There are few born warriors, and most of them become warriors through hard training. - Ancient Roman proverb

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Lucuras's trust company was not built, but as far as Calabis had seen (there must have been others, but Luculas didn't think it was necessary for him to know) alone, there were more than thirty freemen working in it: these people, after verifying the payment for the diversion project, paid the full amount at once, and the slaves really carried the real money of one urn after another.

This tuna, in addition to being gentle and gentle, is definitely a master of making money, of course, he never comes forward personally, and the freedmen of his trust company will arrange good haode for him: buy lakes, forests, estates, workshops, mines, hire manpower to operate in between, and entrust merchants with the marketing of goods. A true Roman nobleman would not bother to mere in such trivial chores, which would be detrimental to their reputation and honor.

Milou, Pope, Tagus and other leaders were each paid 800 drachmas, and the veterans who participated in the labor, a total of more than 20 people, each received 500 drachmas. Even Hybrida's daughter, Van Lunjuna, was paid two hundred silver coins (given to her by Calabist) for helping the craftsmen wash their clothes. As for the twenty thousand drachmas of Calabys, he did not dare to set up them in the open place to collect them independently, but scattered them at various procurement points in the name of the project money, as he had negotiated with Kelly and Claudia in advance, and then collected them one by one, and then distributed them by Calabis: both Kelly and Claudia got the share that they had said in advance.

They were all happy, but Calabis found Milou and them, and the families, who were about to abandon the dilapidated veterans' house, bought new furniture and were frustrated with the jealousy and insults of the rigid veterans who did not believe in Calabis's advice, and rejoiced to move en masse to the neighborhood behind the public villa, where the apartments were cleaner and more classy.

"Thank you, alien, for making Fides shine!" Milou and the others met Calabis and greeted him warmly.

"What are you going to do in the future?" Calabis stretched out his hands and asked them with a smile, "The richest tuna in Rome has already contracted to me the library of Prima and the banquet hall of his wife, no, it's us." How, help me, but also for the sake of yourself, believe in fides again, and do it again! Then Calabis declared: "I have ten thousand drachmas in my hand, and I will tell you the truth that I have intercepted the aqueduct project. Each of you will have an equal share of four hundred drachmas, which will be enough for you to find the best carpentry in all of Rome, and to make the most magnificent hinged furniture for your family, and you can choose from the precious materials of maple, beech, pine, and holly. ”

Milou looked at the crowd, then laughed, and said, "Calabis, you are really a nobleman, and perhaps in front of our new apartment, we will erect a small bronze statue of you and an inscription of gratitude for you." ”

"No, I'm going to build a collective statue for you, you are my nobles!"

The location of Lucuras's library, which Calabis had chosen with ingenuity, was located on a hill, connected to the ground with steps and curved corridors, and it was designed to be transparent on all sides, without a gate, and on a terrace that stretched out to face the green waves of the fish pond, so that the owner could stroll on it while writing and reading, and see the most beloved and precious fish wandering in it. Pressed against the wall are groups of open bookcases, all of which are made of sturdy and corrosion-resistant plane wood, and the veneer is made of Mauritania's gold-friendly citron wood, according to Popper's suggestion. In order to prevent collapse (as was common in shoddy buildings at the time), the walls were made of expensive stone brought from Greece in a grid shape, plastered to a sparkle brighter than glass. Once completed, Lucuras was to follow the example of Cato the Younger, and for at least ten Tallents, hire scribes to copy the philosophical, military, and theological texts on valuable calf paper (paper made of calfskin, the most precious in classical times), and store them permanently (or hopefully) in the library's bookcases. However, Luculas was still different from Cato the Younger, the former for the sake of culture and elegance, and the latter for the purpose of copying the treasury books for the purpose of picketing corruption when he was a magistrate.

As for Claudia's banquet hall, which happened to be separated from Lucuras's library by natural woods and mountains, Calabis was of course very concerned about it, and he knew how bad the couple's feelings were. The banquet hall, set on an artificial lake, resembles a golden marble island, has dozens of rooms, named after different gods, the most lavish and magnificent is the "Apollo Room", where Lucuras decides to have a meal, at least 10,000 drachmas.

With a great deal of money as lubricant, all the work went smoothly, and when the craftsmen dragged in the wood, which had been well watered in the fall, Lucuras approached Calabis and asked him to put some effort into supervising the whole work, and he was going to feast the most prominent men of the city of Rome in the completed Apollo Hall on this Saturnalia.

In the construction workshop, the Spaniard Tagus is using a saw in his hand to cut the alder scattered on the ground, this is a plant that likes to absorb moisture so much that it is usually densely planted under the foundation of the building, and once a small amount of moisture is absorbed in the ground, the wood made of this plant will become extremely tough, firmly supporting the heavy earth and stone on it. Tagus's saw knife danced briskly and rhythmically, and a section of alderwood, which he brushed twice, gave rise to two more pins, which were always at an equal distance, and smooth and smooth, and then brushed twice, and soon the pieces of wood that had been sharpened were placed at his feet.

"I heard that you were once the most powerful swordsman under the One-Eyed Dragon." On the one hand, because of the holiday of the Stove Temple, Calabis, who came to supervise the work, applauded and asked.

Tagus, whose face was scarred, scratched his head honestly, indicating that Calabis was right, and then he lifted a piece of alder with a lot of branches, placed it in front of Calabis, and drew his saber behind his back, a dog-legged knife used by the Spanish barbarians, and handed it to Calabis, meaning that he should try it.

Strange to say, when Calabis was first liberated in the military camp of Ricdania, Arminius had given him a very short Roman legion fighting sword, which at the time felt extremely heavy in his hand, but now this Iberian (ancient Spanish name) dog-legged knife, which is larger than the fighting sword, seems to be lighter in Calabis's hands. "That's probably the effect of learning Thracian boxing and wrestling with Tyrannan, no problem." Calabis held the dog-legged knife, calmed his waist, adjusted his breathing to the alderwood, and then followed Bruce Lee's cry, "pigeon egg-pigeon egg-pigeon egg-" and slashed it down with a few knives.