Da Qin: Destroyed the Xiongnu at the beginning

In the city of Rome, in the residence of the highest consul.

Scipio at this time was dealing with important matters from all over Rome, as well as some matters regarding the new code of law.

But Scipio didn’t feel tired at all. Instead, he felt happy and high-spirited!

Because since he became the supreme consul of Rome, this was the first time he enjoyed the power that this position should have.

In the past, although he was said to be the supreme consul of Rome and the most powerful person in Rome on the surface, in fact he was just a puppet pushed by the nobles for the world to see.

As long as it is a major military or political matter, it basically requires the consent of the nobles. If they do not agree, no matter how hard Scipio tries, it will not be implemented.

It would be fine if they followed their wishes, they would not have any intention of replacing people for the time being, and Scipio would still be able to make decisions on some small matters.

But if Scipio dared to have any rebellious intentions against them, or even violated their interests, let alone the official position of the supreme consul of Rome, he might not even be able to save his life!

But since the marriage with Great Qin and the legendary Prince Fusu, everything has changed!

His status soared like a rocket. Not only did he have the right to make independent decisions in various political affairs, but he also had the green light to abolish various new laws such as the abolition of the nobility’s tax exemption and be passed quickly.

Scipio truly realized what it was like to be the supreme consul of Rome!

Moreover, the great nobles who usually didn’t even give him a thumbs up now began to want to take the initiative to make friends with Scipio, and they had a vague intention of establishing a good relationship with him.

Even the people of the Cornelius clan had a very different attitude towards him.

They used to rely on Scipio to support them. The people of the Cornelius clan have always looked arrogant, and they were even more likely to come and go with Scipio, just like Scipio. Pia is like their servant.

In order to keep his position as the supreme consul and to protect his relatives and family members from persecution, Scipio had to swallow his anger and silently swallow all these humiliations.

Now, a 180-degree change has occurred. The Cornelius clan often sends people over to inquire about his welfare and contact him emotionally. The decisions made by Scipio in political affairs are unconditionally supported. Biah is like a real family, which is completely different from before!

“Just a name can make those usually lawless nobles unable to hold their heads up. Is this the majesty from the world’s most powerful country, Great Qin!”

Scipio couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

At this moment, a consul’s retinue came in from outside.

“Sir Scipio, the information from Da Qin has been sent over.”

Seeing the proud look on Scipio’s face, the consul’s retinue smiled and said:”Your Excellency Scipio’s face has been glowing recently, and he feels much younger. This is in line with the words of the people of the Qin Dynasty, people are in good spirits when happy events happen. Cool”

“Yeah? Haha, I don’t feel anything at all”

“Let’s talk about business first. What new information has been sent from Da Qin?”

Scipio said seriously

“Regarding the wedding date of Sophie and Prince Fusu, Daqin has already decided on the eighth day of next month. According to Daqin, this day is an auspicious day. Holding a wedding on this day can make Sophie and Fusu get married. Prince Su can receive blessings from the gods”

“And in order to celebrate the marriage between Great Qin and Rome, Great Qin will invite all countries to attend the wedding banquet. By then, all the respectable countries should come back. I am afraid it will be a grand scene that is rare in the world.”

Expectation appeared on the faces of the Archon’s retinue.

“Not only is it a respectable country, with Great Qin’s current influence in the world, I am afraid that nine out of ten countries in the world that have heard of Great Qin’s name will come back. After all, this is an excellent opportunity to show goodwill to Great Qin, and there is absolutely no way they will do it. Give up, that’s the real world coming to Korea”

“But you reminded me that although Sophie is my daughter, the daughter of the Supreme Consul of Rome, and this status is very noble, she is about to marry into the Crown Prince’s Palace of Da Qin. In this way, the daughter of the Supreme Consul This identity is a bit unsatisfactory.”

“For this reason, I decided to canonize Sophie as a Roman princess and give her a seat in the Senate, so that she can enjoy the most distinguished courtesy in Rome.”

Scipio said after thinking for a while.

This made the consul’s retinue very surprised.

It is nothing to canonize a princess. As the daughter of the highest consul in Rome, Sophie is from the largest family, and her status is already equal to that of a Roman princess. It’s no different. Now it’s just to give her an actual name.

But it’s different to give her a seat in the Senate.

Because having a seat in the Senate means that Sophie can use her name as a member of the Senate in the future. Directly participating in Roman political affairs, and also having some voting veto power, there is no such precedent throughout Roman history!

In other words, when Scipio’s order is issued, Sophie will be the first to do so in the entire history of Rome. She entered the Senate at a young age, and was also the first princess to hold a seat in the Senate!

But when they thought of the person Her Royal Highness Sophie was about to marry, the consul’s subordinates were instantly relieved.

Prince Fusu of Qin Dynasty, with his own power A person who is determined to bring the entire Da Qin into a new era!

Not only does he have the title of the invincible God of War, but he also has a variety of high-energy technologies that far exceed those of ancient times. A person like this, according to the words of Da Qin, is the leader of the world. Sage!

In front of Fusu, what does a seat in the Senate mean?

I am afraid that even if Scipio gave up his position as the supreme consul to Sophie, he would still not be able to attract the attention of others!

And the reason why Scipio is like this Doing this is actually a way to show goodwill to the Qin Dynasty.

Today, Scipio does not dare to show any slight to the Qin Dynasty. He knows very well that the reason why he can hold his head up in front of the Roman nobles and the reason why he has the rights he has now and status, all because of Da Qin standing behind him!

There is no way, Da Qin is too powerful!

And this power is not only at the military level, but also because of his pervasive product penetration.

Because Da Qin’s manufacturing technology is far more powerful than For Rome to be developed, the imported products such as tea, sugar, down jackets, etc. they produced were extremely popular in Rome.

