Rome Must Fall

"You'd better take care of your wife first." Maximus said teasingly.

After Maximus made a joke, he looked at Psilola and said gently in Illyrian: "I'm glad that you can choose Cornelius. He is very capable and has everyone's trust. You will be happy to marry him." Very happy——"

These words of Maximus obviously put Cornelius on his face, and Cornelius was very grateful.

But in the middle of his words, Maximus suddenly stopped, stared at Pusilola's face, and asked uncertainly: "You are not a Skodisci, are you a Segestica?"

The Skodisci and the Pannoni have ruled each other for decades. Due to various reasons, many people intermarry. As a result, the appearance of the two groups begins to look similar. However, there are still considerable differences. Some people have paid attention to this. Maximus noticed something was wrong after taking a closer look.

"I am from Segestica. My original husband died in the war and I became a widow." Pusilola tried to keep her tone calm.

Maximus did not pay attention to the slight resentment contained in Pushirola's words. He only thought of one thing now: this was the first marriage between a tribe member and a captured Pannoni woman. This was a good marriage. The beginning is a good example!

His mind was racing and he asked in Latin: "Cornelius, do you know that the wife you are going to marry is a Segestica?"

"I just heard her say it."

Maximus solemnly said: "The marriage between you and him is a great thing for our tribe! After the blind date of this group of people is over in a while, you two will return to the field. Under the witness of everyone, I will once again Blessings to you both!”

After hearing this, Cornelius knew that the choice he had just made was too correct. He suddenly became excited and said repeatedly: "Thank you, chief!..."

Pusilola looked at Cornelius doubtfully.

Cornelius wanted to explain to the other party, but unfortunately he couldn't understand the language, so he had to ask Maximus for help.

"Cornelius, you have to study Illyrian more intensively in the future." Maximus reminded with a smile.

"It was in order to learn Illyrian well that I found such a wife." Cornelius was in a relaxed mood at the moment and joked.

So Maximus repeated what he had just said to Pusilola in Illyrian.

After listening to this, Pusilola felt that the young leader attached great importance to her marriage. She subconsciously touched her abdomen. After a fierce battle in her mind, she finally made up her mind and looked at Maximus. He said sincerely: "Chief... Chief, while you are blessing us as a couple, I hope that the child in my belly will also receive your blessing!"

Maximus was surprised, and he subconsciously looked at Pusilola's abdomen.

"It's probably only three months, and I haven't shown my pregnancy yet. It belongs to my dead husband. He is your enemy, but the child is innocent. Please...please allow him to grow up healthily!" Pushirola! With a pleading look on his face, he bent his knees and wanted to kneel down to Maximus, but Maximus held him up with quick hands and eyes.

"What...what's going on?" Cornelius, who was still in the dark, was confused when he saw this situation.

Although Nesia who was on the side did not understand what Pushilola said, she had some clues and took the initiative to comfort Pushilola who was a little emotional.

Maximus pulled Cornelius aside and whispered: "The woman you have chosen is pregnant, did you know?"

"She's pregnant?!" Cornelius's eyes widened, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Maximus.

Maximus said without any emotion: "It's her dead husband's child, it seems to be only three months old."

Cornelius smiled: "Chief, this is a good thing! With my age and physical condition, it is hard to say whether I will be able to have children in the future. This is the god who took pity on my past and specially gave it to me. I will Treat him as your own son and raise him well!”

Maximus observed his expression and felt that it did not look like hypocrisy. Then he considered his words and said: "Cornelius, your kindness really makes me admire you! I hope that when I bless your marriage, I can also bless that person." Blessings for children. You know, there are some children among the Pannoni family members we captured. Their fathers died under our daggers. If our people can be as good as you while marrying their mothers, It would be great to raise these children!”

"Chief, I don't care about letting others know that I married a pregnant wife. On the contrary, after making it public, I don't have to worry about anyone gossiping about it in the future." Cornelius not only knew the gains and losses involved, but also had a very clear attitude. Determined: "As long as it can help the tribe, I am willing to make my marriage and my future children a role model for everyone!"

At this moment, Maximus was really impressed by Cornelius and said repeatedly: "Very good! Very good! -"

"Chief, leader!" At this time, Master Kuntu came over. Since he was determined not to participate in the blind date, Maximus asked him to temporarily command the soldiers and be responsible for maintaining order in the entire venue.

Seeing him coming to him at this moment, Maximus couldn't help but joked: "What's wrong, Quintus, you come to me at this time, have you changed your mind and want to find a wife?"

Quintus pretended not to hear, walked straight to Maximus, and whispered: "Frontinusto, let me ask you, can you allow him to take the initiative to choose a woman to be his wife?"

The smile on Maximus's face suddenly disappeared: "We have discussed it in advance and let the women choose. What's wrong, he wants to violate it now?!"

Quintus quickly explained in a low voice: "Frontinus fell in love with Carina, but Carina had no intention of choosing, so he wanted to take the initiative to pursue her..."

Frontinus likes Carina? ! ...Maximus was surprised, but then he thought about how the tall Carina acted and acted even more boldly than ordinary men, and was very attractive to old men like Frontinus who had experienced too many hardships. Normally, he looked at Quintus: "Why did Frontinus ask you to send me a message?"

Quintus said helplessly: "I guess he was surrounded by a group of women on the court. After hesitating for a long time, he realized that he liked Carina. But everyone he knew had already found a partner and left, so he had to find a partner. I was idle nearby, so for the sake of my colleagues, I had no choice but to help him. "

Maximus thought for a while and said: "It's definitely not possible to let him choose on his own initiative! But I can send someone to tell Carina his thoughts and let Carina make the choice."

