Podarérios returned to Thessaloniki and began to assist Abrias in the administration of the court. Ever since the regency of Abrias, I have always felt a lot of pressure and have been busy with things all day.

The authorities are obsessed with bystanders, but he is still working alone as before, lacking the strength and wisdom of borrowing others reasonably. Podare Rios came back to work with his second uncle for a few days and saw this, but he didn't show it because of his scheming, just very low-key, silent and obscure. Although the king made it clear that he should be the regent's assistant, he was very modest and listened to his uncle in everything. Abrias liked this polite nephew, even though he looked cold and a little arrogant.

Podare Rios obeys the precepts of the ancient books and does not show the dew. The so-called talent is the wisdom and strategy hidden in the chest, and it is only when necessary that it is displayed to take charge of the overall situation. It is by no means a show-off capital, which has no real real benefit.

Podarerios often visited his grandmother, Akmina, and the queen loved him very much. In addition, he always stayed with the good friends brought from Rome, talked about philosophy, studied the methods of warfare, ate and slept together, and were inseparable. The Macedonian prince was born in Thessaloniki and grew up in Rome. He is fluent in Greek and Latin, so he has no barriers to communication here. But he was still more accustomed to living in Rome.

He and his newly married wife, Athena, were respectful of each other and did not seem to be very warm. This young couple, one from Rome and the other from Asia, were really destined to meet thousands of miles away. Across thousands of mountains and rivers across the sea and ocean, the living customs and humanistic atmosphere are different. Fortunately, both of them spoke Greek and had no problem communicating. It's just that......

Athena is a princess, and she has the beauty of a closed moon and a shy flower, and she always looks dignified and reserved. She is known as the first beauty in Asia after the Persian princess Qianduo, and has both Macedonian and Babylonian blood. She waits for her husband to lead her in falling in love step by step. Seventeen-year-old Podare Ríos doesn't seem to be in a hurry to be caught up in love, he wants to enjoy his freedom and have fun.

This undoubtedly upset Athena, who felt that Podare Rios was not interested in her. "Doesn't he like me?" She was distraught and thought a lot.

"Obviously at the wedding, I saw his fiery eyes, so meaningful. Isn't that what you love about me? But why is he so indifferent now, this scoundrel. I am a noble and glamorous princess, how can I take the initiative. But he just wouldn't come. ”

Now in a distant foreign land, Athena can only rely on her husband. She had to try to love him. She had a crush on the prince, but Podare Rios didn't come to coax her. She secretly cried about this, and her life after her new marriage was similar to that in the boudoir, and she was still with a few familiar maids all day long. Her mother likes this son-in-law very much, he is young and has a city government, knows how to be polite, and looks sensible. She believed that her daughter was right to marry the child.

In Podarerios' view, his new wife, Athena, was like Athena, the goddess of Greek mythology. Noble and beautiful, she is always so reserved, he doesn't know how to get close. Since I am my wife, I have her in my heart, so I just think of her. As for how to approach her, the Macedonian prince will not bother to think about this, he is the future king of powerful Macedonia! There's still a lot to do. and he was in the habit of giving orders, and all the people obeyed; He is accustomed to being honorable and serving by all.

It seemed to him that there was now a haughty and unruly princess who had become his wife, and he could not retreat. So he went to play with his friends more often, unfettered and free.

In the past, perhaps the Macedonian prince was too young to take it seriously. This time, Podare Ríos is back with a special mission, and he has to take it seriously. So he began to find a way to get close to Athena.

Soon the following spring, the earth thawed and everything came back to life. The creatures appear to be prosperous and lively. The armies are about to make a new move. However, just as Macedonia had won its initial victory and launched a large-scale counteroffensive smoothly, a terrible thing broke out in the kingdom - the Macedonian plague epidemic.

Years of war and chaos have seen corpses everywhere. After a simple burial, such treatment is obviously not enough. But at that time, people did not know anything about microorganisms. Viruses have already evolved many new functions and characteristics that are lurking in the world. In the early spring of that year, Larissa was hit by flash floods and an earthquake struck Tyris. Due to the poor handling of the dead and wounded refugees, infectious diseases soon broke out, and the plague that had been dormant for many years broke out.

The plague first appeared in these two cities, and the citizens of Larissa and Tyris were really leaking and raining. After the natural disaster, the plague swept away the survivors. And this time the natural disaster is even more fatal. After the outbreak of the epidemic, the imperial court began to pay attention. In order to control the spread of the epidemic, the roads leading to both cities were set up with checkpoints, which were strictly guarded by soldiers, and only healthy people could enter and exit.

This plague is highly transmissible and deadly. Infected people may get better depending on their physical fitness, while those with moderate constitution can last longer, and those with weak constitution are infected for three to five days and die in a week. There are a small number of people who are in it but will never be infected. Urban areas are partially infected, and clean and hygienic areas are often rarely or not infected.

But unexpectedly, a month later, a plague broke out in Catalan, a nearby city of Tyris. Even some of the gatekeepers were infected, and the epidemic escalated further. The Kingdom of Macedonia began to panic, and the rest of the uninfected city dwellers were at risk.

Abrias has urgently introduced measures to strengthen sanitation in the municipalities and to further lock down the affected cities. Especially in the capital of Thessaloniki, he set up three tight checkpoints on the periphery of the capital, and he must not allow half of the virus to enter the city of Thessaloniki.

King Gueras was concerned when he heard the news from the country, and he wanted to go back to Thessaloniki to rest for a while. It was better to lead his troops to the north, gather troops in Budapest, and directly attack the central Germanic region. This is also good to stay away from the source of the disease. However, the grain and grass materials that were originally transported to the front line are like rushing rivers, but now due to the impact of the plague, they have become trickling streams, and the daily products for maintaining the army have been greatly reduced.

If the army does not give, it will not be powerful. The Macedonian spring offensive came to a halt and the offensive slowed down.