(Ask for a collection and a reward~ Empty and talking to himself)

The Roman legions did not stay long at Haringos, they were on their way to Caesarea with Theodore, and the news of the victory had spread throughout all the Roman realms, and the legionnaires were to hurry back to receive the honor and reward they deserved.

Whole boxes of fine spices, as well as gold brought back from New Gal, were escorted forward in the strongest four-wheeled carriages under the protection of the Roman legions, so Theodore still felt unsafe, and the central escort personnel were all the veterans of the first wing, the captain of Pabriuk and Paulus, the eagle standard-bearer, personally led the team, Belisarius led the cavalry in the front to open the way, Janus's light cavalry was responsible for blocking all unrelated people on the road, and the knights who had been recruited by Theodor were all driven to the Zuihou side of the queue, on the grounds that the queen of the palace。

This is also something that can't be helped, the total amount of gold brought back this time is too exaggerated, and Theodore can't help but be cautious. According to the agreement, after the end of the war, the human coalition army got half of the gold from the treasury of the new gal, and then Theodore and Aaron and the other four discussed it, Rome, Mithmeer, and Salion each got three-tenths of the total, and the Knights of the Dawn got the remaining one-tenth -- after all, the three of them were the bulk of the troops this time, and although the Knights of the Dawn contributed a lot, they basically got a lot of gold for nothing, and it was already a lot.

Despite his departure from New Gar, Theodore had not forgotten his feelings—nothing but shock, and the dwarven gold coins the size of Dove's chocolate chunks, large enough to gather into a rushing golden river, had just opened the door and poured out from behind the vault, as if to drown himself!

These gold coins will inject a boost into Caesarea, and many powerless jihua can rely on them to achieve it, and the city of Rome will develop rapidly in a short period of time.

In addition to the gold, Theodore also got some oil from Singar - it is hard to imagine that there was surface oil in the open air in this place, and Theodor used curiosity as an excuse to get some from Rivad, and the other party agreed without even thinking about it, and told him how to use these dangerous things.

Theodore was a little surprised by such a "generous" behavior, but it is clear when you think about it - just as the people of the Stone Age did not take the occasional iron ore seriously, the people of this age did not take oil seriously.

The reason is simple, if productivity is not at that level, it is the same with and without it. The earliest explicit record of oil in the Celestial Empire appeared in Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bi Tan" in the Song Dynasty, when people just took something to soak in charcoal, they found that this made the fire burn more vigorously, and there was no sign of promotion, the appearance of kerosene lamps was already very late after the event, and the Song Dynasty used more vegetable oil lamps and candles.

However, Theodore, who liked Roman history very much in his previous life, knew that there was a special secret weapon of the Roman Empire, and the main material was oil, so he specially got some from New Gal as a strategic reserve.

As for the spices brought back from the Silent Forest, they became Theodore's "least valued" goods -- unlike medieval Europe, although spices were also very precious, the distance between the spice producing area and the Silent Forest was not as far as that from India to Europe, and the price was much lower, although it was also a luxury, but at least it was not as exaggerated as "a pepper and a gold coin" as in medieval Europe.

New high-yielding crop seeds, staggering quantities of gold, and spices from the Silent Forest fill the warehouses of the world's most greedy merchants. Theodore had never been so confident as he was now.

"At the very least, we should unify all the lands that have been put in our pockets. He thought to himself, and the corners of his mouth curled up on his confident countenance.

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Playing with the small dwarven gold coin in his palm, the "Caesar's Imperial Knight Commander" Shelgoy, who was riding on the war horse, smiled with satisfaction, tightened the Roman sword at his waist, and continued to beckon the knights behind him to hurry.

This second son from a small family in the Northlands, a middle-aged man who has been a wandering knight for half his life after being kicked out of the house by his brother, is finally running now, and he no longer has to worry about the source of his future life.

In the eyes of many bards and many maidens, the wandering knight is a very romantic and exciting profession, they ride their favorite horses and swords to the ends of the world, draw their swords to help each other when the road is uneven, and fight with robbers and beasts in the forest, and defend the people from being bullied, which is really fascinating.

But in the eyes of Shelgoy, who has really been in this industry for nearly twenty years, it is really an indescribable bitter tear: wandering around and homeless, eating a meal without a meal, and having no tomorrow after today, except for a knighthood, it is not much better than those small traders who get up early and are greedy for darkness.

