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- Plato (one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of Western culture)

In the post-war affairs of the Augustan family, there are only four major events; First, the relocation of the capital; second, the adjustment and replenishment of each legion; third, to establish the government system of the House of Augustus; Fourth, make every effort to develop the area ruled by the House of Augustus.

The first three things have been on the right track in an orderly manner under the personal leadership of Oscar; The last thing is that it takes time to accumulate, and it is not something that can be seen in a short period of time.

Moreover, after the establishment of the Augustan family government system, the development of the entire Augustan family no longer needs Oscar to do it himself; Oscar only needs to provide guidance on the macro side, and the rest can be handed over to specific departments to execute.

This way, Oscar can also free up more time to do what he wants to do; For example, going to the province of Betica or the North African continent to witness the Augustan army fighting for the expansion of the Augustan family is what Oscar wants to do!

Of course, before that, Oscar still needs to completely stabilize the rear of the Augustan family; Otherwise, the Augustus family, which was unstable in the rear, would not be able to provide sufficient logistical supplies for the soldiers on the front line, and there would be no way to expand.

While Oscar was busy stabilizing the rear of the Augustan family, there was information about the turbulent situation on the North African continent, and he was constantly sent back to Syracuse by the Tragic Dead and the Brocade Guard; The unpredictable development of the situation brought about by this information also made Oscar focus all his attention on the North African continent in addition to his busy schedule.

In fact, Oscar did not want to see a monopoly on the North African continent; After the Augustan family has a clear interest in the North African continent, even the strength of the Augustan family's allies is not what Oscar wants to see.

This is also the key reason why the Augustus family not only did not immediately inform Adheba's Numidian kingdom of the outcome of the decisive battle after the Battle of Zama, but tried their best to block the news and secretly helped the Carthaginian kingdom establish an alliance through Hanno the Younger.

lost the kingdom of Carthage after Hannibal, with the virtues of the elders of the Carthaginian Senate; Even if the Kingdom of Carthage still has the famous general Vimina, they will not be able to resist the elite generals under the command of Adheba.

You must know that Adheba now is not Adheba a year ago; He had become the king of the new kingdom of Numidia, and possessed military strength enough to become the arch-enemy of the Kingdom of Carthage.

Even after the alliance between the Kingdom of Carthage and the Kingdom of Libya, it almost had the strength to confront the Kingdom of Numidia; After all, the alliance between the Kingdom of Carthage and the Kingdom of Libya was only an alliance of faces and hearts.

And the kingdom of Numidia in Adheba is a new country that knows shame and is brave, with many generals and mighty troops; The quantitative gap between the two can't really widen the gap in strength, which is what Oscar is worried about.

Before the Battle of Zama, Hannibal's army had a slight numerical advantage, while the army of the House of Augustus had an absolute qualitative advantage; As a result, the outcome of the war was shocking.

Therefore, such a lesson from the past made Oscar really unable to rest assured that the Kingdom of Carthage would be able to fight against Adheba's Numidian Kingdom on its own; Once the Kingdom of Carthage is unstoppable, then the North African continent will usher in earth-shaking changes.

As long as Adheba's Numidian kingdom can successfully defeat the army of the Carthaginian kingdom and complete the swallowing of the Carthaginian kingdom itself; His kingdom of Numidia would become a powerful presence on the North African continent that no one could match.

If such a situation really takes shape, then it is only a matter of time before the Kingdom of Numidia unifies the North African continent; Whether it is the isolated kingdom of Libya, the kingdom of Cyrenaica mired in civil war, or the kingdom of the Sahara with limited potential, they cannot stop the powerful offensive of the kingdom of Numidia, and unification is only a matter of time.

A powerful kingdom that unites the North African continent will inevitably concentrate on developing its own naval power and making its own claims to the Mediterranean, while consolidating its internal power; With the Carthaginian Kingdom's native shipbuilding capabilities, Oscar had no doubt that such a Numidian Kingdom would only need a few years to build a powerful fleet.

On that day, a war for hegemony over sea power in the western Mediterranean will inevitably break out between the Augustan family, which is the overlord of the Western Mediterranean, and the Kingdom of Numidia, the emerging overlord of North Africa; Even if the kingdom of Numidia under Adheba did not expand into the sea, who could guarantee that the future kingdom of Numidia would always sit on the North African continent?

