My XX deal with Sister Nero

"I came here in the hope that... Your Highness would marry me." Maeve looked at Tony's little face with burning eyes and said softly.

"Puff!" Tony couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of water when he heard this.

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Chapter 193: Why are you wearing Pinru’s clothes?

What the hell?

The sack of bridge!

Queen Maeve came all the way from the Kingdom of Connaught to the city of Sanoni, just to say that she hopes I will marry her?

Oh no, wait a minute.

What do you want me to marry her?!

Shouldn't she be the one marrying me?!

And then again, I am only thirteen years old this year! Do you understand what thirteen years old means?

After 0 years, I'm still a child! Not even years old! You're sentenced to three years and up to death!

"Well, Your Majesty." Tony coughed lightly, wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth and said, "To be honest, your...your proposal is a little beyond my expectations, really." [%

"So, Your Highness Prince Oddney, are you willing to marry me?" Maeve raised the corner of her mouth... The strange uncle saw the little loli-like curve and asked Tony.

"I don't want to." Tony refused without even thinking about it.

"Oh my, little prince, I will be sad if you do this~" Maeve said to Tony with an aggrieved expression.

"Come on, you'd better take off Pinru's clothes. Who can resist this?" Tony said somewhat embarrassedly.

To be honest, if we just look at the appearance, Tony really wouldn't mind being a humanoid self-propelled artillery, but Tony is really not interested in taking on several men.

In his previous life, he had a friend named Gao who did the same thing. Now he is still sighing and groaning every day, looking sad as if his parents had died. Tony doesn't want to be like that friend named Gao.

It’s okay to have fun, but forget about getting married.

"Your Highness, do you want me to take off my clothes now?" Although she didn't know who Pinru was, Maeve still understood the word "take off clothes". 【%

"I didn't expect His Highness would like this." Maeve glanced shyly at the guards standing around her, and actually reached out to take off her clothes.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Tony subconsciously stood up and waved his hands quickly, "I'm not asking you to take off your clothes, I'm... forget it, anyway, there's no way I'm going to marry you."

"Does His Highness already have someone he likes? I'm so sad that His Highness actually abandoned me..." Maeve once again put on an aggrieved expression and said with resentment.

"You're so flirty." Tony put on a shrewish expression and said to Maeve.

"Thank you for the compliment~" Maeve winked at Tony.

"...Forget it, just tell me what you want to do." Tony couldn't hold it in any longer at this time. He just wanted to say goodbye to Her Majesty the Queen and go back to have breakfast.

"Your Highness, will you really not consider marrying me? I heard that your Highness's city of Sanoni only has 200 troops. If the Picts go south, or the Celtic tribes rebel, can your Highness count on these 200 troops to defend the city?"

At this point, Maeve paused and continued, "Your Highness, if you marry me, it would be like you have the support of the Irish Union, led by the Kingdom of Connaught. Our three countries combined can still gather tens of thousands of troops. Your Highness, are you really not going to think about this again?"

Hearing this, Tony suddenly calmed down.

Maeve...is worthy of being the Queen!

At the beginning, Maeve's appearance, no matter from which aspect, was in line with the character setting of the Type-Moon world, pretty and shy, so at the beginning, even Tony almost thought that this was just a humanoid Teddy Bear.

But when Maeve said this, Tony instantly understood Maeve's true thoughts!

Yes, there are indeed not many defenders in Sanoni City, only two hundred people, but don’t forget that the owner of Sanoni City is Tony, Tony Claudius Germanicus!

He is the favorite brother of the current Roman Emperor Nero.

If Tony really got married on impulse... or married Queen Maeve, what would that mean? It meant that the Kingdom of Connaught and the Roman Empire had reached an alliance, that the Roman Empire was backing the Kingdom of Connaught, and that in the whole of Ireland and Britain, the Kingdom of Connaught was truly invincible.

As long as Maeve is willing, she can unify the whole of Ireland at any time, and take over Wales and Scotland at the same time.

And what did she sacrifice?

Marry Tony?

