When the soldiers refused to continue their allegiance to him, Julius. Caesar put down the mutiny with a single word, shouting to everyone: "Quirites." ”

Lucuras was a little dazed, he felt that he had been tricked, that he was still a lowly slave. Born into a noble family, he was so favored by the gods that his eloquence was used against political opponents, and his strategy was used against enemies on the battlefield, but he never seemed to know that a personal slave was actually associated with the conspiracy that framed him.

"Demitrius, my son, tell me, why did you do this? Am I sorry for you, your annual salary is four thousand drachmas, and Calabis is only three hundred drachmas, and I hope to take you back to Rome to help treat my brother Marcus's condition, and I will not hesitate to pay you the annual salary of ten thousand drachmas at that time. Lucuras' tone was a little painful.

The Jew's eyes flashed twice, and he was visibly embarrassed, but he answered Lucuras's question: "Yes, you have nothing bad to me. It's just that my behavior is to show that my greater value is to understand rhetoric and law, and should have a more ambitious future, rather than just becoming a herbalist and ending my life. Pompey had sent someone to secretly negotiate with me in advance, I would not follow you back to Rome, I would stay with Pompey and be a confidential slave, drafting documents for him and counselloring military affairs. Then, by the time I appeared on the Great Triumph, I would have been the most powerful and wealthy slave in Rome. ”

Hearing this, Pompey proudly lowered his robes, "Yes - I have to say, Lucuras, you natural nobleman, you have always been mistaken for thinking that you are good enough for the lower classes, but I tell you that you can be sent away by more than just a reward for the lower classes - you have to listen to their little dreams. ”

Seeing that Luculas was extremely indignant, he was furious, and severely rebuked Demetrius for violating the sacred contractual relationship between master and slave in Rome, and that he would not end well in the future. As a result, the impatient Dmetrius cried out, "You are no longer my master, and you have lost your power, and even if you still have rich property, it will not arouse any desire to serve you." With that, he stood beside the proud Pompey and Triari.

"Alright, Pompey, I admit that I lost this round. But I still have to thank you for making me see a lot of things, a lot of people. Luculas slowly regained his composure, and instead sighed lightly, "But I have to advise you, Honorable General Pompey. Now that I have indeed lost my power, even if I get rid of the accusation, I will have to live in the old manor villa in the future. My life may be an old-fashioned comedy – a vigorous beginning and a bland ending. However, I still gave Rome a bad start, that is, to make people like you Pompey think that with only three or five legions, you can defeat the other most powerful shili like me, and win great honor and benefits for yourself. But in the end, such an act will destroy yourselves and our republic. ”

With that, Lucuras turned to leave, but Pompey stopped him and extended his hand to him, "Lucuras, in terms of position, I shouldn't shake your hand; But I can't deceive myself into thinking that yes, you are indeed one of the greatest generals in the history of Roman founding. I'm proud to shake your hand. Luculas looked at Pompey for a moment, smiled, and shook hands quickly

Three days later, Luculas officially left the barracks, and even though he had led three legions and performed one miraculous feat after another in the past few years, there were hardly any soldiers in the entire camp to see him off, and he was burdened with the accusations that he would face when he returned to Rome. He was followed only by his own three hundred armed slaves and freemen, among whom were Calabis and Poti, and the hundreds, who had been promised to go to the winter camp in advance, and the three companies, the Scythian doctor Timosius, who had been captured earlier. Before leaving, Demitrius came to see him off and said to Calabis:

"You refuse to listen to my advice, and come with Pompey to do something promising. Don't you know that a man like Pompey, who had gained unrivalled wealth and glory in his previous wars against pirates, would become the man at the pinnacle of Rome once he conquered Pontus and Armenia? And the two of us can also ascend to heaven, at that time you don't have to worry about money and villas at all, and even the senators and knights will grovel in front of you, just so that you can help them say a good word in front of their masters. ”

Calabis didn't know what to do with the Jew now, and perhaps they were friends in personal terms, so he confided in himself: "But everyone understands that Pompey has indeed taken the honor that rightfully belongs to Lucuras. I feel sorry for him. Besides, all I wanted was to find a stable life with Potty in Rome. ”

Best, the Jew patted Calabis on the shoulder and said, "Don't try to fill a sandbag full of holes - there is no such thing as a stable life in Rome, believe me, friend." After saying that, Demetrius insisted on giving Calabius a money bag containing two hundred silver drachmas, "In Rome good or bad, don't forget the friendship between Demetrius and Calabius." ”

Should you believe the Jews? In the bustling procession with luggage on his back, Calabis looked at Potti, who was holding his hand next to him, and couldn't help but feel a little confused: Rome City, what awaits him?

However, in terms of money, Calabis did not need to worry too much for the time being, last time he and Kelly seized the crown discarded by Tegrenys, the king of kings of Armenia, and was rewarded with five hundred drachmas, but later, because he belonged to the legion, according to the custom, he handed over half of the reward to the public treasury, plus the money he had received before, and the savings that Poti had previously saved, and the Sichuan money given by Demetrius, and in this woman's money box, there were a total of five hundred silver drachmas, which was equivalent to almost two thousand Cestrius, It's equivalent to almost ten years of annual pay for a legionnaire.

Before, when he and Potty were lying on the bed in the tent and counting their small "possessions", they would also ask Potty about the CPI of the classical shijie, and concluded that the money was enough for them to rent a mid-range and solid studio apartment in Rome with drinking pipes and a kitchen for two years.

Luculas did not choose to return from the port of Silesia via the Cypriot Sea Route, for he claimed that he was full of disgust and hatred for Pompey, and that he did not wish to sail in the seas that would witness Pompey's extermination of the pirates, preferring to go north to Bithynia, then through Samothrace, Helis, to Byzantium, and then across the Greek land, from the port of Epirus, back to Rome.

Because of this, Lucuras's team, and the team that went to the winter camp with Highbrid, were on the same path again.