In the early days of the previous republic, a large number of citizens who were interested in dedicating themselves to the cause of Mars God of War disappeared, and were replaced by homeless people, ruffians and even slaves, but once they accepted the recruitment and entered the barracks, they were unified "Roman legionnaires", and after the minimum service period of six years and the longest thirty years of service, You can also successfully become a citizen and obtain naturalization qualifications.

Because it was a temporary recruitment, the selection process of the chief executive and the military tribune was so rough that even the patron (one of them) could not stand it: these people pulled the so-called recruits into several rows, and all of them were more than five and a half feet tall and had a good eye, and all of them were sent to the ranks of the cavalry or the first brigade, and the short, obscene-eyed ones were sent to the other brigades, and when the servants took out the fiery soldering irons and branded the legion mark on each of them, the so-called recruitment work was completed.

A military tribune handed a register made of several wooden planks to Calabis: "Freedmen, no, new citizens with holes in their left ears, your two brigades are all together. Calabis pinched his nose and looked at the crooked melons and cracked dates in front of him, but after thinking about it, he didn't know anything when Xiao Ya first entered the Seventh Legion, many of these people were "street fighters" before they joined the army, and they should be a little familiar with fighting and slashing, they are better than they were back then!

As a result, in just one or two days, two city legions were recruited, with a total of more than 5,000 people (the city legion is small), and the legion committee was also temporarily set up, Neruda, as the second consul, deservedly became the commander-in-chief, and Claudius served Cicero in a very timely manner, becoming one of the lieutenants. In addition, under the operation of Caesar and Crassus, veterans of Campeña and Sicily, all returned to service, and also gathered on the outskirts of Rome by land and sea. General Metra, who was stationed in Tun Gaul, also received an urgent order to send troops on time to attack the Catiline Division.

As for Calabis, although he is a big benefactor and relies on his money to bear the recruitment and weapons and equipment of two of the brigades, he has only been a citizen for a long time, and he has not yet "turned regular", so his status in the legion can only bear the title of weighing officer.

But he was also the actual leader of this brigade - the fourth brigade and the tenth brigade of the Second City Legion, which was a sign that the Roman legion had entered the era of privatization.

Calabis, the master of the scales, had Pope build him a huge bullock cart, covered with bronze armor and ramblings, and under the wide seat of the ox cart rider was actually a huge empty cash box filled with money, and the ox cart was guarded by twelve heavily armed gladiators under Opric. Subsequently, Calabis sent hired accounting slaves to "attack" everywhere, pulling many mule carts, pack horses, goats, iron nails, etc., and placed them in the new barracks of the Quirino Gate in the north of Rome, in the garrison of his own brigade.

But in terms of command, Calabis did not intervene at all, he understood that once he arrived on the battlefield, the only thing that could make these recruits carry forward their combat power was their centurions and tenstraps, which had nothing to do with him, and the next steps were just to make a small report, and let the legion serve as the order of the centurion of the brigade through veterans such as Milu, Tagus, and Pope, which did not encounter any difficulties, because the returning veterans from Campeña and Sicily were all absorbed by Claudius and became the personal guards of the commander Neruda, so the rest of the brigade, Veterans and non-commissioned officers with combat experience are just treasures, and they are all placed in the position of battalion officer or centurion.

Cicero, through the soothsayer, predicted that four days later would be the best time to send troops, and he was to personally supervise and hang five treason sinners of Liantulus as a blood sacrifice.

In the bustling bazaar-like camp, Calabis and Milou exchanged a few words, "Don't expect these recruits of yours to rely on discipline and training to serve on the battlefield, in addition to the rewards, it is better to hire some vendors, military slaves, and wives to follow them." "That's what Milou demanded.

Calabis nodded, "Today, it just so happens that I have a private banquet in the tavern in Domuki, and I have entrusted her with the task of solving these problems. Then he walked through the fence, left the camp, and walked in the direction of the sheepfold in the great square, which was close at hand.

After babbling and pushing open the door, hidden outside in the atmosphere of slaughter, the smell of joy ** in the tavern came to the face, everywhere there were delicacies and wine, and Greek slaves playing harps and flutes were around, and several freedmen partners in the business of Calabis, wearing garlands on their heads, holding slender prostitutes, hahadaxiao in the bright lights, competing with each other to tell lewd jokes to help the wine.

"Hey, newcomer citizen from the East, you need to know how much thought and risk I have put into arranging this untimely banquet, and now even the festive party in the Vici neighborhood has been canceled by that frigidly hillbilly of Cicero." The proprietress Domuwai shouted half-coquettishly, half-triumphantly, and then wrapped her arm around Calabis's shoulder, and handed her a glass of Celtic beer.

"The noblewomen of Rome were naturally cold in bed, and Cicero was the best of them." Calabis took the beer, sat down with a smile, exchanged glasses with everyone, and then one of them took out a plank, and Calabis took it, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, even Turus is about to be hanged, and we can also plan for what Etrunia deserves our attention after this war." ”

"You discussed this with Crassus?" A rosacea-nosed asked cautiously.

"The circle of interests was divided, and afterwards we and Crassus helped Caesar repay his debt of eight hundred talents, and then Crassus helped Caesar to run the expedition to Lusitania (present-day Portugal), and supported him in running for consul who returned from the expedition; In return, Crassus was in charge of the operation, giving citizenship to the nobles of Po Gaul and serving as the head of the new Po Colonial City Council; Our sweet little bit, the iron ore of Etrunia goes to Crassus, and the rest goes to us. When he finished speaking, Calabis squeaked his knife on the board and placed it on the table, "The old soldiers' settlement and the fields and farmsteads around the city of Fessurai are all mine. Two and a half million Cesquires. ”

The other half-bald man hurriedly snatched the plank, and also busied himself with a carving knife, "The brick-making industry there belongs to me, 1.4 million." ”

"The merchant post and the road belong to me, one and two hundred thousand!"

"The vineyard and the winemaking are mine, nine hundred thousand Cestris!" The rosacea nose shouted impatiently.

Calabis picked up the plank and pointed it in the face of the lees nose leaning over, and the man's glass and wine were all knocked away, wetting the slave girl next to him, "Mule! Your money was really given to a rich old lady in exchange for licking her nakedness! In this chaotic season, do you still dare to engage in viticulture? I don't know that grapes are the hardest property to serve, unless you have an investment of nine million. Hey, how did this guy get in, drag it out. The rosacea covered his face, clung to the edge of the table, and cried out, "I am wrong, I am wrong, I will soon receive the property of a consul's widow, and I will add to one hundred and twenty thousand Cesdes, and the manure industry and transportation of the Etrunian estates shall be handed over to me." ”