《Nova Roma》 Prologue In the darkness a guy is walking, he did not know where the north or the south there was only a darkness, he could not perceive the time just an incredible dark accompanied by a sepulchral silence, the boy despaired because did not understand what was this place, but he was asking himself, Is this what are after death? "Where is the happy heaven, purgatory or is it that once you die there is only darkness and we are destined to remain in nothingness with our conscience because if so, then how horrible is death" the boy said to himself. At that moment a light shine in the darkness the boy placed his arm in his eyes to avoid being dazzled"Finally something that is not darkness" The boy immediately ran to where the light came, after running for a while he could see a destroyed temple lit with torches it was noted that it had been abandoned for a long time, in the middle of that temple he could see a large statue of a naked human being holding a harp with his hand and under that monumental statue was a cauldron with a flame blue not very dazzling but very striking The boy walked in a curious way towards that flame, maybe he could find the answer he was looking for in that place, as he approached he could see in more detail the Greek marble columns that adorned that abandoned temple, in the When I arrived in front of that statue, he could see that there was a gentleman with a white beard. He could see that the years had been charged Invoice with a senile, visibly emaciated face sitting on the floor dimly illuminated by the light of the blue flame. "Excuse me, sir, could you tell me what this place is" asked the boy The man raised his face and observed that young man with a sad look and said "This thing you can observe young is what happens when people forget those who care for them, one day you are a deity and the other you are a pagan for them " "Are you telling me that maybe you are a god?" the boy said as he placed his hand on his chin God: "That''s how they know me by the name of Apollo, but that was many years ago now tell me what are you doing in my temple, I have not received visits from mortals for a long time" Boy: "I would like to know too, the last thing I remember is that the plane in which I was traveling had turbulence and after that nothing dark and silence" Apollo: "Wow, you are the first mortal who seems not to care much about the fact that he died and even more that he is talking to a god" Boy: "It''s not that I do not care" Said the young man while raising his hands in a sign of not caring "But I really do not control anything I''m like you said a mortal, if I had stopped the accident but simply before an event of this magnitude I can only say shit that bad luck, and as soon as I talk to a god-like you, I''m surprised but in the end I understand that I''m dead and the first thing I hit is darkness and nothing else if I did not find his temple I would believe that I would be destined to a rather cruel hell, walking in eternal darkness without any kind of sound for the end losing my sanity and end up being assimilated by darkness " Apollo: "HAHAHA !! I like you guy have a nice sense of humor"Apollo slowly rose from the ground " Even I could not tell you why you came to my temple, it is assumed that the fate after death is decided by the deity to which you are entrusted, I believe that in your case you must to be Mr. Christ or something like that, by the way, you can tell me your name " Boy: "Sure, my name isArmando or calling, as if I have a conscience I exist and if I exist I keep my name" If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Apollo: "Ha! You reminded me of those Greek philosophers with that comment, good young mortalArmandoyou have cheered me the moment I will grant you 2 wishes, one because you are the first mortal visitor in more than a millennium and another because I like you tell me what you want " Armando: "Interesting, I guess I''m lucky today,Can I ask to revive?" Apollo: "You can but I''m afraid I can not interfere in the time you died because your time is controlled by Mr. Christ I can only send you to a time before Constantine" Armando: "Wait, that''s too far back in time" Apollo: "I''m sorry it''s all I can do" Apollo said while leaning on the cauldron of blue flame Armando: "Well, if I travel to that time I can change the time, the last thing I want is to live with limitations" Apollo: "You really amaze me mortal Armando with that question, but, if you can modify the time is almost a fact that the flow of faith in the future will be dominated by the cross and because you will be reborn with my power if the flow of faith of the cross is greater your soul will simply vanish into nothingness very similar to your curious concept of hell " Armando: "Wow, you''re telling me that if I can not change that flow of faith, regardless of whether my soul is dead, it will be destroyed" Apollo: "Indeed, in your time there should be a phrase that says there is no free lunch in this world" Armando: "FUCK, there is some way to avoid it. The last thing I want is for my soul to disappear. One thing is my body, but if my soul disappears, those are greater words." Apollo: "There is a form, in theory, there is a continent called Abya Yala or better known as America if you manage to bring the Greek pantheon to it, it may prevent the faith of the cross from completely exterminating us gods of Olympus and with this will prevent your soul from being lost forever " Armando: "Excellent, so I have to travel to the past to avoid the cross destroying the religion of Olympus, well I guess as a god you will give me some help I do not think you let me go alone without anything" Apollo: "I remind you that you have 2 wishes as to the help I can give you, it can not be great, unfortunately I am the only god of Olympus alive and my strength is not too much, in this line of time the cross won and in the Past is not the exception once you travel to the past and successfully claim America will create another timeline and with it the gods will be reborn and from there you can receive some blessings from them, in the end, you will have to guide your descendants to prevent the cross win in that timeline too " Armando: "Basically a contract for life and after it, luck mine, but I understand that I have no other choice very well if I have to choose the time I would say that in the middle reign of Emperor Augustus is the best, a Roman empire in relative peace it will allow me to get enough people as resources to launch an invasion of the Americas " Apollo: "Well I like that you have accepted destiny as the help I will allow you to reincarnate as someone with a certain power, and tell me what your two desires will be" Armando: "Well I''m going to a period quite behind in everything, my first wish is to be a god that would be grace that newly reincarnated died in my cradle for some weird Roman intrigue and my second desire is to have knowledge in all areas, what a tragedy it would be if I have no way to earn money and afford the trip, I am a mortal, not a guugle database to know what the hell to do in the middle of the jungle " Apollo: "I can make you a god but remember that the power of faith is very little you can survive death sometimes but as long as you do not settle in the Americas your power will be limited as soon as the knowledge you will have, well I wish you a good deadly journey Armando I hope you can fulfill your goals, do not forget that the temples can give .. " Armando: "Sometimes what...!" Apollo: "Faith ..." Suddenly everything was dark again The little flavio diary The calm of the night was interrupted by the cries of a woman "Governor I think you should stay calm, Mrs. Julia is currently in labor would not be good to interrupt the midwives" The governor gets up from his chair "How do you want me to stay calm when my beloved Julia is screaming in that room if something happened my father-in-law would not forgive me" The counselor opened his hands and explained "I understand him governor but those midwives are the best in the region of Hispania, even in our province of Lusitania we will not find better than them, a few years ago they helped Governor Marco Cornelio of Aquitaine with the birth of his wife" The governor walked from side to side with his hand on his chin " I know but perhaps, my Julia screams sounds like that, I just can''t stand it the sound hurts me just to hear her screams ". In the middle of the conversation the cries of the woman began to subside and were replaced by the cry of a baby, the door to the room opened and an elderly woman came out. "Mr. governor you can come to see your son" The Governor went with emotion towards the room, he could observe his wife Julia lying on the bed holding a small baby wrapped in a linen blanket Julia see to her husband and say "Oh my beloved Vitelio passes to see your son" The governor Vitelio approached Julia and could see her baby a small child with golden hair and white skin, it was quite strange for him because he did not look like his wife or him,but when he wanted to investigate more a light illuminated the room and for all present it was not unusual the baby to be different from their parents Vitelio just forgot the questions he had and he placed their hand on the hair of his son and said "You will call yourself from now on Flavio, I''m sure you will make great things my son" In the governor''s palace, you can see a small light coming from one of the windows if you see more near you can see a small child sitting on a chair and writing in a papyrus "Dear diary: It''s been 5 years since you reincarnated in this place, for some reason that I don''t know why my memory was blocked, only today on my fifth birthday I have been able to remember everything. I suppose it was an evil trick of apollo at least to fulfill her promise my father is the governor of the province of Lusitania, but my mother''s case is a bit more complicated. The story is completely different as I remember, the Augustinian emperor was supposed to have a daughter named Julia who was born in 39 BC, but in this alternate time it seems that the story was changed quite a bit and Julia was born in 42 BC and had a brother named July who was born in 39 BC.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. Unlike the story for my timeline, the emperor Augustus has a blood descendant who can inherit the empire. What most surprise is how my father Vitelio has been able to marry the daughter of the emperor (It must be the work of Apollo), so I am the grandson of the emperor Augustus this is no a problem because the laws of succession of the empire are patriarchal My mother cant inherits the Roman Empire because is a woman, my grandfather the emperor allowed me to marry his good friend and comrade-in-arms Vitelio and granted my father control of the province of Lusitania. That way he could keep my mother away from the intrigues of Roma, I have to thank that. I chose a relatively calm time from Apollo if I had chosen another time maybe my parents would be dead and I on my way to slavery or to be a sexual servant, the intrigues in these ages are brutal children killing parents, parents killing children, basically a battle royale that would leave a game of thrones like a baby. In the question of identity, I am covered, at least I do not think it has problems to perform the navigation In the Americas, as long as the grandfather is alive it is possible. And for the other matter of I am a god, the only difference I find in my body is that I do not get sick and my wounds heal quote quickly if I can die I prefer not to check. It In my life and what related to knowledge I will try to start up during the following days although I have a large library of knowledge but most of the data are blocked, I imagine it is because of the power of faith, I am sincere if I could unlock them all, chances are that I would try to create firearms and start a nice massacre to achieve my goals quickly. But in the end I''m restricted, whatever Rome is not built in a day so I have to start planning how to win Denarius (Roma coin), followed by trying to strengthen the power of my father by improving life in Lusitania in any way whatever "invent" will also help me, and for last I will have to see my grandfather at some point to be able to get people, whether citizens, free men, and freedmen for the expedition Since it will only be a one-way trip there will be no return so I have to guarantee a large number of people and resources that are not available in the Americas, How sad it would be to arrive and not have brought horses (In America there were no horses, the only domesticated animal was the "llama" that the Andean people had), without horses there is no animal strength, animal strength there are no great constructions, without great constructions it is the same to be a backward tribe to be planned Not to mention that cavalry plays a key role in this era, it was not historically until the Franco Prussian war that the cavalry began to decline ... " Flavio left the calamus ( Plume occupied by the Romans) and scratched his eyes "There are many things to do but I will not get anything, on this night it will be better to sleep and the next day, I wonder if it will be good to leave the papyrus insight? I suppose no problem is written in 21st century Spanish with words from the center of Mexico, unless Latin evolves into Spanish and from there to Spanish and that in turn evolves into Mexican Spanish will be quite difficult to decipher. " Flavio got up from his chair, blew out the candle and retreated to his bed. What Flavio did not know was that his writings would be famous with the name of "The diaries of the great emperor" remained an unknown quantity in the 21st century, with barely 20% deciphered ... Tying ropes "Young master Flavio wake up please, the lady Julia is waiting for you to have the breakfast, I need to change you or lady Julia will be angry with me" The beautiful maid said as she moved her little Master, Flavio opened his eyes and found a bright red hair at his side, it was from his servant Arabela a slave of the family from the Germanic origin, she is part of the entourage of slaves that her grandfather gave to cover the needs of his mother. "Thanks, Arabela the last thing I want is my mother to be angry for no accompany her in the first meal of the day" Flavio proceeded to move his silk blankets that wrapped his body and got up from his bed, Arabela had a surprised look his young teacher always acted like a spoiled child, had never risen alone always had to wake up to proceed to change it and let it come with Mrs. Julia, "Young Master you feel good I notice it quite different or is just my imagination, I think need to stop drinking the wine of master" Flavio felt a slight cold sweat running through his back "Hey, Arabela you can see my eyes for a moment it''s very important for me" The German maid saw the eyes of her little Master and got lost in those small but firm blue eyes of his Master. She felt that was dragged into a bast blue sea, she simply lost his ability to think or do anything Flavio wiped his sweat from his forehead and said "Arabela can you understand and obey my words, if you can just say" Arabela with dead eyes say " Yes young master, I will obey all your orders, what can I do for you"You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. Flavio was very happy their hypnosis works very well, now he will try another thing "From now everything that I do will not seem strange to you, you will keep your loyalty to me above all things including your own life, I am clear " Said Flavio while he felt a small and uncomfortable mental charge Arabela nodded his head "If that are the wishes of my young master I will do as you order, Arabela will obey you forever" Flavio placed his hand on his head "At this little issue solved, you can get back to your normal work but first give me a head massage, I hate the headache" Arabela go close to Flavio and start to massage his head with incredible skills, Flavio just close the eyes and fell so comfortable "I think I can get used to this, it''s amazing how you do the massage" In the triclinium (dining room or place to eat in Rome), a small child and a beautiful young woman of 21 years were chatting "You understood mother" Said the little boy while cleaning a small trace of blood that came out of his nose "Yes young Master, I will find merchants in Lusitania and I will arrange operations for selling the merchandise you have and I will also order the slaves to bring the beet you are looking for and the other materials you mentioned for the papermaking " Julia replied casually "Thank mother with this can improve our finances, it is a fact that we can not always be subsisting on the money that Grandpa organizes for us " said Flavio while drinking some milk with honey Julia has to agree they cant only survive with the money of her dad and husband, when she was drinking some wine she remembers that paper her son said: "My child I still have some curiosity about this paper, what is the function?" Flavio looks at their mother and smiles for that surprise question "Mother the paper is important for two reasons, the first one was the cost of the papyrus its too expensive for make but the paper are different is much cheaper to produce, you cant make a lot of papyrus but I can make a lot of paper this advantage I can occupy in some future to produce mass books, you can imagine mother all the knowledge of the world in your hand the books are the future, even the price for buy one you just