'Lately, you've had to keep an eye on Brutus. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Octavian gave me a message saying that he often saw Brutus go to the temple of Apollo to meet with mysterious figures, and then disappeared into the temple together. This strange picture makes me worry about your situation again, uncle. ”

At Gaius's house, during a casual conversation after a dinner, Attia expressed her worries to Caesar. When no one was around, Caesar finally showed the same nervousness and uneasiness. Yes, how could Caesar not know about the changes in Brutus, however, in front of outsiders, he had to pretend that nothing had happened, his reforms had not yet been completely successful, and the Romans could not be allowed to laugh at their weakness, yes, as Caesar said before - only tyrants are afraid of assassination, but they are not tyrants. And at this moment, only Adia and herself are left in the house, so it doesn't matter about face and disguise.

"Yes, I've actually observed the recent changes in Brutus. And, lately, the accusations against me have become stronger in Rome. I know it's Marcellus' men behind it, but I can't force them. In that way, many of the images I had worked so hard to establish would be burned, and the citizens of Rome would believe their lies. ”

Caesar lay down on the bench and breathed a sigh of relief in a heavy heart. His voice was so weak that it was completely different from the tone he used in the Senate. The great giants also have times when they are tired and weak, but they don't want to show it in public, and Adia understands her uncle's situation very well.

"Also, you have to pay attention to Seville's recent reaction, since the Queen of Egypt entered Rome, you haven't been to her home for many days. In this way, it will inevitably cause her dissatisfaction and suspicion. Uncle, you are a hero, however, many details must also be paid attention to, and these little things in life cannot be ignored. Powerful dikes will be cut off by ants. ”

Facing Caesar, Adia said worriedly.

"Hmm...... Sevilla does have to be careful. To be honest, on a personal emotional note, I've been drawn to Cleopatra more often than ever since she came along. As outsiders say, she is young, charming, energetic, and elegant and wise. When I returned home to Seville, I no longer felt the excitement of the past. But as you feared, such a move would indeed cause her displeasure, however, more importantly, I don't care about her dissatisfaction, I am just as worried as you are, Brutus is her son. I fear that Sevilla will thus water some of Brutus' thoughts against me. Moreover, Brutus's character is indeed not strong enough, too weak. ”

Caesar and Aditya said. This also gave Adia a sigh of relief. After all, this proves that his uncle is still aware of the events that are happening at the moment. It's just that he may not have figured out how to deal with it, after all, political and economic matters can be handled absolutely rationally, and you can't deal with it from an absolutely rational perspective.

"Perhaps you can take some appropriate steps to keep him with you in the name of caring for Brutus, lest he be seduced by those heresies again. I mean, with Brutus's character, he alone will not do anything about you, after all, in his heart, he still looks up to you, before those Pompeyites completely pollute him. Moreover, with Brutus' strength alone, he can't threaten you. ”

Atia's idea pleased Caesar. Generally speaking, the world's protection against danger is to isolate him, or to keep him away from himself. But Atia thought the opposite. Taking Brutus with him can not only show trust and care for him, but also isolate the lobbying of those villains, so that Brutus cut off contact with them. What's more important is that Brutus's weak personality is unable to do things on his own, which makes Caesar very relieved.

"Good. The idea. I mean, it's the most beautiful advice I've ever heard in all these days. ”

Caesar finally breathed a sigh of relief, and lay down in his chair with a relaxed expression and fell asleep.

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"Sekras, starting tomorrow, tighten the business scope of the Aires Guaranty Agency, and within a month, transfer the agency to Brokas, and I have already negotiated the price with him."

While Caesar was troubled by what was going on with Brutus, Appis was already preparing for the next civil strife. Perhaps at this time in Rome, not many people can see such a crisis, including Anthony, who may still be indulging in the position of a lawyer.

"Okay, are you sure you want to do that? Appis? If civil strife hadn't happened, all your hard work for the past three years would have been in vain. ”

Sekras asked one last time before going on a mission. After all, this guarantee agency is the root of Appis's fortune. There is an indescribable reluctance in it.

"I've thought about it. I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm just afraid of what happens. ”

Appis replied with a serious expression.

"Okay, then I'll prepare."

Sekras turned to leave.

"Wait, there's one more thing you have to deal with for me. Go to my vault, take out all the remaining currency that has not been converted into gold, and buy the three docks along the Tiber River in Carlock, Robry, and Sertila. Then, with a high profile of what we had done, the citizens of Rome, the nobles, would believe that I had begun to invest in the transformation from a guarantee business to a trading business. ”

As Sekras was leaving, he was stopped again by Appis. Only this time, Seklas didn't understand Appis's intentions. His eyes widened, he looked at Appis, who was always full of brains, and asked.

"Why is that?"

"The transfer of the Ellis guarantee agency is not a trivial matter, it is the largest insurance agency in all of Rome, and soon, this matter will spread in the Roman aristocratic circles, and every act of mine will be noticed by the nobles of Rome, and we must have a good reason for transferring Ellis, otherwise, the nobles with a keen sense of smell will start to guess my purpose and intentions. And you, by announcing in a high-profile manner that I have bought the docks in the Tiber Valley, you can reassure these people that they will no longer associate my actions with the recent situation. Yes, we needed an excuse, so, I bought these docks. Although, they don't have much to gain from. ”

After Apis finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it down.