rise of empire total war

Chapter 21 A Message from Douglas

"Is this really a town that was built less than a month ago?"

Looking at this town standing on the shore of the lake, Douglas, Aphra and their entourage all had such a question in their hearts.

This is indeed not like a town that has only been established for less than a month, but more like a gathering place that has appeared on this island for a long time.

"What's the matter?" Richard looked at them with a half-smile, and explained: "Actually, the pirates had already built a temporary stronghold at this location before that, and we just expanded on it."

"Okay." Douglas reluctantly responded. He actually didn't fully believe Richard's explanation, but even if he didn't believe it, he couldn't find any other suitable reasons to explain it all.

While the few people were talking, the team slowly entered the town under the sight of the heavily armored soldiers guarding the city gate. Everything in the German style on the street made Aphra so curious. She lay on the window of the carriage, using the water spirit Looking at the humanistic scenery outside with his big eyes, he quickly lost interest and sat down again.

Richard didn't intentionally show them around Nuremberg, but took them directly to the town hall in the center of the town, asked them to get off the car, and said, "You two, the name of this town is Nuremberg, and everything started from scratch. So the conditions are very poor, I hope you can bear it."

"How bad it can be, I have no objection, I'm afraid that your cousin will not be able to bear it." Douglas said with a smile, his eyes still glanced provocatively at Aphra, but then he found that the other party was full of anger Drummingly clenched his small fists, stared at himself viciously, and quickly retracted his gaze.

Richard stood aside and watched them silently, with a smile on his lips. He clapped his hands to draw the two people's attention to himself, and then said: "If you want to flirt, please go back and talk about it now. Come in with me."

His words made Aphra's little face blush, even though there was a layer of veil covering her face, she could still see the rosiness on her face.When he walked into the town hall, Richard suddenly remembered something. According to seniority, it seems that Douglas is also Aphra's cousin?
This is not nonsense, Douglas's mother is Aphra's aunt, and Richard's mother is also Aphra's aunt, which means that if Aphra wants to call him cousin, she must also call Douglas cousin.

When I think about it this way, I feel a little terrified. Isn’t the love between a pair of cousins ​​a German orthopedic drama?Although it is said that in ancient times, marriages between cousins ​​emerged in endlessly, which is already considered a normal thing.

……

The next day.

After discussing with Douglas, Richard finally understood the purpose of his visit this time. In addition to checking Richard's situation on Cuban Island, he also had the task of tipping off.

According to Douglas, the kingdom of Ravana is about to go to war with the neighboring kingdom of Ramirez. The reason for the two countries' war is very simple, and it is also very speechless-it is only because of the village dispute on the border between the two countries.

The matter started a week ago, when a caravan from the Kingdom of Ravana to the Kingdom of Ramirez was overturned when crossing the border, and all the goods were dumped, which caused panic among villagers in two nearby villages. Looting.Of course, this is nothing, what is important is that the villagers of the two villages believed that the goods should belong to them, and demanded that the other party hand over what they had robbed. The caravan guards could only run to the nearest Ravana town for help.

The city defense army from the Kingdom of Ravana arrived very quickly. They roughly dispersed the villagers of the Kingdom of Ramirez and took away the goods taken by the villagers. This undoubtedly aroused the anger of the Ramirez people.When the news reached Kakola, the capital, King Ramirez Oweco was furious and sent the chief of foreign affairs to express the strongest condemnation to King Halaus.

The reply Oweko received was nothing more than a disdainful remark: In that case, let's go to war.

Hearing this, Richard was stunned. He really had no way to replace the kind old man with such a powerful king. However, Douglas and Aphra looked familiar. According to their words To put it bluntly, what they have heard since they were young is the history of King Harolds' battles when he was young. Before King Harolds succeeded to the throne, the Kingdom of Ravana only chose half of the territory. It was won by him fighting around.

If you had to use one word to describe him, it would only be worthy of him as "war mad".

如此的性格，让理查德不由得想起了卡拉迪亚大陆上和他同名同姓的哈老四，那个哈老四也是热爱和他国开战，但是基本开战以后就只有挨揍的份。

Cough, far away.

The war with the Kingdom of Ramirez will not actually affect Richard and Kuban Island in a sense. The battlefield between the two countries will only occur on the land on the border, and will have nothing to do with Kuban Island, which is far away from the land.However, this does not mean that Richard can stay out of the matter. As a vassal of King Haraus, he is fully obliged to mobilize the soldiers in his territory to join the lord's war - even if he has only just been granted the title.

This gave Richard a headache. The threatening sword of the Moore pirates was still hanging high above his head, making him afraid to relax. And there was another war in the east that he was obliged to participate in, which made the few The troops are completely stretched.

However, what Douglas said later made Richard relieved. According to the laws of war in this world, the time for the war between the two countries is usually after the spring plowing is over. In other words, before the pirate threat is resolved, the Kingdom of Ravana and Lamy There will be no war in the Reis Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Richard had to feel lucky for the timing of his entrusted territory. The long winter is like the novice protection period of some online games. As long as this protection period does not end, players will not be attacked by outsiders anyway. However, once the protection period ends, if you are not prepared, you will only face destruction and failure.

This is different from the game. If the game fails, you can change the number and start again. If Richard fails, it is a real failure, and there is no redemption.

(End of this chapter)