Tomorrow is 515, the anniversary of the starting point, and the day with the most benefits. In addition to the gift bag and school bag, this time's "515 Red Envelope Flip" must be seen, how can there be a reason not to grab the red envelope, set the alarm clock high~

When Agnes was speechless, the princess in purple also expressed an incomprehensible mood, "These revenues are almost equivalent to the total customs revenue of the empire in the past year. ”

"What's that! How shrewd your father was in power and diplomacy, and how astonishingly ignorant and ignorant he was sometimes in economic affairs, that he actually granted the Venetians the neighborhoods and trade privileges of the imperial capital, literally for the purpose of curing diseases, absorbing thousands of leeches and locusts on their bodies, and the disease and the essence and blood flowed out together, and the disease was cured, and the people died. Gawain said unceremoniously.

Hearing this, Anna also sat on the bench in the soft bag, and gave him an angry glance - how could she say that her father-in-law was so unbearable.

But Gawain was still there calculating precisely, worried, "It's only 200,000 Byzants a year. Xiyang fought on one side, and the money could barely cope with half a year, and if it was a two-front battle, the money would be exhausted in three months. If we don't have a surplus, we can go into debt, and eventually we have to put a heavier and heavier tax burden on our subjects, and then Seleucia will collapse. After saying that, as if he had gained some courage and confidence from the sorrow, he looked at the gray sea outside the window, and his eyes brightened, "But this barren income situation will be solved in about a year." ”

"Is the Grand Duke a little mentally broken now because he is going to hand over his territory in a year?" The little sunfish leaned over to Anna and asked quietly.

Anna made a silent gesture, indicating that she fully believed that what Gawain said was true and achievable, and the little sunfish was full of helplessness, and it seemed that the secret would continue to be kept. Anna is secretive even about her, and can only wait for a year to be revealed.

In any case, Agnes's calculations of the country's revenues were largely correct, and the Seleucian treasury quickly "rose to the top", because the division between the treasury and the private treasury of the palace was not so clear at this time, and the days in the temporary palace of the Acropolis soon turned towards a trend of light luxury: the purple princess Anna wore a fine silk scarf from Damascus wrapped around her hair. Tied diagonally in a braided gold bundle and draped over a light Saracen-style robe, with an Egyptian tortoiseshell bone necklace around her neck, like a maiden of a different race, holding a precious manuscript collected from all over the world, and holding a pen barrel from the finest reeds produced in the Nile in her mouth, reading voraciously, her body lying on a luxurious chair, her white feet bare. Wobbly in a small hammock, next to a delicate copper stove burning with charcoal, accompanied by incense rising from the incense, the whole room exudes a charming atmosphere.

On the smooth Phrygian marble floor, two pet cats from Cairo are entrenched, one with tiger stripes and a pale red nose, lying on all fours. Squinting and purring, it was named "Prince of the Red Sea"; There is also a single body with ivory white hair. The head and ears are black, the pupils are pale blue, and they are named "Chimera", and they are curling their front paws and moaning militantly as they look at the ceiling between the halls and terraces. The hanging scaffold, the hanging eagle bag, and the one on top of it is a gift from the Amalfi Chamber of Commerce, a falcon suitable for ladies to play with. He also glared at the "Chimera".

Gawain, dressed in a military uniform, shouted outside, "Anna, let's go hunting together!" As he spoke, the falcon, called "Captain," chirped, swept eagerly across the hall, and flew to the crook of Gawain's arm.

"I hate it, I'm reading the manuscripts of the Justinian Code," Anna refused impatiently, her little feet dangling in Gawain's eyes through the hazy curtains and candles, and the jingle of bells around her feet and necks.

The next day, Gawain shouted outside again, "Anna, I'm going to the circuit court in Aqum to supervise the trial." ”

Anna was still in that position, half-lying on the couch, "Go ahead, big barbarian, I will help the whole of Seleucia and West Cilicia, and make a detailed schedule of the fairs, now there are five large fairs in Arahan, Akoum, Rum, Zephilim and Ramas, each of which has its own focus on trade, and it is necessary to allocate the open days of the five markets within a month according to the route and route of the caravan." ”

Another day, Gawain shouted, "I'm going to the area around Model Farm to oversee the harvest of winter crops." And go to the craftsmen of the big hospital and continue to sign the employment contract. ”

"Well, I'm looking at this dictionary and hoping to figure it out."

"Well, tell the little sunfish over there in the equipment yard to work harder and develop her more powerful siege equipment as soon as possible." After Gawain finished speaking, he walked to the edge of the couch, and kissed each other with Anna's neck, and instructed.

"By the way, my dear, the recent distress letters in Antioch City have become more and more frequent."

Gawain blinked his blue eyes, "You have to be calm, you have to grasp the right time, in this game, whoever can make the best move will win the next ten years." ”

"Then I will continue to write to Sister Goethehild and them, and slowly make you the only beacon of the gospel in the hearts of pilgrims."

After saying goodbye, Gawain yawned and walked down the staircase, where the warriors of the Guards gathered around him one after another, and walked out of the gates of the Acropolis, over the drawbridge over the ditch filled with seawater, to the snow-dead fort (the open area between the inner and outer walls of the castle).

Although it was winter, the sun was shining brightly. In front of the wall, there are rows of wooden targets, and more than 100 garrison soldiers from Lianbao are holding simple cedar bows (this is the old equipment left by the sailors of the original Red Hand, and under the guidance of the instructor, according to the order, the arrows on the string are swishing out, "The neatness is not strong enough at all, remember that you are no longer hunters and lumberjacks fighting alone in the mountains, but soldiers with excellent equipment who have been protected by the village community company, and are here to protect the Grand Duke and the Princess in Purple." A Brotherhood instructor in a red-handed cross-sword garment raised a wooden staff and reprimanded sternly.

"Your Excellency the Grand Duke!" When he and all the archers in training saw Gawain coming out, they saluted collectively.

"Work hard, soon after I go to Antioch, the safety of the princess and the fortress will be entrusted to everyone!" Gawain said as he walked in the direction of the stable.

Under the eastern wall of the fort, Birrell wore a solemn armor and held a wooden spear of the same length as the spear of the large infantry for training, demonstrating the spear skills of the battle formation to the people. With that, Billel's armor moved, he bowed his waist and sank, one leg bent forward, the other leg knelt down, his left hand held the wooden spear steady, and he held the tip of the spear diagonally upward, and then his right hand reached out to his left waist and held the hilt of the sword, "See, that's it, the tip of the spear in your left hand can help you resist the trampling of the enemy cavalry-" At this point, Billel quickly slammed the sword from the sheath on his left belt, and the blade slashed horizontally with light, and then firmly held it in his right hand, "And you can draw the sword at the same time, to fend off the light enemy soldiers who accompanied the cavalry, and kill them with your sword. ”

PS.5.15 "Starting Point" is raining red envelopes! Starting at 12 noon, grab a round every hour, and a large wave of 515 red envelopes depends on luck. You all go and grab it, and the starting coins you grabbed continue to subscribe to my chapters! (To be continued.) )