I am reborn as a lord in Rome

Two days later, Lady Leah and Tina, accompanied by Woolley, smiled and handed over a heavy bag of gold coins to the treasurer, Bunney.

Despite the terrible pain, Lady Leah still smiled dignified and said: "Lord Bunney, it is the duty of citizens to pay taxes according to the code, and on behalf of Glyndor Manor and the general public, I would like to express my understanding and support for the recovery of the treasurer, and the seven hundred and thirteen gold coins here are the taxes and fines that I should pay, please count." "

Oh, ma'am, your behavior is admirable. When Bunney said this, he also thought about squeezing out a smile to meet the situation, but he could not do it anyway, and the moment the heavy gold coin bag was reached, his heart trembled suddenly, for he caught a hint of amusement in the eyes of the young man standing to the left of Lady Leah.

The calmness and mockery hidden in the banter made him uncomfortable.

Woolley, Woolley Greendo. Buni muttered the boy's name in his mind.

Dorjee, why do you want to provoke this difficult little fellow? Buni thought to himself again, at this moment yesterday, he had already inquired clearly, on the eve of the tribune Aesop's trick of "fighting evil", the young man in front of him had walked into Aesop's official residence, and it was said that the two had been talking for a long time.

To tell the truth, Bunney didn't want to believe that Aesop's actions were inspired by Woolley, but he had to choose to be skeptical or believe, because strategy has never been something that Aesop, a general-turned-martial artist, is good at, and this has been proven many times in the past few years - in all the confrontations, whether overt or covert, Aesop has never been his opponent with Dorjee.

"I happened to see this scene" Isolt walked over with a smile: "Bunny, this will be a good start."

Bunney gritted his teeth and felt the urge to throw the bag of gold coins in Aesop's face, but he eventually gave up on the plan, knowing that none of the five Bunnies would be Aesop's opponent.

In Aesop's seemingly unintentional glance, Woolley nodded lightly at him, and in an instant, Aesop returned the smile.

Aesop's efficiency and selflessness led to the settlement of Seneca City's tax collection within six days, and more than half of the estates in Seneca were eventually dispensed with taxes and fines, and despite the complaints of the nobles, the Archon was very decisive in choosing to ignore these complaints when he saw the reported figures.

Because, Aesop's "anti-crime operation" recovered, confiscated, and fined a total of 53,721 gold coins and fifteen silver coins, and according to the rule, most of this money had to be managed by the city-state, such as repairing the city walls, digging ditches and wells, or building roads, etc., in the final analysis, it was up to the consuls to decide how to use it.

Originally, even if it was official business, the nobles would not lose so much, and the reason for this result was because Aesop completely applied the standard of recovery and forfeiture of Rindor Manor in the investigation process, so Dorjee became the most resented person in the incident, and his family was also the one with the greatest loss in the incident - among the more than 53,000 gold coins, nearly half of them came from Dorjee's Baiting family.

The most fundamental source of this incident, Woolley, became the biggest profiteer. At the insistence of Aesop, who did what he said, the consul reluctantly allocated half of the fifty-three thousand seven hundred gold coins as a reward, so that after deducting the special contribution tax of forty gold coins and the three hundred gold coins given to the tribune department, the two thousand three hundred and forty gold coins were included in Woolley's pocket, and after deducting the five hundred and thirteen gold coins he had advanced for the Glindo estate, his profit was still staggering, but only the consuls Anthony and Aesop knew of this result, because the code had special provisions for such situations, and they had to keep their mouths shut。

"Shouldn't I build a cellar in the White Rock Building to hold money?" said Woolley to himself after receiving the prize.

Two days later, in the morning, Woolley was about to deliver the printed sample of the canon to the temple, but Tina and Lady Leah had already arrived.

This is the fourth time in six days that the mother and daughter have arrived, and Woolley is tired of hearing their words of thanks.

But Lady Leah is not here to thank you today.

"Woolley, I've already figured out that you and Tina are not related by blood, so I decided to marry Tina to you. Lady Leah said what she meant, and when she said this, Tina on the side bowed her head shyly.

Woolley was dumbfounded, he had expected that after some of the things he had been going through, Lady Leah would dismiss the idea.

"How can this be?" Wu Lai quickly shook his head and refused.

"Yes, I have asked the priests of the temple and some friends who are familiar with the etiquette of the nobility. Lady Leah smiled and said, "Your wisdom and bravery will be Tina's best reliance, and I am sure that your father's soul will be as happy to see you together as I am, and you must know that Tina's beauty is second to none in Seneca City."

"No, I refuse. Woolley shook his head again, and after glancing at Tina, he bit his lip and said hesitantly, "I heard that Tina is ...... in Assyria" Woolley

didn't finish his sentence, but Tina and Lady Leah's faces had changed.

"No, Woolley, that's not true!" Tina suddenly became agitated.

Woolley was stunned and turned his gaze to Lady Leah: "I don't know very well, but please understand, it will make me have a shadow, I have always hoped that my bride is perfect." "

Tina was perfect. "Lady Leah's facial features are almost distorted," it is because of her perfection that some people with ulterior motives maliciously slander her innocence, and it is because of this that Tina will return to Seneca and never want to go to other city-states again. "

Say no more, Mother. Tina suddenly got up and ran out of the parlor with tears in her eyes.

"Tina!" Lady Leah hurriedly took her leave.

"Perfect? don't think I don't understand anything. Woolly pursed his lips angrily.

