My XX deal with Sister Nero

Just as Tony was sighing about this, the door of the study was suddenly knocked open. A guard quickly knelt at the door and shouted, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, a report came from the Gaul Province of Lugdon. Martha has captured Vendex alive. The rebellion in Gaul has been quelled!"

???

What the hell?

Martha captured Vendice alive? Has the rebellion in Gaul been quelled?

Wait a minute, Martha is a Christian saint, what identity did she have when she went to suppress the rebellion? A good young man who was brave enough to do something righteous? Or a Christian? If she was a Christian, what was the attitude of Christianity in suppressing the rebellion? In addition, how many troops did Windex have? According to Tony's impression... Christianity has no army now, right? Could it be that Martha solved the rebellion with a group of armed mobs?

Even if we take a step back and say that Martha solved the rebellion single-handedly, then...

"Brother..." Nero frowned and looked at Tony. Seeing a confused expression on Tony's face, Nero reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed... this incident was not planned by his younger brother.

As an emperor, Nero certainly knew the imperial government's attitude towards Christianity, and as a sister, she also knew that her brother was very close to Martha. She was worried that if this was her brother's intention, or if her brother was bewitched by Martha, then by arresting Vendice, Christianity could gain a certain amount of political capital, making it inconvenient for the Roman Empire to take direct action against it.

But since it wasn’t my brother’s idea, it will be much easier to deal with!

"Ah!" Tony was subconsciously startled when he heard his sister's figure. After coming to his senses, he said, "Order the German Legion to separate a legion and quickly march into the Lugdon Gaul Province to suppress the possible second rebellion there and receive the rebels such as Vendex. First... detain the surviving rebel soldiers and officers first. Make a decision after counting the number of prisoners."

At this point, Tony suddenly paused and said, "Go and deliver the intelligence about the Windex rebels that the spies have collected. I want to know how many troops Windex has gathered this time."

"Yes, Your Highness!" The guard responded, stood up and retreated immediately.

"Brother, this matter... should have nothing to do with you, right?" After the guard left, Nero was silent for two seconds and then asked uncertainly.

"Ah? What does this have to do with me?" Tony was stunned for a moment and said, "It's obvious that this almost ruined my business, right? If I hadn't reacted quickly a few days ago and let the Senate delay for a few more days, the news of the suppression of the rebellion from Vendex would have come back. Do you think we can just rely on the suspicion that they assassinated our mother... to coerce them?"

"That makes sense." Nero nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly asked as if he remembered something: "Speaking of which, my mother was assassinated, brother, you said you had other guesses, how is it, have you found any results from the investigation?"

"No..." Tony shook his head. "Now all the evidence points to the Germans. I even dug up the background of the German who had contact with Tarquin. But there is still no evidence to prove that there is a bigger conspiracy behind this. If it weren't for the fact that the Germans really had no motive to commit the crime, I'm afraid I would believe that this was indeed planned by the Germans."

PS: Sorry for the late update. Due to some issues, I have to do some odd jobs during this period. The workplace is a bit far from my home. I have to get up very early in the morning and get home around ten o'clock in the evening. After eating, I have one or two hours of writing time. I can only say that I will try my best to keep updating. As for the two updates... I'll talk about it when I'm free later.

I won't write about adding more chapters in the future. I owe so many chapters... Can I just write it off? Ahem. If I have more time, I'll write more. If I don't have enough time, I'll try to keep updating until the book is finished.

I'm really sorry that life is so stressful. After all, writing books cannot support myself. I have to do something to support myself and pay off my debts.

As for why I don’t find a full-time job with a fixed income… Because part-time jobs give me a daily salary so I can pay off my debts at any time, while full-time jobs have a fixed salary schedule and some debts would take a long time to pay off.

Chapter 935: Sister and brother get married...this is very Roman!

Tony was desperate sometimes.

The Germans had no reason to assassinate Agrippina the Younger. They even disdained to do such a thing. So you said they would assassinate Agrippina the Younger? You are kidding!

But now all the evidence on the table points the finger at the Germans. If Nero and Tony do not do something, the public will soon have some degree of doubt about these two.

The Agrippina the Younger in this era had her teammates sold out by the Senate just after she assassinated Claudius, so she was different from the Agrippina the Younger in Tony's previous life. The Agrippina the Younger in this world had never held power, and the people did not dislike her... except for the fact that she assassinated her own husband.

In the world where Tony lived in his previous life, after Agrippina the Younger came to power, although she and Seneca and others implemented many very good policies for the Roman Empire, some problems in her governance caused the people to be very disgusted with her. So when Nero killed his mother, not only the Senate accepted Nero's clumsy lie, even the Roman citizens at that time said that it was very gratifying.

