My XX deal with Sister Nero

Similarly, seeing Tony's thoughtful expression, Claudia, who was not far away, also felt nervous.

The three of them ate breakfast quietly, each with their own thoughts, and the atmosphere in the restaurant suddenly became depressing.

"Oh, brother, are you just starting to eat breakfast?" Just when several maids in the restaurant were almost suffocated by the depressing atmosphere, the door of the restaurant that had been closed was pushed open, and Nero rushed in and shouted loudly.

"Ah, sister." Nero's voice woke Tony up and completely shattered the depressing atmosphere in the restaurant.

"My younger brother must be eating delicious food behind my back... eh?" Just as Nero came skipping in and wanted to sit next to Tony, he suddenly caught sight of the mother and daughter who were sitting not far away with their heads down and no words.

"You are..." Looking at the lady who was about 30 years old, Nero frowned playfully. After thinking hard for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Ah! I remember! You are Sister Claudia."

"Puff." Tony, who was drinking milk next to him, sprayed the milk back into the bowl, splashing all over his face.

Claudia...sister???

Tony wiped his face casually and looked at Claudia not far away with a look of shock.

Historically, Agrippina the Younger never gave birth to children before Nero, which means that Nero could not have a biological sister or brother. So Claudia should be the daughter of Claudius, but... I haven't heard much about this person!

Octavia at least made her name in history for being Nero's wife, but what about Claudia?

"Ah, Your Majesty." Seeing Nero looking at her, Claudia stood up in panic and bowed deeply to Nero.

"I remember you! You are Sister Claudia!" Nero came to Claudia nonchalantly, helped her up and asked, "How have you been lately, Sister?"

"Are you doing okay?" Claudia pulled her daughter behind her helplessly and said carefully.

"Eh? Is this your daughter?" Nero glanced at the little girl hiding behind Claudia, and smiled. He reached out and gently touched Ulvia's head, and asked with a smile: "How old is the little girl?"

"Ten...fourteen years old." Ulvia poked her little head out from behind her timid mother and stared at Nero with eyes that contained a hint of fear and curiosity.

"Fourteen years old, about the same age as my brother." Nero nodded, turned his head to look at Tony who was stunned, and asked with a smile: "Brother, don't you know who this is?"

Tony shook his head first, then nodded: "I really didn't know who it was at first, but you called me sister, I would be a fool if I didn't know."

"Hehe." Nero came to Tony and said with a smile: "This is Claudia, our second sister, the daughter of the late Emperor Claudius. When I was very young, this sister would come to visit me and bring me some delicious food, but later I don't know why she never came again. When I grew up, I learned that this sister was made a slave by the late emperor and expelled from the palace."

What the hell?

Tony was stunned for a moment. This was the first time he heard of a father making his daughter a slave. What kind of operation was this?

Judging from the situation, my elder sister seems to have an unusual liking for this slave sister, so... I should also be able to protect this family and prevent the Royal Guards from causing trouble.

Chapter 95: Are you planning to enter and exit His Majesty's body at will?

"But coming to the point, why is Sister Claudia here?" Nero, who had a very slow reaction time, finally remembered the most crucial question at this time: why would Claudia, who had long been expelled from the palace, appear in the palace with her daughter?

"Ahem, sister, actually... it was sister Tita who saved them and brought them into the palace." Tony coughed lightly and said with some ill intent.

"Save?" Hearing this crucial word, Nero's face immediately turned cold: "Brother, what is going on?"

"Sister Claudia and her daughter were entangled by some scums of the Royal Guards last night. You know the status of slaves, sister. These scums wanted to attack you. If sister Tita hadn't happened to pass by, I'm afraid..."

Although Tony didn't finish his words, Nero, as a girl, naturally understood what words would follow.

"Imperial Guards..." Nero's face was gloomy. When he was about to order people to go to the Imperial Guard camp outside the city to capture these officers, Tony was quick-witted and grabbed Nero's wrist.

"Don't be impulsive, sister. Now is not the time to attack the Royal Guards!"

Tony came from the future, and he understood what the Praetorian Guards were like better than anyone present. At this moment, the combat effectiveness of the Praetorian Guards was indeed the strongest in the Roman Empire, but they were still the most messed up army in the empire.

They were arrogant and domineering, and not only ordinary Roman citizens, but even some low-level nobles complained about them.

