Eagle Byzantium

"That's because you are a barbarian and a devil. After your death, your soul will fall into the big volcano in Sicily."

"Wrong, that's because your eyes can only see the first one hundred years and the next one hundred years, but I am favored by the gods and can only understand the three hundred years before and after." Gawain pointed to his light blue eyes, Very humbly, he said, “You are always afraid that you will not be saved. But I don’t know what true salvation means - but I dare to think and do it. I am not afraid of falling anywhere! You may question, can I control Thrace, which has the strongest traditional power? Then let me show you my wrist."

Although Darasena was trembling, she was still relatively calm, "What tricks can you have? The horn of resistance has been blown on the holy mountain of Athos, and the light and electricity of the Lord punishing the devil have appeared on the mountain. Immediately, the whole of Macedonia and Serbia , Moria, Bulgar, Dalmatia, more and more righteous people will besiege you, and your and Anna's descendants will be slaughtered by others in the future... It is really pitiful and sad. "

As a result, Gawain directly showed her a document. Dalasena turned pale after seeing it, as if she had been slapped hard, "What? Both Germaninus and Maupulos accepted your commission and Official title."

"Yes, both of them enjoy the rank of mentors. In terms of ministry, the former is the chief of the Imperial Law School, and the latter is the chief of the Imperial Rhetoric School. Their descendants have all been elected to the palace. The team of palace attendants will be able to serve as the 'Captain of Centuries', 'Assistant Sheriff', and 'High-level Judge of the Special District' in the royal special jurisdiction in a few years. , step by step, they even become 'counties'. The other two also own shares of the Royal Capital Silk Weaving Workshop - salary gold, salary gold and additional gold. The three salaries plus the honor of rank will make them loyal. Serve me and Anna. If anyone dares to threaten my family, they will defend it to the death."

Darasena is not determined to give up, "You have allocated the land that belongs to the Royal Property Department to humble farmers. They will soon become rich and ready to make trouble. Once they gain strength, they will continue to coerce you to restore your Orthodox faith." ”

After Gawain listened to her attentively, he replied calmly, "It is true that I gave the farmers land. After dividing the land, they will not be grateful to me for a few years. This is determined by the cold nature of farmers. But I will reform the tax law soon." , that is, expounding the scriptures Through the work of farmers, the value of the land has been doubled, tripled or even tenfolded. However, they still cannot get rich and expand because my tax law stipulates that the income from their stipends is permanent, and the benefits from the barren land are permanent. Proportion, and abundance What is permanent about the land is the amount of benefit - if a farmer cultivates for ten years and plants an orchard on a piece of land that was originally worth only twenty tasso silver coins, the value doubles to one hundred tasso, but he The income is only forty tasso, and the other All the remaining forty dollars will be entered into our treasury as "value-added tax". In this way, even if the land is not involved in large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it can also encourage farmers and landowners to innovate new technologies and turn poor land into better areas, while maintaining the original fertile land. Be balanced.”

"VAT..." Even though Darasena was a strong woman, she couldn't understand the meaning of this term.

I originally thought that this blue-eyed barbarian's knowledge was just influenced by Anna, but now it seems that he is too underestimated?

"Yes, value-added tax. This tax will soon be promoted in workshops and commodities. In addition, I will also formulate other new taxes. I will use the increased taxes to support officials, soldiers and fleets, as well as will invest heavily in We will continue to innovate technology in colleges and new church buildings. My wish is to make all my people happy, but it is the happiness of hard work, and not to make them too comfortable and happy - farmers want to farm, and businessmen want to sail. , officials need to assess , in order to support themselves. When their land investment reaches the limit, they will naturally invest in more new categories, such as workshops, trade and colonial cities, and I will defeat them one by one, or destroy them. ,or Or vassal them. From now on, Constantinople, the Queen of Ten Thousand Cities, will no longer suck the blood of the empire, but the blood of mediocre countries, so that she can stay beautiful and young forever. This is what I want for her. I will not hesitate to sacrifice.”

"The devil...the devil's approach." Dalasena began to speak incoherently. She felt frightened in front of this weird barbarian usurper who did not fight according to common sense. She knew that most of the original party members had been bribed by Gawain. Comnenus ruled the empire for only twenty years before he was replaced by others.

"In short, I will learn from Emperor Komnenos's good policies, and I will inherit Emperor Komnenos's great dream. The unfinished business of Komnenos will be left to me and my descendants to complete. And respect Lady Darasena, Christopher , Helena and Flomondis are all your grandchildren and granddaughters, so pour your dreams into them." After saying that, Gawain looked at Darasena politely. Bowed, then turned around and left the gate, walked down the steps and left.

Darasena let out a long sigh, then stared at Gawain's back with tears streaming down her face, and then looked up at the mosaic that was shattered by the sound of gunfire. She didn't know what to say...

The next day, Gawain and Anna sat side by side on the throne in the dome-shaped inner room of the palace. Below them were five curved steps. The walls above the inner room were painted with royal blue serial icons. On both sides were marble columns and many confidential officials, servants and subordinates. In the front hall stood about a hundred people. They were all the lands that the Brocade Brotherhood had sent to various large hospitals in the West to manage. Now this group of people were expelled from Aragon, France, Tuscany, Sicily, Naples and other places. The lands that were originally donated to the large hospitals were also sealed by the locals. The founder or the church confiscated it (but Aquitaine, Poitiers, and Burgundy maintained a cautious attitude) - Gawain's opposition to some Western countries became increasingly intense. The Pope of Tuscany announced that "the Seleucia Hospital is a source of evil, and its qualification to continue to be held has been revoked." Pope Anselm of Bari immediately organized a group of priests to severely criticize the Pope of Tuscany. The two sides were in a war of words, and they published pamphlets such as "Seven Comments on the Greek Goat in Bari" and "Eight Comments on the Canossa Dog".

"It's good that you come back." Anna held the golden ball and the cross, and comforted these people like a loving mother, "Now Thrace and other places are lacking talents who can manage land and implement county governance, and you have been trained and are all outstanding. I will immediately grant you the rank of service nobles, and do a good job in the empire."

"Yes, my mistress." All the members of the Brotherhood who were expelled bowed and thanked Anna for her kindness.

"Everyone, the Adrianople believers' meeting will be held soon, and your Basilius will preside over it as the high priest. And at this critical juncture, guess what kind of insulting letter the Western Patriarch sent to us?" Anna's eyes suddenly turned red, with an expression full of resentment and humiliation.