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Originally belonged to Saman Lord's residence.
Richard the Lionheart received the wine delivered by the Saracen maid and drank it down: "I thought the most delicious wine in the world was in Gaul, Fuller, do you know where this wine is produced?"
"I don't know, ever since you initiated the Crusades, I've rarely drunk wine."
Fuller was candid; he was a Norman vassal with over seventy estates in Maine and Alençon, with an annual salary as Captain of the Guard amounting to around fifteen hundred pounds of silver.
This probably equates to thirty thousand Suludes gold coins, a considerable fortune.
But war is a gold-devouring beast; he must maintain his armed forces, repair castles, and a significant portion of the taxes received are in kind taxes, converting them to cash quickly is another huge expense.
Richard embarrassedly smiled, handed the cup to Fuller: "It's from Cyprus, produced from the estate of our Grand Marshal."
