0-50
What a nice tidy little realm. There are four luxes hooked up, one tradeable and with another little town on the island we will have a second and with a road across the mountain at Richmond a second. We have horses and iron with spares not yet connected.
The geopolitical and scientific knowledge situation requires some thought.
Ragnar is on our doorstep and is still spending hs treasury on science as he has no gpt to spare (verifed by offerng Incense for which he will pay 0gpt)) and he is militarily weak.
The Dutch are on our east island with two little towns, are in Despotism, lack Currency, Literature and Monarchy.
Sumeria and the Greeks know Engineering and Monotheism, the Greeks know Republic but remain in Monarchy.
The Sumerians are far away, know only the Greeks and the French.
I don't really want Engineering yet, as knowing it will only make it cheaper for the Scandanavians, but I am tempted by the possibility of stealing Monotheism from Sumeria. they are embroiled in the Greco-Frank war with Germany, allied with the Greeks.
My problem with buying or stealing technology right now is the lack of brokerage opportuinites.We could give up Literature and all our treasury for Republic and then trade Republic and cash to Sumeria for Monotheism but again we lack counter parties with anything of value.
Given the size of the map and the number of other nations, I will let things percolate for a while.
After some more pondering I think I've found the key to the advances of the nations in the Greek Sphere of Influence. Greeks and Sumeria are both relatively wealthy and scientific. When they made their into the MA they pulled two different techs and Henry of Portugal bought Montheism from one of them.
Spot a village east of Alesun that just might hold some value for us so send some troops to hit the barb camp and visit the neighbors. Hope they are peaceful.
1-70AD
Pump York's population up to 12 with wokrers and then re-assign citizens to max production.
2-90AD
Cancel the alliance with the Dutch as Willie is our next target, I think. Here is the plan: set up horsemen and swords to attack Middleburg, then sell Willie a new government. As so as he revolts attack Middleburg, get Willie off East Island, then take a peace deal. Willie lacks iron so the strongest oppostion we will face will be archers and spears and maybe a horseman or two.
3-110AD
Sack a barbarian camp and collect 25g
Netherlands and Arabs sign a peace treaty.
The Arabs have learned Literature and start the Great Library in Mecca pop8 and poorly developed.
4-130AD
The Scandanvains have learned Feudalism. Time for some horse trading.
Buy Monotheism from Henry for Literature and 1300g. Fair price And the idiot Ragnar won't deal
The German war starts winding down as Germany and Sumeria sign a peace treaty.
And Abu lands a warrior and settler on East Island.
Portugal starts the Great Library and the volcano erupts all over Molde.
5-150AD
Found The Mumbles between Cambridge and Gloucester
Sell Literature to Willie for 181g
Vikings start SunT's
6-170
Get 50g from the Goths
Destroy the Arab village of Mansura
Sell Literature to Sumeria for 140g +5gpt and to the Greeks for 33g and 12gpt
Lose a galley to the Arab.
Spend some of it rushing a settler out of Reading
The Dutch and the Greeks and the Sumerians start the Great Library
7-190
Cancel the Alliance with the Babs.
8-210
9-230
Steal Republic from the Greeks for 1500g and Ragnar the greedy wants Republic, Monotheism and 100gpt for Feudalsim, Sumeria will sell Engineering for Republic and 5gpt or he will buy Republic for 25g and 35gpt. This one will take some thinking on, for if we buy Engineering then we lower the cost to Ragnar on his way to Invention, but I decide it is worth it to increase the value of the Great Library.
These Middle Ages techs are getting expensive.and it is completely throwing me off my stride.
10-250AD
Destroy another Arab ville founded on the rubble of the last one. Ragnar's price for Feudalism is now down to 90gpt and Republic. The trade remains on the table.
Got the equivalent of 15 turns on the GreatLib, it will finish in 7 and judging by my map reading it is a lock.
There is a little invasion force assembling on the south coast of East Island. Horsemen swords and cats I t can be turned on Ragnar or Abu or WIllie depending on one's preference.
We are down only Feudalism to the Greeks and the VIkings and Feudalism can be bought from Ragnar if we wish to spend the coin.
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