Youth is fleeting.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

Oscar's fugue naturally can't hide from Roberts and Kidd in front of him; However, Oscar's fascination just makes the two feel that Oscar is more flesh and blood. If Oscar received so much information at once, he would not have the slightest reaction; Coupled with Oscar's unusually young age, the two are going to think that Oscar is not human.

In the silent standing of the two, Oscar pondered for five minutes before coming to his senses; Looking at Roberts and Kidd, who were still standing in front of him, Oscar got up from his chair embarrassedly and apologized to the two:

"The contemptible man was so rude just now, I'm really sorry to keep the two generals waiting for a long time! That's all for today, and that's the end of the matter of the Neptune's Treasure and the Raven; We won't have a chance to pay attention to this anytime soon, and Calico Jack is dead here, and Blackbeard and one of his Vengeful Queens alone won't be able to make a big deal.

Therefore, it is not certain who will spend the treasure and the Raven in the end; We don't have much more to say about anything else. Moreover, your explanations completely convinced me; When this affair in Rome is over, I will make arrangements for you to return to Sardinia, and you will be the true admiral of our House Augustus!"

However, there are some things that I want to make clear here; The fleet of our Augustus family is relatively strict, whether it is an ordinary naval soldier, or the captain of a ship, or even the commander of the fleet. All need to act according to the system! Of course. If you want to get used to the Augustan system now. I can also arrange for you to be the captain of the ship first; What do you think? ”

Roberts and Kidd glanced at each other, and at the same time gave Oscar a standard Roman military salute, and replied in unison: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Excellency, I can't ask for it!" Oscar saw that they had entered the role so quickly, and said with a smile on his face:

"Good! Then I will arrange for you to be captains of the Merchant of Quedav and the Royal Happiness respectively; Although the battleship is still the flagship of your command, the sailors and warriors on the battleship are the elite of our Augustus. When you are on the ship, I will have a special deputy for you; He will tell you all the rules and regulations of the family, you have to work hard!

That's right. Since you want to adapt to the family system, you naturally can't take these two warships in the main fleet; Once you are on board, go straight to the outer convoy and obey the orders. The commander of this convoy is your true savior; Besides, you've known each other for a long time! ”

With that, Oscar left the conference room with Roberts and Kidd in surprise; Roberts and Kidd looked at each other, but quickly followed Oscar's back out of the conference room. After finding Annie, Oscar gave her the order to make Roberts and Kidd temporarily captain their original flagships; Anne left to carry out the order.

When arranging for the boat to send the two to their flagship, Oscar also ordered the standard-bearer to convey the order to Shi Xiu to put the two three-column battleships under her command; As for who the captains of the two triremes were, Oscar did not mention them in the order. Oscar doesn't want Shi Xiu to know the identities of these two, he wants Roberts and Kidd to get the most real sense of adaptation.

After settling the matter between Roberts and Kidd, Oscar's mood still couldn't be calmed; He desperately needs someone to share it all with him, otherwise, he will hold everything in his heart. It's enough to make Oscar uncomfortable. There was no such person around Oscar before, and Prisca was Oscar's wife. She is also the daughter of the Maxentius family.

But it was different now, and the appearance of Mary and the glitz of that night in the countryside changed everything; The relationship between Oscar and Mary became close and extraordinary after breaking through that thin film. Oscar can also tell Mary everything she wants to say freely, without the slightest burden; Because Oscar knew that Mary would not be a burden on herself!

Mary doesn't have the family power that Oscar needs to watch out for, and there are no other factors that Oscar needs to consider; In short, Mary is simply the perfect woman in the eyes of Oscar to be her own woman! Not to mention the help that Prisca belonged to the Maxentius family to help Oscar, Mary would play a greater role in the Augustus family's implementation of the Spanish strategy.

If the marriage between Oscar and Prisca has a strong family marriage color, then Oscar's feelings for Mary are the purest and most immaculate love; Moreover, there are so many days between Oscar and Mary together. Less than two months after Oscar came into this world, Mary began to spend time with Oscar; Basically, I haven't been away for a few days.

Prisca is different, Prisca and Oscar have only been together for a short period of time after they were newly married; Therefore, Oscar likes Mary more emotionally and relies more on Mary. Prisca's only advantage may be that she is the wife that Oscar is marrying; Mary, on the other hand, has no reputation for righteousness and brightness.

