Augustus Road

It seems that the little widow did not say it, but she also recognized in her heart that Calabis had inherited her family. Her rare dressing up was to show her irreversible courage and ability today in the Laconia Square. It was not only the family's pace of recovery that was confirmed, but also her personal family future. This made her hold Karabis's hand and tremble a little.

Yulia's declaration was indeed effective. After a while, some people loudly asked about Calabis's identity, or about the recruitment benefits. Some people questioned the reputation of the Lepidus family and were unwilling to serve in return. The whole square suddenly became lively. Get up, more and more people gather.

"Those who have served as captains of tents in the past will enjoy double the pay when they return to service, and those who have served as centurions before will receive four times the salary! Veterans who have returned to service will receive a resettlement fee of four hundred dinars; new soldiers will receive four hundred dinars at a time. A surname of two hundred dinars will be given; if the slave is willing to be released to join the army, the owner will be compensated according to the price, and we are also willing to bear the slave release tax (when Rome releases slaves, it needs to pay taxes to the country). "Thirteen under the Iron Hands. The legion scale officers began to report the conditions loudly and proudly. To be honest, the conditions were quite generous even in Rome, because Calabis had received part of the money from the Temple of Saturn, which is where the treasury is located. Crassus and himself also paid part of it, so the treasury of the Thirteenth Legion is not short of money, but of people.

"Weapons, equipment and provisions are borne by the legion committee. You just need to pass the assessment immediately. The heavy infantry assessment is three-item-throwing shot put and javelin, running and swimming with a load, and the light-armor skirmisher is also three-item-bow and arrow throwing, jumping and climbing. , as long as you pass, there will be resettlement fees, and each heavy infantryman will be assigned a military slave!"

Just as people were rushing to prepare to receive the brand, Yulia on the stage suddenly added a condition: "During the entrance ceremony, you must swear an oath in front of the statue of the God of War and his wife, and together with the statue of King Numa. If you want to be free, The people and the freed slaves must swear personal allegiance to my man!”

As soon as these words came out, there was an immediate fluctuation in the crowd. A 40-year-old man with a beard and a few people immediately jumped up to the stall opposite and shouted: "This Thirteenth Army is just an auxiliary army. Everyone knows that the auxiliary legions have no food and salary, and they will use the grant of citizenship to trick barbarians and slaves into joining the army, but do we still need it? This Julia Lepidus is indeed the granddaughter of the general, but she made usury in advance. Participating in trade has already tarnished the family's reputation, and now we have brought a foreigner with unknown origins to trick us into being loyal, saying that he will inherit the family name."

This man's confrontation caused the square to fall into chaos. Calabis hurriedly patted his chest and explained to everyone: "The status of the Thirteenth Legion is only temporary. In two years, we will have a triumphal ceremony, and it will inevitably be upgraded to A formal legion. Did you see that my flag is the iron hand inherited from the ancestors of the traitor Catiline of the Republic? This army also made great achievements in the Yukxinghai expedition. Although the treasury only paid part of the food and salary. , but we have financial backers behind us, so we also have a legion treasury, and the salary will only be higher than other legions, believe me. "

"You are just a foreigner with a strange background. Look at his skin color and hair. They are different from us. He may just be a broker from Rome." The man continued to taunt loudly.

\u003cicii is all. Let me say a few more words to reveal the truth - you were originally an Epirus slave, and later followed Sulla and my grandfather's army. After completing your service, you obtained the status of icii (foreign naturalized person, II) with the help of your grandfather. and other citizens), but were not allowed to live in the city of Rome. They had to settle eighty Roman miles away, and only the next generation had the right to vote. You are still a disciple of our family, so you can't rebel if you want to! "The little widow has a stern voice. In the past, because of her family's decline and because she was a prostitute, she had no binding force on Laconia. But now that Calabis is by her side, she has a lot of power. That's right. , this man is right, she and he need a combination of family status and wealth to exert their greatest power. Now that the name of Lepidus is to restore prestige and effectiveness to Laconia, all the soldiers will. The statue of King Numa must be brought into the military camp and be loyal to it.

Valery didn't expect Yulia to recognize his identity, and he felt frightened. This girl was indeed similar to his grandfather. When his grandfather was alive, he could recognize everyone in the military camp, and she could do the same now. But, so what if she's just a prostitute? Then Valery kept shouting, irrationality and uncoolness took over his head. He not only mocked Calabis, but also mocked and insulted the Lepidus family, laughed at Old Lepidus's conspiracy against the Republic, and also laughed at Old Lepidus. Li Bida's wife Hongxing came out and said that she no longer considered herself a disciple of the Mengchen family. She felt ashamed even thinking about it because the patron never gave him what he deserved.

Julia made a prompt decision. She directly ordered the armed slaves to rush through the crowd, walk up to the high ground of the stall opposite, and tore Valery off the high ground in full view of everyone. "Where are the weapons brought by the recruits!" She stared at Calabis. asked, and then without waiting for his answer, he took out Calabis's dagger on his own initiative and threw it to the armed slaves through the crowd, "Slit his throat, this is what the Lord of Sanctuary should give him."

Soon, the unfortunate Valeri covered his bloody throat, stared at the sound of the air hissing and bursting, and fluttered his feet in the dust, but some people around him thought he was too much, and some were afraid of Julia. In short, no one dared to say sympathetic words, and they all watched Valeri's last breath.

"I reiterate that it was my man's dagger that killed Valeri, the retainer. He has the power to execute ungrateful family retainers, and also the power to get your loyalty." Julia held Carabis's hand and raised it again, saying.

Finally, 600 heavy infantrymen and 800 lightly armed skirmishers were recruited under Carabis. They swore an oath directly to the statue of King Numa brought by Julia in the square, and then entered the camp in the camp on the Oristano Plain after swearing an oath to the statue of Mars, and received the mark of the Thirteenth Legion.

"You go as soon as possible, I will go back to Orpheum." On the gravel ground by the sea, Julia said goodbye to Carapis calmly, "By the way, don't forget, your name is now Carapis Aemilius Cornelius Marcus f. Lepidus!" (To be continued.)