Rome Must Fall

Karlxi's eyes lit up, and Nikararedas beside him praised loudly: "Not bad, delicious!"

Agatacus, with a mouthful of wine foam, said in some doubt: "Is this really beer?"

No wonder he asked this question. These pirates have been to many Mediterranean port towns and drank beer from different regions, but they are all roughly the same: the wine is turbid, there are many dregs, the taste is bitter, and it is not pleasant to drink...

Because of this, the nobles and upper-class people in various regions of the Mediterranean have never disdained to drink beer. It is only a helpless choice for some lower-class people to quench their thirst and cheer up. Naturally, brewers will not spend more time and money to study how to improve the quality of this cheap alcoholic beverage.

But Maximus is different. From his previous life, he certainly knows what real beer looks like. Moreover, the current Nix tribe does not have the conditions to develop wine, but it is very feasible to develop beer. Therefore, when the tribe has a lot of surplus wheat stored, the brewing workshop was established with his strong support.

And every time the beer was brewed, Maximus would taste it himself, always making some picky suggestions, forcing the brewers to devote all their energy to brewing better beer in order to pass the chief's review. This is why it took a year for the beer brewed by the Nix tribe to be officially launched. Although Maximus was still not satisfied with it, it was much better than the beer in other parts of the Mediterranean.

Just as Chalsipompus and his friends began to drink beer, the dishes they ordered were served one after another.

"Delicious! So delicious!" Agatacus and others did not expect the Nix people's beer to be delicious, and every dish was so novel and delicious.

For example, fried fresh fish: it is to clean the fresh river fish, wrap it with flour, and fry it in boiling oil. It tastes crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, without any fishy smell. There were no olive trees in this area before, and naturally no olive oil, but now most of the tribesmen in the tribe raise pigs at home, and slaughter pigs to take fat for oil. Fried fish with lard is more fragrant, but it is also expensive, and ordinary families will not do it so luxuriously.

Another example is roasted chicken: Chicken is a common poultry in the Nix tribe, and the price is not expensive. The main seasoning - salt is also in sufficient supply in the market, but the chef of the restaurant marinates it with a special sauce and roasts it in a special earthen kiln. The roasted chicken served is golden and shiny, tender and juicy, and has an attractive aroma.

There are also special smoked sausages, tender and delicious mushroom stew, fragrant and delicious honey ham, and crispy fried beans... Each dish makes these pirates who have traveled most of the Mediterranean and have seen the world stare with wide eyes and drool. They eat voraciously, fearing that they will eat less if they say one more word.

In contrast, the diners at the surrounding tables are much more elegant as they talk and chat.

"I heard you watched the game yesterday?"

"Hey, don't mention it. I wouldn't have watched it if I had known. Our Westney team actually lost to Todlido!"

"Yeah, I didn't expect our team to lose! In the past two years, our team competed with Snowtia for the championship, but this year we couldn't even make it to the finals! It's really frustrating!"

This immediately caused a table of diners to curse, and then a guest at another table said loudly: "In fact, Westney's loss was not unfair. Todlido played well, especially their defense, which was too tight. In the first half, Westney didn't get a single point...

After these games this year, you should have found that the level of other town teams has also improved. It is impossible for Snowtia and Westney's teams to win as easily as before. This is a good thing for us because the game will become more exciting! "

"You are right, the game this year is indeed more intense. However, I think Todlido was able to beat Westney mainly because they dared to fight harder. Seeing the opponent rushing over with the ball, they dared to block it head-on, and even injured several of their own players for this -"

"Todlido's team is not only brave enough to fight harder, They are simply treating the game as a battle. Do you know that all the Pannoni players in the Todlido team are warriors from other Pannoni tribes who were defeated and captured by us before? They want to take revenge through the game! If it weren't for the game rules that "only one-third of the team can have Pannoni players", it would really be a battle if all the players were replaced by Pannoni players! "

"A group of defeated generals who surrendered and became reserve tribesmen of our tribe actually want to win the rugby game to prove that they are also warriors. This is simply a joke! ——"

"Shh! Don't say such things, be careful of the patrol The patrol team is accused of destroying the unity of the tribe. Please go to court for a talk! "

