My XX deal with Sister Nero

Although it cannot be compared with modern grilled fish, after all, the condiments in ancient times were definitely not as complete as they are today, so when Tony eats fish, he eats the taste of the fish itself.

"Looks like I need to do something to make my life more comfortable." Tony began to think about this problem while eating. As a person from a country of foodies, what's the point of living if he can't even satisfy himself with food?

In ancient times, there was definitely salt, such as sea salt, which was the most widely used condiment of that era. But how could you only sprinkle salt on grilled fish?

Cumin, peppercorns, chili powder, and some green onions, wouldn't it be great?

Speaking of which, Tony has eaten a lot of grilled fish. In his previous life, most of the grilled fish were Sichuan-style grilled fish, which means the fish was grilled first and then placed in an iron plate and simmered over low heat.

After eating it so many times, Tony has some knowledge about grilled fish. If nothing else, at least he knows what seasonings to add.

So after dinner, Tony started strolling around the streets to ask if these condiments were available.

Speaking of which, what condiments are needed for grilled fish?

Salt is indispensable. In addition, there are pepper, Sichuan pepper, star anise, sugar, cooking oil, chili, and butter. Of course, there are definitely more than just these few things, but these are the only seasonings Tony remembers.

Let’s talk about cooking oil first. Cooking oil is generally divided into vegetable oil and animal oil. Animal oil generally refers to lard and butter. But Tony thought about it, there must be more than one kind of cooking oil. Rapeseed oil and sesame oil are also necessary, right?

So Tony ran to the vegetable market.

Then Tony was confused.

Why? It's very simple. The raw materials of sesame oil and rapeseed oil, sesame and rapeseed, are native to China. These two things were not found in the Roman Empire!

Well, if we don’t have these two raw materials, we can only make do with some animal oil.

Next up is the chili peppers.

There is no need to look for good chili peppers.

If rapeseed oil and sesame oil can be found in the Eastern Han Empire, then this chili pepper... oh, in the hands of the Indians. With the current shipping technology, it would be quite difficult for you to cross the Atlantic.

Butter can be found. After all, it has been around since the fifth century BC. Cows are everywhere, and the Roman Empire has mastered the technology to make butter. The most important question is...how much butter should be used? How to use it? At what time period...

Okay, let’s talk about this later.

Like cooking oil, Sichuan peppercorns originated in the Eastern Han Empire. Needless to say, the same is true for star anise. As for pepper, this thing is produced in Southeast Asia and was not found in the Roman Empire.

As for the last part about white sugar, let me ask you one question: do you think there was sugarcane in the Roman Empire?

What the hell is that?

You can make do with animal oil as cooking oil, there is still butter, there is salt, and white sugar can be replaced by honey... what about the other things?

After strolling outside and thinking about grilled fish for an afternoon, Tony finally realized that the ingredients were simply not available, so the idea of ​​making Sichuan-style grilled fish came to nothing. Now he could only see if he could make something else delicious with the condiments he had.

After thinking about it for a long time, I realized that this was really a headache for someone who only knows how to eat and not how to cook, so I just gave up thinking about it and went home to eat.

After looking at the sky, he preliminarily determined that the time should be around five o'clock in the afternoon, and there was still some time before dinner time. However, what Tony did not expect was that as soon as he returned home, he saw Antonio sitting in the living room, holding a piece of linen in his hand and gently wiping a dagger.

"What's going on?" Tony asked subconsciously when he saw Antonio polishing his sword.

Antonio looked up at Tony and said, "Boy, you will be the only man in the family from now on. You must protect your sister and your...aunt."

Antonio originally wanted to say this is your mother's, but after thinking about it, he finally changed his words and said this is your aunt.

"Uncle, you...is there a problem on the border?" Tony looked at Antonio like this and keenly realized that something might be going wrong. Antonio was about to be called up to the battlefield!

"I didn't expect that the Goths and Armenians launched an attack on us, and the Pontic people also began to make moves. I'm afraid that the Pontic people on the Anatolian Peninsula will rebel sooner or later." Antonio gritted his teeth.

...It's quite interesting!

Tony played Rome Total War, so he naturally knew the approximate locations of these barbarians. It seemed that the people in the middle and lower reaches of the Danube needed to have their brains beaten out!

