My XX deal with Sister Nero

Sevilla said, "I heard you told Her Royal Highness yesterday that there was a way to improve the cavalry's combat capability, and then you came up with a little gadget. Although I don't know much about this, I think the cavalry's combat capability has nothing to do with your little gadget, right? Did Her Royal Highness call you over and scold you because of this?"

Scolded? Hearing these four words, Tony was even more confused.

Let's not talk about how the stirrup incident ended up being a misstatement. Even if it was a misstatement, it was either because the princess didn't care about you, or you were beaten up or put in jail, right? It wouldn't be an exaggeration to even kill you for this reason.

How could a situation occur where I was called over and scolded by Her Royal Highness the Princess?

Although he didn't understand why he was misunderstood like this, Tony still replied: "No, His Highness thought that my invention of the stirrup was quite useful, so he invited me to have a meal."

At this point, Tony suddenly had an idea.

Tony invented the stirrup, and Nero treated Tony to a meal as a reward.

In ancient times, if Her Royal Highness the Emperor invited you to dinner, you could brag about it for the rest of your life. In modern society, if you tell others that the president once invited me to dinner, they will look at you with a thumbs up and say, "Great!"

There is glory, but it has no practical benefit to Tony!

Oh no! I have to ask Nero for some benefits when I go there tomorrow!

"Dinner? His Highness invites you to a meal?" Hearing this, Sevilla was very surprised!

Tony rolled his eyes and thought to himself, weren't you there when Nero invited me last night? You should have heard it clearly, right? Why are you still so unbelieving?

"We really were just having a meal, and she also asked me about the details of my family, because I had asked her to help me find my family before." Tony said helplessly.

Hearing this, Tita's eyes dimmed and she said, "You really... still want to go back to your own home? No wonder, after all, that's your real family."

For some reason, Tony's heart skipped a beat when he heard Tita's words. He quickly said, "No, no, no. At least I always treat you as my sister."

"That's great," Tita said, giving Tony a big hug.

However, at this moment, a young man's voice suddenly came from outside the tent: "Hello, are you Tony?"

"Ah? It's me." After separating from Tita, Tony poked his head out of the tent and looked at the Roman soldier in front of him who was wearing silver armor.

"Your Highness asked us to rebuild a tent for you. Also, Your Highness said that you must not have much money as you have been wandering outside, so we brought you some money." As the soldier spoke, he took out a purse from his waist and handed it to Tony.

"Wow, it's quite heavy." The moment he took the purse, Tony instinctively felt that the purse was a bit heavy. If it was filled with gold coins, there would probably be at least dozens of them, right?

Tony once did an estimate.

In this world, the purchasing power of a Roman Empire silver coin is approximately equivalent to one hundred yuan. If it is a gold coin, it should be around one thousand yuan. Dozens of gold coins... this is a huge sum of tens of thousands of yuan!

In his previous life, Tony had only been working for a few months and had never saved so much money!

When he opened the purse, the golden light inside almost blinded Tony's eyes!

Wow, it's really gold coins! There must be at least twenty in this bag! Twenty gold coins, this is not a small amount!

Of course, this amount of money is really a small amount for Nero.

"So much money?" Although Sevilla had seen more money than this, this was the first time she had heard of giving a child more than twenty gold coins as a reward at one time!

"Thank you." Tony didn't even think twice and put the money inside his shirt and kept it close to his body.

Logically speaking, these soldiers should get a few copper or silver coins as errand fees, but Tony had no idea about this at all. Moreover, although the soldier was not clear about the specific relationship between Tony and Nero, from the unusual tone of voice when Nero addressed Tony, the soldier could guess that the relationship between the two must be unusual!

For people like this who have connections and backgrounds, it's fine if they give you some benefits, but if they don't give you anything, you can't take anything from them, right?

Although this soldier is just an ordinary soldier, as a German guard, his status is not low. The people he comes into contact with are either rich or noble. He doesn't care much about this little money.

