Augustus Road

In Laconia now, the Lepidus family has regained its former power. According to Yulia, the Crean disciples are "flying back" one after another like migratory birds over the winter, even though she is just a prostitute. , but every morning there were hundreds of people who went to the Manor of Ofilenou to pay their respects to her and Lepidus, who was away on an expedition.

"However, according to my investigation, Julia, your grandfather has a bad reputation in Rome." On the way, Lepidus said bluntly.

"Yes, every powerful person's reputation in Rome will not be good." Yulia didn't seem to take it seriously.

"It's like this. The Lepidus family has been stained since your grandfather's time. When the traitor Sulla died, your grandfather raised troops in the name of the 'Popular Party' and prepared to enter the city of Rome to become Dictado. You Do you know why your grandfather failed so quickly?" Yulia readily admitted that as a famous woman, she was naturally insensitive to the political arena, but she was willing to listen to Li Bida's analysis.

"That's because after Sulla led the legion to take power in the country, he crazily attacked the populist party, especially in Etrunia, Samona and Rocagna. Many powerful people were deprived of their civil rights, property and All the land was confiscated, but your grandfather took advantage of this opportunity to buy the victim's auctioned properties at low prices, quickly accumulated a large amount of wealth, and laid a foundation in the army. However, the side effects of this are also obvious. That is, when he rebelled, the aristocratic party in the Senate decisively issued the order of rebellion, and the civilian party also had an extremely distrustful attitude towards him - can your grandfather have any good consequences when everyone betrays his relatives? "

Yulia nodded lightly, "Although I don't quite understand what you said, I think you are right."

While talking, they arrived at the outskirts of Laconia, where Habaruka was climbing up and down the wind tower, instructing the craftsmen to survey the building terrain. "Have the sacrifices been done?" Lepidus turned back and asked Yulia. The other party nodded and said that the answers to the gods' requests were all in good faith. He also sent priests to dig trenches with sacred plows. This area The boundaries of the territory have been delineated.

"How do you declare the use of this area to the outside world?" Lepidus was very cautious. Although this is not a Roman city, wanton actions will still tell the truth.

But Julia was very relaxed, "I am a patron descendant of the Laconian people. I have the power to expropriate land from local villages. I will soon build four large-scale Setfinisterres (large estates). There are seven Villas (farms), and there are villages where slaves and farmers work. What’s so strange about this?” Lepidus nodded, and Julia was right. There was one in Rome. The unwritten rule is that as long as you don't mess around within the walls of Rome, tossing around in faraway places, it's usually not too noticeable.

The huge land around this area was divided by trenches on the outside, and the land on the inside began to be leveled. Yulia could clearly see that according to the plan that Lepidus had given him in advance, many criss-crossing roads had been opened up on this land. There is a square base for gatherings in the center, and there is also a foundation for large buildings on the northeast side. Yulia pointed to the rows of craftsman tents there and asked Lepidus: "What is it used for?"

"Well, I'm going to build a stadium there, with a target room, a powder sand field, an oiling room, and the famous local Laconia sweat baths, with a length of 500 Roman feet each framed in the middle* *field......"

"This is not Setfinisterre at all, is it? You are building a quasi-military camp." Yulia suddenly asked. She is a descendant of soldiers and is naturally familiar with this kind of planning - standard streets, small apartment building, as well as a large stadium with shooting targets and shot put throwing. Then she pointed to a high point in the place, "That must be the temple of the commune."

Lepidus pondered for a while, looked at her and said: "You are right, the temple dedicated to King Numa - during the expedition in Lusitania, I took control of a small auxiliary army. Most of these people were formerly La La. The freed slaves in Konya joined the army to gain citizenship rights and a future. I will satisfy them. Even after their service period expires, they will enjoy the resettlement houses and communes like the legionnaires who were ordinary citizens. "\u003c, reminded.

"Precisely because they are slaves, and we are the ones who paid the manumission tax for these people, we are their masters. They will be discharged from the army after ten years. If they do not want to beg on the streets of Rome or freeze to death, they have to live in peace and quiet. Live here, marry, have children and raise offspring. We will give them support and property. Correspondingly, they must worship the gods of the Lepidus family. They and their offspring must practice martial arts and act as private soldiers at any time. Our family serves." Lepidah explained clearly to Yulia.

"I will naturally support you in this kind of thing. To regain the lintel of the family and defeat the enemies of the family, you must have armed and loyal servants." Yulia said, "Also, I have considered that Ofilenu's After the financial resources are further expanded, I will use means to integrate the entire Laconia into this commune, and it will become bigger and bigger. Those who do not want to worship the god Numa, I will expel them in various names, and then use sticks to banish them. Take their land!"

Li Bi Da thought that this young widow was quite cruel, but she seemed to be more and more like him (who was also changing). He couldn't help but think of some old lyrics, which were sung by an old couple of retired teachers in his high school at the New Year's Day welcome party, "The little sister sings and the man plays the piano, man, we are of one mind." Although it was a bit incongruous to think of such a scene...

After a couple with no conscience in name reached a "secret offensive and defensive alliance", Li Bi Da continued to board the "Carabia". Even though it was against the wind, he ignored the rules of sailing in the Roman era and relied on the manual labor of the oarsmen to sail. He tried his best to reach the port of Ostia as quickly as possible, where Caesar was waiting for him. Caesar said in a letter that he had separated himself from the legion according to the Senate's request and stayed outside the furrow of the Roman wall, giving up the great triumphal procession and asking to run for the consul next year. However, Cato the Younger in the Senate tried his best to stop him. The tactic adopted by Cato the Younger was that when he met in the Temple of Concordia, he would speak for a long time without any sense of time, and it was so long that there was no end until dusk, when the Senate could only announce the adjournment. In this way, Caesar's consul registration was put on hold again and again. Once the deadline was exceeded, Caesar would automatically lose his qualifications and could only enjoy the triumphal procession that brought him vanity. (End of Volume 3) (To be continued.)