"The field army on the front line is short of manpower, so are they drawing troops from the National Army to defend the border?" Tony whispered.

Now he understood one thing, that is, the status of the National Army was similar to that of a reserve force. Once the war broke out, the main combat legions near the battlefield would definitely be put into battle. In addition, the nearby National Army would also draw troops to enter the battlefield. It would take a lot of time to draw field armies from other places. In order to avoid a gap in troop replenishment, the Roman Empire would consistently use the military mobilization style of drawing nearby National Army troops with certain combat effectiveness.

...You might as well kill me. Otherwise, every time you come up to update, you can give me some surprises... Well, including the previous ones, I owe 6 chapters now. I will try to write some words in the middle of the night to update one chapter. Now the total collection is 55, the total recommendation votes are 18, the number of monthly tickets is 5, and the reward is 0. The conditions for adding more chapters next time are that the total collection reaches 64, the total recommendation votes reach 21, the number of monthly tickets reaches 6, and the reward reaches 500 cat cookies. Well, as long as any one of these conditions is met, there will be an additional chapter.

I have done it myself, I have to finish it with tears

Chapter 10: The Big Sister Who Can Be Fucked (Part 3)

Hearing what Tony said, Antonio subconsciously looked at Tony again.

Although these things are not a secret and many people can guess them with a little thought, the "many people" here generally refer to adults rather than children. Children should play carefree. Except for children from some big families, no child from a civilian family will take the initiative to be interested in politics and military affairs.

Speaking of which, the Roman Empire was a highly centralized country. Although there were great nobles in the country, it did not adopt a feudal system like in the Middle Ages. The so-called nobles were not the kind of lords who owned territories and private armies. The nobles in the Roman Empire were divided into two major categories, the new nobles and the old nobles. The so-called old nobles referred to the bloodlines left over from the Roman monarchy era. For example, the current Claudius family is a branch of the Julius family.

The so-called new nobility refers to the families that produced high-ranking officials such as consuls and high priests in the early days of the Republic. Most of these families later had relatively deep family backgrounds and connections and were very powerful.

No matter whether they are new nobles or old nobles, they may have their own family guards, but they do not have their own private army. At least, it is impossible for them to have a standing army.

The topic has gone too far.

As the saying goes, one should not meddle in matters that are not within one's jurisdiction. Tony's future at most is to inherit Antonio's property. Although Antonio owns a piece of land, it can be seen from the fact that he has no surname that Antonio's social status is not very high. At best, he can only be regarded as a rich farmer.

And what Tony will probably inherit in the future is just the property of a rich farmer.

It is really incredible that a little tramp before and now a child of a rich peasant family would be interested in politics and military affairs.

"That's right. The field army on the front line is short of manpower, so we were transferred there. It takes time to mobilize legions from other places. During this period of time, we will fight side by side with the field army." Antonio said.

"But this is dangerous, right?" Tony said.

War is certainly not without danger. He was worried that if Antonio died on the battlefield, this small family without its pillar might immediately fall apart.

In fact, Tony was worrying too much, because in the near future, the barbarian army would gallop through the province of Macedonia.

Because the fighting situation on the front was intense, Antonio took out his armor from the box early the next morning, and took down his javelin and dagger from the wall. With the help of Sevilla, Antonio dressed neatly and went to the central square of the town to gather. Under the watchful eyes of the townspeople, these conscripted national army soldiers left the town and bravely stepped onto the battlefield!

In fact, logically speaking, Tony should have gone to watch, after all, he was nominally a member of Antonio's family, but the boy overslept, so he didn't go.

Tita and the others didn't say much about this.

Speaking of which, Tony's life now is very monotonous. Apart from eating, sleeping and physical exercise, there are many physical exercises that people of this era do not understand.

Running around town is understandable, but squatting and standing up repeatedly? And stretching your arms out to the sides?

Well, this was before squats and chest exercises, so they couldn't understand it.

In fact, these are not physical training at all, at most they can be regarded as warm-up exercises, but Tony's physical condition is so poor that he sweats profusely after just a few movements.