will need a little money to acquire", Julia looked at her son with eyes of doubt and said "But that is impossible it would take a long time to write, even the scribes take hours to write in papyrus a small text " " Do not hesitate, mother, your son will pragmatically show you what can I do " " I don''t have any doubt you can make it my son but that is only a reason, which is the second one " Flavio looked decisively at his mother " Because I hate to clean my ass with a sponge of the sea ! it is something painful and quite unhygienic, just going to the bathroom is a pain, I prefer to wash my ass before I use that stupid sponge" Julia surprised was watching her son not knowing what to say, its the first time she listens to somebody doesn''t like the sponge of sea and most important is her son. That night Vitelio arrived at the palace and found his little son waiting for him at the door, "Father can you look at my eyes please?" ... Sugar and schnapps In a room of the governor''s palace with a large table, you can see a little boy sitting on a chair with a cushion to match the height of the two adults in front of him. "Father, mother, you should try this I''m sure you''ll love it" Flavio placed an open bag on the table whit some white stuff "Salt?" Their two parents said in unison as they watched the small white crystals very similar to salt Flavio waved his finger in denial "it''s not salt, try it and you will see " Flavio''s parents took a pinch of the white granules and tasted it "This is sweet, how did you do it? "Julia asked "The process is pretty simple, you only need a beet type and a small process to get the sugar " Vitelio looked at his son with a serious look "Sugar can be produced in large quantities?" Flavio took from his side a small brown beet and the placed on the table "This is the variety of beet with which you can get sugar, we need 7 beets to get 1kg of sugar can be more or less, it depends a lot on the size of the beet, if they can be produced in large quantities depends a lot on the quality of the soil in this case we have the fortune that Lusitania is in a war zone where there is no winter that burns the crops. I also want to ask you, father, to take me to the fields that belong to us, I intend to make a reform that will allow us to double the amount of harvest we have, without destroying the fertility of the soil and increasing the amount of irrigation in the fields. For that I need you to allow me to have access to the family fortune to hire craftsmen and buy materials as needed, don''t worry about the income sugar is just one of the products I can make for generating income" Flavio saw his parents with love and shouted "Arabela brings the goods please" The door opened and Arabela entered holding 2 jugs of wine with their respective glasses and two people behind her holding what appeared to be bread and a glass bottle with transparent liquid, placed the products on the table and proceeded to withdraw, closing the door behind them. Flavio stretched his hands on the table "Well dear parents where you want to start" Julia observed the bread and could distinguish a sweet smell coming off him "I want to taste that bread" Flavio took the bread and pulled a chunk and delivered to his mother Julia gave a great bite "Delicious !!, is a pretty soft and sweet bread, with a very sharp flavor butter I had never tasted anything like this" Flavio also gave a chunk of bread to his father Vitelio took the piece of bread and first smelled it and then proceeded to squeeze it and feel the softness, took a small bite, and then eat it in just a few bites. " I am glad that you liked my dear parents, but I suppose that tasting the bread has made them thirsty? allow me to offer you some schnapps " Flavio took one of the wine jugs and served his parents in their glasses a transparent liquid with strong smell "Go ahead take your drinks" The two parents took their drinks and took a drink, Julia coughs with some effort and put their eyes in his glass "This wine is very strong !! you want to kill your mother" Flavio looked at his mother and could not contain himself "Hahaha !!, no mother this is not wine is schnapps, it is much stronger than the wine they normally drink but do not worry here I have a prepared schnapps that I''m sure you''ll like "This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. Flavio took his mother''s cup and threw the contents on the ground, then took the other jug of wine and served again in her mother''s glass "Please try mother-time I''m sure you''ll like it" Julia saw her son with eyes of doubt, took his drink and took a small sip, his eyes widened and drank all the content of the cup "This is too delicious, it tastes sweet but refreshing at the same time" Flavio smiled "I''m glad you like mother this is a schnapps lowered with apple juice and honey" "And tell me, father, you liked the schnapps" Vitelio he took his glass and looked at his son indicating that it would serve more "I liked it, it''s the strongest drink I''ve ever tasted, this is a perfect drink for men" Flavio took his father''s glass and proceeded to serve more schnapps "This is a drink that can give us resources, but it also has other uses" Flavio handed the cup to his father "Why when you cut the wound gives off a bad smell and can even cause death, I''m sure you''ve seen many comrades in arms die for it, during the campaigns you did with your grandfather" Vitelio thought of the words his son said and remember the cruelty of the battlefield, corpses floating in the water, desperate cries of poor devils who fell into the water waiting to drown to end their suffering a smell of burned flesh that permeated the environment. The fear that at any moment you could lose your life, but the worst part was not the battle but what happened afterward, many fortunate wounded simply lost their limbs by small cuts, others did not so lucky they just suffered high fevers and died after a period of suffering Vitellius had his eyes lost and with a melancholy voice, he said "As you say in the war Many of my friends and colleagues died of injuries, but why are you asking me that? " Flavio grabbed the glass bottle "The processes to produce schnapps also make it possible to obtain a product called alcohol it is more correct to say that alcohol is a schnapps The wine that commonly consumed contains approximately 13.5 degrees of alcohol when you distilled any drink like the wine the degrees of alcohol get up, as is the first liquor that I gave them to test contains between 40 to 50 degrees of alcohol And the one that gave the mother contains between 30 to 35 degrees as it is reduced with other ingredients to give it a lighter flavor and pleasant to the palate, but in this glass bottle there is an alcohol with a degree of more than 80, which is perfect for cleaning wounds and as fuel for lighters a kind of candle that only needs alcohol and a small wick to be able to work " Vitelio looked at the bottle "And what is the function of cleaning wounds? " Flavio nodded at the question of his father "Remember that you ask father to near the dead by wounds, you will see in the environment there are beings called microorganisms, among the large number that exist there are called bacteria when one suffers a cut or injury these small invisible beings enter our body through it causing the wound is infected This alcohol allows bacteria to be killed in the wound, preventing in most cases from becoming infected, it can also be occupied by doctors to sterilize their hands or tools and prevent them from contaminating the wounded. " Vitelio was surprised by the response of his son, small organisms, bacteria, he simply refused to think that it existed but he knew that who said those words was his beloved son, therefore he ended up sending his doubts to the depths of his heart, he looked at his wife and then looked at his son. "These materials are amazing, sugar can be used for making bread or get sweet drinks, while schnapps is a drink that I am sure many men will buy, as soon as alcohol can save thousands of people and soldiers on the battlefield" Flavio smiled at his father "It''s the true father that these materials have many functions but we must remember that the human being is envious by nature and even more so the merchants We have to safeguard the production process, I have concluded that the best we can do is build a fortress that covers the islands of the Guadiana River, we have the advantage that the river is in our capital Emerita Augusta and that area can be declared as military Anyone who tries to enter would simply be breaking the law, the family of workers (slaves) who are responsible for making our products can live in the fortress, that way there will be no leaks, these are more basic protection measures, I do not think there is a need to take more drastic measures, unless there is someone so idiot as to attack the interests of the family of august emperor " Vitelio placed his hand on his chin and thought about what his son had said "I agree with your idea son, tomorrow I will declare the nearby islands of the Guadiana River as a military zone and begin with the construction work of the fortress, in terms of your request to go to the field, tomorrow I will organize a guard to accompany you and your mother " "Thank you, father, for the support" Flavio smiled "I think it''s time for me to retire although it may not seem like we''ve been having a good time talking the night is here" Flavio yawned and got up from his chair with sleep Vitellius observed his little son as he retired and asked "Son, is there any special name you want for the fort?" Flavio who was opening the door said "I think it sounds very strong Dovahkiin" In the Temple of Artemis The capital Emerita Augusta of Lusitania is a city under construction founded in the year 25 BC (The current time of the protagonist is 21 BC, Flavio was born on 26 BC), by order of the Emperor Augustus as a gift to his daughter and grandson (The reasons for the foundation were changed by the influence of the god Apollo ) You can observe a large number of slaves moving building materials as well as citizens and merchants doing their daily activities, it is also possible to see auxiliaries taking care of the safety of the new city, while that the outside security is guaranteed by the Spanish Legion IX by order of the emperor while the outer wall of the city is being built The governor''s palace located north of the city was originally a walled mansion belonging to the former governor, after the designation from the august emperor of Vitellius the mansion became his property, from the location of the mansion he founded the city in the southern part. Leaving the walls of the mansion to enter the city, you can see a procession of cavalry protecting in the middle a woman and a small child riding a dark jet horse. Flavio felt uncomfortable riding the horse with his mother "Mother, why do we have to go out on a horse and not in a carriage?" Julia looked at her young son with firm eyes "Because of the status of my son, you must know that being the grandson of the Emperor implies that you have to show poise, the carriage does not contribute that''s why we have to leave on horseback ". Flavio can only curse in his mind, and swallow the pain of the ass that causes him to ride a horse "By the way mother because the cavalry is not occupying stirrups?" Julia looked at her son again but this time with curiosity "Stirrups What is that?" Flavio put his hand on his forehead "I forget that the stirrup was brought by the Mongol tribes centuries later, nothing mother, you''ll have to wait for me to talk to the blacksmith so I can show you the advantages of stirrup" While mother and son have a pleasant conversation, they have reached the street Decumano. In all the Roman cities there is a street with an east-west orientation, this is called Decumano, it is also the street where the shops of the city are located. Flavio was surprised to see as a lot of people moved in buying and selling all kinds of products, the scale was not comparable as the street Madero in the city of Mexico that he remembered But for being a city in antiquity can have its merits, what drew attention no are the number of people who performed their daily activities, was the temple under construction of the goddess Artemis (Diana for the Romans) Flavio pointed with his hand the temple "Mother we go to the temple I want to check some things" Julia nodded to the order of her son and told the guard "Aurelio before going to the field we need to go to the temple of Diana" Aurelio gave the order to move to the temple. Flavio was taken down from the beautiful dark horse by Aurelio and walked towards the steps of the temple under construction as he headed towards the middle, where he could see a detailed marble statue of Artemis at that moment the time frozeThis story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it He could see how the workers were being stopped also observed how a small fly remained in the air petrified, suddenly he could hear a noise coming from the statue of Artemis, his eyes settled on the statue and it began to give off the dust, while He moved his limbs slowly like a person. "Welcome brat, to my temple tell me what I can help you" The statue of Artemis spoke very easily Flavio stared at the statue from top to bottom as he walked around "I am surprised by the way you communicate, if I did not know you I think I would have peed of fright " Artemis laughed at the comment of the little brat who looked at her curiously " But there is something I do not understand, Apollo told me you were dead did he lie to me?" Artemis sat on the pedestal of the statue "That stupid Apollo I do not think he has explained well, true is true that in this timeline won the cross and we became the forgotten and pagan, but as gods we do not die we simply entered into a kind of indefinite pause, it is thanks to your divine energy that it came into harmony with my temple that we can communicate " Flavio stopped in front of Artemis "I understand, so it''s just luck that you woke up, taking advantage of your awakening, I have to ask what kind of god Apollo did to me " Artemis stretched out his hand and placed his finger on Flavio''s forehead "It''s quite complicated to say, I can feel your divine energy but I do not feel it rooted in something specific, it looks a lot like the divine energy of Apollo but at same time feel like the divine energy of Farther (Zeus), I also want to ask the bastard of Apollo why you have divine energy like they another thing that I can notice is that you have hypnotized a lot of people, including your parents " Flavio looked away Artemis "It''s not my fault!, you imagine if my parents find out that their 5-year-old behaves like an adult, I have to say it was a miracle that they never paid attention to the speed with my wounds were recovered or I never got sick, I had no choice to put them under hypnosis, talking about that you can teach me to occupy my divine powers, I do not want to have to try them and cause a situation that I can''t control " Artemis looked coldly at Flavio "Little brat, I do not like your behavior very much but I do not have an opinion with what you do or do not do, in the end, you have a mission and the means you take to complete it is up to you, and about your divine energy I can only help guide you so that you have a better understanding of your environment, the more divine energy you have greater perception, I am currently sure that with the amount you have only you can have an effective range of 5 meters " A cold hand marble of Artemis crossed the face of Flavio. Flavio could feel how his perception increased, it was like being able to see in all directions, he could assure that if someone wanted to hurt him and he was within 5 meters of him, none of his movements would go unnoticed. Artemis''s hand withdrew from his face, she got up from the pedestal and proceeded to take the form she had before she stopped and said: "It''s all I can do for you brat, if you want to develop more you should look for my dad (Zeus)". Flavio felt that time returned to normal, shortly after that his mother walked slowly until he could be behind him "Well my child what do you want to see in the temple of the goddess Diana" Flavio replied to his mother "Nothing, simply had the curiosity to see the magnificent temple in construction we should leave are some people waiting for us in the country house " Flavio took the hand of his mother and left the temple slowly, leaving behind him a beautiful statue of the goddess Artemis who seemed to follow with the look to the two people who withdraw from their temple "I should say her mother seems to be hypnotized by apollo, I think he would back at that moment I say, I''m feeling very tired so I need to sleep" Artemis closed her eyes and back to the nothing... In the farm In front of a beautiful Roman farm, it is possible to see a group of guards descending from their horses, while a group of slaves helps a young woman and a small child to descend from his. "As if this is the father''s country house, I have to admit that it has the perfect climate if only I had a cold beer and roasted beef (Carnita Asada) with banda music to accompany the moment" Flavio could only duck his shoulders in a sign of disappointment Julia saw her son with a condescending look "Although I do not understand what you said and why you suddenly got depressed son, Sadiki approached the manager of the farm", A dark-skinned man with a bag at his side approached Julia and Flavio "Masters Welcome we were waiting for you" Flavio pointed to Sadiki "So you are the one in charge of the farm, first of all, look at my eyes ..." "Now you can tell me Sadiki what we cultivate now" Sadiki nodded to the words of Flavio and invited him to accompany him as they walked into the farm "Currently young master, we produce rye and wheat, because there is no winter we can rotate the two crops throughout the year, we also produce a small number of vegetables for family consumption and we have a large cultivation area only for grapes, olives, and apples" Flavio stopped and asked "How many animals we currently have? " Sadiki took a papyrus from his bag "We currently have 46 cows, 122 goats, 59 sheep, 75 pigs, 33 horses, 45 donkeys, 20 mules, 158 chickens, and 56 ducks" Flavio thought for a moment "Very good, take me to the blacksmith of the farm " Flavio turn around and said to his mother "Mother the situation is something special, I think we will stay for a week, I need you to bring the craftsmen that I ordered and the materials to make paper, there are many things to do and little time, Sadiki please continue to show me the place " In the courtyard of the farm, you can see a somewhat old blacksmith his name is Benicio is an auxiliary veteran of the war against Marco Antonio, after years of traveling through Africa decided to accompany his general Vitellius to Lusitania to work as his blacksmith personal The payment is good can not complain, the most important thing is that finally he could settle down and a year ago he married a beautiful lady who a few days ago gave him the surprise that she is pregnant life can not be better for Benicio while thinking about his beloved wife He continues hammering on an anvil what appears to be a horseshoe, occasionally cleaning the sweat caused by the heat of the forge, in one of the cleanings he was able to observe Sadiki the trustworthy Egyptian slave of Vitelio and In charge of the farm, talking comfortably with a small child For Benicio this is not unusual he immediately knew that this little boy was the son of his great general but what surprised him was seeing Juli the emperor''s daughter had only twice come to the farm Benicio was lost in the beauty of Julia who did not even notice the little boy approached, he said "Could you see my eyes please" After that Benicio felt that he had to take care of that child above all things, he can not allow something to happen to him, and most importantly, the fidelity and trust in his little master should never be violated. Stolen story; please report. Flavius asked Sadiki to give him a papyrus and ink, as they approached a forging table "Very well Benicio you are going to see something that can change the future of the Roman Empire" Sadiki delivered the papyrus and the ink Flavio received the materials and saw sadiki with an angry look "Very intelligent sadiki but how I am going to draw on the papyrus, perhaps maybe with my FINGER!" Sadiki realized his mistake and took out a calamus (pen for write Roman) of their bag "Thank you" Flavio accepted the calamus and began to draw on the papyrus they made 3 drawings quite detailed on the papyrus "Now Benicio, I will explain how you should do it" Flavio pointed to his first drawing, which is a ring whit out part in the middle, everyone present saw this draw and see Flavio with doubt and disappointment at the same time, they wondered if that would change the empire, Flavio realized that he could only drop his shoulders "I know it does not seem like the great thing but you must remember that sometimes the smallest can make big changes, just wait and see " Flavio I look at Benicio " this hoop I need to be bronze should have a size bigger than a horseshoe, prepare about 5, please " Flavio pointed to his second drawing this looked like a horseshoe but with a wide joint at the bottom "This is a stirrup, I need you to make 2 of them in the bottom place a piece of wood, by the way, I need you to make 6 rings, both the stirrups and the rings must be of iron or bronze, never iron that material lose a lot of durabilities when rust and can damage in the case of ring the animal" Finally, Flavio pointed to his third drawing "This is the most complicated of all, are 2 pieces the first is an airlock, this small piece is fundamental try to mold as it is drawn, the second are metal tubes in Thread shape, you can occupy any material that can be molded in this way " when he saw the draws Remember Flavio looked at Benicio "I let you work, the hoops I hope you have it ready today" After saying those words he looked at Sadiki "I need you to get me the most powerful relaxant there is and some bulls that have between 6 months and one year, I will also need the strongest slaves and some red hot nails all this I need today, remember when Benicio finish the job immediately come to tell me, I will be with my mother enjoying the farm " Flavio turned around and took his mother''s hand to retire to inside the farm. In the afternoon Flavio was in the kitchen teaching the maids how to make sweet bread "That''s right now put the cow''s milk in the mixture and add the eggs" At that time Sadiki entered the kitchen "Young Master what I ask in the morning is ready " "Well" Flavio proceeded to get off the chair that occupied and clean her hands "Sadiki please tell my mother please continue teaching the maids, she will no refuse because she loves sweet bread" In the courtyard of the forge it was possible to see 4 young bulls lying down and a group of very strong slaves also Benicio with the nose rings and a red-hot nail Flavio looked at the scene and said "Very well let''s start, I need you to hold the bull as strong as possible even though it is sedated it will hurt horrors to be penetrated in the nose, with a red-hot nail " Flavio began to give indications to Benicio who took the red-hot nail with a pair of pliers, approached the bull, and without hesitation pierced in the nose the bull, who despite being sedated gave a terrifying cry of pain The slaves exerted strength over it to prevent it from moving, after piercing the bone of the nose placed the ring in it, the same process was done with the other 3 animals Flavio looked at the bulls and said "It was necessary, sorry little guys are just a moment of pain for the sake of humanity " After that, he talks to sadiki and said "Let them rest for 2 days, after that I''ll show you why the hoops in the nose" Flavio said goodbye and returned to the farm he has to dinner and goes to sleep tomorrow will be a heavy day what can you feel ... In the farm part 2 The light of a new day illuminated the face of Flavio, who stared at the ceiling with a lost look "Here we go again". Flavio''s morning routine can be described as boring, he gets up at 8 a.m. to go to the bathroom but he needs to use the sponge "Very soon you will be in the past stupid sponge" Then he goes to the lavatrina of the house (Bath for the Romans) and washes their body "I must take advantage of that I am in the field to create soap and I can not bear to just bathe with water but its better than only use oil that is disgusting But even all that is small with the way the teeth were washed, my parents and the principal servants used urine, I almost vomited when they offered me that disgusting thing Fortunately as I am a child, I had no misfortune to prove it personally before I unlock my memory, I forced them to never touch urine for brush the teeth again, instead, I made a mixture with ground mint and charcoal, have a flavor like rays but is no urine which is win-win " After washing the body and teeth is placed his silk clothes and goes towards the triclinium (Dining room for the Romans). Breakfast has changed quite a lot thanks to the orders of Flavio on the table you can see freshly baked white bread and honey in a small jar, As the main course you can see a plate of scrambled egg and drink there is hot milk freshly milked cow, also on the table is that there is a kind of thin bread in the form of saucer, and next to it is the same thin bread but with cheese Yesterday Flavio taught how to do what he called flour tortilla, he also said that once prepared the tortilla it is placed cheese bends to let it heat again and the cheese melts, he call that quesadilla and made it very clear that it has cheese it is quesadilla, if the tortilla contains any other food it is called taco and if the taco is Put cheese on it is still taco. Thanks to Flavio''s efforts in the 21st century, there was never a quarrel over the quesadilla with cheese or without cheese (in the author''s comments you can find the link to a curious animation that explains why this last line) After having a slightly more familiar breakfast Flavio was in a good mood and went to his father''s studio, to draw some necessary plans, a few hours later Sadiki entered the studio and informed him that the architect Marco had arrived Flavio indicated that let him in, the architect Marco was a man about 30 years old who was surprised that the person who had summoned him was a 5-year-old boy "Welcome architect I was waiting for you, I hope you can help me build some things that are quite special, but before that, you need to look into my eyes is the protocol of this house" After doing what was necessary Flavio showed him 5 papyrus, Marco was surprised by the detail of the plans, he had never seen that level of detail before but he did not understand those strange letters that the plans had "Very well I''m glad you like it but first of all take this other papyrus will help you to understand the construction plans" Flavio placed 3 more papyrus on the table Marco looked curiously at the content of that papyrus when he took one forsee he was surprised to see a lot of text explaining the conversion between units that he knew (Romans) and others called universal systemStolen novel; please report. There was also the conversion of the numbers that he knew to these other numbers called imperial (Arabs) what surprised him most was the facility to make large sums, all by the curious number "0" that It represents nothing, but it allows us to do a great variety of calculations Marco knew that this knowledge was very important, he looked at Flavio and said "You can count with my loyalty young master, nobody else will see these scrolls even if it costs me my life " Flavio nodded in satisfaction "Now let me explain these scrolls, we''ll start with the simplest to the most complicated" He pointed out the first of the plans "This is called chicken coop, it is a safe house for chickens where they can put their eggs without worries, I hope you can make a few chicken coop, Although chickens seem insignificant they are very important for the meat and eggs, one egg can provide a lot of nutrients without mentioning the wide variety of applications thereof " Flavio took the second plane "This is a building that called the area of 3 uses, its application will be necessary to create fertilizer, as for the creation of food for chickens (Worms), as soon as the third will see in the future This building I need you to do a small simple version for the farm, the full version you will start to create in the strong Dovahkiin, you can see my father to receive the necessary labor, the small version I need it no later than in 2 days " Flavio left the 2 planes and grabbed the 3 "This is a water tower has the function to store water and occupies the force of gravity to distribute it through pipes, you are going to build two of them, one in the fort and another one in the palace, are very important for me I hate to bathe in the bathtub I prefer the shower, as soon as the delivery tries not to take more than 3 months if it is necessary artisans ask for them " Flavio left the 3 and showed the 4 planes "This beautiful workshop is urgent that is built in the fort in 1 month you have the unlimited budget the value of the factory of the paper should not be passed!" Flavio left the 4 planes and showed the 5 "This building will be built in the fort, I called propaganda ministry, as to its function is a state secret, I hope you can keep the pipes marked in the building, it will be one of the first buildings in tap water, Also, I hope you can occupy the same mechanism to create a network of water pipes in the palace, do not worry about the denars for the works if you need just ask and you will have it if at any time you have any questions just look for me" After spending an entire afternoon talking to Marco Flavio went to sadiki and asked him to bring a disposable slave, white ash, some containers, dry grass, lard, olive oil and water, everything necessary to create soap Sadiki scored in a papyrus the process to create soap along with the recommendations that gave his master, to create soap it is quite simple but dangerous due to the reaction that produces ash (bleach) One slave in the experiment suffered severe burns in the skin and eyes due to the handling Without precaution the compound created by the ash, Master called it bleach and said that it can be used to make paper and wash clothes, but that for clothes to be lowered He also mentioned that people who occupy bleach must occupy leather gloves and eye protection glasses, the master also explained that the protective glasses are made with leather and two pieces of glass, he made a small drawing and asked that I order them to manufacture with some craftsman After ending the suffering of the poor slave, master just said is a small step for science but a great leap for Roma, after removing the corpse, another slave was called unlike the first one this only made some mixes with lard, butter with olive oil, or only olive oil, after that very carefully added the bleach and let it rest, also added dry lavender, master said that after 7 days of rest the soap could be occupied to wash the body He also mentioned that we used the same recipe but without lavender to make soap from clothes. Before leaving he drew a device to wash clothes called lavoir, said he would send it to a stonemason, he described it as an extremely useful apparatus to wash clothes, after that Flavio dinner and went to his room to sleep, tomorrow he has that show the function of the ring in the nose. Feelings on the farm In the field it is possible to see a child guiding a group of slaves who place a harness and a plow to a bull, clearly the animal does not seem to like it but the nose ring hurts when it tries to resist, to end up losing its strength of will and follows the instructions of the slave. Flavio, Julia, and Sadiki can see how one of the most stubborn farm animals acts docilely and allows plowing the field, Flavio looks sadiki and says in a triumphant voice "I understand that slaves do the plow or horses, but the advantage we have to use the bulls is that they consume less food than a horse and are stronger than man, simply a revolution to the field, but we can not sit on our laurels I want you Sadiki to say the slaves gather dry leaves, fish remains, bones, food remains, straw and enough barrels we will compost a fertilizer that will improve our crops, unfortunately, can be used after one month" Sadiki ordered the slaves to fetch the materials and Julia retired to receive a massage, while Flavio returned to the farm where he could hear the sound of a harp coming from one of the slave quarters Flavio has the habit of know and hypnotizes all the servitude, he remembers the name of each of his servants but usually does not pay attention until they are of some importance to him or otherwise are only generic slaves or subjects without importance In this case, the sound gave him the curiosity and he entered the small room, he could see how a slave with beautiful brown hair and green eyes played the instrument with delicacy, despite being a rather simple melody it gave off an air of calm Flavio lost in the melody until it stopped and do not hesitate to give strong applause that frightened the young woman who until a moment ago was playing with relative calm "Young master sorry if my music has bothered you" Flavio shook his head "Not, on the contrary, I liked your performance, I just think the way you play the harp is beautiful, and you have given me a great idea, some time ago I want to give a gift to my mother, accompany me, Hazel. " (The song can be found in the comments of the author, I recommend that you listen to it while reading the next part I''m sure you''ll like it) In the courtyard Flavio ordered that chairs be placed, also sent to call all slaves who knew to play an instrument or sing, also asked to bring 2 large harps and some flutes, while the slaves accommodate the great harps in the place Flavio asked Julia was taking a sweet Schnapps rate while receiving the massage that she loved so much, while curiously observing what her son was doing (The massage room faces the patio, the Romans did not have a concept of privacy as we currently have it) Flavio sat down on one of the chairs and asked Hazel to observe the melody he was going to play, Flavio''s hands slid over the harp string, releasing a quiet relaxing sound, which transported you to some land of fantasy, in spite of having few notes the sound fulfilled its function She sees with great care the notes that their young master was playing, Flavio explains how to play correct this notes, she takes a seat in the other Harp and following Flavio''s hands and guide began to imitate the strings he played, it took approximately 10 minutes to fully imitate the melody After that he asked among the slaves who could play the flute, once he met 2 of them he started to play a melody very similar to the harp, the sound like the harp was a wrapper, the two flute players took 15 minutes to imitate FlavioThe narrative has been taken without permission. 