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Inside the city of Rome. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Countless sturdy slaves carried the city defense materials to the city wall under the close supervision of the city guard soldiers, and each group of slaves was flanked by a few overseers with leather whips in their hands, and the overseers saw that which slave was lazy and slow, so they stepped forward and beat them with leather whips, and when the whip went down, their clothes were often torn, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and the whipped people rarely screamed, they did not know the pain, but they were numb.

The Qin army is approaching the city, if the city is broken, no one in the city will be spared, in this case, these slaves still need to be whipped and driven by the city guards to work, which shows how much the slaves have been disappointed in the rule of this dynasty.

Fils was a very strong slave, he was Chinese New Year's Eve two years old, he was in the prime of life, as long as he was fed, he had strength, and he was a Germanic man, he had fought in the past, and he was quite powerful among these slaves.

He walked up to the city wall with a large stone, when a slave who was also holding a stone came over and touched him gently, he turned his head and said, "Matt, why are you here?" ”

Matt is not a slave, he is an active middleman in the mercenary market, and his connections in Rome are very deep, but this is only the underground world, and there is no one to bird him in high society and officialdom.

Matt whispered, "Now is not the time to talk about this, I have something to do with you!" ”

Fils turned his head to look left and right, and saw that the overseers around him were attracted by the other slaves, but the place on the wall was too small for talking. He whispered, "Wait a minute, let's go down the city wall!" ”

So the two of them carried the stones to the location set by the overseers, and then slowly walked down the city wall, one side by one, side by side, and only had a chance to talk on the way to the city defense material storage warehouse. Fils observed the surroundings for a moment before saying to Matt, "Okay, you can talk now!" ”

Matt said in a low voice: "The people outside the city wanted to come in, and they sent people into the city to find me, and asked me to find someone to open the city gate within the agreed time and give this price." And promised not to embarrass any commoners and slaves after entering the city, including those rich and nobles with good reputation! He held out five fingers as he spoke.

Phils listened to what Matt said, looked at his outstretched five fingers, and then looked ahead without speaking.

Matt saw that Fils was silent, and he was a little anxious. Hurriedly followed, and whispered, "What do you want to do before you agree to make a move?" ”

Fils said casually as he walked, "Do you know the consequences of this? If we fail, more than one or two people will die, and there is a wing of the defenders under the east gate, and even if we risk opening the gate, do you know how much we will pay? And we don't have the right guys, how can we open the city gates? You're sending us to death! ”

Matt looked left and right, and then quickly followed, "I know you have a group of men, and there are quite a few of them. They all listen to you, and if you really want to do it, you should be able to make up a thousand people. You don't have to worry about weapons, I know that tomorrow afternoon the city guards will let you go to the weapons warehouse to carry weapons, you can delay the time when you work, delay the time until the evening, you can do it after dark, as long as you get the weapons. I think you should be able to do it! ”

Fils pondered Matt's words as he walked, and walked a few dozen meters before he said, "Is that all the people outside the city offer?" If that's the case. Even if we risk our lives to open the city and let people outside the city enter. So how has our situation changed? We might as well keep the status quo, at least we don't have to take any risks! ”

Matt was a little anxious, and he said eagerly, "Do you think this city is a fortress that will never be breached?" Don't forget, the Vandals entered the city eight years ago without much effort, and you've been here for years, so weren't you in the city last time it was broken? Didn't see the tragedy at that time? And as far as I know, there is not much food in the city, has the food you eaten in the past two days been greatly reduced? Even if the people outside the city don't attack the city, how long do you think this city can be held without food? ”

Fils was silent when he heard this, he had to admit that Matt's words had a certain truth, anyway, to help the people outside the city open the city gates, even if some people died, but it could make most civilians and slaves not die, and if they didn't agree, after waiting for the city to break, more than a few people would die, and the entire city would be destroyed, or the people outside the city would not attack the city but besiege the city, and the people in the city would starve to death if they had no food.

