Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War.

Chapter 215 Ptolemy becomes increasingly angry
Just like other generals cared for their juniors, Orville also showed this kind of care to Trajan. He let him serve as a centurion in his own guards and allowed him not to move with the main force of the guards. As an accompanying guard, he could always stay by his side and act directly according to his verbal orders.

Trajan did not resist this, but accepted Orville's appointment quite happily. As a result, his official career was marked by the imprint of Orville's faction, and it can be said that he was half one of them.

As for why it was not a whole group, Orville could not yet fully trust such a young man who had just arrived. Although Trajan was famous for his outstanding ability and noble character in various written and historical records, the records in the books were not necessarily accurate. It still depended on the other party's actual situation.

Out of a strong curiosity about historical figures, Orville found an opportunity to have physical contact with them early on, and thus learned about their ability data.

[Marcus Ulpius Trajan is still a young leader]

Diplomacy: 21
Military: 22
Management: 18
Strategy: 15
Knowledge: 19
The total attribute is 92 points, which is already very high considering his young age and the large room for growth. The total attribute of Belisarius, who is now maturing, is only 87 points, which is already a rare talent in Orville's hands.

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After a long journey, Orville originally gave the other party three days to rest and adapt, but on the second day, Trajan, dressed in military uniform, came to Orville.

"I believe I am ready to serve you. What do you need me to do now?"

Orville looked at him several times, making sure that he was in good spirits and could complete the task normally, and then he slowly said, “Where did you study? Can you read and write?”

In fact, this is nonsense. A person with an education level of 19 is already an intellectual, and reading and writing are basic skills.

"I was born in the Spanish province. I have never been to Rome except for traveling. I received a complete education in Cordoba (the provincial capital). It may not be as good as the one in the capital, but I believe my teachers are still qualified. I can read and write Greek and Latin. In addition, I have some knowledge of mathematics, drama, painting, music, etc., but I don't understand them deeply. The results may make you laugh."

The fact that he dared to say it proved that he actually had some confidence in himself. At least in his cognition, he had some understanding of these things. It should be true and it did not sound like a lie. This should be another Roman superman with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and aesthetics, who received elite education in the classical era.

"In that case, let me give you a task. One of my staff members is a great scholar from the Library of Alexandria, Claudius Ptolemy. He is currently conducting a land survey in Britain. Your first task is to help him.

We are in great need of someone who can read and write Latin and Greek and is also good at arithmetic. You can go directly to him. If he is suitable, he will let you stay. If not, I will assign you other tasks.

Just be calm. He used to be a famous scholar at the Library of Alexandria. He is a bit arrogant. Recently, he has been a bit irritable because of the inspection. He may be rude to you. I personally suggest that you treat him as a teacher. He is a bit strict and will scold and preach more. "

Orville was being euphemistic. Ptolemy was always respectful and submissive in front of Orville, just like a young man who had just entered the workplace. In fact, he was also arrogant and proud, especially when he got involved in his professional field. Ptolemy had been under a lot of pressure in the past six months. In addition, Orville had many temporary workers who were not professional enough. He had to coordinate all these things. As a result, Ptolemy's temper became much worse than before, causing many colleagues to complain.

In the face of Orwell's clear statement, Trajan remained unmoved, and just nodded slightly to accept the task: "I will do this well, you will not be disappointed."

After that, he was led by a servant to report to Ptolemy. Orville had previously specifically instructed Ptolemy to pay more attention to Trajan and write him a brief feedback report. Orville would also be able to know what Trajan's specific abilities were.

So far, Orville was quite satisfied with him, because his temperament and manners were not like those of a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old. Instead, he looked like a basically mature man in his twenties. His every move gave people a sense of security and reliability. No wonder the Romans of later generations had a high degree of favorability towards him.
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That evening at the Governor's Mansion, Orville was having dinner with Tia.

It wasn't really a banquet, but just an ordinary family dinner. Even the ingredients on the table were relatively simple due to the scarcity of resources here.

Tia looked at the food on the table and asked curiously, "Did you make these?"

There was no bread she was familiar with on the table, but instead a pile of gray, soft dough that was steaming. It looked like some kind of staple food.

"I made some improvements. Please try it."

Although Bronze Age steamers seem to have been unearthed on some small islands in the Mediterranean, steamed buns or similar things never became popular in the Mediterranean world. People still mainly ate bread. Orville's understanding of physics and chemistry was similar to that of a junior high school student, but he was still able to research things like steamers and steamed buns. During his time in Britain, he had nothing to do and was free anyway, so he simply researched some small things.

These are the steamed buns he made. He couldn't find a bamboo craftsman, and the soldiers or Germans around him didn't have the skill either. But he could make a small steamer out of clay, which was barely usable. Orville would occasionally steam buns for a change of taste, and now Tia had caught up.

Tia looked at the dough suspiciously, but she believed that Orvel would not cheat her, so she tried to eat a few bites.

She nodded slightly as she chewed. "It tastes pretty normal, and feels a little fluffier. What's the difference between this and bread?"

"This kind of food is steamed with water vapor. The principle is probably like this"

Orville explained to the other party the general principle of steaming buns. The Romans didn't know about steamed buns, but they knew how to steam fish and seafood, which was not difficult to understand.

(End of this chapter)