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However, the Macedonian Kingdom is a reorganized Janissary Corps after all, and its combat effectiveness is very strong, so we need a violent debt collector to recover the money for the empire in the future, and that person is you, the warlord."

The Eastern Roman official who came to report the news spoke eloquently.

"Will this lower the empire's credibility in the eyes of others? It's a bit unethical after all."

Aenarion frowned, feeling that this was inappropriate.

"How could that be? As a former military province, the Kingdom of Macedonia has no economy to support itself. Everyone knows this. Leman Russ dares to set any interest rate. Do you think she has the slightest intention of paying back the money she borrowed from you?"

The official in charge of finance shrugged his shoulders and said that it was just an ordinary case of robbery, Roman loan sharks vs. Werewolves, who will win in the end depends on their own means. Besides, maybe we can use this incident as an excuse to send troops and recapture Macedonia! Macedonia has been an inseparable part of the Roman Empire since ancient times.

Aenarion nodded in agreement, and after spending two days finishing the cleanup work in Crimea, he returned to Constantinople. Leman Russ's eyes sparkled, and he put his arm around Aenarion's shoulders, talking about how they had fought side by side to destroy the Ottoman Empire's legions, and their friendship on the battlefield. Then he changed the subject and offered to lend him some money through Huabei, and he could decide the interest rate.

Aenarion, who was in charge of Roman military affairs, and Caledo, who was in charge of Roman finances, looked at each other. Caledo used a telepathic magic to communicate with him secretly, and together they played the role of the Macedonian king. Finally, he lent her a loan of 25 million dinars of silver coins, which should be repaid within one year, but an additional interest of % was required, that is, he borrowed million silver coins and repaid million silver coins.

Leman Russ tried to use his only supplies: war horses and wolves as collateral, Aenarion laughed and said that Thessaly was a bigger horse farm than Macedonia, not to mention that Crimea was the largest trade center in Eastern Europe, and nomads from all over Eastern Europe came to his port to sell supplies, so he didn't lack these things at all.

There was no other way, so Leman Russ gritted his teeth and borrowed the money using the castle of Stukosa on the border between Macedonia and Thrace, the castle of Feranje on the border between Macedonia and Serbia, these two castles and their subordinate farmlands and villages as collateral. He used 600,000 silver coins to pay the overdue wages and used 1.2 million silver coins to start reforming the kingdom and trying to revive it. Macedonia's only specialties were war horses and war wolves, so if he wanted to improve the economy, he could only rely on these two.

The Albanian dwarves cannot ride horses because of their short legs. The Romans have no shortage of horses, and Serbia has Pannonian pastures as well. However, the grassland part of the Bulgarian Kingdom was assigned to the Ogre Kingdom. Gilman's Thracian Kingdom was an agricultural province and also lacked horses. She tried to sell her mounts to Bulgaria and Thrace at high prices.

But the Romans had long been prepared for this. Caledo lent money to Macedonia and immediately opened up the horse sales business, selling a large number of horses to Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Thrace. Not to mention the Thessaly Horse Farm, there were many more horses sold by the Tatars and various nomads in Crimea. With the advantage of large quantity, the market price was directly reduced to a price that Leman Russ could not accept at all! She suddenly realized that the market was disrupted by the Romans.

You can't make any money from selling horses!

As for selling wolves? Others were not very interested in this new mount created by the Sixth Legion. Although their wolves were more aggressive and powerful than horses, their endurance was much worse than that of horses. The various giant wolves that could carry people were like other carnivorous animals. They were short-range bursts and running demons. They could not run long distances. Moreover, they had to eat meat and the maintenance cost was too high.

Leman Russ's face changed drastically. He suddenly realized that there was something wrong with the agreement he signed. If he continued like this, he would be in dire poverty again in two months, not to mention paying back the money within a year. He would not be able to continue to support his 5,000-man elite Janissary Corps, which had a monthly salary of 600,000 silver coins! Macedonia's tax revenue was only 300,000 silver coins a month! It was not enough for military expenses!