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After making sure that the melody was the same he ordered that one of the forges be brought a group of elongated and not very heavy pieces of metal, from major to minor, also indicated that these should be perforated at the top, also requested a piece of wood. and thread Flavio wanna cry because there was no violin in this era and promised himself that he had to "invent" it, however, it was no essential the melody only occupied the violin as an accompaniment and not as a principal sound he would remove one feeling of the song but not the soul, He meets with a group of slave women and cleared his throat with a glass of water and began to sing "Ah, ahh, ahh" Because Flavio is a child he has a high voice, which can easily imitate the tone of a woman, therefore, the sound produced by her vocal cords gives off an air of mysticism as if a fairy was singing, the sound fascinated everyone, once Flavio finished he began to guide the women, to imitate their singing Unlike the other two instruments it took them 2 hours to imitate the sound as Flavio wanted it, this gave enough time for the metal pieces as they wanted them to be delivered, when they arrive he grabs the pieces from the smallest to the largest and hung them taking up the thread on the wooden stick, despite being a fairly rustic instrument can produce a sound similar to the one you are looking for He takes a bull ring and only add a piece of yarn for making other rustic instrument and gave to a little slave girl, he showed what she had to do for playing it, the sound is very similar to a triangle but not the same Unfortunately one of the original instrument of the song is a marimba who also promised to make one when he had time, but fortunately the sound what need for the song can be imitated as much as possible with the bull ring, he ordered that a wooden stick was put a wool filling and tied with a small cloth in the tip After that Flavio began to try different parts of the ring until he found where the sound was closer, he marked with small scratch parts of the ring that sound like what he wants and showed the girl the movement that she had to do, the little one took just a few minutes to imitate him perfection Flavio began to train his musicians the time, for that he asked that with one of his feet they played as if they walked that way they will know in what time they played Hazel opened the melody, together with Flavio on the harps, then Flavio moved his hand indicating the flutists to start playing The sound of the harp was fused with the noise of the flutes creating a more magical atmosphere, at that moment the calm was disturbed with a sound ( Coming from the instrument that Flavio made with the pieces of metal) similar to an opening It was momentary but it marked the silence of the flutes to allow the voice of the women to make their appearance, the magic of the song now seemed to have a divine touch Julia followed this up for a short time and then listened to the flutes accompanied by the sound of the ring of the bull It was a very sharp sound, but it spiced up the song, this was no longer the farm now is sacred ground, for that present who are listening to the song, they never heard anything like this the song began to silence, the ring stopped slowly and the flutes were silent to allow the harp to say goodbye, little by little the harp stopped Those present woke up from their illusion that the melody provoked them, the applause was heard and then others, the calm was interrupted by the applause that rained down the musicians When Flavio stopped playing the harp he gets up of his chair and bowed "This song is called Great Fairy''s Fountain, it''s a song that believes as a gift to my beloved mother" Julia listened to what are saying her little son and tears welled up in her eyes, she got married very young and became pregnant at a young age she always felt uncomfortable for taking care of her young son, but after he was 5 years old something changed in him for better, now she feels proud of being the mother of Flavio and more after listening to this song that her son makes with effort only for their sake She does not regret for been a mother young, she approached her little son and hugged him tightly Flavio asked his mother "Mama, did you like my gift? " Julia said in tears "I loved my son, can you repeat this song again " "Of course mama" That night the sound of the harps continued, Flavio had inadvertently created a small song that in the future it became very common play to the mothers as a sign of love and respect ... Bad hunches Flavio woke up and unlike the previous days he could see his mother sleeping next to him hugging him, She was crying all night because she fell guilty for hates him in the last 5 years, she doesn''t want to be mother to young but no had other option it was the decision of her dad, Flavio doesn''t blame her mother because in this era the women no have the power of election in nothing. Sometimes Flavio seems not to care about the life and death of people including his own, but it is different from his family In his previous life, his parents died when he was very young and his grandparents had to take care of him, like a good Mexican he grew up with a very strong family nucleus and learned to love the family and support him when necessary, even though his grandparents were great He never lacked anything material or affection, but he always felt a void for not having the love of his parents After he regained his memory and awareness as an adult he could finally have the opportunity to know-how is the love that parents give, Flavio does not care if his parents are because of Apollo''s influence, he swore to himself that he would protect them no matter what blood calls to blood. After performing his daily routine, he went out with Sadiki to explain how to make the compost, in a large number of barrels fecal stools, leftovers, bones, fish guts, among other ingredients were accommodated, then the barrels were sealed and taken away The special shed that was building the frame, although it was not yet complete, was good enough to store the barrels with the compost Flavio indicated to Sadiki that the barrels should not be wet or Damp and from the 15 days they must move the barrels in their axis and after that, the process of the move them on their axis is made once a week, two weeks maximum, once the deadline is met The compost in the barrels must be emptied in sacks, its important no use direct in plants firs must be combined with the soil in that form cant damage the born plants and the soil can have more nutrients. In the afternoon Benicio just made the stirrups and the rings, he also forgot to put wood on the footrest of the stirrups, wiped the sweat from his forehead and began to observe them, in his view, he simply could not believe that these little things could make a big change as the young master had said After admiring for a while his simple but functional works, he call sadiki to give notice to the young master some time passed and Flavio arrived, took the stirrups with his right hand which he looked for a while and placed his other hand on his chin after thinking a little bit, he sent for a horse with his saddle and leather straps. In the courtyard of the forge, it was possible to see a child arranging some rings with leather strips in the saddle and then place the stirrups, after an hour the chair was perfectly conditioned to be used Flavio asked Benicio to try the stirrups in the horse, the old blacksmith approached the horse and discovered that the stirrup allows the horse to climb without much effort, also he did a few laps on the courtyard. when he is using the stirrups known he doesn''t have to exert force on his legs to avoid falling off the horseThis narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. Although this seems insignificant but has a gigantic strategic value, when a rider wants to attack from the horse he must has to exert double strength the first in his legs to hold on and not fall with the speed at which he exerts the blow The second comes from the weapon when it hits the enemy correctly nothing happens, but if it hits badly the most likely is that one falls off the horse The stirrups are a perfect point of support as they remove a weight of over the rider since the balance is guaranteed even if a spear is occupied the risk of falling is greatly reduced Benicio makes a few more laps and I enjoy riding as never before. Flavio observed the whole process and nodded, after Benicio descended from the horse, ordered sadiki to take it to his father immediately and to implement it in the Legion IX Hispana At that moment he had a slight feeling that maybe Soon they would occupy it, he hoped to be in error but deep inside he knew that as God this feeling was simply bad news He looked at Benicio and asked him to speed up the production of his last task (Airlock and the threaded pipes to produce alcohol) Flavio retreated quickly to the studio where he immediately began to draw a contour in the shape of "T" with the tips down was the model of hand crossbow, another drawing he made was that of a small catapult if this feeling continues the best thing is to be prepared The training time of an archer was years, instead, a crossbowman could be trained in a few days, as far as the mini catapult can be placed on the walls or behind them, as to launch, Flavio looked cruelly towards nothingness "I do not care if you destroy my city, much less my house but if you damage my family it''s another story" For Flavio the best enemy was one dead, so he plans to create large-scale sealed clay pots with bleach inside, for some reason even he does not know why the bleach he has produced for the soap, it does much more damage to the skin and eyes than it should do Which is perfect as a chemical weapon, it does not matter if the bleach does not fall directly on them is enough to evaporate to damage their eyes and make chaos in their army Unfortunately, the gunpowder cant be created on a large scale due to lack of saltpeter, will have to put pressure on the frame to complete the building of three uses In the strong Dovahkiin, only in that way he can get crystals of saltpeter Flavio bit his nails for a moment and started writing a letter to his father to tell his worries and suggesting he create a trench on the outside of the wall as well. as far as possible the weapons that he had drawn, along with the creation of traps in strategic areas When he finished writing he called sadiki to deliver the letter and the two drawings, asked him to give them to his father and said that he needed all the death prisoners available Since he was going to make dirty slag worth more than feed for gladiators or lions, he would also need a lot of small amphoras with lids and a lot of white ash no matter where he got it, sadiki left the room to take the documents quickly to Vitelio. Flavio wanted to see if his divine energy had increased the power of the bleach if so it would be better to be careful when producing gunpowder or some acid He could only sigh and look up at the ceiling he knew very well that his calm days might be over the only good thing is that if someone was stupid enough to attack the emperor''s family, legions would rain on all sides. The Cantabrians are a town located north of the peninsula of Hispania, have survived generations of Greeks and Carthaginians for generations, but with the Romans, they could only see their people reducing their living space. Now the situation is precarious, the land no longer produces the harvest they expect and the people are starving, the king of the Cantabrians does not want to endanger his population, so he has chosen to fight against the Romans. This is a stupid decision but it is his only chance to save the people from famine ... A sad night The time that remained Flavio on the farm concluded, he created a rotation of crops that will prevent the fields from losing their fertility and added sugar beet in the rotation of crops Flavio left orders on the management of waste and the continuous creation of compost, apart from that he separate part of the waste to raise worms because the chickens need food to produce eggs constantly. That same morning Flavio received a letter from his father, mentioning that the Cantabrians made a surprise attack on the Roman cities of the north, passing through the province of Tarraconensis into Lusitania, so they had to take the legion IX of Emerita Augusta and stop them before they arrived in Salamanca or Salamanca if no had other option Because once the city fell the next destination was emerita Augusta, also asked his son to take charge of the defense of the city, he just needs to wait until his grandfather arrived with the bulk of the Roman army This news made him scowl at Flavio, he knew that his father would have communicated with his grandfather but will take at least 2 to 3 months to arrive, this placed on the shoulders of Flavio a great weight The city of emerita Augusta has approximately 120k of people and maybe adding to the two tribes loyal closest to emerita Augusta the population increases to 140k and if it frees the slaves this maybe reaches 160k. On the way back he took the opportunity to enter the Artemis temple, but unlike the first time he could not feel the goddess but instead felt that his body was full of energy, after being in the temple for a few hours he could feel that his body was much lighter and stronger also discovered that the range of his perception ability increased to 10 meters After leaving the temple he decided to do a task that he did not like but had no other choice, he remembered that the Cantabrians in his life last they had an army of more than 100k but he can be sure that when they launch an attack to Salamanca their number must have been changed there are not many natives who like Roman rule in Hispania Flavio knew that he will need the complete control emerita Augusta and for that need to install a dictatorship with that he was able to make a defense that could rival Cantabrians, people are sometimes stupid and do not consider the danger until it is too late Despite not liking the idea can not allow that by their selfishness, their mother suffers, if they did not want to cooperate he would do it the hard way. In this way, he organized high-level meetings where he convened groups of the main members of the city, merchants, soldiers, priests, nobles, everyone who had power was assimilated (hypnotize) Then followed with citizens, free people, slaves, and foreigners anything that enters the city had to be assimilated, there is no exception even in the underworld of the city, with the city in its control established a rule based on the regime that plat¨®n wrote in his book the republic, with touches of modernity All People they were assigned a job, all the "assimilation" that Flavio did was not easy but it helped to improve his mental control, unfortunately, he realized that the human will can be stronger than he thinks Flavio knows that he will not be able to stand a long time the control over a large number of people, the mental burden on him is brutal, can only withstand thanks to Artemis temple reduces its pressure. During the next 4 weeks, Flavio freed the slaves from Augusta emerita and recruited freedmen (Free slaves), tribal people (loyal to Rome and him) and free citizens to create an army of defense specialized in the use of the crossbow The number of recruits were 30k, not to mention that created a reserve composed of teenagers, elders, and women, the production of the crossbow is not complicated and can be produced more quickly than an arch Flavio established 24hr production lines to be able to make crossbows, arrows, mini catapults, swords, paves, alcohol, crackers (like military rations), stirrups, normal arrows, ceramic pots, and the main dish bleachReading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. For check her theory about if the strength of the bleach is from her divine energy, he ordered to the prisoners of death produce day after day bleach, it was normal to hear heartrending cries from Artemis''s temple courtyard Always the citizen of emerita august sees how soldiers cleansed of blood and corpses of Artemis temple, shortly after that Flavio was left without the condemned, the solution for him was to occupy normal prisoners unlike Previous devils he provided them with leather gloves and goggles, the death toll was reduced by 90%. Flavio created a training very similar but no the same to the one he received when he did his military service in his past life, he created disciplinary standards, exercise, crossbow shooting, sword, and shield training (pav¨¦s), learning guerrilla tactics and defense He also taught march to the rhythm of "British Grenadiers" a nice melody that only occupies flute and drums, for it Flavio created a military and civil orchestra led by Hazel, although all efforts were in armament and supplies, didn''t prevent Flavio taking into account the limitations of the time will create the trumpet, the saxophone, the dishes and the violin very primitive but functional The moral is important and even more if you have an imminent invasion, Flavio taught the orchestra to play "the march of Zacatecas, Preu?ens Gloria, When Johnny Comes Marching Home ", ordered that every day the songs will be played in the town square