My XX deal with Sister Nero

The soldiers are very simple-minded. They will fight for whoever treats them well.

Football is a good sport. It is highly competitive and can train people. At the same time, it is very relaxing compared to boring daily training. Winners can get bonuses. Although it is not much, it can improve two meals.

These were all Tony's ideas. If it is proven that he was trying to win over the soldiers, then it would be enough to say that he was attempting rebellion!

If you're not plotting a rebellion, why are you trying to win over the soldiers?

Fortunately, Nero was just joking when he said that, but even such a joke scared Tony enough.

"Now, what are you going to do next?" After returning to the consul's residence, Nero, who was sitting on the bed, looked at Tony, who was sitting in a chair and playing with his fingers boredly.

"I plan to improve the empire's iron smelting technology." Tony thought for a moment and said.

To be honest, Europe entered the Iron Age much earlier than China, but because Europe had always used block iron smelting technology, the iron they obtained was mostly sponge iron with many impurities and low carbon content. This kind of iron is relatively soft, so it is for this reason that the swords of Roman soldiers are mostly short swords.

There's nothing you can do about it, it's gonna bend when it grows longer.

"Hmm? How do you want to improve it?" Nero was quite interested when he heard the ideas proposed by Tony.

Nero certainly knew that if a country's army wanted to improve its combat effectiveness, there were only a few factors: the first was the improvement of the quality of the soldiers, the second was the proper command of the generals, and the third was the advancement of the weapons and armor.

If the iron weapons of the Roman Empire were better than those of other neighboring countries, then fundamentally, these better weapons could help soldiers kill enemies more effectively and provide better protection for the soldiers.

"Hundred-fold tempered steel." Tony smiled and answered.

Hundred-fold refined steel had already been widely used in the Eastern Han Empire of the same period, but because it was too far away from Europe, the Europeans today were completely unaware of this technical method.

"Hundred-fold tempered steel? What is that?" Nero asked curiously.

"Hundred-fold refined steel? This is actually very simple. The reason why the iron refined by the Empire is so soft now is simply because the melting point is not high enough and the refined iron has too many impurities. So we can find a way to increase the flame temperature or sprinkle in some concentrate powder to reduce the carbon content to the range of steel and wrought iron. Then, forge the wrought iron repeatedly to remove impurities. The remaining hundred-fold refined steel will be much better than the previous sponge iron!" Tony explained.

Although Tony talked for a long time, Nero had never been involved in steelmaking before, so she didn't fully understand it. But it didn't matter if she didn't understand. She just needed to repeat the words to the blacksmiths and let them think about it themselves.

The reason why Tony told Nero the method of refining steel instead of telling her the more advanced method of pouring steel was actually very simple. As a person who was only interested in military and political historical events, Tony was quietly lying on the desk playing games with his learning machine when the teacher was talking about the chapter on smelting in the junior high school history class.

However, because he was sitting in the last row, and his history grades were usually among the top three in the class, the history teacher never thought that this single-science genius would play games in class...

It was good enough for him to remember the method of frying steel and the method of refining steel, but how could he remember the method of pouring steel? However, he still knew the general content of the method of pouring steel, that is, the pig iron sheet is embedded in the wrought iron bar, this is the method of pouring steel, but the question is what is more detailed? Tony couldn't tell.

Therefore, it is better to be safe and announce the steel-frying method first, and then think about it carefully to see if you can remember the specific steps of the steel-pouring method.

"Actually, I'm very curious, brother, where did you get all this knowledge? Whether it's the stirrup or the improvement of iron smelting technology, this knowledge should not be something you can come up with, right?" Nero thought for a while and asked.

Tony thought about it. Anyway, this place is far away from the Eastern Han Empire. Even if Nero claimed that he invented it, it would be impossible for him to go around the world to ask about it. And the most crucial point is that if he invented some guns or cannons in the future, it would be difficult to deal with. It would be fine if you say that other people’s iron smelting technology is more advanced than ours, but if the enemy’s weapons are one era ahead of ours, then the entire Roman Empire will probably be hit!

The new game rules will be announced in the next chapter, and the PS in the introduction will be modified.

Chapter 39: Final Farewell

Nero naturally wanted to test Tony's new method of iron smelting before promoting it, so she first found a blacksmith shop in the city, hoping to smelt it according to the method proposed by Tony.

