As long as a person has the patience to cultivate his culture, he will never be so arrogant that he cannot be instructed.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

After comforting Prisca, Oscar stayed in the room with Prisca all morning; This morning, Oscar and Prisca did nothing, just snuggled together and quietly felt each other's presence. During this period, Oscar also changed seven basins of hot water and applied sixteen compresses to Prisca's eyes; By noon, the redness and swelling of Priska's eyes had completely disappeared.

The lunch on the battleship was not as sumptuous as that on the shore, and it was not a fraction of the feast of the rich men in Rome; Still, Prisca ate a lot and was calm. Perhaps, it was the hunger in her stomach that made Prisca no longer picky; Perhaps, because of last night's events and Oscar's comfort, Prisca has truly matured.

After lunch, Prisca made an unbelievable request to Oscar; It was Prisca who offered to take a small boat to another warship where his mother and the rest of his family were. For the Anne was only a trirees, with no more than ten small rooms except for the resting places of the warriors and sailors.

The Maxentius family, the Richard family, and the Carters family were not a small number, and if all of them were placed on the Anne, not only would they not be able to live, but they would also affect their rest; Therefore, Anne sent all these family members to the five columns of the Maxentius family fleet, and only Prisca, who insisted on leaving, was left behind.

Prisca now suddenly made such a request, and Oscar, of course, knew that it was Prisca who wanted to cheer up and comfort her mother and sister-in-law and that poor nephew; However, Oscar had no intention of refusing Prisca's request, because the group of orphans and widows on the battleship of the Five Columns really needed comfort, and Prisca really needed to cheer up.

Whether as one of the few members of the Maxentius family, or as the matriarch of the Augustan family; Prisca needs to live with a cheering up. Otherwise, a crying and languishing Prisca is not a matriarch that the Augustus family can accept!

This is a very realistic and helpless choice, the head mother of the Augustan family can only be shrewd and capable, at least the image of a virtuous lady; Otherwise, it will attract criticism and will not be conducive to the stability of the Augustan family. After sending a small boat to take Prisca to the battleship of the Five Columns, Oscar began to talk to another man.

Old Carabes's room was next door to Oscar's room, and when Oscar came to Old Carabes's room, old Carabes was still lying on the bed to recuperate; Old Carabes is old after all, and although the betrayer's stick did not kill old Carabes, it also caused old Carabes to suffer a heavy blow, and he will not be able to get out of bed for at least two months.

As soon as he saw Oscar come to visit him in person, the elder Carabes confessed his mistakes to Oscar with tears in his eyes, and he felt that it was his own mistakes that caused the Augustan family to be in today's situation; If it weren't for the fact that he was confused for a moment and didn't notice the existence of the traitor, how could he have caused such a big disaster to the Augustus family!

Oscar looked at the old Carabes, who had aged for at least ten years all of a sudden, and felt uncomfortable, so he could only try to comfort the old Carabes, not to think too much, and to recuperate well, and then continue to be the old butler of the Augustus family after recuperating his body. Old Carabes saw Oscar say this, and said with a handful of snot and tears that he was sorry for the old master, sorry for the family or something; The atmosphere was very serious.

In the end, Oscar comforted and persuaded him, and even used the command, so that old Carabes could stop his tears; After once again instructing the old Carabess to recuperate, Oscar exited the old Carabes's room. As soon as he came out of the room, Oscar saw Mary walking by; Oscar just wanted to say hello to Mary, but Mary turned around and left.

Looking at Mary's distant back, Oscar could only awkwardly withdraw his raised right hand and return to the room with a wry smile. In the days that followed, Mary avoided Oscar as always, while Marcus was stuffed in his bedroom planning the revival of the Maxentius family; Only Oscar took a daily look at old Carabes, passing the time on deck alone.

The days of sailing passed quickly, and Oscar did not stop with the fleet as it slowly sailed towards the military port; Oscar instructed Raqa to take everyone with him to Calaris, while he continued on the Anne towards the port of Sardinia. For, at this time, the Sixth Army of Gumos was in the barracks near the port of Sardinia; Ulles was also there.