Moreover, two very important border castles, Stukosa and Feranje, had to be mortgaged to the Romans!

Caledo was very satisfied with this result. When Rome was weak, it was cheated countless times by the Venetians and Genoese using this trick. Now that it has grown in size, it can use this trick to cheat others.

Chapter 332: The Submissive She-Wolf

Leman Russ was extremely worried, unable to sleep or eat, and unable to sleep at night. He then realized that being a king was not that easy, with so many troubles. According to the Roman spy report, he now had no appetite for alcohol. By the standards of a Slav, he was very anxious.

Caledo and other financial officials wanted to use this loan to slowly take over some Macedonian fortresses, slowly nibble away at and annex the Macedonian Kingdom, but Aenarion had a bigger vision. He discussed with Caledo for a whole night and came up with a better idea. On that day, the Eastern Roman Empire's war marshal personally went to Macedonia, and Leman Russ forced a smile and held a banquet to welcome Aenarion.

"I heard that your financial situation is very bad. A month has passed, and the money we loaned you has not only failed to revitalize Macedonia's economy, but most of it has been paid to Iskandar Dire Wolf as military pay?"

Aenarion asked with concern.

"I'll find a way. It's only been a month, and I still have eleven months left."

Leman Russ forced a smile. The once generous she-wolf was now extremely haggard and even a little depressed due to the pressure of state affairs.

"How about this? The Eastern Roman Empire will no longer ask for this loan. In the future, we will pay for the military expenses of the 5,000 Janissaries of the Iskander Wolf Legion."

"Really?"

Leman Russ's eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at Aenarion in disbelief.

"But you have to agree to some conditions."

As Aenarion spoke the terms, he watched Leman Russ's reaction.

"First of all, the diplomatic strategy of the Kingdom of Macedonia must be consistent with that of the Eastern Roman Empire. Rome's enemies are your enemies, and Rome's friends are your friends. After all, your kingdom's army is supported by the Romans."

Leman Russ nodded, thinking it was fair.

"Secondly, if a war breaks out in the Eastern Roman Empire, you and your Sixth Legion, the Iskandar Dire Wolves, must come to support and obey the unified deployment of the Roman warlord. After all, your kingdom's army is supported by the Romans."

Leman Russ thought about it and finally nodded, thinking that this was reasonable.

"Then, you see, your taxes don't even cover the cost of supporting your army, but we spend 600,000 silver coins every month to support your army. Should the Macedonian Kingdom pay a symbolic amount of taxes? Not much. The Eastern Roman Empire's tax rate is generally 20%, so 20% will do."

Hearing that he had to pay money, Leman Russ was a little confused. He had to pay 20% of the tax for 300,000, which meant 60,000. But the Romans would help pay for the military expenses... If he thought about it carefully, he went from being in debt of 300,000 every month to making a net profit of 240,000. Doesn't that seem pretty good?

"its not right!!!"

Leman Russ just nodded, but suddenly reacted, slapped his thigh, and stood up in an instant.

"I, the King of Macedonia, have no autonomy in diplomacy, my army obeys the Romans' orders, and I have to pay taxes every month. Doesn't that mean that the Kingdom of Macedonia has become a vassal state of the Eastern Roman Empire? If the Ottoman Empire comes, I have to listen to the Roman Sultan. If the Ottoman Empire leaves, I have to listen to the Roman Emperor. Didn't I drive the Ottoman Empire away in vain? "

"Hmm...what you said makes sense."

Aenarion knew that he had reached the she-wolf's bottom line and had to be careful with the next terms.

"But we don't restrict your other rights. You are still the King of Macedonia, and you can do whatever you want in Macedonia. Besides, with your economic situation, you can't afford to support the Janissary Corps. The best outcome is that the entire army will be disbanded, and the five thousand Janissaries will be incorporated into other nearby kingdoms. The worst outcome is that the army will mutiny and overthrow your rule. I am saving you."

Aenarion said innocently.

