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After seeing that Domujiang didn't express anything strong, Lepidus calmed down and said to Anthony: "The settlement of the debt of two hundred and fifty talents is nothing to me. Caesar's debt is several times that of yours. Now Didn’t it resolve it with my help? But not now, we can’t be in a hurry. Anyway, your debt is guaranteed by Curio. I am willing to give you a hundred talents immediately. With this money, first Go to Greece to practice speech and martial arts, and prepare to take over the Egyptian Restoration Army. Remember to wait for me in Greece or Asia! "

Seeing that the conversation between Antony and Lepidus was getting more and more serious, Curio couldn't help but become a little wary. He insisted that the construction of the Pompeii Coliseum was entirely his responsibility. Lepidus should not try to get involved, he would rely on this great public projects to accumulate capital for his future as a consul. Lepidus smiled secretly and said to Curio: "Do you think I really want to undertake this project? It was just the smoke I released in advance. Yes, it was the smoke that attracted you Curio. Maybe you don't know , now I have long been the chief deacon of Crassus’s Strady Committee.”

Hearing this, Coolio was stunned, so that was it.

Crassus had earlier asked the Senate to establish a national foundation in his own name. The reason why it is said to be an individual is because most of the donations for this foundation were built by mobilizing knights with his own personal power (of course, During this period, some expedients of the Republic were also borrowed); it is said to be a national foundation, and the money paid into this foundation by the knights is exactly one-third of the tax deposit that was reduced by Caesar's new jurisprudence. Crassus arrived in three years. A ten-year repayment period and the promise of high interest payments will encourage everyone to invest.

Of course, was Crassus's proposal, which was suspected of "public for private", met with opposition from some specially selected fathers in the Senate? Of course there is, but Crassus's answer was that he arrogantly gave the oldest one a hard slap in the face, in front of six hundred senators. It is said that the senator went home and lay down for a few days, and when he got up he The ears are deafened.

What is this money for? Of course, Curio only found out in the past two days that after he won the right to build Pompeii's Coliseum after a fierce competition, he discovered that the 10,000 talents Pompey had withdrawn from the treasury, plus the 3,000 talents bribed by the Pharaoh, actually amounted to Forty percent of the capital was invested in the bottomless pit of the Grand Theater! However, this is also the reason why he, Curio, is working hard to win this project, as long as he gets a share of the pie.

On the other hand, the rest of Pompey's money was used to fulfill his previous promise at the people's meeting in the Grand Square: to provide generous resettlement land and money to all veterans who participated in the Mithridatic War in the East for more than five years. was not enough, he urgently needed Crassus' financial help.

Lepidus took advantage of this opportunity and asked Crassus to set up this foundation, which was to establish several colonies of veterans with reading skills on the Strady Plain near Campania. It not only built Pompey's I am unable to relocate nearly 5,000 veterans in the city, and I have also promised to relocate them in Sardinia, Etrunia, and the future Yunonia region, who have served in the Mithridatic War for less than five years. There are about 5,000 veterans of the war.

"This is what I promised you in advance to prepare for your future expedition to Parthia, the backbone of veterans in the legion." This was Lepidus' reward to Crassus, because they were not so polite to Pompey. I made an agreement with this great general: I will place these nearly 10,000 soldiers for you, so that they will have a safe future and you will not be troubled, but you must also agree that from now on, these 10,000 soldiers will not be troubled. All the careers of the veterans have nothing to do with you. The pillars in front of the Curia Grand Hall in their colonial city are all engraved with the names of the real donors - Licinius Crassus, and of course Aemilius. Lepidus, and if they resume service in the future, they will all join the legion under the name of Crassus.

Pompey readily agreed. With only ten thousand veterans, Crassus, a weakling on the battlefield, could not play any earth-shattering role.

"That's actually the case." Curio said clearly, and then Lepidus told him that he would go to the Strady Plains in the next day to inspect the construction of the Veterans' Colony, and then pursued him, "How about, will Yunonia be destroyed?" Give me the list of the twenty-member committee?”

Curio sneered. In this way, in this "little four-headed monster" alliance, Marco won the command of the expedition to Egypt. You helped Crassus win a large number of veterans, and Claudius will definitely be secure. Am I not the only one who has not obtained the seat of tribune?

"No, Curio, you can win us, with our help." Lepidus said cunningly, and then he added: "After our covenant was established, I was at the foot of the Evandini Hill, by the street of Ostia. All river warehouses and ships will be rented to you at low prices first, so that you can save a lot of money when building the Pompeii Coliseum. "

"There must be a price to pay for this, right?"

"Of course, I need the latest correspondence between you and Cicero - please be assured that I am definitely not trying to harm you, but the consul Caesar also said to me that I hope I can advise you not to communicate with Cicero. Cicero came too close, and he wanted to know Cicero's recent state of mind." Lepidus spoke lower and lower until his voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible.

Curio smiled, held up the glass of wine without knowing it, and said, "I understand. Anyway, I have to pay attention to the project in Rome, and I really don't have time to worry about the revival of Carthage. I'll leave it to you." It doesn't matter, as long as you can fully support Marco...

After Curio and Anthony left drunkenly, when Lepidus held his dizzy head and ran to the special wooden defecation place in the tavern and sat on it to defecate, the door opened with a creak. The proprietress Domuka walked in fiercely while shaking her huge breasts, lifted up her skirt and sat on the seat next to Lepida. However, this is not surprising in Rome, because the toilets here are not differentiated between men and women.

"What crazy talk were you just talking about! You actually want to avenge that drunkard Anthony and attack Princia? You bastard, this pile of feces is the last pile you pulled in my tavern. You are not welcome here in the future. arrival."

"Dormuro, in my eyes, you are a hero among women. You are Lepidus without the little Priapus, oh, or Lepidus with a big desire, oh, or..." The smell of alcohol was pouring out of Li Bida's mouth, and his tongue could not be clearly curled up, but before Domugang opened his mouth to taunt something, he continued to speak, which moved Domugang to the point of almost crying. , (To be continued.)