Time flies, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

For the past three days, Tony's life was simple and monotonous. Apart from eating and exercising every day, he would stroll around the street twice at most and then come back. To be honest, if it was not necessary to understand this world, Tony probably wouldn't even be willing to stroll around the street.

As for Sevilla, Antonio was fighting at the front and the family lacked the necessary labor. So in order to take care of the crops in the fields, Sevilla went out early and came back late every day and stayed in the fields for a long time. Even Tita sometimes had to go to the fields to help with the work.

As for why Tony didn't help, the reason is actually very simple.

Tony is still very weak now and cannot work for a long time, so the most he does is to carry a jar of water from home to the field for Sevilla and Tita to drink.

This is the only thing Tony can do.

"It's so boring, so boring. It's so boring to be alone at home!" After a few days, Tony felt more and more bored.

How can you not be bored if you have nothing to do all day long?

Looks like I need to find something to do.

Although the Roman Empire was now in crisis on its frontiers, the inland areas were as peaceful as ever.

As a person who traveled through time from modern society, Tony, not to mention what he originally learned, just the history he knows, if he releases this knowledge, can have a huge impact on the country. However, many of these things are not something he can accomplish alone, and some things, such as grilled fish, cannot be completed due to lack of some materials or raw materials.

However, just when Tony was bored and didn't know what to do, the voice of a child passing by the door suddenly caught his attention.

"That cane that sister is holding is so strange. It looks like a huge cross."

…excuse me???

A huge cane with a cross? Are you sure that thing isn't an oversized cross? Tony, who was deeply impressed by the children's powerful word-making skills, ran out without thinking because his curiosity was aroused.

Speaking of which, the missionaries of this era are different from the missionaries of the future. After the Age of Discovery, the so-called missionaries are generally divided into two types. One is the invaders dressed as missionaries, who held the Bible in one hand and the flintlock in the other, and destroyed the ancient Inca Empire. The other is the real missionaries.

After they came to other countries, they built churches and provided relief to local residents, intending to spread God's mercy. However, no matter what kind of missionaries they were, they could not preach in this era.

The Roman Empire now believed in Roman mythology. In their view, the so-called Christianity was nothing but heresy. When faced with heretics, generally speaking, they would be burned to death if caught. So in such an environment, let alone building a church, even if you told people that you didn't believe in Roman mythology, your end would probably be miserable.

So Martha's so-called missionary work, in a fundamental sense, was to travel around the world, cure people's illnesses, and help the citizens of the Roman Empire solve some trivial matters in life.

This is also one of the reasons why the Roman Empire never took action against her.

Of course, the biggest and most fundamental reason is that she can knock down a dragon with a Bible, so it's no problem for her to beat up a few people.

Hearing that such a great man had come to this small town, the adults in the town were quite conflicted. To be honest, Martha was not a forced missionary, and many people thought that she was just a good person with a heretical belief. But precisely because of this contradiction, the best way for the adults was to not actively pay attention to her.

But children never think so much, they only know that a pretty, charming, beautiful, generous, gentle, lovely, pure and lovely big sister is coming...well, let's cross out the last word.

Currently there are 61 favorites, 24 recommendations, 5 monthly tickets, and I still owe 6 more...

At first I didn’t think too much about it. I just felt that my performance was not satisfactory. Plus, you know, I’ve been here for more than two years. My last book was a mess at the end and no one knew me. So, a newbie like me shouldn’t have many people paying attention to me. So, without any manuscripts saved, I chose to wander around, and I wandered around for a week…

In less than twelve hours, I have to update 9 chapters. At this rate, I'm afraid I won't survive more than three days... I thought I would update one chapter at most today, and then I'd go play FGO after typing. And then... I don't think I'll have time to play the new event. I'm sad.

Chapter 11: It's all routine

When Tony saw the legendary dragon-slaying saint Martha with his own eyes, he felt terrible.

According to historical records, Martha arrived in Gaul in 48 AD. Although her exact age was not stated at the time, judging from the fact that she was able to hold the Bible and slap the dragon with a palm of great mercy, she should be an adult or close to adulthood. So let's count her as eighteen years old. She was eighteen years old in 48 AD, and now it is 53 AD. Logically, Martha should be twenty-three years old now... But no matter how I look at it, it seems that Martha is only eighteen years old now!

