Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

Just like other generals cared for their juniors, Orville also showed this kind of care to Trajan. He let him serve as a centurion in his personal guard, and let him not follow the main force of the personal guard. As an accompanying guard, he could always follow him and act directly according to his verbal orders.

Trajan did not resist this, but rather accepted Orville's appointment quite happily. In this way, his career was marked by the mark of Orville's faction. It can be said that he was already half of his own.

As for why it was not a whole, Orville could not fully trust such a young man who had just arrived. Although Trajan was famous for his outstanding ability and noble character in various written records and historical records, the records in the books were not necessarily accurate. It still depended on the other party's real situation.

Out of a strong curiosity about historical figures, Orville found an opportunity to have physical contact with the other party early, and thus learned the other party's ability data.

[Marco Ulpius Trajan, a young leader]

Diplomacy: 21

Military: 22

Management: 18

Strategy: 15

Knowledge: 19

A total of 92 attributes, considering his young age, there is still a lot of room for growth, this attribute is already very high. Now the mature Belisarius's total attribute is only 87 points, which is already a rare talent in Orwell's hands.

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After a long journey, Orwell originally gave the other party three days to rest and adapt, but on the second day, Trajan, who had changed into a military uniform, came to Orwell.

"I believe I am ready to serve you, I wonder what you need me to do now?"

Orwell looked at him several times, making sure that he was in good spirits and could complete the task normally, and then slowly said: "Where did you study, can you read and write?"

In fact, this is nonsense. People with a knowledge of 19 are already at the level of intellectuals, and reading and writing are basic skills.

"I was born in the Spanish province. I have never been to Rome except for traveling. I received a complete education in Cordoba (the provincial capital). It may not be as good as the one in the capital, but I believe my teachers are still qualified. I can read and write Greek and Latin. In addition, I have some knowledge of mathematics, drama, painting and music, but I don't know them deeply. The results may make you laugh."

The fact that he dared to say this proves that he still has some confidence in himself. At least in his cognition, he knows a little about these things. It should be true. It doesn't seem like a lie. This should be another Roman superman who is well-rounded in moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic development and has received elite education in the classical era.

"In that case, I'll give you a task first. One of my staff members is Claudius Ptolemy, a great scholar from the Library of Alexandria. He is currently conducting land inspections in Britain. Your first task is to help him.

We are in great need of people who can read and write Latin and Greek and do arithmetic. You can go directly to him. If it's suitable, he will let you stay. If it's not suitable, I'll assign you other tasks.

Just be calm. He used to be a famous scholar in the Library of Alexandria. He is a little arrogant. Recently, he has been a little irritable because of the land inspections. He may not be very polite to you. I personally suggest that you regard him as a teacher. He is a little strict and will scold and preach more."

Orville's statement is a euphemism. Although Ptolemy is submissive and respectful in front of Orville, like a young man who has just entered the workplace, he actually has the kind of arrogance that a scholar should have, especially after he touches his professional field.

Ptolemy has been under a lot of pressure in the past six months. In addition, Orville has many temporary workers who are not professional enough. He needs to coordinate all these things, and Ptolemy's temper has become much worse than before, which makes many colleagues complain.

Faced with Orville's clear statement, Trajan remained unmoved, just nodded slightly and took the task: "I will do this well, you won't be disappointed."

After that, he was led by a servant to report to Ptolemy. Orville had previously specifically asked Ptolemy to pay more attention to Trajan, and would write him a short feedback report later, so that Orville could also know what Trajan's specific ability was.

So far, Orville is still quite satisfied with him, because his temperament and speech and behavior are not like a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old at all. On the contrary, he looks like a mature person in his twenties. Every move gives people a sense of security and reliability. No wonder the Romans in later generations have a high degree of favorability towards him.

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That night at the Governor's Mansion, Orville was having dinner with Tia.

It wasn't a banquet, just an ordinary family dinner. Even the ingredients on the table were relatively simple because of the scarcity of resources here.

Tia looked at the food on the table and asked curiously, "Did you make these?"

There was no bread she was familiar with on the table, but a pile of gray soft dough, steaming, which looked like some kind of staple food.

"I made some improvements, you can try it."

Although some Bronze Age steamers seem to have been unearthed on some small islands in the Mediterranean, steamed buns or similar things have never become popular in the Mediterranean world. People still mainly eat bread. Orville's understanding of physics and chemistry is similar to that of a junior high school student, but he can still research things like steamers and steamed buns. During his time in Britain, he had nothing to do and was idle, so he simply researched some small things.

This is the steamed bun he made. He didn't find a bamboo craftsman, and the soldiers or Germans around him didn't have this skill at all, but he could make a small steamer with pottery, which was barely usable. Orville occasionally steamed buns to change his taste, and now Tia caught up.

Tia looked at the dough suspiciously, but believed that Orville would definitely not cheat her, so she tried to eat a few bites.

She chewed and nodded slightly: "The taste is still normal, it feels a little fluffier, what's the difference between this and bread?"

"This food is steamed with water vapor, the principle is roughly like this"

Orville explained the general principle of steaming buns to the other party. The Romans didn't know about steamed buns but they also steamed fish and seafood, which is not difficult to understand.