Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

In the Governor's Palace, Orville called Cu Chulainn and decided to have a frank talk with him.

He sat on the chair and looked at the tall and strong Cu Chulainn: "I remember that Confucius once told me that I can command you, so according to this logic, I can let you go to your hometown to deal with it. Something...necessary.

But I will respect your idea. We will organize a high-intensity raid in the southern lowland area recently. If successful, the effect will be no less than cutting off an arm. Of course you can join it, and I will arrange for you to fight for it. The position of glory.

If you feel like you can maximize your talents here, that's fine too. I will let you return to your hometown and provide you with sufficient supplies so that you can organize resistance here and hold off the Vikings before we solve the problem at hand. "

Cu Chulainn looked directly at Orville: "Besides me, is there anyone qualified for the position of leader of Ulster?"

"Your uncle has a son-in-law named Finn who has a group of warriors under his command. Do you remember him?"

Orville is talking about the Finn in the Celtic legend, the leader of the Fiona Knights, and he can be regarded as a hero. According to the original legend, he was originally going to marry Granny, the daughter of the High King of Ireland, Commack, as his second wife, but Granny disliked this old man who was about the same age as her father. As a result, she ran away from the wedding on the night of her wedding and eloped with the knight Diarmuid who was her bodyguard. A lot of bad things and legends were involved later, but in the end the High King and Finn broke up on bad terms.

At this time, Fenn was a little younger when he married Xu Xian, and he married Confucius' daughter. The two parties were considered to have a qualified political marriage, and they also gave birth to children. In terms of kinship, Cu Chulainn should call Finn his cousin-in-law. It sounds like Finn is quite young. In fact, he is almost fifty years old now, which is the mature age for a political leader. Than Cu Chulainn He must be about twenty years old.

Cu Chulainn still knows all about his relatives: "He is a very stable and wise man. As a leader, there is no doubt that he is more qualified than me. I only have experience in leading soldiers but no experience in ruling a country. So Als It’s not a bad idea to leave it to him for a while, provided that the matter in the lowlands is really as important as you said, and you can let me put aside the critical situation in my hometown to deal with this matter first.”

"You have the right to make the final decision. I will not interfere more. I will only provide you with the necessary help."

Cu Chulainn seemed to really frown and ponder for a while, and finally smiled helplessly: "I'm afraid I was doing a disservice in the past. The hero's share is always certain. You have a saying that I have always agreed with, and there are more The vast stage is waiting for me to prove myself, so needless to say, I choose to go to the lowlands, thank you for giving me the right to choose.”

Celtic legends pay great attention to the so-called "hero's share". For example, when distributing prey trophies, the strongest warrior should get the fattest piece, while the second-tier warrior should get the next-tier piece. , if you are dissatisfied with this distribution and share, you have to prove yourself. The most direct way is to fight with the warrior who has a larger share, both to determine the superiority and to decide life and death.

In other words, if Cu Chulainn returns to Ulster, he knows that he will definitely have conflicts with Finn. Fighting at such a critical moment is definitely not a good choice.

Now that the result is known, it would be better not to go, and it would save him and Finn from having to look at each other. One plus one may not be greater than two in many cases. Each has its own tasks and missions, which is good.

A smile appeared on Orville's face: "I will prepare a ship and supplies for you, and wait for my news later."

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One day later, Orville was working at his desk.

After handling a lot of trivial government affairs, he stretched out a lot and asked Jeanne, who was standing opposite him: "You must be asking for something from me. What is it specifically?"

Jeanne replied expressionlessly: "It's mainly a matter in Gaul. The governor of the province of Bilicica recruited a large number of civilians to build warships. Many people were captured and forced to repair the ships..."

Jeanne now probably has a role similar to that of a tribune, occasionally serving as a diplomat. Although the existence of such a person is a bit troublesome, Orville is not too bothered. Communication channels from below to the upper levels still need to exist. Otherwise, Orville will be like a blind man who cannot see the situation of the people below, nor can he. Knowing what their demands are can lead to big problems over time.

For example, the reason why the Parphy War turned into an uprising was largely due to the lack of communication channels, and the governors expropriating and expropriating people. Although Herod had the conditions to write a direct letter to the emperor to complain, he did not expect that Nero was having fun in Greece at the time... Therefore, the civilians had no choice but to rise up in armed struggle. Orville did not want similar things to happen on his own territory.

The jurisdiction of the province of Blicica probably includes most of the land in present-day Belgium, in addition to a large part of France. Like the governor of the German province, he received the order to cooperate with Orville in the war. The original governor Although it has a fleet to deal with pirates, it is not large enough and can only protect itself to a certain extent.

Since he received this order "suddenly" and the current fleet is not enough to meet the demand, Governor Bilichka's choice is clear: expand the army, build and buy ships.

Shipbuilding takes time and a lot of manpower. Those delicate shipbuilding work certainly needs craftsmen to do, but cutting trees, transportation, and handling still require a lot of basic labor.

Orville still has some modern thinking logic. In his opinion, it is natural to pay wages for work, no matter how much, and within the limit, people will not work too hard, and they will ensure the working environment. But his colleague, according to Jeanna's description, completely used the Gaul civilians as slaves.

Orville was also troubled by Jeanna's suggestion: "I support you emotionally, but there is a problem you need to understand - he and I are governors of the same level, and I can't control him. If I want to control this matter, I will report it to the emperor for complaint, and my father will probably think I have a cramp in my head."

Vespa is relatively easy-going, but the interests of the country and the interests of the Romans will always be greater than the interests and life and death of others. He will control Governor Bilicica's embezzlement of national funds and conspiracy to rebel, but he will not only not control it, but will support it if he just mobilizes local people to repair ships.