Chapter 9 - Bad hunches (1/2)
Flavio woke up with the light of the window and unlike the previous days, he could see his mother sleeping next to him while she was hugging him.
She was crying all night because she fell guilty for hates Flavio in the last 5 years, she doesn't want to be mother to young but she no had other option it was the decision of her dad Augusto, 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 life, 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 the family when is necessary
He never lacked anything material or affection of his grandparents but he always felt a void for not having the love of his parents, never will be the same the love of a mother or dad than the love of other familiars.
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.
When Flavio was thinking Julia wake up and see her little son seeing to the window, she just hugs more his son ”My little son mama will be there for you.”
Flavio just smiles and leaves her mother to cuddle him in the morning.
After performing his daily routine, he went out with Sadiki to explain how to make the compost in a large number of barrels with fecal stools, leftovers, bones, fish guts, among other ingredients they put inside the barrels in the order of Flavio say, then the barrels were sealed and taken away to the shed.
The special shed that only had constructed the basement, was enough to protect the barrels of any kind of troubles in another part the barrels can have.
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.
After that process the compost in the barrels must be emptied in sacks, it's important the compost 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 the stirrups for a while, he calls sadiki to give notice to the young master he has ended the make of stirrups, some time passed and Flavio arrived at the place.
He took the stirrups with his right hand and start look the stirrups for a while and placed his other hand on his chin after thinking a little bit, ”I think the stirrups are so simple but its enough for change the wars of the future of Roma”.
Flavio 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 see his result and see Benicio ”It's finished, please take a ride Benicio you will be in the storybooks like the first man in story to create and use stirrups.”
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 horse
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