Chapter 30: The Fist and the Stone Tablet (I)

A real eagle does not lay two eggs. - Ancient Roman proverb

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"I think Marcos's idea is to make Prima a place of seclusion and happiness, and maybe we can have a chain of ponds with all kinds of fish, and we can also attract sea water and warm water, and raise sea fish and crocodiles in it." Calabis spoke clearly about Marcos' dream.

"Who are you?" Claudia asked.

"I am a freeman who has taken refuge in your house, noble lady." Calabist mentions "your door" so as not to annoy the mistress, who has already seen her brother's methods.

"Calabis, keep talking." Luculas encouraged, "It just so happens that I've been interested in fish farming lately. ”

"Yes, you can dig tunnels from the mountains behind Prima and bring in seawater, so that you don't have to work hard to raise marine fish." Ever since the last time he helped Marcus back to his room, and learned that Luculas was going to build a new villa in Prima, he had been observing the customs of the nobility in Those de Crucus of Clothra, and had discovered that the nobles of Rome had recently been frantically raising fish, and that they were tired of planting trees and flowers. Coupled with the extreme difficulty of breeding and transporting, the price of an eel can be raised to 1,000 to 2,000 drachmas.

Keeping fish as pets is what these boring Roman aristocrats can come up with.

As soon as Calabis finished speaking, Marcus applauded with joy and winked at himself, meaning not to forget his crocodile.

"Attracting sea water and digging tunnels through mountains is a proverb!" Claudia angrily spoke out of the verdict, and then glared at Calabis fiercely, "You free people, don't let Prima become the laughing stock of all Rome!" I would have introduced my husband to a construction team that helped Crassus build countless beautiful and expensive villas and high-end apartments, but I can't do anything about this mess - Lucuras, you spoiled brother! ”

"I am my brother who loves me, and you are not in a position to accuse me, my dear wife, and when it comes to spoiling my brother, you are unmatched in all the city of Rome, and when your brother is fifteen years old, he can still get into your bed while it is dark, and sleep with his sister to be at ease! And when you're looking for a lover, pick out those who look like your evil brother! An angry Luculas also raised his tone, and the two favorite madmen were furious, but fortunately there were no outsiders present under the grape trellis, except for Calabis.

"Bastard!" Claudia spite of her graceful sitting posture and stood up angrily, "Don't you forget, you can become the governor of Silesia, not by bribing the notorious courtesan named Princia?" Don't insult my brother and lover, in my eyes, being with you on the bed is like holding an ice cube. ”

"Really? But I have heard that your latest love, a knight named Langis, has openly shared his bed with you in the crowd of Rome, and he has commented that you are so enthusiastic in the scene that you are so cold as ice that you can't even moan. Luculas struck so beautifully that Claudia's face was crooked, and she cursed "Langis, Langis, I have to punish you", and then shouted to Kelly, "Kelly! With twenty armed servants, I'm going to kill Langis. ”

But Kelly stayed where he was, looking at Lucuras's face, and the man said softly, "Use you Claudian people, don't come to tarnish the reputation of my family." So he took his brother Marcus with him.

Claudia, who was smoking, shouted and screamed under the grape trellis, and then saw Calabis, who was neither going nor staying, pointing to his sedan chariot at the door, and shouting, "You are a free man sheltered by my family, and now you follow my chariot to the Subra district." "Calabis has a big head, and he can only reluctantly explain, saying that I will stay here and wait for the call of my master.

"I am your mistress!" Claudia stepped onto the sedan chair, and the hard-headed Calabis did not dare to publicly offend him, so he could only follow behind with the maid with combing hair and a few male servants.

Subra was the most chaotic, dirty, and violent district in all of Rome, full of kilns, gambling houses, and stolen houses, where apartments collapsed and caught fire every day, then turned into weedy ruins, and became a new open place of brawls and killings, where countless people died, and where witches came in the early morning to cut the flesh of the dead in preparation for rituals. On the crooked path, Claudia sat on a sedan chair, swaying and murderous, and in front of a scaffolding foundation, a young knight in a red-trimmed cloak was inspecting the progress of the project. Claudia shouted angrily, startling the man to turn his headβ€”this fellow, indeed, was a bit like Claudius, and whistled, and it seemed that he had made fun of Claudia's behavior in bed, and had been prepared for her revengeβ€”and several big men burst out, armed with short knives and iron rods, and rushed at Claudia's sedan chariot.

Claudia screamed, because the slave threw her chariot in the mud and hid in the safety of the corner, and she herself panicked, holding on to the chariot and preparing to escape, and had long since forgotten the desire for revenge, but a big man still rushed up with a short knife and stepped on the mud!

"Strip off this stinky girl's clothes on the street!" With Langis's triumphant shout, they are really a pair of passionate lovers.

There was a crisp sound, and Claudia, who was leaning on the sedan chair, saw that the big man who was coming at her was hit in the temple by a punch from Calabis that jumped out from the side, and immediately rolled her eyes and collapsed to the ground.

Even Calabis was shocked, and at that moment, he didn't expect the power and damage of the fist to be so great.

But it was also an instant, and the remaining big men quickly judged that he was the main obstacle in front of Claudia, and they all surrounded him with a scream.

When a big man slashed down with an iron rod in his hand, Calabis moved, flashed the iron bar, then nested to the right side, and quickly punched the big man's ribs twice, almost hearing the sound of the opponent's ribs breaking.

Stretched out a straight fist again, and smashed directly into the face of another big man, the big man didn't even have time to stab out the short knife, and fell to the ground, and then Calabis, who was as nimble as an eel, punched left and right, and picked the weakest part of the enemy to attack, and soon Zuihou one, covering his crotch and slowly falling.

"Langis, zhanzhu!" Claudia, who had regained her spirits, shouted, and the slaves who had been hiding on the corner of the street rushed out with a scream, and they caught up with Langis at the corner of the street, and pushed him to the ground, shouting insults.

"Beat him!" Claudia ordered.

Langis's fists rained down as he shouted insults at Claudia, then slowly turned to a plea that he would pay five thousand drachmas to make amends to his former mistress.

There were more and more onlookers, which aroused Claudia's pride, "You, and you raped him again, and you were in the street." Claudia's expression was vicious, and she instructed the slaves, "Langis, give you a taste of the real passion." Then she glanced at Calabis and ordered, "You too." ”