Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War.

Chapter 304 Travel
Knowledge is indeed priceless in many cases. Apart from those secret societies that may exist but are hidden in some mountain valley, Cleopatra is the only person Orville knows who possesses this knowledge.

Even if he couldn't use it, knowledge itself was a kind of resource reserve. Orville thought it was okay for him to give something back.

As soon as Orville finished speaking, Cleopatra directly put forward her request: "Then I'll say it directly, I want to go to Greece recently, how about you go with me?"

The corner of his mouth twitched: "You are really direct. I thought you would at least think about it."

"I've already thought about it. What's there to think about?" Cleopatra glanced at Orville. "I have several purposes for going to Greece. The first is to retrieve some of the property I have stored there and sell some royal treasures in exchange for reconstruction funds in recent years. The second is to give a speech there to call on some immigrants to follow me to Egypt. The third is to discuss business with the merchants there, mainly to purchase ships, finished wood and sailors, and to recruit some literati to come to my side."

Orville followed the other person's thoughts and thought that it was indeed necessary for him to go to Greece. His purpose was similar to Cleopatra's. He could basically do what she could do, but his target was more on the Roman upper class there.

But he still had some concerns: "I accepted the appointment as the Governor of Egypt and cannot leave the station at will."

“Thinking carefully, it seems that since I officially ascended the throne, I have not yet formally presented the loyalty oath to His Majesty the Emperor. Now that the situation in the country has probably stabilized, I think it’s about time.

We can sail from Alexandria, sail along the coastline from the east, and then go to Cyprus, Rhodes and Athens. After that, we may encounter some domestic emergency. I will entrust an envoy with the right status to go to Rome on my behalf. These practices are impeccable. What do you think? "

There is no better reason than accompanying the King of Egypt to Rome to meet the Emperor. As long as Orville can manage Egypt well, there is really no problem.

As for the situation in Egypt, it was quite chaotic before, but after a few months, the resistance basically died down. On the one hand, this was determined by the local social environment. The power of the Greek immigrants was a bit like a castle in the air. As long as they united the locals, it would be difficult for them to cause any big waves.

On the other hand, it is determined by Egypt's geographical environment - what is Egyptian civilization? Some modern scholars believe that the scope of Egyptian civilization is about 3,000 kilometers long from north to south and 15 to 30 kilometers wide from east to west. In fact, it is the basin of the Nile River. Orville thinks this statement makes sense.

Because outside the Nile River Basin, except for a very few places near the Nile Delta which are covered with fertile fields due to water conservancy projects, the rest of the places are either barren or desert. Only those with extremely strong wills can survive in these places, and there is no way to talk about development other than survival.

In places like Gaul or Britain, it would be somewhat interesting if the rebels hid in the mountains and forests and fought guerrilla warfare against the Romans. But here, even guerrilla warfare is impossible, and non-combat casualties are far greater than combat casualties. Even if the Parthians or some other nation wanted to give these people a transfusion, they would not know how to transport supplies to them.

Orville has now controlled the Nile River basin. Not many people have a blood feud with the Romans and are willing to go to a barren land to fight. Orville does not want their lives, but just wants to give up a piece of the cake.

A few months later, these resistance movements were similar to what Orville had imagined. In the absence of soil and blood transfusion, they gradually lost their vitality and vigor. Therefore, it was not a problem for Orville to temporarily leave Egypt. He had already prepared the entire framework and development plan. Even a rough man like Stilicho, who had not read much, could do a similar job. Not to mention a pragmatic talent like Trajan.

"How long will this trip last? I do have some business issues to deal with in Greece, but the trip can't be too long, or something unexpected might happen."

Orville also wanted to try and see if he could lure out some more guys who wanted to take advantage of the situation from Egypt. It would be useful to leave now. Besides, after more than half a year of busy work, he felt it was time to give himself a little vacation.

"It will only take thirteen days at most. I am very efficient. As for when you can leave, my fleet is ready. If you want, you can set off now."

Cleopatra had probably already made all these plans, just waiting for Orville to give her this opportunity. Orville didn't say much about this. He knew that the other party was quite thoughtful, and this was within his acceptable range. He just hoped that she would not have any bad thoughts.

"Then give me a day to arrange government affairs, and we can leave the port at dawn tomorrow."

"That applies to me, too. I have some things to take care of, so see you tomorrow." Cleopatra was obviously in a good mood, and she was shaking her legs slightly in her seat.
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Orville entrusted the government affairs to Trajan and the military affairs to Stilicho. He listed all the relevant plans and precautions in detail in a notebook. Orville was relieved about the two of them, and it would only take about ten days, so there would be no major problems.

In terms of rank, Trajan was definitely half a level higher than Stilicho, but Trajan was almost ten years younger than Stilicho. It was hard for his colleagues not to have objections when he reached the high position of acting governor at the age of around 20.

There is even a more malicious folk saying that Tula got to such a high position by selling hooks to Orville, otherwise it is impossible to explain how a young man who has no relatives or friends with Orville could be promoted so quickly.

As the highest military commander, Stilicho didn't care too much about this. He just did his job dutifully and at most sighed to his colleagues that the new generation is always replacing the old generation.

Orville was kind to him. It would be difficult for a barbarian hybrid with an unclear identity to become a legion commander in a few years in other places. His promotion speed was fast enough, and Orville's kindness and cultivation were behind it. Even if he had some opinions about Trajan, he would never question Orville's decision.

With loyalty as the foundation, the two Egyptian acting governors should be able to get things done smoothly.

After making sure everything was correct, Orville left Egypt with Cleopatra on time and prepared to head to Greece.

(End of this chapter)