Eagle Byzantium

"I want to eat this fruit during my entire pregnancy." Anna was no longer willing to share with the other two. She ate all the remaining petals in one go, and then said to Gawain in a half-coquettish tone.

"Use five hundred gold coins to buy all your saplings." Gawain immediately expressed his position.

"But it takes time for a citrus tree to grow." Zhao Zhao explained.

"Then when I am pregnant with my second child, can I eat the golden apples produced by Tarsus all the way?" Anna was a little disappointed, but she touched her belly with more joy and hope. In front of her eyes, there were already citrus trees densely covering the coast and farms from Seleucia to Tarsus, and the beautiful canopy was dotted with the beauty of this golden fruit.

Moreover, the signal released by Anna was very clear. She would never be satisfied with having only one child with Gawain. She wanted to have many, four, five, or even six, because after listening to Mrs. Qi Se's words, she was in a state of increased courage and confidence.

"Then you must retain this merchant from the far east." The little sunfish lowered his eyebrows and reminded.

"Are you from Khitan?" Anna asked immediately.

"No, I am actually from the Song Dynasty. Khitan is a tribe of Diyi." Zhao Zhao hurriedly bowed his head and replied after hearing the translator's question.

"It is indeed as you said. You are not only selling goods and technology, you are bringing wealth and well-being to the entire Tarsus Kingdom. Please stay in Seleucia. Gawain and I are willing to let you enjoy the huge shares of the local Chamber of Commerce, and give you warehouses and warehouses. As for Everdele, I will naturally respond with my imperial ink officer, and everything will be handled as Gawain said just now. But talents like you should not be inferior to Everdele, and should not sink in the market of Fustat. You should help Gawain and me to transport more magical seeds or products from the Song Dynasty and even the East, so as to revive Rome. I will make you the chief imperial merchant of the court of Tarsus, so that you will soon be famous in several oceans, and your value will rise. In the future, the Caesar of the Song Dynasty will not only give you the title of 'Tong Zhilang'." Anna's words were very sincere and humble. She even stood up and bowed to Zhao Zhao on the other side of the curtain to thank him, which frightened the little sunfish.

Zhao Zhao was also grateful. He didn't expect that after four years of sailing overseas, he was living in a daze in the routes of Ma Luoba, Zhongli (Somalia), and Pi Ye (******), and had to eat some leftovers to survive. Now, as he expected, this great opportunity has been realized in the hands of this Lord Gao!

"I dare not disobey your order." Zhao Zhao's head was buried deep in his sleeves, and his voice was full of excitement and emotion.

However, what made Anna angry was that almost three days later, Zhao Zhao was hired by the widow who heard the news and spent more money to help her improve textile machinery and silkworm breeding technology in Kole Adiou Castle. The widow had accumulated a personal fortune worth nearly 50,000 Byzantine gold coins through silk trade. What made Anna even more unbearable was that the widow was not as stupid as she looked. She had completely underestimated this cow before: she donated 70% of her income to the local self-reform church to build statues, or lent it out under the name of low-interest loans (Ingridna's original intention was to promote local development) to invest in windmills, water wheels, weaving and dyeing, etc., not only cleverly avoiding Anna's tax collectors from the Agricultural Supervision Bureau, but also embracing the local self-reform society and rural communes (nearly 3,000 residents and more than 10,000 farmers in Kole Adiou Castle all depended on the widow for food), and Anna could not touch a single bit.

She gave half of the remaining 30% and sent it directly to Gawain, bypassing him. "Give it to my child!" Gawain couldn't bear to take it, so he said to the maid sent by the widow, "I will go to see Coladia Messadini and Alemannia when I have time. You must serve your mistress well."

For the remaining half, the widow publicly worshipped the icon of Anna Ducas in her residence... and constantly invited monks from the Reformed Society or Orthodox monasteries to hold ceremonies to pray for the female Caesar. The expenses were huge and generous. People in the whole church said that she was the reincarnation of a female saint... Of course, a considerable part would be sent to the imperial capital to her poor sister, Eudoxia, who was under house arrest, praying that Eudoxia's situation could be improved. Now, even the emperor's brother Isaac has received letters from the widow and often pleads for Eudoxia in front of the emperor.

The situation now is that Anna watched the "cowshed" built by the widow in Kole Adiou, which was impervious to wind and rain, and then watched the other party quietly dig up Qianliju in front of her own corner.

What's more amazing is that a week later, the widow actually matchmade a local Jinat noble girl for Zhao Zhao to marry. This girl is really the youngest daughter of General Monomachus, a Jinat who is on par with Orson and Polybi, and her daughter is a very dignified and virtuous girl - it is said that the wedding was held according to the customs of the Imperial Song Dynasty. Now, Zhao Zhao really doesn't want to go anywhere. He is happy here and doesn't miss his homeland.

"Damn it, I can only wait until I have enough time to dig the canal, and then invite Zhao Zhao back." Anna looked at the letter from Kole Adiou, full of hatred, but helpless.

Because at this time, Gawain had already left for Maidensburg, and the entire Tarsus was busy with affairs, promoting the planting of citrus trees (more saplings still had to be transferred from Egypt), setting up military camps for wheat and rice, and setting up rice camps. Experimental planting (Anna specially allocated 300 German The Lan people formed a village community to grow this grain), encircled the reed fields and added paper mills, dredged the Sidnus River, set up docks and saltworks in Tarsus, etc. - even if there was Sheriff Andeo Dart helped, and Anna didn't have any extra energy to deal with the widow.

Gawain, who was passing between Adana County and Sith City, was riding on horseback and enjoying a rare time of peace. In the years without war, both sides of the road were filled with caravans carrying mules, horses and goods. , the vegetation was green and sunny, Gawain deliberately went to the border of Heath County and inquired about Wright's governance in the county, and the result made him laugh:

It turned out that, as Gawain expected, Wright did not do things as strictly as Andodat. After he took office, he temporarily abandoned the iron ore pit and engaged in "getting rich with light goods". Wright first set up an iron ore mine in the mountains. There were many hunting houses where the migrating Pauline believers practiced quiver shooting and obtained animal skins (which were almost everywhere in the Taurus Mountains), and then encouraged farmers to learn beekeeping techniques from Armenian immigrants.

Leather and honey were sold on a large scale by the Sith County Sheriff after the year, both inside and outside the country, and even sold to Sivas and Antioch. Wright also sold dyed paper. These items were put into boxes and stamped with the Sith Chamber of Commerce logo. Named "Guangming Brand", it was very popular in distant markets. Wright also hired beautiful women to wear Guangming Brand light furs and hold Guangming Brand honey to show off in the market, creating a great advertising effect.

"After accumulating funds, invest them in the mines." This is Wright's approach. (To be continued ~^~)