Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

As the night deepened, Domitia opened her notebook and began to write furiously on it.

She thought she came to Egypt with a mission, which was to monitor Orwell's situation, especially the situation of Orwell and Cleopatra.

Apparently, Tia was not in a good mood after returning to Rome, and it was not convenient for her to tell others about this kind of thing, so the only person who could listen to her complaints was Domitia, who probably understood the cause and effect.

In her opinion, this matter was 40% blamed on the Egyptian queen and 60% blamed on Orwell himself. First of all, Cleopatra's behavior was barely reasonable. After all, she had to rely on the Romans to maintain her rule. If the person who came was not Orwell, who was barely a confidant of her, but a middle-aged bald old man in his forties or fifties who could be her father, Domitia estimated that Cleopatra would also let herself fall in love with him. This was determined by the relationship of interest.

Not to mention that Orwell was only a few years older than her and had always had a good relationship with her. Whether from a personal emotional or political perspective, Orwell would be a good choice.

So, Domitia is different from her sister Tia. Tia put all the problems on Cleopatra, but Domitia thinks it is reasonable for her to do so. The question now is why Orwell acquiesced to this matter and why he had been flirting with Cleopatra all those years ago.

She does not have the naive political concept of her sister. In fact, she can fully understand what Orwell did. If another man came, he would do something more exaggerated. From her observation, Cleopatra did not seem to have climbed into Orwell's bed. The relationship between the two parties was limited to being in pairs in political occasions. Occasionally, there would be some intimate behavior, but it was still within the limit.

But understanding is understanding, and being angry is being angry. Domitia is still quite unhappy about this, so it is inevitable to make a small report and exaggerate. She is not going to have a big fight with Orwell because of this matter. Everything can be written truthfully. How to deal with Orwell is Tia's own business.

To be honest, she was pessimistic about this matter. Tia was softer and easier to talk to than her, but it had nothing to do with her. She just had to do her own thing. Tia was quite supportive of her diary. She was also very curious about these things, or rather, very worried.

After simply taking notes, Domitia let out a long breath, took a sip of the diluted wine that only had a sweet taste, then closed the notebook and turned her attention to a pile of account books on the other side of the long table.

Young Domitia was still unsure about her expectations for the future, but influenced by her sister, she was unwilling to live the life of an ordinary woman - it was always said that Roman nobles were henpecked, which was basically a nice thing to say. People like Orville were actually very rare. More generally, husbands had some respect for their wives, and the respect was more based on the power and money of their wives' families.

Looking through the phenomenon to see the essence, it is actually a small world left under the balance of patriarchy and husband's power. Domitia, who grew up in this era, certainly would not be fanciful and say anything about equal rights movement, but she really did not want to let herself fall to such a level and live on the nose of others. She also had her own dignity, so she was very determined to go into politics or business. Before she had time to explain the matter to Orwell, Cleopatra saw through her thoughts.

It should be said that the two of them sympathized with each other in this regard. As the king, Cleopatra gave Domitia the opportunity to exercise. She let Domitia be her financial officer and learn to deal with financial issues to accumulate experience for the future.

She is now almost twenty years old, which is the age of beginning to be sensible and independent in the concept of the ancients. Cleopatra extended an olive branch to Domitia and she gladly accepted it, but she did not completely let down her guard.

Her sister was not fully prepared to be the emperor, because when she was a child, Vespa was just a member of the middle-level bureaucrats of the empire. Although she received a good education after growing up because of her father's promotion, in essence, Tia felt that becoming the crown prince was very sudden.

Domitia was completely different. She was mentally prepared to become the successor of the empire when she was a child, and had a matching education and growth environment. She had a relatively deep understanding of many issues, especially those related to politics. Tia was almost blank in this regard, and it was all up to Orwell and her father to pave the way and deal with problems.

Thanks to this, Domitia was more vigilant than her sister. In her opinion, Cleopatra's behavior that was close to power was very dangerous. Orwell had a clear mind, but it was hard to guarantee that he would not be affected. Having someone to keep an eye on it would make the situation more reassuring. This was one of Domitia's father's secret requests.

So Domitia felt that her task was quite heavy. On the one hand, she had to learn to improve herself, on the other hand, she had to keep an eye on her brother-in-law so that he would not make too many mistakes, and on the other hand, she had to keep an eye on Cleopatra to prevent her from engaging in conspiracy.

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Except for the incident involving Domitia, Egypt as a whole was rarely peaceful. Potential dangers were either resolved or temporarily suppressed. Orwell had already dealt with Greek immigrants, border guards, authoritarian eunuchs, and the dark-skinned people from the south. The only thing that had not been resolved was the temple, which was too big to be eliminated. However, the temple was also suppressed by powerful military forces. Cleopatra was collecting land from one farm after another and returning it to the central government.

The development of the Indian Ocean route is proceeding in an orderly manner. Ivar organized another voyage. This time the fleet is larger and carries more goods. If nothing goes wrong, it should be able to make a lot of money. If it comes a few more times, it will basically be considered a successful trade route.

Orville waited patiently for the final result. Before Jeanna arrived, he also sent a hero invitation to invite several famous preachers in history. Now they are still on the way. Orville does not plan to meet them for the time being. He is a Palfian and must avoid suspicion. Jeanna can hand over to these people when the time comes.

In addition, he began to collect another relatively precious strategic resource in Egypt - horns.

Orville's military factory is operating smoothly, producing various weapons and equipment continuously, but some things cannot be produced in the void, such as composite bows.

After several years of experiments and the introduction of technology, Orville's craftsmen have basically mastered the production technology of composite bows, but the supply of some things is not sufficient, such as horns.

This is an essential material for making compound bows. If goat horns are used, the performance will be greatly reduced. Fortunately, Egypt is a region where ox-drawn plowing is relatively developed, so you can still get a lot of ox horns for making weapons on Taobao.