And what Uncle Antonio said a few days ago... Oh shit, could it be that Martha just slayed the dragon not long ago?

This historical line is poisonous!

By this calculation, it is very likely that Martha was born late, so everything she experienced happened a few years later than in the original history... Well, that's not a problem. The problem lies in Martha's dress.

As far as Tony knew, nuns usually dressed very conservatively. Although Martha was a saint, her actual essence was a nun.

In history, nuns dressed very conservatively, with only their faces and hands exposed. Not to mention their arms, even their necks were rarely exposed.

But Martha's outfit... is poisonous!

The purple long hair is eye-catching no matter where it is placed. Unlike the black headscarf worn by ordinary nuns, Martha wears a white headscarf. To Tony, this headscarf is just a white silk scarf hanging from a golden hairpin. As for the legendary conservative nun uniform... well, you really can't tell that it's conservative with most of her breasts exposed. And the most worthy of complaints is not the sky blue waistcoat, but the blue stockings!!!

Yes, you read that right! Stockings! Martha is wearing stockings!

Stockings, the earliest cotton stockings were produced in the middle of the 17th century. How long ago was it? The first century AD! These stockings are full of the modern atmosphere of the 21st century!

Tony now just felt like there was a lump in his throat that he couldn't cough out nor swallow. He would probably feel nauseous and heaving tomorrow morning... Oh, this is chronic pharyngitis, not a lump in his throat.

Even if this woman was wearing iron combat boots and iron wrist guards, he could accept it, even if this so-called conservative nun's uniform was transformed into... well, transformed into something charming, he could barely accept it, but the stockings really couldn't be complained about!

On the other hand, Martha was also curious about Tony.

Because she has brothers and sisters, she has always liked children. When she came to this town, she was naturally very happy to see so many children. However, most of these children's eyes were full of curiosity about the arrival of outsiders, but only the child with beautiful golden hair in front of her, his eyes... how to describe it? Well, full of strangeness, as if he had seen something incredible and unbelievable.

But this incredulous look continued to stare at her, causing Martha to almost think there were bugs on her body.

Especially the last time the boy looked away and sighed, it made Martha feel uneasy!

No, I must ask him what he is watching!

Thinking of this, Martha took a deep breath, smiled at Tony, came to him, bent down and asked, "Little brother, tell me, is there any bug on my body?"

Sister? Tony curled his lips and thought, I am almost 23 years old, how old are you? But then he thought, if we start counting from this year... Marda is almost 2,000 years older than him...

Well, it seems I have to accept this call of "sister" with a pinch of my nose.

We will not lose the battle even if we lose the fight, so Tony took a deep breath and asked in a very cute tone: "Ah? What is the young lady talking about?"

Oh, it seems that there is a subtle error in the direction of losing the fight but not the battle...

Well, let's put this aside for now.

Seeing Tony's cute face, Martha could only feel helpless. Although she didn't know if this boy was pretending to be stupid, she felt that this silly expression and tone seemed to be deliberately pretended...

But if this is true, it is too scary that a kid of eleven or twelve years old can be so scheming!

"Ah... it's nothing, little brother. Well, sister came to this town to treat people's illnesses and to teach children how to read. Well, little brother, do you want to learn to read?" Martha had a saintly smile on her face. Tony felt that she was just short of having a donut-shaped fluorescent tube stuck behind her head.

Why be so holy!

Oh, it seems like there is a fluorescent tube behind the head.

But speaking of it, Tony only noticed at this time that the original owner of this body seemed to know how to read!

This era is not a modern society. Even in a modern society, there are still many countries that have not completely eliminated illiteracy. In this era, if you can recognize words, it means that your family is either powerful or rich. Only when one or both of these two points are met can you learn words.

After all, going to school or hiring a teacher to teach at home costs money.

The reason why Tony had never thought of this matter before was actually very simple. He had only been in Riverwood Town for a few days and Antonio had not yet told him about this matter. Before traveling through time, he had received education in modern society. Not to mention anything else, at least the nine-year compulsory education was popularized. Nationwide, there were very few illiterate people who could not read a single word.