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After completing their physical training, Apis and his soldiers went to the annex barracks, where the Roman legions held slaves, and where the retinue of wealthy soldiers and officers lived, and the retinue of these officers generally took care of the slaves' daily meals. Of course, only the scraps of food were given to the slaves at a time. The exception was Apis, however, for the slaves of Apis were treated in the same way as freedmen in the entire legionary camp - eating bread and drinking clean water. And Appis's retinue was also hired temporarily, and compared to the centurion's salary and the discount of the spoils captured by Apis in the past few months, hiring two free men was not worth mentioning for Apis.

Amesus, when Appis' retinue saw his master coming, nervously reported the latest situation to his master—the Germanic maiden was very uncooperative, enjoying the best treatment among slaves, but she was very rude, and sneered at the bread that Amesus had sent.

"Okay, you go out, let me train her alone."

Appis said evilly, and the servant Amesus walked away with great amusement, leaving Appis and Emma with him again in the tent.

"Romans, if you don't want this to me, I will be grateful to you, in my eyes you will always be demons, killing my family and burning our villages."

As soon as Amisus walked on his front foot, Emma yelled at Apis. Wild ponies are the hardest to tame, and Appis had his first instinct.

"Make no mistake about it, barbarian, your mother committed suicide, and I wasn't the one who burned your village."

Appis returned coldly. Looking at the barbarian girl in front of her, who was still so arrogant, Appis sometimes wondered if she was too good to the slave, so until now, she has not been obedient. The other slaves had already been beaten and scolded to obedience, but this Emma was still like a wild kitten, biting people when she saw them.

"It's not you, but you're a Roman, and it's the Romans who burned my village and forced my mother to kill herself. The Romans are devils, I curse you! ”

Emma yelled at Apis, and if it weren't for the fact that her hands and feet were tied, Apis could have been sure that the "mad woman" would have picked up a chair and smashed it at her.

"That's because your people attacked the Roman legions first, and the legions crossed the Rhine to punish your tribe. No country, tribe, will not watch its army be attacked without fighting back, and if your people attack other tribes, I guarantee that they will attack your people's territory with their armies, just like Rome. The only thing you're right about is that these people who didn't go to war, they are innocent, but they're going to be slaughtered. ”

Emma yelled, and Appis sat down in front of the barbarian girl, coldly analyzing her. In fact, Apis was right when he said that the Sucumbri were just one of many Germanic tribes that were at war with each other for territory and food before the arrival of the Romans. If either side loses the war, the winner will plunder the loser, and slaughter is a regular occurrence.

It's just that the culture of the Romans and the Germanic people is different, the Germanic people are tribal, there is no state, there is no government, and then their people do not have the concept of paying taxes, and even the people of the Germanic tribes think that paying taxes is a manifestation of the weak, which is unreasonable.

But Rome is a republic, a country, the concept of taxation is natural in the eyes of the Romans, the government guarantees social order and social order, and provides the army to ensure the safety of the people, and the people are obliged to pay all kinds of taxes and fees to maintain the operation of the government. This was the concept of the Romans, so every time Rome conquered a place, it demanded that the people of that place pay taxes, which was one of the purposes of Rome's conquest of neighboring countries, but this worked in other Mediterranean regions, but not on the Germanic side, so every Germanic town, village, and riot that was occupied by the Romans often occurred.

The Germanic tribes conquered each other, the conflict of war, but the clash of cultures, but for Rome, there was a serious cultural conflict, so the hatred of the barbarians towards Rome was often bitter.

Also, Rome is a slave country, although the country is so strong, the entire Mediterranean Sea is in its arms, and the territory spans the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, but it is still essentially a slave country, the Romans have become accustomed to slavery, the concept of slavery is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even the Romans themselves will enslave their own people, those civilians who are in debt, because they can't afford to pay their debts, many of them have become slaves, sent all day long, and even abused.

However, Germanic is a primitive tribal form, and in their dictionary, there is no such thing as a slave.

In the primitive gods of Germanic worship, there was no need for slaves, and their daily lives were so simple, hunting, fighting, drinking, bragging, not even a little decent agriculture, such a simple social form, no agriculture, no industry, no need for superfluous labor at all, so there was no need for slaves. They regard slavery as the lowest act, and only the lowliest, most undignified people will be slaves of others.

So, when the Romans defeated their armies and wanted to enslave their people, it is conceivable that the resistance of these Germanic tribes was strong...... Various conceptual and cultural differences led to the wars between Rome and the Germanic peoples that lasted for hundreds of years, and even the mighty empire was finally destroyed by these blood-drinking tribes and barbarians.

Apis knew the root of the problem, but he wouldn't tell Emma, because with Emma's current knowledge and experience, Apis could promise to tell her ten thousand times, and she wouldn't understand. The barbarian girl has not gone to a formal school, and all the knowledge of civilization comes from the teachings of his father and mother, but in an ordinary barbarian family, what kind of family education can you expect her parents to have?

"But I still hate you."

Appis's words seemed to have some truth, and Emma's emotions calmed down a little. But she still hated the Romans, but she didn't have the same hatred for Apis as she had been, because, indeed, the Roman army had destroyed her home, but Apis had not participated in the raid, and had protected herself before the arrival of the Roman soldiers, and she had seen two Roman soldiers sternly broken apart by Apis. And during his time in the barracks, Appis did let his subordinates treat him well, without any disrespect and abuse. Everything made Emma very entangled with the Roman officer in front of her. On the one hand, his companion is a murderer, but on the other hand, he himself does not look like a bad person and does not do evil.

"It is natural, and no conquered, enslaved tribe will be grateful to those who conquer them."

Apis replied calmly.

Emma's mood gradually became sluggish, and even, in the corners of her eyes, a few crystal tears appeared.

"Can you let me go back?"

After thinking for a moment, Emma said slowly.

However, Appis's answer was very cruel and realistic.

"Do you think it's possible? First of all, as the centurion of the legion, I can't let you go back, because I have the legion commander above me, and I have Caesar. Let you go back, they will think that I have freed my slaves, and let you go and report the information here for your people, and they will think that I am a traitor. Then I myself will be arrested and executed. Secondly, even if I let you go, will your people still accept you? The Germanic people all know that the Romans treated prisoners of war and slaves, and they would think that during your time in the Roman barracks, you lost your chastity and everything you should have been, so with the way your people did it, do you think it is possible for you to be accepted and accommodated after you go back? Not killing you is already their mercy. ”

Appis's words made Emma completely desperate, but it was true, the war was so cruel that people often did not even have the right to choose.