Chapter 216: Discovering the New World
When the Norman army advanced towards Cyprus in stages on battleships......
When the Norman hussars and the Arab light cavalry fought bloodily and bloodied the field......
When the Norman fleet blockaded Egyptian ports in the Mediterranean, bombarding every Egyptian pagan ship they encountered......
Randy von Hoffmann is still in his palace in Kherson, basking in the sun and waiting for the arrival of troops from other Catholic countries from Western and Central Europe.
The Franks, the Germans, the Burgundians, the Dutch, the Swiss, the Italians,
Therefore, Randy still can't leave, and he has to wait for the kings, dukes, and bishops to come to him and prove his innocence in the Cossack riots, so Randy has been very bored lately.
After stepping off the battlefield, the emperor, who enjoyed a rare peace, felt a little unsure of what to do for a while.
In terms of the internal affairs of the empire, under the guidance of the chief royal consul, the prime minister of the empire, and the eldest princess Aurora, under the guidance of the eldest princess with twenty stars in administrative ability, the Norman Empire is thriving and thriving, but Randy thinks that these are all his credits, because the general guidelines are all formulated by him, and Aurora is just the person who implements it, just like the relationship between the leader and his subordinates, how can he be considered a good leader if he does not take the credit of his subordinates for himself?
In the palace in Kherson, Randy lived a leisurely life, kissing this and hugging that, and the days were very pleasant.
On the other side, Aurora was busy spinning like a spinning top, politics, economics, justice, diplomacy, the court, social welfare infrastructure, and a whole lot of things kept her from resting almost twenty-four hours a day, and Randy sometimes even wondered why his cheap sister did so much work every day, and every time she saw him, the other party was still in good spirits, and she really didn't know how this guy got it.
This is not! As soon as she woke up, Aurora's daily routine began......
Randy listened to Aurora in a daze, reporting what had happened today.
"The communication line from Jutland to New Scandinavia has been officially opened, and in the future, whether it is a trade trip or a military deployment, it will be much faster."
"Speaking of which...... Originally, this transportation line was built at a great expense because the territory of the empire was too narrow and there was no depth, but now it seems that the empire has pocketed the whole of Eastern Europe, so that there will be no depth problem, and the territory that this communication line runs through and radiates is not the border of the empire, so the role of dispatching troops disappears, which is really a pity! If this money had been spent on military reform, I think military reform would have been completed long ago. ”
"If you want to talk about it, then here's a lot of good news, would you like to hear about it?"
"Really?"
"The fleet you sent has found the New World, the location should be in Central America, the area of the Caribbean Sea today, the explorers of the empire have occupied some uninhabited islands, it should be the original Caribbean islands, and is currently moving further west."
"I see, if it's the same as recorded in history, then the next thing is contact with the Aztec Maya and the Incas, the indigenous tribes of Mesoamerica, these countries are very rich, full of gold, silver, treasures, Spain and Portugal made a fortune because of this, but this time it will be me who is lucky."
Randy has begun to fantasize at this moment, moving all the legendary Golden Country, Golden Lake and other things to Norman, Spain and Portugal, these countries may cause inflation due to the flood of gold, but Randy is different, Randy has a near-bottomless Enides, no matter how much money he gets, as long as he builds buildings within the system, develops technology, and creates troops, it will be no problem at all. ”
"Don't underestimate those natives, although they don't have iron smelting, no cavalry, and the armed forces are not strong, but their brave organization and numbers are considerable, if you want to see them, you will suffer."
"Isn't there a bonus? Infectious diseases like smallpox whooping cough, plus they treat us as gods, and they unite with other indigenous tribes and so on. ”
"Who knows! Wait for the Navy to report back from that place. ”
So Randy opened the system interface and began to search for cities, and sure enough, he found a new occupation in the list, which is now only a small city at the village level, located in the Cuban region.
Randy looked up the expedition's expedition again......
The commander-in-chief of the expedition, and at the same time the commander-in-chief of the Norman Atlantic Fleet, was Eric the Red.
Two stars for Army Operations!
Five stars for naval operations!
