My XX deal with Sister Nero

While Rosa was chatting with Nero, on the other side.

"Your Highness, this is a letter from King Dungar of the Kingdom of Connaught."

That afternoon, Tony, who was about to have dinner, suddenly saw Varro walk into the restaurant, holding a scroll with an unknown animal in his hand.

"A letter from the Kingdom of Connaught?" Tony was stunned for a moment, then took the letter from Varro, spread it out and placed it on the dining table.

"Not bad, this guy can write Latin." Tony muttered to himself after taking a closer look.

"Uh..." Varo was choked by this comment and was speechless.

"Just a simple greeting." Tony threw the letter back to Varro and said.

"Ordinary greetings?" After receiving the letter, Varro was stunned for a moment and said, "This... is just an ordinary greeting, is it necessary to send it in the form of a letter?"

"Not really, so this letter should have other purposes." Tony shook his head and naturally took a perfectly grilled steak from the maid. He used a knife and fork to gently cut off a small piece of steak while saying, "Dungar should be very busy now. He just conquered the Isle of Man. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be busy rebuilding the post-war order of the Isle of Man. So if it is not necessary, I don't think he would send a simple greeting, let alone a formal letter. And from the content of his letter, it can be judged that in addition to us, he also sent it to the Governor of the British Province and my sister."

"This is a very formal letter, but the content is just a simple greeting without any nutrition. Your Highness, what do you think?"

"Me? I can only see with my eyes." Tony stuffed the steak into his mouth and said vaguely, "From the content of this letter alone, we can't see any clues for the time being, and we don't have any diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Munster. This... should be the first letter between the Kingdom of Munster and the Roman Empire? A letter with great diplomatic and historical significance is just a bunch of meaningless nonsense. Either the king is bored, or he has other purposes, such as... they want to say hello to us before invading Britain?"

As he spoke, Tony almost laughed out loud.

Although the Roman Empire has its own colonies on the British Isles and a large number of dependent states, if the Irish really want to attack, then there is no need to tell me, right? After all, neither Scotland nor Wales are under the control of the Romans at the moment.

What? Are they going to go south, bypass the English Channel and attack Londinium directly along the Thames?

If they really did that, I'm afraid the entire island of Ireland would be razed to the ground by the Roman Empire?

So, what is the underlying purpose of this letter?

In fact, Dungar didn't think too much about it.

In his opinion, this letter had only one purpose, which was to say hello to the neighbors.

Dungar knew that it was impossible for him to attack the British province of the Roman Empire, nor did he have the capital to attack the vassal states of the Roman Empire. Therefore, if the Kingdom of Munster really wanted to fight, it could only target the barbarian tribes in Wales and Scotland.

But in this case, the Kingdom of Munster would inevitably form a neighboring relationship with the Roman Empire. Since they could not afford to provoke this behemoth, they might as well just show their goodwill first.

So the purpose of this letter is just a simple greeting.

Or put it another way.

The purpose of this letter should be to tell the Roman Empire that next, my Kingdom of Munster plans to land on the British Isles. We will not fight with you, please rest assured!

PS: Thanks to "墨白_毒" for the two blades, thank you~

Chapter 191: How about making an Earl of Glamorgan?

"It seems that your sister trusts me quite a lot." As soon as they walked out of the palace, Rosa said to Tony beside him with a smile.

"No, no, no, my sister doesn't trust you, she trusts me." Tony shook his head and said seriously.

"...Okay, I'll just treat it as trust in you," Rosa smiled and shook her head, "I'm wondering what Rose's overall plan is? Also, does your sister... trust you too much at this moment?"

Rosa's suspicion is not without reason.

According to the current time point, Tony should be far away in Britain at this moment. Nero knew this. But at this time, the heroic spirit Tony suddenly appeared in the city of Rome. Nero actually quickly believed that this person was her brother?

It’s like you have a younger brother, and you know that your brother is away on a business trip, but suddenly a person older than you appears in front of you and tells you that I am actually what your brother will look like in the future. Do you believe it?

If it were me, I would probably arrest this guy and send him to Geleshan Mental Hospital.

So logically speaking, Nero shouldn't believe these two guys. Even if he did, he would probably be pretending to believe them, right?

However, in front of Tony and Rosa, Nero's attitude was one of unconditional belief. She really believed that the guy in front of her who claimed to be Tony was the real thing!

What is this?

Rosa didn't know that because Rose forcibly cut this world into a lossbelt, the two people who were most entangled with this world were more or less affected by this world.

For example, at this point in time, Tony and Nero both dreamed about what happened after Tony was assassinated in 70 AD.

By simply comparing it with this dream, it was not difficult for Nero to judge that the guy in front of him who claimed to be Tony was the real thing.

As for why she listened to Rosa...to put it bluntly, it was actually very simple. Rosa had already made it clear that the most fundamental purpose of what he said was to save his brother and ensure that he would not be killed. At the same time...this brother from the future seemed to trust him very much.

Just listen to it.

