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Chapter 578 Rome
The Rhine Province has the Rhine River running through it, and there are some swamps on the river, which are very suitable for fish farming. Richard plans to dig a pond here to raise fish.

There was no artificial seedling breeding technology in this era, but wild fish fry could be used for breeding. All you had to do was put the wild fish fry into the pond.

At the same time, Richard began to encourage civilians to raise cattle and sheep. Although the Rhine Province had more than 70,000 people, it was still sparsely populated.

Because of the abundant water resources, there are many grasslands and swamps here, which are suitable for grazing. Richard happened to have looted a lot of livestock from the city of Mainz. Some of these livestock were kept for breeding, and the rest were distributed to the people.

Richard didn't need to worry about breeding and planting techniques, as the druid priests were proficient in them.

In addition to controlling the general direction, he now trains the army every three days, or takes Mia and Alea to train. Of course, sometimes other witches will join the battlefield.

But even in a one-on-many situation, Richard could easily chop these witches down, bah, on his horse.

In the following period, the Rhine Territory began to recuperate, frantically reclaiming farmland and building city walls.

On the other hand, after Richard captured the city of Mainz, he quickly evacuated. When the surrounding Germanic tribes found out that Richard had not occupied the city of Mainz, they were very surprised, and then delighted.

The Germanic tribes around Mainz were naturally very clear about it. There were many good farmlands, abundant water and grass, and fertile land. It had always been occupied by the most powerful Germanic tribe nearby.

Because of the city walls, the surrounding Germanic tribes had never gained any advantage in their confrontation with it, but this time, Mainz was breached.

The original tribes suffered heavy losses and this place became an ownerless land, so these tribes will naturally not let it go.

Soon, the surrounding tribes led their armies to rob. For a time, these tribes fought fiercely near the city of Mainz.

In the end, the city of Mainz was occupied by the most powerful tribe.

After acquiring the city of Mainz, the Germanic tribe quickly moved the entire tribe here. The well-preserved city of Mainz only needed a little repair before it could continue to be inhabited.

What made the Germans even happier was that rye had already been planted in the fields outside the city. They only had to wait a few months for the rye to mature and be harvested.

This made many Germans think that Richard and his people were fools. They didn't even want to occupy such a good place.

Now these Germans are celebrating their victory. I wonder what their expressions will be when Richard leads his army again.

Time passed quickly. While Richard was cultivating the land and practicing his inner strength in the Rhine Province, Rome was a completely different scene.

After Aetius led his army to defeat the Scourge of God, his prestige in the Roman Empire was unmatched. It can be said that at this time, as long as he had a hint that he wanted to be emperor, a group of people would immediately help him kill Valentinian III.

Even those in the Senate had no objection to Aetius becoming emperor of the Roman Empire.

But Aetius did not do so.

After this, more and more information about how Aetius defeated Attila became known. When Valentinian III learned that Aetius had deliberately let Attila go, he was very angry.

In fact, Aetius did intend to let Attila go. If he had insisted on encircling and annihilating Attila at that time, he should have been able to do it. However, their losses would also be very great.

Under the circumstances at the time, the Franks, the Visigothic Kingdom, and the Roman Empire would also suffer heavy losses.

Especially after the king of the Visigothic Kingdom was killed, the prince had realized his mistake and wanted to go back to inherit the throne. After he left, the Roman Empire and the Franks no longer had an absolute advantage and could not completely defeat the Hun army.

If they fight again at this time, once they suffer heavy losses, they will then have to face the Visigothic Kingdom and the Germanic barbarians.

Although the Visigothic Kingdom cooperated with the Roman Empire this time, the relationship between the two sides was not good. You know, decades ago, the Visigoths had conquered Rome.

At that time, the Goths, who were being chased by the Hun Empire, entered Italy and, led by Alaric, besieged Rome. With the cooperation of the slaves in the city, they conquered the Eternal City.

He plundered it, then led the Goths to Spain and established the Visigothic Kingdom.

It can be said that there was a deep blood feud between the Romans and the Visigothic Kingdom.

Only the Hun Empire could unite the two countries for a short period of time. Aelius was able to rise to power because he defeated the Visigothic Kingdom in succession, forcing them to sign a treaty and maintain peace with the Roman Empire.