No, this is not a sacrifice. Although Tony is young now, he is Nero's younger brother after all. He looks somewhat similar to Nero, and although he has not yet fully developed, he at least looks handsome and cute. And for Maeve, marriage cannot restrict her.

If you don’t believe it, you can look at her husband Eli’s head of green hair and see if it’s as green as the Greater Khingan Range.

So for Maeve, she didn't lose anything. Not only did she find a handsome little boy as her husband, but she also got a giant to support her.

After figuring this out, Tony's heart instantly calmed down.

"Your Majesty." Tony took a deep breath and put on a playful smile. He looked at Maeve and said, "Your Majesty, first of all, I can't marry you. At most, I can only marry you. Moreover, according to the relevant laws of the Roman Empire, if I marry you, then... Your Majesty, you can only give up the throne and come to live in my Roman Empire."

Did the Roman Empire have such laws? Who knows?

Tony never cared about the law. Even if he did, it was only about the commonly used ones or those that could be related to him. But I think... Maeve should still be the Queen of Connaught, right? After all, after Caesar and Cleopatra got together, she could still continue to rule Egypt.

But Maeve didn't know this.

"This..." Maeve opened her mouth, suddenly not knowing how to respond.

"Moreover, I have made it clear to your country's envoys that whether you want to deal with the Britons or the Picts, it has nothing to do with me." Tony said with a smile and waved his hand.

Maeve left, leaving in despair.

Tony had said so much, and Maeve had nothing more to say.

The two of them argued for a while, and Maeve finally gave in.

There was no way. Tony insisted that this matter had nothing to do with him, and he could not influence the strategy of the Roman Empire's top leaders. What could Maeve say?

"This kid is really troublesome." After walking out of the Chief Executive's residence, Maeve frowned and whispered to herself. As expected, this kid was indeed a bit troublesome.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Not long after walking out of the gate of the Governor's residence, the envoy of the Kingdom of Connaught immediately jumped out from an alley not far away and asked in a low voice.

"It's a bit troublesome, but...please help me investigate whether there is such a law in the Roman Empire. It is probably about whether a queen needs to give up her original throne if she wants to marry a Roman noble."

PS: I slept until the afternoon and felt much better. Well, I will try to get enough sleep in the next two days to adjust to the jet lag and wake up early in the morning. I can write at least three chapters a day to make up for the updates I owed before.

Chapter 194: The Heavy Cavalry Coming Soon

"Your Majesty, are you..." Hearing Maeve's question, the envoy's face suddenly changed. What does this mean? Is your majesty planning to marry Prince Oddney?

"Yes, that's right. I do want to marry that little prince." Faced with the envoy's question, Maeve did not intend to hide it: "Sir, if I marry him, my Kingdom of Connaught will be able to take the opportunity to form an alliance with the Roman Empire. By then, I will be fully capable of unifying Ireland and even occupying Caledonia with the help of the Roman Empire."

Maeve paused for a moment, and a dangerous smile suddenly appeared on her lips as she said, "And personally, this prince is indeed quite handsome, isn't he?"

"This..." What Her Majesty the Queen said really makes sense and I can't refute it.

The envoy shook his head and said, "I think the Roman Empire should not have such a law. When Caesar married Cleopatra VII, Cleopatra VII still maintained her status as the Queen of Egypt and held half of the ruling power in Egypt. After all, the Romans were not fools. The marriage between the two countries must have been to gain something beneficial to their own country, so..."

Although the envoy did not finish his words, Maeve already knew what he wanted to say in the second half.

Since this kid has already understood my thoughts, why did I refuse?

As she knew, the entire city of Sanoni only had 200 troops. If the Picts went south, what would happen if the Celtic tribes in the north could not defend? When the Picts rushed into the British province and Sanoni, did this kid plan to defend Sanoni with these 200 troops?

By then, the Roman legions stationed in the British province would inevitably be constrained and would not be able to send too many troops to help Prince Odeni. Since he was so smart and spoke to himself in useless clichés, he should understand his current situation.

He needs an army, a large army!

But why would he reject me?

Maeve couldn't understand.