while the temple was played Great Fairy''s Fountain and lost woods in the mornings and finally in the barracks was played at night Farewell of Slavianka Thanks to the use of music the population of the city kept its head high, not to mention that the creation of paper allowed to make propaganda Flavio occupied as a reference the propaganda images of World War 2, to create them he had to mold in metal some figures that later are accommodated in a printing press, they are placed black paint (based on coal) and pressed on the sheets of paper, this results in an image with a small text that is easy to remember, all the propaganda was stuck in houses, walls, bathrooms, any visible place. To accelerate the construction of the walls (which were being built with piled stone and mortar), he took advantage of the ancient Chinese knowledge in the construction of walls, occupying bricks, mortar, and lime They covered the walls with cement and to fill the section Half of the wall was compact earth, the earth was obtained from the excavations of the moat of the city and the traps that were placed around it Thanks to these changes and to the uninterrupted work the walls were ready in these 4 weeks, in the fort Dovahkiin all the constructions had concluded including the creation of bridges that united the islands of the river, the barracks of the defense army of the city were also built inside it. Flavio took into account that he had to store food, that''s why he created the salty biscuit which was wrapped in waxed paper (paper with olive oil), although it is not nutritious enough it can alleviate hunger and prevent a famine Also upstream they started fishing a large amount of fish to be dried later and the hunting of animals increased all these animals allowed to make dry meat, sausages and fat, not to mention that all their remains were used for both fertilizers and Strings for crossbow, also did not forget to create a rationing system in case of being besieged. In the night Flavio could see how the city slept in the roof of the temple of Artemis, he was doing the best but he knows this is a suicidal war, the Cantabrians should know maybe they could take the northern part of the peninsula of Hispania and even their city But how long their control would last before that they were exterminated, my grandfather Augusto is sure that he will not touch his heart when he makes a genocide of his people, the only thing Flavio can think is that if they want to have emerita Augusta they will have to pay the cost, he said Flavio while pressing his fist. Arriving at the Gate of the wall the guards could see a young man between 12 to 15 years old tired and shouting that he had important news of Salamanca, he was soon received in the Artemis temple by Flavio The young man said he was a messenger of his father and delivered the letter he had sent, after receiving the letter ordered to be taken to eat the poor boy needed, after staying alone began to read the letter: "Dear Son If you can read this the Cantabrians are besieging Salamanca to go towards Emerita Augusta, it seems that they want to capture you along with your mother to have them as a bargaining chip with the arrival of your grandfather Unfortunately during this month we have lost cruelly in the north, I hope the walls of Salamanca resist the onslaught, they are too many I calculus that they are more than 250k natives, we will try to create some distractions to let the messengers can transmit the information, I hope you can resist son and remember that I love you both. " A tear fell from the face of Flavio knew that his father could be dead at this time "Damn Cantabrians if my father is dead I will revenge, castrate and kill their women and children, burn their temples, palaces, and towers, salt their land and I will erase his memory of history" Flavio crestfallen asked Arabela to take the letter to his mother, immediately organized scouts to know when the Cantabrians arrived, he was sure he would not have to wait long to see the faces with that army... City under siege On a hill 20 km from emerita Augusta an explorer saw with fear, a horde of hundreds of thousands of tribal people, seemed to have burned the town that was in that place and hanging the male occupants Occupying the telescope a tool designed by the young Master Flavio, he could see the most horrible deprivations, it does not matter if they are boys or girls, women or old women all are toys to release the pleasure of those beasts When they finish they just cut their heads and put them on a wooden stake, the poor explorer he could only pray to Jupiter that he would take care of their souls, he kept his telescope and ran back to the city. Flavio frowned at the description so detailed that gave the explorer, so playing the banner of cruelty damn garbage He will show to Cantabrians what is real cruelty their methods are a child''s play compared to what he will do, as the barbarians want to play without honor could not care less to make him feel fear in his bones and what better way than with an invisible fire One of the products that can be obtained by alcohol is methanol, which when burned does not produce visible flame, unfortunately, it did not have too much methanol but it was enough to create panic about that scum. Rome is a metropolis of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, you can see a large number of legionaries and auxiliaries preparing to leave in the port Meanwhile, in the imperial palace, the august emperor was talking with Marco Vipsanio Agrippa a famous general who served in the campaigns against Marco Antonio "This is the last letter sent by Vitelio, it seems that the Cantabrians went crazy and began to advance towards the city of Emerita Augusta, looks like want to capture or kill my family Julia and Vitelio, Agrippa in how long we can reach Hispania " Agrippa looked at the emperor who had a murderous look "In 1 month his majesty, as for the number of troops together with the legions as of the vassals we gather more than 500k soldiers " "Well, also prepares crosses and wood we will need thousands of them, that bastards Cantabrians will see great decorated the plains of Hispania" 15 of Maius (Roman Calendar) from 21 BCSupport the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. The Cantabrians arrived in the city of Emerita Augusta, the traps that had been placed around the city fulfilled their mission by killing some thousands of Cantabrians who arrived at night and did not pay attention to their surroundings, the traps were holes in the ground with wooden stakes, also in all the meadow that surrounds the city was placed metal shavings, debris from vases and glass, which delayed the placement of the camp for the siege 16 of Maius from 21 ac The commander and king of the Cantabrian tribes corocotta, ordered that they sent the Roman slaves who had captured to clean the field when these slaves approached 200 meters from the city a rain of arrows fell on them Flavio gave the order that it does not matter if it is Roman or Cantabrian anyone who approaches 200 meters must be killed, sometimes kindness is more expensive than cruelty since the Cantabrians are wild they will have equally wild tactics, therefore it is better to kill than to be killed Corocotta was surprised to see this scene did not know who was the enemy commander but he could know that perhaps this site would not be so simple, throughout the afternoon and night the slaves continued to approach to be received with arrows. 17 of Maius from 21 ac Corocotta stopped sending slaves to die and ordered that they begin to build wooden mantlets to avoid the arrows (remember that they do not know that Flavio uses a crossbow and no arrows) and stairs to climb the walls, unfortunately, there were no trees nearby. they cut themselves, Corocotta sighed and had to bring wood from afar. 20 of Maius from 21 ac The city of emerita Augusta is surrounded, corocotta tried to attack the fortifications of the river (Islands), but the ballista of the wall destroyed the canoes that approached, while a rain of bolts charged the life of the adventurers, no matter how much covered with shields they were crossed, after the failed attack the Cantabrians decided to wait before launching a large-scale attack 10 of Iunius from 21 ac It has been 21 days since the site of the city was completed, Corocotta knows that if it takes longer reinforcements will arrive if he decided to launch a massive attack at noon, he hoped to take the city at night. In the walls of the city was Flavio holding a sword, pointed to the enemy camp and shouted "Citizens of emerita Augusta, perhaps this day maybe is the last with life, but remember that one is not remembered for how you live it''s for how you die Don''t be afraid and peel those scum will have no mercy for anyone including their children and women You only have two ways in this moment death or glory the difference between those is how do you want to end For my part, I can tell you that I will fight until the end because today is a beautiful day for the die and now take your weapons and get ready for the blood festival if they want our city to pay for it, Rome undefeated! " Unconquered Rome shouted in unison in emerita Augusta, the Cantabrians outside the city felt fear, but despite that Corocotta gave the order to start the assault on the city, He had no other choice thanks to the materials obtained by the looting his people can feed on time, he only hopes to catch the grandson of the Roman emperor and his daughter to negotiate a peace. But deep inside he wonders if what he does will work, what happens if instead of reaching a peace agreement his people are exterminated, it is a bet he is willing to make regardless of the results... Battle for life or death The slaves of the Cantabrians took the wooden Mantelets and advanced towards the walls of the city, in the back of them were other slaves with sandbags to fill the moat that surrounded the wall, the mini catapults in the walls They attacked the Mantelets The rocks and arrows flew towards the field, the screams resounded all over the place, the dew of blood began to be visible after a few minutes of the attack, the slaves began to reach the moat and began to fill it with the sacks of sand, the process of filling the pit took 3 hours After that, the Cantabrian archers attacked the walls covering themselves on the Mantelets, and Flavio gave the order to use the methanol jars The catapults adjusted the angle of fire and they let fall on the Mantelets a rain of jugs with methanol, the liquid began to impregnate the Cantabrians and Mantelets, after that, a few archers appeared on the towers of the City with its arrows in flames, and threw on the places that methanol had rained At that moment cries were heard all over the front the enemy archers threw themselves to the ground and said that they were burning but nobody could see the fire, at that moment the Mantelets began to give off smoke and flames that were visible Corocotta swallowed saliva and wondered what it was that caused fire could only sigh and claim that it was some kind of magic, in that fortress must have a powerful magician (Not enough a god lol). Something could be sure corocotta no matter how strong the magician could be, he could not against an entire army if he gave the order to attack altogether, hundreds of thousands of tribal people shouted and ran over the walls of the fortress Flavio saw this scene and ordered that arrows be rained, the crossbowmen settled in rows of 3 therefore while one shot another one loaded in this way the fire was constant, the enemy archers also threw salvos on the defenders, the arrows rained down and the people died, beginning to reach the siege stairs on the walls, these were received with boiling oil and stones Another order he says was to start with chemical warfare (Remember that the bleach that occurs when Flavio is near is much more powerful due to its divine energy). Flavio put on his goggles and began to sing a Frank Sinatra song that he liked so much while death hovered over the Cantabrians: "To dream the impossible dream" The jugs with bleach flew in the air from all sides of the fortress, Corocotta with fear wondered if it would be more invisible fire and saw the jugs fall on his army with impotence, not to mention that many fell to the ground because of the wounds caused in their feet by the sharp remains on the floor "To fight the unbeatable foe" The jars fell on the tribals, the piercing cries sounded from the poor wretches who had been touched with the substance while their skin began to burn "To bear with unbearable sorrow" If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. Those nearby tribes where the jars had fallen started to water, their eyes are burning even if they scratch can not remove this feeling "To run where the brave dare not go" After losing sight they feel that their throat burns, soon after the air begins to be absent and without warning their lives come to an end "To right the unrightable wrong" At first, the tribal army does not pay attention to the soldiers who lose their sight or who are drowning because they are only isolated areas but the sun has other plans for them "To be better far than you are" The lye began to evaporate and more cases began to present asphyxiation, this began to cause chaos among the tribal army "To try when your arms are too weary" Corocotta had a large army but poorly trained and organized only took cities and fortresses by massive charges and use of siege ladders, therefore the concentration of troops one over another was brutal, when the fear spread many tried to escape but only caused chaos and deaths because while some wanted to escape others wanted to go which caused some to fall and be crushed by their peers "To reach the unreachable star This is my quest, to follow that star " Flavio extended his hands and with a smile decided to make the second part of his plan for it he knew that the effective range of the crossbow was 400 meters but he ordered that it only be fired at 200 meters for the enemy to trust, at a time that the army was in chaos ordered that they could fire to freedom no matter the distance "No matter how hopeless, no matter how far" In the sky a rain of arrows fell in the back of the army, to be tight the troops by chaos could not move the shield to defend themselves, death had arrived and many did not even know how they died, corocotta immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army "To be willing to give when there''s no more to give" Upon hearing the retreating horn from the enemy, Flavio with a psychopathic look ordered with his hands that vases with alcohol be thrown and arrows come out with fire "To be willing to die so that honor and justice may live" Another round of vases went flying in the direction of the chaotic army, this time the contents of the jugs did not burn or cause any respiratory reaction, but tribal people can smell a familiar aroma, it seems to be much stronger than the wine they drink regularly "And I know if I''ll only be true to this glorious quest" When the last vase fell a rain of fire rushed over them, the fire engulfed the tribal troops to be so close this expanded at a speed of fear "That my heart will lie peaceful and calm when I''m laid to my rest" The fire devoured everything in its path the lucky few died for some bolt that fell from the sky or being trodden to death, the air was impregnated with the sweet aroma of barbecue and the strong aroma of bleach "And the world will be better for this" Corocotta this scene from afar his men and allies were dying in cruel ways and had not done substantial damage to the city, just a humiliating defeat "That one man scorned and covered with scars," The chaos was reduced considerably and the surviving troops left the area of the death to be able to see behind their backs as their companions piled on top of each other dead and burned "Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star. " Flavio began to laugh while holding his face with his hand, "What happens garbage is all they have," the soldiers could only see how their commander and leader laughed at a sea of dead, but they had to thank him for being his If it were not for him, the city would have fallen with that assault. After that defeat, the two sides did damage control, in the case of Flavio the death claimed the lives of 14k defenders and left another 15k injured while more than 10kcivilians were killed in charge of bringing war material to the troops in the walls Corocotta did not run with the same luck his stupidity of massive assault had claimed the lives of more than 150k troops and left more than 60k injured, he simply knew that his dream of being the king of Hispania and expelling the Romans from The peninsula came to an end now He had to retire because no have the strength to continue this stupid siege, he had other bigger problems such as preventing the Romans from exterminating them. The next day the corocotta troops retreated only took the wounded who could walk leaving behind more than 50k wounded to their fate Flavio did not waste time and said that those were not men were beasts and as beasts had to pay for the suffering caused, that day over 50000 tribals were impaled on the outskirts of emerita Augusta This event would be remembered in the future as the spikes of Flavio... In honor of the fallen After impaling the Cantabrians, Flavio ordered that the bodies of the enemies be cremated to avoid an outbreak of diseases, the holes of the traps were occupied and others were