Rome Must Fall

You must know that Anfer was once the personal slave of a noble lady in the city of Sarapia. Her living conditions were pretty good, and she was far less bitter and hateful than the slaves on the farm. Therefore, after being forced to join the rebel army, she was not very happy at first. She cooperated with Arconis' arrangements and was reluctant to work for the rebels. Coupled with some bad habits she learned from noble families, she simply became a difficult troublemaker in the kitchen team.

However, under Aconis's patient discipline and love, as time went by, Anfil gradually integrated into the rebel army and began to show off her talents. After all, compared to the farm slave girl, as a noble maid, she has much greater knowledge and ability to do things.

"Anfil, we have recently added many new people. The original chef team is no longer enough. We will definitely form a new one. By then, you will definitely be promoted to head chef by Aconis. To be honest, I I really can’t bear it!” Minnie said with emotion.

"Sister Minnie, I think this is impossible." Anfil reminded in a low voice: "Didn't the boss whisper it a few days ago? Soon the soldiers will have their own houses and land. Then there won’t be any need for us to provide food for them.”

"If you didn't say this, I almost forgot... Yes, our team of chefs will be disbanded by then!" Minnie was not happy, but felt a little sad. After all, they had been working together for a year. Many teams.

When Anfil saw this, he just wanted to say a few words of persuasion.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!..." A sharp whistle sounded.

The women on the shore immediately returned to their cooking groups and began to carefully carry the food they had prepared onto donkey carts or ox carts. At this time, other women who do not belong to the chef team but belong to the supply camp will come to the chef team to which they temporarily belong. Under the leadership of the chief chef, they will follow the transport team through the avenue in the middle of the inner camp, enter the outer camp, and arrive at The area where the chef team's corresponding brigade is located will then distribute the food to each soldier...

It was a very lively process.

Not only because the hungry soldiers were excited when they saw the food, but also because they had daily close contact with the women in the baggage camp. Many men and women saw each other right through this process.

There are not only women in the kitchen team, but also men. But every time, the people responsible for delivering food to various regiments and brigades are women, and at least half of them are women who don't have a sweetheart yet. Not only did they distribute food, but they also ate with the soldiers.

This was a deliberate arrangement by Arconis, prompted by Maximus, for the purpose of a blind date.

This plan was implemented after the rebels entered the mountains, and was very popular with the soldiers. It greatly boosted the morale of the entire team, which had declined due to the difficulty of long mountain marches, allowing the rebels to appear in Illyria with a high-spirited attitude. on land.

But after all, the rebel army has a large number of people. After most of the women have identified their significant other, other soldiers can no longer tease them casually. On the one hand, they are bound by military law, and on the other hand, they are comrades-in-arms. Later, this blind date event turned into a dinner party for couples, which made other single soldiers depressed.

However, after a short period of silence, blind date activities have become lively again these days, because there are new faces among the women who come to deliver meals: the new Skordisqi woman and the unmarried Segers Tika female prisoner.

When they were about to arrive at the rest area of ​​the First Brigade of the Second Legion, captain Rufus had already led the team officers to greet them.

Chef Minnie nudged Anfil next to her and teased: "Your lover is here, why don't you go say hello!"

Not only did Anfil not come forward, but he stood still and said, "Sister Minnie, at this time, women must be more reserved. Men are hard-earned, but they will cherish us even more..."

"At such a young age, you seem to know a lot about this matter. Who did you learn this from?"

"My former mistress, she was very powerful. She controlled her aristocratic husband tightly."

"Don't imitate the behavior of those damn nobles!" Minnie frowned slightly and warned, then she smiled and went up to him: "Captain Rufus, we are here to bring food. I hope you are not late. "

"You came at just the right time. As soon as the brothers returned to the camp, they smelled the aroma of the food, which made them mad. I guess you made another delicious dinner!" Rufus gave a rare smile, responded.

"The sisters really put a lot of thought into making this dinner, I believe you won't be disappointed." Minnie answered confidently.

"What are you waiting for? It's time for you to show off."

Rufus waved his hand, and the team officers behind him came forward one after another and went about their business: 10 centurions led nearly a hundred women into the rest area of ​​a large team and arranged dining seats for them; 50 centurions first All the food in the car was carried to the rest area, and then distributed to the soldiers in order of number...

Tinybazus was the first to come to Minnie. Before he could speak, Minnie winked and said, "Anfil is entirely responsible for the meal today. You have to go find her."

Tinybazus was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned to Anfer with a smile on his face.

But Anfil didn't look at him at all, but turned around and shouted: "Sisters, we are very familiar with this place, we don't need anyone else to guide us, right?"

"Yes!!" Nearly half of the women shouted in unison with a smile.

"Then let's find a place to eat by ourselves." Anfil said, calling to other women to push and pull the shy and reserved newcomers into the rest area, which immediately aroused cheers from the soldiers.

"Tinibazus, you can't do it. You can't even surrender your own woman, so why not give it to me!" A centurion joked.

The other centurions burst into laughter.

Tinybazus didn't take it seriously. His experience as a performer when he was young made him very thick-skinned. He reminded: "Brothers, don't be silly here, go and help!"

After a burst of laughter, the women all found their seats and sat down. Except for those who already had a sweetheart, the seats of the single women were mainly arranged by Anfil.

After she finished her work, she came to sit next to Tinibazus, observed the other person's expression, and asked, "Are you not angry?"

"Why am I angry? I'm happy." Tinibazus smiled and said in a low voice, "You have arranged a few more girls for my team!"

"You've been nagging in my ears these days. If I don't do something, you will annoy me to death!" Anfil complained with a pouted mouth.

