I have to say that Ji Yi is really Wu Haogu's bosom friend - he has been imitating Wu Haogu, and there are already signs of transcendence.

Wu Haogu is also engaged in a joint-stock business market, and the Great Song Dynasty, which has a commercial market buying convention, is just a brave institutional innovation, but it is still in size.

And Ji Yi put forward the idea of "a country of all shares" in Constantinople this time - I don't know if this country is a "United States"? This brain hole is really open, so that Wu Haogu is ashamed of himself.

However, this almost crazy suggestion impressed Anna, who was ambitious and could not carry it out. Komenina.

Because in Anna. In Komenina's opinion, under the sign of cooperating with the Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom, she fooled a group of Western European knights, and then pulled Venice and Genoa, two merchant countries that saw money, to contribute money and shares, so that she could have the money to hire Rus and Serbian mercenaries to seize the Sinai Peninsula and establish a United States based on roadblock tolls!

The Komnenos dynasty was founded in a stormy situation, and at the beginning of its existence, it was faced with the perilous situation of the loss of land in Asia Minor. Revenues were also reduced from the peak of the Macedonian era of four or five million nomisma (a kind of gold coin, a Roman pound of gold could mint seventy-two pieces, worth 1.8 taels of silver) to three million nomisma, equivalent to 5,400,000 taels of silver.

Compared to the current territory of the Eastern Roman Empire, this income is really quite a lot. Placed in Europe is absolutely second to none! The king of France at the same time earned only four or five hundred thousand nomisma a year, less than one-sixth of the court of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the kings of the rest of Europe were not much richer than the king of France.

However, due to the collapse of the military district system, the Eastern Roman Empire, which had a high income, could only rely on high-priced mercenaries militarily. So the expenses are also very huge! A most ordinary mercenary will take 9 Nomisma gold coins from the Emperor's treasury in a year, plus the cost of equipment. Such as Stephen. The salary of a hired knight like Manya and his son, who brought their own equipped horses, was as high as 24 Nomisma gold coins a year.

The mercenary officers were all paid higher, the 50th and centurion of the infantry could get 24 gold coins of Nomisma (equipment not included), and the senior officers could earn as many pounds of gold as they could get, which was much higher than that of the mercenary officers.

In order to maintain an army of 7-100,000 men to defend the eastern and western sides of the empire, the masters of Constantinople had to spend most of their revenues. The rest of the money had to feed a group of imperial nobles and bureaucrats, donate to the church, give relief to the poor, and sometimes bribe the enemy in exchange for temporary peace.

In addition, frequent wars cost the Eastern Roman Empire a lot of extra money. For example, the replenishment of troops and equipment, the compensation of the dead and wounded, the construction of castles, the resettlement of refugees, etc. It is also necessary to maintain a fleet capable of defending sea supremacy in the Sea of Marmara, the Dardanelles, the Bosphorus and the Black Sea.

As for the south of the Dardanelles, the Komnenos could no longer afford it, and they were all contracted to the most noble of the Venetian navy to deal with it—in exchange for allowing Venetian merchants to establish trading posts and trade tax-free within the empire.

This unavoidable measure was later cited as an important reason for the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire, which allowed Venice to grow over the next hundred years, allowing Venice to join the Crusaders in sacking and capturing Constantinople in 1204......

In short, the Komnenos dynasty, which had a lot of money on its books, actually did not have much financial resources to use, and could only barely maintain the situation, and it was impossible to organize an expedition to the Sinai Peninsula with millions of nomisma at once.

However, the benefits of taking the Sinai Peninsula and opening up the Red Sea-Indian Ocean-South Sea-Taohuashi trade route are too great.

Just look at the prosperity and luxury of Baghdad and Basra today. Even the Fatimid Dynasty of Egypt, which now controls the transportation choke point of the Sinai Peninsula, surpassed the old empire of the Eastern Roman Empire.

"Father, I have asked the great merchants of the city," said Anna Brown. Komenina was speaking to Alexios I on the golden throne about the advice of the Peachstone Mission, "If we can master the Sinai Peninsula and the Peachstone people can open up the passage to Adan Bay, we can earn tens of millions of Nomisma in a year!"

Even in the time of Justinian the Great, our empire was never so rich! ”

"Ours?" Alexios I looked at his daughter, who was in high spirits, "We don't have millions of extra military dollars, we have to borrow money from Italian vampire merchants such as Venice, Genoa, Pisa, and Florence. They will come up with conditions attached, either duty-free or free access to the Red Sea. It will also make us pay high interest...... In the end, the empire will not gain much, but will only be saddled with heavy debts.