Of course, the final outcome of this matter cannot be decided so early; Because this is a world without the rule of Catholicism and Christianity, the bondage of religion does not exist. Divorce aside, the system in which each man can only marry one wife is just a system that everyone agrees on; It has not been fixed in the form of law by any country or nation.

Although Shi Xiu decisively attacked Oscar's idea of polygamy last time, Oscar is not so easy to give up; Moreover, Oscar does not feel that the institution of monogamous marriage is anything good in this era. The perennial outbreak of war means a large decrease in the number of men and an increase in the number of women; There are many boys and girls, what if you don't have polygamy?

Besides, who of the real rich and in power does not marry an upright wife and have three or five disgraceful lovers? In short, Oscar felt that sooner or later he would have to change all this; And now, it's too early, that's all!

After Roberts and Kidd left, Oscar decided to find Mary to digest the matter of the Pirate King and the Raven together; When Oscar asked Mary if she knew about the Pirate King, Mary asked Oscar curiously how she knew the legend of the Pirate King. It turned out that Mary was living a pirate life at sea; I've heard pirates tell the story of the Pirate King and the Raven for a long time.

It's just that Mary never knew that the Pirate King and the Raven were real; She is also like the rest of the world, listening to the story of the legendary and passionate Pirate King and the Raven as if someone else had made it up. After Oscar told Mary everything Roberts and Kidd had told her, Mary was also dumbfounded.

She never imagined that a myth that was just told as a legend could be something that actually happened more than two hundred years ago! What made her even more unbelievable was that this matter was so close to her now; It seems that as long as she takes one step further, she can touch this legendary story that was once only in mythology!

After Mary reacted, she immediately told Oscar that the news must be tightly sealed; This news must not be allowed to get out of the mouths of Roberts and Kidd! Oscar naturally supported this, and made it clear that he had already warned Roberts and Kidd about it.

As for Blackbeard, Mary speculated that he would not have spread the news on his own initiative; Because there is something about the Pirate King's treasure from beginning to end, only Blackbeard Edward, Calico Jack, Kidd, and Roberts know. Calico Jack has already died in the belly of the fish, and Roberts and Kidd must have known about the surrender of the Augustus family; So that Blackbeard can have peace of mind.

Because Blackbeard knew that the Augustan family's sphere of influence was in the Western Mediterranean, and it was simply whimsical to set foot in the Aegean Sea, which is located in the northwest of the Eastern Mediterranean; In this way, even if Roberts and Kidd told the Augustus family about the treasure of the pirate king, it would be completely useless, and it would not affect Blackbeard's own plan to monopolize the treasure at all.

After Blackbeard's devastating defeat to the Augustan family, his desire to obtain the Pirate King's treasure must have become even more enthusiastic; It was almost impossible for him to invite anyone to cooperate with him again. With Blackbeard himself and a Vengeful Queen, a mere kilometre of undercurrent waterways was enough for him to keep him busy for years; The Augustians didn't have to worry about Blackbeard getting ahead of the curve.

Moreover, the kilometer distance of the undercurrent waterway can be speculated; And it must be a kilometer, maybe longer. Coupled with the fact that there wasn't necessarily anything behind the waterways, Mary didn't feel the need to care that Blackbeard or other forces would find the Pirate King's treasure before the Augustus family; Oscar also agrees with Mary's analysis.

After discussing the matter of the Pirate King's treasure, Oscar and Mary simply chatted and talked; Oscar wanted to do something to Mary, but the presence of Anne and Raqka at any time was too bad for the atmosphere! By this time, the Augustan fleet was less than three days away from the Latin provinces; Rome is soon coming!

At the end of this complicated day, Oscar also returned to his room and began to rest; The rest of the time passed by blandly and tedious. Except for chatting with Mary or Raqqa, Oscar could only stand on the deck and look at the sea; Occasionally, Oscar and Mary would enjoy the sunrise and sunset together, but there were not many opportunities to do so because there were too many light bulbs around.

Three days later, in the evening, Oscar and Mary were enjoying the sunset together; The outline of the Apennine Peninsula gradually appeared in the sky, and Oscar and Mary glanced at each other, both knowing that the Latin province was about to arrive! (To be continued.) )