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The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Four - Getting Ready for War #10
1 Jan, 1735 – With 9597 cash I order:
16 Counting Houses
6 Great Mosques
Leaves me 3422
23 Jan – Event – I move 15 towards legalism and gain 25 ADM power
6 Feb – Gambela converts! Next is 35 months in Kikuyu
I order a Fortress in West Africa’s Bagirimi we just captured after I spend some DIP raising it’s dev from 9 to 10.
Ditto Kotoko one back of it
26 Feb – A general passes, I hire another
12 Mar – Asosa converts! How about next is 43 months in Beja
1 Apr – Relations maxed with Commonwealth I pull my diplomat and send to make nice with Delhi
21 June – Event – Improved Steam Engine - +2 Production in Lamba
I order 2 Egyptian armies to the border with Ottomans and then two to the border and in Arabia
1 July – Idea! Offensive Idea #7 – Espirit de Corps - +5% Discipline, and for finishing we get +5% Recover Army Morale
I enact a ADM policy:
I can get two, and we have three options. What do I like?
Vassal Taxation Policy - +50% Vassal Taxes
The Anti-Heresy Act - +3% Missionary Strength vs Heretics, +20% Religious Unity
1 Sept – 13k rebellion in Beja; 31k next door in Al Qadarif
13 Sept – Damot converts! Next is nothing, the other two are building Fortresses
13 Oct – Rebels defeated after a longer war
28 Oct – Armies in place
18 Nov – Sad news! One of our longest allies, Malacca, broke their alliance with us
Now it’s just us and Bengal
19 Dec -Event – Tadiqiyya – We lose 10 prestige, gain relations with the ulema, and move towards legalism
1 Jan, 1736 – 9699 have, this year our peace with Kilwa is up, and we have one left in Africa and then Madagascar, and then still they have 41k so I cannot take this lying down, I’ll need to ferry over troops.
I spend less, I doubt I’ll need mercs, so we’ll drop less.
I order:
15 Counting houses
Drops me to 4899
I order my navy to the Zanzibar Strait where my 33k army is
27 Jan – Kaffa converted!
18 April – I order my 33k to board
1 May – I lose my claim on 37 holdings, I spend 50 MIL for Holy War
Peace is up with Kilwa and Hormuz
9 May – My army boards, I head south to the Mozambique Channel
25 May – We arrive.
I DOW Kilwa for Lindi! This is the 10th war against the once regional powerhouse and hegemon.
Hormuz joins
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