I have to say that Ji Yi is really a soulmate of Wu Haogu - he has been imitating Wu Haogu and has already shown signs of transcendence.

Wu Haogu also established a joint-stock market. In Dasong, where there was a custom of buying a market, this was just a brave institutional innovation, but it was still in terms of size.

But this time Ji Yi proposed the idea of ​​"a country of unity for everyone" in Constantinople - I don't know if this country is a "United States"? This idea really makes Wu Haogu feel inferior.

However, this almost crazy suggestion touched Anna Komunina, who was ambitious but could not be used.

Because in Anna Komunina's view, she used the sign of cooperation with the Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom to fool a group of Western European knights, and then Lavender and Genoa, two merchants who were tempted by money, paid for the investment, so she had the money to hire Ross and Serbian mercenaries to seize the Sinai Peninsula and establish a United Nations with the foundation of the country blocking the road to charges!

Since the Komuning Dynasty was established in a storm, and at the beginning of its founding, it faced a dangerous situation where the land was completely lost on the Asian Minor Peninsula. The fiscal revenue also decreased from the peak of the Macedonian dynasty era four to five million Nomisma (this is a kind of gold coin, a Roman pound of gold can be minted seventy-two pieces, worth 1.8 taels of silver), to three million Nomisma, equivalent to 5.4 million taels of silver.

Compared with the current territory of the Eastern Roman Empire, this income is really quite large. It is definitely the best in Europe! The kings of France in the same era have a income of only 400,000 to 500,000 a year, less than one-sixth of the imperial court of the Eastern Roman Empire. The kings of other European countries will not be much richer than the French kings.

However, due to the collapse of the military system, the Eastern Roman Empire could only rely on high-priced mercenaries in military affairs. Therefore, the expenses were also very huge! A most ordinary mercenary had to take away 9 Nomisma gold coins from the emperor's vault in a year, and also add equipment costs. For example, the salary of a knight who brought their own equipment to horses was as high as 24 Nomisma gold coins a year.

Mercenary officers all earn higher incomes. The fiftieth infantry captain and centurion can both get 24 Nomisma gold coins (equipment is calculated separately), while senior officers earn much pounds of gold, which is much higher than those of mercenary officers.

In order to maintain an army of 70,000 to defend against the east and west sides of the empire, the master of Constantinople had to spend most of his income. The remaining money would be to support a group of noble bureaucrats of the empire, donate to the church, and save the poor, and sometimes bribe the enemy in exchange for temporary peace.

In addition, frequent wars have caused the Eastern Roman Empire to pay a lot of extra costs, such as replenishment of troops and equipment, pensions for casualties and wounded soldiers, construction of castles, resettlement of refugees, etc. It is also necessary to maintain a fleet that can defend the Marmara Sea, the Dardanelles, the Bosphorus and the Black Sea.

As for the south of the Dardanelles, the Komuning Dynasty was no longer concerned and all sent to the most noble Navy of the Republic of Venetian to deal with it - the price was to allow Venetian merchants to set up merchant stations within the empire and conduct business tax-free.

This last resort was later considered an important reason for the demise of the Eastern Roman Empire. It was the privilege given by the Eastern Roman Empire that allowed Venice to grow and grow in more than a hundred years later, which made Venice able to collude with the crusaders to rob and occupy Constantinople in 1204...

In short, the Komuning Dynasty, which had a lot of income on the books, actually did not have much financial resources to use, so it could only barely maintain the situation. It was impossible to spend millions of Nomisma to organize a war expedition to the Sinai Peninsula at once.

However, the interests of taking over the Sinai Peninsula and opening up the Red Sea-Indian Ocean-South Ocean-Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom's trade line are too great.

Look at Baghdad, you can tell the prosperity and luxury of Basra today. Even the wealth of the Fatima Dynasty in Egypt, which now controls the traffic throat of the Sinai Peninsula, surpasses the old empire of the Eastern Roman Empire.

"Father, I have asked the big merchants in the city," said Anna Komningna in the Blahna Palace to Alexius I on the Golden Throne, as he advised the Peach Blossom Stone Mission, "If we can master the Sinai Peninsula and the Peach Blossom Stones can open up the passage of Adan Bay, we can earn tens of millions of Nomisma in a year!

Even in the era of Justinian, our empire was not so rich!”

"Is it ours?" Alexius I looked at his excited daughter, "We do not have millions of additional military expenses, and we must borrow from Italian vampire merchants such as Venice, Genoa, Pisa, and Florence. They will definitely propose additional conditions, either tax exemption or freedom to enter and exit the Red Sea. They will also make us pay high interest... In the end, the empire will not obtain much profit, but will only bear heavy debts.