Tony knew that the bloodline of Augustus was still there. Although they seemed arrogant and domineering, the Guards were actually restrained. Compared with the Guards who later dared to assassinate even the emperor for money, the Guards at this time were simply good boys.

Tony wants to kill the Royal Guards more than anyone else, but now is really not the time to take action against them!

After the spring, the Empire will go to war with Parthia, and the entire East will be plunged into war. In order to defend against the Saxons and Franks, the troops stationed in the Germanic provinces cannot be mobilized. At the same time, due to the constraints of the Scots, the garrisons in the British provinces cannot be mobilized at will. In other words, although the Roman Empire is now powerful, in fact, there are not many available soldiers in the empire.

Once the Praetorian Guards rebelled, the Roman Empire would not even be able to suppress the rebellion.

Taking a deep breath, Nero frowned and looked at her brother. She knew that her brother was full of ideas and would definitely have a way to solve the problem of the Guards.

"Eat first, and we'll talk after you finish eating." Tony waved his hand and said to Nero.

Does Tony have a way to deal with the Royal Guards? You never know, he really does!

The Praetorian Guard originally referred to the personal guard of a Roman general. After Octavian established the Roman Empire, for the sake of his own safety, he also established a private guard loyal to himself. This is what we later usually call the Roman Praetorian Guard.

At first, according to Octavian's orders, only three battalions of the Praetorian Guard and a small number of cavalry could be stationed near the palace at a time, and the rest of the troops were stationed in the surrounding towns and villages to defend the safety of Rome. This ensured that the Praetorian Guard would not have enough troops even if it rebelled. However, what was unexpected was that after Octavian's death, Tiberius came to power and did something that almost all subsequent emperors hated him to the core.

That's right, he built the Praetorian Guard headquarters at the suggestion of the then commander of the Praetorian Guard, Sejanus, and concentrated the powerful Praetorian Guards. The powerful military force enabled the Praetorian Guards to have the capital to participate in politics, which also led to many subsequent emperors having to obey the control of the Praetorian Guards.

Even the later emperors of the Claudius Julian dynasty, Claudius and Nero, would give a large bounty to the Praetorian Guards to prevent them from attacking them in order to ensure their own safety.

However, because they offended too many people, the Imperial Guards were eventually killed by the emperors.

How was it killed? It was simple. Diocletian first formed two armies, one to protect the emperor on the battlefield, and the other to protect the emperor's daily security. The Guards lost their status at this time and had no right or strength to participate in court activities. Constantine the Great found that the time was ripe, so he forcibly ordered the disbandment of the Guards and ordered his own troops to go to every corner of the empire to hunt down the remaining members of the Guards.

So Tony's idea is very simple. He will participate in the Parthian War and use his influence as a "dragon-slaying hero" and the ability of Vespasianus to raise an "Eastern Legion" that is absolutely loyal to the royal family. After having military capital, Tony will use means to mobilize the Guards to expedition to Scotland, and then... the Guards will encounter an "unexpected ambush" on the way, resulting in heavy losses in their own troops. After the war, Tony will raise a new Guards to replace this shameless Guards and complete his plan to destroy the Guards.

Letting Nero form an internal guard was nothing more than testing the Praetorian Guard and preventing Nero from having no available soldiers when the Praetorian Guard really rebelled. But it was obvious that the Praetorian Guard did not realize Tony's sinister intentions. In fact, even if they did, it would not matter, because Tony was playing an open conspiracy. Even if you know that this is aimed at you, you can't do anything about it. Her Majesty is a girl and you are a man. How can you, a grown man, enter and leave Her Majesty's bedroom at will?

Do you still plan to be able to enter and leave His Majesty's body at will in the future?

Tsk, what a piece of shit!

Seeing her brother looking confident, Nero was no fool. She knew this was not the place to talk. Although her own guards had taken control of the palace, walls had ears. It would be troublesome if the guards knew that she and Tony were planning to make things difficult for them.

After breakfast, under Nero's arrangement, Claudia and her daughter temporarily moved into the palace. At the same time, Nero also arranged several well-trained doctors to treat Iphosus.

Claudius made Claudia a slave, and even Nero could not easily restore Claudia's status. She knew that she could not always protect this sister (aunt) who had been nice to her when she was a child, so she could only warn the Guards in this way, Claudia, I still recognize this sister!

After arranging Claudia, Nero took Tony back to his room, closed the windows and door, and pulled Tony to sit in front of the desk and asked, "Tell me, you told me not to be impulsive. I think you should have a good plan in your little head, right?"

