Rome Must Fall

Can it penetrate the armor? ! ... After hearing this, the craftsmen stretched their necks and looked closely at the pattern of the crossbow arrow on the drawing, carefully considering its possibilities.

"Everyone, the leader wants me to tell you!" Kedessos said loudly again: "Although we have temporarily ceased war with the Segestika people, the hatred between the two sides will not be eliminated. War may come again at any time, and this kind of war may come again at any time. The new weapon will be the weapon to defeat Segestica's army in the next battle!

He hopes that you will develop it in the shortest possible time and be able to manufacture it in large quantities soon! He also hopes that you will standardize the manufacturing of this crossbow——"

Seeing the doubtful expressions on the craftsmen's faces, Kedessos immediately said without waiting for them to ask: "The leader told me that standardized manufacturing means that all crossbows are made of the same size, the same process, and the same material. Well, when a crossbow breaks, replace it with the parts of another crossbow and you can use it again..."

"The leader's requirements are too high. It's very difficult to meet them!" Sititus looked embarrassed.

"The leader also told me that of course he knew it would be difficult to meet his requirements. Although the iron workshop copied the Roman military industry model and had some division of labor in manufacturing weapons, it was not refined enough and the connections between them were not close enough... …

Therefore, while making crossbows with your heart, you need to use your wisdom to improve the manufacturing organization of the entire weapons workshop, so that it will be more convenient to manufacture other weapons in the future...

If you do it, the tribe will give the iron workshop more promotion places, and the personnel who have just been promoted not long ago will also be credited with a great contribution, laying a better foundation for his next promotion! "

After saying this, the enthusiasm of the craftsmen was instantly aroused, and no one complained anymore. Everyone sat around the wooden table with the drawings, expressing their opinions and making suggestions for the standardized manufacturing of crossbows...

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At the Snodia Medical Department, Adjutant Emmerich knocked on the door of an office.

The door opened and Nesia appeared in front of her.

"Adjutant Nesia, I'm here." Emmerich said softly.

"Please come in quickly." Lesia said softly.

After Emmerich entered, she stuck her head out, looked around carefully, and then gently closed the door, her cautious expression was quite strange.

But when she turned to Emmerich, her eyes were filled with hope.

Emmerich seemed calm and asked: "Excuse me, why did you call me here this time?"

"Emmerich, I have been taking the prescription you gave me last time for a month and a half, but -" Nesia's mood became a little anxious: "It has not worked yet!"

"Are you sure?" Emmerich looked surprised.

"I have been a head nurse for almost two years. In the past six months, I have also specially treated many pregnant women with doctors. I can confirm...I am still not pregnant..." Nesia's voice became as thin as a mosquito. .

Then she asked nervously and expectantly: "Emmerich, do you have any other better medicine that can help... help me -"

"No more." Emmerich said with a determined expression: "This is the best prescription that I know of that the druids spread to help women get pregnant. As far as I know, some women have used this medicine in the past. You can get pregnant within a month, but if it doesn't work for you, there's nothing else I can do."

"...Well...there is nothing we can do..." Nesia's expression became dull.

Emmerich thought for a while and said very seriously: "Adjutant Nesia, after I became a druid and mainly treated diseases for the people, in the past few decades, many, many women have sought treatment for this problem. Come on me. It can be said that I am quite experienced in this...

Uh... you once told me that you had many miscarriages when you were a slave... Your belly is a sacred temple for giving birth to children. Multiple miscarriages will cause this temple to become damaged. Wind and rain can easily invade and make it difficult for children to survive, and so far I have not seen any women who have damaged temples able to repair them..."

Nesia lowered her eyes weakly and was silent for a long time. Then she slowly stood up and prepared to open the door.

"Adjutant Nesia..." Emmerich said hesitantly: "...You and I have worked together for more than half a year, and we are very familiar with each other. I have a few words from my heart...I don't know if you want to hear it. ?”

Nesia turned her head and saw that the other party's expression became solemn. She felt a little uneasy for no reason, but she still said: "Go ahead."

"You suffered a lot in Italy, and it took a lot of effort to get here, and you went through several bloody battles before you established today's Knicks... The stability of the tribe today is all thanks to Leader Maximus!