Moreover, occupying the Sinai Peninsula will make Rome a public enemy of the world! The Saracens, Turks, Egyptians, Venetians, Genoeses, all of them will become our enemies! We are not the powerful Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom, nor the Roman Empire 500 years ago."

The Roman Emperor was right, the Sinai Peninsula was not something that Rome could control today. The Sinai Peninsula did not border the local land of Eastern Rome, and to control it, a powerful navy and army was needed. Just like the Song Dynasty controlled the Sanfoqi Strait, the power of the Song Dynasty was too powerful for the Sanfoqi, Java, Zhenla and other countries - you just need to look at the number of ships built! The sailing ships sailing in the South and Indian Oceans, whether Chinese or Arabic, were mostly produced in Quanzhou, Mingzhou, Haizhou and Jiehe of the Song Dynasty.

If the Song Dynasty strictly manages the export of sea ships, the small countries around Sanfoqi will not even have decent sea ships, so let's fart!

But now Rome does not have such strength? It is also the target of public criticism when going to the Sinai Peninsula. It is better to live a life of one acre of one acre and three-point basis.

"Father," Anna Komunina was silent for a moment, "Let me and Blinius go to the Sinai Peninsula! In our own name, not in Rome."

"You?" Alexius I looked at his daughter. He had always known that Anna was ambitious and talented. If it weren't for his son John as outstanding as his sister, he might have really considered letting Anna take the throne.

"Do you believe that peach blossom stone man?" asked Alexus I.

Anna Komningna replied: "There will be someone going to Baghdad and Basra to find out the situation... If the peach blossom stone is really powerful, then Rome must become an ally of the peach blossom stone in the Mediterranean!"

Alexus I on the Golden Throne fell into silence.

"Okay!" Alexius I finally made a decision, "Then try it... But Rome cannot fight the Seljuks for the Peach Blossom Stone!"

Anna Komningna's lips curled slightly, and she showed a sarcastic smile: "Father, in fact, the Mediterranean Christians took down the Sinai Peninsula, which was the biggest blow to the Seljuks and Sarasen people! Because they will lose tens of millions of Nomisma's income every year!

Without money, they can’t afford to support Gulam and Mamruk!”

"Okay, then you go and be the queen of the Kingdom of Sinai!"

"No," Anna shook her head, "I won't be a queen, because Sinai won't become a kingdom, it can only become a United States... This will reduce a lot of trouble."

Anna Komunina was very careful in thinking about the issues, and she knew that her strength and Blinius were not enough to be king in the Sinai Peninsula.

Moreover, if these countries want to exist, they must be supported by Italian commercial city-states such as Venice, Genoa, Pisa, and Florence, and must also be supported by the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Behind the Kingdom of Jerusalem is the Pope... How could the Pope support an Orthodox Kingdom of Sinai?

Even the United States of Sinai should have a place of Peach Stone, Saracen and Jews... Only by intervening in all aspects can the United States maintain neutrality and freedom.

...

"Bang! Bang!"

With two crisp sounds, Wu Haogu smashed two pieces of Ru kiln porcelain hard, as if he was not satisfied, and pushed a rose chair. Several advanced military opportunities in the General Military Office of the Xuanfu Department stood aside with their brows and did not dare to show up.

Wu Haogu returned to Jiehe Shang City a month ago. After asking Zhao Ji for permission, the government office of Hebei Xuanfu Department was placed in the original Jianshi Castle on the south side of Jiehe Shang City. Now the castle has been renamed Xuanfu Castle.

Of course, he was busy for a while after entering Xuanfu Fort. He split the sea route and established the department, and met with the commander of the fourth Hebei route (excluding the coastal route), the military and the commander, and greeted the army that was about to begin.

In addition, he organized a fleet and a mercenary (bad mercenary) team to Nanxin Island to support Hu Yanqing and Fang La.

Finally, it came to an end. I thought I could spend the New Year comfortably in Jiehe Shang City. Who knew that his good apprentice Yelu Dashi asked someone to send a message back, which brought amazing news to Wu Haogu.

Yelu Dashi actually "liberated" a total of 30,000 tents of Khitan herders on the Yemili grassland controlled by the Karakhan Dynasty, and also armed them with the help of the Hexi Army and the Great Education Corps.

Then he and Xiao Heda led 30,000 herders and 18,000 Hexi Expeditionary Forces to pounce on Balashaguon, and fought a field battle with a group of Persian mercenaries who took the wrong medicine and did not defend the city well.

Needless to say, of course, Yelu Dashi achieved an overwhelming victory. Including Balashaguen, Shuye and the Fergana Basin, all of them are now in the hands of Yelu Dashi and Xiao Heda.

By the way, the news that the Eastern Romans heard about the Peach Blossom Stone Army captured Bukhara was actually that the big stone captured Balashaguon.
Chapter completed!