"Besides, the Romans are supporting your army, do you still want them to fight the Romans? Isn't it normal for the army to obey the orders of the Roman warlord without any autonomy in diplomacy? Do you want us to spend 600,000 silver coins every month to support an army that is ready to wield the butcher's knife against the Romans???"

Leman Russ was speechless for a moment, what he said seemed to make sense.

"Besides, the 60,000 tax is just a superficial payment. After all, we have to pay you 600,000 silver coins in military pay every month. 600,000! The other regents, Roman officials, and the people will never agree to this. I am only one of the five regents.

However, you pretended to be a vassal state and submitted to the Roman Empire, so you can save face. No one will say anything about how you fight these 600,000. After all, it is normal for the suzerain state to pay money to the vassal state. "

"Okay, okay."

Leman Russ gritted his teeth and was finally convinced.

"Ah, one last thing. Are you still using the Ottoman Empire's tax farming system in Macedonia? That's too bad. If you ask them to collect 30% of the tax, they may suck 60% from the peasants and give you 30%. I am willing to provide a large number of Roman officials and teachers to help the Macedonian Kingdom train little by little and establish its own official system to replace the backward tax farming system. How do you think?"

Aenarion's words were very tactful. If this step was accomplished, Macedonia would completely become a vassal state of the Roman Empire.

Leman Russ thought about it and figured out the twists and turns.

"All right! Cunning Roman, I agree! But I also have two requests."

"please say."

Aenarion listened.

"First, I, Leman Russ, the King of Macedonia and Lord of the Sixth Legion, will obey orders but not decrees. You can ask me to fight anywhere, but I will never go to Constantinople to attend the court. Don't even think about asking me to go to the capital to see the emperor."

"Second, I am the only one who has the power to appoint all the thousand captains and centurions within the Sixth Legion. The Roman Empire's war commander cannot interfere."

"no problem."

Aenarion thought about these two things and readily agreed as they did not affect any interests of the Romans. So far, the Romans paid 1.8 million silver coins and 540,000 silver coins per month in military expenses to make the Kingdom of Macedonia, the economically weakest of the six kingdoms split from the Ottoman Empire, a vassal state of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Roman Empire actually controlled three legions.

As for the remaining five kingdoms, Aenarion was in a dilemma. Should he join the Ogre Kingdom in its southward raid on Bulgaria and Thrace, thus causing the war?

Or would he intervene in the issue of Serbia's succession by relying on the unborn child of his wife, Lady Mara?

Chapter 333: Ice and Fire

On December 1453, 12, the Eastern Roman Empire began to celebrate the annual Christmas. Everyone had fun together, and even Catholics and Orthodox Christians, two enemies who considered each other heretics, celebrated the festival together. Seven months after the siege of Constantinople ended, the Eastern Roman Empire completely recovered from the ruins and even had enough energy to hold a wedding for Aenarion Angelos and Indragnir Palaiologos in Hagia Sophia, using a sacred marriage to completely bind the empire's war marshal, the Angelos family, to the chariot of the Eastern Roman Empire.

However, there were many people whispering in the church. They could understand the royal family's marriage to the warmaster in order to consolidate their power, but they could not understand how many times Aenarion had been married. The cultists included Astariel of the Angelos family, the Muslims included Lion of the First Legion, Yrel of the Crimean Khanate, and the Orthodox included the Serbian princess and Osman's wife, the Queen Mother Mara.

The first three can be explained as pagans, Muslims practice polygamy, but you already have a Christian marriage, why do you marry a Christian? How do you explain this???

Aenarion calmly began to explain to everyone that they should take a long-term view. In the near future, the Empire had already occupied the Crimean Peninsula, and the Tatars there were all Muslims.

Going back in time, the core territories of the empire in the past: Greece and Asia Minor have been Turkified and Islamized for hundreds of years. Many citizens of the empire only know Allah but not Jesus. Therefore, the empire must and can only make changes in the future, be religiously inclusive, and establish a universal empire based on history and cultural traditions. Otherwise, it will be impossible to defeat the still powerful Ottoman Empire and some small countries that split from it. So it is normal for my fiefdom to be the first to practice Christianity with Islamic characteristics.