But this era was different. Agrippina the Younger was not in power at this time, and people's knowledge of her was limited to the fact that she assassinated the previous emperor Claudius. Although people were disgusted by this matter, they had not yet applauded after learning that Agrippina the Younger had been assassinated.

So, if Tony and Nero don’t avenge their mother, people might think that they are... unfilial?

But who is the real murderer?

Tony wants to catch the real murderer, and the only way... is to find the German who contacted Tarquin and see if he can pry something out of him.

But it is clear that the German was a professional, and when he contacted Tarquin after the assassination of Agrippina the Younger, he disappeared.

However, in this era, looking for a person based solely on verbal description is undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack. And the most important thing is that if this person cannot be found in a short time and something cannot be pried out of his mouth, then the Roman Empire will have to declare war on the Germanic people.

It was precisely based on this that Tony only sent one German legion into the province of Lugdon Gaul, and the remaining five German legions remained in the German province, just in case of emergency, so as to avoid being forced into a situation where he had no army to attack the Germans.

However... the idea of ​​attacking the Germans can be put aside. Not to mention that we have not found out whether the mastermind behind this incident is a German or not, the very least, even if the mastermind behind this incident is indeed a German, and the Roman Empire really wants to attack the Germans, then... for the Roman Empire, it is just a local war.

Who were the enemies of the Roman Empire in the East? They were the various countries, mainly Parthia, whose civilization level was not much different from that of the Roman Empire. What about the Germans? You can tell what level they were just by hearing that they didn't even have a formal country name.

So the Germans are not Tony's focus.

Tony's main focus now is his wedding with his elder sister.

In another month, Tony will be fourteen years old. According to the relevant laws of the Roman Empire, Tony can get married in another month, so... why not just hold the wedding this year?

Ahem, I seem a little impatient.

Well, you don’t have to get married this year, but you have to get engaged first, right?

"Huh? You said you were going to marry Nero?"

Inside the Pantheon, Rome… Romulus looked at Tony and said with some surprise.

"Yes, God-Ancestor, I plan to marry my sister." Li Bu looked at Romulus with gritted teeth.

Romulus looked at Tony seriously. Although he had heard of the holy marriage in Egypt, and although he had heard that his lovely descendant named Nero asked Cleopatra VII for the title of Pharaoh, so... so the brother and sister have actually always liked each other?

If that's the case, then there's no need to separate them, and as for bloodline...their offspring seem to be purer in bloodline?

"So...for the future of Rome, I will offer my blessing, my child." Romulus nodded and said to Tony.

This... counts as consent?

Although I had already guessed that Romulus would agree, but...isn't this too easy?

Well, I shouldn’t use the thinking of two thousand years later to measure the thinking of people of this era.

But since Romulus agreed, it meant that no one in the temple dared to refuse, so...

About three days later, Nero suddenly issued an announcement that His Majesty would be engaged on June 3rd!

"Engaged?" Standing in front of a wall, Rosa looked at the notice in front of him. If Nero was going to get engaged, then who would he be engaged to...

"This kid, did he succeed..." Rosa shook his head. Tony should be very happy now, right? Should I go meet him at this time to spoil his fun and tell him that the world is full of dangers?

But then again, while I was reading the notice... where did that bastard who was following me sneak off to? !

"Is this the Roman Empire?" Looking at the tiled road under his feet and the four- or five-story buildings around him, this Asian man with black hair and yellow skin almost thought he was back in his childhood, back to the small town where he was born and raised for more than ten years.

From an architectural perspective alone, this capital of the Roman Empire is very similar to the countryside of modern China, right?

This Asian had heard several years ago that the Roman Empire could accommodate a million people. Before coming to Rome, he scoffed at this statement. A million people? How big would Rome be? You know, the later Tang Chang'an City was five times the size of Rome. Such a city could accommodate nearly a million people!

So, how did Rome, with a land area only one-fifth of the Tang Chang'an City, accommodate a population of one million?

it's actually really easy.

In China, no matter which dynasty, the class system was very strict, and this strictness was reflected in all aspects. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, if you were an ordinary family, then your carriage could only be single-horse, that is, it could only be pulled by one horse. If you dared to use two horses to pull the carriage, sorry, you have exceeded the rules.

Driving a carriage with two horses is a privilege for the nobility.

Similarly, there are clear regulations on how high you can build your house, what kind of animals you can carve on the beams, and whether you can place stone lions at the door. But in Rome... there is no height limit!

A house in your Tang Chang'an City can only accommodate one family, but a house in the Roman Empire can accommodate more than ten families!