Moreover, the occupation of Sinai would make Rome the public enemy of the world! The Saracens, the Turks, the Egyptians, the Venetians, the Genoese, all of them will become our enemies! We are not the mighty Upper Peach Blossom Country, nor are we the Roman Empire 500 years ago. ”

The Roman Emperor was right that the Sinai Peninsula was simply not under the control of Rome today. The Sinai Peninsula does not share a border with the mainland of Eastern Rome, and controlling it requires a strong navy and army. Just as the Great Song Dynasty controlled the Sriwijaya Strait, the power of the Great Song Dynasty was too strong for the Sriwijayaya, Java, Chenla and other countries - just look at the number of shipbuilders! Most of the sailing ships sailing in the South and Indian Oceans, whether Chinese or Arabic, were produced in Quanzhou, Mingzhou, Haizhou and Jiehe in the Song Kingdom.

If the Great Song Dynasty strictly manages the export of sea vessels, the small countries around Sriwijaya don't even have decent sea vessels, what a fart!

And how can Rome have this kind of strength now? If you go to the Sinai Peninsula, you will be targeted by everyone, so it is better to honestly guard your own one-third of an acre and live a life.

"Father," Anna. Comunina was silent for a moment, "Let me and Brynius go to Sinai!" In our own name, not in the name of Rome. ”

"You?" Alexios I looked at his daughter, he had always known that Anna was ambitious and talented, and if it weren't for the fact that his son John was as good as his sister, he might really consider putting Anna on the throne.

"Do you believe that Peach Blossom Stone Man?" Alexios I asked.

Anna. Komenina replied: "Someone will go to Baghdad and Basra to find out...... If Peach Blossom is really as powerful, then Rome must become Peach Blossom's ally in the Mediterranean! ”

Alexios I on the golden throne fell silent.

"Okay!" Alexios I finally made up his mind, "Then try it...... But Rome can't fight the Seljuks for the sake of Peach Stone! ”

Anna. The corners of Komenina's mouth hooked slightly, revealing a mocking smile: "Father, in fact, the Christians of the Mediterranean take the Sinai Peninsula, which is the biggest blow to the Seljuks and Saracens!" Because they will lose tens of millions of nomisma every year!

Without money, they can't afford to raise Ghulam and Mamluk! ”

"Okay, then you can become the queen of the Sinai Kingdom!"

"No," Anna shook her head, "I won't be a queen, because Sinai won't be a kingdom, it will only be a United States...... This saves a lot of hassle. ”

Anna. Comunina was very meticulous in her thinking, knowing that she and Brinnius would not be able to claim the throne of Sinai on her own.

Moreover, for these states to exist, they must be supported by the Italian commercial city-states of Venice, Genoa, Pisa, and Florence, as well as by the Kingdom of Jerusalem. And behind the Kingdom of Jerusalem there is also the Pope of Rome...... How could the Pope support an Orthodox Sinai kingdom?

Even, the United States of Sinai should have a place for the Peachstone, Saracen and Jews...... Only by intervening on all sides can the United States remain neutral and free.

……

"Bang dang! Bang Dang! ”

With two crisp sounds, Wu Haogu smashed two pieces of porcelain from Ru kiln, and seemed to be still angry, and pushed a rose chair again. Several high-level military aircraft in the engine room of the General Army of the Xuanfu Division stood aside with their brows furrowed, and they didn't dare to come out.

Wu Haogu only returned to Jiehe Shang City a month ago - after asking Zhao Ji for his consent, the government office of the Xuanfu Division of Hebei Province was placed in the original Zhisi Castle in the south of Jiehe Shang City, and now this castle has been renamed Xuanfu Fort.

After entering Xuanfu Fort, of course, it was a busy time, and it was to split the sea route preparation division, and to meet with the commanders, the management army and the ruler of the Hebei Fourth Road (excluding the coastal road) to greet the army that was about to begin.

In addition, he organized a fleet of ships and a team of mercenaries (bad guy mercenaries) to go to Nanxin Island to support Huyanqing and Fang La.

It's finally over, and I thought I could spend the New Year comfortably in Jiehe Commercial City. Who knew that his good apprentice Yelu Dashi had sent a letter back and brought an astonishing news to Wu Haogu.

Yelu Dashi actually "liberated" a full 30,000 Khitan herdsmen in the Yemili steppe controlled by the Qarakhanid Dynasty, and armed them with the help of the Hexi Army and the Great Education Regiment.

Then, together with Xiao Heda, he led 30,000 herdsmen and 18,000 Hexi expeditionary forces to pounce on Balasagon in a mighty manner, and also fought a field battle with a group of Persian mercenaries who had taken the wrong medicine and could not defend the city well.

Needless to say, the result was, of course, a landslide victory for Jerodashi. Including the Barasagon and the Broken Leaves, and the Ferghana Basin, all of which are now in the hands of Yelu Dashi and Xiao Heda.

Incidentally, the news that the Eastern Romans had heard about the capture of Bukhara by the Upper Peach Blossom Stone Army was actually the capture of Barasagon by the Great Stones.

Of course, it is a good thing to capture Barasagon, but the problem is that Yelu Dashi actually wants to establish a Confucian Republic in Broken Leaf Town!

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