And he also has nautical expertise, finding directions, expanding vision, and finding his way, which are several skills that are helpful for sailing expeditions, but it is obviously not possible to rely on this guy to fight, so Randy has another general in this team.
John smith!
This English-born warrior is enough to undertake a war of any scale, and his six-star command skills, coupled with his ability to explore the New World and specialize in tropical jungle warfare, can add another three-star command ability in Central America, so that this guy's command star value reaches nine, that is, a famous general in the general sense.
In this way, the two commanders of the army and navy all have them, and the crew needs to carry a lot of materials because it is a cross-sea operation, so the relatively heavy early full-body plate armor is not able to carry, but all the staff are equipped with very lightweight, and the defense is not bad The armor and coat leather armor are enough, so that the two layers of armor are enough to resist the general attack, plus the indigenous civilization of Central America does not know how to smelt iron, and the main weapon is only a wooden stick tied to obsidian, which is a very cheating thing, so this kind of armor is enough.
There is only one thousand people in the expedition force of this landing, in the process of crossing the sea because of storms, tsunamis, diseases, dead and wounded more than two hundred, now there are less than eight hundred people who can fight, because this thousand people need to fight independently, so there is everything in the configuration of troops, a total of two hundred people light lancers, a hundred people longbowmen, a hundred people giant shield crossbowmen, six hundred people light Norman infantry, but because of the combat attrition, so no one hundred team is complete, plus the wind and waves at sea, The strings of the bow and crossbow are seriously corroded, and the combat effectiveness of the two long-range projection units is now only half of that of their heyday, and the typical tropical jungle terrain of Central America also makes the light lancers useless in many cases, so the most reliable is the light Norman infantry of the six hundreds, these elite light infantry equipped with light chain mail, small round shields, battle axes and three throwing axes.
"It seems like it's very difficult to conquer an empire with just these eight hundred people, but why didn't I recruit that bastard from Fernando Kelster?"
Because it is expensive to exchange bonds for famous people, Randy uses gold coins to draw generals, such as the Aztec conqueror Fernando Kelster, the Inca conqueror Francesco Pizzaro, such a super powerful, attribute conquest hero, Randy didn't have a chance to see it, and in the end it was only John Smith, the pioneer of the English colonies in the original world, and Eric in Red, a Viking ethnicity, the discoverer of Greenland in history.
"Barely make do with it!"
After saying that, Randy walked to the intelligence department of the Norman Royal Advisory Bureau, this morning's government affairs have been almost dealt with, now should be the time for intelligence analysis, in the afternoon, he will go to Joan of Arc to play chess, and in the evening, he will go to dinner with Artoria, and this day has passed so fullly.
If there is no war, it seems that it is not bad to live like this as an emperor every day.
Randy occasionally has such thoughts, of course, just thinking about it, now Randy can't leave the smoke and flames of war on the battlefield, the smell of flesh and blood, war, war, war, if you don't go to war, you can't live.
Randy thought as he regained his telepathy with Aurora, now that the Royal Consulate had been completely transferred to Krakow, if he didn't contact Aurora for a long time, he might be at the door of the grumpy eldest princess.
In fact, after the victorious division in Moscow returned to Korea, Randy had already encountered several similar incidents, and now although Randy is in Kherson, hundreds of kilometers away from Krakow, it will be there in two days, considering the mobility of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, Randy feels that he will not be surprised to see his cheap sister blocking the door after waking up.
Today's Norman Empire has established a complete modern bureaucratic system, every province, every county, every town, there are officials appointed by the central government of the Norman Empire, these professional officials have a much better ability to govern than the hereditary nobles, and in a work place, a post, after a long working time, the administrative ability of the officials will also be improved, and at the same time, they will get the special attribute bonus of [know the local] or [know the local], add one or two administrative points, so calculate, The actual level of these officials with relatively low basic ability will be stronger because of the upgrading and reform of the academy, and the re-recruited junior officials will be stronger.
"It's like practicing the 50th level of the Bibi Bird and the 30th level of the Bibi Eagle, but I always feel uncomfortable!"
