For four days in a row, Hou Jieguli's strange plan went smoothly, and every day he shot a long line to sell the land, and the landlord frantically bought and sold the land that had now exceeded four floors of the grange in the hands of Wu Yuanqing, and the tenant farmers under him were as many as 70,000 or 80,000, 300,000 dinars, and the equivalent value of silk, spices and other goods were also used. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]

On the other hand, Paul's official position also grew, and after gaining a great deal of prestige from the oil pot bath that day, this little priest in the Syrian countryside rose to the position of bishop, cardinal, and even was introduced by the contemporary Patriarch of Constantinople, Peter I.

Unlike his colleagues who indulged in penance all day long, Paul can be regarded as the most intimate Orthodox cardinal, visiting all the churches in Constantinople all day long, receiving believers, preaching to the citizens, performing baptism, circumcision and other ceremonies, and faithfully following him every day There are hundreds of Orthodox Christians in Constantinople, and Saint Paul is known to everyone in Constantinople.

In fact, the trick of that day was also simple, the top was indeed a turbid oil pot, but the lower layer was rich vinegar, the vinegar was heavier than the oil, sinking to the bottom, and the boiling point of the vinegar was only a few dozen degrees, and the boiling vinegar was on top of the clear oil, and it looked as if the whole oil pot was boiling.

This is one of the tricks of the Central Plains Jianghu showcase, which was recorded in the spy manual by Li Jie, and was seen by Hou Jie, but he didn't expect it to come in handy in Constantinople.

In the third aspect, Hou Jie's own reconnaissance of the Galatai Fort was also carried out very smoothly, and in four days, Hou Jie was almost familiar with the commanders of the five hundred Slavic mercenaries, and the Galatai Fort was also thoroughly touched, and even inadvertently he and Princess Anna had a photo in front of the bars.

I haven't seen her for a few years, and her life behind bars has made this princess seem to be a lot whiter, but there is no imaginary decadence and depression, this strong princess is still radiant like a blooming peony, and the predicament is not like a compromise of fate, even Hou Jie has to nod, no wonder Li Jie, the dignified king of Fujian, has always been obsessed with such a little girl, she is definitely worth it.

The only thing that makes Hou Jie a little depressed is that the equally important old mercenary Beennis, who is also important in his plan, Hou Jie takes him everywhere these days, looking forward to the outbreak of this mysterious mercenary, but unfortunately, this old guy in his fifties has always been like a stuffy gourd, and he can't hold back a fart.

For this, Hou Jie had no choice but to be busy with nothing to do.

At the end of another day, the door of the inn that had been lively for several days under the sunset finally became sparse, and the crazy land acquisition almost sold out the land that Constantinople could sell, especially in the next few days, driven by Wu Yuanqing, several big nobles also joined the acquisition, so that the speed of land annexation in Constantinople has reached a new level, and now it can be said that almost all the nobles who are willing to move the capital to Rome have sold their land.

"The grange near Lydi is one hundred Roman acres, and the price is two hundred dinars, this is the title deed, this is the money to buy the land."

Wu Yuanqing wrote down a note tiredly, pushed it forward casually, took the money bag, and the landlord of Constantinople, Grande, who stuffed the Greek robe with a big belly, also let out a long breath, which can be regarded as disposing of a few pieces of real estate that could not be moved, and when he went back, he could prepare to move with peace of mind and avoid the soldiers of the Arab Empire.

Although there was no one behind him, Grande still brought into play the tradition of the landlord who sold the land in the past few days, went out with a money bag, wiped the sweat on his fat face on the one hand, and turned around with a mocking sneer and said disdainfully: "Tu buns from Fujian."

In fact, most of the Byzantine landlords who sold the land were also sour in their hearts, and the land that was regarded as their life was hard to find in the past, but now they had to sell it at less than one-tenth of the value under the military disaster.

In fact, they also secretly heard rumors that Fujian had an alliance with the Arab Empire, and it was estimated that most of the land bought by Wu Yuanqing could be saved, but who would want to believe that they would suffer a big loss and make a fortune? After scolding in a low voice, he felt a lot more comfortable, humming a small tune, Grandet walked comfortably towards his carriage, and seven Byzantine knights on the street suddenly galloped on horseback, holding red flags and shouting with great excitement.

"Great victory! Great victory! The Battle of Brotes was a great victory, and General Lewis led his army to break through the siege of the Arab barbarians in Buddhism and behead 3,000 people! Defeated the enemy Ibrahimzo's army of 40,000, and Constantinople turned the corner! ”

The hiss shouted as hard as he could, the knight's voice was dry, and he was still shouting excitedly, there was no way not to be excited, ten years, except for the two years of the truce, most of the time Byzantium was in a state of losing the city and losing its territory, and was twice beaten by the Arabs to the capital of the country and there was a crisis of losing the country, and now the war turned to safety, even the lowest soldiers were happy from the heart.

