On Andaval's not-high wall, there were several young men who looked like officers. One of them, just looking at the momentum, was the leader of this group of people. If he didn't include the eye-catching scar that cut from the corner of his eyes to the edge of his lips, he would be considered a handsome young man, but it was this scar that made his whole face look a bit ferocious, but it did not affect his heroic spirit.

"Sir, that cowardly Batos refuses to allocate food and grass for us, otherwise we can just grab his."

If Bai Zhou was present at this time, he would have vaguely had an impression of this person. It was him who took thousands of infantry through the jungle path and was ambushed by the Western Qin people.

"We have passed the best opportunity. Now, at most, what we can do is kill some of their soldiers. It is impossible to drive them out of Cyprus." The officer's name is Vito. As for the surname, it is too long, and no one can remember it except him.

"Even if you teach them a lesson, let them, we Byzantines, are not easy to bully." The adjutant said angrily.

The reason why he looked like this was not entirely because he was defeated by Bai Zhou and was unwilling to accept it, but because he really thought so in his heart that his unwanted home would be ravaged by others.

Since hearing the analysis of his leader Vito a few days ago, he gradually realized that these people had lost the first move and had almost no chance of turning around. With the death of Duke Komuning, they had no last chance.

Although he himself was not grateful to Duke Komuning, at least under his rule, he lived. His home was now occupied by a group of foreigners. Although they were not as good as they were, it is completely conceivable that with the style of the crusade, the entire Cyprus island would not be swept away without a single grass, and would have to take off a layer of skin.

Yesterday, when they received information that all the generals of the Crusaders had boarded Limaso and were going to hold a banquet there. He heard that it was to entertain the Byzantine nobles who came to surrender, Vito, a keen consciousness, told that this was their only last chance to turn the tables.

However, they had no supplies in their hands, and even had food once a day. The soldiers had no strength to go on long-distance raids and start wars.

Originally, he wanted to find the Duke of Batos in the city, because he said before that the food in the city was not abundant and could only be temporarily supplied to the army for a meal a day. But now that war is coming, one meal a day is definitely not enough. At least before the march, the soldiers should have a full meal.

But they never expected that when the Duke of Batos learned that they were going to attack the Crusaders, they not only did not give food, but even sent people to mobilize their troops, so that they would not go out to die and offend the Crusaders.

If this army was completely in the hands of its chief general Vito, then the deputy, Vito would definitely use it to steal this idiot - they had dealt with this Duke of Bartos before, and this guy was an idiot who dared to do it for the sake of profit.

However, even if there is a chance to send troops this time, it is only a slight chance. The possibility of failure is even greater. Vito and the adjutant, as a soldier, naturally dare to gamble, but Bartos, as a nobleman of the city, did not dare to gamble, fearing that after the failure, the Crusaders would vent their anger.

So, this plan was aborted. What the adjutant could do now is to follow his chief officer on the city wall and look into the distance.

He was unwilling to give up, but he couldn't do it. Because of the incident yesterday, they only had a meal of porridge today. In the words of Batos, the food and grass in the city were almost gone, and he said something. It was noon and he was already hungry.

"You're so naive." Vito said that we can teach them a lesson now, but then what?"

"And...and..." The adjutant couldn't say anything.

"We cannot do it without the support of these nobles. If we dare to steal the food of Count Batos, I promise that we will only be chased by those nobles, nominally, until we leave Cyprus." Vito sighed, and there was a hint of reluctance in his words. Moreover, our family is here, and we dare to fight the crusades today, and those nobles dare to give them to the crusades in their own hands."

"Damn it, are we watching these demons rage here?"

"The only good news is that they can't stay here for a long time, we will have a chance sooner or later." As he said, Vito's fists clenched tightly.

At this moment, a team of Byzantine soldiers with more than a hundred men arrived at Andaval.

Since the defense on the city gate was under the responsibility of the Duke of Bartos, although Vito wanted to ask in advance that they were here to do it, he was powerless.

(The whole of Cyprus is still orderly, not in the chaotic world. The master is the one who has troops. The power comes from the gun, and the pen can only retreat.)

After a while, the group of people just now also climbed the city wall.

"May I ask, are you Mr. Vito?" The guy who came up was polite.

"I am." Vito looked puzzled. At this time, these people were here to do it.

"Catch him" and the polite person just now turned against him after confirming that there were not many people around Vito.

Vito was also careless and didn't even pull out his sword, but was stunned by three soldiers.

"You are doing this," the adjutant shouted.

"Sorry, sir, we are just doing our orders." Then I saw this man turn to his head and say to his subordinates and take it away."

"It's over" Vito thought about it, but he knew it clearly. It was a bit late to figure it out at this time.

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"I agree, it's not just a year's tax, but three years'"

After listening to Bai Zhou's opinion, Leopold, who had already sobered up, took the lead in expressing his opinion.