Gabriel's Fifth Army is still stationed in the province of Betica, and the news will not reach for a while; Oscar could only choose to have a good talk with Ulles first. After all, their father died fighting for the Augustus family and Prisca, whether as the leader of the Augustus family or Prisca's husband; The Oscars had to have some explanation for this.

Moreover, the Mediterranean trade network and arms trafficking channels controlled by the Richards and Carters were also in the hands of the Oscars and Augustus; None of this would have been possible without Ulles and Gabriel's support for the Augustus, and Oscar would have had to pay something for it.

Before the ship arrived in the port of Sardinia, Oscar had already made a draft in his mind; How to convince Ulles to abandon the traditional weapons manufacturing field of the Carters family, and return to the military family, Oscar is also ready. When the battleship actually arrived in the port of Sardinia, Oscar walked off the battleship with ten guards and headed in the direction of the barracks.

At this time, it was not only the Sixth Army Corps that was stationed in the port barracks, but also the First, Second, and Seventh Legions; There are not only many soldiers in the barracks, but also a large number of generals. Oscar, unwilling to talk to Ulles in a crowded place, stopped quietly on a hill outside the barracks; A guard was sent to the barracks with his token to ask for Ulles.

The guards didn't let Oscar wait, only five minutes later; Ulles rode his horse to Oscar's place. When he saw Ulles coming, Oscar signaled the guards to go a hundred meters away to stand on guard; Then he jumped off the war horse first and took a few steps forward, and Ules naturally quickly jumped off the war horse and came behind Oscar.

Oscar turned his back to Ulles, sighed and said, "Ulles, I am here today to tell you unfortunate news; Your father, Lord Calle of House Carters, has been killed in the breakout from Rome to the port. Also killed in the battle were Charles of the Richard family, Cecius of the Maxentius family and the heir of the family, Sevious. ”

Ulles's face suddenly turned pale, and his body even shook a few times; However, Ulles did not show any aggressive behavior or emotions because of this. After Oscar waited for nearly ten minutes, Ulles, who had recovered from his recovery, explained to Oscar in a trembling voice:

"Your Excellency, we have expected all this for a long time; On the night my father sent me to the army of the House of Augustus, he had already made his will to die to me. At that time, my father did not expect that he would eventually die at the hands of Marius; However, he was ready to be exterminated by the four major families.

Therefore, after the Augustan family occupied Sardinia, my father and Uncle Charles spared no effort to help the family gain a firm foothold in Sardinia, and sent all kinds of materials and equipment to the Augustan family free of charge, in order to prevent these things from falling into the hands of the four major families, and so that we could get more promotions in the Augustan family.

My father and Uncle Charles did more than that; At the time of the Leader's wedding, we, the Carters and the Richards, had already given everything we could to the Augustus family, and the rest of the things could not be taken at all. But, my father said, the most precious things of the two families had not yet been given to the House of Augustus; That's when they started preparing again.

At that time, what they were preparing was how to hand over to the Augustus family all the maritime trade network and arms sales channels that the Richard family and the Carters family had accumulated over the past two hundred years; You know, it's not an easy thing to do. Not to mention the rest, it is enough to overwhelm my father by combining these channels of the two families into one.

In the end, it was Uncle Charles who came up with a brilliant solution; Uncle Charles chose twenty chiefs within the Richard family to control the various maritime trade routes, and asked my father to choose twenty chiefs to control the arms trafficking channels. After gathering these forty men, Uncle Charles personally selected a loyal member of the family and began to indoctrinate him with these things.

From the end of last year and ending in July of this year; The chosen one spent nine months learning how to operate these maritime trade routes, where to do business with whom to trade, what channels to sell weapons, and so on. In other words, this man has become the heir to the most precious wealth of our two families. ”

Saying this, Ulles took out half a special gold coin from his bosom and handed it to Oscar, and said, "My father once confessed that once he and Uncle Charles died; Gabriel and I will give up the names of the Richards and the Carters, restore the names of the Ureles and Gabriels, and give this half of the gold to the Leader! (To be continued.) )