"Well done, kill these Arab barbarians!" Even Grande was shocked by the fat on his body, and he patted his thighs excitedly and yelled, humming a country tune to help him more happily, but Grande's footsteps suddenly froze on the car, and the money bag in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

Sadly turned his head and looked at Wu Yuanqing comfortably cleaning up the table, Grande's face twitched like an old orange peel, and he slapped his thigh with a crying voice.

"What the hell ******!"

Hell, that's not all, after this day passed, there were successive great victories, the loss of vast Asian territories, the Byzantine Empire was only able to gather about 100,000 troops in Asia Minor, most of the mercenaries were taken away by the emperor, and the elite army in Asia Minor was also taken away about 20,000, plus the fierce offensive and defensive battles in various places were killed and wounded, especially after the battle of Ankara, the Byzantine army defending in Ephos, Rhodes and several last stronghold cities in Caesarea was defeated in the early 30,000s.

But in the past few days, these 30,000 people have attacked like chicken blood, first Caesarea desperately broke the siege of the Arabs with the general Lewis who was relieved by the Buddha, unexpectedly broke the siege camp of the Arabs, killed more than 3,000 people, the largest victory since the beginning of the war this year, and then the Rhodes Navy attacked, defeated the Arab Navy near the Lycian Sea, sank 19 ships, and then Byzantium came out by sea and land, and pressed the battle line back to the central part of Asia Minor, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack in the mountains of Ancatolia.

After recovering the lost territory one after another, it seemed that the imperial counterattack was imminent, and even the emperor in Great Greece sent back the news of the royal return, but unfortunately, the many nobles who remained in Constantinople were not happy.

They almost sold out of land in a few days, and there was no place to stand, so what was the use of defending?

Not only the upper landlord class was restless, but the Christians of the lower class, the commoners of Constantinople, were also ready to move, and just after a miracle broke out in the oil pot under his arm, their archbishop, Saint Paul, brought a second miracle to everyone, and a jade statue of Jesus grew out of thin air in the place where Paul meditated and prayed every day.

It was not suddenly there overnight, but little by little arched out of the land, the growth of the Christ statue is seen by all believers, the legendary god level makes the believers who come to worship in the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles every day like a carp crossing the river, and after the statue of Jesus grows, one after another great victories continue to come.

Ordinary citizens and even residents outside the city are not like those landlords and nobles who have land to sell, their home is in Constantinople, they can't afford to move if they don't want to, and the empire's turn of crisis into peace means that their home is saved, and almost all of this credit is attributed to Paul.

"The saints are alive!"

In the scorching sun, thousands of Byzantine residents were grateful to Dade for kowtowing on the ground, sitting on the central rough stone, in front of the statue of Christ, and Paul was as solemn as Christ was on earth, preaching the Bible and the faith.

The attentive Paul didn't pay any attention, and in the church of the Holy Apostles, several pairs of eyes looked at his back with great jealousy, and one of them was extraordinarily gorgeously dressed, wearing a gold crown, a white gold robe, a hanging necklace, and the scriptures he was holding were all holy objects, and the staff of the cross in his hand was angrily hammered to the ground.

"This is clearly a devil, a heresy, and a demagoguery!"

"Patriarch, please be angry." Cardinal Tom on the side humbly lowered his head: "Although the devil is extremely cunning, but the patriarch sees through his painted skin, then he is not terrible, with you, the orthodoxy of Christ in the world, Paul, the devil will not be rampant for long." ”

A word of flattery made the face of the Patriarch Peter I look a little better, originally full of compassion and humility still gloomy like a wolf staring at its prey, if anyone saw it at this time, they couldn't believe that this would be the head of Greek Orthodoxy, the second spiritual leader of Christendom.

Paul has risen too fast these days, and his prestige among the congregation even threatens the position of Peter I, who had no talent, and he was able to ascend to the position of Patriarch because he was completely familiar with Emperor Constans, and the emperor liked the arguments of that faction, so he spared no effort to advocate without a lower limit, and finally got to the position of Patriarch, and now he is being watched by others, how can he bear it?

"Has General Leo reported it?"

"Of course, the Patriarch can rest assured, General Leo is the absolute confidant of His Majesty the Emperor, and he will not allow such an unstable factor to appear in Constantinople, and the city guards are ready to wait for the Patriarch's response at any time."

"Then let's do it tonight." With murderous awe-inspiring eyes in his eyes, the staff in his hand pointed diagonally outward, and Peter I almost roared out, and the muscles on his face trembled hideously.

"I can't stand this heresy for a day, and I'm going to throw him into Fort Galata, and let him wait to rot with the rats and flies!"