Eagle Byzantium

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Upon hearing such harsh and high demands, many villagers knelt down, cried, and begged Pheobis to raise his noble hand and forgive them and their village for the sake of the Holy Father and the Holy Mother. "If you pay such a At the cost of military service, the village will be completely destroyed, and the children will starve to death in the coming year. "

"I am the envoy sent by the emperor to supervise you!" Pheobis screamed unmoved, "The emperor's order this time is to ask His Excellency Macaulinus to protect the city of Prusa. He will Wait for an opportunity to regain Nicaea and other places as soon as possible, so The city of Epulusa cannot be lost. It must be used as a base for the army to gather and march forward. Taxes, military services and grain must not be missing. The five followers are to pave the way and build bridges for the army, and the mules and horses are to serve as soldiers for the army. Carrying baggage."

The elder of the village knelt down in front of the tax collector and begged, "How can you get rid of these five people? In the past few years, how many children have been born in the village, and how many have died. Almost every household has only one son. The plague, Military disasters, heavy taxes, and everyone knows that these five people went to the military camp, and it would be good if one of them comes back alive next year. "

"Shut up, my friends, you, you!" Pheobis angrily smoothed his shiny hair and pointed at the villagers who looked sad and numb with an angry expression. "You are finished. You still have the country and the army, but the country and the army are destroyed. You will all live under the hooves and scimitar of the heathen, and you will all fall into hell after death."

"If the pagans also collect taxes, then we will just go from one hell to another hell. There is nothing to be afraid of." The elder said angrily, "I can't gather an army of five followers and one peasant soldier." "Servant, if you think it's okay, just let me report to the military camp in Prusa on behalf of everyone else."

Pheobis's face was distorted. He snatched the whip directly from the hands of the Pecheneg cavalry, raised it high, and shouted, "I am approved by His Majesty the Emperor, personally appointed by His Excellency the Chief Grand Duke and the Sheriff. He is also the one who goes to the city every month to personally receive the double stipend of grain and clothing materials from the Sheriff..."

Before he could finish shouting, someone from the village called, "Blood-sucking locusts and flies!"

"Bold!" Pheobis whipped his hand, and a burst of dust suddenly flew up from the elder's face, and he fell to the ground crookedly. "Even if I am a locust or a fly, I flew out of the imperial garden. I am so noble." Violation, you village gangsters, do you understand? Do you understand?" As he spoke, he whipped the elder who was lying on the ground.

Gawain immediately dropped the basket. At this time, Peter also climbed down from the scaffolding in shock and walked to the door. When he saw Gawain walking up, he knew that it was impossible to stop him, so he could only keep his hand. Shouting gesture.

"What are you doing, what are you doing!" Seeing Gawain coming forward, Pheobis shouted timidly like a woman, but she still wanted to maintain her authority, holding the riding crop and jumping back, but Gawain grabbed him directly. hair, throw him out On the ground, he grabbed his riding crop. Pheobis wanted to raise his face, but Gawain flew up with two kicks and kicked him to the ground. "You dare to hit the emperor's tax collectors. There is no king's law. I will kill you all." Hang him, hang him."

"Stop!" Gawain clearly heard the hired Pecheneg cavalry holding the reins and shouting in Turkic language that he could understand. Amid the exclamations of the villagers, his horse's hooves raised high. Gao Teng rises and appears to trample Gawain.

With a crisp sound of "pop", Gawain waved the whip and hit the cavalry's horse on the head. The horse screamed twice and spun around in a circle, carrying the horse that almost fell down in embarrassment. Master, run towards the fence. Then, there was another crack of the whip, and Gawain shook the whip between Pheobus' legs, frightening the other party to the point where he did not dare to move.

Throughout the snow and in front of the church, the tall Gawain stood majestically among the tax collectors and villagers.

Then the thin Peter came up behind him and said to the tax collector in Greek, "Don't mess with my brother. He was a warrior who killed five Turkic Gorum warriors and escaped from the palace of Zahas." !”

"I want civilized negotiations." Pheobis said to Peter with a sad face.

"What is the minimum amount of military service in the village now? Holy Father, you must not lie." Peter asked.

The tax collector secretly rolled his eyes several times, and finally he could only confess to the villagers and Peter, "The Sheriff's roster says that at least one fully armed peasant soldier will be sent out."

So Peter spoke to Gawain in the Oi language of his hometown.

"Is there still a family of two young people in this village? Even if there are younger and richer ones, they have already gone to the city of Prusa to make a living." The elders and villagers begged, "The people who were recruited, no matter they are If you are a peasant soldier or a follower, you will definitely want to be torn apart by evil wolves, leaving no bones or flesh. "

Gawain threw down the riding whip at this time, turned around and walked into the church in full view of the public. Pheobis hurriedly climbed two steps, took the riding whip back, and then stood up again in a pretentious manner, but when he saw Gawain When he walked out of the church, he shouted again and sat down again knowingly.

Gawain came out, put on the black armor of the Gorum cavalry, and took out the black mare from the stable. There was a sword hanging on his waist and a Turkic scimitar, but there was no shield, spear or helmet. So he stood in front of everyone, remained silent for a while, and then loudly said to Peter, "Tell them that I will take the place of this military service!"

Peter's expression was that of someone who is completely crazy, but he finally turned to everyone and said Gawain's thoughts in pure Greek. The villagers were in an uproar, and then he called Gawain with tears in his eyes. "Righteous man", "But we can't afford to hire you as a replacement."

"No, just think of it as a reward for the meal." After saying that, Gawain walked up to Pheobis, "I have armor and weapons, I am tall and strong, and I can also ride a horse. I should satisfy what you said, Lord Caesar. needs.”

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"Are you kidding? You are a weirdo who looks like a Turk and a Varangian." Pheobis quickly asked Peter to translate to him in Greek, "You don't even know Greek. You're a country bumpkin, a bricklayer, Caesar and the army won't want you."

At this time, the Pecheneg cavalry came back on horseback and said loudly to the tax collector, "Are you crazy? Of course I want him. He is the most qualified and strongest guy I have recruited in the past six months. He is better than 90%." The soldiers recruited must be excellent. Now His Excellency Caesar has spoken, and the wealthy land contractors must provide the same amount. For military service, if possible, villages like this can jointly provide a qualified soldier. No matter whether he is a native Greek or a foreigner, as long as he can follow Caesar's military standard, he will be recruited. "After that, there will be no fight. The acquaintance of the cavalry also waved to Gawain to show his appreciation for Gawain.

The tax collector could only take out the list angrily, which was divided into four columns. He placed the reed pen on the second column and said, "What's your name? Country bumpkin."