After all, Leopold was the most bitter and hatred for the Byzantines. He was imprisoned for so many days. Even if his original motive was not pure, he could not bear it. He was slandered as teasing women.

"It's time to make these mean Byzantines pay the price."

But except for Yarman, everyone else automatically ignored Leopold's opinion and joked that the three-year tax was charged, which would be equivalent to directly forcing the entire Cyprus to rebel.

"Three years have been a bit too much, but it's okay for a year. I think it's quite fertile here, and those untouchables should have some wealth in their hands," Vincent said.

He did not dare to attack the attention of the Byzantine nobles, because in his opinion, having good relations with those nobles could make Cyprus truly the rear base of the Crusaders. Otherwise, even with the help of the Principal of Jerusalem, there would be no peace here. As for the civilians, Vincent did not take them seriously.

Vincent's opinion not only represented the opinions of many of the little nobles in the Crusades, but obviously Wolfgang also agreed.

Joan of Arc did not nod in agreement, but did not object.

"Okay." Seeing that everyone agreed, Bai Zhou, who was the initiator, seemed to have no sense of shame and still made conscientious suggestions. But we have to say that the order was first to reorganize the soldiers on the island, and then to destroy the nobles who were originally loyal to Komuning. The third step was to recruit new recruits, the fourth step was to collect taxes, and finally to sell Cyprus to Duboan."

"Would this be too slow?" Wolfgang asked. The British and French coalition forces should have arrived within two months. According to Bai Zhou's approach, it may not be enough. Originally, Wolfgang felt that these five steps were not in conflict, and the Crusaders also had this manpower to complete them all at once. There was no need to be as cautious as Bai Zhou.

"We have it. Even if the British and French forces arrived as scheduled, they would not be able to attack Jerusalem directly after a long journey. They need to rest." Bai Zhou explained that although we are strong enough, it is better to have less than more things. It is too radical to complete them all at once."

The method of cooking baizhou seems to have a bit of boiling frogs in warm water.

First, confiscate all the armed forces (of course, they will leave the necessary private soldiers for the nobles, and they cannot be given any armed forces at all), so that these nobles will not have the strength to implement them for at least a period of time, even if they have bad ideas, they will not be able to implement them; then eliminate some nobles, in name, to eliminate those nobles who are close to Komuning, but in fact, this right to determine the word "close" is controlled by the Crusaders, that is, this practice is actually to use the name of "legitimate" to plunder the wealth of some nobles on the island, and will not make all nobles frightened, causing trouble; the third step is to recruit new recruits and use the name of conquering Saladin, I think the people on the island will not say much, especially for the nobles, this proposal is more reasonable.

, and also sent them a signal that the Holy Roman Empire had no interest in the island itself. Naturally, the Crusaders could take advantage of this opportunity to weaken the war potential on the island again; the fourth step was to add taxes, which began to violate the interests of these nobles, but at this time, they could not say no. Even if the tax they had just paid in the year, due to Komuning's death, was now flowing into the hands of the Crusaders; the fifth step was to directly remove the firewood from the cauldron and sell the rule of Cyprus to the Principality of Jerusalem, which meant that these nobles might have to accept a round of exploitation again or be ruled by a principality with the original strength below them. However, at this point, they could only break their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs.

"Okay, but in this case, Du Boan is not a fool. Maybe this land will not be sold much money." Wolfgang said with a smile. After all, he actually didn't care how many more gold coins Du Boan could give.

"Will we start to do it?" Vincent asked a question that everyone was most concerned about.

"Actually, I have sent someone to start to do it." Bai Zhou's smile made everyone feel a gust of cold wind blowing.

Fortunately, the nobles on the island have no moral integrity. Perhaps they are not moral integrity at all. Last night, several nobles gave a large gift after Bai Zhou's identity and several young and beautiful maids.

Bai Zhou did not refuse. It was not that Bai Zhou was attracted by these gifts and so-called beauties, but that the refusal at this time would only make these Byzantine nobles panic. In addition, as far as Bai Zhou knew, even Wolfgang received a considerable gift, and pretending to be a saint would be a little unsociable.

"By the way", Bai Zhou asked some questions to these nobles. After learning that the general was called Vito and was still stationed in Andaval, Bai Zhou once again asked them "by the way" if they would do something good. How dare these nobles say no, so naturally there was the scene that happened on the Andaval wall.

Even if all the troops are confiscated, there are steps. It is impossible to issue an order at will and accept them all at once.

The first is the generals with some skills, and it is precisely these capable generals who are often the most intense resistance to the Crusaders, such as Vito. Therefore, these surrendered nobles are happy to help.

Then there are those unowned soldiers. If these soldiers are either bandits or bandits under normal circumstances, or they should do it when they go home. Now the Crusaders want them, naturally no one will stop them.

Finally, it was the private soldiers of the nobles.

By the way, if everything goes well, Vito's guy should have been escorted to the Western Qin army's camp now, and Bai Zhou was not in a hurry to visit him.