Reaching out to push away the fingers that were poking his forehead, Tony wrinkled his nose and nodded, "Yes, of course I have a way."

To be honest, Nero disliked the Praetorian Guard.

Blame Tiberius!

"Quick, tell sister, what is the method?" Nero asked excitedly.

"It's very simple. Since we are not satisfied with this Guards, why don't we just replace it with a satisfactory one?" As he spoke, Tony stood up and whispered his plan in Nero's ear.

"Hey! My brother is so smart and cute!" After hearing Tony's plan, Nero's eyes lit up and he subconsciously hugged his brother.

"Emmmmmm..." This might be Tony's first time trying... the taste of facial cleanser.

Oh my god, I almost couldn't breathe.

"Okay, now that we've finished our business, let's go, brother, let's go see a play~" Taking Tony's little hand, Nero took two guards and excitedly left the palace and ran to the Marcelli Theater beside the Tiber River.

The play performed at the Marselli Theater today is Ovid's "Medea", a very famous tragic drama in the history of the Roman Empire. The content is based on the story of Medea in Greek mythology. Because the story is too long, it is impossible to perform the entire play, so today, Nero and Tony watched the part where Medea helped Jason get the Golden Fleece.

This was Tony's first time watching an ancient Roman drama, and it was a relatively famous one. Tony, who had originally prepared to go to bed due to boredom, actually watched the entire play with great interest. Even after the play was over, Tony smacked his lips with a feeling of being unsatisfied and sighed with satisfaction.

"Isn't the play wonderful?" Seeing Tony looking unsatisfied, Nero chuckled and gently rubbed Tony's head.

"Yeah, this is my first time watching a drama. I didn't expect it to be so good!" Tony nodded. In this era without computers and televisions, he finally found a fun way to kill time.

Next time, I’ll bring Tita to see it!

Originally, Tony planned to bring Tita out with him today, but because of Claudia, Tita chose to stay in the palace with Claudia, so she did not come out this time.

"Let's go and find a place to eat first." Nero took Tony's hand and walked out of the theater. He looked at the warm winter sun outside, wrapped the rabbit fur scarf around Tony's neck tightly, and then said softly.

"Yeah, it's almost time for lunch now." Rubbing his belly, Tony nodded in agreement.

The distance from the Royal Palace to the Masseri Theater is not short. The brother and sister have walked all the way here, and Tony has been hungry since they stayed in the theater for so long.

Although most shops were closed during the Saturnalia, there was such a huge business opportunity and some people were unwilling to take a break and wanted to make more money, so Nero easily found a restaurant.

After ordering a few flatbreads and two pork chops, Tony looked around, then leaned on the table with both hands, leaned his head towards Nero and whispered, "Sister, do you know which slave markets are still open during this period?"

"Huh? You want to buy slaves?" Nero was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion.

Tony nodded. "I want to do a little experiment while I have a few months of free time. Sister, can you help me find a slave market? Go shopping with me this afternoon."

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Chapter 96: I Don’t Want to Buy a Juicer!

Although Nero didn't know which slave markets were still open at this time, many of her subordinates knew. After a while, a guard quickly reported and informed His Royal Highness that there was a slave market near Caesar Park that was still open.

"Caesar Park?" Nero was stunned when she heard the name. As far as she could remember, she didn't seem to have heard of any slave market nearby.

But it doesn’t matter. It’s impossible for me to know every detail of the city of Rome anyway.

Caesar Park is located outside the Portunus Gate, on the side of the Tiber River, not too far from where Tony and his party had lunch. After lunch, led by the personal guard, Nero and his party came to the slave market near Caesar Park.

This was Tony's first time at such a market.

According to the introduction of this personal guard, this slave market is relatively formal, or in other words, the source of slaves in the market is relatively formal.

The sources of slaves in the Roman Empire can generally be divided into three types. The first type is that the original slave class had offspring, and the newborn was also a slave. The second type was that they made some mistakes and were demoted to slaves by local governors. Such slaves are the rarest, but at the same time, they are also the most interesting to everyone.

Give the simplest example.

When Caligula was assassinated, the murderer Carea was executed immediately, but what about his immediate family? His immediate family did not participate in the assassination, so they were either exiled or demoted to slavery. Although Carea had no offspring due to injuries he suffered on the battlefield when he was young, his brothers and sisters did have offspring. When his nieces appeared in the slave market, many low-ranking officers of the Guards were tempted. They had to taste the taste of their former boss's niece.

