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Of course, it was not clear to Tanfred that Gawain's fleet was following the Holy Sea and saw the city of Athens with its white buildings, but this only showed that it would take some effort to reach the city of Corinth, where Inglina was.

Corinth, a seam city-state in ancient times, was the "bee's waist" between the Ionian Sea and the Holy Sea, guarding the Peloponnese's passage to Thessaly, and never before was so narrow and geostrategically important. Two seas of innumerable wealth were transferred between the two ports on the east and west sides of the city-state, a large number of raw silk from the Far East, and a place of sale to Italy and Sicily, Eudasia's sister Ingridina, the Mesadini family she married as a girl, which can be said to be the oldest family in the entire Roman Empire, and her ancestors were one of the first families of the "Senate Honorable Councillors" to go to the new imperial capital with Constantine the Great, although they gradually gave way in the political arena to the new military nobles who rose in Asia Minor and Thrace, Much of its luster faded, but the Mesadini family eventually mastered and monopolized the ancient techniques of silk weaving and sericulture throughout history, which became the secret of their family's wealth.

Emperor Alexios gave his family the privilege of running the business, even if the silk weaving workshops in Moria and Corinth were given the name "royal belonging", but that was only a name. The first-class aristocracy in the Byzantine imperial capital was not particularly enthusiastic about silk cloth from Greece, and they still took pride in wearing imported goods directly from the Tang Dynasty, but for the middle-class bureaucrats in the capital, or the merchants from Italy, the inexpensive "Mesadini silk" became the first choice, and not only that, but even the emperor himself used this silk when paying officials and court guards.

Wealth is a good thing in these troubled times, but it will undoubtedly invite trouble, and after the previous battle of Durazo, Bohemond's detachment swept over the Thessaly region like a huge black comet, grazing Corinth, but he and Larissa were defeated by Emperor Alexios, and fled without taking care of the silk weaving workshop of Corinth. But thirteen years later, another small detachment subordinate to Bohemond came to kill.

In the ancient city-state, in the church converted from the ancient pagan Corinthian temple, the bells rang for many days, and the black news came from the flying feet of messengers: the Normans had captured the fortresses of Lepanto and Patras on both sides of the western bay; The vanguard of the Normans had already appeared on the outskirts of Larissa; The flying leopard banner of the Normans began to flutter in the twelve ancient passes outside the city of Athens.

The wolf smoke was everywhere, the sun set over the bay, and soon rose from the Corinthian Bay here, and it was the hearts of the workers and peasants of the city-state that fell rapidly, and the hearts of the people here were very easy to shake no matter what era they were, and St. Paul had written a special article to denounce the depravity of this land: in front of the Corinthian Temple of Love were all "wandering warblers" waiting to be sold, and benefactors who came with thousands of money, money and carnal desire were like the two wings of demons, soaring wantonly in the sky of this land.

Now Ingridina's idea is to put on two wings and move the whole city away like a trick, this beautiful lady with blonde hair similar to her sister, and a widow of two years, wakes up every day in a magnificent mansion with ancient Corinthian pillars and sculptures, enjoying the services of sixteen hairdressing technicians, combing her hair in a bun like a pagan goddess of love, and then wearing a black silk turban to cover her pretty eyebrows, and then putting on an equally black gown to cover her snow-white skin, It is better to indicate her widowhood and at the same time exude a strong courtship like a black rose - the former can help her reject people, the latter can help her attract people, in short, the choice is up to her, so it is very good.

The farmers and female workers in her manor and factory privately call her "Ripe Silk Rose", "Cooked Silk" points out her fair appearance, and "Rose" points out her current identity and feelings.

So now, Ingrid is panicking, are the Norman bandits with yellow beard or red beard looking for her fame and wealth? Every day, after she had finished grooming, she would go to the Corinthian church to pray, sitting on her shoulders surrounded by slaves.

The prayers had finally worked, and outside of Corinthian Bee's Waist, the fallen Greek nobles of the old city of Kademia called Madjos, who were guarding the pass, were gathering hundreds of civilian troops to defend themselves against Tancred.

Immediately afterwards, Ingrid quickly sent a letter from her slaves, expressing her willingness to provide grain and money to this young nobleman who was as brave as a young man. But immediately afterwards, Madzyus wrote back that he wished to marry a widow of beauty and wealth.

Ingrana's cold refusal was swifter than the Norman knights' advance, but she still had to rely on Madjos - and by this day there had been a great deal of unhappiness between the two sides, and a stalemate had fallen.

So when Gawain's fleet arrived at the Gulf of Corinthia, she suddenly felt that she had another card to play in her hand, at least she thought that she could hold out until the arrival of His Majesty's imperial army. At this time, Gawain stood awe-inspiring on the bow deck, constantly giving loud orders in the lower Greek language, Saracen and the Greek sailors lined up pitifully, carrying their baggage ashore, the Italian company was mainly infantry, with strict banners, and camped in the open area of the dock harbor in order, while the Turkic ranks of Tetisius were much more embarrassed, and their horses were lost a lot in the sea, and they were all arguing around the military judges in the army, demanding that the earl commander make up for it with money.

"What a filthy barbarian!" This was the verdict of Ingrena, who stood in front of the Corinthian church and had a bird's-eye view of the whole harbor, and she had now completely forgotten that her hair was also blonde, and she was also a barbarian in the eyes of the orthodox of the Empire.

But out of politeness and respect for her sister, Ingrida sat in her own house in a black rose-like mourning dress that night and entertained the officers.

The first to enter, the fiery captor Theognes, glanced at him through the veiled eyes: crescent turbans, rotten boots, hateful tunic Sarasen robes, swarthy faces, and then the widow invited him to the table very indifferently, and Theognes looked at the luxurious and delicate furnishings around him in amazement, rubbed her hands, and cringed a little, and sat down in the corner.

Tetisius, who walked in next, covered his face with an embroidered cloak, and then untied it to greet Ingrina, almost so frightened that he didn't even dare to say hello - but Tetisius was very interested, and sat down next to Theognes.