Then Aelius led a large army to suppress the rebellion in Burgundy and defeated the invasion of the Germanic peoples in the north, which saved the Roman Empire from danger.

It can be said that Aelius defeated all the countries and forces around Rome.

If the Roman Empire and the Hun Empire fought to a mutual defeat, the Visigothic Kingdom would never let the Roman Empire go.

Therefore, Aetius's decision to let Attila go was well considered.

But his behavior was a threat in the eyes of Valentinian III. Valentinian III felt that Aetius letting Attila go was a demonstration, and that Attila was always a threat to Rome.

Only in this way, he, Valentinian III, the emperor of the Roman Empire, must rely on him. All military and political power must be handed over to Aetius.

This was a betrayal and unforgivable to Valentinian III.

This man had been controlled by his mother since he was a child, and his mother was still in power when he became emperor. After he finally grew up and his mother died, he felt that he could be in power. So Aetius came again. As emperor for decades, he had almost no control over any power, just like a mascot.

He was eager to prove himself.

So Valentinian III began to attack Aetius on the pretext that he had let Attila go. With the help of Aetius's lack of intention to attack him, Valentinian III was in a state of panic.

At the Senate, he accused Aetius of deliberately letting Attila go.

It can be said that Valentinian III, who had no say in the Senate before, actually dared to attack Aetius.

Although the Roman Empire had declined, the Empire's Senate still had some rights in Rome, especially when imperial power was declining.

When the Senate was at the height of its power, they dared to assassinate Caesar directly.

However, as successive Roman emperors weakened it, the power of the Senate became smaller and smaller. At the beginning, Octavian purged the Senate members who assassinated Caesar.

Aetius actually wanted to reconcile with Valentinian III. After all, he wanted his son to marry Valentinian III's princess.

He wanted to use the model of political marriage to better maintain the politics of the Roman Empire, but in the eyes of Valentinian III, this was a sign that Aetius wanted to get his hands on the throne.

According to the inheritance law of the Roman Empire, women also have the right of inheritance, and as the husband of his daughter, Aetius' son will also have the right of inheritance to the Roman Empire.

Although this inheritance right is ranked last.

In Aetius's mind, he engaged his son to the daughter of Valentinian III in order to stabilize the country and maintain the political alliance through marriage, and at the same time to stabilize the position of Valentinian III.

Good for Valentinian III.

But in the eyes of Valentinian III, this was because he was suppressed by Aetius and could not raise his head, and he needed to use marriage to barely maintain his position. He did not want his daughter to marry the other party's son at all.

You know, his daughter is now a teenager and can get married if she really wants to, but Valentinian III has never let his daughter get married.

Aetius had been waiting for the emperor of the empire to propose marriage, but what he didn't know was that Valentinian III had no such idea at all.

Aetius's plan was doomed to fail.

Valentinian III ordered Aetius to be stripped of his military power, hoping to demonstrate his prestige and send his own men to take over.

At this time, news about Richard also came. After looting the Germans and breaking through the city of Mainz, Richard also wrote a letter and asked someone to deliver it to Valentinian III.

Alea asked her men to deliver the letter, and then handed it to the Emperor of the Empire.

Valentinian III was very happy after reading the letter that Richard had captured Mainz, defeated the Germanic barbarians, and temporarily lifted the threat to the north of the empire.

After seeing Richard killing thousands and capturing tens of thousands, he had an orgasm in his head.

Such brilliant military results had not been seen in the Roman Empire for a long time, except for Aetius a few years ago.

As a general promoted by him personally, Valentinian III felt that Richard's achievements were his credit, and Richard's victories were his victories.

The more successful Richard is now, the more it proves that he has a keen eye for talent.

At the same time, the army that Richard had was his army, which allowed Valentinian III to speak with confidence in the Senate.

Just as Valentinian III was happy, the news quickly spread in Rome through some merchants.

This made the Romans, who were already happy about defeating the Scourge of God, even more excited.

Two great victories in a row, first defeating Attila, then the death of the Visigothic king, and now defeating the Germanic barbarians.

What does this mean? This means that the empire is about to rise again.

Many old Romans who still remembered the former glory of the Roman Empire burst into tears as they recalled the empire's former glory.

(End of this chapter)