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Tigra

5 (31.3%)

Wei He

9 (56.3%)

Sindhu

2 (12.5%)

Total Members Voted: 16

Voting closed: November 05, 2016, 04:00:47 pm

[Haspen]

You agree to the selling of the half of Khosra to the Gubta in exchange for the fearsome Oliphaunts and siege engineers.

887 AD, Mid-Spring

5

You hear that the exchange of ownership of Khosra went without any major disturbances or protests amongst the subjugated Parsians. Maybe they just don't care.

887 AD, Summer

The mighty Oliphaunts have arrived in the capital city where a special stable is being constructed there under the guidance of Oliphaunt master trainer Amhal Nub Kalikaa and his workers. A group of hundred of Gubtian engineers in the meanwhile begun a long process of teaching Luathbas workers how to create various siege engines.

887 AD, Winter

3

The festivals this year had only minor effect that nonetheless lifted the mood of the populace somewhat, who sure haven't had two years of festivities in a row for a long time now.

887 AD, Midwinter

5to6

Great news from the gold mines - the profits have been again doubled thanks to the discovery of few very profitable veins of gold and tin ore in the surroundings hills!

Which brings a report from the overseer - the miners have been often finding small clusters of gemstones as well as some minor deposits of iron and tin ore, but without functioning smithy industry they sell these unworked stones for some side profits for their pockets. The manager is therefore asking if the Crown would be willing to expand the smelting industry at the mines and invest in some skilled craftsmen and workers. That of course means that some money might be needed, plus as the new branch of industries is set there might be some minor disruptions to the mining schedules next year.

A) Toss some money to get more money in the long run? Count me in!
B) Nah, let's not waste money on things that might potentially not pay off.

[Criptfeind]

A

We got the cash.

[NUKE9.13]

Uh... I sure hope Oliphants are different from Elephants, cos elephants don't breed in captivity. You catch wild elephants and tame them.

Anyway, investing in future wealth is a good idea.

A

[Haspen]

They are war elephants that can be bred ;v

This is how it works in this world. /discussion

[Kashyyk]

A, investment is pretty much always worth it.

[Haspen]

You send the money to the overseer of the gold mines in the northwest and order him to expand the industries to inclue tin smelters and ironworks.

887 AD, End of the Year

Compared to the earlier years, these seem to fly past you like crazy. When the Advisor shows up with Scrolls of Kingdom Status, you know that 887 is going to end soon.

Happiness: 5
Population: 5
Economy: 6
Army: 7

You munch on a dried apple, almost done perusing the pape-

Wait a moment...

"What's this small writing down there at the end of the list of royal expenses and investments for this fiscal year?" The Advisor leans toward the scrolls and squints.

"It says there it is for the care of Oliphaunts, their herbal medicines and payments for their traineers and payments of the Gubta war engineers now serving in our Army."

"That much?? And I wasn't told about this because?" The Advisor rubs his neck.

"It's the Gubta emissary's fault, surely." You squint eyes at the Advisor and then look down at the papers.

A) Bleeeh. Fine, I will let them get away with this.
B) Ffff- time to send an angry letter to the Gubtas!

[VoidSlayer]

Reformations take time and money.

It was the same for our awesome professional army.

We can be pissed later, after we have the knowledge.

A

[ZBridges]

A

[Kashyyk]

A

[Puppyguard]

A
B

[omada]

A take a deep breath

times are good, it will pay off

[flazeo25]

A

[NUKE9.13]

I told you it was a bad idea to sell them the province. They've effectively taken it for free, and then sold us the services of their military experts. :/

As such, I'm going to go with B. It might not result in us getting anything, but it is a perfectly reasonable response. They insinuated that we were getting these services gratis in exchange for the land.

B

[Prophet]

A

[heydude6]

Eh, am I supposed to be drawing parallels to the story about a king giving away his prized albino elephant away as a gift in order to bankrupt his enemies? You guys know that one right?

Spoiler: In case you don't (click to show/hide)

There was this king. He owned a legendary white elephant. He would often give the elephant away to his enemies as a gift. Why his enemies? Because he wanted to bankrupt them. You see, the elephant had high maintenance costs, you had to feed it food wrapped in gold leaf, it had to sleep on blankets made from the finest purple silk, etc.

Now you couldn't give the gift back or reject it because it would be a considered a great insult to the king and everyone knows it's a bad idea to insult a king. Anyway, so you were stuck with it. You would take care of it for as long as your wallet could last and once you were bankrupted, the king would take the elephant back since you couldn't care for it anymore, allowing him to give it away to his next enemy.

Anyway, the reason why I bring it up is cause as Tiruin mentioned, spamkingdom draws many historical parallels and I feel that this might be relevant (although this is more of a fable rather than history). I feel like we're gonna have to get rid of our elephants at some point or else they might bankrupt us.

What do you guys think?