"Then I will step back and set up the tent for you." said the soldier.

"Okay, thank you very much." Tony said to the German guard.

"Oh, by the way, does Your Excellency need me to arrange two of my men to escort you? There are so many people here, and I'm worried that you might get hurt. Don't worry, I have excellent German guards under my command, who are enough to serve as your escort, and Your Highness will agree with my approach." The soldier suddenly spoke before retreating.

German guards? Hearing these words, Tony subconsciously took a half step back.

Why? The German Guards belonged to the Praetorian Guard, and the Praetorian Guard of the Roman Empire was simply notorious in history.

The Praetorian Guard, in theory, is a military force to protect the emperor. However, in the history of the Roman Empire, the Praetorian Guard did not obey the emperor most of the time. Apart from Octavian, who established the Praetorian Guard, the only ones who could fully control the Praetorian Guard were Trajan and Aurelius, two of the Five Good Emperors.

Historically, the Praetorian Guards have participated in many assassination missions of emperors. For a considerable period of time, the Praetorian Guards were even called "mercenaries in regular army guise". They would work for whoever paid them the most. Therefore, during the civil strife of the Four Emperors after the death of Nero, the Praetorian Guards helped four emperors fight for money, but in the end, these emperors all ended up in a bad way.

Tony felt uncomfortable when he thought that Nero would eventually be abandoned by the Guards and commit suicide.

After all, this is my sister! Even if she is not my sister, she is still one of the ones I have licked the screen for a long time!

Ahem, it seems like something was revealed? By the way, should I just hug Nero prpr in the future?

It seems very exciting!

But then again, Nero is his biological sister now. Isn't it a bit lost to hug his sister prpr? But for some people with bad tastes... this would be more exciting, wouldn't it? Although Tony is not such a person, I don't know why Tony wants to try it!

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Chapter 29: The days of peace are so short (Additional update 14)

Ahem, now doesn’t seem to be the time to think about these things!

Now that the Praetorian Guards have appeared, Tony is still extremely wary of this military group that is most deeply involved with the throne of the Roman Empire.

But Tony does have ways to deal with them.

Anyone who knows a little about history knows that the Praetorian Guard played an ignominious role in the history of the Roman Empire. Since modern people know this, did people of that era know it?

The answer is yes.

Tony estimated that except for Octavian, every emperor who came after him seemed to know this, and even several emperors came to power by bribing the Praetorian Guards.

In history, the reason why Nero committed suicide was that he was abandoned by the Praetorian Guards after the Senate declared Nero a "public enemy of the country". With no other options, he finally chose to commit suicide. After that, there was the famous Four Emperors' Civil War in history.

The Imperial Guards acted arrogantly and repeatedly interfered in disputes over the throne. The emperors had only two choices: first, spend a lot of money to win over the Imperial Guards and use money to make them remain loyal to them; second, find a way to replace the old Imperial Guards with a new one.

The first method only treats the symptoms and not the root cause. It is easy for someone to spend more money to let the Praetorian Guards kill the emperor, so Tony decided that the next time he finds Nero, he will talk to her about how to disband the current Praetorian Guards.

Well, let's disband the Guards after Nero becomes emperor. After all, the Guards are still useful now.

"Those are the Guards, right? The Guards came to set up a tent for you? What on earth did you do?" Sevilla glanced at the busy Guards not far away and whispered.

Tony shrugged and said, "I just invented a stirrup, that's why Your Highness gave me so many good things. Oh, by the way, Aunt Sevilla, starting tomorrow I will go to the Governor's Residence every day. Her Highness thinks I should learn to write, so she wants to teach me how to write. I will probably have lunch and dinner at the Governor's Residence as well."

"Teach you culture? Why is His Highness so nice to you?" Hearing this, Sevilla and Tita exclaimed almost at the same time.

"Maybe... it's because I invented the stirrup and helped the empire." Tony scratched his head and replied.