All of this determined that the House of Augustus could not sit idly by and watch Adheba's Numidian kingdom continue to expand on the North African continent; Secretly facilitating an alliance between the Kingdom of Carthage and the Kingdom of Libya was just one of the measures taken by the House of Augustus.

In Oscar's opinion, if the Numidian Kingdom really shows enough ambition to dominate the North African continent, or if the Numidian Kingdom really has enough strength to dominate the North African continent; The House of Augustus must take tougher measures!

With the current connection between Hanno the Younger and the House of Augustus, and the special position of Tahiti in the power of Little Hanno; Once the Kingdom of Numidia brazenly launched a war against the Kingdom of Numidia and occupied the absolute advantage of the war, the Augustan family would immediately vigorously assist the forces of Little Hanno and support the forces of Little Hanno to resist the attack of the Kingdom of Numidia.

When necessary, the Augustan family did not hesitate to ally with the Carthaginian kingdom and directly use force to confront the Numidian kingdom; After all, there are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests.

When the Carthaginian kingdom was strong, the Augustan family could not hesitate to ally with the weak Adheba and vigorously support the Adheba forces to help the Augustan family share the military pressure of the Carthaginian kingdom.

Now, the kingdom of Carthage is nothing to worry about; It was also impossible for the Augustan family to let Adheba's Numidian kingdom become strong, and an alliance with the declining Carthaginian kingdom to deal with the Numidian kingdom was also one of the options that the Augustan family could choose.

There is no way, who made the Augustus family really unable to launch a new war of foreign expansion for the time being after winning the decisive battle of Zama? On the premise that they did not have the strength to continue to expand, the Augustan family could only try to ensure that there were no powerful enemies in the established strategic expansion direction of their own family; In this way, the future expansion of the Augustan family was ensured.

As for the so-called allies, for the Augustan family, only the forces that meet their own interests, or the forces that do not affect the future expansion of the Augustan family, are the objects that can be allied; The rest are just potential enemies.

Truth be told, as more and more North African intelligence passes into the hands of Oscar; Oscar is also full of praise for Tahiti's performance, and it seems that the future leader of the brocade guard is indeed very capable.

In particular, Tahiti's performance in military affairs made Oscar extremely satisfied; Although Tahiti gained the absolute trust of Hanno Jr. and completely controlled the private army of the little Hanno family, his specific actions were reassuring to Oscar.

People within the Augustan family know that Oscar was a man who was quite tolerant and generous to his family members; Generally, as long as the family members do not make mistakes of principle, Oscar will punish them with small punishments and big admonitions, and will not make a big deal at all.

However, there are only two things that Oscar cannot tolerate; No matter who it is, as long as it violates these two things, it is undoubtedly touching the bottom line of Oscar's heart, and it is impossible to get Oscar's tolerance.

The first thing is the governance of the people under the rule of the House of Augustus by the officials of the House of Augustus; Once something similar to the oppression of the people by officials happens, Oscar will not hesitate to use thunderous means to punish criminal officials.

The second thing is Oscar's absolute control of military power; Even if something similar has not happened to the Augustan family, Oscar's firm grip on military power is something that anyone can see, and no one has dared to violate this point yet!

Tahiti's undercover operation in the forces of Little Hanno was a mission personally ordered by Oscar, and it was also the process of his mission; In accomplishing this task, there is practically no need for Tahiti to make a gesture of decentralization on the part of the military.

Even if Tahiti held the private armies of the little Hanno in their own hands, and when the task was completed, the ownership and command of these private armies would be handed over to the Augustans.

Tahiti, however, did not do so; After he took control of the private army of the little Hanno family, he immediately arranged for the supporting officers of the Augustus family to quickly take full control of the entire private army, and he himself only had a nominal command.

Such realization, perhaps, was just a gesture made by Tahiti; However, Oscar greatly appreciates Tahiti's posture and has a more positive evaluation of Tahiti, which can be regarded as the reason why Tahiti will be in a high position in the future.

Unfortunately, all of Oscar's North African layout was ruined by the war between the kingdoms of Numidia and the Sahara; When the news of Jugurdah's army being wiped out in World War I reached Syracuse, Oscar was completely shocked!

Jugurdah and his Saharan kingdom were originally one of the three fulcrums of Oscar's balance of power in North Africa; Now that it has been completely annihilated by the Kingdom of Numidia in a war, it means that the Kingdom of Numidian will directly annex the original land of the Saharan Kingdom and become the existence of the Kingdom of Carthage on the North African continent, which is not good news for the Augustan family! (To be continued.) )