Well, looking at the "shield" he drew on paper, Gawain thought about what Anna said, and thought to himself that this was indeed the case, in this era he saw the Saracenian conical shield, the Greek olive-shaped shield, the southern Mediterranean kite shield and the iris shield, the Saxon Viking Cross hoop round shield, and even the Eastern European organ-shaped shield, and really did not have the "iron shield" he drew (this shape of the shield was not popularized until the 13th century, and later became the main body of the coat of arms of various feudal families in later generations because of the superiority of its shape).

"I knew it would be okay to draw a kis shield." Gawain regretted it a little and thought about it as he held the pen, but Anna soon became uninterested in this "iris dispute" and just asked Gawain to continue.

"What color do you love?"

"Purple." Anna didn't think about it, but then she felt that it would be arrogant to use it now, so she hurriedly changed her words, "It's better to use crimson or gold" Gawain smiled and touched Anna's head, "Then use purple gold." ”

These words pierced Xiao Nizi's heart, and she immediately expressed her satisfaction.

After mixing the paint, Gawain handed the pen to Anna's hand, and then held the other party's small hand, "Use the paint to paint the shield I painted, this is called the shield face." Anna bit her lip, leaned into Gawain's arms, and did as he was told.

"Okay, that's called the shield top." Gawain drew a line horizontally on the top of the iron shield with his pen.

"These three points are called the head of the shield, the heart of the shield and the navel of the shield." Gawain drew up another vertical line, and finally he made another horizontal line at the bottom of the "iron shield", "This is called the bottom of the shield." ”

"Very good, now you understand the shield face, the top of the shield, the head of the shield, the heart of the shield, the navel of the shield, and the bottom of the shield. You can 'face', cross, triangle, herringbone, and diagonal lines. ”

So Anna on the iron shield pattern. With the center of the shield as the axis, use a white pigment pen. A three-fold cross-shaped dividing line was drawn, and the pattern was divided into four parts, "which can be divided horizontally or crossed, and the divided area is called the shield area, and the pattern is drawn in it as a symbol." Gawain continued to remind.

Her Royal Highness the Princess used red ink paint to draw the "Red Hand Cross Sword" on the shield area on the upper left, "It's your Red Hand Brigade." Anna laughed. Then, in the opposite shield area on the lower right, seven "mountain-shaped" black patterns were drawn, three up and four down, "The land of seven ridges? The two of them spoke at the same time, one asking and one answering.

"It's pretty good." Anna was satisfied.

"No, Anna, that's not all, the complete coat of arms, in addition to the shield area, there is also a helmet, feather ornament, and a small crown on the top of the shield. On both sides there are also coat of arms and flags, wrapped with flower bands called 'lanyards' and 'cloaks', and inscriptions on the bottom of the shield. ”

Anna quickly drew her own little crown on the top of the shield with a fine pen. and Gawain's red hand feather helmet, and then threw the pen, a little tired and coquettish. It's not that busy anymore, and I'll add it when I encounter something meaningful in the future. I didn't expect a single coat of arms to be so cumbersome, "but this heraldic mark is quite good." Immediately let the armory in the city of Seleucia cast a seal in this pattern, and thereafter affix it to my papers. ”

At this moment, Muzafiadin hurriedly entered through the archway, "In the camp under the Seleucian city, there is an infantry detachment making a noise, claiming that the master and the mistress will fulfill the promise made by the Sinop Karasu River and distribute the land and fiefdoms. ”

What the! These two did not dare to slack off, Gawain immediately told Anna and his guards to hold the castle, and then rode his own horse, galloped to the barracks under the city, this time it was actually several Italian veteran companies that he relied on the most on weekdays, they raised the lining of their shields with long swords, and sat on the edge of the camp in only their overalls and shouted, "We just want what we deserved three years ago!" ”

"We will not break the vow of the Holy War, but we will pay for it!"

Subsequently, several infantry detachments, mainly Greeks, also came out with flags and made noise, they did not dare, but when they saw this group of Latins taking the lead, they also plucked up their courage. Even Bramson raised his two-handed sword and shouted in the ranks of the veterans, Giovanni riding a horse, his face full of anger and suppression, "Until entering Paphragonia, the previous Red Hand Brigade did not owe any military salaries, and even when marching in the mountains, the salaries were exchanged for the spoils of war and the dowry of Her Royal Highness the princess as a reward!" What are you still dissatisfied with? ”

"Silver is silver, and now we still need farmers and soldiers. What was promised to us three years ago by Master George and what was promised to His Excellency Sinop Stratigos before, now is the time to keep. The soldiers raised their fists and weapons and shouted, "It is said that even the Paulineites have been paid several large market towns, why don't we?" ”

