My XX deal with Sister Nero

Nero nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Tony smiled and said, "Go to the barracks and ask the soldiers to clear out a large open space. Although it doesn't need to be as large as a standard field, we still have to draw the border line."

The standard length of a football is 120 meters and the width is 90 meters. Converted into the units of this era, the length is 240 steps and the width is 180 steps.

But the site is indeed a bit large. If it is built according to this standard site, the several tents in the center of the military camp may have to be dismantled and moved away.

So Tony doesn't plan to build a standard football field.

He planned to build a smaller football field and draw a center line and penalty area.

Nero was well prepared for football.

The leather had been prepared long ago and sewn into a ball, which was filled with horsetails. Tony went over and tried kicking it twice. Although it was far inferior to modern footballs, it felt pretty good.

"Let's do this for now, sister. Go find a few people to pick out the people from the military camp, or let them sign up themselves. We'll do an experiment tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Tony said, getting up from the bench.

"That's no problem, but when you call me sister, the clear sound feels really great!" Nero said happily, covering his face with his hands.

Ugh! What a dirty word! If you keep going like this, you're going to drive, right? We're supposed to replace Marda, the number one driver. If you keep going like this, this chapter won't pass the review, you bastard!

After taking a deep breath and forcibly driving away the random thoughts in his mind, Tony pretended to be very calm and said, "Sister, when I grow up and pass the voice change period, you will definitely not think my voice is nice."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's have lunch first. In the afternoon we will deal with the rewards and venue arrangements. Hopefully we can start the football match the next day. I'm so excited!" Nero continued to say happily while covering his face.

Looking at Nero's brilliant smile, Tony shook his head and sighed, his sister was beyond help!

Let’s not talk about lunch for now. According to the previously scheduled process, at two o’clock in the afternoon, in the consul’s palace, Nero began the reward ceremony for this war!

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I will be free one day! Next time I will never set such low standards again!

Chapter 36: Football Match Prepares to Begin (Additional Update 17)

The war between the Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Thrace was not over, but the attack and defense of Thessalonica had ended. According to the prior agreement, the rewards this time were for the field army and the national army who participated in the war, as well as some ordinary citizens who assisted.

Because the field army will only be rewarded uniformly after the end of the entire war, only the national army and ordinary citizens will be rewarded in Thessalonica, and among these people, the one who should be most commended is naturally Tony.

However, Tony had already reached a verbal agreement with Nero, which was that the stirrup issue would not be considered for the time being. As for the reward, Tony would only be rewarded for inventing the rattle arrow to help the army complete the ambush.

To be honest, the stirrup invented by Tony will not show any effect in a short time. After all, it takes some time to deploy stirrups on a large scale in the army. But the sidewinder is different. The sidewinder was invented yesterday afternoon and can provide assistance in a local battle on the spot.

Originally according to the imperial decree, Tony could have obtained a manor, but for Tony now, having a manor is of no use. His family background has been revealed. For the Claudius family, one manor is too stingy. If it is given to the Tita family, Antonio's whereabouts will be unknown. Even if everyone in Ximu Town is a good person and no one covets her family's property, it is not enough for this mother and daughter to manage a manor alone.

You can't give titles, nor real estate, so all that can be given is illusory glory and real gold coins.

Tony didn't care about those honorary titles, because these titles had no great value except for showing off, and Claudius would be dead in a year, and Nero would come to power by then. As long as he didn't covet the throne, he would surely live a comfortable life by then, so it would be more practical for him to ask for more gold coins now.

Nero wasn't afraid of Tony asking for money; she was afraid that Tony wouldn't ask for anything.

If you want money, then others will know what you need and will cater to your needs. But if you don't want anything, then others won't know what you need, and all they can do is be wary of you.

Although Nero didn't care about her brother competing with her for the throne, as long as he was willing, she would give the throne to him. But what Nero was worried about was that her brother would eventually turn his sword against her for the throne, which was what she least wanted to see.

So this time, Nero can be said to be very generous in rewarding Tony.

A total of ten big gold coins!

You know, the value of ten large gold coins is basically equivalent to one hundred gold coins, which is about one hundred thousand yuan.

