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- Homer (Homer, the blind poet of ancient Greece)

Five years is not a long time, but it is not a short time, the Augustan family became the so-called Augustan Empire five years ago, but in fact it is still the Augustan family, but with a different name; Even Oscar himself, who went from the head of the Augustan family to the emperor of the Augustan Empire, nothing else has changed.

However, five years still allowed the strength of the Augustan family to develop considerably; Perhaps, it is more appropriate to call it the Augustan Empire now. Because five years is enough time for everyone to become familiar with the name of the Augustan Empire, the meaning of the Augustan family has become the royal family of the Augustan Empire, and it has long been unable to represent the Augustan Empire.

During these five years, the navy of the Augustan Empire still maintained a strong strength throughout the Western Mediterranean, and no single force could threaten the hegemony of the Augustan Empire in the Western Mediterranean; Even the so-called Roman Imperial Navy and the Roman Julius Imperial Navy, as well as the Roman Brutus Imperial Navy, all combined, were enough to compete with the Augustan Empire for supremacy at sea.

I have to admit that Nams is still very competent as the supreme commander of the Augustan Empire's Maritime Academy, he not only built a powerful navy for the Augustan Empire with an unparalleled scale, but also made this navy have a combat power that surpasses the navies of other powers, becoming the most powerful navy in the Western Mediterranean.

Compared with the continuous expansion of the navy, the army of the Augustan Empire was still the same as it was five years ago, and not even a single soldier was added; However, the quality of the Augustan Empire's army has improved a lot, at least in terms of combat effectiveness, it is more than a step stronger than five years ago, thanks to the improvement of the overall strength of the Augustan Empire.

According to the economic situation of the Augustan Empire five years ago, as long as there were two more large-scale wars, the entire Augustan Empire might be in danger of going bankrupt; And the five-year recuperation gave the Augustan family the most important time for development.

Whether it is the three provinces of Sicily, which are extremely convenient for maritime trade, or the Iberian Peninsula, which is rich in products and large population, it has achieved rapid development in the past five years; In particular, the three provinces of Sicily, where the god of commerce sits, have become the most prosperous areas of the Augustan Empire in terms of economic development, and they are also the maritime trade transit points of the entire Mediterranean.

Since last year, the Augustan Empire has been able to collect more than 10 million gold coins in Sicily every year in trade taxes, which is the result of years of efforts by Nat and Vipsani; Taxes on the Iberian Peninsula have been steadily increasing every year, reaching a staggering 9,000,000 gold today, which is more than twice the annual tax revenue of the Kingdom of Spain.

If the rapid development of the three provinces of Sicily is due to Nat and Vipsani, the development of the six provinces of the Iberian Peninsula is due to Marcus and Dulles; If it weren't for the tacit cooperation of these two people, how could the Iberian Peninsula flourish.

Of course, when it comes to the Iberian Peninsula, we have to mention Mary; After Oscar became the emperor of the Augustan Empire, he naturally needed to make his wife the empress, so the question is, is it to make Prisca the empress? Or make Mary queen? Just because of this matter, the important ministers of the Augustan Empire quarreled a lot.

In order not to let this problem affect the harmony within the Augustan Empire, Oscar proposed to make both of them empresses at the same time, but it was unanimously opposed by all the important ministers of the empire; After there was really no better way, everyone had to compromise and come up with a new way, that is, Prisca and Mary, whoever gave birth to a son for Oscar first, would become the Empress of the Empire.

With neither Prisca nor Mary having children, this approach was supported by all; Those who supported Mary as Empress even demanded that Oscar transfer Mary back from the Iberian Peninsula, otherwise it would be too unfair to Mary, and Mary was forced to return to Syracuse.

When the Spaniards in the Iberian Peninsula learned that Emperor Oscar was going to transfer their Joan of Arc back to Syracuse, Sicily, all were unwilling; However, when they understood the reason, they actively supported Mary's return to Syracuse to compete for the queen's throne, after all, Mary was also Spanish, wasn't she?

The farce of the battle of the queens lasted for a whole year, and every night Oscar had to go to Mary's or Prisca's room to sleep, and it was still a day that could not be changed at will; In this year's time, Oscar lost twenty pounds, but Prisca and Mary's stomachs still didn't move, and the battle for the queen came to an end for the time being.