The people who attended the wedding were a little speechless, but they couldn't say anything. The warmaster had already said that he made such changes in order to restore Rome. What do you want to stop him? Anyway, it was his own country that made such a fuss, and it didn't affect the entire empire.

With the blessings of everyone, Aenarion and Indrognir did not wear traditional wedding attire, but instead wore majestic armor and held their wedding in military uniforms to show the strength of the empire and its determination to fight. Surrounded by the crowd, the couple walked across the long red carpet and came under the dome of Hagia Sophia. The bright sunshine shone through the magnificent dome of Hagia Sophia, which was carved with gold, silver, jewelry, marble bricks, and colorful glass, and turned into a magnificent holy light, which was cast on the armor of the two and made it sparkle.

Some of the followers even climbed onto the dome and scattered a large number of rosy rose petals in the golden sunlight, presenting a purple and gold visual feast for everyone. Constantine's Komnenos wife also attended the ceremony holding her seven-month-old Eastern Roman emperor in her arms, and blessed the two of them on behalf of her child who had not even learned to speak.

After the wedding, Aenarion and Indrognir raised their glasses and flattered everyone's blessings. The lively wedding lasted from the rising of the sun to the setting of the night. The two returned to the mansion that the emperor had rewarded them with - it was basically empty, which was the time for them to return to Constantinople.

I decided to stay there for a while. Firstly, as the capital of the Roman Empire, Constantine had complicated political factions and struggles. The five regents were all thousand-year-old foxes. If it were now, they could have formed a hundred and twenty group chats.

The second reason is that he has no roots in Constantinople. All the people here are from the Trabzon Komnenos and Palaiologos. Now he has no familiarity with the Marshal of the Guards. That guy is ruthless and a pure royalist. The Supreme Inquisitor John Komnenos is not a good person either. Only the Minister of Finance Caledo has a better relationship with him. The Prime Minister of the Empire Thomas Palaiologos is the younger brother of Indrognir and is a relative of himself.

Come to think of it, I am now also considered a relative by marriage.

To be on the safe side, Aenarion's fiefdom's capital was still in Athens, where his wife and lover also lived. This was his base, with silver mines, seaports, and the Salamis Bay to protect the city. Even if the enemy came from the sea, his huge fleet could block them outside the bay. It was perfect as the capital, and the house in Constantinople was just a temporary stay.

The couple returned home excitedly, changed into ordinary clothes, walked into the bedroom ambiguously, and just as they lifted the quilt, they found Miaoying turned into a dragon, curled up like a hibernating snake, sleeping soundly in the warm bed. After noticing someone lifted the quilt, the little dragon opened one eye drowsily, and when he saw that the person coming was Aenarion, he stretched out a pair of little claws in a baby voice.

"hug……"

"Okay, be good, go play with your sister Sisina, mom and dad have things to do."

Aenarion gently picked up the little dragon and handed it to Sisina from Constantinople, and locked the two underage kids outside the door. Sisina was a monster whose level was linked to her age. Although her body had reached adulthood due to the pet contract, her mind was still that of a child and she needed to be pampered.

The two little brats were locked out of the room in disappointment and returned to their rooms, leaving Aenarion and Indragnir, who had already been aroused, alone.

"You've always said that you'd give everything for the Roman Empire, even marrying an old lich for a political marriage. Now, is marrying me for the Roman Empire considered a sacrifice?"

Aenarion said jokingly, causing Indragnir to laugh.

"Yes, of course. We have been separated from each other for several years on the Slaanesh ship. You have married several wives. Do you think it is a sacrifice for me to marry you?"

"Oh? Then you should make a good sacrifice tonight."

Aenarion laughed, and his rough hands gently stroked her snow-white shoulders, as if peeling a green flower bud, and pulled down the purple robe that was fixed on her shoulders. Pieces of soft cloth, like withered petals, drooped down weakly and hung on the gold and jade belt.