The big gold coin is actually similar to ordinary gold coins in appearance, except that it is a little bigger in size. But generally speaking, few second-class civilians can get big gold coins. Although the purchasing power of a big gold coin is roughly equivalent to 10,000 yuan later, under the current tax environment, few second-class civilians can save so much money. Together with the previous 20 gold coins, Tony now has a total of 120 gold coins, which is equivalent to 120,000 yuan.

This money was enough for him to squander in the Roman Empire for some time.

After the commendation meeting, Nero handed Tony to his room and said excitedly: "I have arranged the venue in the military camp according to the diagram you drew. What then? What should we do?"

How come Nero, who was supposed to like art, now likes sports? But if Nero is interested in everything new, then it makes sense that she likes sports... or competitive sports, after all, who can blame her for not having artistic germs in her?

Following Nero to the military camp in the north of the city, as soon as Tony walked through the gate, he saw a large football field painted with white lime on the open space in the center of the camp. At the same time, as Tony said, two simple goals were temporarily built with some wood.

"Your Highness." Seeing Nero coming over, Lius, who had been standing near the football field and didn't know what was going on, came over and frowned, "Your Highness, I heard that you asked someone to draw something here? You said you were going to hold a competition?"

Nero nodded, took a brown ball from the guard next to him, and said, "I want to have a football game!"

"A football match? Kicking the ball?" Lius asked uncertainly, frowning.

Because the word "football" did not exist in that era, and Tony had no idea how to say football in ancient Latin, he simply made up a word based on the meaning.

"Yes, yes, I think it would be fun to kick the ball with your feet... No, I think it would help train the soldiers' coordination and physical fitness." Nero almost said the wrong thing, so he quickly changed his words.

For Lius, the war of Thessalonica was over, and as the troops were on standby before receiving new orders, it didn't matter if they just played around a bit.

Moreover, it seems that such a large venue is for soldiers to exercise. This kind of entertainment is much better than letting soldiers go to the bathhouse to scrub their bodies or gamble.

In addition, this was a suggestion from Her Royal Highness the Princess, and it was not easy for Lius to reject Her Royal Highness the Princess on such a trivial issue.

"Okay, Your Highness, I would like to ask, what exactly is this competitive event?" Lius asked with a sigh.

Nero looked at Tony.

Tony knew it was time for him to speak up.

"In a football match, there are two teams, each with eleven players on the field and seven substitutes. Of the eleven players on the field, except for the goalkeeper who can use his hands to block the ball from entering the goal, the remaining ten can only kick the ball with their feet, not with their hands."

At this point, Tony paused and continued to explain the basic rules of football.

It took about half an hour for Lius and several officers nearby to understand what football was all about. After they thought about it carefully, they felt that this sport was indeed helpful for the physical training of soldiers. After all, running up and down a long hill was already a form of physical exercise.

"It sounds good, but who does your Excellency need to play football?" Lius pondered for a moment and asked.

Tony glanced at the officers present and said, "You have to go down and talk to the soldiers, and then have them form teams and sign up. Let's play a game tomorrow morning, and then I'll give you some details so that everyone can come and watch. Then we'll open registration in the afternoon or the day after tomorrow, so that everyone can play a few more games."

"Well, according to the rules, the soldiers have a certain amount of rest time when the war just ends. It's okay to catch up with their training through competitions during this period. But before the competition begins, how can we motivate them?" asked Lius.

"Bonus." Tony shrugged and said, "This is very simple. Two teams play a game, and the winning team gets five silver coins or one gold coin. I think there will definitely be people willing to team up and play football."

"That's a good idea. I'll arrange it." Lius nodded to Tony and said.

After Liuus left, Tony shrugged at Nero and said, "Okay, we can prepare for the first friendly football match. If we go fast, we can have a league match the day after tomorrow."

"Brother...Mr. Tony, can I go and play a game?" Nero asked excitedly when he heard that the league would be started soon.

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Chapter 37: It’s all Benzema’s fault (Additional update 18)

"You want to play a game? That's no problem at all, but you have to find your players first, and I can't be your player, I have to be the referee." Tony said to Nero.

"But I think I can do it alone." Nero curled his lips and said.

Seeing Nero putting on such a little girl's expression, Tony was stunned at first, and then laughed out loud: "This is not a question of your personal strength, this is a question of rules. This competition relies on teamwork, not individual force."