created to fill them with corpses and then alcohol was placed for these to begin to burn Flavio wanted to decapitate the bodies so that their heads were in pikes and accompany the impaled but was stopped by his mother and subordinates, the dead have died therefore there is no glory in decapitating their bodies Flavio could only desist As for the dead of Emerita Augusta Flavio created the monument to the fallen, a large grave that was covered with a cement slab, Flavio ordered that in front of the square (The place where the dead were buried) was built a monolith where the names of all the dead and an epitaph were noted: "Here rest the brave who fought and died for the defense of Emerita Augusta fighting against the army of Cantabrians who tried to supplant their soil The number of enemies they killed was more than 150k whose bodies were burned and more than 50k captives rot in the stakes 1 km from the city, the deaths of the defenders were not in vain because they saved the lives of their loved ones and the glory of the Roman Empire, Roma Invicta! " This monument (common grave) was considered the first one that was made to the fallen in a war in Europe and it would mark the precedent for the later monuments (pits) created during the history. The days passed and the normal life recovered in emerita Augusta, Flavio freed the mind control of the city so that this one recovered the freedom, with this the pressure that it had in the head disappeared and it realized that its capacity of processing was much greater than as it was before For the citizens who were in control they simply assumed that due to stress and survival they had to accept working in shifts and doing things that they would never have done otherwise, Flavio to create the triumph over the Cantabrians created the song "Sacred war" to celebrate the fallen: "Stand up, enormous city, Stand up for a deadly fight Against the dark barbarian force, Against the damned ord! May the noble furyThis tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. Boil like a wave, - The emerita Augusta people''s war is on The Sacred War! " While the ominous song sounded, the defense forces marched at a steady pace from the street Cardus to the Decamanus, leaving the city from the north to reach the monument of the fallen and throw the enemy banners on their soil, and shout in unison. "Roma Invicta " The 1 of Quintilis august forces was approaching emerita Augusta august emerita where on the road could see a large number of corpses impaled hundreds of them in the distance, Tito Livio the Roman historian who accompanied august described in his book "De Bello Hispaniensi "(The wars of Hispania), the scene: " No matter which place you look at, you will only see skeletons of impaled barbarians, the bodies have been cleaned by a horde of scavengers, we only know that they are barbarians because of the tribal clothes they wear, the august emperor only smiled at such a scene and ordered to go to emerita Augusta to know who was the architect of such a magnificent work ... " In the walls of the city, the lookouts could see in the distance a great army approaching, when they looked through the telescope they could see the banners of different legions, they knew that the reinforcements of the august emperor had arrived. A messenger of the emperor approached the gate of the walls and was greeted by a child dressed in a purple silk suit, the messenger realized that the recipient was the grandson of the august emperor Flavius "I''m glad my grandfather could have come, better late than never, invite him to come there is much to talk about, the city can accommodate the commanders and the praetorian guard of my grandfather " The messenger only nodded and left to go with the emperor and give the message of his grandchild. Augusto looked doubtfully at the messenger because his grandson was only 5 years old, but he remembered the words of the man who saved his life "Your grandson is destined to change the destiny of Rome" he could only give a small smile and ordered that they prepare the camps outside the city will rest in emerita Augusta, had to know what had happened and why so many impaled tribes, he thought to scold his grandson because the Romans crucified in the trash did not impale her, but he had to admit that his grandson had style. The gates of the city were opened and the emperor was received with a warm welcome from the citizens and soldiers of city, they trow to the army some kind of white papyrus and the children give to the pretorians some flowers, the military band played "Farewell of Slavianka" The beautiful symphony sounded and the emperor was surprised by the sound he had never heard, the praetorians also they were surprised by the majestic sound Tito Livio would describe it: "The soldiers who played some strange instruments were led by a beautiful woman, who at the movement of their hands guided the musicians to create the majestic sound When we arrived at the center of the city in the temple of Diana we received a 5-year-old boy and a beautiful young woman was the grandson of the emperor and his daughter The emperor Augusto under his horse and climbed the steps of the temple to hug his daughter Julie after that he hugged his grandson, the grandson and the mother invited him to enter the temple ... " Punitive Army The august emperor entered the temple of Diana (Artemis) wondered why his grandson wanted him to meet in this place in the temple He heard a beautiful melody that made him feel more in a sacred place, Flavio guided his grandfather and his mother to the courtyard of the temple where they sat at a table placed in the middle when they were about to speak Arabella entered with a tray that had 3 steaming drinks and some cookies placed them on the table and retired "Pretty interesting grandson, lavender tea and a cookie that smells like butter, not to mention that this tableware looks very beautiful is similar to the one you get from the east, I wonder how you got this strange instruments and the curious sounds that come from it " The august emperor said as he took a biscuit and drank his lavender tea " Haha, as you would expect from my grandfather, does not even question why his grandson acts like someone else you that the age you have, I suppose you already knew that your grandson would be special right? " August looked at his little grandson with a smile "A few years ago during the campaign against Marco Antonio an Egyptian murderer almost took my life but out of nothing a person appeared and stopped with one hand the arrow that went towards me and returned it to the murderer, he told me that I had to allow Vitelio to marry my daughter because her son would make great changes to Rome after that he disappeared I wanted to refuse but that would not be fun I wanted to see my grandson and that was what I could do and you have not disappointed me, now tell me my son that is what you have gone through to see a sea of impaled tribals " Flavio smiled at his grandfather and asked his mother to leave, Julia said goodbye to her father and her son said he would be in the palace after leaving Flavio started counting since he turned his 5 birthday. August only listened to his grandson until it was over and asked "So what Apollo showed you the future and gave you the mission to go to this new world right?" "Yes Grandpa, that''s why I can not stay long in Rome, my mission is not here, but to be able to go I have to develop technology which benefits us mutually and I can leave some ideas and reforms that can help to survive the empire, but before that I would like to accompany you in your campaign against the Cantabrian vermin , they can not simply kill my father and besiege my city without consequences, " Augusto placed his hand on his chin " I can let you accompany me, you have the talent to be a commander, but there is something that I would like you to change impale the tribal with the roman forms, son, it is better to cross them, leave a deeper impression in the hearts of the people and it does not look as tyrannical as impale "This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. " I understand it, grandfather, but the Cantabrians simply do not deserve Roman crucifixion, we can make a parenthesis with them and impale them I think it will leave a very good message to those who want to reveal themselves in the future " Augusto let out a laugh "Of course yes son, not many have the eggs to kill the emperor''s brother-in-law let alone besiege the city where his only grandson and daughter is, the courage of his audacity will pay for it with his blood " Flavio nodded " Good grandfather let me show you the wonders of technology we will take a walk through the city " August and Flavio They toured different places, his grandson showed him weapons and things he had never seen, sometimes he stopped and asked about the operation and how to do them Flavio took 5 days to show everything he had done to his grandfather and implemented small improvements to the army like the use of stirrups in horses, the use of alcohol for the disinfection of wounds and materials or the use of soap to prevent the development of lice, among others. On the sixth day, Flavio left the city in charge of his mother and left with his grandfather to Salamanca the city that defended his father, on the way, there were some small skirmishes with troops who left the corocotta army which adorned the path of the punitive army being impaled After a few days of travel they arrived at what was left of the city of Salamanca, the buildings were burned by the streets, human remains could be observed, but the scene that made Flavio bring out the tears was to see the almost cadaverous corpse of His father hung in the form of a cross on the banner of Legion IX Augustus ordered his body to be brought to Emerita Augusta along with the standard, both Flavio and Augustus knew that it was time to make the Cantabrians pay. The remains of the Roman citizens were buried in common graves and left with direction to the northern part of the province of Tarraconensis, while the skirmishes against the Cantabrians were greater until the army entered the territory of the Cantabrians. The great army was divided into 3 lines, Agrippa would go to the south, Augustus to the center and Flavio to the north where the coastal cities were located, the armies advanced on their respective roads and began their road to genocide, no matter if they were women or children all Cantabrian who will meet with any of the armies was impaled There was no truce or mercy the advance was smooth until Flavio was found with the remains of the Cantabrian army led by Corocotta The battle was a unilateral massacre the legionaries surrounded the enemy army, the confrontation took 2 hours to resolve and Flavio captured Corocotta alive despite wanting him torture and kill the moment decided to leave it alive while watching his people die impaled, for 2 full months the Roman armies turned the Cantabrians into history more than 800k tribal children and adults were impaled Tito Livio described in his book "De Bello Hispaniensi" (The wars of Hispania): "The grandson of the emperor Flavio a little genius child impaled more than 50k Cantabrians a few months ago, now the august emperor beating his grandson impale more than 800k extinguishing the Cantabrians of the earth This is a very clear double message no one messes with the family of the emperor and no one rebels against Rome, meanwhile, Corocotta the so-called king of the Cantabrians was forced to see his people die weak, depressed and chained was taken to Emerita Augusta Where he was tortured without killing him they cut off his limbs leaving him alive without the ability to move, he was taken to Rome where he would spend the rest of his life as an attraction, this punishment was proposed by Flavio and approved by the Emperor..." Funeral and future strategy After putting an end to the Cantabrian Flavio and his grandfather returned to emerita Augusta where the funeral of Vitellio the father of Flavio was celebrated, Augusto was surprised to see his grandson with tears in his eyes guiding the military orchestra play a melody A Trumpeter opens with a single of a few seconds, a drum sounds and the other trumpet players play the violins soon after they begin to sound creating a melancholic atmosphere, after that the flutists playing the same rhythm continue for a moment, to give entrance to the short time back to the violins accompanied by the trumpets, to finally end the sound of a flute Julia wept for the song that her son made her husband and august hugging his daughter asked the name of this song to his grandson Flavio he answered "Beatum Cordis Mei" (My Enchanted Heart) a song he had done for his father a few months ago when he learned that his father could be dead, the funeral continued His father was placed in a small mausoleum built in the governor''s palace He took as an example the mausoleum of Benito Juarez, a very important politician in Mexico during the XIX century, after finishing the ceremony he asked his grandfather to accompany him to show him what he had to do to ensure that the empire did not die and that the religion of the cross did not expand. In the study of Governor Flavio''s palace placed on the desk a map of the whole world (not including the new world or Oceania, it only included India, China, Europe, and all Africa), this map contains everything that matters to Rome grandfather I did not include the regions where I will develop nova Roma Now more important is to know where you want to expand Roma grandfather, an empire that does not expand is destined to fail but you can not just attack without knowing your enemy, a strategist from the east wrote " Know your enemy and know yourself; In one hundred battles, you will never be defeated. If you are ignorant of your enemy but you know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are the same. If you are ignorant of your enemy and yourself, you can be sure of being defeated in every battle. " You have the northern islands pointing out Flavio to Britania and Ireland, you have the region of Germania pointing to Germany, you have the region of ir¨¢n pointing Where is the Parthian empire, you have the Arabian peninsula pointing to the south of Mesopotamia and last but not least Africa, tell me where your interest is grandfather and I will help you to get them. Augustus thought calmly and before making a decision asked: "What destroyed the Roman empire in the future son?" Flavio pointed to the map to Rome, Germany, and the eastern prairies "There were many factors but the most important was the invasion of nomads of the east and that almost take Rome, added to a small glaciation that froze to the territories of the north and this, in turn, promoted the migration towards the south of great tribes and finally the great corruption that prevailed in the empire and the separation of Roma in Rome of the west and Rome of the east After your death grandfather never saw an emperor who has lasted so long, the throne was prostituted countless times and the emperors stopped expanding, therefore, they isolated themselves in their world never worried about assimilating the conquered therefore never accepted the fact that they were Romans, when the empire saw the difficulties they simply rebelled and the empire ran out Only survived Constantinople but they were more Greek than Roman and they sinned from the same mistakes as their western counterparts, in the end, they were destroyed by the Turks a nomadic tribe from Iran who professed a religion derived from Judaism as well as the religion of the cross " Augusto was disappointed by the words of his grandson but he knew that maybe there was a way to change the destiny his grandson in himself was proof of itStolen novel; please report. "What do you suggest son, where to expand and what to do with the Jews" Flavio smiled at his grandfather''s question and pointed to Britannia and Ireland "Rome when he conquered the island of Britain never had it under his complete control, this was because they did not know what they were facing in the north but I am different from what you will face, in As Jews are perhaps the most resistant people in the world, killing them is not an option as there will always be Jews who survive and continue to procreate their faith It is best to use them to conquer Hibernia (Ireland) and let them create in that place an autonomous region under the control of Rome, as mentioned before Judaism come from 2 of the world''s greatest religions Christianity and Islam is better to let in Hibernia kill each other to start creating chaos in the empire by polarizing people, the climate of Hibernia is not very suitable for many crops, therefore, their demographic expansion will be slow You also have to create regulatory laws to prevent them from leaving the island, this will allow a long time for the empire to implement the state religion with which it can rival Christianity and Islamism. " Augusto was surprised by the comments of his grandson had to admit that he knew what he was doing, Flavio after talking about Hibernia pulled out a thick book and showed it to his grandfather "This book is the scriptures of the Hellenistic Reformed religion, contains a genesis, an apocalypse and the correct way of life that a Roman must take to reach heaven and avoid going to Tartarus" Flavio took another book this time smaller " This is the process you have to do to reform the religion and how they should to be from now on, but the most important thing is to allow the