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Chapter 538: : The Sea of ​​Postwar Bourbon (8) Randolph Haller

Randolph Haller, known as the greatest historian of the Bourbon Sea since Dross, whose representative works include "Bourbon Historiography", "Bourbon Chronicle", "Falida's Travels", etc. Prolific writer.

Although the level of Randolph's writings is generally considered to be inferior to Thudros's "The History of the Bourbon Naval War", his contribution to the field of history far exceeds that of Thudros.

The Haller family where Randolph belongs is an aristocratic family with a long history. It was extremely brilliant in the era of the Bourbon Empire, and even had several Bourbon governors.

However, with the disintegration of the Bourbon Empire, the Haller family also weakened. In the turmoil, they moved away from Boris, which was in ruins. After that, they put their family strength into the melee of the twenty-four years in power. As one of twenty-four warlords, try to dominate Bourbon on his own.

When the later King Ferrison XIV returned to Bourbon with funding from Portloo, the Haller family appeared as the background villain in the legend of Ferrison XIV, and then was hanged and beaten. In the end, Ferrison XIV unified Bourbon. Although he forgave the Haller family's disobedience, the Haller family was also severely damaged in the failed melee and was no longer as prosperous as before.

After that, the Haller family was forced to move away from their original ancestral land, and were resettled to Naira, where they took root. With a series of coincidences, the Haller family gradually became the dignitaries of Naira, once again on the political stage. However, compared to the Haller family in the past, the Haller family at this time can only be regarded as a second-rate family.

Naira is a very important city, and Naira is the top priority for guarding the Isthmus of Naira. If you want to attack the old waterway from Bourbon Island on land, Naira is the only passage.

It’s just that due to the developed shipping industry of the old waterway, the attackers can cross any river to invade the old waterway, so although the Naira is important, it does not have the same important position as Foles for Butoksi. Of course, even so, if you want to dominate Bourbon, you can still occupy Naira as much as possible.

Naira belongs to the battleground of the military, and has changed hands many times in history:

In 1707, because of the "War of Willis", the "Peace of Willis" was ceded from the old waterway of Bourbon to the Murad guardhouse in Pokorn; in 1784, because of the "Second Bourbon Island War" signed The "Domo Liao Peace Treaty", which was ceded to the old waterway of Bourbon by the way of redemption of the Murad guard of Pokang;

In 1926, due to the "Third Peace of Willis" signed by the "Fourth Bourbon Island War", the old waterway of Bourbon was ceded to the Schondor Pass of Boris; in 2126, due to the "Bourbon Sea" War" signed the Third Treaty of Orly, ceded from the Shorendor Pass at Boris to the Shorendor Pass at Bourbon.

However, in the five hundred years, no matter who the Naira belongs to, the Haller family has always occupied the Naira, and the local rule has not been shaken by foreign forces. In "Bourbon's Sea War", after Xi Yuyou rebelled and went south, the Haller family even bet on Xi Yuyou, and other noble families who were optimistic about Xi Yuyou helped Xi Yuyou persuade other nobles in the Xiuenduo Channel.

Relying on the success of this speculation, the Haller family finally rose again. On the one hand, it occupies a place as the representative of Naira in the self-governing Schondor waterway, and on the other hand, it has a deep friendship with Xi Yuyou's Chaanli Dynasty because of the power of the dragon. , can be described as a spring breeze.

Randolph was born in this family in the year 2240 of the calendar year and is a member of the direct line. Randolph was weak in power since he was a child. Instead, he liked to use his identity as a direct descendant to browse the library and browse history, so he got along well with members of all factions of the family.

When he was old, Randolph entered the Butoka Academy (the top academy in the Seaway) for academy, and went to Xi Yuyou Academy as an exchange student for 2 years. During his student days, Randolph became more and more interested in historiography, and even before he graduated, he began to write historiography monographs.

And Randolph's graduation project is to write a dissertation (there are many options for graduation topics in this world, ranging from writing thesis to practice), Randolph's graduation thesis, "On Bourbon's History" has been unanimously favored by the tutor, who believes that Randolph's graduation thesis, "On the History of Bourbon" Dolph is a gifted cadet.

This "On the Historiography of Bourbon" is regarded as the foreshadowing of "The Historiography of Bourbon" in Randolph's later masterpieces. Unfortunately, this paper has now been lost, and only a few words can be found in "The Historiography of Bourbon". .

It should be said that the times in which Randolph lived were not very peaceful. The "Fifth Bourbon Island War" that ended with the signing of the "Second Boris Treaty" 30 years before Randolph's birth (2210) did not bring Bourbon Island. Come to peace, but buried the hidden danger of the "Sixth Bourbon Island War".

In the "Fifth Bourbon Island War", two provinces of Pokémon were ceded, and the remaining two provinces were reduced to the sphere of influence of Polly in the north and Bourbon in the south, and the two countries continued to conflict. .

