"Stolo, I've just baked some bread from my freshly milled flour at home, and it's still hot! Very fragrant! You take a few pieces back and try them! ”

"Stolo, has Aventing's house been demolished? Is it true that the city hall will be built with a bigger and better looking house in the future? ”

"Stolo, I saw someone from the town hall come to your house in the afternoon, maybe something's going on."

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Words of warmth and concern warmed Stolo, and these neighbors still provided all kinds of help to his family when he was claustrophobic by the Dionians, which is why he was willing to provide them with legal help at a low price or even free of charge in recent years.

He smiled in response, and picked up the pace of going home again.

"Stolo, you're finally back!" As soon as he entered the house, his wife, Konya, rushed over and hugged him tightly.

"Isn't that good for me, what's going on?" Stolo asked softly, caressing his wife's back.

"Someone came to the town hall in the afternoon, and emphasized that you must go to the town hall when you go home, to see that Yasi...... Chief Executive of Sters. Stolo, this ...... Nothing will happen, will it?! Konya looked at him worriedly.

"We've experienced the worst, and we've all survived it, what worse can we do!" The experience of this time made this innocent and lovely aristocratic wife almost turn into a frightened bird, and Stolo pinched her nose with his hand, and said with a pretending of ease: "It is likely that the Dioonians have seen that I have done well and are ready to give me a more important task." ”

"Really? That's great! When Konya heard this, she seemed to take it seriously, and hurriedly said, "Stolo, you will go to the city hall in a moment to see the administrator, and you must tell him, can you ...... Can you let my mother and sister go home?! ”

Stolo was stunned: since the families of the Romans who had fled to the Capitoline Hill were forced to go down the mountain, except for a small number of civilian family members who were verified by the city hall and released home, most of the rest of the noble family members were imprisoned in the city, and some were escorted to Satnikum to persuade the defenders to surrender, and Stolo's mother-in-law was the wife of the famous Roman senator Ambustus, and the husband of Konya's sister was the Roman general Servius who still led the army to resist in Satnikum, so the city hall would not release them easily.

Stolo had inquired about this a few days ago, but in the face of his wife's expectant gaze, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and ask the administrator." ”

Konya immediately smiled, and went to bring the dinner to the table herself, and served Stolo very thoughtfully.

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During this time, even at dusk, the town hall of Rome is still busy. The allocation and delivery of food and supplies to the two armies, the distribution of land to the newly relocated Dionian citizens, the arrangement of housing, etc., the supervision of the autumn harvest and the subsequent taxation, the urgent organization and preparation of the upcoming Hades celebrations and rugby matches...... A series of complicated and urgent administrative tasks were placed in front of Arcistes and his subordinates, urging them to complete them day and night. So when Stolo walked into the city hall and saw the officials here working hard and walking like flying, he couldn't help but sigh a little.

When Stolo was brought into Assistes' office, Assistes had just sent off the officials of the Inspection Department, he was also almost 50 years old, and after working at the desk for a long time, he couldn't help but feel back pain, he stood up, stretched his waist in the room, paced back and forth, saw Storo come in, motioned for him to sit down, and continued to stand and speak: "Listen to Mai Inas, you have done a great job in the past few days, especially helping the engineering team resolve several major conflicts in time." ”

"They didn't have any conflicts, just because there was a communication problem." Stolo said cautiously.

"Differences in customs and habits, differences in ideology, coupled with language barriers, make it impossible to communicate normally, leading to conflicts between old and new citizens...... This is already the biggest problem in our Roman city today when it comes to maintaining order, and this is no small matter! Assistes rubbed his forehead and said solemnly: "Just now the inspector came here to complain to me, saying that there are too few Roman citizens who have joined their inspection and can speak Greek, and even fewer are literate, which always leads to their inability to stop and persuade both sides of the conflict well when they are on duty, and sometimes it is easy to provoke a greater conflict. If this goes on for a long time, it won't be good for the stability of Rome, so I've decided to let you go to the Inspectorate.

