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- Aesop (Greek fabler, Phrygian)

Calabis was never a member of the Julius Empire, and his mission was to lead the ten legions under his command to be stationed in the land of Gaul, waiting for the orders of Oscar and the Augustan Empire; He had no interest in getting involved in the internal affairs of the Julius Empire, nor did he have the slightest idea of getting involved.

But in many cases, Calabes could not avoid the internal strife within the Ulius Empire, because the ten legions under his control were a very powerful force; More importantly, the weaponry and logistical supplies of these ten legions have been provided by the Ulius Empire, and it is naturally impossible for the rulers of the Ulius Empire to be indifferent to such a powerful internal force in the empire.

Long before Flavis sent his henchmen to Alesia, the old forces of the empire loyal to Quintus had already sent special personnel to Alesia; This person not only brought Quintus's promise to Calabes, but also a full three million gold coins.

Compared with Flavis, who was the emperor of the empire, Quintus was still more than a step behind in general righteousness; Therefore, it is impossible for him to rely on some empty promises to win the support of Karabes, which is why he will give three million gold coins to Karabes, and he will use them to tell Karabes his sincerity.

Three million gold coins is a very large amount of money for anyone, but the supporting forces behind Quintus can easily take out these three million gold coins, which is the strength of the forces behind Quintus, and it is also the biggest capital of Quintus to compete for the position of emperor.

However, Carabes would not choose to support Quintus for this small profit; While Flavis was still firmly in control of the Julius Empire, it was impossible for Calabes to do anything that contradicted Flavies' wishes.

It's not that Carabes thanked Flavies for his kindness, and it's not that Carabes really felt that Caesar was the right heir to the throne of Julius; You must know that Calabis is not a person who is loyal to the Ulius Empire, he is just a shadow of the Augustus Empire in the Ulius Empire, and he is not willing to get involved in the senseless strife within the Ulius Empire.

Flavis is the current emperor of the Ulius Empire, and the supreme ruler, which is the simplest reality within the Ulius Empire; Whoever Quintus or Caesar gets the last laugh, that's after Flavis' death.

So, as long as Flavis was in the emperor's seat for a day, Carabes would make the decision that Flavis wanted; Only in this way can Karabes be sure that he will not get caught up in the whirlpool of internal strife in the Empire of Julius, let alone pay the price.

Carabis knew very well that no matter how dissatisfied Quintus and the forces behind him were, they would not be able to bring themselves any real problems under Flavis' high pressure; As for whether Quintus will actually succeed in seizing the throne, it has nothing to do with Karabes, and the problem can always be solved when the day comes.

If Flavis wanted to deal with him, Carabis knew that he couldn't rely on Quintus and the forces behind him to fight Flavis; Even before the order of the Augustan Empire, he could have been forced to tear his face with the Julius Empire in desperation, which would be a devastating blow to the entire Augustan Empire's arrangement for so many years.

Under such a premise, Carabis would naturally not do anything against Flavies' wishes; In the face of the envoy sent by Quintus, Carabes only received him warmly but did not make any promises, and the three million gold coins Carabes accepted it in a grand manner, why didn't Carabes want the gold coins given for free?

A few days later, when Flavis's henchmen secretly arrived in Alesia, Calabis received him warmly, and told Fravis's henchmen about the envoy sent by Quintus to win him over; Even about the three million gold coins, Karabes didn't hide anything, and told all of them to Flavis's henchmen.

Of course, in order to avoid Flavis's misunderstanding of his own two-sided origins, Carabes also deliberately explained the matter of the three million gold coins; At present, the annual investment of the Empire of Julius in Gaul is limited, and in addition to supporting the army of ten legions, it can only maintain the development of the Gallic region beyond the mountains and the Aquitani region.

The six remaining regions of Gaul, including the Narpung Gaul, Lugdunancis, Amaurica, Greater Gaul, and Belgium, were not supported by the Ulius Empire at all; It would have been too slow to rely on the potential of these regions alone, and Calabes had accepted the three million gold coins for the better governance of Gaul.

After explaining the matter of the three million gold coins, Carabes made it clear to Flavies' henchmen that he was unwavering in his support for Caesar to become the heir to the Emperor Julius; If the situation within the empire really reached the point where it could not be controlled, ten legions on the land of Gaul would be willing to fight for Caesar!