The two most troubled "cross-border incidents" occurred in 2241, when Polly crossed the border to Bourbon's sphere of influence to capture a group of ancient Bourbon criminals who committed crimes against Polly's diaspora; the other occurred in 2247, Bourbon. A tax on caravans that have relocated from their own sphere of influence is taxed by the Poli sphere of influence.

The accumulation of contradictions prompted the "Sixth Bourbon Island War" between the two countries in 2251, and Pomosey joined the Bourbon camp to declare war on Polly in 2252, when Randolph was 11 years old.

In addition to reading, Randolph's academy years were the battle reports from the outside world, and as a son of a nobleman, Randolph also signed up for the army vigorously after graduation.

According to Randolph in his book, he joined the army for the same reasons as Schedros in the past, wanting to document the wars of his own time, "though this war was nowhere near the scale of the great 'Bourbon Sea War'. , but he was still a war worth remembering."

As a son of a nobleman, Randolph soon served as an officer after joining the army and began to lead a small army. However, Randolph's journey into the army was not smooth. Just 2 years later, in 2262, Randolph was attacked in a place called Pisnone (where the location is unknown), the team was defeated, and Randolph was seriously injured. , had to return home to cultivate.

This recuperation lasted for 2 years, and then Randolph did not go to the battlefield again, but was transferred to Boris to be a Bourbon ambassador to Boris under his uncle, and when Randolph went to Boris, He stayed for more than 20 years, so much so that he called Boris his second hometown in the book.

However, some later critics of Randolph questioned this behavior, and made a poignant irony: "Perhaps the serious injury (referring to the event in 2262) gave Randolph so much fear that he I don’t dare to go back to my hometown, lest I be dragged to join the army again, so I still hide in my second hometown, which is safer for cowards.”

In any case, Randolph went to the Edonan Peninsula to start his own life, but even when he arrived on the Edonan Peninsula, Randolph did not forget his past oaths. He continued to collect letters from classmates and elders to understand what was going on. "The Sixth Bourbon Island War", to prepare for his later history books.

While living on the Edonan Peninsula, Randolph gradually became interested in the local residents, that is, the West Bourbons. He came from the same source as the Bourbons but in a somewhat different way, bringing Randolph infinite Interested, Randolph often traveled around the country when he was doing paperwork, and went to various places to observe the life of the West Bourbon people.

It was in this observation that Randolph gradually began to write a book about the West Bourbons, but the major events that happened in his hometown in 2266 of the calendar year attracted Randolph's interest to the past: the Seando Passage The republican rebellion against Bourbon broke out.

The so-called republicans refer to those factions in Bourbon (originally in Boris) who sought to depose a certain family's hereditary power over the Sea King and restore the ancient republican system. Formed by the great nobles weakened by the rise of the Fermat dynasty, they tried to overthrow the Fermat dynasty in the name of restoring the republic.

However, after more than three hundred years, those old nobles have long since disappeared with their endless exile careers. Today's republican faction is mainly composed of some small nobles who have been suppressed by oligarchs and have no way out.

In the past, when Xi Yuyou rebelled against the Ferma Dynasty, it attracted many republicans to join. They regarded Xi Yuyou as a hope to overthrow the Ferma Dynasty, and believed that Xi Yuyou, who was also born from a minor nobleman, would definitely restore the republic. As a result, they were greatly disappointed when Xi Yuyou expelled the Ferma Dynasty and established the Chaanli Dynasty.

However, because of the devastation of the "Bourbon Sea War", even the extreme republicans could not draw the army to continue the civil war, so the two sides could only compromise. waterway, as one of the conditions for Bourbon to agree to the autonomy of the Seaway of Shoendor.

Xi Yuyou's method is quite good. These republican factions have caused considerable trouble for the local faction in Xiuenduo Channel, which makes the local faction want to get rid of it quickly. But now, with the rebellion of the Republican faction, the UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com local faction can finally get their wish, and can legally attack the Republican faction and let themselves dominate the Xienduo Channel.

As an aristocrat who grew up in the Shondor Passage, Randolph knew a lot about the republicans, and because of the republican rebellion in the homeland, it aroused the interest of many West Bourbons, plus the library of the West Bourbons There are many early republican historical records, which brought Randolph a lot of convenience.

So Randolph spent 2 years collecting information and writing, and in 2268 published his first book, "Republican Past Examination".

After the publication of "Republican History" in Boris, this history book about the past history of the republican who rebelled two years ago caused a sensation in the local area, because the republican was not only the trouble of the Charlene dynasty, but also with Fermat The dynasties are closely related. The last two "kingship wars" of the Ferma Dynasty were related to this group of republicans.

With the publication of "Republican Past Examination", Randolph also began to become famous, and some nobles hoped that the young and promising Randolph would make persistent efforts and write more history books. But at this time, Randolph began to deviate from his childhood dream of becoming a historian. Because of Boris's "re-development" trend, Randolph actually wanted to be a navigator and explorer. God's game I am the great will of the planet

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