This smelting is somewhat different from the previous making of stirrups. After all, the stirrup is just a small object and it does not take much time to make it. However, it is different with the hundred-fold refined steel. Relatively speaking, it takes a relatively long time to refine the steel. So it was not until the evening of the next day that the blacksmith shop took out a long object similar to a sword.

After hearing that the smelting was completed, Nero took Tony to the blacksmith shop just after dinner that evening and asked the blacksmith about the quality of the iron.

"Your Highness, we have already tried the method that Mr. Tony mentioned. Generally speaking, compared to the iron products we used before, this piece of iron is much harder and not as soft. If it is used in combat, this kind of iron can be used to make better weapons or armor with stronger defense."

"That means, in theory, we can forge longer swords?" Nero frowned and asked.

The blacksmith nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness. Theoretically, we can forge swords with better quality and longer length to kill the enemy."

Nero turned her head and glanced at Tony. Although she was mentally prepared, she still felt that she could not see through her brother.

The rattle arrow can be thought of on the spur of the moment, and the stirrup can be invented through observation, but the smelting technology is probably not that easy to come up with, right? Is Tony... really just an ordinary kid?

In the next few days, according to Tony's idea, the first Thessaloniki City Football Tournament was officially held in the central square of the city. Since a day had been spent promoting this before, and the football match was free to watch, many citizens came to watch the two games held that day because they were really bored. After the group stage was over, there were already more than three thousand people watching the first game of the rematch!

At this time, Tony was no longer satisfied with just playing football.

Although he is not a real football fan, he still knows the business opportunities brought by football.

That’s right, he started betting on football.

From the most basic betting on who will win and who will lose, to the subtle details of how many goals will be won or lost, who will score a goal, when will the goal be scored, etc., as a person who has received modern mathematics education, Tony's calculation of odds is beyond the reach of people of this era. For people of this era, anyone who can master the four arithmetic operations is probably qualified to be a math teacher.

After several games, as the banker, he naturally earned a lot of wealth. Sixteen teams, eight teams were decided after eight elimination games and entered the quarter-finals. In the games before the semi-finals, Tony earned a total of eighteen gold coins!

"I didn't realize you have a talent for business, brother!" In the governor's residence, Nero, who had just finished this morning's classes, said to Tony with a smile.

Gambling is not illegal in the empire, but Nero has never seen anyone who can win all the time. After all, luck plays a big role in gambling. Many people may be able to earn a lot of gold coins at the time, but if they are unlucky, they may lose even their pants in the next round.

"Actually, this is a question of odds. Well, sister, I will teach you when I have time in the future." Tony said with a smile.

He has been very happy these days. Firstly, he won so much money, and secondly, he was basically a poor student when he was studying. But now this poor student has actually performed at the level of a "top student". How can he not be happy?

After all, people in this era were not well-educated, and many people's math skills were still at the level of only being able to count to twenty.

"Brother, what do you want to do in the future?" Nero came to Tony, gently touched his head and asked.

Tony shook his head and shook Nero's hand off his head before saying, "Me? I want to visit a few places, Athens, Rome, maybe Egypt or Britain."

"You mean, you want to go on a cruise?" Nero was a little surprised.

In this era, most citizens could barely make ends meet, and the money they had was barely enough for food and drink. Nobles or wealthy people who had a little money mostly traveled far away to visit relatives and friends, with a certain degree of purpose. Tony's words just now were obviously without any purpose. Nero felt as if he simply wanted to see the cultural environment of other places.

In fact, for Tony, he just wanted to travel.

After all, whether in the world view of FATE or in real history, the heroes of this era are not limited to Martha and Nero, but also include the dead Caesar and Caligula, and the blue spearman who is unknown whether he is dead or alive...

By the way, if Cu Chulainn were still alive, then there should be another heroic spirit in this era who had a close relationship with him, Scathach.

Tony has always wanted to meet the demigod Scathach.

"Well, let's talk about it later. I don't think this idea can be realized in the next two years." Tony shrugged and said.

Nero thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter. You're still young now, aren't you?"

Well, that's indeed the truth.

The football match was over quickly. During the match, according to Nero's order, the blacksmith shops throughout the city were working frantically, and during the entire football match, they produced stirrups and new sabers enough to arm a thousand cavalrymen.

The melee weapons of the Roman cavalry of this era were mainly short swords, but with the help of Tony, the saber, a weapon specially tailored for cavalry, was born.

