Eagle Flag of Epirus

　　 Although it temporarily solved the trouble of the pirate invasion of Ilovan Castle, at this moment the castle seemed to be reborn, and everyone was happy. Especially the villagers, although they suffered heavy losses because of the pirates, they did not expect that their lord, the young man, would generously give them compensation to rebuild their homes.

　　 Not only that, Justinian also asked everyone in the castle to work hard to rebuild the port in disrepair and clear the waterways.

　　If you want to stand firm here, what Justinian needs is a stable site, so he has to build Ilovan Castle anyway. If Alex III knew that he was squandering his property like this, he must be half-dead.

　　 Justinian looked at the location of Ilovan Fortress, pondering slightly. The location of the port here is not bad. It used to be a trading spot, but now it can only be reversed by reviving it. But he still faces a very serious situation.

The first is the Croatian pirates. From their conversation, Justinian has also guessed that the Venetians have bought them. That means that this group of pirates must be uprooted to have a bright future. It’s just for the moment. The power is far from enough. Secondly, as the Venetians expand at sea, their nearest territory, Corfu, is very close to Epirus. If they rise up, they will certainly respond to their attention. The Adriatic Sea has always been a Venetian ban, Chas Sooner or later Denny will fight them to the death.

　　 Justinillo slightly estimated that there are hundreds of acres of wasteland that can be reclaimed along the coast of these villages. Although the seaside land is not fertile, it is enough to support more people.

　　 It is a pity that the water conservancy is in disrepair and the irrigation is inconvenient. There will be riots at home, and the shortage of people will undoubtedly aggravate the difficulties.

　　 But in any case, stable agriculture must be restored. Only by completing the most basic point, can Ilophane Castle have a new start.

Justinian took people to inspect every village, and saw that the villagers were recovering their homes in full swing at this time. Although the pirates suffered heavy losses due to the burning, killing and looting, the money Justinian gave them was enough to make up. Everyone's face is covered with happy sweat.

Justinian nodded involuntarily. As long as the rural economy recovers, the castle will have a fixed income. Then he can repair his dilapidated city, so that the villagers can set up stalls in the castle to attract vendors. , The port that will be repaired at that time will also play a role.

　　 Although it may take a long time to achieve, Justinian is full of confidence.

　　 ride a horse and look around. Justinian suddenly pointed to the wasteland not far away to Captain Leo who was following: "Leo, this piece of land is good. If you dig some ponds to build some canals, this piece of land can become good land in the future. Then next year will be a bumper harvest."

But Leo nodded first, and then said helplessly: "But Master Justinian, our number of young adults is really not enough. Besides, there are not many people here. I'm afraid we don't need that many. Land it!"

　　 There is nothing wrong with what Rio said. Now the land in the village is actually enough. He can't understand why Justinian wants to open up wasteland.

　　 However, Justinian shook his head and said: "Not enough, far from enough. Now a large number of refugees have fled here from Macedonia and Thrace. Then these lands will be used."

　　 "What do you want?!" Looking at Justinian in surprise, Leo seemed to realize what Justinian meant.

　　Yes, all he has to do is to take in refugees. The current situation in Ilovan Castle cannot attract anyone, and if the population is not large, then the prosperity here will never be talked about. As long as there is enough land and a stable environment, then a large number of refugees will be attracted, so that he will have enough strength to continue to develop.

　　 But the most important thing at the moment is to completely eliminate the pirates threatening Ilovan Castle. After all, war and chaos are more terrifying than poverty! The pirates who had been arrested before had been frightened after a lot of torture. They immediately said all they knew, and Justinian also learned of the other pirates' strongholds.

　　 But these actions needn't be too anxious for the time being. At present, Justinian is planning how to recruit refugees to farm. If these refugees can feel relieved, the recovery and development of Ilovan Fort can be accelerated a lot.

What Justinian wants to do now is to start to restore the military district system within his jurisdiction. The Byzantine military district system, also known as the Sem system, can be said to be the foundation of the Byzantine Empire. The military district obtains the corresponding land and establishes military garrisons. The system incorporates free peasants into the army, allocates their hereditary lands, and makes them a "soldier and peasant united" farmer who pays land tax and head tax to the state, but does not accept public labor; and grants a large amount of land to military generals The grant is based on land income as its basic salary.

The "military district system" is a system that is compatible with the military and the government, and the military and agriculture are integrated. It basically solves the difficulties of soldiers and military expenditures ~ www.ltnovel.com~ It also controls the disorganization of the population flow and eases the sharpness. Social contradictions. However, this reform led to the rise of military aristocracy. They merged with the remnant old aristocracy, occupied a large amount of land, strengthened the control of peasants, and later formed local separatist forces with the decline and fall of the Byzantine Empire. But it has to be admitted that Byzantium has only one way to go under the eyes of such a strong enemy of the geographical environment, but it also means that the road to revival set off by Justinian will inevitably cause a **** storm.

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After some inspections, Justinian basically understood the situation of several villages in his territory. They operated fisheries and agriculture. Now that they have resumed development, everything is going well. Justinian was completely relieved and brought Leo and his entourage. Back in his castle. At the end of the day, he went to visit Abdra because he was protecting him.

　　 But as soon as he entered the castle, Justinian felt a heavy atmosphere. When he reached the door of Abdera's house, he saw a group of soldiers surrounded there, which immediately made Justinian feel bad.

　　 "What happened?"

　　 Justinian asked, looking at the soldiers' expressions a little strangely.

　　 At this time, Vasily walked out of the crowd with an ugly face, and said after a long while: "My lord, Captain Abdera's injury seems to be a bit bad!"

Subconsciously startled, Justinian walked into the room without saying a word, and saw the doctor sweating profusely taking care of the unconscious middle-aged man, and saw that Abdera was having a high fever at this time. His injured shoulder was also hot and red, obviously in a bad condition.

　　 "What is going on?"

　　 Justinian strode forward, looked at the doctor and asked.

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