The Restoration of Sukhothai Chapter Twenty – From Polo and Battuta to Buddha
1 Jan, 1543 –
Ile de Bourbon – 11 dev, coastline, Sugar, I order a Workshop here, 0.86 made here, Northern Thai, Theravada Buddhism worshipped.
15 Jan – While ally-less, I declare war on Pasai
1 April –
Mauritius – Identical to Ile in every way
I hand them both seats in Parliament
29 April – After chasing their army around, we finally pin it down and rout it
30 Sept – Malacca converts! Next? Siak
2 Oct – The Fort at Pagarryung falls to us
1 Dec – We get a trading in Incense bonus
18 Feb, 1544 – We capture their HQ of PAsai. All holdings are ours and we have a 100% war score:
I can’t get the entire island, but I can get all of the Spices and Gold here. I have to leave them three holdings.
All are Sumatra and Sunni, Jungle, coastal, with 75% autonomy, unless otherwise stated:
Muko-Muko – 10 dev for grain farmers, Farm estate, 0.04 made here – next to Jambi and my unclaimed colony.
Pagarruyung – Gold miners, fort, 9 dev, 0.65 made here. Up fron Muko-Muko and next to Jambi et-all. Also next to Pasai’s next holding
Rokan – Grasslands, connects Siak and other holdings, Fishing, 10 dev, only 0.08 made here, with a Temple
Deli – Grasslands up from Rokan, 8 dev, Spices, 0.00 made here
Peureulak – 20 dev, grassland, Spices, up from Deli, 0.06 made here
Pasai – 31 dev, Spices, Grasslands, 0.11 made here, natural harbor, temple, workshop and marketplace here. (The title of this chapter is a reference to the fact that both Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo spent lots of time here)
Lamuri – Natural harbor here as well, grasslands, Spices, 0.05 produced, temple, 11 dev
Not bad as a place to build off of