Of course, she didn't know that Tony had a tribe of Sarmatians, and she didn't know that this Sarmatian tribe, which seemed to have no army, was actually a powerful cavalry unit that could mobilize everyone to fight at any time!

So by this time, Tony's Prince of Oddney had completely established a foothold in the British Isles.

"Next, it's time to prepare a batch of iron armor." Standing on the balcony, Tony looked at the sun in the sky outside and muttered to himself.

In essence, the Sarmatian cavalry belongs to armored cavalry, which is what we usually call heavy cavalry. However, because the Sarmatians are not good at iron smelting, their armor and other protective gear are too backward. Fortunately, Tony has more advanced iron smelting technology than the Roman Empire at the moment. Yes, it is the hundred-refined steel technology mentioned earlier in Thessalonica.

The Roman Empire was too large, and it would take a lot of time to promote the technology of Hundred Refinement Steel. However, the current Princedom of Odeni was different. The territory was not large, and Tony had already promoted the technology of Hundred Refinement Steel in the small town of Odeni. After Varo moved the city hall to the city of Sanoni, naturally, they also began to promote the technology of Hundred Refinement Steel in the city of Sanoni.

Next, Tony plans to make something good.

The first one is naturally the arrowheads from ancient China.

Unlike the West, arrows in ancient China focused more on penetrating armor. This was because of the difference between Chinese and Western armor. Ancient China almost exclusively wore barbed mail and scale armor, with more than one layer of armor, so arrows with greater defense-penetrating capabilities had to be used.

As for the West, they mostly used plate armor, which was heavier than barbed mail and scale armor, so plate armor only had one layer. European arrows were mainly blunt arrowheads, similar to modern bullets. Because this way they acted on a larger area of ​​the armor, resulting in a greater kinetic energy impulse, Europe mostly used blunt arrowheads.

The Romans also used blunt arrows. After all, most of their enemies were nomadic peoples with armored cavalry.

But Tony was very insidious. Facing the Picts who had no protective gear, he not only wanted to create sharp arrowheads with stronger tearing effect, but also planned to install barbs at the end of the sharp arrowheads. In this way, if the opponent wanted to pull out the arrowhead, he would suffer secondary damage and tear off a large piece of flesh.

In addition, there are zebra armor and plate armor.

For Tony, a heavy cavalry without plate armor is a heavy cavalry without soul.

Although lapel armor is lighter in weight and more suitable for cavalry, but... plate armor has stronger impact force. What's more, in terms of the production process, lapel armor is much more complicated than plate armor.

Tony has always felt that when it comes to heavy cavalry, the true representatives are naturally the heavily armored Western European knights or the Jurchen Iron Pagodas, so Tony has always wanted to make these two things, but the armor of the Iron Pagodas is lamellar armor... It is better to make plate armor first, anyway, the Picts probably can't break the defense of plate armor.

So, under Tony's instruction, blacksmith shops all over the city began to make plate armor.

The Roman Empire was not short of iron. Even if the iron reserves in Sanoni were insufficient, the iron reserves in the British province were sufficient, right? Tony was the emperor's favorite brother. As long as he asked for it, not only would he be given all the iron reserves in the British province, he would even be asked to abdicate on the spot!

Therefore, at this moment when the iron reserve production of Sanoni City was insufficient and even there were not enough blacksmiths, Tony found Decianus and had only one request to him, which was to create 10,000 sets of armor suitable for cavalry and war horses within three months.

Or to be more specific, Tony needs a set of plate armor for cavalry and lapel armor for war horses.

What can Decianus do about this? What else can he say except agree?

In order to ensure the mission, Decianus gathered together 100 sets of armor needed for heavy cavalry within three days and handed them over to Tony.

"It's okay." Tony nodded as he looked at the suit of armor in front of him. Decianus did not dare to cut corners in this regard, it's just... a little heavy.

But it would be strange if this set of armor wasn't heavy.

"More than 15,000 people. According to the social structure of the Sarmatians, they should be able to gather about 1,000 heavy cavalry, and the rest of the archers will harass the Picts... Hmm, the Picts don't seem to have an organized cavalry unit? If so, then these few months will be interesting."