Nero shook his head, feeling a little depressed.

If she really wanted to play football, the only players she could find would probably be the German Guards who followed her. However, successive Roman emperors and heirs to the throne did not have a good impression of the Praetorian Guards. They needed the Praetorian Guards to protect themselves, but at the same time they were worried that the Praetorian Guards would secretly trip them up.

The guards at this time were better, unlike the period of civil strife among the four emperors after Nero's death, when the guards dared to openly assassinate the emperor. Although the guards of this era dared not listen to the emperor's account, they were not to the point of daring to openly assassinate the emperor... Even if they wanted to assassinate, they had to come up with some excuse as a fig leaf.

Although the Praetorian Guards would not secretly hinder the heir to the throne in entertaining him, Nero had to be on guard against the army's reputation after all.

"Then you must let me play football in the future!" Nero said.

"Okay, okay, sure." Tony nodded his head and said, "Then let's go back now. It will take some time for them to gather soldiers and form a team."

After following Nero back to the Praetorian Palace and having dinner, Tony returned to the refugee camp.

Because the Battle of Thessalonica has ended, the control over the refugees in Riverwood Town is not as strict as before. Now the residents of Riverwood Town can freely enter and exit the refugee camp and go to the streets to buy their daily necessities.

Not long after returning to the refugee camp, a female guard wearing imperial standard armor hurried over and said to Tony, "Sir, this is something his highness asked me to give you. His highness said that you have probably never tasted this kind of ingredient. Considering that your family is not well off now, I give you this ingredient. I hope you can taste it well." As she spoke, the guard took out a small cloth bag from her arms and handed it to Tony.

Ingredients? Tony took the small cloth bag and nodded to the guard, signaling him to leave and return to his tent. He put the small cloth bag on the table and opened it.

"What is...?!" Tony's heart moved when he saw the white crystals in the small cloth bag. He stretched out his finger to dip a little, then licked it with his tongue.

"Sure enough, this is white sugar!" After tasting the familiar sweetness, Tony was delighted!

Tony knew that white sugar came from sucrose, but in his impression, the sugarcane used to make sucrose seemed to be only available in Southeast Asia.

In fact, it’s not Tony’s fault. After all, whether it’s geography or history, the courses in junior high and high school are not so detailed, so Tony has no idea that there is sugar cane on the Mediterranean coast.

The reason why Tony had lived in Creekwood for so long and had never known that there was sugar here was actually very simple. Tita's family was not very rich. For Tita's family, this kind of sugar, which was not a necessity of life, was too luxurious and she had never bought it.

The reason why Nero gave Tony a small bag of sugar this time was simply because he thought that his younger brother had been wandering outside for so long and might not have tasted this wonderful flavor, so he asked someone to bring a small bag of sugar to Tony.

For Tony, this is good stuff.

He has never liked candy since he was a child, but he still likes this white sugar.

After putting the sugar away, Tony thought that he could give it to Tita later. Maybe she could make delicious dishes with it.

After a night's rest, Tony got up early the next morning. Led by his personal guards, Tony came to the military camp, where Nero had been waiting.

"Have the teams been divided?" Tony thought for a moment and pointed to the team on the left, seeing nearly twenty Roman soldiers in red uniforms standing on both sides. "You should have leather armor, right? Put on your leather armor, otherwise I won't be able to tell which team you are from."

After hearing Tony's arrangement, the team looked at Leus in confusion. It was not until Leus ordered them to put on leather armor that the soldiers returned to the barracks and put on the leather armor.

After the soldiers returned to the camp and stood in place, Tony nodded with satisfaction and said, "You should have heard the rules of the football game roughly, right?"

The soldiers nodded.

Tony said, "This is a friendly match. Considering that you don't understand many detailed rules, you may face many problems during the match. I hope you can understand." Tony glanced at the other soldiers standing around and said, "The same goes for you. I hope you can remember these rules. After all, you may have to play in the game in the future!"

As he spoke, everyone began to stand in their positions under Tony's instructions.

Tony is just a layman when it comes to football. He is so ignorant that he doesn't know exactly what each position is responsible for, so he simply divides the eleven people into four positions according to his own understanding.