Of course, if there is a big lord who is willing to recruit him, it is definitely the best in the line, but the problem is that most of the famous big lords are only willing to support the elites trained by their own families, and they are generally not interested in wandering knights, of course, if they are willing to "deign" to start from the grassroots level, they are also willing to recruit, but these "poor nobles" with knightly titles usually can't pull their faces. As for the little lords who are not famous, the knights who just support their own family are almost overwhelmed, how can they have spare money to recruit these "wild knights"?!

For example, Shelgoyi's source of livelihood for the past twenty years has basically relied on cleaning up a few bandits and villains in some small rural villages, escorting short-distance caravans, and so on. As for long-distance caravans, they were generally organized by the lords themselves, and they were well-equipped and well-staffed, so there was no need to hire people temporarily.

Shelgoy, who was unsatisfactory in the north, also wanted to go to the south to work hard, but after Yujian became an old knight who came back from the south, he dispelled his simple and naïve idea -- he couldn't mix with the relatively backward north, and there was no way out in the prosperous and developed south! With no connections and no experience, relying on a "knight title" that was not very useful, at most he would go to the imperial army as a soldier, and if it was peaceful today, it was estimated that there was little hope of promotion in 20 years.

Thankfully, it didn't take long for the orc destruction frenzy to sweep the south, and the hesitant Shelgoyi breathed a sigh of relief at the time. Fortunately, I didn't really go to the south, and even the Knights of the Dawn were finished, and with my own ability, I really didn't know how I died when the time came.

However, after years of bitterness, today's sweetness has finally been exchanged, and the Shelgoyi knights, who were temporarily pulled by a small lord to make up the numbers, have been lucky since they got the title of "Royal Knight Commander". In the battle of annihilation in the south, he charged with Caesar's close general Belisarius, and in the decisive battle with the Taal tribe, he was the only knight in all the charging sequences except for the imperial guard who could follow Diodore closely, and the subsequent battle of the new gar was a smooth mess. Not to mention that he was unscathed, all the battles large and small along the way actually had his active figure, which can be called outstanding achievements.

Wealth, prestige, and a stable "job" made Shelgoyi completely dead to Caesar, and from now on, he was no longer the wandering knight who had no fixed residence, but a respected knight leader, and his lord was still the Roman Caesar who was quite shili in the north!

Clenching the gold coins in his palms, the ambitious Shelgoyi had an impulse to "die for his confidant", thinking about whether he should buy a house near the castle in Caesarea and serve Caesar honestly.

"Lord Shelgoy!" a squire in a gray burqa hurriedly rode up, "Caesar orders you to go and report to him at once, there is an important task for you to do!"

"Shelco obeys Caesar's orders!" the middle-aged knight hurriedly put away his small gold coin, replied solemnly, and then urged the war horse under him to rush towards the front of the marching army!

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"Very punctual, Knight Shelgoy, I believe you must be a very organized person. Theodore patted Shelgoi's shoulder, who had rushed over, and exclaimed without hesitation: "True military demeanor, isn't it?"

"Thank you for the compliment, Caesar. The middle-aged knight puffed up his chest proudly: "Please do what you command, no matter what kind of difficulties and obstacles, I will realize your will!"

"It's not a particularly 'difficult' task, it's just a small thing. Theodore waved his hand nonchalantly, smiled and said, "Just let you do this by the way when you leave, there is no need to bother." ”

"When you leave?" Shelgoy was a little flustered, and said in his heart that he didn't want to drive me away: "Your Excellency, please believe that my loyalty to you is absolutely ............"

"I'm going to gather all the lords and lords in the Roman territory to have a banquet and invite them to drink and sing together~, by the way, explain some things clearly, and then talk about the next thing, it's as simple as that. Theodore said as Valens, the captain of the guard behind him, handed Shelgoi a cloth bag full of invitations.

"As my own knightly commander, it is only fitting that you are responsible for issuing invitations. Theodore snapped his fingers: "When you come back, go to the chief instructor Quintus for a while, I believe you will learn a lot of useful things!"

"Do as you command, Caesar!" said an ecstatic Shelgoi, slamming his right chest.