Augustus Road

Caesar! It’s really amazing, Calabis thought to himself. Since he traveled through time, he has met all the top three giants, although none of them recognized him: he saw Pompey in Silesia, and he saw him in Luculaskan. I saw Crassus in Pegna's villa, and met Caesar again in this city hall.

It seems that at this time, Caesar was far less successful than Pompey, and he was still in the early stages of his official career, because there were four aldermans, two senior aldermans and two civilian aldermans. The former was responsible for city construction projects, and the latter was mainly responsible for Festival Celebration - Julius Caesar, the descendant of the goddess of beauty Venus, served as a civilian city magistrate. As for his previous official position, Caimeis also mentioned it later. It was Calabis who came to Rome. In the city, he was just the road official of Appian Avenue.

Caesar took a startled look and rushed to the back hall in a hurry. After a while, forty or fifty people wearing knight's cloaks came in aggressively in groups. When they saw Camez in front of the official table, he asked : "Where did that bald man go?"

"We don't have any bald people here." Cames responded with a smile.

"That's Julius Caesar!" A younger knight named him anxiously.

"Dear upstarts, your statement is worth debating. Lord Julius is just slightly bald now, like a newborn bird in autumn, with sparse and tender hair - wait, you didn't You have the right to rummage through my official desk." The knights were too lazy to talk to Camestus and just started rummaging through the huge official desk, as if Caesar was hiding under it. After seeing that the search was fruitless, they shouted "in the back hall" and rushed behind the door. Karabis also looked at the excitement and walked to the back hall with Kemax.

The back hall was also empty, with a few couches and a row of cabinets for storing documents. After everyone rushed in, they found that no one was there, but a window facing the street was opened, with a string of clothes that Caesar had just worn tied to it. corner of robe. "The bald man must have escaped from here along his robe." Several knights shouted on the window sill, "Yes, Your Excellency Julius, he went to the Senate for a hearing." Cames said , and then a group of people shouted and rushed out, shouting to wait for him in front of the Senate.

Suddenly, only Calabis and Cames were left in the back hall. The early spring wind blew in and lifted the curtains on the side. Then Cames said softly: "Dear Alderman, It turns out you didn't jump out of the window." Calabis was also slightly frightened. The shirtless Caesar stayed behind the curtain of the window swinging in the wind, like a pale gecko.

"This is a tactic to deceive the enemy. It is a sophisticated tactic. It is difficult for you to understand it, Kaimes, but I am different. I have participated in many wars with barbarians and pirates, and I know this well." Caesar put the robe on the window He pulled it up and put it on himself again, "Cames, I have to leave the Municipal Office for a while. This debt-collecting centurion will have to pester me for a long time. I have to hide in the province, so that I am no longer the gold of Rome. The young man is like a bankrupt. I will leave the chores here to you. If there is anything you can't decide, go to my personal slave to handle it." Caesar's voice was gentle and full of incredible magnetism. His hair is a beautiful golden color, but it is indeed a bit thinning. It is combed back meticulously. He is also very well-dressed and has slender fingers, which shows that he is a hedonist who indulges in beauty and food.

"I am willing to serve you wholeheartedly." Kaimax said respectfully. Caesar turned back and smiled at him. There were thin crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, which made his smile charming. Then he saw Calabis and asked in a surprised tone: "Who is this?" A man from Asia? A free man."

"Yes, Your Excellency Julius, my patron is Luculas. He has just returned from the battlefield in the east." Calabis replied with some excitement.

Caesar laughed and said, that's great. I will be responsible for your patron's triumphal ceremony soon. Although it is a small triumph, I will definitely satisfy your patron and the entire citizens of Rome. After that, He asked Calabis his name and said, "I remember you." Then he left like a whirlwind, leaving a message for Calabis: "In Rome, you can either play dice or be a fool." "The dice roll."

"Oh, who told Lord Julius that the Venus family has declined! He has to raise money everywhere for his official career." When he walked out, Kaimes didn't regard Calabis as an outsider at all, and sighed with emotion. said.

"Are those knights all Caesar's creditors?"

"Yes, this is not surprising in Rome. With an asset of three hundred thousand sesterces, you can be certified as a knight. These people either own brick kilns, own shops, make loan sharks, or go to other provinces to work as Tax collectors, money makes money. People like Julius need money to run for elections, buy votes, and bribe censors and fortune-tellers. His debt is almost a hundred talents. "Cames spread his hands and said, "If I had money, I would definitely do my best for you. He has brought so much joy to the citizens in the past six months as a city official! Large-scale operas, land and water sword fights! Performances, free banquets at various festivals, etc.”

Calabis asked doubtfully: "Isn't this money paid by the treasury of the Republic?" Camez looked at him with strange eyes and clicked his tongue, "You are a friend in a foreign land. No wonder you don't know that every city official Not only can't you withdraw money from the treasury, but you also have to put your own property into the treasury. Lord Julius is using his life to please everyone! This is fine. The Republic cannot please the people, so let those who are willing to please the people do so. Do it.”

At this time, in the Curia Chamber of the Roman Senate before sunset, a quarrel surrounding Lucullus' triumphal ceremony was fiercely unfolding - Lucullus's crime was undoubtedly rejected , but whether he can enjoy the triumphal ceremony is still a big question. In the Curia Hall, tit-for-tat was going on on the circular terraced seats. The noise was getting louder and louder, causing the fascist retinue in front of the door to keep banging their sticks on the ground, hoping to maintain a quiet negotiation. A member of the Pompeian faction stood up and made an impassioned speech. The content was extremely long. The main points were nothing more than what Demetrius had summarized. However, his words continued to arouse the cheers and cheers of other Pompeian supporters. Applauding, these people looked proudly at the aristocratic congressmen sitting opposite to see how they dealt with their own boycott.

"Oh my god, when will you be as luxurious as Luculas, make money like Crassus, and speak like Cato!" When the other party finished his speech, Cato pinched his tongue. The chest of the toga robe was ridiculed when he stood up, causing the hall to burst into laughter.

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