Gawain's eyes looked at the magnificent crown, but he didn't have much greed, and put it on the dining table, and then he took out another small crown from the broken box, and looked at it.

Although it was small and looked a little old, Gawain was quickly attracted to it, "This is another crown that His Royal Highness carries with his army, and he is ready to take the opportunity to exchange the old for the new after the victory." Next to him, the servant of the Armenian royal family cautiously reported to Gawain.

"This is the old one?"

"Yes, this crown was made by Reuben the first, that is, the father of His Royal Highness the Prince, and it was after the completion of this crown that His Majesty Reuben began to call himself the 'King of the Seven Ridges'."

"Oh?" Gao Wen was surprised but paid attention, he touched the golden crown, it was not the popular zigzag shape, its crown leaf was larger than the zigzag, triangular, there were really seven of them, and each crown leaf was engraved with words, "Read it." He ordered the royal servant, and by this moment the boy who had swallowed the golden key was already rolling and moaning in pain, and his intestines and stomach might have ruptured and bleeding.

"Yes, yes, this crown leaf is called 'The Place of Beginning' and the text underneath it is 'Lulum.'" The servant humbly and respectfully pointed with his finger.

"Lulum?"

It is the name of the mountain to the north of the city of Tarsus, not far from the Cilician Gate. Because in the past, this city was the earliest royal capital of His Majesty Reuben, and later due to the oppression of the Turks, it was transferred to the city of Vanka. ”

"Go on." Gawain's mind seemed to be getting clearer and clearer.

"This second crown leaf, with the text 'Argaeus' on it."

"It's a mountain in Cappadocia, and I've seen it as I walked through, with its majestic peaks glowing ochre-yellow under a blue sky." Gao Wenjing said it to himself.

Below are Mount Isamus, Mount Mamas, Mount Serisus, Mount Moserous, and finally Mount Osentius, with a total of seven crown leaves. The names of the seven mountains.

Gawain held the little crown in his hand, and his hands trembled a little, and his eyes hurried back and forth as if he had a fever, and the Armenian slaves around him bowed their heads. He didn't even dare to breathe, he silently thought in his heart, "This battle of the Felamis River really made me understand what the dream prophecy meant, and now even Anna's little girl has not completely figured it out, but by chance, I peeped - the land of seven ridges is not the so-called seven mountains surrounding a certain area at all, it only starts from the city of Tarsus in Cilicia. On the map, following this starting point, we go to Cappadocia, where the Algeus mountain range is located, then Phrygia where Isamus and Mamasa are located, then Opshkin, where Serisus and Moserolus are located, and then Ocentius, which is located on the other side of the strait opposite Constantinople, which is drawn with handwriting. It's like a serpentine, route to the Imperial Capital—Anna had told me inadvertently. In ancient times, the eastern and western mountains of the empire built huge beacons, and when there was an incident on the border, beacon fires would be lit until the Faros sundial in the imperial palace. ”

Then, Gawain raised the crown high, and the dazzling gold came into his eyes. His eyelashes kept shaking, and a string of heavy words imprinted in his heart, "The Land of Seven Ridges? And that's what portends me Stephen. Gawain will take a step in Cilicia and conquer the city. Conquer, and then Cappadocia, Ocshkin, Bithynia, and finally Constantinople, the Empress of Ten Thousand Cities, will reach the pinnacle of glory? Just as Jiehe said to me at the beginning, the treasure house of two seas and two lands, inexhaustible wealth and power, the final key will be in the palm of my Gawain's hand! ”

Then Bramson and all the warriors of the Guards standing beside him widened their eyes, and they watched with astonishment and even horror as General Stratigos took the little golden crown in both hands, slowly placed it on his head, and then sat down in his chair with great majesty.

At this moment, in Gawain's mind, the ochre-red Lulum Ridge flew in front of his eyes, and below it was the vast plain and the sea; Then there is the Algeus Ridge, a magnificent mountain, with vast gravel moors and huge salt lakes below, and countless fortress passes; At last the clouds and mist came in his face, and the mountains of Isams and Mamas, which were clustered in the Phrygian mountains, slowly fell under their boots, and in this mountain range, there were countless ores and forests; Then there are the mountains of Serissus and Moserous, from which the springs flow into rivers that nourish the fertile lands of Oleshkin and Misyia; Then there is the towering Osentius Ridge, with its beacons and fortresses, overlooking the rolling waves of the Marimara Sea, and on the other side of the strait is the beautiful and majestic Constantinople, one of the most brilliant diamonds in the world.

In the future, let my legion, with countless infantry spears and mounted spears, march into her golden gate, and make her submit to me—who would not want to monopolize her on the couch of such a beautiful empress?

So Qiling is not a static place at all, this little Cilicia, where can I accommodate my Gawain's footsteps? The Seven Ridges are actually the trajectory of my journey, this is the real divine revelation - the Holy City is just a false illusion that binds the group of people who still adhere to the beliefs and ideas of the old era, and the gold and silver produced by Constantinople and the national power are not a thousand times stronger than that barren land? "I, Gao Wen, am destined to be a feudal figure, no, more than that, I will finally hold the 'golden apple' of the imperial capital in my hands. The heavy red apples on the branches of the trees are always lovely, let alone golden. Gawain gripped the armrest and whispered.

Two generations of Reuben, who could not even fight against the Roman-Turks, did not deserve this crown at all;

Baldwin, Bohemond, Godfrey, Raymond, the leaders of the Crusaders, who were doomed to stick to the ridiculous old ideas and wage protracted battles in the Holy Land of the Levant, with the Crescentists, or within themselves;

Venice, Amalfi, Pisa, and ******, these small commercial states, if they can be vassals, they will be vassals, and if they can't, they will cut off their lifelines;

The Pope of Rome, Caesar of Salian, and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, as long as I take control of the empires of Anatolia and Thrace, anyone with a discerning eye can see that as long as I command my thousands of iron horsemen to continue to advance, then can these guys with mantis arms be able to resist it?

And in the imperial capital, Alexios, who enjoys the praise of his subjects in different languages, you will eventually become my father-in-law, and the defeated of his men—the lovely and intelligent Anna is mine, and no one can take it away, and she will have children with me who will have children of noble blood and continue to rule the empire.

"Yes, it's a lot more fun and exciting than my time! In the past, I collected old antiques to look up and pursue the glory of the ancients; Now I will create a temple of glory for future generations to worship. Gawain looked up and laughed. (To be continued.) )