Compared to the wide and short Roman sword, the slender saber has a wide back and a thin blade, which is beneficial for cavalry to perform tactical actions such as chopping on horseback. Secondly, the blood groove on the blade is not only conducive to bleeding, but also allows the cavalry to pull the saber out of the enemy's body better and faster to perform the next action. Before weapons such as armored vehicles and tanks were invented, cavalry has always been the king of land warfare, so before the tank was invented, Tony still knew that he should vigorously develop cavalry.

After all, not every battle is a siege, and there are many places where cavalry can be used in field battles.

"I've earned a total of twenty-three big gold coins. Together with the ones you gave me before, I now have a total of two hundred and fifty... Oh my god, why is this number so unlucky!" After carefully counting the number of gold coins in his hand, Tony said with a light sound, "Two hundred and fifty? Why is this number unlucky?" Nero was a little confused when he heard Tony's words.

Well, considering that the term "Er Bai Wu" was not coined until later in China, at this time, let alone the Roman Empire, even in the Eastern Han Empire, no one probably knew what Er Bai Wu meant, so Tony thought about it and finally summed up his thousands of words into one sentence: "Nothing."

"Oh...brother, let me tell you something. His Majesty ordered me to lead the army to the Danube front several days ago. You...can you stay here alone?" After a moment's silence, Nero suddenly spoke.

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Chapter 40 Then I took a sip of milk (Additional update 19)

Can I do this alone? This is a good question.

In this world, Tony felt that nothing was familiar to him.

As a person from a foodie empire, the food of the Roman Empire at this time was barely edible to him, but because he was not used to it, he wanted to make a grilled fish to try it. In addition, only the big cities at this time were slightly better, with a good sanitary environment, but what about a small place like Ximu Town? In this era without toilets, if people wanted to go to the toilet, they either prepared a bucket and pulled it in, or they could only urinate and defecate anywhere or go to the river.

If Tony can overcome all these, the thing he can't overcome the most is not having paper to wipe his butt after going to the toilet...

You see, dear readers, this book is a book that is realistic, scientific and reasonable. Unlike those other obscene books out there, we still have to consider how the protagonist wipes his butt after going to the toilet.

As for how ancient people wiped their butts after going to the toilet, Tony remembered that he had seen something they used to wipe their butts somewhere when he was in school, and he felt terrible after that.

Ordinary civilians would use pebbles, wood chips, or hemp ropes to wipe their butts after defecation, while the slightly richer ones would use cicada wings to wipe their butts, and of course some would use salmon fillets to wipe their butts.

In big cities like Thessalonica, the Roman Empire built special public toilets and used sticks wrapped in cloth as toilet paper. This was considered good in that era, at least people prepared public toilets for you. But the problem was that there were no public toilets in Ximu Town!

So every time Tony went to the toilet, he would either do it himself with a bucket, or run a little further down the river and squat, and then use the river water to wash his butt.

Tony finally got a chance to live here without suffering any pain. Now he wants to go back. He thinks it might be a good idea to go with Nero.

"Well, I should be fine... I can handle it alone." After taking a deep breath, Tony could only speak against his conscience.

Are you telling Nero that I am not used to living without something to wipe my ass? My god, even if Nero is my sister, she is still a girl. Can you say that?

"Okay, but I think you are not used to living in a small town, right? How about this, I will ask the governor here to prepare a house for you, and then ask him to find you a few servants. As for the protection, I will transfer my personal guards to protect you. Don't worry, although my personal guards are nominal members of the Germanic Brigade, they do not live in the Royal Guards camp."

Nonsense! Tony is not stupid. The Royal Guards are the army that protects the capital and the emperor. Although the Royal Guards have a bad reputation, at least they are all men. The guards responsible for protecting you are all women. How can you live in the barracks with a bunch of men? It's strange that you can live there, right?

But this is a good idea.

Considering that Claudius is still in power, if he shows up rashly, the consequence may be that Claudius will let him fight with Nero to see who can win and who will be the emperor. Now, Tony decided not to show up before Nero becomes emperor, so that he can protect himself from being disturbed by the imperial government. But at the same time, living in Creekwood Town is simply unbearable.

All kinds of inconveniences.

But if we follow Nero's arrangement, things should be much better.

At least I don’t have to worry about food and drink.

But if this really happens, what will happen to Tita and the others?

Antonio's whereabouts were unknown, and Tita and her widowed mother would inevitably be bullied if they returned to Creekwood Town. Besides, he would not be able to get used to living in Thessalonica alone. He had been with Tita for so long, and now he was reluctant to separate from her.

