From April 15th to April 16th, except for the refugee issue, basically nothing major happened. Although a small number of citizens in the city rioted due to panic, they were all suppressed by Alexius with military force.

Those caught were sentenced to death for "treason", for which the "Dictator of Trebizond" was nicknamed "Iron Fist" by the citizens.

This most prosperous city in northeastern Asia Minor, with a population of more than 100,000, now resembles a fortress about to be invaded by a powerful enemy. The entire city is methodically implementing strong militarized management. Every citizen and foreign businessman

and pagans were strictly controlled.

In particular, Venetian businessmen or citizens were forcibly moved to an urban area closest to the military camp and accepted the strictest control. Their property, wives and children were all impounded. No matter how dissatisfied the Venetians were, they were also

Don't hold your breath in your stomach.

As time goes by, more and more refugees come to the seaport. There is enough evidence to prove to the uninformed or unbelieving citizens or foreigners the tragedy that happened in Constantinople. The informed citizens are angry.

They smashed the shops of local foreign merchants, deliberately set fire to their houses, and sent the most "cordial" greetings to these foreigners with stones and eggs to express the Roman people's anger towards them.

This foolish behavior soon reached the ears of Alexius, who ordered on the spot to give the most severe legal punishment to these troubled citizens, allocate government funds to compensate the losses of local foreign merchants, and send troops to protect them.

This extreme act of revenge not only distorted the will of the divine Lord, but also intensified the contradiction between Eastern and Western Christians. Alexius did not want the tragedy of 1182 to happen again.

(In 1182, the unprecedented xenophobic and bloody "Latin Massacre" broke out in Constantinople, killing all the Latin community of more than 60,000 people in the city, most of whom were Venetians doing business.

The Pisa and Genoese people. The cruelty of the massacre at that time was heinous - the local residents opened the bellies of pregnant women, took out the fetuses and trampled them. Cardinal John, the Holy See's envoy to Constantinople, was beheaded and his head was tied to a chain.

The dog's tail was dragged through the bloody streets. The 4,000 Latins who survived the massacre were sold to the Turks as slaves. It is said that the Venetian governor who planned the attack on Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade

It was in this incident that Dandolo was blinded by the citizens, which led him to hate the Eastern Roman Empire.)

When the Latins treat us like beasts, if we treat the Latins in the same way, what is the difference between us and the beasts?

By April 20, the number of refugees had surged to 5,000, and the entire harbor was overcrowded. Feces, vomit, blood and the smell of the ocean were mixed together, and an indescribable disgusting smell enveloped the area.

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Alexius was extremely busy. He used speeches to persuade the citizens to voluntarily vacate a bedroom or a living room to provide these refugees with a warm shelter as much as possible. On the outskirts of the city, he also had to spend money

Workers were hired to cut down nearby trees to build simple houses.

In addition to the asylum issue, he must also solve the living expenses of the refugees, such as their food supply, medical expenses, employment, etc. Therefore, this busy "Trebizond Dictator" must spend money from the citizens,

When foreign merchants and some nobles purchase grain, they must at least ensure that these people will not starve to death...

At the same time, Alexius also established a temporary free hospital and gathered all the doctors in Trebizond who volunteered to treat them.

Finally, their work issues (actually considered as a means to reduce the pressure on the military government) are also proceeding in an orderly manner. For example, the government will spend money to hire a doctor in Constantinople in this city.

Continue to seek medical treatment; those who were former soldiers served as city defenders in Trebizond; those who were former farmers continued to farm.

In short, whatever job you did before, you can continue to do it in this city.

And when the last batch was screened, those who didn't know how to do any job, such as beggars, hooligans, etc., were all dragged to do hard work.

Children were sent to monasteries for adoption, and elderly people were sent to almshouses.

There is no reason why Alexius spends so much time dealing with these refugees. In addition to sympathizing with them for the sake of his compatriots, there is also a security issue.

Think about it, if the life and death of these refugees are not taken care of, these desperate people will definitely take some extreme measures, such as smashing shops, robbing citizens, etc., and the order of the city will be seriously damaged. Although there is military control,

But if it is a foreigner, there may be reasons to "deal with it", but the problem is that these people are our compatriots. If he really dares to "deal with" these refugees all at once, he may want to be sent to the gallows! The angry citizens will

Will cooperate with the refugees to overthrow the "rule" of Alexius.

The anger I was holding back was all I could do was wait for the opportunity to take revenge on those heretics whose swords were stained with Roman blood.

Of course, Alexius was not without some surprises when dealing with the complicated refugee problem.

At the end of April, a middle-aged nobleman was kindly distributing food to the suffering refugees. At this time, Alexius was inspecting the people's hearts. When passing a corner, the two happened to bump into each other.
Chapter completed!