Constantine, who returned to the palace, thought differently from Laszlo, he did not show great anger, nor did he call Radwan, the governor of Moria, to reprimand him harshly, and did not seem to care about his nominal brother who committed the crime, but he stayed alone in the dark room for several days, writing countless official documents and sending them everywhere, and when he came out, the whole person was much haggard.

During this period, Laszlo also stayed outside the door all day long, even his favorite military camp did not go, and he also handled the daily meals, but he was still very energetic when he was well rested.

"Let's go, Laszlo, we should go back."

As soon as Constantine came out, Laszlo was ready to return to Constantinople, although there was such an incident, Constantine still did not change his route, and still chose to follow the original route.

was about to leave the city, and Radwan, who got the news, also hurried over.

"Why did Your Majesty leave so quickly? Am I not good enough? ”

Radwan looked frightened and bowed his head in modesty,

"No, you're doing a good job."

Constantine forcibly cheered up, encouraged Radwan a few words, and told him a few words again,

"Be polite to the people, introduce some policies to encourage childbirth, don't arrange too much labor, don't be too harsh on the newly become free people, and conduct a simple review of foreign immigrants, these things, I hope Moria can take the lead in implementing these things, do a pilot, and accumulate experience for the future promotion to the whole country."

Moria's popular base is still okay, after all, this is the homeland of the Greeks, and the people who live here basically know Greek, at least there are no barriers to communication, and the implementation of policies here is still a little easier than in other parts of the empire.

Listening to Constantine's careful advice, Radwan was resigned, and he was not impatient at all,

After talking for a long time, Stephen remained indifferent, but agreed to it, Constantine couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and didn't want to say more, and finally said a few words, and left Athens.

The appointment of Radwan was actually not the best choice in Constantine's opinion, but there were too few talents available at that time, and there was no way, so he had to be short and tall, and he picked a few people with good ability to send them to this position, and now it seems that it is still a little too hasty.

Radwan also breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the guards fade away, and at this time, a purple-robed man stood beside him,

"Thank you Lord Radwan for covering for me, John is grateful."

As he spoke, he handed a money bag to Radwan, who weighed it and smiled on his face,

"Happy cooperation, Your Excellency John Valleolo."

The emperor's frame is far away, and the emperor's influence is also far away, and in the end, we don't have to decide on local affairs? Radwan thought.

And in the team, Constantine also noticed Laszlo's desire to speak, but he didn't want to give an answer so early, he wanted Laszlo to think for himself,

"Don't ask, Laszlo, you have to learn to think."

Constantine stopped Laszlo's questions in time,

"Watch well on the road, and when you get to Constantinople, I want you to tell me how you feel along the way."

Laszlo is still young, but that's not a reason he doesn't study, he has to learn to observe and deal with problems.

The team gradually moved away from Athens and came to the vicinity of Thessaloniki, which is located in the Macedonian plain and close to the Aegean Sea, and after the "cave port" was established by the Romans, it became an important distribution port in Eurasia, and the emperors after Constantine the Great also paid more attention to the development of this port city, so it is a target for many people.

The convoy drove on the plains around Thessaloniki, and Constantine did not rush into the city, but inspected the farmland outside the city with Laszlo.

This inspection, as expected, made Constantine discover a big problem, a lot of newly cultivated land outside the city was abandoned, which was a very unusual scene.

Especially in this broad daylight, there were not many people in the fields, and there was no one in sight of a small village on the way, and after walking for a long time, Constantine saw an old farmer in a vegetable field.

"Old man, are you alone?"

Constantine hurriedly stepped forward to ask, the things here are too strange, and he can't wait to understand the situation.

"Stop shouting, I'm the only one."

The old peasant waved his hoe, loosened the ground, and did not raise his head, for a while, pointed to the bucket next to him,

"I don't have anything to ask for, just some water, drink it when you're thirsty."

"I don't want anything, old man, can I ask you a few questions?"

Constantine asked sincerely, but the old peasant did not speak, but temporarily stopped the movements in his hand,

"Why didn't I see people along the way?"

"They all ran away, some to Moria, some to Anatolia across the coast, and some to the grass."

The old farmer's tone was full of embarrassment,

"Can you ask what the reason is?"

Constantine asked, and if he didn't ask, he might not be at ease.

"What is the reason?"

Speaking of this, the old peasant's mockery was about to come out,

"This nobleman, where did you come from? Even Milton, the mayor of Thessaloniki, doesn't know? ”

Constantine paused,

"I know, what did he do? Let people leave him in droves, like leaving vipers and flames? ”

After repeated communication, Constantine also understood what was going on.

The mayor of Milton has also done too many evil things, that is, one point: he loves to drink, and he is often drunk to the point of being unconscious, but soon the "genius" mayor found that he could not handle political affairs when he was drunk, so he came up with a good idea and hired someone to help him with the office, so that he could drink with peace of mind.

It stands to reason that even if this is the case, it is nothing, after all, there is nothing big to do in the country now, as long as the stability of the country can be maintained, even if it is incompetent, Constantine will admit it, but Milton, a fool, the people he recruited are the "good brothers" of Constantine in the country, the lackeys of the group of people called the old aristocracy.

Well, the Macedonian Plain is a very good land, who wouldn't be tempted to see it? Now Milton has delivered all the meat to the mouths of the old nobles, and if they do not take the opportunity to do so, Constantine will look down on them.

So, they took advantage of Constantine's decree to promote reclamation, and after the peasants had cleared the wasteland, they used various methods to take it for themselves, and the taxes were all ordinary operations, and even directly expelled by force, and then they either used their own slaves to farm, or forcibly turned the freedmen freed by Constantine into slaves again, and worked for them, so that more and more peasants were displaced, and their wives were separated, and these old nobles made a lot of money, and they all made a fortune.