Teneteamenteilvaloredelsilenzioel'ordinedurantel'azione (Act with the values of silence and order in mind)

- Fermio (Athenian politician and military strategist)

On September 9, 270 B.C., as soon as the morning sun rose, Oscar was dressed and ready to go; Licinius also waited outside the Doge's palace with a fully stocked Guard. After once again explaining the affairs of Sardinia with Luquis and Vipsani, Oscar rode away with Licinius under the watchful eyes of the generals.

When we arrived at the port of Sardinia, it was lunchtime, and the transport fleet of the port was ready; It was still the same six transports as it came, but there were four more double ships. These four twin battleships were specially left behind by the former commander of the Richard family's Gatsea fleet to show loyalty to Oscar, and Oscar did not refuse; After all, the sea area to be passed through this time is the Sicilian Sea, where pirates are frequent.

You know, before Carthage, the Greek city-states, and the family of Scipio divided Sicily; The whole of Sicily is a huge pirate base. The three city-states of Lili, Syracuse, and Messina on the island were the spokesmen of the pirate forces; Later, because of the rampant piracy, the three major forces launched landing operations against Sicily one after another, and only then did they largely eliminate the Sicilian pirate forces that had been plagued for hundreds of years.

However, this does not cure the problem of piracy at all; Rather, it has exacerbated the problem of piracy. With Sicily as their base, the Sicilian pirates did not deal a serious blow to the merchant ships; At most, it is just a robbery, and under normal circumstances, it will not hurt people's lives. However, under the successive blows of the three major forces; The pirates have lost not only the base from which they depend, but also their family, friends, and brothers.

Since then, the Sicilian pirates entrenched in Sicily have become wandering pirates in the Mediterranean; They did everything they could to get revenge, and there was not a single merchant ship that was met by these pirates that was not bloodied by them. In this regard, the three major forces are also helpless; Because they have lost their base in Sicily, they have become erratic, and the three major forces have no way to attack them.

Fortunately, these pirates have made their scale very small in order to avoid the severe crackdowns of the three major forces; Under normal circumstances, a pirate fleet would consist of no more than three or four warships. Therefore, a slightly larger fleet will hire four or larger ships to escort its fleet; Although this increases the cost of trade, it also reduces the risk of trade.

Of course, there are also many merchant ships who are unwilling to spend more money on hiring warships to escort them; These merchant ships sped up as they passed through Sicilian waters to avoid encountering the notorious Sicilian pirates. Even so, at least three out of ten such solo merchant ships would have fallen prey to Sicilian pirates; That's why the Sicilian pirates were able to survive without their roots.

Oscar, who had lunch in the harbor, boarded the transport ship with the Guards, and this time the first three of the six transports were full of soldiers of the Guards and the food and water they needed; In addition to the two transport ships full of military supplies, there is also one on the back three, which Oscar specially asked the three departments of the Tragic Dead Soldier's Equipment Department, the Intelligence Department and the Engineering Department to cooperate to get a secret weapon from the East and imitate it for this expedition plan.

Oscar is confident in this secret weapon; Oscar believed that even without siege weapons, this secret weapon would strike fear into the hearts of his enemies! Of course, this is only possible through Oscar's conscious improvements; Otherwise, this weapon is simply a naval weapon, and it cannot be used in land warfare and siege warfare at all.

The long voyage is always boring and boring, and Oscar looked at the sparkling Mediterranean Sea this time and was not as boring as last time; However, the mood is not good. Oscar suddenly felt that he should have a woman by his side; I was an otaku on Earth before, so I never found a girlfriend.

After coming to this world, Oscar is almost the second generation of outstanding officials in this world; But from the enthronement ceremony to the present, Oscar is fighting for the survival of his family and himself; After this battle is about to be over, the Augustus family should enter a period of stable and rapid development, and then they should really find a girlfriend everywhere.

When Oscar thinks of his girlfriend, Oscar thinks of Prisca: Is Prisca his girlfriend? Oscar doesn't think it looks like much! After the Augustus family expedition is completed, he should go back to Rome to marry Prisca. After getting married, Prisca really became a true Augustan housewife; Then I won't look for a girlfriend and be with Prisca well.