"It's not impossible to solve this problem, you can assign the current ruling officials to re-enter the local higher education institute for further training, so that their basic administrative ability will be raised to the same level as the latest officials, and at the same time, they will also gain the attribute of [on-the-job training], so that they will be better than the new officials."
"That's it! Looks like I'm not going to have menopause even if I don't want to go through menopause! In addition, the upgrading of the academy is also good news, and the improvement of the literacy rate can also speed up the progress of scientific research in the empire, but if the wisdom of the people is opened, will the people further demand political power, and even rebel against the management of the imperial government, and demand so-called democracy and freedom? Everything in the world, there are gains and losses, there is never perfection, in the future, we must continue to strengthen the brainwashing education of loyalty and patriotism, if we can be like a certain island country, let their people believe that the emperor and the monarch are divinely granted, and there is a line for all generations, then it will be perfect. ”
Randy couldn't help but get excited while fantasizing about the collapse of the earth and the disaster of the day, when the emperor was mediocre and the people were struggling to survive, and his royal family could still firmly grasp the power: "It is true that brainwashing education should be increased!" ”
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"Why is it so slow?"
Somewhere in the barracks on the outskirts of Ersong, Artoria whipped to Randy with her two-handed greatsword in her hand.
"There are so many reasons for this!"
"Forget it, let's get started!" Artoria said.
Randy nodded, arching his left leg forward and his right leg straightened, while holding the scabbard in his left hand and resting his right hand on the hilt, looking at Artoria with bated breath.
"It's quite scary." Artoria muttered quietly, her eyes gradually becoming solemn, her hands clenched the hilt of her sword, leaning forward slightly, and rushing towards Randy with a roar.
Randy quickly calculated Artoria's attack trajectory, and the long knife came out of the sheath like lightning to block Artoria's attack, but Artoria's terrifying strange power made Randy feel like his arm was about to break.
Blocking Artoria's first attack, Randy won a chance to breathe, immediately pulled out the short-barreled firebolt, raised his hand and pulled the trigger on Artoria's chest, and with a bang, a round projectile shot towards Artoria.
This is a one-hit attack for ordinary people, and it does not pose much of a threat to Artoria, who has excellent dynamic vision, dodged the fatal shot sideways, raised her hands and waved, and slashed at Randy's head with a vertical blow.
The following pairs, the required strength is several times that of the former, Randy didn't dare to make a hard connection at all, quickly retreated and retracted the scabbard, and loaded the handcuff with ammunition at a very fast speed, but Artoria would not give up the opportunity at all, taking advantage of the situation, the big sword in his hand was attacking like a tide, like a stormy wave, and he continued to launch fierce attacks on Randy with a strong wind, which frustrated Randy's action of loading ammunition, and the * bag in his hand also fell to the ground.
"It's ......"
Randy grumbled as he dropped the firearm in his hand to the ground, drew his long knife again, and turned to dodge Artoria's powerful vertical slash, which slashed through Artoria in an eerie arc towards her neck.
"Humph!"
In the face of such an abrupt and strange attack, Artoria was not shocked but laughed.
Seeing Artoria's smile on the other side, Randy secretly said badly, and just as he wanted to change his move, he felt a huge force pulling the long knife, causing his body to lose balance in an instant.
It turned out that Artoria was holding a sword in her right hand, and her left hand was close together with her index finger and middle finger in an instant, and she grabbed Randy's blade in an unusually coquettish manner, so she blocked Randy's attack, and grabbed the back of Randy's long knife with her five fingers and clenched her fist.
Randy decisively gave up the long knife in his hand, and competing with Artoria for strength is the most stupid performance, Randy is not so stupid, taking advantage of Artoria's loss of balance due to excessive force and taking a step back uncontrollably, Randy bent down and pulled out the short dagger tied to his leg, and took two steps forward to attack Artoria sideways, but Artoria's right hand sword was one step earlier and was already on Randy's neck.
The winner is decided!
That's how Randy has been coming over lately......
From August to September, he was surrounded by Artoria, Joan of Arc, Maria, Sonya, and the four girls every day, and his life was easy and happy, and Randy even thought that if there was no war in the future, and the country and the people would be safe, it would be good to keep messing around with girls like this.
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