This was the second source of slaves.

The third source is currently the main source of effort for the entire Roman Empire, that’s right, external plunder.

The Roman Empire itself was an extremely aggressive country. In addition, there were many barbarian tribes around it. Some tribes were reckless and wanted to go to the empire to take advantage of the situation. As a result, most of these tribes ended up being completely wiped out. Regardless of gender, age or status, basically all of the slaves in the tribe were packed up and taken home to be sold. Because there were so many slaves like this, the prices of these slaves were often very cheap, except for beautiful female slaves, who were definitely a little more expensive.

Why did Tony want to buy slaves? Don't think too much, he didn't want to buy beautiful female slaves for pleasure, but the gladiatorial contest last night gave him inspiration, why can't he raise a team of gladiators like in Rome Total War?

Although I don’t have gladiators, I can buy some slaves and train them into an army!

After all, I have undergone formal military training. I used the training methods of modern troops to train these slaves. The effect is amazing.

"So, why did my brother buy slaves? Ah! Could it be that when my brother grew up, he wanted to..." Nero suddenly looked as if he had suddenly realized something and looked at Tony with malicious eyes.

"Stop, stop, stop. This is not Akina Mountain. Brake quickly." Tony waved his hand, signaling Nero to stop speeding.

"Then tell your sister, what kind of slave do you want to buy?" Nero wrinkled his delicate little nose, somewhat dissatisfied.

If you want a maid, you can find a few with clean backgrounds and capable hands when you return to the palace. There is no need to spend money to buy a maid from outside.

"Well... I said, I want some slaves for experiments, not maids... Well, I want about a hundred men." Tony nodded.

One hundred men?

Nero slowly opened his eyes.

What on earth did my brother go through? How did he become like this?!

Fortunately, Tony's next sentence immediately followed up, promptly dispelling those strange thoughts in Nero's mind: "I want to train an army, but this army uses a training method that I figured out myself. I don't want others to know, so I plan to buy a hundred slaves to test the waters."

"Oh, you scared me to death. I thought you developed some strange hobby after your trip to the British province." Nero patted his chest and was obviously relieved.

???

Tony had a question mark on his face. Shouldn't the concept of the UK be invented two thousand years later? How come it exists now?

"But... I have never bought a slave, and this price..." Tony scratched his head. He seemed to have never been involved in the slave trade, so he didn't know the specific price of this one.

"Your Highness, generally speaking, buying slaves is like buying other items, with a clear price tag, unless there is a batch of new slaves of particularly good quality. At this time, the slave owners will hire a few clowns to organize an auction, and the highest bidder wins." Hearing Tony's words, the female guard lowered her body slightly and whispered to Tony.

"Ah! So that means you are very familiar with slaves?" Tony clapped his hands hard, his face full of happiness.

"Uh..." The guard blinked and looked at Nero somewhat at a loss.

"You will be in charge of all matters concerning slaves on our behalf." Nero waved his hand casually and said to the personal guard.

"...Yes." The guard replied helplessly.

The slave market was huge. Just as the guard had said, all kinds of slaves were clearly priced, and the slave owners also wrote down the origins of these slaves and their uses.

Tony's requirements for slaves were not too high, he just needed them to be in good health. After comparing prices from three shops, the guard chose one of them. The quality of the slaves from this shop was pretty good and the price was not expensive.

"You need a hundred slaves?" After hearing what the beautiful lady said, the slave owner frowned in embarrassment: "I definitely have a hundred slaves, but... it's a little difficult to gather a hundred healthy male slaves."

"Money is not a problem." Turning his head to look at his own majesty, the guard coughed lightly and said.

"This is really not a matter of money." The slave owner smiled bitterly and rubbed his hands. "To be honest, the Empire declared war on Parthia a few days ago, which led to the Senate conscripting a lot of slaves to be responsible for the logistics and transportation of the legions. So there is actually a shortage of slaves in the country now."

"I see." Nero nodded. Since this company couldn't buy so many slaves at one time, wouldn't it be easy to just find a few more companies to pool their money together?

"How many slaves can you provide?" Nero asked.

Looking at the girl in red winter dress, the slave owner laughed dryly and said, "I can only take out fifty healthy male slaves now."