In fact, Tony knew that the real reason was probably because Nero felt that he had to be nicer to his younger brother, so he sent money and tents and taught him personally.

But Tony felt a little strange. Although he was Nero's younger brother, was Nero so nice to him?

In fact, the reason is very simple.

One reason is that Tony is handsome.

This is not bragging. Think about it, Nero and Tony are siblings. Although Nero is now the daughter of Claudius, she is actually the son of Claudius' cousin. When Nero's father died, Tony's whereabouts were unknown, and Claudius had no offspring, so Nero became the only heir to the throne. Nero's appearance is very beautiful. As her younger brother, how bad can Tony's appearance be?

You know, Nero is a man and a woman. For Nero, as long as the appearance is good, no matter who the other party is, he will pursue them, right? So the handsome Tony had a certain impression in front of Nero from the beginning.

The second is that this is his only brother. Although Nero has not yet revealed his tendency to be obsessed with his younger brother, considering that this is the only relative who has not hurt him, Nero will pay more attention to him. Maybe he can pass the blame to his younger brother in the future! After all, his younger brother has now revealed his talent in politics. If he makes him emperor in the future, then can't he continue to be his own artist?

The third point is that Tony's current performance is indeed unexpected, whether it is the invention of the stirrup or the plan for meritorious nobles.

So to sum up, it is simply impossible that Nero is not nice to Tony.

After taking a short nap in the tent, Tony got up and looked at the time. It was probably around three or four in the afternoon. The sun was not as scorching as it was at noon, so Tony decided to get up and exercise.

Practice swinging the sword.

Tony used to see the sword-swinging action a lot when he was watching anime in the past. Whenever there was a kendo scene, the protagonist or supporting characters would constantly chop with a bamboo sword or a wooden knife.

At first Tony didn't understand why they did this. Later, at a comic convention, Tony bought a wooden sword. When he was practicing sword-swinging movements in the living room, he found that this movement really strengthened the arms.

It's boring to stay here now, Tony has to find something to do, right? So he decided to start training himself again.

When Tony woke up from his nap, the guards had just set up their tents. Originally, the German guard was planning to take his brothers away, but when he saw Tony exercising, he had an idea.

He was a regular army soldier, and also the most elite Germanic Battalion of the Royal Guards. He was the elite among the elite. It could be said that he received the best training, but he could not understand many of Tony's movements.

interesting!

As an elite soldier, this German guard could tell at a glance that Tony's physical condition was extremely poor. The movements he performed should be exercises for exercising his body. Many of the movements were simple and easy to understand, such as push-ups. You can tell at a glance that this is exercising the arms, but why didn't the instructors of the Guards think of this kind of exercise before?

Although Tony's way of training was very novel and made the German guard's eyes light up, it was just a way of exercising after all. After watching for a while, the guard led his brothers to retreat first.

After exercising for almost an hour, Tony was so bored that he had to go play with other kids.

As for the game, it was naturally the hide-and-seek that Tony often played when he was a child!

The game of hide-and-seek originated from Greece and was invented more than two thousand years ago. In other words, in the era in which Tony lives now, hide-and-seek was invented not long ago.

There are some slight differences in the rules of hide-and-seek in this era and the hide-and-seek that Tony played in his original era, but the differences are not big. After playing it twice, Tony has almost mastered it.

After a crazy afternoon of fun and dinner in the refugee area, Tony went to bed early. From tomorrow on, he would receive cultural education from Nero.

There was nothing much to say about studying with Nero. Nero just taught him how to write and read. However, such a peaceful life did not last long. One morning five days later, when Nero was teaching Tony to read, a guard suddenly walked in, knelt on one knee and said, "Your Highness, according to the report of the consul, there are traces of Thracians outside the city. The legion commander asked for your permission and hoped that you could go to the council hall to hold a military meeting."

After hearing the report from the guard, Nero frowned, put down the Iliad in his hand, and said, "I understand. You can leave first."

The guard stood up and left.

"Sister Nero, you go and do your own thing first. I'm fine here by myself." Tony said as he saw Nero frowning.

