Eagle Byzantium

"There's no need to hide your true thoughts, I'll just tell you the truth. The five of us will now divide the entire sphere of influence. In this way, people's hearts will surely be united, and it won't be a problem to deal with a mere Kobuha." Gawain pulled with his hands. Holding his chest, "Who told me to be an upright person? For the great cause of the pilgrims, I feel that I must do this!"

Bohemond's forehead was covered with sweat. He held the seam of his riding trousers with both hands. His back was a little stooped, and his throat was nervous and rolling up and down. "Such words, such words..." He was always shrewd. , actually became a little incoherent.

A muffled thunder came from outside. In the sacred and smooth mural, Jesus was talking to shepherds and farmers. Under it, Gawain's hand pointed directly at him, "After defeating Cobuha, the city of Antioch and the surrounding countries... Hundreds of market towns, all belong to you!”

"Okay, okay, of course..." Bohemond agreed involuntarily, very quickly, then he looked around, lowered his eyes, and retreated to the entrance door, nervously He tilted his ears, just to judge whether Gawain's words and his response just now could be spied by others.

Then, Gawain turned around and stretched out his hand to Raymond, "The thirty-five market towns from the Port of Saint-Simon to the Iron Bridge Fortress on the Orontes River belong to the Marquis of Provence." Then he looked at Bohemond. Suddenly he became excited and understood what he meant, and immediately made a gesture with his other hand to block An Ding, "Anxin, for all ships entering the city from the port, Lord Raymond will share the toll tax and surcharge with you. The three of them will Give you seven points.”

So Bohemond shrank back and stood still.

Raymond squinted his eyes, took aim, and then shook Gawain's hand firmly, indicating that the matter was settled.

"Aleppo east of Antioch, under the name of Prince Godfrey."

At this time, Godfrey stood up and said, "I do not intend to occupy these places, but I want to collect taxes from these places to support my troops to go to the Holy City. Once the Holy City is recovered, I swear before the Lord that I will It was returned to Lord Bohemond, or to the Emperor of Greece."

"But we did not capture the Aleppo area." Bohemond wondered.

"So after Kobuha is defeated, everyone must fulfill their covenant and allocate some of their troops to assist Lord Godfrey in seizing this area." After Gawain said this, several people around him nodded in agreement. "And with this, we will seize forty market towns in the Azaz area (the border area between Aleppo and Mosul), and drive the forces of Kobuha back to Mosul. Only then can we sit back and relax. Go south and enter the Holy Land.”

After finishing speaking, Gawain slowly put his hands back on his belt, "Of course, the thirty market towns around the Syria Gate belong to me, and I will pay half of the taxes collected to provide them exclusively to Lord Robert and his team. "

"Where is the Count of Blois?" Robert of Flanders was also very cautious, because he understood that it was this man whom Gawain allowed to live there now.

But Gawain shrugged his shoulders and said that the siege of Cobuha is now very urgent. It is estimated that Count Blois and his brother-in-law have fled further away. I am still waiting for news from Cilicia, but In any case, "he and Sir Robert Curtis were both outsiders in this secret room meeting."

"From now on, the situation in Antioch has been determined in this way. All of us must use this as a guideline, and we must advance and retreat together when encountering any resistance. This treaty is not just verbal, because that is simply not enough to rely on. , I have prepared the affidavit and am waiting for your signature and seal." Finally, Gawain stretched out his arm. came out, holding in his hand the so-called affidavit made of calfskin - but this "large secret chamber affidavit signed by the Grand Duke of the Romanian Empire, the Duke of Lower Lorraine, the Duke of Apulia, the Marquis of Provence and the Count of Flanders" ", completely bypassing all superiors, that is, the emperor and the pope, and became a private grant of the lord.

"Give to God what is God's, and to Caesar what is Caesar's. Now you have to do something Caesar's!" Bohemond made up his mind and took hold of the other end of Gawain's affidavit. Then the two looked at each other and unfolded it carefully. The stone-legged reading table was placed in the center of the ear room. He held up the small candlestick and the enamelware to press down the four corners. The five heads formed a circle center shape, correcting what Gowen just said and what was recorded in the document. No discrepancies.

After the collation was completed, the five heads separated again, and each of them was breathing heavily - Gao Wen, the most "daring", took out his "big red hand seal" first, signed his name first, and then stamped the seal with a bang. In the most eye-catching position of the affidavit paper. Then Raymond did so, then Bohemond and Robert, and finally Godfrey.

After it was over, everyone trembled for a while, as if they had experienced a fierce and ecstatic ****. Although this was disrespectful to the virtues bestowed by the Lord, it could only be described as this.

"On the future passage, from Tripoli to Caesarea to Jerusalem, we will follow this system, sign brand new oaths, and conduct official discussions - but we cannot go beyond the secret room and tell others." Gawain wiped away his sweat. , said to the others, and then everyone nodded.

The following topics began to flow freely:

First of all, everyone resolved to recognize Gawain's occupation of Seleucia, Baldwin's occupation of Adana, and Tancred's occupation of Marash Edessa. From now on, they must not invade their respective spheres of influence. Commerce and peaceful exchanges with each other;

After defeating Kobha, everyone will advance to Aleppo and Azaze. After completing the task, each person will rest for half a year and then advance to the Holy Land;

Negotiate with the Emperor of Constantinople as soon as possible, and at the very least, ask him to release Venmoha and his sailors and ships, and open the port of Latakia so that the Italian city-states can change their berths and deliver food to Antioch.

"What about the Pisans?" Bohemond thought of the barriers and granaries built by Moniqueni and him in the Hippodrome and the Farfa River, and asked anxiously with worry and hatred in his heart.

As a result, Gawain walked up to him and put his hand on his shoulder, "There are also two sets of policies. The first set is that we use money to exchange for his food, and Moniqueni will definitely mark a high price to plunder the wealth of all the soldiers, so that everyone will hate the Pisans."

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"Yes, yes, I must hate them." Bohemond seemed to understand something and replied to Gawain knowingly.

"Then if we get the port of Latakia and can transport food here, after the price of food is stabilized, we will instigate the soldiers to ask Moniqueni to return the money he earned."

"If he doesn't return it, can we still use force?"

"Why not? We will destroy the fortress of the Pisans, destroy their black-hearted granaries, and confiscate all the money earned by Moniqueni. We will return it to the soldiers, and everyone will regard us as fair hosts. This is the second set. As long as we can defeat Cobha, Antioch and a hundred towns will be yours. All the Apulians will be loyal to your glory, and we will help you behind the scenes - so..." Gawain put his other hand on Bohemond's shoulder, his eyes became gloomy, and then his words were as sharp as a knife, "Pisa is just a small commercial consul, with only tens of thousands of gold coins. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of people who don't do business?" (To be continued ~^~)