A pair of slender and delicate arms, and two snow-white and soft mountains, along with the peeled petals, appeared in front of Aenarion. The bright red on the peaks was so beautiful that it made people linger.

Aenarion caught the belt around her waist, and Drognir stood on tiptoe, spinning and dancing in place like a butterfly, and the golden belt gradually loosened and spread out from her graceful waist.

The purple robe, which had lost its shoulders and waist, flowed over her slender waist, plump hips, and long thighs like a waterfall, and fell powerlessly to the ground. Indrognir stood on tiptoe, exposing her fair and delicate body completely to Aenarion's eyes.

"Before I met you, my talent was very low and I had almost no fighting ability. I was trained by my family as a tool for marriage. The female officials taught me a lot, but it was not until I met you and signed the magic pet contract that my level climbed all the way up. I now have overwhelming power and can decide my own destiny."

Indrognir smiled faintly, and two attractive dimples appeared on her young face. She knelt under the bed, raising her purple eyes upwards, revealing a look of submission and worship.

"But I have never forgotten how my family educated me to be a qualified tool for marriage."

Indrognir put her hands behind her back, opened her mouth, and with her seductive red lips and snow-white teeth, she untied Aenarion's belt. A marble column that was gradually getting longer and thicker was freed from its restraint and hit her delicate face heavily.

Indrognir was a little nervous, her pupils trembled, she stretched out her delicate hands, tucked a strand of purple hair behind her ears, opened her cherry lips, and slowly put the marble column in.

Ten slender jade fingers gently caressed the two flesh balls, wrapping them with slender jade fingers, allowing Inarion to feel the softness and warmth of his own body.

Aenarion felt extremely comfortable being served, as Indrognir bit him with his pearly teeth, licked him with his tongue, sucked him with his delicate lips, and performed all kinds of oral techniques to perfection. He also used a little bit of the red dragon's fire power to rapidly increase the temperature of his mouth. A faint burning sensation was transmitted from every inch of the sensitive skin of the marble column to Aenarion's nerve center, making him feel even more stimulated.

The next second, Indrognir used the white dragon's cold power again, and the temperature in his mouth dropped rapidly. After returning to normal, it even dropped to around zero degrees. After experiencing the high temperature, Aenarion experienced the cold again. The two completely different temperatures kept switching. Her jade hands rubbed and the teasing movements began to speed up, making Aenarion feel between ice and fire.

Under the stimulation of the sky, it burst out like a flood!

A large amount of sticky white liquid filled Indrognir's delicate little mouth, overflowing like a cream puff. Drops of sticky liquid crossed her delicate skin and slowly fell down, dotted with white liquid on the proud breasts. Aenarion pulled out his marble column and drew obscene lines of water between her delicate red lips.

"Are you feeling well?"

Indrognir swallowed the white liquid in his mouth, then opened his mouth to show Aenarion his achievements.

Looking at the alluring enchantress in front of him, Aenarion also became interested. He grabbed her delicate body and threw her on the bed. Indrognir was like a soft puppet, gently allowing him to manipulate her.

Aenarion lifted her long, round thighs and placed them on his shoulders, holding up her plump buttocks with both hands. The marble pillar pushed open two petals that had already been soaked, rushed into the wrinkled flesh wall, broke the thin flesh membrane, and soon reached the end of the valley with a seductive moan.

Indrognir moaned seductively, her delicate body squirming on the bed with each impact, her two proud breasts creating erotic flesh-colored ripples in the air. She used the power of a true dragon to adjust and change the temperature of her body, sometimes extremely hot, sometimes extremely cold, alternately stimulating Aenarion's touch, and by the way, she twisted her slender waist and plump buttocks, grinding the spear that had penetrated her flesh, and from time to time she used the blue dragon's electric shock power to let the weak electric current spread throughout their bodies, further stimulating the blissful experience.

For a moment, the sound of flesh colliding, the obscene sound of water splashing, and the wanton cries of spring echoed back and forth in the narrow room.