On the one hand, this is due to institutional problems, and on the other hand, it is naturally due to problems with building materials.

Most of the ancient Chinese buildings were civil structures, with wood used as the skeleton to build houses. This also led to the fact that ancient Chinese buildings were not very tall... after all, the wood underneath could not bear the weight.

There were no large-scale forests in the Italian region of the Roman Empire, so the main building material of the Romans was not wood, but concrete made from volcanic ash. This stuff... is much stronger than wood.

PS: I know the quality of this chapter is not very good, and there are even some water words in the latter part, but... I am so sleepy after a busy day, and I really can't muster the energy. It's a good time to take a break tomorrow, so I'll write two chapters well. Bye, and go to bed.

Chapter 396 Preparations before the Engagement Ceremony

"It is worthy of being the beacon of the European classical era. If the streets were not a bit narrow, just look at these buildings and drainage and water supply facilities. If it weren't for the Romans' love of adding lead to the water, how could the empire be destroyed by those barbaric barbarians?"

As we all know, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, the barbarians who were previously looked down upon by the Romans became the masters of continental Europe. And the first thing these barbarians did after entering the areas ruled by the Roman Empire was to destroy the Roman heritage, including their buildings, etc., so that during the entire Middle Ages, Europe... Forget it, the invention of high heels is enough to explain everything.

"Come on, let's see what kind of beauties we can encounter on this narrow street~" Stretching lazily, the young man named Xiao Changtian looked at the women coming and going around him with some curiosity. Although he was a Chinese, but... he was not averse to foreign women, as long as they were not involved in the affair, he was not picky when it came to sex.

"His Majesty……"

In a small alley, Rosa looked at the girls standing in front of him with a gloomy face and said, "You guys, go find that bastard Xiao Changtian right now. If you can't find him... we can talk about it later. At worst, I can ask His Majesty Nero to mobilize the Royal Guards to help me find him."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Elector nodded. As the highest level of the empire, she certainly knew that Xiao Changtian, like Tony, was chosen by His Majesty and was not to be missed. Otherwise, His Majesty would not have personally risked his life to rescue Xiao Changtian, the serial killer.

Now this guy is actually missing... How can that be? If it were any other day, Your Majesty probably wouldn't care about it, but now, the city of Rome is surging with undercurrents. Not to mention the Senate Guards, there are also several heroes here. These people... Can you afford to offend them? !

Of course Xiao Changtian can't afford to offend him, but... this doesn't prevent Xiao Changtian from becoming a humanoid self-propelled artillery.

"It's worthy of being the capital of the Roman Empire. Look at these noble ladies, look at these young girls full of youth, look at this..." Xiao Changtian, who was walking on the road and evaluating the Romans coming and going around him, suddenly had his eyes lit up and locked onto a girl in a white gauze dress not far away.

"White gauze skirt?" Looking at the girl not far away, Xiao Changtian's eyes subconsciously lit up. He has been in this world for several days, and this is the first time he has seen someone wearing a white gauze skirt!

Due to the limitations of the times and materials, if you want to see a white gauze skirt in this era, it is almost as difficult as the moon hitting the earth. Moreover, this girl in a white gauze skirt... no, saying girl is a bit exaggerated. This lolita in a white gauze skirt... hiss! She seems to be very good?

But... this girl seems a little familiar?

Xiao Changtian is different from Rosa and Tony. He is not a otaku and doesn't know much about FATE. If Tony were here, he would definitely recognize this loli at a glance. Isn't this Barbatos? !

But... Xiao Changtian didn't know Barbatos.

So, Xiao Changtian walked towards the direction where Barbatos was in a very suicidal manner.

Let’s not talk about Xiao Changtian for now, and talk about the other side.

The Senate acquiesced and Romulus supported it. After completely clearing away the obstacles and obstructions, Tony began to prepare for the engagement ceremony while arranging his troops to attack Germany.

Nero was not Tony's first engagement partner, but he was definitely Tony's first marriage partner, and...his and Nero's engagement ceremony must have been the largest of its kind.

Although the man's identity has not been announced, Nero has tentatively scheduled the engagement ceremony for June, because June is the season when roses are in full bloom.

According to Tony's idea, first of all, this engagement ceremony would require at least dozens of tons of rose petals, and thousands or even tens of thousands of people would have to be hired to scatter these petals along the street. After all... the red carpet this time was a bit long.

Nero and Tony both live in the palace. If you really want to be picky, the red carpet should be laid from Tony's palace to Nero's palace, but the distance is too short. It would be too boring if it were really done that way. So according to Tony's idea, on the day before the engagement ceremony, Tony will temporarily move to a villa in the suburbs. But in this way, the red carpet... is a little longer.