Bramson also jumped on the mound angrily, waving to the soldiers, "Seleucia, Seleucia, the largest army, the Red Hand Company is out of business!" Former Grand Duke of Barry and Armenia, and now General Straticos. Gawain, who was abducted and deceived by the trap, owed us a military salary and a field of more than 100,000 Byzantit gold coins, and was immediately ready to run away with Her Royal Highness the princess and the heretical consul, we had no choice but to immediately sell the shield, sword, spear, saddle, armor, and five copper plates that were originally worth several Grosso silver coins in the military port bazaar, all five copper plates, all five copper plates - Lord Gawain will punish you, we have worked hard for you for two years, you don't make land, you pay back our desperate money, pay back our desperate money! ”

At this moment, Gawain rode a silver horse and rushed to the ranks of the soldiers, and when the soldiers saw him, they no longer saluted, and the voice came towards Gawain, "Liar, pay us back our desperate money", "Serve you until Seleucia, through half of Asia Minor, all of them have become beggars", "Don't talk to you, we only believe in the eldest princess, please ask Her Royal Highness the princess to come out", "Don't prevaricate about this, otherwise we won't go to Antioch" The cries came one after another.

Gawain understood that this group of soldiers was not interested in the Emperor, that they did not trust Alexios, and that they were willing to follow him and Anna at the previous moment, and that they had made a promise that Captain George had promised them before, and that he must now fulfill it—but only when they arrived in Seleucia, they were in ruins, and the military funds had been almost expended, and it was difficult to buy them with money; In addition, in the whole region, after the death of the original emir and Sudin, the Turkic Bey and Gazi fiefdom system also collapsed, and the ownerless land that was originally idle should be abundant, but the local group of Greek Genate military aristocratic landlords took the opportunity to run out to pick up the bargain, and took advantage of the fact that I did not have the manpower to check the household registration and land property for the time being, and wantonly encroached on the land and tenant farmers, so it is also very difficult to distribute the land to the soldiers now.

But Gawain is Gawain after all, his head turned a few times at high speed, and then he slowly raised his hand, and then the entire crowd of soldiers quieted down, "Let me ask you, do you want to become a mercenary who receives military salaries, or do you want to become a peasant soldier who owns the land and pays for his military service?" ”

As soon as this question came up, the soldiers immediately chattered, and Bramson and the flag officer who had made a meritorious service in the battle of Zephilim. Moss talks with his head down, but the end result is that Bramson still wants to continue receiving "hot money", while Decius wants to settle down in Seleucia and start a family, and there is a significant disagreement between the two.

"Even if you become a farmer, are you willing to farm, are you willing to run the farmland with the tenant farmers?" This is the second question that Gawain shouts.

Most of the soldiers had come to the army because they were disgusted with farm work and the unpromising life of farmers, and now they wanted land only as a kind of monetary reward, or they had the same aspirations of the contemporary people as "buying real estate", but if they wanted to run their own business, they were not born and raised in Anatolians, and they did not have a deep-seated affection for the land.

After hearing the soldiers' discussions, Gawain immediately established the direction of guidance, "How about this way, how about we sign a contract under this beautiful castle, which will not only allow you not to farm, but also receive military salaries, and even make a windfall during the war?" ”

And such a good thing? The soldiers cheered loudly, but both Bramson and Decius were reminding everyone: Don't be fooled, Your Excellency General Gawain is very treacherous.

"Listen to General Stratigos!" Most of the soldiers were still willing to listen.

Gawain then said in a loud voice, "You have land but you don't need to farm, it's more like you hold shares, ah no, you are soldiers who hold the land of the 'Gospel Saints'. ”

"I don't understand what you're saying!" The soldiers apologized.

So Gawain will try his best to explain in easy-to-understand words:

This term "gospel saint" was not something he came up with on a hot head, in fact, on the way to the previous march, he was indeed always thinking about this matter, Gawain is a person with the spirit of contract after all, since he promised the soldiers, he has to think about how to achieve it, Bramson scolded him for "being cheated and abducted" and "thinking of taking Anna and Cabeamia away" and indeed wronged him. Previously, Gawain had "examined" the land and tax systems in Asia Minor and Italy, and would also invite Anna to explain to him some of the past laws of the Eastern Roman Empire, and he would also screen and explore them.

Therefore, Gawain had a strong interest in the "Pronian estate", but also questioned the privilege of the Pronian cavalry not only enjoying land taxes, but also directly owning land and dependent on farmers, believing that this was the imperial government's long-term failure and compromise in the struggle of the military aristocracy, not to mention that Emperor Alexios and other new military nobles were originally on the throne, and there was no reason to infringe on the interest groups to which they belonged, which was tantamount to digging their own graves.

Therefore, the innovation and improvement will be left to me Gao Wen to complete. (To be continued.) )