Eagle Byzantium

Here, the Lord Jesus, who is also the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, died for the salvation of the world, humbled and obeyed. Now Baldwin Eustace, as the king of the Holy City and the Holy Sepulchre, must also guide the lost sheep in the world and spread the name of my Lord to the land of the pagans, so that they will tremble and be astonished. "Gawain, wearing a white holy garment, really quoted the Book of Philippians, which was extremely pure, and then waved his fist to ask everyone to be loyal to the king.

After the loyalty ceremony, the first thing King Baldwin did was to ensure that everyone's original fiefdom remained unchanged, except for Tancred, "who was punished by the confiscation of his fiefdom of Galilee for the evil deeds of usurpation and betrayal. I will transfer this land and the port of Ars to Duke Bohemond, and ask the local people and all the flag knights and soldiers to be loyal to him. "

"In addition, I will take the lead in attacking Susumu City. After I capture this place, I will give it to Count Stephen and Count Robert. I hope that they can help me, who is incompetent, and guard the tomb of my Lord Jesus. "

After hearing this, Count Blois and Count Normandy bowed together, expressing their willingness to be the vanguard in the upcoming battle to capture Susumu City.

"In addition, I will fulfill my deceased brother's last words-Jocelan did not care about my previous bad words and reckless behavior towards him, and was still willing to follow me to fight, so I will appoint him as the military commander of the kingdom, and my most trusted Lord Burke Eustace will be the minister of the seal. "

"Thank you very much, and thank you for your previous advice and guidance-Your Highness, the Grand Patron. "The golden-haired Jocelyn first saluted the new king, then smiled cunningly and satisfied, and turned to bow to Gawain.

At this time, Duke Guillaume, Duke Welf, Marshal Conrad and Count Robert of Flanders came forward to congratulate the new king, and then they all agreed that "the Holy City and the Holy Sepulchre are now as solid as a rock, and our mission of visiting has been completed. His Holiness also recognized and was pleased with us, and now it is time to say goodbye and leave. "

Guillaume, Welf and Conrad wanted to go to Cyprus, then go to Smyrna to return home; while Robert of Flanders hoped to follow Gawain and take the land route of the Gate of Syria, then return home via Thrace and Dalmatia - although the routes were different, they were all leaving, which made Baldwin quite sad. He personally walked down from the throne and hugged the three of them one by one, and promised to give them many gifts.

Then, King Baldwin turned his eyes to an inconspicuous corner of the crowd and said loudly: "Dim Goliath - you were originally the standard-bearer of His Majesty Gawain's guard, but you were willing to give up everything to come and guard the tomb of your deceased brother, and stay loyally and friendly in the Skull Field and St. John's Hospital. I now have a more important job to entrust to you. "

"Please tell me what to do, Your Majesty. "The towering Dim walked out of the crowd with a muffled voice and half-knelt down.

Baldwin raised his hand, and at this time, forty ragged military flags or household knights walked into the outer hall, and half-knelt down collectively around the king's position.

The Patriarch Sambel, who saw this scene, was horrified and his face was ashen.

"I know all forty of you. You are first-class warriors under my brother. But in the previous battle, you didn't carry any war horses, armor or shields, but fought with spears and swords. Why is that?" Baldwin's tone suddenly became stern, and the crowd in the hall immediately boiled. Although the content of the words was different, the direction was clear-Patriarch Sambel fell directly to the ground, sweating profusely in panic.

"It's hard to say, our horses and shields have been pawned long ago. "The forty knights all lowered their heads, speaking in a desolate tone.

"This is against the law established by my brother during his lifetime. The warriors of Jerusalem are not allowed to sell their weapons!"

"But since His Highness Godfrey was ill in bed, we have not received a single coin of salary, and we have no fiefdom or relief... But we did not violate the law. In the previous Battle of Arsus, we still held our only swords and spears, ran on foot, and charged at the enemy with our comrades! Your Majesty, we have never done anything to tarnish our oaths..." The forty knights spoke and then became sad.

Baldwin was also very sad, "Sir Gerard, the Archdeacon of St. John's Hospital..."

At this time, Gerard came out and stood there quietly.

"Countless donations have come from the other side of the ocean to here, and into your hands. Why don't you fulfill your promise and provide help and relief to these knights?" Baldwin asked.

But Gerard remained silent.

"Where is the legacy of my late brother? "Baldwin asked the second question.

"The inheritance of His Highness Archon Godfrey is entrusted to the Monastery of Mount Zion for safekeeping." Gerard answered this question.

"Take out the inheritance and divide it among the forty people." After the arrangement, Baldwin helped them up one by one, and then said to Dim, "From now on, they will form the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre Guard Company. If you don't refuse, I hope you will take the position of the flag commander of the company. This is the responsibility I hope to give you."

Dim looked at Gawain.

Gawain nodded in approval.

So Dim accepted the appointment.

However, after waiting for half an hour, several stewards and deacons who were sent to handle this matter came back empty-handed, "Now the Monastery of Mount Zion cannot hand over His Highness Godfrey's inheritance at all!"

The whole temple was in an uproar. Not only did Godfrey's old subordinates roar, but even international friends Guillaume and Welf were shocked.

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"Where is the inheritance? Did it lend it out? How could it be possible? How could my Lord's monastery take the client's inheritance to do such a thing!" Bohemond took the opportunity to shout in surprise.

"Bang!" Baldwin's sword scabbard hit the floor heavily.

The Patriarch Sambel and Maurice beside him were both frightened, and then Baldwin turned his eyes to them, "For such a thing, the Catholic Church in the Holy City must give me a reasonable explanation. Yes, it must be reasonable, my friend."

Sambel immediately fumbled and took out the account book, but his words were inconsistent and evasive. He said that the inheritance was taken by the Mount Zion Monastery to help the poor people, and then he said that the inheritance was sent to Italy to buy land to build a new church.

But Sambel also said that although the account books were all here, he was not very clear about some of the actual situations. However, once he verified it, he would do everything he could to make up for the part of the inheritance he owed, without any ambiguity.

"Speaking of this, I remembered that last year I specifically asked Dim to escort a few boxes containing a thousand Byzantine gold coins to be sent to Sir Gerard as a donation. The whereabouts of this money is also unknown now." Before Sambel could explain clearly, Gawain suddenly brought up the old matter again and came out to specifically ask about the whereabouts of those money boxes.