"Qianwei's plan? His purpose is just like that anyway. All his plans must be carried out according to this purpose. Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go. It's a rare opportunity for you to come to the Roman Empire. Today I will take you to visit the city of Rome."

Our heroic spirit Tony laughed at Rosa and patted his shoulder vigorously.

On the other hand, during the days when the heroes Tony and Rosa were wandering around Rome, on the other side.

Our Tony is very busy these days.

The Irish countries, led by the Kingdom of Connacht, are about to invade Wales. This has almost become an open secret in recent days. Since Dungar wrote a letter to the Roman Empire to say hello, many Irish countries have also sent envoys in the past few days, either with generous gifts or led by an important minister. In short, these countries have come to the Roman Empire for so-called "friendly visits."

To put it bluntly, they came to find out the details of the Roman Empire.

Looking at the entire British Isles and Irish Isles, the Roman Empire's British province may not be as large as some of the countries on these two islands, but in terms of the number of troops and combat capabilities, if the Roman Empire is second, then no one among these countries on the entire British Isles and Irish Isles would dare to say they are first, right?

So, before the Irish prepare to invade Wales, the attitude of the Romans is particularly important!

If they object, the Irish will have to think carefully about whether it is worthwhile to attack Wales. After all... even if they conquer the whole of Wales, it will cause dissatisfaction among the Romans, which would be a loss.

But if the Romans didn't care, then it would be simple.

Just give it a try.

Decianus, the governor of the province of Britain, was no fool. He naturally saw what the so-called envoys who came to visit him were planning. However, he was only the governor of a province and it was not easy for him to influence the decision of the empire. He thought that this place was too far away from Rome. If he sent people to Rome to inquire, the flowers would probably wither in the time it took to go back and forth.

So Decianus simply pointed out a "clear path" for these envoys.

"His Royal Highness Prince Odeni of the Roman Empire is the younger brother of our Emperor. His fiefdom is in the city of Sanoni. If you have any questions, you can go and ask him. After all, he can make certain decisions on behalf of His Majesty."

Then, these so-called envoys flocked into the city of Sanoni.

Tony was stunned!

What is this?! Blame it on others?!

Tony, who already had a bad impression of Decianus because of Boudica's rebellion, now had an even worse impression of him.

"Finally gone." After seeing off the envoys from the Kingdom of Connaught, Tony finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Your Highness…” Seeing Tony’s relaxed expression, Varro took two steps forward and came to Tony. He whispered to him, “Now, the intentions of these Irish tribes are very clear. They plan to invade Wales and hope that my Roman Empire will not intervene. Your Highness, look at this…”

"What does it have to do with us if they attack Wales?" Tony raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion, "Does Wales have any allies or vassal states of ours?"

"No." Varro shook his head.

"You see, Wales doesn't have any vassal states of ours, and if we want to take Wales, we have to cross one or two of our vassal states before we can conquer it. Even if we conquer it, it will only be an enclave. Tell me, is this enclave useful to us?"

"So Your Highness means... to let them attack Wales?" Varro lowered his head and asked cautiously.

"Of course, if they want to fight Wales, it's their business and has nothing to do with my Roman Empire." Tony smiled and said.

"I understand." Varro nodded.

You know nothing!

Looking at Varro's serious expression, Tony couldn't help but complain in his heart that allowing Ireland to attack Wales was actually a helpless move, because at this moment, the first batch of saltpeter crystals had been extracted from feces!

In other words, Tony will be able to obtain a certain number of hand cannons in a month at most. Once this batch of hand cannons is completed, Tony can just find a reason to take Wales back.

By the way, should I get a group of representatives? Then when I want a piece of land, I can find someone who has a strong claim to that land and throw him to Glamorgan, make him the Earl of Glamorgan, and then send representatives to kill him. Wouldn't that be great?

"Speaking of which, how is the development of the bed crossbow going?" After putting these strange thoughts in his mind aside, Tony suddenly spoke and asked Varro.

PS: I can’t bear it today.

I have been running around these two days. I slept for an hour the night before last and three hours last night. I went home, had dinner, and fell asleep while typing. I have a headache. I will only update once today. I will make up for the rest tomorrow. In addition, some people have guessed the meaning behind the name Rosa. According to the rules of adding more chapters, I will add one more chapter.

Bye bye, see you tomorrow.

Chapter 192: I hope Your Highness can marry me

"Your Highness, the bed crossbows have now begun mass production. Judging from the current situation of the Ordnance Department, we can have twenty bed crossbows every month." Varo replied with his head down.

Compared to the hand cannon, the bed crossbow is simple to make, and the raw material of the bed crossbow is wood. This thing... is really not in short supply around the city of Sanoni.

Because Tony has not yet solved some technical problems with the three-bow crossbow, he can only choose a second-level general crossbow. However, even this general crossbow is quite powerful.

Tony also had another idea, which was to create a so-called city-breaking crossbow based on a novel he read in his previous life.