"What a considerate brother you are... But brother, do you want to attend the military meeting? I can give you a seat in the audience~" Nero looked at Tony and suddenly smiled.

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Chapter 30 Tony's Strategy

"I'm not going." Tony rolled his eyes and said.

Although Tony is interested in military affairs, it is just an interest. He knows his own worth. If he goes to attend the lecture, what if he can't help but say a few words and then something goes wrong?

"Be good, it's okay. As a member of the Claudius family, you should study military affairs well and listen to how the generals deploy their troops. It will be useful sooner or later when you grow up, right?" Nero said with a smile.

...Well, let's go and have some fun. Nero has said so much, Tony would feel embarrassed if he didn't go.

Seeing that Tony agreed, Nero happily grabbed Tony's hand, pulled him up, and took him towards the parliament hall.

Before we even entered the door of the parliament hall, we could hear a buzzing sound coming from inside the hall.

Hearing the voices from inside the house, Nero frowned slightly. She kicked the door open fiercely and said, "What are you arguing about! Do you still have the qualities of an imperial general?"

Hearing Nero's voice, several chief centurions in the council hall tactfully shut their mouths and bowed to Nero.

"Your Highness, who is this...?" The legion commander, who had been silent until now, spoke when he saw Tony walking in behind Nero.

Nero seemed to be quite respectful to the old general. He nodded and said, "General Leonius, this is Tony, the inventor of the stirrup."

"Oh? That's him?" The old general looked at Tony meaningfully and said to him, "Youth is formidable. Such a powerful weapon was invented by a child of just over ten years old. You're really formidable!"

Tony laughed dryly and said, "No, no, it's just the blessing of the times."

Tony was telling the truth. In this era, the Eastern Han Empire had basically invented the stirrup, but it had not yet spread to Europe. As a time traveler, Tony was naturally blessed by the times, and he was not exaggerating.

But in Lius' eyes, Tony's words had a different meaning!

There is no doubt that Tony invented the stirrup, and there is no doubt that the stirrup is useful, but Tony does not take all the credit for it. But from this point of view, this kid will definitely achieve great things in the future!

Nodding slightly at Tony, Leus had roughly guessed Nero's thoughts. It was obvious that Nero was attracted by Tony's talent and wanted to know whether Tony had the talent to command an army, so he brought him here to listen.

As a subject, Lius naturally did not want to offend his master, so he said: "Your Highness, according to intelligence, the Thracian Kingdom has dispatched 20,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, and they are currently at the gates of the city."

Twenty thousand infantry and three thousand cavalry? A total of more than 20,000 troops, although not a lot, but you have to know that this is not China, not the China of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period where you couldn't call yourself a country that went out to fight if you didn't have 100,000 troops.

Whether it is the Roman Empire or the surrounding barbarians, the military forces are not large!

The entire Roman Empire now has only 24 united legions, with only 240,000 people!

"It seems that in order to capture this city, the Thracians should have sent out one-fifth of their troops." Tony pondered.

Anyone who has played Rome Total War knows that Thrace is not very strong. This does not mean that the combat effectiveness of a qualified country is not good. On the contrary, the combat effectiveness of the Thracian Kingdom is so strong that even the Greek city-states have to frown.

However, the overall national strength of the Thracian Kingdom was not that good. The entire Thracian Kingdom had a population of only 600,000 and an army of only 100,000.

Although it seems that Thrace has only about 140,000 fewer troops than the Roman Empire, the gap between Thrace and the Roman Empire is not small in terms of weapons and equipment or comprehensive combat effectiveness.

"Twenty thousand infantry and three thousand cavalry...then how many soldiers are there in the city?" Tony asked.

Hearing Tony's question, Leus frowned slightly and glanced at Nero. After seeing Nero nod slightly, Leus said, "There is a joint army in the city, about 10,000 people. In addition, there is a certain number of national troops, which add up to nearly 20,000 people."