"As for me, a fight is a fight, and a game is a game. These are two completely different things. There is no need to take the results of the game too seriously! Look at Ophidilla. There are a total of four teams participating in the festival every year. They have never entered the finals. The tribesmen there are still happy to watch the games of other teams and cheer for them-"

"If I lived in Ophidilla, I would be ashamed of them! They are still teams from the main village area, and there are four teams. The game is still held there, and they don’t have the determination to win honor for their own town! "

"I don't think this can be blamed on the Ofidilia team. They can't select a group of people with the best football skills from urban residents like us. After a period of training, they can then select the ones in the best condition. Players form teams and go to competitions…

Ofidilia is not like this. Each village forms a team. Before the summer memorial ceremony, the teams in each village must first compete in a series of games. Only the top one or two teams from the east and west sides will be selected. Only then are you eligible to participate in the summer memorial ceremony.

The team formed by a village is definitely not as strong as the specially selected team formed by one of our towns, but there are more ethnic groups who can participate in the competition, and some villages even have people in their forties participating. This is in our Westeny is simply impossible, so even though the people of Ofidilia did not win the honor of commemorating the championship of the summer football game and did not receive the blessing of the goddess, they really enjoyed the fun of the game, unlike We can only be spectators! "

"Yes, this is what I envy the people of Ofidilia! But you don't have to be too depressed, because people continue to protest to the administrative office. Administrator Raius has decided to divide the city into Several parts form teams to compete, and the final winner can participate in the summer festival——"

"Is this true?!"

"If you don't believe it, you can wait until the summer memorial ceremony is over and read the notice posted by the Executive Office. And it's not just us, I heard that Snotia and Todlido are also planning to do this."

"Great! If I do it like Ofidelia next year, maybe I can play too!"

"You can't do it. You're still a little older after all. I can definitely do it!"

"Even though you are younger than me, you may not have the same physical strength as me. If you don't believe me, let's compete!"

"Compared with each other, I'm still afraid of you!"

"Stop arguing! We'll talk about next year's game next year, why are you yelling now! Why don't you pay close attention to tomorrow's final, Snotia versus Todlido, which team do you support?"

"Snotia is our brother team, of course we support Snodia!"

"It's boring to let Snotia win the championship. I support Todlido!"

"Snotia!"

"Toddledo!"

…

The restaurant suddenly became noisy and became as noisy as a market.

Because they had to go on the road, Carlsipimpas and the others had already finished their lunch in a hurry and left the restaurant to avoid further pain to their ears.

"Elder Carl Sipimpas, thank you for your hospitality! This is my first time to eat such sumptuous food at the House of Nix!" The coachman touched his slightly swollen belly and said with emotion: "I have long heard that the leader invented it. Fried fish, grilled chicken, honey ham... they are particularly delicious. After tasting them today, they are indeed true! ”

"You mean...what we ate just now was made by your leader?" Agatacus asked in surprise, looking back at the restaurant curiously.

"I heard that it was Chief Maximus who taught these cooking methods he invented to his steward Aconis. Later, the commercial officer Pygris asked Aconis to teach these cooking methods to Nick. Thanks to the chefs at Si House, we have the pleasure of eating these things today.”

The coachman explained with a smile: "At first, Pigris wanted to name these foods Maximus Roast Chicken, Maximus Fried Fish... He even promoted them in various towns. I heard that they were later criticized. The leader’s severe criticism prevented him from naming it that way.”

"I heard before that your leader is very intelligent. Not only can he defeat powerful enemies, but he can also design powerful weapons and equipment. I didn't expect that he can make such delicious food. It's... it's really amazing!" Si praised heartily.

The coachman replied proudly: "Of course, the leader of my family is the descendant of the great goddess Danu!"

This time none of the pirates expressed any objection or disapproval.

When the coachman went to hitch the carriage, Nikolaredas asked curiously: "Brother, what was the rugby game those people inside were talking about just now? What on earth is that?"

"I heard that leader Maximus was inspired by the goddess Danu and invented a kind of ball game. It is very intense and very interesting. I also like to watch it-" Calsipempas wanted to describe it in detail, but for a moment he was confused. I didn't know where to start, so I simply said: "Anyway, you will have a chance to see it tomorrow. I believe you will understand after seeing it."