Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

Knowledge is indeed priceless in many cases. Except for those secret societies that may exist but do not know which ravine they are hiding in, Cleopatra is the only person Orville knows who possesses this knowledge.

Even if he doesn't use it, knowledge itself is a kind of resource reserve. In return, Orville feels that it doesn't matter if he gives something back.

As soon as Orville finished speaking, Cleopatra directly made her request: "Then let me tell you directly. I want to go to Greece recently. How about you go with me?"

The corner of his mouth twitched: "You are really straightforward. I thought you would think about it at least."

"I've thought about it for a long time, what's there to think about?" Cleopatra glanced at Orville, "I went to Greece for several purposes, one of which was to retrieve some of the belongings I had stored there. By the way, I sold some royal treasures in exchange for reconstruction funds in recent years. The second was to give a speech there to call on some immigrants to come to Egypt with me. The third was to negotiate some business with the merchants there, mainly to purchase ships, finished wood and wood. Sailor, please invite some men of letters to come to my place."

Orville followed the other person's train of thought and thought for a moment. He did need to go to Greece. The purpose was similar to Cleopatra's. He could basically do what she could do, but his goals were more over there. Roman upper class.

But he still had some concerns: "The appointment I accepted is the governor of Egypt, and I cannot leave the garrison at will."

"Thinking about it carefully, it seems that since I officially ascended the throne, I have not formally presented the loyalty oath to His Majesty the Emperor. Now that the situation in the country has probably stabilized, I think it is almost time.

We can sail from Alexandria, sail along the coastline from the east, and then go to Cyprus, Rhodes Island, Athens and other places. Afterwards, we may encounter some domestic emergencies. I will entrust a qualified envoy to go there in person on my behalf. Going to Rome, these practices are beyond reproach, what do you think? "

Accompanying the King of Egypt to Rome to meet the Emperor, there is no more high-sounding reason than this. As long as Orville takes good care of Egypt, there is really no problem.

As for the situation in Egypt, there was a lot of turmoil before, but the resistance basically died down after a few months. This is partly determined by the local social environment. The power of Greek immigrants is a bit like a sky attic. Orville is uniting the locals. Under the circumstances, it is difficult for them to cause a particularly big storm.

On the other hand, it is determined by the geographical environment of Egypt - what is Egyptian civilization? Some modern scholars believe that the scope of Egyptian civilization is about three thousand kilometers long from north to south and fifteen to thirty kilometers wide from east to west. In fact, it is the scope of the Nile River basin. This Faouville thinks it makes sense.

Because outside the Nile River Basin, except for a few places near the Nile Delta that have been filled with fertile fields due to water conservancy projects, the remaining places are either deserts or deserts. Only those with extremely strong wills can survive in these places, and development outside of survival There is no way to talk about it.

In places like Gaul or Britain, the rebels burrowed into the mountains and forests, and fought guerrilla warfare with the Romans. It was still a sight to see. But here we can't even fight guerrilla warfare. Non-combat attrition is much higher than combat attrition, even if the Parthians or If other ethnic groups want to give blood transfusions to these people, they don't know how to transport the supplies to these people.

Orville now controls the Nile River Basin. There are not many people who have a blood feud with the Romans and are willing to go to the barren land to resist. Orville is not asking for their lives, but just giving up a piece of cake.

A few months later, these resistance movements were similar to Orville's imagination. They gradually lost their vitality and vitality due to the lack of soil and blood transfusions.

Therefore, there is no problem whether Orville can leave Egypt temporarily. He has already prepared the entire framework and development plan, and he will follow the script, let alone a pragmatic talent like Trajan, even if he has not read many books. Rough Stilico can do a similar job.

"How long will this trip take? I do have some business issues to deal with in Greece, but the time cannot be too long, for fear of something unexpected happening."

Orville also wanted to see if he could fish out some guys from Egypt who wanted to fish in troubled waters. It would actually be useful to leave now. Besides, after half a year of busy work, he felt it was time to give himself a little vacation.

"It only takes thirteen days at most. I work very efficiently. As for when we can leave, my fleet is ready. If you want, you can leave now."

Cleopatra had probably made this series of plans a long time ago and was waiting for Orville to give her this opportunity. Orville didn't say much about this. He knew that the other party had more thoughts, which was within his acceptance range. Within, just don’t have any twisted thoughts.

"Then, give me a day to arrange government affairs. We can leave Hong Kong at dawn tomorrow."

"This applies to me too. I also have some things to deal with, so I'll see you tomorrow." Cleopatra was obviously in a good mood, and her legs were shaking slightly while sitting in her seat.

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Orville entrusted the government affairs to Trajan, and the military affairs to Stilicho. The relevant plans and precautions were listed in a detailed notebook. The two Orvilles were relieved, and they were only about ten years old. With God's skill, there won't be any big problems.

In terms of rank, Trajan's rank must be half a level higher than Stilicho's, but Trajan is almost ten years younger than Stilicho. It is hard for his colleagues not to have objections to him being able to reach the high position of acting governor at the age of around 20.

Some even say that Trajan got to such a high position by selling hooks to Orwell, otherwise it is impossible to explain how a young man who has no relatives or friends with Orwell can be promoted so quickly.

As the highest military commander, Stilicho did not care too much about this. He did his job dutifully and at most sighed to his colleagues that the younger generation pushed the older generation forward.

Orwell was also kind to him. It would be difficult for him, a barbarian hybrid with an unclear identity, to become a legion commander in a few years in other places. His promotion speed was already fast enough, and Orwell's kindness and cultivation were indispensable behind him. Even if he had some opinions about Trajan, he would never question Orwell's decision.

With loyalty as the foundation, the two acting Egyptian commanders should be able to do things smoothly.

After making sure everything was correct, Orville left Egypt with Cleopatra on time and prepared to head to Greece.