In fact, Felleje was right before, Gawain had fought for such a long time, and the finances had been very strained, and the war around the western frontier of the empire had continued until now, and nearly seven million silver tasso coins had been spent, many of which had not yet been excavated from the silver mines of Trabzon and Armenia, and were prepaid at the mints in Tarsus or the imperial capital, and the remaining part was directly repaid with land, leather coins, and booty. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Empire's Zaifu Beril directly wrote to the emperor to complain, "After this war is over, it will take two to three years to recover, not to mention that there will be a larger amount of money to spend on the fleet, otherwise Your Majesty will not be able to cross the ocean at all." ”

Therefore, if these three parties can persist in resisting and opposing each other, Gawain will really not be able to completely defeat them in a short period of time, and the border situation in the eastern Amu Darya is changing with each passing day, then even if Gawain spends two to three years dealing with the threat of the eastern border, and then he will go back to deal with the affairs of the West, I am afraid that his enemies will return a lot of blood, and as for the formation of a large fleet to land in Italy at this time, it is just a fool's dream.

Seventy percent of the results of this peace talk can be regarded as a "diplomatic blackmail" to coerce Du Lazo into defeating Yu Wei.

Around Ohrid's "Fort Samuel", the Triflank Brigade that had just ended the war in Durazo was concentrated here to rest, and four detachments were stationed in Durazo alone. The other two brigades were returned to General Bramson and General Arcro Borites, and the former was ordered to march directly into the kingdom of Hum and force Zavida to surrender. Negaman; The latter, on the other hand, was even more unceremonious, "sweeping Epirus and seizing all of it, then marching south to attack the cities of Thebes, Corinth, and Athens, and then crossing the isthmus to completely crush the power of John the tyrant in the region of Moria." ”

The Sicilian diplomatic envoy was a cultured Greek named Raonic who wore traditional robes in the hope of winning the favor of Imperial Barcelius and Barcelissa.

Venice sent a nobleman named Ledger, who wore a wide-brimmed hat like a wide cup, a spacious robe, and a sorrowful eyebrow, and was clearly not willing to accept this mission without honor or reward.

The Holy See sent four deacons to the Temple, but their fate was the most miserable - they were "sent out of the country" by Gawain's soldiers just before they arrived at the harbor of Dulazo, on the grounds that the Emperor did not want to talk to the Holy See about secular power at all, and if the Holy See had anything to say, please wait quietly for the assembly of believers presided over by the Emperor, "Your Majesty will inform the Lateran Palace of the arrangements and schedule of the meeting at the right time." ”

The envoys of the other two countries, with apprehension, followed the Egnandia Avenue and arrived at their destination in a short time.

Laonic marveled at the majesty of the Emperor's camp, and recorded in his diary, "It was once the fortress and royal capital of Moses Caesar (the Bulgarian Tsar), and later the Dukrian royal family lived here, but now the new owner of Constantinople, the new bearer of the Imperial Sword, has destroyed the old master with great and violent strength and spirit." The camp here was very well organized, it was the standard Romanesque camp, the soldiers were in good spirits, they received ample supplies from the barracks by the wooden fence and the river, they bathed in hot baths in two days, caravans came from all directions, no one plundered them, the army was very polite to them, many merchants said that the new ruler brought it, much better, much better than the old times. The Emperor's palace was small, but it was majestic and neat, decorated with flags and curtains, and Barcelissa and several confidential female officers were the only women in the barracks, and they all spoke to me in the most standard Greek, which was noble and elegant, and I could not help but ignite the pride of being a courtier of the Roman Empire...... The Emperor sat on the golden seat, and Baselisa was on his side, and although the Emperor had the appearance of a Varyag, he was dignified and well-spoken, and his fingers were very long, which showed that he was both a just and a man of great desire, and that he would indulge in carnal desires with Bassalisa, and I had noticed more than once during my missions that the royal painters of the Imperial Palace painted very unreserved works, one of which was of Baselius lying on the grass under the pear tree by the lake, wearing only a bath towel, Barcelissa bathed in the nearby lake, and in my eyes this kind of work should be severely condemned by the Church, but unfortunately the original Church has been destroyed. ”

"Barcelus and Baselisa were accompanied by nearly a thousand horsemen, and I and another envoy, Ledger, had the privilege of discussing diplomatic matters, and the two Emperor's Praetorian Guards cavalry, some of them from the nomadic barbarians of the steppe, some from the Magyars and the Franks, dressed in splendid robes and fine armor, protected the vast area around the Sava River to the Vardar River, and dealt with all sorts of troubled events. For the most part, Baselus and Baselisa were able to quote the entries in the code skillfully, and their minds were clear about the lawsuit, and the local people were soon reassured...... I feel that it is now difficult for foreigners to return to the land and establish their power, including the Palermo court where I serve. ”

Although Gawain was very kind to Raonic personally, and gave him many valuable goods, he showed no mercy when it came to foreign affairs, "I will not recognize the legitimacy of the two regimes of Hum and Carinthia, and will immediately destroy them, especially Carinthia, and I do not want to see the Palermo court shelter it, or give it any armed and material assistance." In addition, all the forces of the Palermo court must withdraw from Epirus and pay me 300,000 Byzantian gold coins. ”

Riding on a mule and alongside the emperor, Raonic argued that such an indemnity would not only damage the future relations between the two countries, but would also make it difficult to negotiate peace, and that "if the indemnity is cancelled, King Simon may promise His Majesty that Sicily, which is located on the main sea communication route, will not allow any fleet ships against His Majesty to pass through the Strait of Messina." Moreover, it is actually a good thing for Your Majesty that the Palermo court now maintains a firm rule over the Two Sicilies, otherwise it would be a great threat to your Majesty's long-term peace and stability if a large number of Norman soldiers who were like pirates would break free from the reins and pounce on Your Majesty's shores like wild horses. ”

After some arguments, Emperor Gawain obviously did not want to waste too much time, and he agreed to cancel the indemnity, but he captured thousands of Sicilian soldiers at the Battle of Durazo, including the Count of Duane, and King Simon had to pay 30,000 gold coins to ransom them, which was absolutely impossible to relieve.

In addition, Gawain proposed the idea of establishing a "Union of Italian and Urban Cities" and made diplomatic recognition mandatory by the Palermo court.