If Prisca still thinks of himself as a member of the Maxentius family after marriage, then don't blame herself; It was absolutely impossible for the House of Augustus to become vassals of the House of Maxentius. Therefore, I should still find another girlfriend, so that the Augustan family will not lack an heir. Moreover, shouldn't you live a life of three wives and four concubines after you turn on the protagonist mode? Isn't that the law of the protagonist?

Well, these are the things that Oscar himself thinks too much; Oscar also knows that there is no concept of three wives and four concubines in this world. Although monogamy is not a law, it is a law that every nation and every nation observes. Of course, there will not be only one woman among the members of the various families and dignitaries, but there can only be one wife; No matter how many other women there are, they are just lovers with no legal status.

Moreover, the heirs of the family can only be the children born to the wife; The children of other women are illegitimate children with no inheritance rights and no status. Therefore, the key to solving the problem is the education of children in the future; As long as the child is a member of the Augustan family and is willing to fight for the Augustan family, it is nothing to have the blood of other families in his body. Isn't there the blood of other families in the Maxentius family?

What's more, the current Augustus family already has the blood of the Maxentius family in its veins; You haven't seen a single member of the Augustus family like the Maxentius family so much! Thinking of this, Oscar secretly decided that he would never hand over his child's education to Prisca in the future; Otherwise, if an heir to the Augustus family is cultivated who puts the interests of the Maxentius family first, then Oscar will have no place to cry!

While Oscar was sitting alone on a chair on the deck and thinking nonsense, Licinius was already standing behind Oscar, silently guarding Oscar. Suddenly, a wave hit the bow of the boat, and the water hit Oscar; Just as Oscar hurriedly covered his face with his hand, Licini suddenly burst out from behind Oscar and stood in front of Oscar to block this wave of sea water for Oscar.

Looking at the chicken-style Licini, Oscar's heart said that it was fake not to be moved; However, you can't always be too sentimental. Like Liu Da'er (Liu Bei), you can cry out by crying, and there are not many of the best in the world, such as the five tiger generals, the sleeping dragon and the phoenix, and the three points of the world. So, Oscar laughed at you and asked Licinius, "Why did you get out of the cabin when you weren't in the cabin?" When did it come out? Why didn't I hear you? “

Licinius touched his big bald head with his hand, and replied cheerfully: "I didn't see His Excellency the Leader in the cabin, so I knew that you had come to the deck alone to think about the future of the family and the next battle plan; Then I'll just come out and have a look. Sure enough, you sit here and think; Therefore, I didn't dare to disturb you, so I stood silently behind you. This wave just hit me, and I was afraid that you would get wet by the wave, so I blocked it for you. “

Licinius's words made Oscar's old face turn red all at once; Oscar knew in his heart that he was thinking about the future of the family and what battle plan he was thinking about just now, and he was thinking about women at all! However, Oscar can't tell Licini that he was thinking about a woman just now, right?! Oscar immediately began to change the topic of "hypocrisy". "Licinius, do you think our plan for the battle in Lower Sicilia will succeed this time? Will we be able to defeat Hannibal's legions and accomplish the strategic goal of capturing Lilibili and all of Lower Sicilia? You know, Hannibal and his legions have always been Carthage's trump card! Even my father, who led you in the army of wolves in their heyday, was defeated at the hands of Hannibal; What's more, the current Hannibal Legion has been strengthened, while the Wolf Legion has half of the recruits. Can we win? "I don't know if we can win, and I don't want to know; These questions are too complex and too heavy for me to think about. All I know is that I will do whatever the leader tells me to do; Even if you encounter Hannibal and his legions head-on, it is not a big deal, and the most serious thing is just death. Moreover, it is enough for me to do my own thing and fight desperately to protect the leader; I don't care about the rest. “

After listening to Licini's words, Oscar had a feeling of a sudden opening; yes, just do your own thing. Although, he is the leader of the family and is responsible for the whole family; However, in this inevitable battle, you don't need to think so much about it yourself at all. The arrangements that can be made have been made, and you just have to let go and fight; Too much gain and loss will affect your own performance.

Thinking of this, Oscar glanced at Licini appreciatively; Licinius was puzzled for a while.