Moreover, the quality of the same product produced by Da Qin was often much higher than that produced locally in Rome. Even the aesthetics and practicality are much better.

Therefore, many people would rather buy the more expensive Daqin products than cheap Roman junk.

It is precisely because of this that the market share of local Roman products has been continuously compressed. , and the market share of Daqin products is expanding rapidly.

Today, almost 70% of the products in Roman shops come from Daqin. It can be said that almost every household is filled with products made in Daqin.

In this case, as long as If Great Qin is not happy, they don’t even need to send troops to attack. They only need to close the trade between Great Qin and Rome.

Before long, the entire country of Rome will fall into an economic collapse!

And by that time, in addition to countless civilians, they will be frozen In addition to starvation, the nobles in Rome will also encounter an unprecedentedly powerful economic crisis.

After all, they are the ones who profit the most from the trade between Qin and Rome, so when the trade is affected, the losses they suffer will naturally be greater.

Fighting They couldn’t defeat it, and their own economic lifeline was still controlled by others.

In this case, those big nobles had no other choice but to surrender to the Qin Dynasty, so they could only let Scipio, who had made peace with the Qin Dynasty, let it go and be powerless. resist

“It has been some time since I promulgated the new tax code. Have you encountered any difficulties in the taxation process? What is the current tax situation in Rome?”

Scipio asked.

More than ten days have passed since the implementation of the code. Scipio wanted to know how much the taxation process and tax amount would change before and after the promulgation of the new code.

“We did encounter difficulties when collecting taxes at the beginning. For example, some nobles refused to hand it over and even wanted to use their private armies to drive us away. But fortunately, when we took out your decree, they Submitted quickly”

“In the subsequent tax collection process, except for the shortage of manpower due to the need to collect so many more noble taxes, there were no other obstacles.” (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

“In addition, since the nobles began to pay taxes, our national treasury has increased by billions of dollars in taxes every day, and this is only the off-season for shops. After the peak season for shops comes in a few months, I believe this number will continue rise!”

The consul’s retinue reported to Scipio in detail, with a smile on his face.

“As expected, those nobles were all extremely rich. The tax they paid for just one day was almost as much as the total tax paid for the previous three or four months.”

Scipio couldn’t help sighing, but he was still more angry at this group of nobles.

When their Roman army went to war with Carthage, due to the empty treasury, Scipio asked the nobles for help many times. But every time they refused because they had no money.[]

Now it seems that they don’t have any money at all, it’s just because they are greedy and selfish that they don’t have any money.

“By the way, is there any new news from Hannibal?”

Scipio suddenly thought of his old rival.

In recent days, due to various legal reforms in Rome, he has been busy dealing with various political affairs in Rome and has no time to do it. Other things.

Therefore, he has not paid attention to the situation of the Roman Carthage defense line for a long time.

“According to the reports from the spies sent by our army, Hannibal has been relatively calm recently and has not made any military plans against our Roman army.”

“And the spies reported that they saw a considerable number of Carthage’s long-term troops gradually withdrawing to the rear by moving camps. There was also turmoil and turmoil within the Carthage army. It seemed that there had been Plan to retreat.”

The consul’s retinue said as he handed the intelligence documents on the defense line to Scipio.

“retreat? This doesn’t sound like Hannibal’s style, does it?”

Scipio looked at the military information on the defense line and frowned.

After such a long battle, Hannibal has always been an evenly matched opponent. Scipio has already done extremely detailed research on him, and his I also know his character very well.

Being as ferocious as a wolf and as cunning as a fox is exactly what Scipio said about Hannibal.

Moreover, Hannibal was able to defeat the Roman army several times when the entire army was at a disadvantage, which was enough. It can be seen that his military command ability is extremely high.

How could a person like this be willing to withdraw his troops before defeating their Roman army?

“Are you sure you have explored the situation around the defense line? This is most likely a cover-up created by Hannibal for us. In fact, he is hiding in some bushes, waiting for our Roman army to take advantage of the opportunity to launch a sneak attack!”

Scipio asked again.

“Your Excellency, we have checked very carefully and repeated the check several times. In order to prevent the situation you just mentioned from happening, we even left some small ravines, but we did not see it. Hidden traces of Hannibal’s army”

“I think those Carthaginian nobles were frightened when they heard the news about your marriage to the Qin Dynasty, so they immediately called Hannibal back, for fear of offending you and the Qin Dynasty.”

The consul’s retinue guessed that

“From what you said, it is indeed possible.”

Scipio nodded in approval.

After all, the Carthaginian nobles were famous for being cowardly, selfish and greedy. Sometimes, even as an opponent, Scipio couldn’t help but treat Hannibal like this. felt sympathy for his teammates.

In the past, because of Scipio’s several mistakes in combat command, Hannibal seized the opportunity to gain the upper hand.

Originally, if Hannibal had continued to pursue based on this advantage, , their Roman army is likely to be completely destroyed by Hannibal!

But because the Carthaginian nobles are worried that Hannibal will overwhelm the emperor with his great achievements and will gain excessive power after defeating the Roman army, thus threatening their rule of interests.

Therefore. He rejected Hannibal’s request for reinforcements many times, causing him to miss these great opportunities.

Now he has learned about the marriage between Scipio and the Qin Dynasty.

With the character of those Carthaginian nobles, they were afraid of the Qin Dynasty. It is reasonable to order Hannibal to give up guarding the defense line and withdraw his troops immediately.

“But having said that, we still cannot take it lightly. We still have to be prepared for what we should be prepared for. And during this period, you still have to send spies continuously to try to keep track of the movements of Hannibal’s army at all times.”

Scipio emphasized.

Although all the signs before him now proved that Hannibal really led the Carthaginian army to retreat this time, out of caution, Scipio still did not relax at all…