Chapter 37 Refugees
Another group of refugees came to Ilovanburg, with nearly a thousand people in total. It can be said that the entire Epirus has almost reached the point of saturation, so these refugees from Constantinople had to leave from Rusnina.
Go south and continue to look for a place that can take them in.
But Agrinion no longer accepts refugees, so now these people can only hope that Justinian's Ilovan Castle can provide them with a place of refuge.
But the situation in Ilovan Castle is not very good now, because they have already taken in many, many people before.
"Lord Justinian, there are too many of them. Even if we add the village, I'm afraid it won't be enough!" Several managers in the castle knew after just a brief glance that these refugees are now probably larger than the residents of Ilovan Castle.
There are even more people. Even if there is a place for them to stay temporarily, there is no way to feed and drink so many people.
But Justinian shook his head and said: "It would be a big problem if so many people just let go. They escaped after all the hardships. If we don't care about them anymore, what's the difference between us and those Latins?"
What?" This is the time of crisis. If we really let go, these refugees will probably starve to death in the wilderness and become food for wild beasts. Even if Justinian did not know these people, it would be difficult for him to do so.
Do it from the sidelines.
"But this food..."
However, several principals looked embarrassed. It can be said that they are responsible for all the daily expenses of the castle. With Justinian's funding before, they could still support it. With so many people suddenly added, other things are fine, including food.
The inventory is really not enough at all. One more person, one more mouth, one more person will starve. They have to consider this risk.
But at this moment, Justinian's categorical words made everyone horrified. The young man in front of them glanced at them with cold eyes and said:
"You don't have to worry about food rations, resettle the refugees immediately!"
Seeing that Justinian had given the order, several people looked at each other, but they could no longer object, so they had to let the soldiers open the city gate. The refugees who were already hungry outside would have been like a tide if it weren't for the soldiers maintaining order.
Generally, they poured in. But even so, the small Ilovan Castle was suddenly filled with people, and under Justinian's order, every refugee was able to distribute food.
The refugees were grateful to Justinian for taking them in, but Justinian also knew that this was not the solution. Money could not buy the food that was now in short supply, and the cultivated land might not be enough to accommodate these people.
But now he could no longer control so much. Justinian looked at the refugees gobbling up food and asked loudly: "Which of you escaped from Constantinople? I have something to ask you." Regardless.
Justinian needs to know whether the resistance army led by Vasily is safe or not, or the situation of the Latins. However, due to the war between the Latins and the Bulgarians, the news there has been completely cut off, and he can only place his hope.
refugee.
"I!"
"And me!"
"Me too!"
As soon as Justinian finished speaking, refugees of both men and women stood up. The number was not large, only a dozen or so. Each of them was barely clothed and looked completely poorer than the others.
Desolate, but the residents of Constantinople should not have fallen to this level!
Everyone looked at their young city lord, wondering what he was doing with these refugees from Constantinople.
"Come with me, I have something to ask you." Justinian nodded and called the refugees to come closer.
The refugees were also scared and didn't know what was going on. Although the young man in front of them was not old at all, he was the leader here after all, and everyone was afraid of saying the wrong thing.
"You don't have to be afraid. I just want to know what the situation was like in Constantinople when you left. Why are you the only one?" According to Justinian's original estimate, most of them left Constantinople.
The refugees from Dimburg fled to Anatolia, and they were not qualified for this. Coupled with the embarrassment of these people, he had a rough guess about what might happen there, but he still wanted to be sure.
I saw a few refugees with expressions of grief and anger on their faces as they replied: "We...we managed to escape with great difficulty. Because of the resistance, those Latins actually burned down most of the civilian area and killed them everywhere."
Looting, we couldn't get on the smuggler's boat. We originally wanted to go to the east, but we were intercepted by the Latins at sea. They drove the ship to ram the ship full of refugees. Only the few of us managed to escape and had to hide here.
." At this point, the refugees also choked with sobs as they recalled the heartbreaking scene of their narrow escape.
From their next words, Justinian learned that the Latins defeated the Bulgars under the leadership of the newly crowned Emperor Henry, and in order to give Marquis Boniface an explanation and the existence of the previous resistance army, the Latins
The people actually carried out a new round of looting of civilian areas frantically. A large number of resistance members were killed and countless people were displaced. In order to stabilize his rule, Henry's iron-fisted methods really surprised Justinian.
It was obvious that Vasily was in danger at this time. Justinian knew that that man would never sit idly by and ignore the atrocities of the Latins, otherwise he would not be able to stay there. Thinking of this, Justinian
Dinny also felt as if his heart was weighed down by a huge boulder and he couldn't breathe. These original Crusaders had completely abandoned their faith just for greed and actually did such cruel things. Thinking of this, Justinian subconsciously felt
He clenched his fists slightly.
Unknowingly, Justinian found that he had completely integrated into his current body, and even his thinking inertia was like a real Roman and they became angry with the same enemy.
At this moment, the castle bell rang again and attracted everyone's attention, but this was not an alarm for an enemy attack.
"Yes, Genoese, their fleet is coming!" The soldiers on the tower pointed towards the coast, and saw a dozen huge sailing ships heading towards the dock of Ilovan Castle.
Justinian suddenly became excited and clenched his fists, saying: "Finally, they are here."
Chapter completed!