Later, he told Nesia about the incident, hoping that she would come forward to help.

"No problem, this is a good thing, leave it to me." Nesia agreed readily.

Looking at Nesia walking towards the venue, Maximus thought: It’s not bad to have such a wife!

After a while, he was surprised to see Frontinus and Carina walking side by side towards the marriage registration office, and immediately asked Nesia: "You actually convinced Carina! How did you do it?" ?”

Nesia smiled sweetly: "This is a secret among women, I can't tell you. I have helped you so much, should you thank me?"

"Of course I want to thank you." Maximus agreed, smiling bitterly in his heart: This unmarried wife has caused him a lot of trouble. He originally thought that the firmness Carina had shown before would not be swayed by Frontinus, but he did not expect that she would be persuaded by Nesia. In this way, the marriage of a Military Affairs Officer and a Civil Service Officer will definitely have a greater impact on the Nix tribe. This is not what he wants to see! But it is definitely unwise to forcibly dismantle it now. We can only find a way later, alas!

After the first set of blind dates ended, Maximus immediately blessed the marriage of Cornelius and Pusilola in front of everyone.

The intention of this move was very obvious, but it had a good effect. Many hesitant Segostika women made up their minds, mustered up the courage, and began to walk to the center of the venue...

The second group of men who entered the venue came from the baggage camp and soon went to the marriage registration office one by one.

The reason why it was so fast was because there were originally some couples in the supply camp. Later, due to the convenience of fighting, they had to temporarily separate the camps. Now they are re-registering their marriages in the Nix tribe...

The blind date conference lasted from morning to dusk. Except for a very small number of women from the former rebel army who were unwilling to get married for various reasons (including Akonis), most of them found their significant other.

Almost all the Skordisqi women have also registered their marriages, except for Flores Lucia, who has been undergoing medical nutrition due to injuries and mental problems and did not participate in this blind date meeting.

However, only a quarter of the Segestica women have chosen husbands. The remaining more than 2,000 women already have husbands and their husbands are still alive. Most of them have begun to think about whether to apply to the Nix tribe to recall them. The Ardei tribe became slaves' husbands and convinced them to join the Nyx tribe.

On this day, the Ministry of Justice registered marriages for more than 4,000 old and new couples. By the end, the staff’s hands were numb when writing. Maximus had to recruit staff members from other departments who could write to help complete this task. A huge and gratifying job.

According to what Maximus said at the final blind date meeting: Due to the current limited conditions of the tribe, there will be no weddings. If the marriage is registered with the Ministry of Justice and officially recognized by the tribe, then they are already husband and wife.

But it is really impossible to have sex right away, because everyone is still living in a temporary camp and has no private space, so they have to go back to their own tents as before. Even though Maximus had his own military tent, in order to set an example, he did not live with Nesia and share the pleasures of fish and water.

The success of the blind date conference greatly stimulated the Knicks' expectations for a new life, but this expectation did not last long.

In the early morning of the third day, after the Knicks had breakfast, they began to pack their luggage, dismantle the camp, and officially move to the east side of the village.

The first to set off was the cavalry team led by Hagux. They rode on horses that had been raised or captured, and carefully explored all the way east. If they found any abnormalities, they would immediately report back to ensure the safety of the large moving troops.

Next to set off were the 3,000 fully armed soldiers of the First Army. They marched in formation, ready to respond to enemy attacks at any time.

Next to set off were the soldiers wearing only breastplates. They carried their shields on their backs, their helmets and luggage on Fosca sticks, and carried a bag of supplies from the camp in their other hand. The light infantrymen carry more camp supplies, but once a large number of enemies attack from the front, they will immediately pick up their weapons and cooperate with the troops in front to repel the enemies.

Next came the pack caravan, which included nearly two hundred oxen and donkey carts brought by the rebels from Italy and seized from the two villages, all loaded with food, and accompanied by personnel from the baggage camp.

Finally, there are the women’s camp staff and children.

In addition, the tribe left five hundred soldiers to guard the camp. With Maximus's deliberate support, the team had accumulated a lot of supplies over the past year, which could not be moved in just one trip. To prevent the supplies in the camp from being stolen, of course someone had to guard them.

Nix's relocation team formed a long and intermittent queue. The soldiers at the head of the team were about to arrive at the stockade on the bank of the Kupa River, and the women and children at the end of the team had just left the temporary camp.

Whether they are old people, children, men or women, their faces are all filled with joy. In their eyes, the sky is blue, the water is green, the breeze is smiling, the birds are happy, and even the grass and trees are turning yellow due to the cold weather. It also has a different kind of beauty.

Some people used singing to express their excitement, while others talked endlessly about their ideas for a new life. The children laughed and played, and the adults talked endlessly... The whole team was full of vitality.

Maximus followed the 3,000 soldiers and walked at the front of the entire team. A month later, he set foot on the banks of the Kupa River again. His mood was completely different from the last time. That time he was trying to survive and take risks, but this time it was like he was inspecting his own territory. He sat on his horse and inspected the area with great interest. Fields by the roadside.

"Verenus, you did a good job, look how good they are!"

"Chief, this is all due to the efforts of the people. Coupled with the good soil, these crops will emerge so quickly and grow so vigorously. I estimate that they will be harvested by the end of December, and then we will harvest them again next spring. Start growing wheat.”

"Okay, okay, the beans are harvested and the wheat is planted. The connection is very good! Pheasalus, tell the soldiers to be careful when walking and not to trample the fields. This is our own food!"