He is favored by the gods, which is the confidence of all the tribesmen, but if... he has never had children, then the tribesmen will be worried, fearing that the gods have abandoned their care for him. When the leader gets old, the tribe will surely It can’t last long…”

Emmerich saw Nesia's hands clenching her thighs and her fingers turning white, but he still continued: "For the sake of the tribe, you should persuade the leader... to marry another wife.

Of course, you can choose a woman for the leader who is close to you and whom you can trust, so that you two can take care of each other in the main house. In the future, if she gives birth to a child, you can raise it with her, just like your own child... "

After Emmerich finished speaking, when he saw Nesia standing there, he didn't dare to stay any longer and hurriedly walked out of the room.

After closing the door, he vaguely heard sobbing coming from inside, and he sighed with a complicated expression...

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In the afternoon of the same day, Emmerich asked to see Maximus again on the grounds that he "wanted to ask the leader for advice on which gods to choose and which temples to build."

"Emmerich, let me tell you the truth." Maximus stepped back and said solemnly: "In view of the fact that the future development and growth of our tribe depends on the entire great river plain, and most of the tribes on the plain believe in It’s you druids, so what we believe in should be as similar as possible to them. That’s why I let you take the lead in this matter-"

Maximus looked at Emmerich, and seeing his calm expression, he emphasized his tone and said in a deep voice: "But most of the formal people in the tribe do not believe in your gods. If this thing is not done well, it will cause them dissatisfaction, and even lead to conflicts among the tribes, then we will have to stop building the Celtic god temple in the tribe. This will be a loss for the tribe, and it will be your loss, so for this matter! You have to work harder to do things well, not bad things!”

"Chief, I understand what you said. I have consulted with many people in the past few days and have some preliminary ideas. I would like to ask you to help me see if it can work." Emmerich was well prepared and sincere. said.

"You tell me first and listen."

“I don’t know what the distance is, but we Skodisci, Noriki, Yabod, Boi, and the Pannoni who are influenced by us have always respected nature and often worshiped it. The most important thing is the sacred stone and the sacred forest.

However, the vast majority of the official Nix people respect gods similar to our own. If sacred stones and sacred groves are built in the tribe, they may not have any interest.

During my interactions with them, I also found that most people are more willing to worship female gods, especially goddesses who are benevolent and tolerant, can protect families, and promote fertility. I think this is because they have suffered too much in the past. It is related to the desire for a stable and prosperous life.

In order to make it easier for more formal ethnic groups to accept it, and for the reserve ethnic groups and people from other tribes not to be disgusted... I thought about it and decided to build the temple of the goddess Danu first——"

"Goddess Danu?"

"Danu is the creator god of our entire Celtic race. She is the mother of the earth and the source of water. She gave birth to all things and contained them. She is full of endless love for all things. Therefore, Celtic People have great respect for her..."

"Mother of the Earth, Source of Water...sounds very good..." Maximus thought for a while and asked: "What does the goddess Danu look like?"

"Goddess Danu is ever-changing, just like water. We mortals cannot describe her true appearance." Emmerich paused, looked directly at Maximus, and said with an unprecedented seriousness: "But leader, you should know !”

"Me?" Maximus thought Emmerich was joking, but Emmerich continued extremely seriously: "Goddess Danu created our world, gave birth to all things, and also created a pantheon of gods. Her There are many descendants, except for some famous gods, other gods are unknown even to us druids.

It is precisely because the goddess Danu is so broad that she never favors any mortal beings, but she dotes on her own children, and you, leader, have always been favored by the gods——"

Emmerich suddenly stopped talking and looked at Maximus with bright and meaningful eyes.

Maximus opened his mouth, was silent for a moment, and finally couldn't help but speak: "You mean to say that I am the descendant of Goddess Danu?!"

Emmerich responded solemnly: "Since ancient times, various Celtic tribes have circulated such stories. Whenever the Celts are in danger, the benevolent goddess Danu will send one of her descendants, Reincarnate into a tribe, grow up to become a hero, lead the Celtics to overcome difficulties and restore glory. After the hero's human body dies of old age, he will return to the divine world..."