As far as I know, you used to be well versed in Roman law and often helped civilians defend themselves, so I want you to go to the Inspectorate and deal with all kinds of disputes in the city with the patrol team first, and at the same time gradually become familiar with our Dionian law, and become an Inspector in the future, what do you think? ”

Stolo didn't immediately agree, he thought for a while, showed hesitation, and said tentatively: "I heard that Dionya also has the position of tribune, which can help the people fight for their rights and protect their interests, I think...... In the future, he will take up this position. ”

"Tribune?!" Slightly surprised, the city of Yasiysk advised: "You may not have figured it out, but the tribunes of Dionya are very different from the Roman tribunes of the past, and as far as I know, your Roman tribunes were a great way for commoners to enter the upper echelons of the city-state, and even to attend the Senate, and the tribunes of Dionya seem to have more power, and can accuse officials at all levels, including the chief executive like me, and even the senators, and can also meet the king and point out the defects of a certain law...... However, once you become a Dionian tribune, it means that you will not be able to succeed to other administrative positions in the future, isolated from the political arena of the kingdom, this is to ensure the independence of the tribune and not be influenced by the administrative officials, so the dionya tribune is basically made up of Dionian citizens who have no intention of developing in the political arena and want to do something for the people, most of them are middle-aged and elderly, and there are almost no young citizens who want to make a difference who want to become tribunes. ”

Stolo really didn't know much about the details of the Dionian tribune, and when he heard this, he was a little stunned.

Arcises looked at him and somewhat understood some of his psychology, so he continued: "Actually, you can rest assured, the Kingdom of Dionya treats all races in the country equally, and will not deliberately be biased, of course, if you really want to do something for the Romans, serve as a magistrate or become a judge, make outstanding achievements, and become a senator in the future, you can truly protect some rights and interests of Dionian Roman citizens in the Senate!"

As far as I know, you and Sextus are good friends, and he is now a captain of a brigade, and it is likely that in a few years, he will be the captain of the Roman legions, and he may not even be 40 years old to become a Dionian senator, are you willing? ”

Stolo was shocked.

Seeing the sudden change in his face, Assistes knew that his words had an effect, he walked back to his desk and sat down again: "This matter is related to your future development in the kingdom, you go back and think about it, and give me an answer in two days." I'm looking for you this time, and there's something more important for you to do. ”

Speaking of this, Assistes looked directly at Stolo and said in a deep voice: "I just received a battle report from Your Majesty, and the defenders of Satnikum have surrendered!" ”

Stolo was taken aback and involuntarily asked, "The defenders of Satnikum have surrendered?!" ”

"It's not just Saturnikum who surrendered, just one day later, Villitre surrendered."

Assistes' words dealt another heavy blow to Stolo, which made him stunned on the spot: although he did not agree to go to Satnikum to persuade him to surrender, he knew his father very well, and he also knew something about Camillus, thinking that even if they were at a disadvantage, they would definitely resist to the end, but he did not expect to surrender! As soon as Saturnicum fell, the resistance of the Romans disappeared, and Rome had no possibility of recovery!

Seeing that Stolo was sitting on a wooden chair, his face was uncertain, and he coughed lightly: "Although the last time you climbed Capitoline Mountain to persuade you to surrender, you were refused. But I want you to go up again, I think the surrender of Camillus's army will cause a certain touch on them on the mountain. ”

After a while, Stolo replied weakly: "...... I'll try my best, but I have a few questions I'd like to ask. ”

"You say."

Stolo asked eagerly, "My father...... How are you now? ”

Assistes pondered for a while, and then said solemnly, "I don't want to deceive you, but you must swear to the gods that you will not reveal what I say before I tell you." ”

Stolo looked at Assistes in amazement, and then made an oath to Jupiter.

"Actually, there was a plague in the city of Satnikum, and the Roman generals had to—"

Before Assistes could finish speaking, Stolo exclaimed, "What?! Pestilence! He then covered his mouth with his hand, but it trembled involuntarily.

Assistes immediately comforted him and said: "The plague is the most terrible disease in the eyes of you Romans, but we Dionya have developed medicine and have a deep study of the treatment of the plague, and Your Majesty is summoning doctors to treat the sick soldiers, and I believe that many people will be able to recover after half a month." ”

Stolo calmed down for a moment, and asked eagerly, "Then does my father have ...... Is there any-"

"Your father has contracted the disease and is being treated in the camp near the city of Satnikum, and I advise you not to visit him now, lest you be infected with the plague," said Arcisstes, "Your father has contracted the disease," said Arcisstes. In addition, Camillus had already fallen ill and died before the defenders of Satnikum surrendered...... Oh, and your brother-in-law, Servius, is also infected. ”

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