Chapter 12: Favor (Part II)

Calabis didn't know why Caesar owed so much debt, perhaps it was the accumulation of interest from the usury, maybe it was the love debt of this half-bald swinger brother, or maybe it was because he had held countless huge feasts for the civilians of Rome during his expedition, accumulating capital for his political prestige.

But the first problem now is that Caesar will not be able to pay off his debts, the creditors will not let him go to Lusitania to take up his duties, and the expedition will not be able to be discussed, and Caesar will soon be dragged down and sunk by the huge "negative equity" of money and credibility, just like Catiline.

Now it's time for me to come to the rescue of the hero and make capital for myself, eight hundred and ninety-seven Tallent, horror! I've been working hard for so many years now, and the assets are about a hundred Talents, and there are a lot of welded in the Etrunian industry, what I urgently need is hot money, historically Crassus paid off part of Caesar's debts and secured the rest of the debts, Caesar's Lusitania expedition was completed, but then Caesar would only accept Crassus's feelings, I had to get involved in it in order to stand firm in history, and now I need about two hundred Talents in cash, and Crassus to help Caesar's gambling stick.

After thinking for a while, Calabis said, "I will raise two hundred Talents as soon as possible, and I will also go to my patron and Crassus, and try to get His Excellency the Grand Counsel to form an army and go to Lusitania. ”

When Caesar heard this, he turned over, "Next year, next year!" Lusitania's expedition must be carried out, only then can I truly pay off my debts, I am a man of the family Julius, a descendant of Venus. But now my political position is not at all commensurate with the lintel of my family, to the point of pitifulness. When I return from the expedition - I will run for the new consul. Oh my. I need you Calabis, and if you can do this, you will be the lieutenant general of the legion at the time of the expedition, and it will be all right, as the governor of Spain, I have every right to appoint lieutenants and centurions; When I become consul, you will be the ruler of a certain province; Stay"

"For the time being, I have only heard that your Excellency has been appointed Viceroy of Spain. But having heard that the Senate had no intention of launching an expedition against Lusitania, and that there were only sporadic raids against the Roman colonies in that distant place, how could you win our fortune through a war like Mithridates? ”

As a result, Caesar's face turned grim, "There is no war, I can make war." A politician in Rome would not have made a decision if he had learned. Combining private interests with public empowerment, he will never dominate the table. Calabis. You have to keep it a secret for me - when I go to Lusitania, I will at once provoke unbridled slaughter and intimidation, and it is better to have all the tribes of Spain near and far rise up against me on behalf of Rome, and when I come to office I will not deal with any frivolous and complicated government affairs at all, I only need war and plunder. ”

"I understand that the contemptible man will do his best to assist you, and I believe that our promises will be fulfilled one day." Calabis replied calmly, too, that the two of them had no scruples to be amazed by their naked radical words, Brutus, Posia, or even Seville, and then Caesar put his arms around his neck, and the two kissed each other firmly and affectionately.

Afterwards, Calabis took his leave, and as he left, he saw Brutus talking to Caesar in a slightly agitated manner, presumably to express his displeasure with what they had just said.

At night, Calabis galloped all the way to the Palatine Hill, took out a bunch of keys, opened the door of Claudius's house, and pushed the door open! Because this mansion was originally given to the Claudius sisters and brothers, the two servants came to me in surprise and repeatedly dissuaded that the master and the young master were holding a private small banquet, and you were trespassing on the noble territory. Calabis pushed the slaves away one by one, then put on the gold ring given to him by his patron, and walked to the garden open-air dining, where Claudia and a lover whom she had just met, a poet who had come to Rome to mingle, sat on a swing entwined with ivy, and in the dining-room with the small dome, the attendees could see at a glance, Claudius and his new wife, Fulivia, and the son of the former consul, Curio, who was already as strong as the Hercules Marco. Anthony, the four of them were comfortably making a mat from the couch, laughing and laughing, and several servants were either preparing vegetable soup or shaking fans to cool off everyone.

In the few seconds of that pause, Carabis glanced at and concluded that the coterie was in turmoil: Claudineri was angry because of the ambiguity between the poet and his sister; And Fulivia and Anthony, who is full of masculine beauty, eyebrows, which caused Curio's sourness.

If you've been to a banquet like this for thirty nights in Rome, it's easy to scan out what's inside.

"Oh my God, who is this rude fellow without any manners!" When the poet saw the intruder, he stood up in an aria tone, and he grabbed the man by the collar and threw him out of the garden, "The clown of this banquet may leave first." Then he stepped forward and politely asked the former hostess and the host of the banquet: "I have something very important to report to the two of you, concerning the future of the Claudius family. ”

Claudia felt that she could live in this house, and that she could enjoy the enslavement and harp, and that she could afford to put on fine clothes and seduce more men, because of Calabis; Claudius thought of Mithridates, a symbol of his "military exploits". Yubert's saber was given to him by Calabis, who immediately served as a civilian tribune, spending money to buy support and relying on his funding. So the siblings whispered to Fulivia, Anthony, and Curio, and the rest left with a little annoyance.

"You've been seducing the house next door lately, Cicero's wife Lenchat, right?" When Calabis saw Claudius's wife leave, he picked up an oyster, ate it, and went straight into it.

"How do you know? Calabis, you weren't in Asia Minor before. Claudius looked surprised.

"Have you got it?"

"No, a woman with a strong temperament and a strong desire to dominate is always more difficult to get hold of than a beautiful woman, and this is my valuable experience." Claudius pondered, while his sister sat aside, wondering what Calabisti was all about.

"Listen, Cicero already knows about it." Calabis said with a serious expression, "Lenchate has told her husband everything about your ugliness, and Cicero will definitely give you a good look about the appointment of the tribune." (To be continued......)