Because he had just left the Crusader's tent, Wolfgang called him alone.

"See, let's see." Wolfgang handed Bai Zhou a book of parchment, which seemed to be a list of some records.

Bai Zhou looked carefully and was surprised. It turned out that this was a list of the property that recorded the Crusaders.

Including gold coins, gold and silverware, and even some antiques. Needless to say, this is a reflection of the Crusaders' ability to make money along the way.

Originally, Bai Zhou didn't pay attention to these things. First, Bai Zhou now almost doesn't use money. Occasionally, hello to Wolfgang, and he didn't even have to open a note. Wolfgang gave as much as he wanted; second, Bai Zhou brought these soldiers (the actual total number now is 4,612 people, and 224 people were seriously injured), and they were all main soldiers, so no one was to escort wealth.

But now, Wolfgang is trying to see this, what does it mean?

"I don't like doing these things, and I'm really not good at them. Moreover, there will definitely be a lot of money and property flowing into our Crusaders recently, so I hope..." Bai Zhou understood what Wolfgang meant.

"This is not suitable. This is your private property. Leave it to me to manage..."

Youdao is to settle accounts with your own knowledge, and once money is involved, it will become very troublesome.

And speaking of this, these wealth is nominally the common wealth of all the nobles in the Crusades, and we must reward everyone after the war.

But remember, it is a reward, not a split.

In other words, the small treasury that each noble has is just about how many or how little it is. This money is Frederick's private wealth. The soldiers intercepted a small part of the money they used unclear means along the way. The nobles and generals took a part, but the remaining big head was given to Frederick (of course, it was also because Frederick was famous. If he was a weak king, then the aristocrats and generals took a big head).

After Frederick's death, the money was left to Wolfgang, but unexpectedly, Wolfgang was handed over to management.

"There is nothing wrong. To be honest, I'm still worried about trouble you." Wolfgang said.

Generally, buying food and supplies is based on this part of the money. Wolfgang is really tired of it, and he has no suitable people under him. Lunn is even worse at financial management. Naturally, Wolfgang wants to find someone who has the ability and is reliable in this regard.

Bai Zhou is undoubtedly the best candidate.

"Okay." Bai Zhou refused too much and agreed.

"By the way, the money we get in Cyprus this time will be distributed equally to everyone. I only want the share I deserve." Wolfgang understood that since his father's death, this crusader has no so-called commander anymore. Everyone has discussed everything, and naturally the interests must be equally shared. So even if there is so much oil in Cyprus this time, Wolfgang will not be like his father.

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When Bai Zhou returned to the Western Qin military camp, he saw carriages loaded with boxes parked in the middle of the military camp. Wolfgang also took action first and then reported. Many Western Qin soldiers looked at these carriages with curiosity, but they strictly abide by military discipline and did not go up to see what was in it because of curiosity.

Bai Zhou called the Weiwei and asked him to make proper arrangements. After the Weiwei got the order, Bai Zhou returned to his residence and looked at the list carefully.

Although it is temporarily managed, this is a very troublesome thing for Baizhou, especially in recent days, which will only be even more troublesome.

Gold, silver and copper plates (the soldiers of the Crusaders really don’t care that the mosquitoes are small at all, and the copper plates are not spared). In total, the total value of 53,171 gold coins is worth 53,171 gold coins. The value of a gold coin is calculated using grain and grass. It is worth about 2,250 kilograms, which is more than one ton. Of course, the fluctuations are quite strong, especially the types of grains purchased, such as oats or potatoes, are different. Like the general Crusaders, the price of grain always grows wildly.

There are also many gold and silverware, and the combined value is about so many gold coins. However, this kind of thing will definitely not be put here. The cash of more than 50,000 gold coins is enough for the Crusaders to replenish the Crusaders along the way.

As for other miscellaneous items, antique classics, etc., there is no way to estimate the value. Anyway, it is full of several large trucks, so it should be worth a lot of money. One of them is recorded on the list one by one.

Of course, this is not all Wolfgang's private property. For example, among these more than 50,000 gold coins, two thousand of them belong to Bai Zhou.

Because it is impossible for all the nobles in the Crusade to carry some of these carriages and the wealth they store specifically is too unfavorable to march. Of course, most of the nobles actually carry them, but what they store is the wealth collected privately. What can be placed on the surface will be handed over to Frederick for unified care and will be distributed after returning to the Holy Roman Empire.

Now Wolfgang's wealth is about 70% or 80% like that. After Bai Zhou finished reading it, he had to say that horses do not have weeds but not fat. Before this was in the Central and Eastern regions, the Crusaders were already so rich. No wonder everyone wanted to pay attention.

After putting this booklet in close proximity, Bai Zhou no longer thought about this matter. After recruiting new recruits, Bai Zhou was busy. So now Bai Zhou walked out of the tent and went to the wounded and sick to see if he could help.

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