Eagle Byzantium

Before the completion of the new palace city, Gawain, Anna and their children officially lived in a small palace outside the Gallipoli Fortress. It was a good place for hunting. Christopher and Helena both Started riding the pony.

Anna, who was about to give birth, was a little worried about the children, but Gawain said that Diogenes could be their equestrian instructor, so Basilisa was relieved: the captor is kind, old-fashioned, stubborn and loyal, and he is the most suitable. A position like "Taifu".

New members of the Garrison Cavalry also began to be recruited from all sides. The hunting grounds, forest gardens and mountains outside the Gallipoli Palace soon became their training grounds. Soon the cavalry soldiers and red-handed cavalry would line up. The huge hollow rectangular array connects Christopher and Hai Lenna's pony pen was guarded in the center and kept cheering - Helena was especially sassy. She wore brown braids and seemed to have inherited her father's excellent genes. She had an eagle handbag tied on her small shoulders, and "Captain" "He is especially obedient to her and always revolves around her.

Christopher was more interested in stability. Compared with hunting eagles, he was very interested in geography. He raised a loyal Caucasian hound named "Dores" and liked to explore with this dog. The mountains and terrain surrounding the palace made his mother Anna comment that he would be more like a "naturalist" in the future.

In late spring, Anna gave birth to a boy, her second son and Gawain's fourth son, in the palace.

After the news spread to Asia Minor, various cities such as Prusa, Atalia, Seleucia, Caesarea, Tarsus, etc. held celebrations with different dates. Among them, in the cave monastery on Mount Colledio, the clergy group was especially active in private. Several representatives found the widow Inglina and told her that "the Patriarchate of the capital has been abandoned by the Lord and has been rejected by His Majesty the Emperor." punishment, and now the two majesties Both of them (referring to Anna and Gawain) have received great blessings, and Baselisa has given birth to a third healthy child. In our opinion - noble Lady in Purple, you should seize the opportunity to please them both. , so that your heir status will be further improved."

It turns out that most of the members of the Monks of the Cave came from the Orthodox priests who had been expelled by Gawain from the Cappadocia, Amasya and Sebastian areas, but they often had many differences in doctrine from the Patriarchate Church in the capital. Therefore, they all took advantage of this opportunity to gather around Ingrina, hoping to rekindle their glory on the Kaleadio Peak.

On the one hand, they secretly criticized Gawain and Anna (after all, they were the ones who broke their path) by writing private histories and diaries, but on the other hand, they cooperated with the authorities to flatter themselves, constantly collecting ancient manuscripts and undertaking translation work. In addition, such work has always been It was funded by Inglina.

Upon hearing the news, the widow "wept with joy" (according to the monks of the cave, the authenticity of which is unknown), she thanked him in front of the portrait of the Virgin for blessing Anna's children with a long and prosperous heir, and then she accepted the advice of the monks of the cave, Five hundred Byzantine gold coins were invested to move the "Black Madonna" of Trabzon to St. Paul's Cathedral in Tarsus so that it could be worshiped by the city's people.

The prototype of the Black Madonna is actually a sculpture of the "Earth Mother Goddess" in ancient Asia Minor. Later, it became popular among the Christian churches and became the "Virgin Mary" through rumors and rumors. Historically, the Madonna complex throughout the Eastern Empire actually originated from the ancient "Mother Goddess Worship" in its territory.

But why not send it to Constantinople? Inglina's reasons are also very good. The riots in the capital have just subsided and order is still unstable. She is afraid that the Black Madonna statue will be damaged by gangsters there.

However, in fact, the group of cave monks were all learned and shrewd people. They secretly persuaded the widow that in the future of Gawain's empire, Tarsus would be the center of the east, and Thessaloniki (although it is still rebelling against General Ce (in the hands of Zesi) was the center of the West, and Jun Constantinople is the center of loyalty - once Gawain settled in the imperial capital, Inglina wanted to stay with him again, even for a short period of time, because according to the rules of court etiquette, the Lady in Purple could not see her Basileus, it all depends on Basilisa’s eyes.

Therefore, Gawain's attention must be attracted back to the east again, and the Black Madonna is part of the plan: once St. Paul's Cathedral in Tarsus has this treasure, its status will rise again, and by then the city will It is not impossible to keep pace with Constantinople.

At that time, the widow will be able to exert greater influence and love on Gawain by pleasing the citizen groups of Seleucia and Tarsus, and Calleadeos' status will also be improved - now Christophe is already of the rank of "His Majesty", while Calleadeos is still a "noble in white robes".

The monks and the widow hit it off immediately and immediately began to implement this plan. At the same time, several experienced and knowledgeable monks also wrote petition letters to the Gallipoli Palace, hoping to name Anna's second son "Menelik". "This is the son of the ancient great king Solomon and the wise queen Sheba, who later succeeded the ancient king of Abyssinia. This move was of course also the wisdom that these monks collected from their old papers. The one who flatters Anna.

When the letter reached Anna, who was resting on the couch in the Gallipoli palace, the Empire's Baselisa was furious, "Queen Sheba is a dark-skinned Queen of Abyssinia, and her original sexual union with Solomon was even more... The crime has been absolved from now on Lord, Solomon's kingdom has grown from prosperity to decline. Inglina is clearly mocking me by calling me Sheba. How can my skin be so dark? It's the same as your wild sister. Curse you and my country to decline in the future.”

Gawain, who was accompanying him, laughed, "Inglina has never had much literary background. How can you be as knowledgeable as you? She said these must be unintentional mistakes. I suspect that this letter was probably written by the priests in the cave."

But Gawain soon became silent. Suddenly, a flash occurred in his mind, and he muttered "Sheba" to himself.

"Do you also think I look like Sheba?" Anna became even more angry.

But his husband looked up at the Bayeux capitals on the ceiling, and then asked, "Just in time, Inglina's accidental collision gave me a great inspiration. The believers' conference in Adrianople is about to be held, and I I will go to take control as the high priest of the empire, and a very important decision will be announced. During this time, I will let the printing and papermaking workshops in various places start working secretly. However, to achieve convincing results-in addition to theoretical documents, I also need An industrial achievement.”

"What feat?" Anna became curious.

"Have you ever heard of the story of King John in the far, isolated East?"

"That ridiculous legend?"

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"Wouldn't it be more proof of our industrial achievements to make absurd legends come true! Then believers all over the world will sincerely submit to us." Gawain obviously had a great interest in "King John". (End of this volume)