readx;?“ What the! Hercules was amazed, when did they plan this terrifying and radical "thaumaturgy"?

But then his father continued to boast to the nobles, "Gawain now has three brigades, and one of them is lonely on the side of Tripoli, which means that he can use no more than two main brigades of men and horses in Meritane, plus some of his direct cavalry, so that once we get started, we can't beat him?" Of course, the timing of the surprise attack must be prepared. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The so-called "preparation for fundraising" means that the consul Fell will carry the banner of Reuben's son Torus and daughter Lolita, who were imprisoned in the city of Vanka, "to punish the rebel and murderer Gawain and restore the Ruben dynasty in Armenia." ”

Anyway, after he left the school, this group of people would not care about the life and death of the baby at all.

In addition, the Emperor's envoy Potrufis has also become a useful pawn, and this group of people decided to confuse Gawain with "expulsion and sincerity", but in fact sent Potrufis to the city of Amasia to serve as a liaison with Theodoro.

As a result, Hercules once again vehemently opposed, "After Gawain's trade route is unblocked, Theodoro's attitude is ambiguous, and he can't rush to contact him, which will expose our plans." ”

"Don't worry, Potrufis is the envoy of His Majesty the Emperor, and the other party doesn't dare to do anything to him."

After the plan was decided, Marashburg sent another secret envoy south to contact Ridwan.

At this moment, in the court of Tarsus, Anna held the scepter, side by side with Gawain, surrounded by many handmaidens and guards, walked out of the doors, and finally received the Billeoni merchant group who came to sign the treaty.

The merchants hurriedly bowed, and then Anna tapped the steps with her scepter.

The other party did not know why, "Please come forward and kiss Caesar's scepter and the back of his hand as a sign of respect." The fat eunuch standing in front of his seat explained angrily.

Helplessly, Billleoni thought that this girl's pomp was bigger than the Pope, but she could only smile and bow up three steps on her body, Anna stretched out the tip of the scepter, let him kiss it, and then quickly and coldly withdrew, "Kiss the hand and be free." ”

Then she smiled and put her hand in Gao Wen's hand, and the two sat down side by side, "I already understand your intention, of course you can sign a business contract, and there are only two conditions." Before Billeoni could reply, Gawain leaned sideways and continued, "First, any trade settlement must be made with copper crocus, that is, Seleucid copper coins (so that Gawain can use copper coins from rich territories to obtain foreign gold and silver); Second, I can reduce the toll tax and surtax for you, but you must take out a one-time 15,000 Byzantit gold coins and inject money into the 'Chamber of Light' in Sith County. ”

"Bright Chamber of Commerce?" Billleoni was a little confused, but he had actually heard of this chamber of commerce, which was actually the royal chamber of Tarsus, and the leather, honey and "bright" cheese that had previously been marketed had posed a serious competitive threat to Marash.

"yes. Of course, share dividends are indispensable for you. Gawain opened his mouth, of course the money would be transferred to the local iron pit.

Billeoni did not object, because his intelligence showed that Gawain's iron mine was still quite profitable, and it could also allow Pisa to occupy a corner of the country of Tarsus: merchants are always profit-seeking, and it is always good to have more friends.

"Then we can open a ban on the border and set up a trade field, which is a great thing for the people on both sides. I can immediately disband the armed regiments in the east of Vanka City, and let the Ani people there live a free and peaceful life of farming and settlement. Gawain's enthusiasm and cheerfulness touched the scheming Bill Leoni a little.

Then Anna smiled, and her attitude was no longer arrogant, and she ordered a great banquet at the palace to keep Billleoni for three days.

By then, Conrad, Welf, Guillaume and other lords had already gone to the Holy City, and as for Prince Sven and Flolina, although the Kingdom of Jerusalem had invited the pair to settle in a castle estate, they remained in the court of Tarsus, and were officially married: Sven became Gawain's privy counsellor and general, hundreds of Danish soldiers were absorbed into the Guards, and Florina became another close friend of Anna, and they often invited Goethehild to play backgammon for fun. Lady Celeadio Ingrida also often joins the warband, but strangely, the winner is often the giggling Ingridina.

After the successful signing of the treaty, Billeoni happily followed the mountain road and returned to Marashburg in a horse-drawn carriage.

However, as soon as he returned, he was stopped by several Armenian warriors, "I want to see your Archon Fell!" Before the merchant could finish his shouting, the leader searched his backpack and leather case for documents stamped with the official seal of Tarsus, and announced his "crime" with great vigour: betraying the interests of the Great Armenian Empire and secretly colluding with the traitor and murderer Gawain. Lusail, punished by confiscation of property and imprisonment.

Then, in the midst of Rome's shopping malls, Billeoni was thrown into the dungeon by the wolf-like soldiers, where he lay on the damp and moldy mud floor in the dim light of the fire, looking at the figures sitting around him.

"You're here too?"

"You've all been arrested, and there are still local merchants?" Billleoni looked around and was shocked.

"There is no way, the nobles have confiscated a third of our property with their swords as military funds." The local Armenian merchant sighed.

A hot duck merchant next to him patted the other party on the shoulder and said with relief, "If you want to open some brothers, I should let you out when the war is over, and you still have two-thirds of the property in your hands, and it won't be beautiful in the future?" ”

At this moment, Bill Leoni, who was lying on the ground, sat up and smiled bitterly, "What two-thirds?" What do you think is the purpose of arresting you in, that is, to use you as a long-term meat ticket, and slowly force your family to keep handing over all the rest of your property, and in the end, not only will you die, but your family will be ruined. ”

At this moment, everyone suddenly cried, and then hugged each other and cried, saying that this was too cruel, "It's better that stupid girl in my family can be smart, don't send money to this gang of bandits, let me die here." ”

"Stupid, isn't your stupid going to run away with some butler or servant in the future?"

"It's all my fault for being careless, why did you think of coming to this barbarian country to do business in the first place?" Billleoni looked at the slap light that came through the dungeon window, and he was also remorseful.

The same faint morning light filtered through the window, and Gawain had just opened his eyes, and he turned to see that Anna on the other side of the bed was sleeping soundly with Helena in swaddling clothes, so Gawain crept down, and thought to himself, "It's time to say goodbye to his wife and daughter, and go on an expedition to Meritane." (To be continued.) )