......

Mikoyan's expression when he saw the printed copy of the canon was described by Woolley as a "wolf with a sparkling eye", but he could understand the surprise and admiration of the high priest in front of him, who had always been accustomed to reading manuscripts.

"It's nothing, on the premise of basically guaranteeing the supply of 'Gift of Mercy', I can provide you with four hundred divine texts every day, just prepare the money, otherwise it will affect the efficiency. Woolley said lightly, after adding a few more neat slaves last month, completing four hundred canons a day is a piece of cake, and according to the actual cost of less than half a silver coin, from tomorrow onwards, he will earn more than thirty gold coins a day from the temple, that is, the printing shop is about to become the most profitable business on Woolley's hands.

"No problem. Mikoyan laughed and put his arm around Woolley's shoulders affectionately.

On this day, Woolley's dinner was eaten in a large storehouse in the paper mill, and all the slaves were allowed to dine with him.

Dinner was hearty, with fresh fish in addition to cured meats, beef jerky, and chicken, but Woolley did not eat fish, and although he knew that fish provided the human body with high-quality protein, he did not like to eat fresh fish at all, as the Assyrian territory did not seem to have mastered the cooking techniques of how to completely remove the fish.

Although the slaves were not thrilled by the wine, an even greater excitement was soon in place -

Woolley suddenly stood at the table, and when all the slaves were stunned by his sudden move, he waved at Nepton.

Nepton walked to the table, a little dazed, a little overwhelmed, and even suddenly remembered the rumors that the nobles tortured and tortured slaves for pleasure during the meal.

"Nepton!" Woolley's hand pointed at Niepton, but his gaze swept to all the slaves, "He was the first to follow me, and in the past days, he used his loyalty and skills to let me know what it means to be a loyal servant, a loyal servant!

The slaves subconsciously stood up and hesitated to rush to Woolley, for they wanted to see and hear better.

Woolley turned to his side and looked condescendingly at Nepton, who was looking up at him, and in Neptune's eyes, he saw excitement and anticipation.

"My faithful servant, today, I, Assyrian citizen Wooleglindor, by the grace bestowed upon me by the gods and the civil rights conferred upon me by the Code, have freed you from this day. Woolley said with a smile.

There was silence, and everyone couldn't believe their ears.

Nepton was stunned, and although he had always believed that he would one day be free, he had never imagined that this day would come so soon.

"Nepton, thank you for the generosity and kindness of your hosts. Nepton slowly fell to his knees, tears in his eyes.

The slaves who saw this scene wept excitedly, hugged each other, and comforted, and in their hearts, hope was also ignited.

Gauguin, who was accompanying Woolley, was also very excited, as a former slave, he naturally knew what this moment meant, as he had served Ringdor Manor with Niepton for many years, he also understood what the old man had been looking forward to, so he quietly turned his back and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Tomorrow, I will go and take care of your civilian identity papers, and if you wish to stay, please keep me in charge of the mill, teach the apprentices, and if you don't, I will give you a sum of money sufficient for your retirement. Woolley said.

"Young Master Woolley, old Niepton is willing to stay and serve you until the day you dislike old Niepton. "Neptune is actually ready to live with Seneca for the rest of his life, after all, he is already an old man.

"Well, I'll give you a separate room, just like Gauguin, and every month, I'll give you a salary of fifteen silver coins, how about it?" asked Woolley with a smile.

Nepton nodded happily: "Everything is up to Master Wu Lai."

Woolley nodded solemnly, turned to smile, and said, "I allow you to cheer as much as you want." Immediately

, the slaves let out a roar of joy like the waves of the sea.

Nepton cheered along, occasionally pinching himself on the arm or slapping himself ......

When I returned to the White Rock Tower, it was already late at night. After a busy day, Woolley also felt a little tired, and after writing his diary, he hurried into the bathroom, which was his way to relieve his fatigue and regain his energy to continue working - after all, today's work was not over.

The temperature of the water in the small bath pleased Woolley, and after taking the towel handed by Hippo with a red face, Woolley rolled his eyes and blasted Hippo out. Recently, he felt more and more that it was inappropriate to strip naked in front of Hippo, because every time he seemed to be able to see a trace of "unkindness" in the eyes of this female slave, but if he didn't strip naked, could it still be called a bath?" "

I know that I have a lot of money, but there is no need to look at me with such eyes, I am a minor." Woolley muttered as he put a water-soaked towel over his face, then rested his head on the edge of the small bath.

It's so comfortable. Woolley let out a moan of pleasure in the bottom of his heart.

After a short while, Hibo's inquiry sounded from the side of the bath: "Master, do you need to heat the water?"

Woolley replied that although it was spring, if the bath was not filled with hot water in time, would the bath still be comfortable?

"That's it. After calculating from the sound of the water, Hippo poured two buckets of hot water into it, and Woolley stopped her, then re-dipped the towel on her face in hot water and covered her face again.

It's so pitiful, making so much money a day and still happy to take a hot bath. When Woolley was laughing at himself like this, he suddenly heard a slight voice beside him—it sounded like someone had walked into the bath, and it seemed that his breathing was still a little short.

Woolley's first reaction was that his slave girl had the idea of "seducing her master".

Is it tolerable or unbearable?!" Wu Lai jerked down the towel covering his face, and before that, he had already made a stern refutation, and even thought about what words to use.

The moment the towel was opened, Woolley was stunned as he imagined.