Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

Another ten years passed in circles, and when Orville was about forty-five years old, Tia made a quite shocking decision.

Despite strong opposition from people within the faction and vague suggestions from the elders that she should stay on for a few more days, Tia finally decided to abdicate on the grounds that she was physically and mentally exhausted and was not able to properly govern a country.

In fact, Orville and Tiya are both in good health. Forty or fifty years old is still the right age for a ruler. Everyone understands that this is just an excuse. The ultimate goal is to pass the baton to Trajan and let him continue. Rule the country.

Fortunately, Trajan's personal ethics were beyond reproach. After the two of them let go, he no longer worried about other problems and concentrated on governing the country. It should be said that the rule of the country was quite stable in his hands.

After that, Orville sold some properties related to national security to the emperor, and kept only some properties that were profitable but not enough to threaten the country, so as to prevent his descendants from being settled by future generations, and at the same time save him from the trouble of suspicion.

For the rest of his life, he mainly lived in Tia's hometown, which was a manor located in the north of the Apennine Peninsula. According to ancient standards, he would also travel frequently or invite guests.

After leaving office, Orville felt that he was much freer and more independent. Nothing could restrain him anymore. At the same time, he still had money that he could not spend normally. Even though Tia always nagged him that he should not enjoy luxury, he still In terms of spending money, I am indeed much more lavish than before.

He had a lot more hobbies: writing, sculpting, painting, and even cultivating part of the fields on his estate. Sometimes he would serve as an advisor and receive visits from the emperor. At this time, Orville quietly gave Trajan a thick of a book.

The above are some concise and direct notes: a simple summary of Machiavelli's thoughts, the relationship between state agencies and individuals, the harm of land annexation and corruption of senators to the empire, why we should pay attention to the spread of monotheism, and why Byzantium will be in the future It has more development potential than Rome, the crisis that may lead to the decline of Rome itself, how to localize the provinces and eliminate the barriers between the provinces and the mainland, what aspects of the economy should be paid attention to in the future, which direction should we pay attention to the enemies, society What are the problems and deficiencies in

In short, he wrote down all the important issues and potential risks he could think of. His suggestions may not be correct for the current situation, but this book will definitely attract the attention of future emperors.

He only wrote his own thoughts and suggestions in the book, and did not involve any science and technology that should not appear in this time and space. In fact, over the years, he himself would explore some technologies that are regarded as "travelers' magical skills" out of curiosity. , and had some success.

He would find ways to spread some simple and innocuous improved technologies, but for some critical technologies, such as gunpowder and simple textile machinery, he chose to destroy all related existences as soon as he created them.

He deeply knows that the current social understanding and form are not enough to support overly drastic changes. Giving these technologies to people of this era will only create a monster whose thinking and productivity level do not match. By then, the world will be better or worse. It’s really hard to say.

Therefore, it is okay for some small technologies to improve people's lives. Key technologies should be left to the people of this world to figure out. If we don't take the path of exploration, some of them will come too easily, and I am afraid that it will only encourage the development of new technologies.

After completing this matter, Orville was completely relaxed. He thought that he did not need to do anything substantive anymore, and began to focus on asking himself or the hired literati to write some books recording the current or previous social history, and engraved them on stone tablets. In order to pass it on to future generations, this can be regarded as a small gift he left for future generations.

After everything was finally over, Orville sat on a bench in the countryside, enjoying the setting sun shining on him in the evening, and slowly fell asleep with a contented expression on his face.

He believes that life should at least leave some traces on the world, and he has been trying his best to achieve this. If it is really a boring god who created this world, then he has at least made this world one step closer to "getting on the right track."