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The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Two - A New Heir is Born
17 Jan, 1698 – I order:
Counting Houses Here:
Grain – Bizerte, Sah
Livestock – Cape, Lesser Namaqualand
Spices – Mpasu
Coffee – Manadu
Paper – Aftih
Fish – Karabara
Incense – Kendari
Iron – Hemba, Lenje, Buzinza
That leaves me 3020 for mercs and emergencies
Malacca’s war with Bengal and Dai Viet over and they lost a lot of territory in the Malay Peninsula and SE Asia.
Mombasa – 33k, our three northern flank armies in Kilwa should be fine.
My navy is updated in Cape and I order it back out to protect trade in Zanzibar.
I order another slate of upgrades in South Africa. Same – 5 heavies, 6 lights
7 April – A new heir Is born – 2/2/2 not great.
22 June – Event - We get +10 prestige rather than hiring a new advisor for ADM
15 Oct – Cores done from our new four options:
Kalonga and Qulimane are already cores from their states
State:
Makuana – Ivory in two in Lomwe and Makua
Missionaries ordered to:
Lomwe – 13 months
Makua – 14 months
Kalonga - 15 months
Quelimane- Get ready…128 months, wow that’s long
22 Oct – Event - +10% Legalism
1 Nov – At 90, relations maxed with Yan, I pull my diplomat
I hand a Majils seat to Quelimane
2 Jan, 1699 - I order another 31k army in Lake Victoria
It’s at 192.41 cash with 26k finished of 31k in Egypt, and I am still making 314.72 monthly
I order:
Mill for Tropical Wood in Moshi
Trade Station for Slaves in Ketu
Counting Houses Here:
Slaves – Nyatura, Benguela
Livestock – Hehe
Dyes – Bagoe
Spices – Brunei, Ghadames
Sugar – Madeira
Tropical Wood – Luangwa
That leaves me 2515 for emergencies
1 April – Relations maxed with England, I pull my dip
1 May - I lose 22 claims! Including Mombasa. I spend 50 MIL to get them back with a Holy War called for
10 Aug – 31k army finished in Egypt!
Air is at war with Somalia since their truce was up before ours was
9 Sept – Lomwe converts! Three left from Kilwa!
20 Sept – Makua converts – two left!
8 Oct – Kalonga converts just the long campaign in Quelimane left
28 Oct – Event- Tariffs too High in La Plata - I reduce and drop their taxs by 10% but our revolting there by that amount as well
15 Dec - I order my navy to the Zanzibar Strait
1 Jan, 1700 – A new Institution has arrived – The Enlightenment – as a reminder, I’ll get tech hurts every year until we embrace.
The Age of Absolutism ends in ten years
New Tech!
MIL TECH 24 – Covered Way – We get +0.25 morale, +2 combat width and can build Star Fort upgrades called Fortresses
Somalia already has it and is building them.
These cost an extra 190 cash and will take 30 months.
Bastion Upgraded Star Forts Ordered:
All 7 Egyptian provinces next to Somalia
Three next to them in West Africa – Kanem, Bornu and Mandara
Kilwa region next to Somalia – Turkana, Kuria, Taveta
That drops my cash to 3753, enough to keep open for the upcoming war with Mombasa
4 Jan – Event – Spain’s South African province of Xhosa converted to Ibadi
24 Jan – Our fleet arrives in the Zanzibar strait
I DOW Mombasa for their lower dev holding next to my three armies called Tanga, their southernmost army.
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