Augustus Road

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Calabis walked in and said that I should have come to greet you early in the morning, but was delayed due to busy work. The property I manage has been paying your share on time.

"No, I'm tired of money, it's a burden... Cicero was right, what's the use of all this extravagance? Now I'm envious of Caesar, even Pompey, they The money is useful, and I only spend it for the sake of spending. Oh, Calabis, sit down, I forgot to entertain you." Luculas handed over a napkin, and then the cook brought a plate of eight treasures. Dormouse, Luculas ate a piece and continued: "You are still willing to come and see me. The Romans would only say, look, that is Luculas, and then he is very rich, but he is both He did not entertain us for a campaign, nor raise us for an expedition, and we can forget him—and indeed he is, Carabis, do you remember how many freemen I had behind me in my triumph? ?”

"Three hundred and seventy-seven." Calabis sat down and returned.

"Your memory is so clear..." Luculas then said sadly, "Now maybe not even one-tenth is gone. Marcus and I's Prima was very popular for a while, but now But there are no people left, and the free people who protected him have left to find new dignitaries." After saying that, he smiled bitterly, "I can understand Demetrius now. What he did is just better than others. You're just one step ahead. By the way, Calabis, I heard that you became Caesar's sequestre?"

Calabis couldn't deny it, because he saw Luculas's eyes shining with a compelling light, and the tuna on the battlefield woke up again, so he decided to tell the truth, "Yes, because I need his promise." A project."

"Will you leave me too?" Luculas suddenly asked.

"No." When he asked this question, Calabis happened to eat a piece of dormouse meat. To be honest, he didn't know why the Romans liked this stuff, especially the salt cubes and spice paste that were so deadly that they didn't pay for it. This strong and heavy taste brushed from his throat straight to his forehead, causing his face to become a little distorted and his mouth to grin. However, in Luculas' eyes, it was an extremely excited and determined expression.

"Yes, yes, you now have nearly one million Sethus, but you are still willing to come and greet me - you are not that kind of person." Luculas slowly shook his gray-haired head, and then He went on to ask a question that surprised Calabis, "After your death, are you willing to enter our family's cemetery? Together with Marcus and Kelly."

Hearing this, Calabis felt strange. After death, several grown men, the master, the mentally retarded second master, the personal shield-wielding slave, and me, were still lying next to each other intimately...

Just when Calabis was thinking about this problem, Luculas sent a ring. He took it and looked at it. It had the Latin words "Calabis Marcus" engraved on it.

"This is......"

"This is a symbol of your willingness to promise to continue to protect Marcos after my death." Luculas said, "I will not allow my brother to be harmed in any way, even after my death. My physical condition, I believe Kelly I also told you, I am afraid that I will not survive five consul terms..."

"Why not Kelly?" Karabis asked quietly.

"Kelly, he is absolutely loyal, but his ability is not enough. I plan to release him as a free citizen after my death." Luculas leaned on the dining chair and said quietly, "How about you? Think about it, you are a free citizen now, and your heir will soon become a knight. As long as you become Marcus's adopted son and swear to do your best to support him, make him happy, and protect this family, I can still consider it. I entrust you with an inheritance of no less than five thousand talents, but you must fight to the death with an evil woman like Claudia, including her brother, who will not fail to covet the inheritance. "

After a moment of silence, the other party's reply was to gently push the ring back, "My patron, I promise to continue to protect Marcos after your death. But I have my own family, and I don't want it to be because of your huge amount of money." family property, causing trouble for them.”

"Are you serious? You and Poti are not really married. She can give birth to children for you, but you will need a formal marriage in the future. This will be good for the future of Paluma and your other sons. "Luculas also looked at Calabis calmly and advised, "Consider it, because no one in the entire Roman city wants to be the adopted son of Marcus. My property will really become a liability. Tired."

"I will fulfill my oath. Please allow me to take leave now. I have asked Kelly to send your manuscript to the study." Calabis stood up and said goodbye politely.

Luculus suddenly said loudly: "My dear Carapis, I hope you can abandon this weird idea now. You are capable and you have some property now. In fact, the only thing you are afraid of is that you can't control my huge wealth. You are afraid of being involved in the vortex of fighting for this, but why? You are also Caesar's sequestre now, which means that your feet have stepped into the sand of the Colosseum. There is no possibility of turning back. Once there is a fight in Rome, do you think no one will take a fancy to your millions of sesquiterres? Believe me-in Rome, no one can stay out of it. Instead of guarding your own share and having no ability to fight back, it is better to accept my big share and knock down the enemies in front of you one by one."

At this time, the cook finally brought the spliced ​​peacock tongue on a golden plate. Carapis stood in front of the bronze door, bowed gently to the Lord, and then left.

But after a market day, Carapis sent people to install a fireplace with caryatids in the study of the lord, which was integrated with his study. The brothers Luculus and Marcus were busy with pliers and picks all day long, and almost abandoned their favorite fish farming business. Appropriate tribute is also one of the contributions of free people to the lord. Generally, tributes are placed on the large display cabinet in the courtyard of the lord, but Carapis's tribute is obviously impossible to display on it.

Next, Luculus Prima Villa once again took the lead in luxury consumption in Rome, and quickly set off a wave of "fireplace style". Carapis quickly seized the opportunity and asked Milu, Pope and others to recruit corresponding guild craftsmen to form multiple construction teams. With the municipal contract obtained by Caesar for him, he first installed rooftop hot springs and affordable fireplaces for some knights' apartments at a very favorable price.

Afterwards, the nobles and other knights and freemen could not hold back any longer. Orders came in like snowflakes. Carapis promptly deployed all the troops, from Rome to Campania. Even Crassus was surprised by the speed. Various fireplaces filled various brick and stone buildings in Rome. Even civilians could enjoy this service when walking in public villas or gardens.

This thing was too much for the Romans, especially in early spring when the chill was still strong. Many lovers and ladies had to wrap their proud bodies in thick clothes, which made their lovers very disgusted. Now with this thing, even if the cold wind was howling outside, as long as the blinds were pulled down and a blazing fire was lit, the enchanting women could wear sexy pajamas as thin as cicada wings and enjoy themselves with their lovers.

And the chain effect is that the demand for bricks and ironware used for fireplaces has increased sharply. The fleets transporting these materials on the Tiber River have to load and unload goods in front of the Warin warehouse one by one, paying the not-cheap warehouse fees.

Within three months, Carabis helped all the veterans and craftsmen realize their dreams: Milou owned a small villa, Pope's wife contracted an apartment building in the prime location of Giucora Street, and Tagus's daughter's dowry was so large that all the neighbors envied it...

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