Rise of the Empire Total War

"Chief Sigurd, we have seized a lot of goods and wealth!"

After the Battle of Basa Island, the Vikings accepted the warehouse on the island under the guidance of the captives. Not surprisingly, all the spoils of the pirates in the past went into the pockets of the victors.

"What's there?" Sigurd asked.

"It's all the coins, furs, tobacco, etc. they robbed, and some luxury items that they haven't had time to deal with."

"It's all on the ship, and it will be taken away with the bodies of our fallen brothers later." Sigurd said in a deep voice, and then added: "Remember to take all the captives away, I believe His Majesty Richard will be very happy See us bring back a free labor force."

A few hours later, all valuables on Bassa Island were carried onto Sigurd and the Viking longship they were on. In addition to the spoils, there were more than a dozen dead Viking corpses and more than fifty pirates. The prisoners of war will also be taken away together. The former will be buried at sea on the way and will be buried forever in their beloved sea, while the latter will be brought back to Nuremberg to become lowly slaves.

Before leaving, the Vikings set fire to all the buildings built by pirates on Bassa Island. The dry climate allowed the fire to burn quickly. Shortly after the fleet was away from the pirates, half of the entire island fell into the sky. sea ​​of ​​flames. Whether it is the corpses of the pirates who have died in battle or the animals living on the island, they are all swallowed by the flames...

in a few days.

"Your Majesty Caesar, Lord Douglas of the Griffin family from Ravana has arrived at the temporary port."

"Douglas?" Richard, who was practicing swordsmanship, put down the wooden sword in his hand and looked suspiciously at the knight who came to report.

"Yes, that's what he calls himself. Considering his noble status, we ask him to wait at the temporary port and then come to inform you."

"Prepare the horses right away, I'll meet him in person." Richard said, taking a towel from the maid beside him and wiping off the sweat on his body, "Douglas and the Griffin family behind him are our close friends, Don’t neglect them.”

"Understood, Your Majesty."

After thinking about it for a while, Richard still didn't go directly to meet Douglas. Instead, he chose to take a shower to wash off the sweat from his body before riding his horse to the temporary port.

Speaking of this, I have to explain the problem about Europeans taking a bath. In fact, before the outbreak of the Black Death in the 14th century, people in the Middle Ages were still popular in bathing. According to the French Georges Vigarello's "History of Bathing":

In the 13th century, there were men who walked the streets of Paris beckoning people to steam baths and baths. These establishments were very common in Paris at that time, reaching 26 in 1292. The operation of steam rooms and tubs became an industry and entered everyday life.

From this, it can be proved that the saying that medieval Europeans did not take a bath is nonsense.

The real beginning of not taking a bath started in the 14th century when the Black Death broke out. With the joint efforts of doctors and churches, not taking a bath finally became the consensus of all Europeans. The most widespread understanding is that they believe that a dirty body can better approach God, so not taking a bath has become a holy symbol of holiness.

The starting time in the game is the eleventh century, so it is naturally not affected by the Black Death, and the people of Nuremberg still accept baths.

...

On the other side, Richard finally saw Douglas Griffin, whom he hadn't seen for more than half a month, at the temporary port. The young master of the Griffin family was still the same as when he first met. There is a young girl in tulle.

"This is?" Richard looked at Douglas suspiciously.

"This is your sister." Douglas introduced, "Her father is Burris, the kingdom's foreign affairs chief, who is also your uncle. According to your seniority, she should call you cousin.

"

"I see." Richard nodded, and smiled at the cousin who suddenly appeared, and the latter also responded with a smile, and introduced himself gracefully: "Brother Richard, my name is Aphra, and I am very happy." It is an honor to visit your fief."

After the siblings had finished talking, Douglas interjected, "Richard, I came to see you this time under the order of my brother, and Aphra just heard about it and pestered me to come... ..."

"Who is pestering you!" Douglas said halfway, Aphra interrupted him with a yell, and the princess whose face was covered by tulle shouted unhappily: "My father asked me to come, can you Don't say what I'm pestering you about."

"Yes, yes, my princess." Douglas touched his nose helplessly, and reluctantly agreed.

Watching all this, Richard was a little amused. It seemed that he often saw similar things happen in his previous life, but the identities of the two parties were either childhood sweethearts or lovers who had not revealed their identities.

However, these are not his business, Richard chuckled, interrupted the upcoming debate, and said: "Douglas, Aphra, let's go back to the town first, this is not a good place to talk after all."

"Okay." Douglas responded, but he immediately reacted and asked in confusion: "Richard, did you just mean towns? Could it be that towns have already appeared on Cuban Island?"

"That's right." Richard nodded. He had expected such a problem a long time ago, and calmly said what he had already had in his heart: "Since the days when I came to Cuban Island, there are many people who are still worried about it. The Winster refugees ruled by the Stuart family fled here through various means, so I integrated all the refugees and established a new town on a plain in the island."

"Is that so..." Douglas was a little suspicious, he always felt that something was wrong, but he just couldn't say it, and Aphra next to him didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two, her attention was all on Richard Enter Germany's Early General Guard.

"Brother Richard." Aphra whispered, "Are these knights your personal guards?"

"Ah?" Richard didn't react for a while, and when he followed Aphra's line of sight and saw more than twenty armed "iron cans", he said quickly: "Yes, they are all my personal guards. knight."

"These knights look really elite, Richard, where did you invite them?"

"They, like the refugees, were dissatisfied with the despicable rule of the usurper of Jutian, and escorted the refugees from their hometown all the way here." Richard explained, taking the reins from a knight, and then said: " Let’s not talk about this, Douglas, Aphra, please come with me, I will take you to see the town that belongs to me.”