"What do you want?"

In the Roman Civic Square in early winter, Julius Caesar appeared in front of everyone dressed in a standard toga, his face expressionless, and his voice was loud and asked the thousands of veterans of the Eleventh Legion present. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The one who answered him was a centurion of the Legion, who had taken the lead in making trouble—

"We want to retire, Caesar. Please allow us to retire. Spend the rest of your life in Rome in comfort. ”

The chief centurion has a scar on his face, and it looks like he has been killing the enemy on the battlefield for a long time. His voice was like a thunderclap that swept through the entire square. The soldiers were satisfied with the acquiescence below, this was their plan in advance. If you want to increase your salary, there is no justifiable reason. And now, Pompey's remnants of Cventus, Cato the Younger, Rabienus and others are organizing a coalition in Afeilia to resist Caesar. The soldiers of the Eleventh Legion knew that Caesar's return to China was to prepare for this matter, and at this time, it was the time when he needed to use troops, and their proposal to retire at this time would undoubtedly put Caesar in a dilemma, and they needed legions to go to Africa, and they guessed that Caesar would eventually compromise and propose a resolution to raise the salary of each soldier.

But in the next second, Caesar's answer surprised all of them.

"Well, I allow you to retire. The legion I love, my comrades-in-arms, my colleagues, now, I approve your retirement. By the way, forgive me, perhaps in the future I will only be able to call you citizens of Rome, because you are no longer soldiers of the Eleventh Legion. ”

The soldiers of the Eleventh Legion, who had expected to hear Caesar's compromise, fell into silence at this moment after Caesar's loud preaching. Appis could see the momentary bewilderment on each of their faces, perhaps before this, the veterans of the Eleventh Legion were secretly happy about their perfect plan, and the next second, when Caesar unmistakably announced the decision to disband the Legion, everyone didn't know what they were going to do next.

Caesar always does not play according to the routine, he knows the minds of the soldiers, and he also knows what he lacks most at the moment, not money and wealth, nor food supplies, but the military heart, the absolute obedience of the army to him, after a long and cruel civil war, many promises to the army have not been fulfilled, the legionnaires began to think about Caesar's promise to them before the civil war, and Caesar is not unwilling to fulfill his promise, but to wait until the civil war is completely over, At least the provinces of Carthage and Afriya on the southern shore of the Mediterranean are still occupied by Rabienus and Cato the Lesser.

After a long silence, many legionnaires in the square began to show sad expressions, they gathered to make trouble, not really asking for retirement, just wanting to get more salaries and remuneration, and now Caesar actually allowed them to retire, and no longer called them brothers and comrades, but called them citizens of Rome, how sad it was to lose the comradeship of the commander-in-chief, how sad it was, the soldiers of the eleventh legion began to regret their decision, for such a small salary, lost the glory of the legion, The most important thing that should have been lost as a Roman warrior and, in the coming year's triumphal ceremony, there will be no place and presence for them. How unworthy it was to give up all this for the sake of that hundred dinars' salary.

The crowd began to stir, and the centurion, not knowing what to do, turned in horror and begged Caesar for forgiveness.

"Caesar, we are willing to continue to follow you in the war against Africa, and as long as you let us serve in the legion, we will make up for the mistakes we have made today. As long as you let us stay in the Legion......"

The chief centurion fell to his knees in front of Caesar crying, and begged Caesar for forgiveness. The change of position was so rapid that even Appis felt that their rebellion was so comical. As Shiono Nanasei said, Caesar was a master of comedy, and Apis felt that this description was really very close, he could get a renegade army with one sentence, while Anthony could only suppress the temporary chaos with unlimited money.

"Alright, well, then, now disperse, get out of here, go back to your respective homes, scrub your armor and weapons, report to the military officer, and continue to be trained by the legions in the barracks, and I will give you a chance, and at the beginning of the spring of the next year, follow me to land in Africa, where we will destroy our last enemy, after which we will have a new future, and Rome will receive new life, and you, once again, will be the heroes of Rome, and you will still be at my side at the triumphal ceremony. Now, let's all go down, before I change my mind. ”

Caesar looked at the centurion of the Eleventh Legion with tears on his face, and pretended to be pained and pitiful. In this way, the soldiers of the 11th Legion, who originally came to make trouble, unknowingly owed Caesar a great favor...... After a round of tossing, they inexplicably owe Caesar...... The art of domination, Apis felt deeply on the sidelines.

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"What about you? I thought, it would be better to forgive each of you the interest on the debts owed for the next five years, or the principal will still be repaid. In addition, every citizen who was engaged in commercial agriculture in Rome and whose rent was less than five hundred dinars a year would be exempt from all rent for that year. Well, so be it. ”

After dealing with the rebellion of the legion, Caesar hurried to the villa where Durabella gathered the nobles and young people to make trouble, where Caesar told them that the debts they had previously owed could not be repaid, but the interest could be waived. It can be regarded as a reward for these promising young people who supported him in the civil war.

For the commoners at the bottom of society, Caesar's decision was to exempt them from the rent they had to pay for the business they had engaged in for the year, and of course, the money had to be paid by Caesar himself. But now, he could afford to pay for it, for in the civil war he had defeated Pompey, defeated the Senate, gained Greece, and now he had Egypt, and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra was now his absolute ally, and this rich kingdom would provide him with an endless supply of wealth and goods. Moreover, Cleopatra would help him manage the kingdom, and Rome would have to control the country's economy without bloodshed, and gain long-term stability and capital inflows, which was a good way to kill two birds with one stone. It's just that some people can see it, while some people are kept in the valley...... It is believed that Julius Caesar, the commander of the great Roman legions, was only bewitched by the enchanting Cleopatra, so he did not let Rome conquer this rich land. (To be continued.) )