In fact, for five years, Oscar is almost thirty years old, but he still has no heirs of his own, this is not just a problem for Oscar alone, but one of the most important things in the entire Augustan Empire!

If a powerful empire does not have a suitable heir to stabilize the empire, then the tragedy of Alexander's empire is likely to repeat itself in the Augustan empire; If something happened to Oscar, who would inherit the throne of the entire Augustan Empire?

Are Oscar's two younger brothers? Or Oscar's second uncle who is an illegitimate child? Also, were the proud generals of the Augustan Empire loyal to Oscar really willing to obey the orders of their successors?

The struggle for the heir of the ruler of any country is an important factor affecting the stability of the country, and the Empire of Julius has been caught in the battle for the heir of the emperor; Although the Augustan Empire did not fall into such a battle, it was more terrible than falling into such a battle, because you, the Augustan Empire, did not even have a suitable heir to the emperor!

It may be that the problem in this regard is indeed with Oscar, and not with Mary and Prisca; Therefore, everyone in the Augustan Empire did not dare to mention this matter in front of the Oscars, everyone was just anxious.

In the beginning, there was a real concern that it would be Prisca and Mary's problem; As a result, Mingyue, who has always been known as Prisca's sister, also became Oscar's third wife at the request of all the important ministers of the Augustan Empire.

After the result is still no response, everyone can only stop the issue; In fact, Oscar also knew in his heart what the courtiers of the Augustan Empire were thinking, but what could Oscar do about this kind of thing?

In order to determine whether it was his own problem, Oscar also found a special famous doctor to diagnose himself, and the result of the diagnosis was that everything was normal, and the bodies of the three daughters such as Prisca were also normal; Oscar, who has no choice, can only blame this on his identity as a time-traveler, otherwise what explanation is there?

Perhaps it was the fact that Oscar had no descendants for a long time that made some people have undeserved ambitions, and Calis, who had been separated from the Augustan family, actually led the Black Death fleet to Sicily in the fourth year after the establishment of the Augustan Empire.

After coming to the royal palace in Syracuse, Calis not only handed over all the islands of Crete and Rhodes to the Augustan Empire unconditionally, but also handed over the command of the Black Reaper fleet in his hands to Oscar; Such a move shocked all the high-ranking members of the Augustan Empire, but everyone couldn't help but accept Calis's justifiable return!

Thus, Oscar announced the granting of the title of Duke of Calliste and appointed him governor of the Balearic Islands of the Augustan Empire; As for Lucas, who returned with Calis, Oscar conferred on him the title of first-class earl, appointed him as Luquis's deputy, and sent him directly to Luques's command.

Later, Oscar found out through the intelligence of the tragic dead man that it was the Brutus Empire that was preparing to join forces with the Roman Empire to clear out Calis's independent forces in the Aegean Sea, which forced the desperate Calis to choose to return to the Augustan Empire.

Although neither the navy of Brutus nor the Roman Empire was strong enough to deal with the fleet under the command of Calis, the combination of the two was not something that Calis's fleet could handle; In such a situation, it was the best option for Calis to abandon Crete and Rhodes and return to the Augustan Empire.

In addition, Oscar has never had an heir, and after Calis returns to the Augustan Empire with his special status, he may have the opportunity to touch that highest position in the future; Instead of staying in Crete and waiting to die, of course, it is better to return to the Augustan Empire.

Oscar's heart was clear about Calis's thoughts, so he directly sent Calis to the Balearic Islands, the most barren and remote part of the Augustan Empire, as a governor; As for the so-called special dukedom, it is just a fictitious title, and it has no practical meaning at all, and the former king of the Kingdom of Spain is still the Spanish duke of the Augustan Empire.

After arranging for Calis and Lucas, Oscar scattered all the armies on the islands of Crete and Rhodes into the local garrison; As for the garrisons of Rhodes and Crete, they were served by the Third and Fourth Legions previously stationed on Sicily, and the Black Reaper fleet was also broken up and incorporated into the Augustan Imperial Navy.

In order to thwart the Brutus Empire's plan to attack Crete, and to assert the sovereignty of the Augustan Empire over Crete and Rhodes, Nams also led a naval fleet far superior to the Brutus Empire and the Roman Empire under Oscar's order to patrol the waters of the Aegean Sea. (To be continued.) )