Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

As expected, the letter began with a scolding of Ovid. It was the first time he saw Domitia write swear words in a letter. This was a rather inappropriate and vulgar behavior, which showed that Domitia was not mentally stable when she wrote the letter.

After that, Domitia quickly got to the point. She was going to travel to the eastern provinces for study, so she hoped that Orwell could entertain her. She had not yet decided whether to stay in Athens or Alexandria for a long time, depending on the situation.

Athens mainly has a deeper historical heritage and is more well-known in culture, but it has been declining recently. However, for people like Domitia, it is still like a holy land, while Alexandria is a typical emerging city with excellent comprehensive qualities (although it has a history of hundreds of years, it is actually not new). There is indeed a challenge between the two.

Orwell only said in the letter that he welcomed the other party to come and visit. In his heart, he had already thought about persuading the other party to go back or stay in Alexandria, because the situation in Greece seemed to be really not peaceful recently, and it was not good to go to a turbulent place for study. It was safer to stay within the control of his family.

This was a good thing in his opinion. After all, staying in the native land might not necessarily help one learn a lot. Domitia was actually quite smart and had already learned what she should learn. What she lacked now was experience. He took this opportunity to let her experience some things and make a choice to see whether she wanted to be a politician like her sister or to be a normal royal princess.

Orville didn't care, because he thought that Domitian in another world was still talented. By analogy, Domitia in this world would not be much worse in the end. This world depended on the other party's choice.

He did this with both hands. On the one hand, he found a teacher and a position for the other party in advance, and on the other hand, he began to look for a marriage partner for the other party. Now he occasionally mentioned this matter to Tia in letters.

He personally thought that Trajan might be a good choice, and of course others were not bad either.

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In the naval base of Alexandria, Pliny the Elder was looking around Ivar non-stop. His eyes were like a wolf seeing meat and a poacher seeing a protected animal, which made Ivar, a strong man, feel a little scared.

Only a few people knew about Ivar's affairs, and Pliny the Elder was one of them. Because he was the temporary commander of the navy, he should have the right to know. At the same time, he was also an excellent cultural person. Orville wanted Pliny the Elder to sort out Ivar's experiences and then secretly report them to the emperor.

Pliny the Elder himself was very willing to do this job. He and Ivar had a common feature - they had a strong curiosity about things, and he himself was killed by his curiosity.

He has been a naval commander for some time. When Mount Vesuvius erupts in the future, he will be stationed nearby.

On the one hand, it was his duty, and on the other hand, he was curious. He resolutely ordered the fleet to rush into the residential area under Mount Vesuvius to rescue civilians who were not evacuated in time, and also observe the scene of the volcanic eruption.

In the end, he rushed in, but after rushing in, he and many fleets were trapped in the villa area under the mountain because of the tsunami caused by the volcanic eruption. In the end, I don't know if my curiosity was satisfied. Anyway, people died of toxic and harmful gases, which can be regarded as dedication to career and love.

Even after his death, the memoirs written by his nephew Pliny the Younger are important documents for studying the ancient city of Pompeii. In this respect, Orville really admires him. He died for his own good.

Now, in order to satisfy his curiosity about the unknown world, Pliny the Elder is asking Ivar about India and the sea.

"Where is your northern hometown? What is in the northernmost part of Britain? How long have you sailed since you set out from the Red Sea? What is there in India and what is it like?!"

Pliny the Elder kept asking questions like a string of cannonballs, because in ancient times, people who traveled thousands of miles were indeed rare, and Pliny the Elder was not a scholar in the study. He was restless and traveled around the world all his life. To be honest, there was some common language between the two, but in the face of this high-density language bombardment, Ivar, who did not know Latin very well, immediately became a little confused and at a loss.

In the end, he asked a translator to solve the problem. Pliny the Elder slowed down his speech and communicated with the other party bit by bit. He also got the information he wanted. It was finally a good conversation with a full load.

Just after Pliny the Elder left, Ivar sighed unconsciously. He was really not good at dealing with this kind of people.

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As time passed, the trauma caused by the hasty civil war in Egypt was gradually healing.

By buying and building ships, the number of ships gradually returned to the level before the fire. Although it would take time to fully recover, it would basically not affect the operation of the city and the country. At the same time, the city of Alexandria, which was burned down by the fire, was also gradually rebuilt. It took almost half a year to restore this place to its original state, but the process of urban recovery could be seen with the naked eye.

Orville and Cleopatra took this opportunity to simply replan and design a half of the burned-down city of Alexandria. After all, the original city was indeed a bit bloated and old, which once again increased the amount of engineering, which was exactly what they wanted. Now they rely on engineering construction to eliminate the unemployed population. After Cleopatra completed the planning of Alexandria, she began to plan to build a new large-scale canal network around the Nile Delta.

The economic value of the canal is self-evident. In addition, in Egypt, the canal also has irrigation, water storage and other functions. Egypt's agriculture depends on the Nile River and is also restricted by the Nile River. The flooding of the Nile River makes the agriculture here only harvest once a season, and sometimes it is very unstable. The use of water through the canal can solve this problem to a certain extent.

At least in this era, it is impossible to over-build infrastructure. Cleopatra is determined to reorganize Egypt's transportation network and economic network. Of course, this will encounter many obstacles, but necessary things must always be done.

In addition, Orwell once discussed with Cleopatra about the "religious reform", that is, to build a set of ruling logic from Isis to Aphrodite, and then from the pharaoh to the Roman emperor. This matter is also being slowly implemented. The first step is to deprive the traditional temples of their monopoly and ruling status.

Egypt is obviously a river farming civilization, while Greece is undoubtedly a maritime civilization or a city-state civilization. The two influence each other, and the difference in internal logic is indeed not small, which makes it difficult for the two to achieve integration to a certain extent. Religious performance is one of them.