woman to be priestess, the priests can get married and the freedom of knowledge When Rome fell by the barbarians the Christian religion occupied the helm of Europe and what better way than found to maintain its power was to destroy knowledge, with that one entered a period of obscurantism that lasted more than 1000 years It was not until the Renaissance that this change, is important to safeguard science grandfather, this can mean survive or die, a clear example is the stirrup that creates, gives a very strong advantage over the enemy that does not have it or the crossbow that allows crossbowmen in just a few days unlike the arch It takes months or years to be an archer; Remember Grandpa you can always ask me for letters if you have any questions, I would also like to ask you to allow me to be the governor of Lusitania and have complete control over sugar, schnapps, and alcohol, paper and printing are very important assets that grandfather Technology must always be under the imperial family I always recommend making paper mills and printers on some island and prevent technology from getting into the wrong hands, and as soon as military technologies, the advantages will only be advantages until our enemies can produce them, it is important to protect the production of them and finally if we do not want the empire to die because of internal conflicts It is good to make Roman education compulsory, we need to train teachers to teach reading and writing in Latin, such as the formation of universities to create public servants more efficient and to avoid corruption is good to create examinations to the bureaucrats of the empire, but the most important thing is to prevent the imperial family from becoming hedonistic, there is no point in avoiding corruption when the emperor, in turn, dedicates himself to spending resources on his pleasures and neglects the people, there must be a compulsory education for all those children of the emperor including women With the reform of religion the woman will occupy a much greater grandfather rank, although it may not seem like women can govern as a man and even better than a man in some cases, all my ideas are in the books that I will give you, by the way, if you have a problem with my uncle July or you feel that he did not rule the empire well, just let me see him I will show him the value of being a responsible ruler ". Augusto nodded for what his grandson mentioned "Excellent son with this the empire could be an empire of a thousand years, there is something that I have to tell you your fiancee will come to live with you in the next months, I hope you can take care of her Roma is not very sure for her" Flavio was surprised by the news " Who is my fianc¨¦e? " "Hellena is the last daughter who had Cleopatra and Marco Antonio is only older than you for 4 years, after taking Alexandria I found her in the So small and fragile palace I decided to take care of maybe in the future it could be useful, when you were born I decided that I would marry you " Augusto said as he looked seriously at his grandson, Flavio nodding to his grandfather "Count on it grandfather will take care of her because in the end will be my family." The fiancee During the following weeks, Flavio ordered the province of Lusitania and made a census of the population, also foreseeing that in a few years more he would go to the American continent preparing Latin-Nahuatl and Latin-Maya textbooks because Mayan and Nahuatl writing is pictographic occupied the Latin alphabet to be able to correctly imitate the pronunciation of words, because it is a fact that the language changes as time passes are very likely that we can hardly communicate A very clear example of this is Spanish if one tries to communicate with a Castilian of century XV occupying Mexican Spanish of century XXI, could only be understood a small percentage of the words but it would be sufficient to be able to communicate very simply, other of the things that prepared Flavio was a book of dangers of Mesoamerica from insects that They can kill even flora and fauna (Centro de M¨¦xico). Flavio after much analysis decided that the best area to arrive was Coatzacoalcos (Present municipality of Veracruz Mexico), this because it is an area that very few know but before the Panama Canal was built the Americans wanted to buy it (treated Mclane Ocampo) and steal (filibusters) the "Isthmus of Tehuantepec" because in a straight line of 215 km joins the Gulf of Mexico with the Pacific it was his first option in the construction of an inter-oceanic canal because Mexico and had lost in their hands a few years before more than half of the territory (Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, etc) the Mexican did not allow more thefts of territory if the Americans gave up when they saw their second option the Panama Canal were an independent Panama from Colombia but for Flavio and his descendants, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec may have strategic importance because you can build a much easier channel (It is a to plain) to go to Panama that in this time is a dense jungle where there are a lot of mosquitoes that transmit diseases. While Flavio was planning the Arabela future, he entered the studio and mentioned that Hellena would arrive in the afternoon, his fiancee and his uncle Julio, Flavio could only sigh, his grandfather agreed to reform his uncle because he likes to be a hedonist but nevertheless we have to admit that he does not have the courage to take more than one woman at the orders of his grandfather One of the most amazing things Flavio did before his grandfather left for Rome was to do a corocotta amputation of his arms and legs to make him an attraction in Rome, he suggested to his grandfather that he make a human zoo of those who opposed Rome, what better punishment than to prevent them from dying and living in Rome until they die of old while they are visited and humiliated by Romans every day, Flavio asked his grandfather to call this punishment "Vitellii Poenas" ( The punishment of Vitelio) in honor of his father.The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. Augusto during this time did not waste time once arrived in Rome inaugurated the zoo of the damned and began with religious reform for it joined the oracles of the most important temples of Rome and showed the "Sacrum Textum" (The sacred text) that Flavio had created the process of religious reform was a slow process that once started would take years to be applied throughout the empire, another of the things he did was to prepare the invasion of Britannia and Hibernia for the first half of 20 ac, gathered the Jewish leaders in Rome and proposed the creation of a Jewish state in Hibernia the conditions that august presented them were not bad, they only had to conquer the island themselves and not leave unless they had permission from the emperor for the Jews it was better that they pay tribute and that they were a Roman autonomous province, than to be homeless and discriminated people; The legions by orders of August added 5 cohorts to their ranks 3 of them crossbowmen, one of the engineers (who were trained in making siege weapons) and one called "Vi Opus" (Special Force) This cohort would be responsible for entering territory enemy before the strength of the legion to do deep reconnaissance received a training in survival, camouflage and guerrilla warfare, its most important accessories were telescopes, camouflage suit (A suit covered with leaves of the region that covered full body), leather boots with metal base (Perfect to avoid damage to the feet), A crossbow as main remote weapon, a small crossbow that was placed on the wrist with effective range of 20 meters, a short sword, a dagger and a backpack with canteen and dry biscuits (for 3 days), they also had a notebook to write down the intelligence. The city of emerita Augusta welcomed Hellena the fiancee of Flavio and July the son of the august emperor, the ceremony was quite simple but surprised his fianc¨¦e and July because in Rome there was not such a beautiful music Flavio played for them "Progressus Emerita "(The march of Zacatecas), although august took with him some musicians and instruments including the scores of the songs that Flavio had created in those weeks had not been able to train the musicians to play like the military orchestra of emerita Augusta Another thing that surprised them was the food Flavio showed them the flour tortillas and the quesadillas and as the main course some carnitas made in a copper saucepan, cooked with citron juice and beer in butter, Flavio also cut onion, cilantro and He placed citron juice, taught his fianc¨¦e and his uncle how to prepare a taco, placed a tortilla in his hand, took carnitas and placed onion, chopped cilantro And finally he put citron juice When he took a bite he had to admit that he regretted not having chile to make a sauce, as a Flavio drink he made apple cider, after a sumptuous meal, he took them to see the city and at night he showed them a drink called atole of toasted flour, to make it Flavio boiled water in a container with cinnamon, put in a pan wheat flour and toast until it had yellow color, put the flour in the water and added milk with sugar (Unfortunately he didn''t have cornstarch so that it had the consistency of a good atole), also prepared a delicious sugar conch (Pan typical of Mexico), and before finishing the day Flavio showed them a board game called "Card Venatus" (Spanish deck) Replaced the jack by a legionary, the knight by centurion on horseback and the king by the emperor (Augustus), all other figures remained the same Spade (Sword), Coppe (Cup), denari (Roman coin) and Bastoni (Baston), Flavio taught to play his uncle and his fianc¨¦e also in the game was his mother Julia, they had a good time that night before going to sleep. Secrets uncovered In the morning Flavio woke up as usual but I notice that Hellena was at his side, at night he could feel as she entered his room to lie next to him, for Flavio this was not a problem no matter who or what if hurting him can feel and act in his defense, hellena is extremely beautiful has a definite face and light hair like wheat, and a very soft and white skin, the only thing that seemed strange to Flavio was that it seemed very comfortable to his side as if he knew him from a long time ago. During the morning Flavio reviewed some papers related to Lusitania and personal, some were bureaucratic procedures and others were orders of commerce of the family business as orders for sugar and alcohol, this would be completely a normal routine if it were not for hellena who looked calmly as He worked "Hey hellena, you do not feel tired of seeing me doing the paperwork, you know you can do what you want, you do not have to be boring me" Flavio said while rubbing his temple Hellena just smiled "I could see you all day and not feel tired, you do not get tired when you see something you love " Flavio saw her with eyes of doubt " I will not interfere in your feelings even though you are only 4 years older than me, but tell me how you were treated in Rome " Hellena saw with some fear of Flavio "Is it an order?" Flavio felt a cold sweat running down his back and a feeling of anger "It''s an order, do not worry hellena no one can hurt you with me " Hellena nodding turned her back to Flavio and took off his tunic showed his back which had a lot of whip marks, Flavio felt helpless and desire to kill the bastards who damaged his fiancee Hellena with a look Lost said "The august emperor assigned me a midwife who took care of me the first years, but one day she died and I was in the care of an august trusted senator" She started to cry "He locked me for years in a room, where Sometimes I was fed others I did not eat for days, only darkness was always making me less saying that I was the daughter of a traitor to the empire when I was angry he would unburden his anger in me with a whip on my back I wanted to die but among all the suffering the only thing that kept me alive was the words of the emperor and my matron who said that I had a fianc¨¦ who would take care of me, all my life was like this until one day I was taken out of that cell and started to be cared for by the emperor, he asked me to forgive him for what I suffered he never realized that his trustworthy person was a shit told me not to worry because he had received his punishment with the lionsStolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. I also prepare myself as I would go with my fianc¨¦ your grandson, after that I arrived and I met you, in spite of being a child you are my only family, but I am afraid that after listening to my story you leave me alone... " Before I could continue Flavio I hug her from behind " I can be a crazy fucker but for me, my family is the most important thing you can ask the last of the Cantabrian, they killed father and I exterminates all, I can not return the childhood that was stolen but I can assure you that I will take care of you all your life, as for the wounds on your back, I can heal them if you wish " Hellena crying nodded her head, Flavio placed her hand on her back and let her divine energy flow through her, the whip marks were cur Adas, at first sight, leaving behind skin as soft as a baby without any trace of damage "Ready hellena your back has been healed, as for your emotional wounds will have to be cured with time and mother support and mine, remember that from now on you have a family, it can be a bit conventional and even rare but it will support you in what you need and if someone wants to hurt you tell me, I do not care who or whoever is there to protect you and take care of you remember that please " Hellena turned around from Flavio''s embrace and wept on Flavio''s shoulder, Flavio followed her hugging while caressing her back "Since you like to be with me I will take advantage to teach you anything that may be useful to you, in the future you will be my right hand and the mother of my children, remember that it is our duty to leave our children a great empire " he placed the face of hellena in front of his face and wiped his tears with his hand "Don''t cry girl your face is more beautiful when you''re happy " Hellena nodded and continued hugging Flavio for a while longer. During the afternoon of that day Flavio met his uncle who was lying in the armchairs of the table with a bottle in his hand of schnapps, he shouted and asked Arabela to bring him a bucket of water, shortly after he arrived with a bucket which Flavio took and threw it on his uncle July he woke up with surprise and saw his nephew with a bucket of water, he wanted to teach him a lesson by punching him but Flavio the elusive and he kicked in the face of his uncle that he shot Flavio thundered his fingers and proceeded to beat his uncle''s face until he asked for clemency "Well I hope you''re more awakened garbage, you''re a dishonor to the family but do not worry your nephew will make you a man who can support the Roman empire, the last thing I want is for you to destroy the efforts of the grandfather and those who preceded him, if that hands to the work I need to see you in the courtyard right now " Julio nodded with his face bloodied not yet pod to understand how a 5-year-old had so much strength. After that incident, he started a reforming hell for July, Flavio canceled all his privileges and he had to wake up from 6 am and sleep at 10 pm, to exercise and receive lessons of humility, Flavio always told him "There can be no libertine emperor with responsible people if you fail the empire fails and if the empire fails the end is near " All this training lasted 3 months... Trip to Olissipo (Lisbon) During the following three months of July he underwent a great change of personality, the Spartan training his nephew did change his way of thinking, he no longer took time to drink until he was in a coma, he learned the value of responsibility in blood thanks to these efforts when he left de emerita Augusta asked his father to allow him to command the invasion of Britannia, august was surprised by the change of attitude of his son and wondered what it was that he had lived with his grandson, august first tested the capabilities of his son and he liked his command of the troops and his ability to use the tactics of the troops, after a test that lasted a week august entrusted his son part of the invasion of Britain taking as his second in command the General Agrippa . In emerita Augusta Flavio began to plan the development of the port of Olissipo (Lisbon currently), to reach the Americas it is not complicated the approximate time to reach Coatzacoalcos with the current technology is 90 days (3 months), the question is that is only a one way trip there is no return, as soon as there is no return it is due to the future Flavio may know that his grandfather and his uncle will allow a trade to the Americas, but what happens if one day the imperial regime of the family falls through other emperors they will not leave a large piece of meat in their sight, send troops to the Americas and start a great war and colonization, in the end, no one will win in these wars sooner or later Rome will fall and with it the Americas would be fragmented and only will form a kind of American Europe, so it is better to centralize power from the center of the continent (Mexico), go south and reach the dari¨¦n (Frontera Panama, Colombia) create a wall to separate the wild south of the developed north, after that colonize the islands of the Caribbean and start trade in Asia one of