After receiving the promise of Calabes, the envoy enjoyed the hospitality of Calabess in Alesia for a few days, and then set out on the journey back to Arethion; When he came, he only came with a piece of appointment, and when he left, he left the letter of appointment, but he had a full fifty thousand gold coins on him, which was also a little bit of Carabes's heart for his hard work.

Immediately after returning to Arretien, Flavis' henchmen told Flavies everything that had happened in Alesia; The henchman reported all the details of Quintus and the forces behind him wanting to buy Calabes, and he did not hide the matter of three million gold coins, but his loyalty to Calabis was an expression of recognition.

It is undeniable that the role of gold coins is always very powerful, and with Carabes's 50,000 gold coins as a foreshadowing, this Flavis's henchman also spares no effort to say good things about Calabis in front of Flavis; In fact, Flavies was also well aware of the fact that his henchman had received 50,000 gold coins from Karabes, but he was reluctant to tell about it.

Flavis understands better than anyone else that as long as his henchmen can successfully complete the task assigned to him, why should he be too serious about what happened in the process of this task? The reason why Carabis is willing to pay 50,000 gold coins to buy his henchmen just proves his choice?

With Carabeth's unequivocal commitment to support Caesar, Flavies' heart was also relieved; He was also afraid that Calabes would make other choices in this matter, if that was the case, there was a high probability that an inevitable war would break out within the Ulius Empire, which was the last thing Flavis wanted to see.

Without Calabes, who single-handedly conquered the entire land of Gaul for the Empire of Julius, it would not have been possible for the Empire of Julius to possess the territory of seven provinces west of the Alps; As he slowly conquered the land of Gaul, Calabis also gained a formidable army and established unparalleled personal prestige in the lands.

It is really not an easy task for the Ulius Empire to take away the military power of Calabes at such a time; The slightest mistake will trigger a rebellion in Calabes, and it will directly lead to chaos within the Empire of Julius.

Whether there is a general in the Ulius Empire who can fight more than Carabes, Flavis himself has a clear judgment in his heart, and Caesar is no worse than Carabis in every way; However, if a protracted war really broke out between Caesar and Carabes, then it was not certain who would win and who would lose, but it was certain that the strength of the Ulius Empire would be exhausted.

Fortunately, Carabis did not make a choice to disappoint Flavies in this regard, let alone push the Empire of Julius to the brink of civil war; In Flavis's opinion, as long as Carabes chose to support Caesar, a full twenty-two of the twenty-five legions of the Ulius Empire would be Caesar's followers, and how could the emperor of the empire run out of Caesar's palm?

After Caesar ascended to the throne of Emperor, Flavis, with Caesar's skill, believed that he could quickly control the situation in the entire Julius Empire; Coupled with the fact that there is an immortal general like Carabes, Caesar commanding the army, the future of the Ulius Empire is really bright, and even the Ulius Empire may not have the possibility of unifying the Roman empires!

Since Calabis chose to support Caesar between Caesar and Quintus straightforwardly, and Quintus also provided Calabis with three million gold coins, Flavis naturally can't be stingy in this regard; From the day after his henchman returned, Flavis doubled the amount of money and supplies that the Ulius Empire transported to the land of Gaul every month!

In the past, the Julius Empire would provide 150,000 gold coins of funds and 150,000 gold worth of food supplies to the development of the seven provinces of Gaul every month; This asset worth 300,000 gold coins is not small, but it is a drop in the bucket for the seven provinces of Gaul, and it cannot play a decisive role at all.

This is not to say that the Empire of Julius was incapable of developing the land of Gaul, but that the cost of developing the land of Gaul was too high; Coupled with Caesar's recent occupation of the Germanic lands of the five provinces, the stability and governance of these five provinces also required large-scale financial investment, and the Julius Empire's investment in Gaul was even more limited.

Now that Carabes has cast his peach, Flavis naturally wants to repay Li, otherwise wouldn't it seem that Quintus and the forces behind it are not as atmospheric? As a result, the land of Gaul under the rule of Calabes, the funds and materials for the development of the Ulius Empire that could be obtained every month increased from 300,000 gold coins to 600,000 gold coins, which can be regarded as Flavis's reward for Calabes. (To be continued.) )