In fact, it was not only Alexios who did this in this era, but also the Crusader kingdoms of the Levant. www.biquge.info For example, Baldwin recently wanted to capture the three ports of Haifa, Caesonia, and Acre on the northern coast before attacking Egypt in a big way, and he needed the help of the fleet of Pisa and Rewax Duck for this.

Anxious for ships, Baldwin signed a treaty with the two city-states, giving the Pisas a "trading port" in Jaffa and the Relaya in Azul. The merchants of the two city-states in the merchant port were in principle free from interference by the Kingdom of Jerusalem and enjoyed tax exemptions, and they even had the right to build walls and watchtowers around the merchant port, and to set up churches, courts, and consular residences in them, to be judged by their own people—and even more bizarrely, the Reladuck openly demanded that Baldwin let them share one-third of the taxes on all ships entering and leaving the port!

Such a trading port, known as "Fondachi" by the Rewax Duck and Pisa, and "Funduk" by the Saracens, was no different from the colonial concessions of later generations.

From this, it is conceivable that the commercial port model set up by Gawain is very healthy and advanced: I give you the monopoly right to specialty, you pay taxes and rents to me, and everyone makes a fortune together, as for you to pass this part on to the buyer, it is your ability, and it has nothing to do with me, you want tax exemption and judicial power? There are no doors (as for whether to set up a duty-free trade zone conditionally in the future, Gawain is still considering).

While Zhao Zhao was discussing money with Sven and the envoys, Gawain was in a small hall with several henchmen, and the plenipotentiary envoys were discussing the question of the ownership of the Sultan of Isfahan.

In the meantime, Clam sent a secret letter claiming that if Gawain could protect the interests of Baghdad, he would be willing to give Gawain "Roma. Tarsus. Sultan of Armenia", enough to compete with the Seljuk chamber. But thinking that this would provoke fierce dissatisfaction in Christendom, Gao Wen politely refused, and asked Clam Lifa to invite Gao Ming to go.

In the end, after careful consideration, Gawain proposed the arbitration plan:

The Seljuk Sultan was passed not to the eldest son, Bachiyanuk, nor to the second son, Tabo, but to the youngest son of Bachiyanuk, the grandson of Malikshah Khan;

But Bachiyanuk was to retire immediately, return to his own territory, and never be allowed to intervene in the affairs of the state;

Bachiyanuk's youngest son and the caliph's youngest daughter made a marriage contract, and Isfahan and Baghdad "do not interfere with the water of the river", the sultan and the caliph respect each other's rights and interests, and the sultan must recognize the supremacy of the caliph and must not be coerced;

After the conclusion of this arbitration, the youngest son of Bachiyanuk went to the court of Isfahan to take up the post of sultan, and Kobuha and his second uncle Tabo served as auxiliary governors.

Gawain announced the protection of Aleppo and Damascus, but Ridwan and Dukaq wanted to revoke their false title of sultan, and would contact Baldwin and Bohemond to also propose non-infringement pacts between the two countries;

After this, Gawain's state of Tarsus did not continue to expand eastward, but concentrated on fighting against Constantinople;

Baldwin's Jerusalem state fought peacefully against Fatima in Egypt;

Bohemond concentrated on besieging the city of Antioch and restoring the former principality;

The Seljuk states then went all out to suppress the Shiite rebellion in Persia and defend themselves against the invasion of the Qarakhanid in the east.

Gawain also demanded that the Romans (i.e., the Greeks, mostly Syrian, who were monophytes) under slavery not be discriminated against, as if they were the patrons of the followers of the Christian sects in Asia Minor and the Levant.

Finally, Gawain made two more requests.

One is that the countries then sent allied forces, together with his brigades, to completely destroy the vulture forts of the mountain sect, kill the Assasin believers, and eradicate terrorist activities from Anatolia to Persia and from Georgia to Baghdad;

The second is that he later, on his way back to the division, had the right to expel or exterminate Zagridin the "Kiratpasha" of Lake Van and recover the area.

It can be said that these two demands of Gawain are both shameless and blatant, but also very ingenious, because he captures the psychology of the Seljuks.

The core "psychological territory" of the Seljuks was actually Persia, which was the limit of their control as a settled regime, and the expansion and colonization of Anatolia was only the business of the Kutumish family (i.e., the Sultan of Rûm), which they saw as a "young branch". And Danishmunde, such as Merrick's Danishmunde, in their eyes, was established by an unbridled wandering tribe, and the two sides were not close to each other (even if they were close, it was useless, Suleiman was Malikshah's cousin, and Tutush was Marikshah's own brother, not to kill you to death) - on the contrary, the Seljuk Empire, which admired and accepted the Persian culture and rules of rule, wanted to place the former lawless "young branches" or "ghazi" in remote areas, so that they and other countries could play pig brains, He stayed in peace and security in the court of Isfahan as a high-class and elegant "Persian", admiring the beautiful moonlight, and reciting poetry in the rose garden.

This is why the Seljuks drove other, more barbaric and backward Turkic tribes to Anatolia and "Turkized" Asia Minor, but "Persianized" themselves.

Therefore, Gawain proposed to annex the kingdom of Kirat Pasha, because he knew that this act would not touch the psychological bottom line of the Seljuk kingdoms - as long as you don't come to beautiful Persia, you will love it in Great Armenia.

In addition, Gawain also put forward a tempting condition, that is, he was willing to work side by side with the Seljuks to completely annihilate the mountain cult. And this sect has always been a big trouble for the other party, the Seljuk Empire, which claims to be the guardian of Sunni orthodoxy, hates this group of Persian heretics of all kinds the most, especially the previous Sultan Sanjad was killed by the assassins of the Mountain Sect, and now the new Sultan wants to gain the legal principle of domination, and has to take revenge on the Eagle Fort.

As a result, Gawain's proposal played into the hands of the envoys and won unanimous approval.

The parties exchanged oaths, promising to gather their best men and horses after the beginning of spring next year, and provide supplies and roads free of charge, and put them under the command of Gawain to exterminate Hassan on the peak of Vulture Fort!

Later, in the city of Taulis, a great feast was held for ten days to celebrate the birth of the contract and the future of peaceful trade: they drank wine under the stars, enjoyed the singing and dancing of beautiful boys, and sailed on the lake until they had their own pleasures.

And the country of Kirat Pasha was unknowingly sacrificed mercilessly in advance.

"Dear Anna, I can't go back to Tarsus to spend Christmas Day with you and your children, but I have sent many gifts that I hope you will enjoy. In addition, I will spend the winter in Taulis, with the army camp, for there are still two kingdom equals that I need to destroy in the coming year...... When all this is done, everything will be fine. Gawain recounted in a letter to his wife.