The so-called city-breaking crossbow is actually an enlarged version of the ordinary bed crossbow. Of course, as its size is enlarged, its power is naturally a lot greater. In order to increase the power of the city-breaking crossbow, the front of this wooden arrow, which is almost as thick as a person, is wrapped with iron sheets so that it can directly shoot through the city gate with one shot.

However, we cannot make city-breaking crossbows for now, because... the population of Sanoni City is too small!

Although Varro made special adjustments to the city's taxes during the period when he ruled Sanoni, intending to attract people from other surrounding cities to settle in Sanoni by lowering taxes, unexpectedly, this policy had little effect.

The population is too small, and the Ordnance Department can’t recruit people, so…so there are many things Tony wants to make, but he can’t make them immediately.

"What we are working on now are recurve bows, gunpowder, and crossbows. Tsk, according to estimates, the Irish should invade Wales in a month at most, right? Then...what should we do?" Tony touched his chin and muttered to himself.

Fight? Or not fight?

If they were to fight, how would they fight? Would they just send the Sarmatians?

For homeland defense, we can adopt a model of universal military service, but if we want to attack Ireland... it is really difficult to send out the militia.

Just as Tony was thinking about what to do, inside the city of Sanoni.

"Your Majesty, Prince Odney may look like a child of only twelve or thirteen years old, but he is... a bit difficult to deal with."

In a house, the envoy of the Kingdom of Connaught, who had just left the governor's residence not long ago, was looking at the woman sitting in front of him with a respectful face and said.

"A child of twelve or thirteen is still a bit difficult to deal with?" Queen Maeve of the Kingdom of Connaught looked at the world in front of her with some surprise and said, "No way? What can a child understand?"

"Your Majesty..." The envoy said with a smile, "At first I thought the same as you did. He is just a child, what can he understand? However, during my communication with him, I found that he is...really not simple."

"Like?" Queen Maeve asked, frowning.

"This kid never speaks the truth. He only speaks excuses. For example, when I asked him about his opinion on Wales, he replied that the Roman Empire would not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries."

???

Queen Maeve looked at the envoy in confusion. This... this kid is really good at speaking.

"This is a bit troublesome." Although Tony meant that he would ignore the Irish invasion, this was just a matter of ignoring it.

What Maeve wants is the support of the Roman Empire!

"It seems that I, the Queen, have to meet His Royal Highness the Prince in person." Maeve sighed.

It would be nice if Xiao Ku was here.

Few people know that Maeve actually wants someone very much, the hero of the Kingdom of Ulster, Cu Chulainn.

The Battle of the Cooley Bull, or the Bull Race, although nominally an act of anger between Maeve and her husband, in reality, what Maeve wanted more was the man she had never had.

According to Maeve's original plan, after the war, she would not only ask the Kingdom of Ulster to compensate the Kingdom of Connacht with the Coolie Bull, but she also planned to ask the Kingdom of Ulster to hand over Cu Chulainn as well.

However, what he didn't expect was that in the final war, Cu Chulainn was framed by the goddess Morrigan who once loved him. He accidentally ate dog meat, although he could not eat it for the rest of his life. Unable to refuse charity, he was forced to hand over his magic spear. In the end, he was stabbed to death on a stone pillar by the three bards who forced him to hand over his magic spear.

The next morning, Tony had just woken up and had not had time to eat breakfast. He was still in the bedroom when he suddenly heard a guard's report: "Your Highness, there is a woman outside the door who claims to be the Queen of Connaught and wants to see Your Highness."

"Queen of Connaught? Maeve?" Tony raised his eyebrows subconsciously, looking a little strange.

As a Chinese in his previous life, although he understood history, he only had a superficial knowledge of European history. For example, all he knew about Maeve was that she was the queen of Connaught, and... well, she liked to wear Pinru's clothes.

Anyway, in Tony's knowledge, Ireland has two great humanoid self-propelled artillerymen, the male one is Cuchulainn and the female one is Maeve.

Maeve actually came to see him in person?

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"Take her to the hall and let her wait for a while. I'll be there soon." Tony sighed and realized that he had no breakfast. He could only stand up helplessly and walked towards the hall of the Chief Executive's residence.

Queen Maeve, the most powerful woman in all of Ireland.

The daughter of King Ochur of the Kingdom of Ireland and the Queen of the Kingdom of Connacht, Maeve's fame in Ireland reached its peak after defeating the Kingdom of Ulster. Even the desk of the Roman Emperor Nero had a copy of Maeve's basic information on it.

However, in Tony's eyes, Queen Maeve did not give him the feeling of nobility and coolness that a queen should have.

Maeve, who has a pure appearance and is wearing a simple white leather armor, stared at Tony with a fiery look the moment Tony walked into the hall.

"This Teddy..." Tony coughed awkwardly, then sat in the first seat in the center of the hall. Looking at Maeve sitting next to him, he asked seriously, "You...are the Queen of Connaught, right?"

"Yes." Maeve stood up and bowed gently to Tony.

"I wonder what Her Majesty the Queen wants to see me about..." Tony said as he picked up the water glass on the table next to him, intending to drink some water to moisten his throat first.