Eagle Byzantium

Wright was over there, pointing at his chin with his hand. He was probably surprised why the mushroom head was so serious with him. Isn't it the Grand Duke who has the final say on who should be the Sheriff where?

"The first question is that Sissi County was originally an area mainly engaged in farming and animal husbandry. Although there was iron ore, Ruben invested very little in it. Now Sissy County has to dig mines, burn bricks and soil, carry out river transportation, and also To establish a large number of workshops, many things have to be made out of nothing and cannot follow the rules, so what is needed is an eclectic and flexible person like Wright; as for Tarsus County, the first task is to establish a second-line team, that is, Ginat and the garrison. Military Arrogance It's time to organize the organization. As the back-up of the 'Three Wings Brigade', we have to sort out many complicated matters. What we need is a conscientious and trustworthy Sheriff like you. In addition, Anna and I will soon prepare to move the palace to Tarsus. , from now on it will be the main area of ​​the entire kingdom, and you will be more at ease with the order and security." Gawain explained clearly carefully, and Andodat also said after receiving such an answer. Accept it.

"Second question, I plan to build three more 'frontier areas' outside the three counties. One with the city of Karon in southern Cappadocia as the central core, and the other with the city of Fanca in northern Cilicia as the core. The central core is one with Lamplenburg guarding the Cilicia Gate as the central core. Here I am not going to set up too many sacred real estates, but to use 'rural communes' and 'Jilin' Farmers and Ginat soldiers in the frontier area are exempted from the shield tax, but they must serve in the military service of the border residents. The tax collection ratio is one for every five households. The responsibilities of the frontier area are to guard the border and build construction. The forward military station of the three-wing brigade and the general leaders of the three frontier areas are Walter Sanzaval and Bra. Nass and Orson all have the power to intervene in Fang Town. I will not interfere too much. In the future, our military system will be that the border army in the border area is the first echelon, responsible for guarding the border and garrisoning. The three-wing brigade beside me is the second echelon, responsible for the decisive battle in the field; the garrison is the third echelon of the reserve, responsible for auxiliary and substitute. This is what I think. After finishing the interpretation, Gawain turned to the three people and said, "In this era, every country needs six pillars: food, horses, iron, fabrics, salt and gold and silver, so no matter how difficult it is, we must do it." To build them up completely, you can’t do it by hand, that would be like being controlled by others, so you have to do it well for me, Wright!”

"Yes, yes!" Wright said hurriedly.

"As for the third question, I have two alternative ways, but I can only tell you the first one now, which is to recruit big businessmen on this ocean to contract the iron ore in Tronzak. What you have said before I'm right to worry. Almost all of this year's fiscal revenue has been spent on the war. I really don't have enough money to invest in these things. Therefore, my 'path' is to use contracting to attract investment. The output of the iron ore cannot be guaranteed. Let's just share the benefits. First, take out some mines and pits to recruit separately. The risk is minimized, and the 50-50 split is fair and reasonable. I believe that once Little Sunflower drafts this bidding document and posts it, businessmen from Venice, Amalfi and even Armenia will soon come to bid, so that we can win. By going to the iron, businessmen can also make profits, and the people of Xisi County can also solve the problem of employment and wages. It is really a good win-win strategy. As for the second item, it will be kept secret for the time being." After Gawain finished speaking, he put his hands on his hips and smiled proudly. Speak out and sound confident.

"Then I'll draft the paperwork. So you'll stay in Tronzac until March?" asked the little sunfish.

"Well... the coming March may be a day full of storms. The situation on the entire ocean and land will change drastically this month, especially for Seleucia... With a majestic The completion of the building..." Gawain slapped his hand heavily on the wall, "So I have to wait until the iron ore contracting matter is settled before I can deal with the next storm with peace of mind and control this ship. , will not overturn.”

The first path Gawain took was without any problems. Not to mention modern times, even in ancient times, there were countless examples of such public projects being contracted by businessmen or powerful people. Many of the canals, dams, bell towers, and mines left in Europe today were actually the result of national royal tenders and private contracts.

Therefore, Gawain happily waited for ten days in Tronzac Castle after posting the paperwork: the chambers of commerce of various Italian states in Seleucia and Adana could also send envoys to me at this time. They are clamoring and vying to contract the iron ore, right?

So when Gawain got up, dressed neatly under the service of the Turkic military servants, walked down the castle room and came to the reception hall, he felt inexplicably excited.

But after walking into the hall, he was dumbfounded and froze:

In the empty hall, Little Sunfish sat at the writing table separated by a feather screen, dozing off with his chin propped up on his hand; several clerks were also scattered in front of their respective seats, some chatting in low voices, while others Yawning listlessly, Dim was walking back and forth with several guards holding halberds outside the hall, looking at the street outside a little hopelessly.

Apart from these people, there was no one else in the entire hall. Not to mention the businessmen wearing complicated and gorgeous coats, not even a single leg hair or beard of the businessman was seen.

"This, this is... very embarrassing..." Gawain took a breath and started repeating it with his hands on his hips again with annoyance.

Later, he realized that he was indeed a little ahead of his time: Anatolia was previously under Byzantine rule, and even rural water conservancy was neglected to be repaired, not to mention the trend of contracting other public works; and for Italian merchants of this era, their business was more about simply buying goods, transporting goods, and selling goods, or asking for commercial streets and warehouses. It might take many years to get used to contracting resource land and public works.

But Gawain still did not give up. He continued to stay in Tranzac for several days, waiting for the "sincere person" to appear, but in the end, no one was interested in this tender. "After all, no Italian businessman or chamber of commerce has the confidence and courage to take out an amount of about 30,000 Byzantine gold coins to invest in minerals for a long time. After all, they are still in the most primitive stage of the primitive accumulation of capital..." After thinking it over, Gawain finally made up his mind and admitted again that this matter would not work. It seems that the development of iron ore needs to take the second path.

However, the premise of the second path is that he and Anna can persist after the March Storm!

Take courage and confidence. Didn't you get through it all before? Believe that you have the blessing of the devil. Even the emperor cannot defeat you. Gawain came to the small fence on the top of the castle tower with this feeling. He saw the magnificent and beautiful scenery of the entire Cilicia Plain. Then he heard a creaking sound around him. He turned his eyes and saw that the iron weather vane on the small fence was turning: from the ocean over there, the spring and summer wind blew, a warm south wind! (To be continued ~^~)