The first Minister Ragnoff find himself in charge of the glorious Spanish empire. It is clear that there is no empire better than Spain, none more deserving of greatness, none who so clearly are in God's vision! Remembering that, no matter what first Minister Ragnoff achieves, all glory for those achievements is the province of the grace of God, and not that of mere mortals, first Minister Ragnoff humbly begins to examine the empire and see where his effort should be directed.
First, there are many heathens out there. Only the Japanese see the greater glory of God, but they are latecomers to the faith and still not comfortable with the glory that is Spain, so our borders are not yet open to one another. Four other kingdoms are known, three who follow heathen religions and one who follows no recognized religion at all. These are matters of great concern, but many of these may yet see the light. The same cannot be said of the barbarians. With these barbarians to our north, a state of WAR exists, God's will be done. As we are in this state of war the Hierarcy of the church, and thus the arms and training of the Church Millitant, must be increased. Although a few heathen slaves moan that Spain is now a Theocracy, we will not let the ill wishes of the foul-mouthed deflect us from our appointed course.
Foreign affairs. The bane of any nation, we make agreements, some with heathens, that they may draw closer to us and see the light of God's glory through our wisdom rather than being converted by the sword. In this vein, we open borders with the Chinese and Indians. Because of our theocracy, the heathen beliefs cannot affect us. We trade some of our extra gold to the Chinese, who currently follow no God, in exchange for a new seafood they have, shellfish. Now that the Japanese Empire follows the faith, we send wise men to teach them the secrets of priesthood. We do this without asking for recompense, for it is just and right that the Japanese Empire administers to the flocks of the faithful in their lands. Moreover, this may cause them to favor us. Years.....
... pass. In the year labeled 375 B.C. (1), Barcelona is able to build a Christian monastery, and we order the construction of a galley to carry missionaries to the south. Holy armies invade the regions around the barbarian's city of Bantu. Years.....
... pass. In the year labeled 350 B.C. (2), some heathen named "Gibbon" listed the most powerful civilizations of the world, and listed Spain last! Could he not see that Spain, and Spain alone as the holy city of Christianity, has God's favor? Also of interest is that the fourth civilization is unknown to us. Madrid has trained new workers, and I order a granary started to better utilize the farmlands of the area. We can no longer tolerate barbarians and assaults are launched. Our swordsman, inspired by God, destroys the most dug in of our defenders, and the chariots, similarly inspired, complete the capture of Bantu. Rule out soil Spanish hands attempting to govern the season, their city is destroyed, their people dispersed. Enough foreigners, and enough of our own captured people, exist to form a group of workers who are moved near Saville in order to build a road connecting Saville to Madrid. The workers from Madrid begin working this road from the other direction. Years.....
... pass. In the year labeled 325 B.C. (3), with the last of the barbarians disbursed are initial crusades reach their end. The only land whos borders we know, Japan, is converting to the faith. We must explore to the south. Saville completes a granary, I order the city to begin the production of the settler, for the regions to the north and east are now unsettled. I intend to settle the city at the mouth of the bay to the north of Madrid, adjacent to glorious wheat fields. I believe in other cities should be founded north of Saville, but this may tax our administrative efforts at this time.Years.....
... pass. In the year labeled 300 B.C. (4), in the hundred years is the first Ragnoff was named first Minister, the Ragnoff family has continued service to Spain Barcelona's is now a class 7 city. Madrid itself is class five, Saville class three, and Santiago merely a class one.Years.....
... pass. In the year labeled 275 B.C. (5), the fleet of galleys ordered a century earlier in Barcelona have been completed. A missionary is ordered to take advantage of this. Years.....
We might be able to butter him up and get OB later on with a lot of patience. Or maybe we can convince him to join in the crusade. If not, I guess we're doing it the hard way.
Well..let's give Toku a little more time to losen up.... maybe gift him a cheap tech or so.
