rise of empire total war

Chapter 45 Conversation
"An opinion on Bundak?"

Holding a wine glass, Richard looked at Burris who asked this question with some surprise. After just a few words of conversation, the other party raised this question that was a bit taboo in Richard's eyes in front of the two Lawrences.

"Hmm..." After confirming that Burris was not testing himself, Richard stroked the wine glass lightly with his right index finger to indicate that, organizing his own words, he answered after a while: "Honestly speaking, I am very interested in Banda Uncle Ke doesn't have much ill feeling, but I feel that he seems to be hostile to me because of the Cuban Island incident."

"We know this." Lawrence interjected, "At the beginning of the war, His Majesty asked him to issue a conscription order to all the nobles in the kingdom. You, who had just defeated the Moore pirates, did not need to be recruited according to His Majesty's intention, but Bundak, with feudal obligations, The reason is to send you a mobilization order..."

"Since then, we have been aware of it." Burris took over the conversation, "We didn't think you could meet his request to mobilize 300 soldiers, but we didn't expect you to successfully mobilize more than 300 soldiers in the end." Man's soldier, Richard, you really surprised us."

"..."

Seeing that Richard was silent, Lawrence chuckled and said, "You don't have to worry about anything. With your Uncle Burris and I here, Bundak can't do anything to you."

Hearing this, Richard looked up at Lawrence and Burris. He knew that this was an olive branch thrown to him by the other party.

After thinking about it, he chose to accept it happily. One more ally would give him another way. Even if there was a conflict with Bundak in the future, Lawrence, the Crown Prince, would definitely be able to help.

But having said that, now that Corkland has been entrusted to Bundak, he doesn't need to be obsessed with the robbing of Cuban Island. Richard doesn't think there will be any conflicts between the two in the future.

"By the way, Richard, do you have any plans when you return to Cuban Island?" Osrita asked.

"There are no plans at the moment." Richard replied, "But you all know that two consecutive wars have left my people breathless, and we may all be recuperating in the next year."

"Need help? I'm talking about trade." Osrita continued.

"It is necessary, but Uncle Osrita, the merchant ship Paul you gave me last time has never had a chance to be used. Cuban Island is so poor that there are no goods suitable for trading with the outside world."

"That's it." Osrita thought for a while, and then said: "The prerequisite for the development and prosperity of a city is handicraft industry and commerce, um...you may be able to introduce handicraft industry from Bell Port, thereby stimulating commercial development."

As soon as Osrita finished speaking, Lawrence interrupted and reminded: "If there is a shortage of labor force, there are quite a few homeless people in the kingdom. Most of those homeless people are wandering away from their hometowns due to war and other reasons. As long as you are willing to give them food, they I will willingly go to Kuban Island with you."

Listening to Lawrence's words, Richard hesitated a little. Those homeless people wandering in the kingdom can be said to be like an unstable bomb, which may have an impact on the social security of the kingdom at any time. For various reasons, the vagrants are also not welcome. Unless there is a real shortage of people, they will be driven away.

It is not impossible for Richard to absorb those vagrants, but how to arrange them after the absorption is a big problem. It is impossible to let the vagrants live in Nuremberg. Those Nuremberg citizens with independent personalities will not agree. Mandatory arrangement Going in may cause a backlash.Thinking about it carefully, there are so many unowned lands on Kuban Island, maybe it is a good way to split the homeless people to build villages on those lands, and then entrust the villages to those knights to establish a knight class.

After careful consideration, Richard asked Lawrence: "Uncle Lawrence, I intend to absorb the homeless people in the kingdom, can you help me arrange it?"

"Of course, the number of registered refugees is about 800 to 300. You can send someone to receive them at any time."

"That's great." Richard nodded, turned his gaze to Oslita again, and said, "Uncle Oslita, I'd like to ask you to borrow a few ships for transporting vagrants and handicraftsmen at that time. The number of ships on Kuban Island may not be able to withstand it."

"Of course there is no problem. If you need it, I can help you contact some handicraftsmen in Port Bell."

"That's troublesome." Richard thanked, and to express his gratitude, he raised the wine glass in his hand and toasted the three elders.

……

After a dinner party, Richard didn't drink much wine. He walked alone in the garden of the Trizzi Palace. With the light cast by the bright moonlight, he sat on the bench where he met Douglas for the first time. Think back to today's harvest.

From the conversation with Lawrence and the others, Richard could vaguely guess the intentions of the two uncles. The military achievements of the third prince Bundak have threatened Lawrence's status as crown prince, especially when King Harlaus will patrol the city and command the uncles. The act of awarding Bandak a temporary position full of honor stimulated the nerves of the two princes even more.

It seems that Lawrence and Burris are going to join forces to deal with Bundak. Out of caution, they want to win over Richard, who was targeted by Bundak before, and want to see the same exploits in this war. Richard's attitude.

In the eyes of ck player Richard, this kind of situation is almost commonplace. This is in line with the characteristics of medieval aristocrats' kindness, filial piety, and harmony between brothers.

However, in Richard's view, the current probability of Bundak's succession to the throne is still ridiculously small. As long as Lawrence and Burris don't die, according to the order of succession, Bundak's turn will never be his turn.It is worth mentioning that the kingdom of Ravana adopts the primogeniture system. Under this inheritance system, even if King Halaus dies, Bandak cannot inherit additional titles.

None of this has anything to do with Richard at the moment. In his eyes, no matter who inherits the throne, as long as it doesn't harm his interests—but King Harolds still looks so healthy, so he doesn't have to worry about such problems in the next few years .

Just when Richard was sitting on the bench with his eyes closed and thinking, he felt someone approaching him with light footsteps not far away. He didn't open his eyes to see who it was. Just a passing palace servant.

However, that footstep actually walked in front of Richard, and then sat on the other side of the bench, bringing a burst of fragrance.

"you……"

Richard opened his eyes and looked at the person who came, and the question was stuck in his throat after speaking halfway. He stared blankly at the person who came, unable to speak for a while.

(End of this chapter)