The two children, Miaoying and Sisina, were attracted by the strange sounds and smells. They once again lay down by the door, curiously watching what their parents were doing.

Chapter 334: The Queen Mother Who Gave Birth to a Child

On January 1454, 1, Aenarion, who spent Christmas in Constantinople, was not idle. He frequently visited the homes of various ministers during holidays. His relationship with the Minister of Finance Caledo became closer, and he also exchanged a series of interests with the Marshal of the Guards who was in charge of the defense of the capital.

Aenarion copied a large number of Janissary teaching materials to train his imperial guards, and provided several excellent instructors, a large number of weapons and equipment seized from the Janissary Legion, and promoted the urine-based saltpeter field method to the entire empire, so as to produce gunpowder continuously. He then got two positions: Governor of the Golden Horn and Captain of the Golden Horn Garrison.

These two official positions were the lowest twelfth rank in the twelve-rank official system of the Eastern Roman Empire, but they were real positions, roughly equivalent to the district head of the area under the jurisdiction of the capital, and the director of the district public security bureau.

The area that Aenarion wanted was the Golden Horn, where ships travelled frequently.

For the position of district chief and police chief of this seaport district, Aenarion selected a armored cavalry centurion with distinguished military exploits and a high level of education from the Steel Wings of the Dark Angels of the First Legion to serve as the commander of the Golden Horn garrison. He also used his power to recruit some veterans of the Steel Wings of the Dark Angels to serve as the garrison commander of the Golden Horn.

Aenarion then appointed one of the civil servants who had de-petrified the silver mines of Lauerion as governor of the Golden Horn, and he placed his first forces in Constantinople.

On January 1454, 1, after finishing all his affairs, Aenarion returned to Athens with his whole family. After more than a year of pregnancy, Lady Mara's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and she was about to give birth. Considering that her father was an elf, this time was normal.

The queen mother, who had been pregnant for more than a year and had not experienced sex for nearly a year, was extremely hungry. Now that she was about to give birth and had avoided the dangerous period, she ignored the modesty of a queen mother or a princess, and with her bulging belly, she entangled with Aenarion.

Aenarion held her tenderly in his arms and carefully placed her on the bed. He stripped off her simple and comfortable maternity clothes, revealing her mature, beautiful white body and her tender belly that bulged like a balloon. He admired this amazing and sacred picture amidst Lady Mara's gasps.

Her skin was as smooth and delicate as before, revealing a healthy luster, her figure was as sexy and elegant as before, her white belly was round and full, like a gem bearing life. The impending birth made her face even more gorgeous and charming, her cheeks were slightly flushed, and there was a happy smile on the corners of her mouth. Her aristocratic temperament was less sharp and more kind, and her whole body exuded a soft and warm maternal glow, and her plump breasts were more magnificent than before, bulging with sweet milk.

Aenarion was afraid of hurting the baby in her belly, so he moved very gently and carefully. He didn't dare to play too vigorously, and he even allowed her to be on top for the first time. But even so, Lady Mara, who had abstained from sex for almost a year, had multiple orgasms during the game. Her breasts were bulging with milk, and her lower body had an orgasm at the same time, constantly spraying out milky white liquid, like three fountains, rendering her whole body a white turbid appearance. She looked extremely lewd and coquettish.

Two months later, Mrs. Mara finally gave birth successfully, laying an...egg.

The corners of Aenarion's eyes twitched, and the attendant was also very surprised, but the egg was soon torn apart from the inside, and a baby Tyrannosaurus Rex with purple-pink gradient feathers and golden scales stumbled out with its thin body, and then its body involuntarily turned into a half-elf baby boy. He looked

It looks like a combination of high elves and Yugoslavs, with the tallness of elves and the sturdiness of humans.

But the baby form only lasted for three seconds. Its little mouth could not bite the eggshell, so it had to turn into a Yutyrannosaurus again, constantly changing between two completely different forms, screaming and crying in confusion.