Seeing that Tony had not answered for a long time, Nero naturally guessed what was in Tony's mind, knowing that he must be reluctant to leave Tita, so Nero smiled and said, "How about this, little Tony, you can also live in Thessalonica with the family that raised you, and I will let the executioner

The magistrate will take care of you."

Tony pondered for a while and said, "Of course, but can you do me a favor? There is a National Army soldier on the front line named Antonio. I would like you to find out his whereabouts. If he is still alive, tell him your new address. Well, he is Tita's father."

"Tita...is that the little sister? I heard that she takes good care of you. Don't worry, I will arrange it." Nero said with a smile.

For her, it was just a piece of cake and not a big deal.

Tony smiled and said, "According to our previous deal, the next time we meet, you will be the emperor and head of state. Although what you said is a bit treasonous... well, besides, I wish you can defeat the enemy."

Nero smiled slightly, leaned down, hugged Tony and kissed his forehead: "But this day should be a long time away, right? After all, His Majesty looks like he can live for a long time."

...So was Claudius killed by Nero's milk?

This milk is poisonous!

Tony knew that Claudius would die in a year, and now Nero was forcing him to die. Isn't this going to kill him?

"Uh... I think he should live a long time?" As a citizen of the empire, Tony naturally did not dare to say anything outrageous, so he could only respond vaguely.

"Then it's settled. You live in the city. As for the football match, I will talk to the governor about forming a team among the citizens as you said before. Then you can just go ahead and do it!"

Tony nodded and said, "That's no problem."

Nowadays, the war in the province of Macedonia is basically over, and the only remaining war is near the border. But no matter what, at least the area around Ximu Town is safe.

Considering that there would be a lot of things to move, Nero arranged for the legion to separate a platoon of about eighty soldiers to escort and help them with the hard labor, bringing back some furniture, luggage, livestock and other things that had not been taken away in time before.

But when Tony told Tita and Sevilla about these things, Sevilla smiled and said, "In the city...just you two siblings go. I'm old and not suitable to live in the city. What will happen to the family's land after I'm gone? His Highness has made arrangements, you can't refuse His Highness's face. Besides, after you move in, someone will take care of you, so you don't need to worry about anything."

Tony had been in love before, and he knew that the real reason why Sevilla didn't leave was that she couldn't let go of Antonio. If Antonio was still alive, he could still find his home after returning to Riverwood. If he was dead, then this home that was hooked up with Antonio would probably be the only and last place where he could miss Antonio, right?

But in Sevilla's opinion, the reward from Her Royal Highness the Princess cannot be refused. If she refuses, even if Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't care, as the only heir to the throne, there are many people willing to stand up for Her Royal Highness the Princess and help her bully Tony.

The total collection is now 297, the recommendation votes are 249, the monthly votes are 11, and the rewards are 500. Currently, 68 chapters are owed. The next update condition is that the total collection reaches 304, the recommendation votes are 251, the monthly votes are 12, and the rewards are 1000.

Suddenly I was thinking if I suddenly cooed at this time, wouldn't it be beautiful? Funny

Chapter 41: The Secret Conspiracy

If Tony knew what Sylvia was thinking, he would definitely say it was impossible.

No matter how much doubt Tony still has about the identity of siblings, at least Nero recognizes Tony's identity as a younger brother. In addition, Tony has expressed that he is unwilling to fight for the throne and does not want to kill his brothers, so Nero will naturally not treat such a big brother unfairly.

There will be no shortage of delicious food, drinks and fun things.

In Silvia's opinion, the reward from Her Royal Highness the Princess cannot be refused, but she also wants to stay at home, take care of the fields, and wait for Antonio to return victoriously. However, the reward from Her Royal Highness cannot be refused, and the children really need a better living environment, so Silvia plans to let the two children move to the city.

Although Tita didn't know how to write, she was precocious and knew that the reward from Her Royal Highness the Princess could not be refused. Her mother wanted to stay in Ximu Town, and her brother wanted to accept the reward from Her Royal Highness the Princess, so she was in a dilemma about whether she should stay in the city to take care of her brother or return to Ximu Town with her mother to help her mother.

As for Tony, he never thought about it at all.

He knew Nero. Not to mention that he was Nero's younger brother, even if Tony was just an ordinary civilian, if Nero knew that the gift she gave caused trouble to the recipient, she would probably find a way to replace it with a gift that would not cause trouble to the recipient.

So now, the three of them either have their own ideas or are very confused, and at least they can't come up with a good solution in a short time.