Chapter 20: Laconia (Medium)
It seems that the little widow did not say it with her mouth, but in her heart she also recognized that Calabis had inherited her family, and her rare grooming was for today's courage and ability, and in Laconia Square, it was not only the pace of family revival that was determined, but also her personal family future, which made her hold Calabis's hand, and she trembled a little.
Yulia's declaration was indeed valid, and after a while, some people asked loudly about the identity of Calabis, or asked about the treatment of recruitment, and some people questioned the reputation of the Li Bida family, and were unwilling to return the service for service, and the whole square suddenly became lively, and more and more people gathered.
"Those who previously served as the commander of the tent team will receive double the salary when they return to service, and those who have served as centurions before will be paid four times! For veterans who have returned to service, a one-time settlement fee of 400 dinars; For new soldiers, two hundred dinars are given at one time; If we were willing to free slaves to join the army, we would pay the master money according to the price, and we were also willing to bear the free-slave tax (Rome freed slaves and needed to pay taxes to the state). The Thirteenth Legion Rulers under the Iron Hand began to loudly and proudly report the conditions, and to be honest, this condition was quite generous even in the city of Rome, because Carabis had received part of the money from the Temple of Agriculture, which was the location of the treasury, and Crassus and himself had also advanced some of it, so the treasury of the Thirteenth Legion was not short of money now, but it was a good person.
"Armament and food are the responsibility of the Legion Committee, and you only need to pass the examination at once, and the heavy infantry is assessed for three - throwing shot put and javelin, running and swimming with weights, and light skirmishers are also three - bows and arrows, throwing stones, jumping and climbing. Just pass. There is a placement fee. There is a resettlement fee, and each hoplite is also equipped with a military slave! ”
Just when the people were bustling to prepare to receive the brand, Yulia on the stage suddenly added a supplementary condition: "During the camp ceremony, you must swear to the statue of the god of war and the statue of King Numa, and if you are a free man and a freed slave, you must swear allegiance to my man!" ”
As soon as these words came out, there was a fluctuation in the crowd. A forty-year-old man with a beard on his face and a few people immediately jumped on the high ground of the stall on the opposite side and shouted: "This thirteenth legion is just an auxiliary legion, everyone knows that the auxiliary legion has no salary, and will use the grant of citizenship to trick barbarians and slaves into joining the army, but do we still need it?" This Yulia. Lybidaeus was indeed the granddaughter of the general, but she had tarnished the family's reputation by lending usury and participating in trade, and now she had brought with her an unknown foreigner. He actually said that he inherited the family lintel to trick us into allegiance. ”
This man's confrontation scene. Causing chaos in the square, Calabis hurriedly patted his chest and explained to everyone: "The status of the Thirteenth Legion is only temporary, and in two years we will have a triumphal ceremony, and we will inevitably be upgraded to a full-fledged legion. Have you seen it, my flag is the iron hand inherited from the ancestors of the traitor Catirin of the Republic, this army has also made meritorious contributions in the Yukexinghai Expedition, although the national treasury has only paid part of the salary, but we have the support of the financial lord behind us, so there is also a legion treasury, and the salary will only be higher than other legions, believe me. ”
"You're just a strange stranger, and judging by his complexion, his hair, it's not like us, and he's probably just a Roman broker." The man continued to mock loudly.
"Valery, I know you!" Yulia, who was beside Calabis, shouted angrily, "What kind of citizen are you? It's just a peregrinidediticii. I'll say a few more words to get to the bottom of it - you were an Epirus slave who followed Sulla and my grandfather's army, and at the end of your service with the help of your grandfather was granted the status of a peregrinidediticii (naturalized foreigner, second-class citizen), but you were not allowed to live in the city of Rome, you had to settle outside eighty Roman miles, and the next generation had the right to vote. You are still a guest of our family, and you can't rebel if you want to! "The little widow is very powerful, because of the decline of her family and the fact that she is a woman, so she has no binding force on Laconia, but now that Calabis is by her side, she has a lot of liliang, yes, this man is right, she needs a combination of family and wealth between her and him to exert the maximum power. The name of Lybidaeus was to be restored to the prestige and service of Laconia, and all the soldiers were to invite the idol of King Numa into the barracks and pay allegiance to it.
That Valery didn't expect Yulia to recognize his identity, he was terrified, this little lady was indeed similar to his grandfather, when his grandfather was alive, he could recognize everyone in the barracks, and now she can do it. But, what if it's just a female streamer? Then Valery still shouted, irrational and uncalm occupied his head, and he not only mocked Calabis, but also ridiculed and insulted the Libidaeus family, laughed at the old Libidaus's rebellion against the republic, and laughed at the red apricot of the old Libida's wife, saying that he no longer thought that he was still a guest of this dusty family, and he felt ashamed to think about it, because the patron never gave him what he deserved.
Yulia immediately made a decision, she directly ordered the armed servants to rush through the crowd, walk up to the high ground of the stall opposite, and tear Valery off the high ground in full view of everyone, "What about the weapons that the recruits bring!" She asked as she stared at Calabis, and then, without waiting for him to reply, she took out Carabis's dagger and threw it at the armed servant through the crowd, "Slit his throat, which is due to him by the Lord of Asy." ”
Soon, the hapless Valery clutched his blood-spattered throat, stared at the sound of the air hissing and bursting out of the air elsewhere, and his feet fluttered in the dust, but some of the people around him thought that his words were excessive, and some were afraid of Yulia, in short, no one dared to say words of sympathy, and they all watched Valery Zuihou's breathless scene.
"Again, it was my man's dagger who killed the doorman Valery, who has the power to execute the ungrateful doorman of the family, and he has the power to obtain your allegiance." Yulia took Calabis's hand again and lifted it up, and said.
Zuihou, with 600 hoplites and 800 lightly armed skirmishers, was recruited under the command of Calabis, who swore an oath directly in the square to the statue of King Numa brought by Yuria, and then entered the camp after swearing to the statue of Mars in the cantonment camp on the plains of Oristano, and received the imprint of the Thirteenth Legion.
"Go as soon as you can, I'll go back to Ophelenu." On the gravel ground by the sea, Yulia said goodbye to Calabis very indifferently, "By the way, don't forget, your current name is Calabis. Aemilius. Gao Nerlius. Marcos F. Liebidaeus! (To be continued......)