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Story:
When the elder of Utt, the village I had just discovered, offered me the hand of his daughter Sally, I hestitated a moment. It would be a nice symbol of unity and friendship, but I thought it would only be a political marriage which had nothing to do with love. I already imagined my life in the future, with an ugly hag who terrorizes me and ruins mesopotamia by spending all my money for her own pleasure. I already thought about how I could decline on the most polite way possible, but then I met her and all my doubts disappeared at once. She was the most beautiful woman I ever met and I immeadiatly agreed to marry her as soon as possible. Unfortunatly it wasn't possible very soon, BabylonStiers Messanger told me that there was trouble in the west and BabylonStier needed help!
I escorted Sally to Baghdad and got to know her better. She could live in my castle and I gave her a piece of gold (one economy-unit) so that she could buy all that she needed. She lived in a poor farmer's village her whole live, probably she wouldn't need much. I told EuphratKroete to build another bridge, but this time across the Tigris, and a road to Utt. In the future, our army won't get wet feet anymore if they want to cross a river! I left Baghdad as soon as possible and met BabylonPferd who told me what happened:
He found a village, but the villagers were extremely hostile and attacked his army. He had to defend himself and most of the villagers were killed, while others were able to flee. This had happend two months before and was the original reason for his help-request.
But some days ago, his army met a group of refugees. They came from the coast and their village was burned down by a group of pirates! Now they had no idea where to go and seeked help. I suggested that they could join my empire and settle down in the deserted village. I ordered TigrisKröte to help them repair the old buildings and build some new ones, so that the village could be useful. I also promised them that I would take care of the pirate-problem.
BabylonPferd and me expand west, but we don't seek the direct conflict with the pirates yet, because we have one problem: No weapons. Our losses would simply be to high. If we see them, we'll keep a distance and just watch, what they're doing and how strong they are.
Orders:
BaghdadPferd(500 men) : expand west, waste 1 gold on my fiancée
BabylonStier(400men) : expand west
EuphratKroete(50men) : raise economy (build road)
TigrisKroete(50men): raise economy (rebuild the deserted village)