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A few days later, after privately consulting with many of the great nobles, Appis convened a meeting of the nobles' representatives in the Julius Assembly Hall in Lugdunum, the capital of Gaul. Appis knew that if the reform was to go smoothly, the commoners would be fine, and the key was whether these nobles supported the implementation of this law. And the new Agrarian Land Law itself did not touch too many aristocratic interests. The nobles' ownership of the land was retained, and when the contract expired a few years later, the land could be repossessed, and the developed manors and fertile land were left to the slaves to take care of. To put it bluntly, Apis only used penniless commoners to develop and create, and when shearing sheep, it was the nobles who sheared the sheep, and on the surface the new agricultural land law was to help the commoners, and the deeper purpose was to enhance the wealth of the nobles. It just depends on whether the Roman nobles, who owned a lot of land in Gaul, are willing to give up some of their income and share it with the commoners.

"Apis, I believe in you, we believe in you, this reform is a great cause, and it is imminent, and I am willing to give 30% of my land to the poor peasants of Lugdunum to run and contract, according to you, only to pay 40% of the harvest every year. I support this reform! ”

At the meeting, the great nobleman Casilius was the first to stand up after Apis' speech and strongly supported the decree. In fact, Appis privately negotiated before him to share with him 10 percent of the annual revenues of the capital's seven dock warehouses along the Saône. In the face of interests, the great nobles first stood up and openly supported the decree, and even if others had opinions, they knew the general trend and opposed it useless.

In this way, the new "Agricultural Land Law" was successfully implemented under the operation of Appis and Crassus Jr.

As soon as the policy came out, the whole of Gaul exploded. Countless civilians poured into the reception hall in search of land and means of production. Of course, there are also a small number of rotten people who do not care about this reform and continue to wander the streets every day to receive the minimum subsistence ration. There are some dirty and illegal transactions that go on. In a city, there will always be ruffians and hooligans. They don't want to go to the suburbs and work hard. Of course, the implementation of the policy did not happen overnight, and Appis is now implementing this reform on the outskirts of Lugdunum. See if it goes well, and then spread it out throughout the territory. As a pilot, there will always be various problems. Accumulate experience for later large-scale rollout.

During this time, Apis did more than that, in the capital's mansion, Apis summoned the tribal leaders of all Gaul and Germania and persuaded them to send the young nobles of the tribe to the Roman legions to participate in the training of the legions. Appis was to raise a strong enough cavalry corps. And, for this war, for this cavalry corps, prepared a weapon for victory - stirrups.

"By attaching this iron gadget to the horse, the rider can quickly mount his horse, and when charging, the cavalry can use the stirrup to stabilize his body and maintain his balance, so as not to be shaken off by the strong recoil force. Even though it's just a small invention, it's enough to change history! ”

Appis stood in front of a group of elite Roman cavalry and talked about the use of this new tool. And demonstrate how to use this harness. Seeing that Apis was about to get on the horse, Hu Cong habitually ran under the horse to act as a stepping pad, but was directly branched out by Apis. Then, to everyone's astonishment, Apis stepped on the stirrups and turned over on his horse. The coherent movements made the Germanic riders present stunned.

Gaul's new "Agrarian Law" was in full swing, and at the same time, Appis gathered his staff, aristocrats, and wealthy merchants to study economies of scale, and introduced the idea of the joint-stock system into various industries, including engineering contracting, commercial trade, and the unified concentration of handicrafts, to build production bases, rather than simple family workshop production. At the same time, the shareholding system reduces corruption, and everyone involved has the right to supervise finances, ensuring the openness and transparency of financial flows.

"I can assure you that Apis is an absolute genius. Perhaps Tertira's capture inspired him and sparked his potential. Look at this series of New Deals and the invention of weapons of war, which is simply the wisdom of the gods. ”

Little Crassus stood on the training ground in early winter and said to Levius, who was out of breath after a physical workout.

"Yes, in just two months, a large number of civilians have acquired land, and even more civilians have come from the south of the mountain, and Octavian is afraid that he will be mad, and he occupies Marseille, but the civilians of Marseille, as well as the civilians of Italy, continue to pour in from the border. Land reform...... Apis actually hit Octavian's soft underbelly. There was no surplus of land in Italy, most of it was in the hands of the Roman aristocracy, and, unlike Gaul, the Roman aristocracy was so entrenched in Italy that Octavian could not do anything to imitate the reform, and the nobles would do their best to thwart the law. Because the estates in Italy are ripe, who would want to let commoners replace slaves? And this legion, I saw the shock cavalry in the true sense of the word that Rome had ever seen. Even Alexander's companion cavalry could not be compared. I think we were right in our original choice, and Apis is a man worth following. ”

Levius took off his heavy armor and responded excitedly. Pick up the water from the sink and pour it on your face to quench the heat that comes with your workout. Everything, it seems, is moving in a predetermined direction.

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Octavian ...... We had to figure out how to deal with it, and the reforms that took place in the north were spreading to Italy, and it even affected the towns in the southern part of Gaul, and many civilians even relocated to Gaul in search of their favorite wealth. If left unchecked, Appis's power will soon skyrocket. This will drain the population of Italy! ”

Because of a revolution in Gaul, and in Rome, where the climate was relatively mild in the south, many senior officials of the Senate could no longer sit still, and Byblos hurried to Octavian's official residence in Rome and knocked on the bronze door of Octavian's official residence. Viturinus, who was sitting in his office, sat calmly in the circle chair, his eyes cold and silent.

"I know, I need to think about this matter for a while, you go back first, tell your colleagues, wait quietly, I will give a plan."

"As soon as possible, Octavian, you don't have much time, this revolution is like a flame that will soon burn all over the Roman world!"

Byblos, a patriarch who had experienced several social upheavals, said anxiously. At the same time, Octavian gave him a grim look, for young Turinus heard the words he had said, and the original "we" had been changed to "you". Octavian knew that this group of senators was essentially a group of old foxes who saw the wind and steered the rudder. Without the test of life and death on the battlefield, it is impossible to form a true alliance after all.