Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

After confirming the weird metallurgical level of this world, Orville felt much more at ease in doing things.

He went directly to the person in charge of the forging plant and proposed to him that he would occasionally come over to rent the space, hoping that he would be accommodating.

This factory is owned by the state, and the person in charge of the manufacturer is a state official. Its business mainly serves the Roman people and the Praetorian Guards in the city. Occasionally, a dignitary would suddenly have a whim and want to use this place to make something. For such requests, as long as it was not during a critical period, the person in charge would turn a blind eye.

Due to his special status, Orville quickly got permission to use the full set of equipment here, but he only had to pay extra for renting manpower.

Originally, it was just a temporary measure to deal with it for a while. There was nothing to say about it. Orville readily agreed and the matter was settled.

After finishing this matter, Orville asked Belisarius next to him: "Do you know anyone who is good at writing, someone who is well-known by everyone?"

Belisarius thought for a while and said: "Gaius Pliny Secundus is well-known. He is good at rhetoric, speeches and biographies. He is also an excellent soldier and has a high reputation."

Of course Orwell had some impressions of Pliny the Elder, who was relatively famous in history. He was an encyclopedic figure, the founder of natural history, and his "Natural History" could still be used as a textbook until the 16th century. It must be in line with Owell's ideas. Weir's request. However, as a senator of the Senate and already very old, Orville might not be able to invite him. After all, he is not doing anything honorable.

"Is there anyone who is not so powerful? I would like to ask him to help me write something."

This stumped Belisarius. He was not a native of Rome, and he had little interest in literature and art. He could only name a few influential figures, but he couldn't really answer anything else.

In the end, he scratched his head and wondered: "I don't know such a person, but if he is not well-known, I have a friend who always complains to me that he is not recognized for his talents. If you are willing, I can take you to see him. See See if this person is really capable.”

"What's your name and where do you live?"

"Procopius lives in the civilian area below Palatine Hill. It's not far from your mansion. It's just on the way."

Orville's heart skipped a beat when he heard the name, but in the end he nodded in agreement: "Lead the way, you and I will go take a look."

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Like most big cities in history, land in Rome is still very expensive. Not everyone can afford a decent single-family mansion in a wealthy area. In fact, even some noble families with a long history or newcomers who are just starting out can't afford it. Rich areas in the city do not necessarily have their own mansions.

For example, Vespa lived in single-family houses in civilian areas before, and some people lived in mansions or farms in the suburbs, where land prices were cheaper.

The person Orville wanted to visit lived in a single-family house in a civilian area. He did not live in a collective apartment, which meant that the owner's family situation was not bad, but not particularly good.

Procopius was a thin man with pale skin and a gloomy expression. He seemed a bit cynical, but Orville would not underestimate him at all, or rather he did not dare to underestimate him, and shook hands with him solemnly.

[Philippopolis, Procopius, the gloomy and learned scholar]

Diplomacy: 16

Military: 9

Management: 15

Strategy: 13

Knowledge: 26

Sometimes a person is knowledgeable, writes impartially, and is serious. This is definitely good and worth learning and thinking about. However, dark thoughts, vulgarity and other problems can also appear in such a person. Apart from Procopius, Orville can't think of a more appropriate example.

To use a precise word to describe him, Orville would like to call him: a generation of spray god.

He should be a figure of the same era as Belisarius. As his secretary and adviser, he followed Belisarius in the Northern and Southern Wars. He wrote Belisarius's experience into the "History of War". The content is detailed and credible. As a famous Literary scholar of Emperor Justinian, he is considered to be the last important historian of the classical era and a historical figure of some status.

However, his later fame did not lie in his historical contributions in this area, but in the "Secret History" he later wrote. It may be that he accumulated too much resentment against Emperor Justinian, Empress Theodora and others during his career. , he slandered the couple in this book, and basically everyone around him, including Belisarius who went to the roadside theater to watch the show.

He did not hesitate to criticize this emperor, who had a good reputation in history, and wrote in the book, such as "he did bad things and was easily tempted by others to do bad things", "morally stupid and evil", "dishonest and cunning" "Hypocrisy, double-dealing, hypocrisy" "Like the lowest quality of slaves" "Wandering around, keen on assassination, robbery and quarrels" "Nature seems to have transferred and concentrated all the bad things in other people into this person's soul" "Easily drove wealth out of the Roman world, creating poverty for all" and many, many more.

This is no longer an unfair question. Basically, it is all emotions without any rationality. The emotions are really abundant, so abundant that they drown everything.

Regarding Justinian's Queen Theodora, the text in it should be said to be "full of sexual fantasies" in more elegant terms. If it is not elegant, I will not say it for now. In short, what the two wrote is called A male thief and a female prostitute.

On this basis, he also claimed that Justinian's mother had an affair with the devil and gave birth to Justinian, and claimed that Justinian and Theodora were possessed by the devil. He repeatedly emphasized Justinian's devil image and used all means to severely discredit the image of the two. It can be said that the impact is far-reaching.

If this is an ordinary street stall unofficial history, it is nothing. The problem is that Procopius is really Justinian's court writer and has really written very detailed and credible works. This greatly enhances the credibility of these words. In addition, the writing skills are very good, and there are indeed some true and false things in it. As far as Orwell knows, such a far-reaching and bad situation is still unprecedented in history.

He is really a little afraid of the other party, afraid that he will also arrange a unofficial history package for himself, and people's words are scary.

Orville said carefully: "I am the prince Orville Flavius ​​Vespasianus. I came here after being recommended by Belisarius. He said that you have a very good foundation in writing?"

Hearing that the man in front of him was a prince, Procopius was a little bit unconvinced. After confirming with Belisarius, he smiled: "I have received a complete Greek education and I am still very confident about it. But I am not very good at rhetoric or poetry. Smart people do rhetoric, creative people do poetry, and I am a pragmatic person, so I am good at history."