"Oh, as the captain of the Centurion, I have to do something good for my brothers. My woman is the most capable in our kitchen!" Tinibazus said flatteringly.

"Don't talk nonsense, the most capable person in the kitchen is of course our leader." Anfil was blaming, but there was a smile on his face.

"But -" Tinibazus pointed to the side and said carefully: "The woman you arranged for my good brother...isn't it a bit..."

Anfil was not angry at all, but asked: "Do you think the candidate I arranged is not good? Which one do you think is good?"

Tinibazus glanced around and pointed quietly not far away: "That! That woman is pretty good-" At this point, he suddenly became alarmed: "Of course she can't compare with you! But Zamora Si has protected me many times on the battlefield and is my true good brother. Since I want to find him a wife, of course I have to find a good-looking one, otherwise others will say I am ungrateful! "

"I understand what you mean." Anfil said, "But do you know who that woman is?"

Tinybazus shook his head: "How would I know."

"She is from Segestika, and she is married. Her husband is a small nobleman from the village in front. Not long after they got married, during the first battle between Segestika and us, Killed——"

"ah!"

"Don't look at her sitting there, delicate and frail. She has a lot of thoughts. She always finds various reasons to do as little work as possible. We are all a little helpless with her... That brother of yours is stupid and stupid. If you marry If you don’t let her manipulate you at will, what will you do then?”

Anfil said seriously: "And the girl I arranged for Zamoras is from Skodisci. Although she is not very good-looking, she has been oppressed by the Segestica people since she was a child. Your brother has a common experience, and he is honest and hard-working, so he is a good match for your brother. If they live together, they will definitely live a good life. "

"But if both of them are too honest, they will be easily bullied by outsiders!" Tinibazus was still a little worried.

"With you here, if outsiders can still bully them, others will really say that you are ungrateful!" Anfel reminded.

Tinybazus suddenly said: "You are right, it is your arrangement that is better!"

"But just now someone complained that I didn't arrange it well." Anfel turned away from him pretending to be angry.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have doubted your arrangement. I really deserved a beating!" Tinibazus apologized sincerely and actually slapped his cheek with his palm, making a clearer sound.

Anfil quickly grabbed his hand and scolded: "You just like to mess around, and others think I'm bullying you! I'm hungry now!"

"I'm going to get the food for you right now." Tinibazus immediately picked up the earthenware jar and wooden bowl that Anfil brought and ran to the front to line up.

By this time, Zamoras had returned with food packed for the woman sitting next to him.

Due to her commitment to Tinibazus, Anfer could not watch the excitement as a bystander. Since the two people could not understand each other, she had to act as a translator to help match them up.

Before the rebel army led by Maximus entered the mountains, Illyrians accounted for about half of it, and the others came from all over the Mediterranean. Since most of them had stayed in Italy for many years, they could more or less say Latin, so daily communication is mainly in Latin.

But after entering the mountains, both the Ardeans, Pannonians, and Skodisci could speak Illyrian. Therefore, during this dinner blind date, the Illyrian soldiers in the rebel army It's a big advantage because there are no barriers to communication.

This also forced soldiers from other places to work hard to learn Illyrian, because they gradually understood that if they want to find wives, have children, and live a good life here, they must pass the language barrier.

There is often such a strange scene in the soldiers' rest area: they are already lovers, talking quietly and behaving intimately while eating;

Six or seven single soldiers gathered around a woman, serving her diligently and vying to talk to her. Even if they had just learned Illyrian and were stammering, they still had to work hard to express themselves;

There are also a handful of people like Zamoras who are cared for by their superiors and supported by the head chef, enjoying one-on-one privileges...

Just when the dinner blind date was in full swing, someone suddenly saw the legion commander Tolerugo walking towards them with a man, which immediately caused a commotion.

Because this man's name was Vargius, and he was a subordinate of military judge Sidonius. His appearance often meant that someone had violated military law and had to accept punishment.

Rufus was about to stand up to greet him, but Tolerugo stopped him with a wave of his hand. He led the people to the center of the rest area of ​​the first brigade, stood still, and said loudly: "Brothers, you can continue to eat your food, but you have to Prick up your ears and listen carefully, because there is something very important to announce next!”

"Legion Commander, no matter how important the matter is, can't we wait until we finish eating?" someone in the crowd complained.

"We need a team to make the announcement. There is no time to wait for you to finish eating." Tolerugo put his hands on his hips and said loudly: "You have good food to eat here and women to talk to. That's enough." It’s comfortable! But I’ve been discussing with the leader in the military tent all day, and I haven’t even had a sip of water yet, so don’t complain!”

"But we also went to the mountains to cut wood for a day, and everyone is very tired." Someone else was muttering.

Tolerugo got angry: "Whoever doesn't want to hear it, you can go outside the camp and eat. It's quiet there and no one will disturb you, but don't regret it!"

Suddenly, the rest area became quiet.

Tolerugo then made an invitation gesture towards Vargius, and then stepped aside.

Vargius is also a Roman veteran who joined the rebel army when they were in Apulia. Because he was born in the province of Illyria, he is not only literate, but also speaks Illyrian. He also has a good memory and a loud voice. , so he was selected by the legal officer Sidonius and approved by Maximus. He was just promoted to the legal adjutant and was specially sent to preach the law this time.

"These days, the leader has drafted several important laws for the development of our entire team. After repeated discussions with the chief officers of various departments, they were officially confirmed today. I was also officially appointed to come and explain the new laws to every brother. I believe you will be as excited as I am after hearing these laws!”