapest, and plant the eagle banner belonging to the empire in the country of the Magyars.

How can the blood of so many robes be shed in vain!

However, the Emperor made the following decisions about the outcome of the war.

This includes retaining the strength of the Késansi Brigade and compensating the families of the soldiers who died in the war.

The Durazo Brigade and the Patras Brigade, which had escaped from the battle, directly withdrew their formation and recovered the Eagle Banner.

Moreover, all the officers above the rank of commander of the deserters were escorted to the front of the army to correct the law on the spot, which can be regarded as a good lesson for this group of peasant soldiers who do not understand what military law is.

The increasingly stringent military discipline of the Imperial Army is vividly displayed with a butcher's knife.

No one who violates military discipline can escape death!

As for Theodosius' request for a thorough investigation of the vacancies of peasants and soldiers in all western military districts, it was directly suppressed by the emperor.

It's not that I don't want to check, but there is no one who can use it, or someone who can be trusted.

Alexios plans to wait until the end of the imperial exam this fall, and then teach the corrupt elements in the army a lesson that will last a lifetime.

"Gather everyone in the village and shout!"

"The great Imperial Supreme Basilus decided to move them all to Anatolia and let them cultivate more fertile lands."

"Your Excellency!"

Theodosius' most trusted subordinate, Pseros, looked at his general with an embarrassed expression.

"No one believes this, okay!"

"Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway!"

"If you just shout like this, if you don't obey, you will naturally taste the bitterness!"

Puseros's bad premonition was soon confirmed, and Theodosius did not rule out the use of the ultimate means of violence to carry out the demolition.

It's violent, it's powerful!

But soldiers, it's better to be upright!

If you have a lot of thoughts as a warrior, it is estimated that the Imperial Supreme above will not be able to sit still.

Brigades of Roman legionnaires, led by their commanders, broke into the house and drove out all the Bulgarians they could see.

Even the gray-haired old man was not spared, trembling under the spears of the Imperial soldiers.

There is no way, the Third Legion has already made a name for itself in the western provinces of the empire, capturing famous kings, urging the strong army, and one of the main forces of the Roman emperor's precious lineage.

Thunder!

The people of the imperial capital directly placed this title on the head of the Third Legion.

Thunder Legion!

The gloomy sky seemed to be about to rain, and Poseros, who was standing in the middle of the flatland, was bored, but he had to come, the duty of the Imperial soldiers.

As the military priest said: everything you do is for the empire, and it is your duty to obey the emperor's orders!

Appropriate!

Some of the original poor troops were disbanded, and all the vacancies were given to several of the emperor's own descendants.

Alexios has increased the weight of his speech in the imperial military circles, at least now whoever wants to rebel will have to look at the current situation.

"Bulgarians!"

"His Majesty's Grace of the Emperor!"

"You commoners will go by ship to Anatolia in the east, where you will regain no less fertile fields than here."

"Rejoice!"

"Scream!"

"Give your praise to the Great Supreme!"

The crowd was so quiet that Pseros felt strange in the eyes of the soldiers below after he shouted it.

At this time, the officers of the Imperial Army blamed Theodosius and drove away all the disobedient people with their swords!

A weak voice came, "My lord, can we stay here and not leave?" ”

Poseros noticed that it was the village chief who spoke, and he bared his white teeth and smiled slightly.

"What do you say?"

Looking around, all the Romans smiled maliciously, and the Bulgarians grew more and more panicked, huddled together.

"My lord, we can't go!"