Eagle Byzantium

A deep trench was dug at the bottom wall of the Brachna Palace, which was connected to the outside world by a stone bridge. In the open space beside the bridge, hundreds of the emperor's guards on duty were lined up majestically. team, they are all Varyag warriors, Wearing a Viking long sword, a moth-headed axe, heavy armor covered with iron scales, and a crimson cloak, they formed the outermost fence of the emperor, allowing all those who came to the palace to see him, whether they were foreign envoys or The nobles of this country can't help but be frightened no matter what happens.

But Eudocia and Idorus were obviously familiar with the journey. After getting off their carriages and mounts, they stood calmly in front of the guards and the city gate. Diognis, the prison guard, was also very excited. He trotted behind the patriarch and the noble lady, constantly adjusting his shabby clothes and armor, hoping to leave a slightly better impression on the beloved emperor during future meetings.

Soon, a fat Varangian warrior who looked like a general with a red beard and red acne trotted over panting. He first hugged and kissed Eudoxia, and then half-knelt down to kiss Ido. Russ's ring and the icon pendant on his chest, "This must be the brother Eudocia mentioned, the commander of the Emperor's Guards, the one named Yagfi Nystas. The genetic makeup is really amazing, a standard beauty. with the beast.”

Then Eudocia extended her hand gracefully, and Peter, the prison officer and Gawain came up one by one, and met General Yagfi one after another. When it came to Gawain, Eudocia went out of his way to introduce him more. He said, "This is a kind-hearted pilgrim noble. What do you think of him entering your military camp?"

Yagfi is a younger sister who does whatever she says. He is even a head taller than Gawain. He presses both giant palms on Gawain's shoulders at the same time. "This is simply the best soldier model. Join the Guard, give me three years, and I guarantee you will receive three military pays in front of His Majesty!"

"Thank you for your support, but he is the squire who will escort me back to the Frankish land. In the future, I will introduce him to the castle of the most honorable lord to serve as a squire knight. His future attainments and reputation will definitely not be comparable to that of a mercenary. "Yes." Peter hurriedly stretched out his jujube stick to separate Yagfi and Gawain, protesting in a dissatisfied tone.

"Your attendant is very special. I think he will become an excellent guard and general when he enters the military camp, and he will become the most effective monk in serving the Lord when he enters the monastery." Eudocia smiled, gathered up her shawl, and looked very elegant. , then she took the lead across the stone bridge as a joke, and continued to ask Idorus, the patriarch next to her, "Do you think Gawain has such potential?"

Idorus smiled kindly, without comment, and soon they came to the wall. Flowers, colonnades and walls were used to cleverly form a corridor leading to the palace at the foot of the mountain. There were tall buildings on both sides with garrisons above. samurai, "you Just go up directly. His Majesty has stipulated that there is no need to pay too much attention to etiquette in Brachna Palace. Be more casual and your Majesty will receive you in the River Hall." After Yagfi gave these instructions, he stood there with his hands folded, because his So much for the terms of reference.

Everyone followed the general's instructions and climbed up the stairs. Then, in front of a garden on the middle level, they saw a group of craftsmen kneeling in costumes. A supervisor in brocade robes in front looked embarrassed, "You are now rejecting the emperor's new cast. The money is really embarrassing for me.”

The white-bearded craftsman who took the lead held up the coin in his hand with some excitement, "We all have eyes. The gold and silver in this coin are of low quality, a full two to three percent less than in the past."

The supervisor hesitated twice, and then explained impatiently, "Even if the quality is good, isn't it still worth the same as the coins in the past?"

"However, when all of us pay taxes, the tax collectors ask us to pay with the coins that were of good quality in the past. We have suffered too much loss after all this time!" The white-bearded craftsman shook his head, as if he wanted to persist to the end.

"Okay, okay, I will pass your request to the emperor's chief accountant, but you should check out and leave now. You must know that rejecting the emperor's new coins will be punished by death." The supervisor was anxious. He waved his hand and told them to leave as soon as possible to avoid harm to him.

As a result, the group of craftsmen became even more noisy. Eudocia, who was walking at the front of the queue, could not hold back and stepped forward to help drive them away. As a result, at this time, an old man wearing a colorful silk robe and a high hat suddenly appeared from When he turned the corner of the garden and saw this scene, he quickly said in a hoarse and sinister voice, "What on earth happened here."

As soon as the overseer saw the old man, he was so frightened that he knelt down and couldn't bear it. He didn't dare to say a word. Eudocia and the others, including Idorus, all stood aside in silence with their hands down. "Could this be His Majesty the Emperor?" Peter asked the captor and Gawain in a low voice, but even if it was Diognis could not give him a definite answer, "It shouldn't be your Majesty. Your Majesty must be wearing a purple crown, a purple robe, and purple boots. I know that kind of purple—— My letter of appointment is personally signed with the emperor’s purple ink.”

"In other words, you haven't even met the emperor?" Peter was greatly disappointed, and the officer immediately became dejected, as if someone had stabbed him in a vital point.

"Are you... qualified to arbitrate this terrible and unfair reward?" the white-bearded craftsman in the lead said to the distinguished old man.

The old man smiled secretly and said, "I am a eunuch."

It turned out to be a eunuch. The craftsman immediately felt discouraged, and a group of people stayed where they were, holding the coins and refusing to leave.

Then no one dared to stand up and say anything, so the white-bearded craftsman looked at the demeanor of the supervisor, and then looked at the expressions of the ladies, patriarchs and soldiers, and felt that the atmosphere was very gloomy and terrifying, so he turned his head again to the hunchbacked and thin old man, "Are you really just a eunuch?"

"Well, but at the same time, I am also the general manager of the Imperial Property Department, the general manager of the palace, the general manager of the royal wardrobe, and the general manager of the orphanage. Nickdemia Vatarski is me." The old man said with a certain indifference and the arrogance brought by these official positions.

The chief steward of the Imperial Property Department is the head of the emperor's private treasury; the chief steward of the palace is the person who is in charge of the order of the entire imperial palace; the chief steward of the imperial wardrobe is the emperor's closest person, who manages the emperor's clothes and sleeps on the bed next to the emperor; the chief steward of the orphanage is the manager of the entire imperial capital orphanage and nursing home.

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In short, this old man is the emperor's shadow. Even though he is a eunuch, this does not affect his prestige and power at all. The white-bearded craftsman and other troublemakers immediately trembled and fell to the ground, sweating and chattering. Then Nickdemia gently took a new coin, looked at it and praised it, "What a good coin, beautifully cast, light and portable - as for taxes, you also have to understand me. You can't always let the old coins continue to circulate. Do you understand what I said?"