PS: It seems that I really need to adjust my work and rest schedule and play less games these days. Usually, I play games after typing, and before I know it, it’s three or four o’clock, and then I play with my phone and it’s dawn... I have to go to bed early these days, and then write to pay off my debts while accumulating manuscripts... After all, my PY transaction is successful and I will be recommended

Chapter 195: Is this Queen cute?

As mentioned before, the Sarmatian cavalry's fighting style was similar to that of the Parthians. The nobles served as the elite, that is, the heavy cavalry units, the tribesmen served as the largest main force of archers in the Sarmatian tribe, and the remaining slaves served as light infantry for sieges, armed with simple swords, spears, halberds, etc.

When the Yachis tribe fled, they did not take their slaves with them. After all... the slaves only had two legs, and not only did they run too slowly, but they were also not as valuable as their own cattle and sheep.

So now, the Sarmatians only retained the armored cavalry and horse archers. As for the infantry... it’s okay. The Roman Empire lacked everything except infantry.

And the most important thing is that Tony's plan is to take the cavalry to plunder the enemy, not to occupy the Picts' territory. What is the use of infantry?

In order to be able to better command the battle, Tony has been madly learning horse riding during this period of time. He doesn't want to sit in the city of Sanoni and wait for news from the Sarmatians while the Sarmatians are fighting on the front line. After all... even if he is just watching the show, he has to grab the front row, right?

"Your Majesty?" Looking at Maeve who was angry and smashing things in the house, the envoy of the Kingdom of Connaught lowered his head in fear and said in a low voice.

"Tell me! Am I cute?" Looking at the envoy who was about to stand at the door with an angry face, Maeve asked, almost suppressing her anger.

"Cute! Your Majesty is the cutest and the most beautiful!" The strong desire to survive prompted the envoy to blurt out these words without any hesitation.

"Very good." Maeve nodded slightly and looked at the envoy and said, "Since this king is lovable, then tell me, why hasn't that bastard prince come to see me during this period of time?!"

How the hell should I know?!

The envoy felt like crying but had no tears. He was not from Prince Odney's palace. How did he know that His Royal Highness the Prince would deliberately avoid seeing His Majesty the Queen?

"This... Your Majesty, I heard that His Royal Highness Prince O'Donnell seems to have been practicing horsemanship recently. I thought... His Royal Highness Prince O'Donnell must have something else to do, so..." The envoy looked at his own Queen cautiously, or rather... looked at the whip in His Majesty's hand.

"I can also teach him!" Maeve waved the whip in her hand angrily, pushed away the envoy who was blocking her way somewhat roughly, and walked towards the direction of the governor's residence of Sanoni City.

"Your Highness, you did a great job." In the courtyard of the Chief Executive's residence, Chief Guard Mary looked at Tony's increasingly skilled control of the horse and praised him sincerely.

"Hmm~" Tony nodded happily. After a few days of training, and his previous experience in horse riding, Tony learned this quite quickly.

However, just as Tony was about to continue riding his horse around the yard a few more times, he suddenly heard bursts of quarrels coming from outside the gate.

"Hmm? Let's go and take a look." With Mary's help, Tony dismounted and walked towards the gate with several guards.

"What happened..." Tony had just walked out of the door and was halfway through his words when he saw Queen Maeve standing at the door, waving her whip and shouting, "Get out! I want to see your prince."

"Uh... ahem, I wonder what Her Majesty the Queen is here for?" Tony coughed twice and said loudly to Maeve.

Tony's voice naturally caught Maeve's attention. She looked up at Tony standing in the distance, waved at him, and said with a triumphant smile: "Your Highness, I specially asked someone to check. There is no law in your country that requires a queen to give up the throne before marrying a nobleman of your country."

"Emmmmm..." Tony was silent for two seconds, then suddenly turned his head to look at Mary, tiptoed and put his mouth next to Mary's ear, pretending to whisper: "Hurry up and send someone to Rome to tell Her Majesty what I said, and ask her to convene a meeting of the Senate and add this clause. Well, that is, if a queen wants to marry a Roman noble, she must give up the throne."

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