But considering the current treasury of the Roman Empire, this amount of money can still be lost.

In addition to the flower petals and hired personnel, Tony also plans to organize an army by then. The Royal Guards have not yet turned against him, so it seems like a good idea to use them as a guard of honor?

And...it wouldn't be nice to set off a few fireworks to liven up the atmosphere?

But the question is, how to make fireworks?

If you want to make a cannon or a simple grenade, that's fine, but if you want to make a firework that can be fired from a cannon... OK, first of all, how do the colorful fireworks explode? And how to make a delayed explosion? If you insert a fuse into the shell, and use the ignition of gunpowder to eject the shell and ignite the fuse on the shell at the same time... I'm afraid it will explode, right?

So don’t think about the fireworks for now.

"So if you calculate it this way, it mainly costs money for the red carpet, flowers, and hiring citizens to scatter the flowers... It looks like this won't cost that much." Tony muttered as he wrote and drew on paper. Although there seemed to be a lot of roses, considering the flowering period... This amount of labor cost wouldn't be much, and Tony didn't plan to take the opportunity to build a triumphal arch or something, so although the engagement ceremony looked luxurious, it actually didn't cost that much.

Just as Tony was settling accounts in the palace, the entire city of Rome was almost in an uproar!

Apart from taking the blame for Tony and having the responsibility of ceding the Egyptian province taken upon himself, Nero's overall reputation in Rome was still quite high.

His Majesty the Emperor is about to get engaged, and there was no news about it before. Now not only is he getting engaged for no apparent reason, but up to now, it seems that His Majesty has not even said who his engagement partner is?

So at this moment, the citizens of the entire city of Rome began to speculate frantically about who this mysterious fiancée was.

"I think it should be an ordinary citizen or even a slave. Otherwise, why doesn't Your Majesty announce it directly?" In a tavern, a man with a flushed face took a sip of wine and shouted loudly.

"What a joke! If he is really a slave, not to mention the God Ancestor, even the Senate would not agree, right?" A young man sneered and refuted bluntly: "My guess is that he should be a foreign noble. Only this noble can match your Majesty in terms of status."

Chapter 397: How about sleeping with my sister tonight?

In this decadent and extravagant age, ordinary citizens do not have many ways to entertain themselves in their spare time. Horse riding and racing are only for the nobles, while the common people only play... Oh, you think it is now, eating with mobile phones in your hands. Generally, what these citizens do most after dinner is, of course, chatting.

If there is a ranking of hot topics in this era, then the topic of His Majesty's engagement partner can almost be said to be scrolling across the screen during this period of time.

Tony has been very busy lately.

After roughly confirming the date of his engagement with his elder sister, Tony had three things to do. The first one was naturally to prepare for the engagement ceremony. However, it was still early for the engagement ceremony, nearly four months away, so there was no need to rush. But the second and third things... Tony had to pay a little attention.

"Still haven't caught that guy yet?" Tony sighed as he looked at Mary and Evebia kneeling in front of him. It was not a solution to drag it on like this. Although he was somewhat unwilling,... the Roman Empire had to take action against the Germans!

In addition to this matter, there is another thing Tony must do, which is about the street office he had set up before.

Vici was the lowest level administrative unit in the Roman Empire. This administrative unit originally existed only on paper and was a nominal administrative unit, but Tony... moved this administrative unit on paper into reality.

Initially, because the public housing community was outside the city and theoretically not under the jurisdiction of the aldermen, in order to maintain public order and taxation in the community, Tony specially established the administrative agency of Veci. Originally, neither the Senate nor other Roman officials paid much attention to this small Veci. After all, these officials totaled only three or four people, and they were only responsible for a community that was less than the size of a block. They could be said to be low-level officials among low-level officials.

Let me put it this way, two thousand years later, when people talk about civil servants, in the minds of the public, these civil servants definitely do not include the aunties working in the street office, but in fact, the core personnel of the street office are indeed civil servants.

The Visi established by Tony is a similar situation.

A Visi, ostensibly, included a tax collector and a sheriff, but in reality, these two officials also had a varying number of servants under them, as well as the so-called "sheriff's corps" and tax collectors who were temporarily recruited.

So all in all, there were about twenty officials and soldiers of varying ranks in one Weixi.

If it was just one community, no one would care, but now, Tony was not planning to build Vesi in one community, but to build Vesi in all the blocks in the whole city of Rome.

Almost all the aldermen welcomed this, because this way, the pressure on them would be much less, and they would only need to give orders for many things instead of having to do them themselves. However, for the Senate... this was not good news.