Eagle Byzantium

After reaching a consensus, Coloman was quite satisfied with the transaction between countries: he felt that the bodies of his younger brother and nephew, who posed the greatest threat to his throne, had been mutilated and lost their qualifications to compete; and Hungary's technology was not enough to cast so much excavated gold and silver into coins, so he would rather send some of the gold nuggets to Gawain's mint in exchange for preferential exports of major agricultural products such as wheat, barley and wine - Gawain's fortresses in the territory of Mosia and Sava River needed these inexpensive supplies - and a lot of Tasso silver coins. Even though Hungarian farmers and shepherds hated these devil-made coins with patterns, merchants and craftsmen liked them. Coloman could use the Tasso sent by Gawain to directly make court gifts or build large fortresses in his own kingdom.

The Hungarian envoys who received the receipt formed a group and passed through the Lower Pannonia region, which was originally under the jurisdiction of the brother of Almos, and then crossed the Danube to the city of Niš, where there was a narrow riverside passage controlled by the Roman Empire, at the end of which was Philip Castle. Once there, they could reach the court of Constantinople without any difficulty by following the Evros River eastward.

The scene along the way surprised the Hungarians. The riverbank was full of forests, either black or dark green, passing through the eyes of the people on horseback one by one. Under the city of Sardica, where the war had taken place, there was still a wooden platform with corpses hanging on it. No one could tell how many rebels the newly enthroned emperor had killed here. It was said that he killed more in Mosia. Seventy percent of the Boya or Zupan nobles were exterminated, and their wives and children were forced to migrate to Asia Minor and remarry people they had never met. This was something they had never dreamed of before.

The emperor guaranteed the fiefs of the remaining 30% who surrendered, but formulated a strict and detailed tax book to determine their military service and taxes. They were no longer as arrogant and domineering as they were a hundred years ago. "As long as the envoys sent by the emperor blew the horn in military towns such as Sardica and Trvorno, they had to follow the regulations of the tax book and send armored cavalry to the specified assembly destination strictly, and dared not delay or disrespect any behavior." As for ordinary Serbian or Mosia captured soldiers, the new emperor divided them according to their property: those with less than 300 taso were allowed to stay where they were and serve as infantry and archers in the "Serbian Grand Brigade" or "Mosia Grand Brigade", while those with more than 300 taso were relocated to other places, most of them were to go to the suburbs of the emperor's capital. It is said that several "expat areas" were added outside the walls of Constantinople to accommodate the population that flowed in after the war.

After arriving at Philip Castle, the scene changed again. Agricultural production here has been restored, and now the emperor's "tax treasury" has added Thrace and Macedonia. His strength has been greatly enhanced, and he has recovered a lot of land output through the redemption policy, which has been successfully used to maintain his army and professional bureaucracy.

Many of them are in sharp contrast with the backward Hungary. The knowledgeable people in the envoy team have begun to make up their minds to accept the influence of "Romana" and learn from it seriously.

At this time, in the Gallipoli Palace, Anna, wearing a dress, walked through the long and deserted colonnade passage and walked into the hall where the seats were.

Applause rang out, and the guards of the gate saluted and saluted Basilisa one by one, and groups of dressed servants also came forward to praise Basilisa's virtues and merits loudly.

Anna smiled in return, then sat on the seat with a graceful manner, and took the tray sent by the imperial ink officer Hetomia, which had badges, scepters, swords and silk cloaks of different colors on it.

There were four teenagers standing in front of her. One was General Bramson's adult son Kukui, one was Zengi (son of Hajib, commander of the Oghuz Cavalry Regiment) who had just been promoted to captain of the inner palace guards, one was Kaleadios who was received by Basilisa for the first time, and the other was Markianias who had just joined the inner palace.

Of course, Markianias was the Greek name of this young man, which he gave himself on his own initiative. His original name was Masoud Arslan.

"Kukui, Zengi, take your swords and go to the camp of His Majesty the Emperor of Durazzo City to fight the enemy. Will you feel afraid or excited?" Anna first asked the two older ones kindly.

"Excited!" Kukui answered bluntly, and took the sword and tied the beautiful cloak.

"Calm..." This was Zengi's answer.

The two then stepped aside after thanking Basilisa.

The highlight is of course Calleadios. His mother Ingrina also came with her son, which means that after the completion of the palace, she will stay in the imperial capital for at least four months a year. Although Calleadios is only twelve years old, Ingrina can also take the initiative to confront Anna and ask for it: My son, Gawain's eldest son, must have a rank.

Anna raised Calleadios's noble rank and gave him an identity mark, but Calleadios was like a little lion eager to try, and he also wanted to follow the two to the camp of Durazzo to "see what his father's enemies look like."

Ingrina applauded on the spot.

But Balsilisa suppressed her tone sternly, "If you go, these two excellent young guards will not be able to concentrate on their meritorious service. They must stay by your side to protect you."

"Your Majesty Balsilisa, he is a pure Varyag child. At the age of twelve, he is old enough to go to the battlefield and serve his father and you. You can see that he is now half a shoulder taller than you."

Anna was so angry that she couldn't vent her anger. It was the court steward Stavrachos who was considerate and immediately made a gesture to silence the widow, which stopped her from talking nonsense.

"Kaleadius finally came to the capital from the countryside of Seleucia. He is still studying literature, rhetoric, law and military books with other children. I believe this will be beneficial to his character formation." Anna retorted.

In the end, the child was given a house and immediately received court education to avoid becoming a pirate.

In the end, Anna asked Maxianius to go to the "Samest District" to serve as a centurion to gain experience in governance, and then he would be appointed to the local high court for internship. In the future, he will be respected and honored in the capital's holy court.

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But Maxianius Branas took the initiative to ask to go to Durazzo to help the emperor and his stepfather. "I want to see the war. Giovanni and Andeodate can also play the dual roles of commander and judge at the same time."

In the hall, Maxianius' mother Shahnami secretly wiped her tears after hearing her son's bold words, thinking of his father who died young.

Anna also saw her mother's tears, so she sighed and gently asked the young man why he didn't think about it again. He could also learn valuable experience in local administration and law.