Chapter 209 The Baths of Caracalla (Part 1)
The coming of winter not only put an end to the war in the north, but also caused the civilians who originally wanted to go to Idar during this period to gradually stop their steps. As for those civilians who were already on the road, they had to speed up their pace.
No one fights in winter, and no one travels in winter.
then,
Under the influence of winter, the entire continent fell into an eerie calm.
Within the empire, there are undercurrents between the nobles and the royal family, and between the royal families. Outside the empire, Odin's army is eyeing the empire covetously.
No one would doubt that after this winter, the Norman Empire would be surrounded by a more intense and more widespread war.
On the day of Raphael Alexander's death, the eldest prince Pizman Alexander, with the support of some nobles, ascended the throne in the imperial capital, St. Lawrence, and was crowned the 44th emperor of the Norman Empire.
And more nobles stayed at home sick or returned immediately to their fiefdoms.
The nobles are a very shrewd group of people, so most of them are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards this.
after all……
Although Pizman was indeed the first heir in name, the question was, would the second prince Rez, who controlled nearly 100,000 troops and was charged with assassinating the previous emperor, just sit there and wait for death? You know, unlike the clever Pizman who had the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix, Rez Alexander had shown an admirable chivalry since he was a child, and had a close relationship with the imperial marshal Theodore, and was supported by many nobles.
If there were only Pitzman and Rez, then the possibility of Rez winning and ascending the throne would obviously be much greater, but... the invasion of the Odin people undoubtedly added many variables to this.
Although Rez Alexander was admired by others, he was now caught between the Odins and the Pizmen, attacked from all sides and unable to move.
So, in the eyes of the nobles...
The final result is likely to be fifty-fifty...
As a result, most nobles were even less anxious to take sides. Although this was more or less like being a fence-sitter, for the nobles, this was called waiting for the right price and maintaining neutrality.
Bruno was happy to see the conflict between the two sides.
Because the more vigorously they play, the more Bruno can focus on developing and growing slowly.
The impromptu meeting ended quickly, and officials at all levels quickly returned to their posts and prepared for action.
Under Bruno's series of orders, officials at all levels in the entire Idar territory were mobilized at the first moment.
Officials from the Idar Immigration Administration and the Idar Public Security Bureau worked together and worked overtime to try to get all the refugees gathered at the mouth of the Soron River into the Idar territory within the specified time.
Although the Norman Empire is located south of the Odin Empire and the weather is not as cold as that in the Odin Empire, but for the poorest people, such temperatures are already unbearable.
With the influx of a large population, it is natural that Idar County will need to provide more working-class communities for residents to live in.
The completion of the Baths of Caracalla and the ancient Roman Aqueduct undoubtedly provided the Idar Territory with a large amount of newly idle labor resources.
Production teams were soon put into new projects under the command of White Barrell, and migrant worker communities were established at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Since Bruno widely implements the alien version of the "grassroots people's self-governance system" in various working communities in Idar Territory, the large influx of population will not cause too much management burden on Idar Territory's original official structure.
Speaking of the Baths of Caracalla and the ancient Roman Aqueduct, due to the extensive use of concrete and steel in Idar Territory and the gradual maturity of magic array research, the speed of building wonders in Idar Territory has been completely put on the fast track, especially the construction of such medieval wonders is not difficult at all.
The reason why Bruno dared to reduce his attention to inspection and quarantine measures was precisely because the wonder bonus of the Baths of Caracalla had officially taken effect within the territory of Idar.
[One of the wonder characteristics: Reduces the chance of Idar’s people getting sick, greatly reducing the possibility of large-scale infectious diseases and plagues]
Although this wonder bonus does not seem to have much effect at present, it is equivalent to adding a layer of insurance for the Idar Territory, keeping the Idar Territory away from plague and large-scale infectious diseases.
In the current era of extremely backward medical care, this can almost be said to be a life-saving device! In addition, Bruno was also very excited about the third wonder bonus activated by the Baths of Caracalla and the ancient Roman Aqueduct, which was...
[Wonder Feature 3 (Unlocked): The Medical Enlightenment Movement takes place in Idar Territory, greatly accelerating the development of Idar Territory's medicine and increasing the birth rate of the population]
Increase the probability of population birth!
This can almost be called a magical skill for the Idar Territory, which is extremely short of population at this time! If you add the miraculous feature of the Great Lighthouse that [the probability of a wizard being born increases]...
According to the statistics of Idar Maternity Hospital after the completion of the Great Lighthouse, among every hundred newborns, there will be one or two good ones who can sense the existence of magic!
This was a groundbreaking event for the Idar Territory, where no mages had ever been born before!
After the meeting, Bruno couldn't wait to come to the Caracalla Baths in the eastern part of Idar. As the baths have not yet been officially opened to the public, Bruno came here to relax, combining work and rest and unwinding.
Before building the Baths of Caracalla, Bruno had already paid a large sum of demolition money and relocated the people who originally lived around the baths.
Because he was very sure that after the Caracalla Baths were officially put into operation, the area near the Caracalla Baths, which had a huge flow of people, would become a new commercial center in the eastern part of Idar! Therefore, this precious land would naturally be handed over to the Idar Chamber of Commerce for reasonable operation!
In addition to the commercial blocks built around the Baths of Caracalla, the interior of the Baths of Caracalla was divided into three areas: thermal baths, private bathrooms, and public baths.
Speaking of this, we have to mention public baths.
The Baths of Caracalla are undoubtedly a product of the Roman Empire. Although they still received some attention in the early days of the Roman Empire, by the end of the Roman Empire, public baths had become places of debauchery, with men and women mixed together and bathing together at night, filled with obscene language and laughter.
But as the Earl of Idar, and as an outstanding and progressive young man of the new era with correct values, Bruno would never allow such a thing that goes against public order and morality to happen under his nose!
In order to avoid the embarrassing scene of public mixed bathing, under Bruno's order, the Baths of Caracalla received men on odd days and women on even days, while the private bathroom area was not subject to this restriction.
So much so that Bruno often worried that the so-called third wonder bonus that increased the probability of population birth might be related to mixed bathing between men and women.
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(End of this chapter)
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