There was a struggle in his heart, and he was about to reach his destination before he spoke: "I'm not satisfied with the conditions offered by the other party, if you can't call the shots, arrange for me to talk to him in person, I think it's a good time to eat tonight, if you miss the time to eat at night, it's not easy for us to get weapons, I think you should understand!" ”

The slaves were only outside when they were working and eating, and they were usually locked up by the city guards to prevent the slaves from causing trouble, and he had to give Matt some time to contact his employer, and he also had to give his employer some time to contact the people outside the city, so it was best to meet at dinner time tonight.

Matt thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, I'll arrange it, you're doing everything as usual, and I'll naturally bring the other party to you when the time comes!" ”

In the afternoon, the slaves of Fils worked for another afternoon, and in the evening, when it was getting dark, the overseers and the soldiers of the city guard drove the slaves back to the shack and enclosed them, so that they would not escape or make trouble, but before entering the shack, they had to be given food to feed them, which was called dinner, which lasted about half an hour.

As soon as Fils walked to a large tree with a bowl of batter so thin that he could see his reflection that he could see it, two people came from the other side, one of them was Matt, and the other was not a slave, but a City Guard soldier, Matt was carrying a bowl of batter, and the other City Guard soldier stood guard with a spear in his hand.

Matt pursed his lips to the City Guard soldier standing next to him and whispered to Fils: "This is the employer, you can call him Jamie, time is pressing, you can mention any conditions directly!" ”

Jamie spoke first: "Hello, call me Jamie, in the current environment, I can't say my specific identity and position, but as long as you put forward your conditions, if I can be the master, I can reply to you now, if I can't be the master, I can ask someone outside the city who can make a decision, and strive to answer you before tomorrow's breakfast time!" ”

Fils turned his head to look at the city guard soldiers standing beside him, but soon looked elsewhere, took a sip of batter and said, "Well, my condition is to add one more condition to the one you have set yourself, when you enter the city, you must immediately cancel the slave status of all slaves in the city, and let the slaves become civilians!" ”

When the city guard soldier heard this, he was stunned, he didn't expect that the condition proposed by Fils turned out to be this, Fils saw that the other party did not react, and asked: "You can't be the master of this condition?" ”

The city guard soldier came back to his senses and said: "No, I can reply to you now with this condition, we agree with the condition you proposed, in fact, if you know more about my Qin State, you should know that the slavery system has been abolished in our country, and all slaves will automatically cancel their slavery status and become free civilians, unless the slave himself voluntarily continues to be a slave for the nobles, this situation is not uncommon, but it is rare!" Slaves who were originally engaged in agriculture could go to the local government office where they lived and ask the local land officer in charge of land affairs to give them a share of their land after becoming a free commoner! ”

Now it's Phils' turn to be a little confused, is there such a good thing in the world? If this is the case, then isn't this Great Qin Empire full of freedmen and nobles, and very few slaves? Thinking of this, Fils was a little excited, and Matt said in a regretful tone on the side: "Fils, you have lost a lot this time, and you actually put forward a condition that is not a condition, and this condition is originally the treatment you deserve!" ”

Fils didn't care at all, he looked full of passion and vitality, and people who didn't know thought he had a spring, "It's good to have such treatment, since you agreed to my conditions, then even if we are in an employment relationship, what should we do?" How do you guarantee our safety when we open the gates! ”

The soldier of the city guard said: "Tomorrow night when you carry your weapons, I will act with you, and after killing the defenders at the city gate, we will open the city gate, and then light a fire on the city gate tower as a signal, but before we can do one thing, that is, tear off the sleeve of our left arm to expose our left arm, so that when people outside the city come in, they will not attack us when they see our exposed left arm!" ”

At this time, the Romans wore clothes, including soldiers' clothes, most of them were exposed, but it was winter, and no one was stupid enough to be shirtless in winter, and it was best to use a bare half of their arms as a sign to distinguish friend from foe.

Fils thought about it and thought it was good, he nodded and said, "Okay, I agree, I will command it when the time comes, you will be in charge of the contact, Matt, you can also come and help me!" ”

Matt hurriedly said: "Don't, I'm just a middleman, I don't do this kind of dangerous business!" ”

Fils turned his head and stared at Matt coldly: "You must be with me, from now on, you can't leave my side for a moment!" ”

"Huh?" Matt suddenly realized that he couldn't quit at all, and no one would let anyone who knew the inside story go, because it was a major event that involved the life and death of many people. (To be continued)

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