the very important strategic materials in the Americas is the sisal a plant that produces a very strong natural fiber with it Flavio can develop modern sailboats which have a greater capacity of speed and load, so traveling to Japan to start trading is not a bad idea, as for why China is not due to the language as they know Flavio has blocked areas of knowledge this includes languages, because Flavio knows Mayan, Nahuatl and ancient Japanese, it is due to his past life he was a Mexican archaeologist who worked at INAH (Institute of Anthropology and History (Mexico)) always felt the taste for the important cultures and languages of his nation and as far as Japanese is due to his liking for anime and his wife a Japanese linguist named Sakura, a rather peculiar relationship ar but thanks to it allowed him to know more about different cultures, now returning to the point of Olissipo the development is to allow docking a large Flavio fleet needs to emigrate to at least 1 million peopleThis story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. the number of people in the Americas was very small due to the great distribution that exists and the date it is, in 1519 AD there were approximately 32 million native people in Mesoamerica now it is 21 BC, the population must be of some few millions of between 5-10 million scattered in the area of Mesoamerica (All the data are approximate I did not find precise data, so all these numbers are suppositions formulated with the scant information that I found) as to how to transport so many Flavio people thought of sending 3 expeditions the first will be troops, priests and priestesses and population for the construction of forts, the second will be artisans, population in general, and the third and last will be animals horses, donkeys, sheep, goats, among others, Flavio would leave with the first expedition, the second would be commanded by his mother and the last by his wife Hellena. For the creation of the Flavio fleet you are very lucky, in this era there are many tall trees perfect for the construction of the keel of the boats which has to be built from a single tree, the model of the boat that wants to occupy is the ship of line of 3000 tons, clear that with limitations and substantial changes the tonnage is reduced remember that the ships were made in an era with a global trade where resources could be taken from all places But Flavio is sure that he can make a great 2500 tonnes single-use boat this mainly because the wood tends to rot in the sea if it is not treated correctly, with these large boats is sure to take about 5000 people per boat (including crew) and resources for their subsistence during the 3 months of travel, as for why no more is to avoid diseases and famines in the trip, therefore, needs 200 boats only to carry 1 million people but if you add exclusive ships of supplies, armament and animals would be 400 boats in total a large amount for the time, if you divided your priorities into 3 first the creation of a school of sailors, the second the expansion of the port and the third the improvement of the shipyard in the city of Olissipo. Flavio spent a few days and traveled with hellena to the coastal city of Olissipo to start the construction of a school of sailors, at this time the sailors are quite common but Flavio needs a plus on their sailors is not the same travel in the Mediterranean that in the Atlantic if they are not careful a storm can end the expedition or they can end up going to another place, that''s why the training of the sailors, captains, naval police and naval doctor is elementary, Flavio calculates that he needs to train more than 80,000 men and women 200 sailors by boat, to have an effective and safe control of the goods and population that is transported until they reach the new world, the school decided to found near the port occupying more than 5 km2 Flavio explained the plans of the building to his trusted architect Marco the naval school was very similar to the "M¨¹rwik Academy" with the difference that the clock of the tower and eliminated to build a watchtower and placed a sundial in front of the building, the capacity was for 2000 students Flavio was not in a hurry since the construction would take at least 3 years enough time for trained and trained teachers he will publish some books to complement the education, while the shield he occupied was the Juarista eagle (symbol of the flag of the second Mexican republic), to make him Flavio he took the time to sculpt it in wood, while hellena enjoyed the beautiful beaches of Olissipo. Salt and fishing In the crystalline waters of Olissipo it is possible to see a child teaching a girl to swim by some guards at sea, this would be a normal scene in the 21st century but in 21 BC the sea rarely had the connotation of fun this due that people had very defined their role and the fact that only people who had jobs related to water knew how to swim, leaving the swim only for some nobles or veterans who enjoyed their retirement and want to learn something new. Flavio came out of the sea with hellena and took her to the villa where they were staying. There Flavio prepared a ceviche (Fish marinated with citron juice (the Only citrus for the time known in Rome, lemons later arrived from India passing through Persia to reach Roma)) and with mustard so that it had a spicy touch Although the taste was not the most delicious with the resources that counted the taste was passable while eating Flavio he realized that the amount of fish that was fished in the sea It was very small since the fishermen were only close to the coast Another problem was salt even though there are salt flats in the Roman empire they produce for the regions where they are if Flavio wants to improve the amount of fish that is produced will need a lot of salt to prevent the fish from rotting or worse still producing a product similar to Surstr?mming (he Surstr?mming is a fish that originated because of salting the fish This was very expensive therefore it was much cheaper to place only a small amount of salt in it and let it ferment this produces an extremely disgusting smell but an edible product). The fastest way that Flavio has to produce salt is to boil it and concentrate it to let the sun finish evaporating it (If it is not done in this way, the salt can be bitter), but boiling salt is not easy, it needs a source of heat like wood but if done in this way will promote massive deforestation without mentioning that this produces a lot of smoke which can alter the taste of the salt But Flavio has the correct solution if the coal (vegetable or mineral) is combined with binders it is possible to create a briquette, the briquette is easy to make, cheap and does not produce smoke in its combustion to make it Flavio placed charcoal with water, after that occupying a mortar he undid wood chips to make them look more like sawdust, he also ground dry leaves and All this was placed with the charcoal and added a small amount of clay until a dough was producedStolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. which later placed in a square mold that he ordered to make with an In the lower part, to let it drain, with a small press, the dough was pressed in the mold until the excess water drained, after that Flavio took out a small brick which he left to dry in the sun, this process was repeated several times until the dough was finished in total Flavio obtained 20 briquettes, after that Flavio drew a briquette workshop where he also drew the necessary tools, ready the necessary materials and the process that had to be followed step by step, once finished ordered that a workshop be built-in Olissipo and one in strong Dovahkiin Also ordered that a copy be taken to his grandfather along with a letter explaining that this technology should only be in the hands of the imperial family was necessary to protect it because its applications were from the civilian to the military, he also emphasized that the mineral coal was very important for the creation of the briquettes he marked him approximately in a map of Europe where there were coal mines that could be occupied. After a week the briquettes were ready for use Flavio began to boil salt in an iron container occupying the briquettes as fuel after it was concentrated was allowed to dry in the sun a few iron plates, if another week passed and the final result was a sea salt of considerable quality. During that time Flavio also did not waste time just by dedicating himself to the salt, he started to create a trawl net and modified a 400 ton cargo ship to make the trawl net be coupled to it, use a manual pulley system so that two sailors could pull the net inside the boat another thing that modified the ship was an entrance to the interior where the fishing could be emptied After some tests Flavio left for the Atlantic where he tested the operation of the trawl on the trip was multiplied by 10 the amount of fish that was caught is also a shark and some turtles, the shark is perfect for sanding with its skin while most of its meat and organs are not edible for flavor but can be used as fertilizer in the harvests after a small process of the liver you can get oil which works as a source of vitamins and omega 3 Flavio remembers that in his childhood his to life his mother gave him shark oil but knew it was good but another thing that prepared his mother was the rear fin of the breaded shark, as for the turtles nothing like a turtle soup to warm the soul, After returning to the port, a large quantity of fish was unloaded, the shark and the turtles, after giving the order to cut the Flavio shark, began to draw the plans for the construction of fishing boats with trawls. The shipyard, with salt and fish, would not lack food for the population, making their food intake more varied. That night Flavio had a dinner by candlelight along with hellena a delicious turtle soup and breaded shark fin meat and a delicious apple cider, what he did not know flavor was that his actions would increase the demography of Roma by cheapening the costs of the fish and guarantee a source of cheap heat there were no famines or people killed by the cold therefore the empire expanded in subsequent generations to the Baltic and more. The triumph of July Past 5 years since so Flavio already is a boy 10 years and hellena a beautiful Teen 14 years, today he finds in Rome to celebrate the triumph of its uncle July, some months ago he eliminated the Picts of the north of Britain (Scotland) The island It was pacified by the less in general, there are some tribes what they took refuge in the mountains or big forests of the island for they, Flavio recommended the creation of posts of control in that places with that control is a fact that little bit too little bit they are going to die, Flavio recommended to July a period of 5 years with that pos of control after that time removing systematically its the best option. Also in Hibernia (Ireland) the Jews as well they finished its task of conquest single having problems in the areas swampy of the north with some tribes what they took refuge in that place as well applied the same what in Brittany and with that it started the great migration of Jews, no matter in what part of the empire become in dough to the called of its people for to go toward Hibernia Thank this the risk what Christianity emerge in Palestine reduces to cero, the empire as well gave it a very kindly lapse of 1 year for Leave the continent to the Jews in case of what these be found after of the year will be transported in quality of slaves to " ??????? ?????! ( New Jerusalem ) to what its people he order of their punishments. Another of the great changes suffered by the empire was the creation of schools throughout the empire and that was mandatory for every Roman citizen, freedman and even slaves clear that education changed depending on the social stratum for a citizen education was complete and encompassed mathematics, history (Flavio created a history where the Roman Nationalism was enervated, so that they generate a feeling of belonging to the empire), Latin (reading and writing), basic biology (How the body works, where we come from (Flavio advanced the theory of the species of Darwin and explained how the human evolved) and how we got sick if there is no cleaning) and finally military training to develop discipline and loyalty in children as soon as the freedmen education was reduced to mathematics, history, Latin and training military, the slaves were taught Latin, military training (with emphasis on absolute loyalty to Rome) and history (unlike the other two strata of society created the doctrine of Rome is superior and it is a pride to serve Roma, also generated the idea that if you worked and honored Rome could be freed (Reform that Flavio helped to write his grandfather Any slave who has above average skills could be freed and be a freedman who can help Rome in other ways), with this education Rome began the way for the assimilation of the cultures that make up the empire, in terms of religion the reform begins to give its first shoots in the newly built churches (Hellenistic (Remember that although the names of the gods change between Greek and Roman is the same)) where the priestesses and priests begin to expand the word occupying the sacred texts and gaining followers with a fairly fast speed because in most cases they are not forced to change their favorite deity (within the Roman and Greek pantheon). 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The event that least liked Flavio but had no way to oppose it was part of the happiness of his mother was that 3 years ago he fell in love with the commander of the guard of Lusitania, a permanent army with more than 30,000 that Flavio created as its tip of spear in the conquest of the new world They receive a very complete training and only one branch of them can prove the special weapons that Flavio created the musket and the bronze cannon, nor does his grandfather know of these weapons and Flavio does not intend to show them loves Roma but loves more to his future empire and if nova Roma does not have a superior armament in case of contingencies he may suffer, the stepfather of Flavio is called Luci¨® his mother met him when Flavio was training future army commanders unknowingly they two They fell in love and began a relationship that led to their marriage 3 years ago and just a few months ago Flavio was glad to hear that he can have a brother or sister, as he thinks Flavio Lucio can only trust the tastes of his mother what if he spoke very clearly with him and asked that he never dare to hurt him because he would not hesitate to cut his eggs and make him eat them, this threat was deep inside pike and every time he saw his stepson a cold sweat ran down his back. During the triumph July triumphal entered Rome with cages where he had the main Pictish and British kings who did not surrender to Rome, they had suffered the "Vitellii Poenas" (Punishment of Vitelio) the punishment that Flavio gave the Cantabrian leader for daring to kill his father, he became popular with the Romans because the enemies of Rome were in cages without limbs as animals were one of the main attractions in the Roman Empire Apart from bringing the kings, there were carts full of gold and slaves after the triumph was held a banquet where the highest sphere of power of the empire met in the imperial palace after the event that lasted 5 days Flavio convened a family meeting where his grandfather was the emperor and his uncle July. Flavio indicated on the map the region of Arabia "Grandfather I propose that the next invasion is the conquest of these desert towns, you can believe that there is only sand and nothing but under its sands there is asphalt that will allow us to strengthen roads and The main point is to help us create a direct line of trade with India without going through the Parthian empire with this the empire can obtain merchandise and slaves if necessary just remember that any Indian slave must become the only religion we do not want to expand other religions for the empire, that is on the one hand on the other I want to present my latest discovery" Flavio took from his side a glass jar with content that looked like earth "This is coffee after some bribes to merchants to get the plant of the coffee and I was able to plant it in Lusitania, this is the final result after toasting and grinding the grains Flavio shouted and Arabela his servant personal came in with 3 cups of hot water, sugar, and milk and now I will show you how to prepare a delicious coffee. " After teaching them August and July they tasted the coffee and tasted it with milk and sugar was a drink that refreshed their minds, Flavio also he told them that it could be taken alone and without sugar or with only milk as it was taken did not affect the benefits he explains that coffee has a substance called caffeine that helps to inhibit sleep therefore if one day they want to stay awake for work or they could not sleep well and have an emergency coffee helps wake up, thanks to the early discovery and cultivation of coffee in Rome became the most consumed beverage in Europe far exceeding any tea. Flavio After talking a little longer with them, he retired because he had to prepare and visit the temple of Zeus (Jupiter) wanted to see if he could talk to the greatest god of the Greco-Roman pantheon, when he went to sleep he could see hellena waiting for him In their room after talking for a while about where they will be heading tomorrow they went to sleep.