Goalkeeper, defender, center and forward.

Thessaloniki's first friendly match started in such a chaotic manner.

Many, many years later, when people talk about football matches, everyone agrees that the first football match in the world was the Thessaloniki Military Camp Friendly Match.

At the beginning, it is inevitable that there will be some physical contact while playing football, and then there will be players with hot tempers who will start a fight on the spot. For such players, Tony will directly blew the whistle, showed the red card and sent them off. If any soldiers were dissatisfied with Tony's decision, Nero, who was standing next to Tony, only needed to glare at them, and they would have to obey even if they were dissatisfied.

But on second thought, this is a game that tests teamwork. Even if one person is sent off, as long as the remaining people can win, the person who was sent off can still get the bonus.

In the 25th minute of the first half, the red team finally scored the first goal in the world under the leadership of the center forward.

Tony would certainly not neglect this man who made history. He blew the whistle to signal a pause in the game, and then brought a clerk beside Nero to the young man with a buzz cut. He smiled and said, "Citizen, you made history. You are the first person in the world to successfully shoot a goal. Your name deserves to be remembered by all future generations! Come on, tell me, what is your name?"

The young man with a buzz cut scratched his head a little embarrassedly and whispered, "Sir, my name is Benzema."

...So if the opponent loses, it's all Benzema's fault, right? If your team loses, it's still all Benzema's fault, right? !

After taking a closer look, Tony suddenly felt that this person looked a little bit like Benzema, the future scapegoat!

After recording the name, Tony left the field with the clerk and blew the whistle to start the game again!

PS1: I was so angry from working overtime. I could have avoided working overtime, but I had to work overtime this time because the partner was so stupid! The partner mistook something that was obviously fine for something and thought it was wrong and asked us to revise it.

??? Are you kidding me, brother! After talking for a long time, I finally realized my mistake. This partner is amazing!

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Chapter 38: Continue to do what a time traveler should do

Under Tony's refereeing, the 90-minute football match ended quickly, with the score on the field fixed at three to zero.

The red team scored three points and the leather team scored zero points.

Looking at the surrounding soldiers clamoring and praising the winner, Tony knew that the effect of this competition had been achieved!

Football matches are highly competitive. Although there will be no fighting due to the rules, for soldiers with a strong sense of honor, racking one's brains to defeat the opponent without hurting anyone is completely acceptable. What's more, the winner gets a gold coin!

As for the cheering people in the audience, Tony naturally knew the reason why they were cheering.

Every soldier has a few friends. There are nearly 20 soldiers in each team on and off the field. Assuming that each soldier has five friends, that means that their friends number nearly 200 people. These 200 people have their own friends, and these friends of friends are influenced by their own friends. Naturally, they tend to support a certain player on the field to a certain extent. Relying on such a chain reaction, the team on the field naturally has its first wave of fans.

And there are some who are not familiar with either team. They are just cheering for the winner. They will cheer no matter who wins.

Although not many people took this game seriously at the beginning, after this football match, almost all the soldiers around had a great liking for the world's number one sport.

Before the soldiers left, Tony said after everyone was quiet, "I think you all have seen the fun of football games now, right? Now, it's time for a new round of games."

Looking at the soldiers present, Tony raised the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled, "Although I don't know how long you will be stationed here, I think it should not be short. Next, I will give you one day. Within one day, I hope you can pull out 32 football teams, and then divide them into eight groups, each with four teams. These four teams will play against the other three teams. One point is awarded for a win, one point is deducted for a loss, and no points are awarded for a draw. The top two teams in the group will advance from the group stage to the semi-finals. The semi-finals will adopt an elimination system, and sixteen teams will decide the champion. Once again, I want to point out that the champion will receive a reward of five gold coins. At the same time, considering that the barracks are too small to display their talents, I decided that the football match will be held in the square in the center of the city!"

Held in the square? There are five gold coins to be won? Although I don’t know what the group stage, the semi-finals and the knockout stage are, no matter what they are, I can stand out and get five gold coins. Mr. Tony is a good man!

"I didn't realize you were so good at winning people's hearts." Seeing the soldiers cheering, Nero smiled and whispered to Tony.

Hearing these words, Tony almost broke out in a cold sweat!