Dulles said: "Sir, it's about 12 days' voyage from Palermo to Jerusalem."

"What about starting from Syracuse?"

"That's a day, at least 11 days of voyage."

"11 days." Roger hugged his head with both hands.

Dulles said: "This is a straight line voyage. In fact, given the frequent occurrence of warships and pirates in the Eastern Mediterranean Arabs, it is best to sail along the North Shore for safety.

"But we can't get too far north. In the Sea of ​​Love, we must avoid the warships of Eastern Rome. There are also the Venetians who control Crete, and they also need to avoid it, so..."

"So Dulles, you don't have to arrange a bed for me on the boat, just put a coffin. I asked, can I go to Jerusalem before I get stinky?"

Dulles counted with his finger: "This, probably, maybe..."

Muttier interjected: "Dig out the internal organs and fill them with antiseptic spices, which can be stored for a longer time."

Roger curled his lips and ignored Mutelyi. He was not angry. He would have been so angry that he would have been so angry in the past few years that he would not be able to survive now.

He covered his face and thought, the navy is still too weak. It is impossible to be in an island country without controlling the ocean.

He thought, the key was that he was seasick. Why did he feel so faint as a seasick as an islander?

Roger put down his hand, and he thought, if he didn't think about sea routes, he could only go by land.

He knew there were two roads:

A southern line, heading to North Africa, is all Arab countries.

I have the experience of pretending to be an Arab and I am very confident in speaking. It is not difficult to get through with the small army.

But the large army had to fight.

Not to mention whether you can win by fighting or not, this fight will be cut off, and the loss will be huge.

Another northern line first passes through southern Italy, where it is full of its own people, no problem;

Then cross the Adriatic Sea, which is not wide and can withstand it yourself, which is a small problem;

Then, after passing Eastern Rome, Emperor Alexus Komuning had a bad relationship with the Normans.

His uncle Robert and cousin Boschmond have beaten him, and he probably will stumbling to himself.

But the problem is not big, and at worst, you can beat him too.

If you take life and death indifferently, do it if you don’t accept it. Can other Normans beat you, but you can’t beat you yourself?

Then cross the Bosphorus and continue to go east.

On the Asia Minor Peninsula, there are three main forces, namely the Eastern Rome, the Sultanate of Romseljuk, and the Principality of Chiriqi Armenia.

Armenia is said to have a good relationship with the Eastern Expeditioners. In order to marry Adelaide, Baldwin abandoned his wife was the Armenian princess.

When Roger thought of this, he couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead.

He thought, I can't blame my mother for this, if I want to blame him, I will blame Baldwin, a scumbag.

Roger continued to think that according to those who returned from the Eastern Expedition, the Rom Sultanate had a long time ago fallen out with other Iranian countries.

He thought that this was easy to deal with. He didn't beat the Arabs because he was not afraid of them, but just didn't want to cut off his own way of wealth.

Since this is a person who is self-destructive from the Arab world, if he dares to stop him, he will dare to beat him up.

Roger thought that going south next, it was the Eastern country established by the Eastern Expeditioners.

First, the Principality of Antioch, I am familiar with this.

After Doncred died five years ago, it seemed to be his nephew, Rugero of Salerno was in the regent.

Since it's a relative, it's easy to talk to. The Ultraville family has always been united and beat him up to let him know who has the final say in the family.

Then to the south was the Kingdom of Tripolib. The Count was a man named Pons. If he didn't know him, he would beat him up if he didn't give him any face.

Further south is the destination, the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Roger figured it out that the large troops on the northern line could pass, and even if they fought along the way, they would not hurt their roots.

Roger was calm and could only fight at worst. Whoever was afraid of whom was afraid of it.

Roger, who had decided on a general strategy, remembered what an oriental great man said in his mind:

We should despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically.

So he asked very seriously:

"I'm going to walk along the north of the Mediterranean Sea. Everyone will help me with details. What should I pay attention to?"

Muttier's first answer:

"Sir, your Latin, Greek and Eastern Romans have some accent differences, but communication should be fine.

"But when we arrive in Asia Minor, the problem is big.

"Although the Roman Sultanate believes in the Iranian religion, they are not Arabs, they are Turkic people, and most of them only know Turkic language. You don't understand this adult.

“Similarly, you don’t understand Armenian.

"In the Christian country in the East, the common language of the upper aristocrats is French. You understand this adult.

“The lower class, native inhabitants speak Latin, Hebrew, Arabic.

"There are also a lot of pilgrims, and those who remained there in the Eastern Expedition, all of which are there.

"There are even Danes from the north, allegedly Baldwin received the Danish king who went to Jerusalem to pilgrimage to Jerusalem..."

"Muthiyi, I understand what you mean, but this is not a problem for me."

"Sir, language barriers are a big problem."

"But it's not a problem for me, because I already have a solution. That's to bring you."

Roger is very glad that he has such a language genius under his command, and Muttier can stand a translation group alone.

Elvira asked another question: "Roger, what name do you go?"

“Is this important?”

“Yes, God said, you cannot despise your neighbor.”

"There is this sentence from Proverbs."

"Oh, Roger, you're simply a priest without a sacrificial robe.

"I won't talk about this with you. I just want to tell you that if you lead the army to pass by the territory of other lords, without a suitable name, it is equivalent to declaring war."

"Elvira, since God asked you to use the Bible to warn me, then I will respond with a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. What do you think?"

“Good reason.”

Dulles also asked questions:

"Sir, neither the Strait of Messina nor the Adriatic Sea is a problem, my fleet can travel around southern Italy.

“We can even requisition merchant ships, fishing boats, transport soldiers and supplies.

"But the Bosphorus, and the Marmara Sea that connects the Strait and the Aegean Sea, are closely controlled by the Eastern Roman fleet, and our ships cannot enter."

Roger had no good idea, he said:

"Let's take a look at it step by step, and when you see, can you rent some boats and ferry them around Constantinople."

Danny made a suggestion: "Sir, a qualified guide is essential for long distances. I suggest you find some veterans who have participated in the Eastern Expedition as guides.

"But those who had participated in the Eastern Expedition in Sicily followed Sir Rollo to protect Mrs. Adelaide to the Holy Land. Why should they be called back?"

Roger thought this suggestion was pertinent, but he had a better idea than calling the Sicilians back.

"Dules, you arrange the ships and transport the large troops, I will take the guards to ride all the way, and we will meet in Taranto."

Dulles wondered: "Why don't you meet in Brindisi or Bari? You usually pass through these two ports across the Adriatic Sea."

Roger said confidently: "Because I think I should pay my condolences, my cousin called six years ago, Boschmond.

"My cousin attacked Eastern Rome, fought against Asia Minor, and captured Antioch.
Chapter completed!