"Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Heart-to-Heart of the Monarch and the Minister"

Guerraerroreunavoltafatale (One mistake in war is enough to kill)

-- Latin proverb

In the end, Licinius's words made everyone reluctant to give up their own ideas; However, Lucis also personally warned Licinius to ensure the safety of his leader. After the discussion was over, there was nothing else to discuss, and Oscar always felt that there was something he hadn't said when he was about to end the meeting, but he couldn't think of anything. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my head; He thought of it.

"Don't rush to adjourn the meeting, there are still two things to finish. After I set out on my expedition, Luquis, you began to work on the expansion of the port and the construction of another new port; I want to make the current port of Sardinia the largest and most well-equipped commercial port in the Mediterranean! Also, the future fleet port will be completely separated from the current one.

The new port was a fleet port that was purely militarized, and was designed for the mooring, repair, and replenishment of warships; And it must have the ability to independently manufacture large, medium, and small warships on a large scale. With regard to the expansion of the port of Sardinia and the construction of the new military port, you only need to arrange the preliminary surveying and preparations, the specific construction plan and planning, etc., and you will complete it with their professionals after the Richard family has moved the property and family to Sardinia.

And then there's the Carters, Luquis, who, after you've come to Calle, asked him to choose the best place in the whole of Sardinia to build weapons and equipment; Then you quickly build up a whole plant for the production of weapons and equipment. I need you to do your best to cooperate with the Carters family, and make sure that the scale of the entire production plant reaches the level of producing more than two standard legion weapons and equipment per year.

Ulles and Gabriel are here today, and I don't shy away from anything, so I just said it; Whether it was a new military port and shipyard, or a plant for the production of weapons and equipment, everything was owned by the Augustan family. The whole new reform program was imperative, and the centralized rule of the House of Augustus had to be established.

Therefore, all the military industry is absolutely not allowed to be privately owned, and all must be taken over by the Augustus family! In view of the great devotion of the Richards and the Carters to the House of Augustus, I can compensate for their contributions to the House of Augustus by conferring on them the title of Honorable Knighthood after the formal reform; But the military industry is a sharp weapon of the country, and I will never allow private ownership. This will also become the rule in all the Augustusian realms in the future.

Merchants are free to engage in any commercial activity, but they are absolutely not allowed to own factories and workshops of weapons and equipment for military service; This will be fixed in the form of the laws of the House of Augustus, which no one may violate! However, in order to compensate the merchants who voluntarily donated their family's military industry to the Augustan family for free, the Augustus family will grant these merchants titles and help them open up new ways of doing business, depending on the actual situation.

Those military businessmen and military industrial families who do not cooperate with the family under the rule of the family will be punished by the law, confiscating all the military industry and imposing heavy fines. As for the businessmen or families or even the military nobles who privately built military workshops; Regardless of the reason, no matter the scale, once discovered, all the principals were executed and confiscated their family property, and all the participants were sent to serve in the construction corps for ten years. “

Oscar's tirade alerted the generals, especially Ulles and Gabriel, to the importance that His Excellency attached to this reform was unparalleled; Anyone who stands in the way of reform will be wiped out by His Excellency the Leader with a thunderbolt. They may not touch the bottom line of the leader, but those in their own family are not easy to say; Don't let your family cross the thunder pool because of a moment of negligence and bring about a catastrophe!

Looking at the thoughtful looks of all the generals, Oscar's purpose was achieved; He said this ugly thing in advance, and gave these generals a preventive shot in advance. Lest these people take the lead in violating the reform law because of their negligence, otherwise they will be killing the chickens and monkeys. After everything was explained, Oscar officially announced the dismissal of the meeting; After leaving behind Luquis, Vipsani, and Licinius, the others went back to their camps.

Of the three remaining, Licinius also went to prepare for tomorrow's expedition under Oscar's orders; Only Oscar, Luquis, and Vipsani remained. None of the three spoke first, and the huge conference room seemed a little empty, and the atmosphere was inevitably a little tense; This time it was Luquis who spoke first.

"Don't worry, leader. Although I personally feel that some of the phalanxes of reform are hidden and flawed; But I'm sure this is the best reform to date, and the one that best suited the House of Augustus. I have as much confidence in this reform as you are, and I believe that it will bring about a leap forward for the House of Augustus.

At the same time, I will also do my best to do what I should do; For me, my whole life is dedicated to the House of Augustus. I don't care about the impact of these reforms on other families or other people, I only care about what they can bring to the House of Augustus; I know that the House of Augustus will be more powerful than ever after these policies are implemented.

Even the House of Augustus will become a superpower that surpasses any nation and family; That's enough for me. I, Luquis, were able to promise my lord to return to Rome alive on the battlefield so that I could use the rest of my life to assist the new leader in controlling the family and leading the family to rise. Other than that, my life doesn't mean anything anymore; My life is that of the House of Augustus, not my own. “

Lucis uttered something in an extremely calm tone that made Oscar feel guilty. After Oscar succeeded as the leader of the Augustan family, he did suppress Luquis, intentionally or unintentionally; Whether it is the reuse of the ten captains of the Wolf Legion, or the transfer of Luquis from the Wolf Legion, it is undeniable that there is a meaning to suppress Luquis. In fact, this can't be entirely blamed on Oscar for being too jealous of a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart.

As a previously unknown heir to the family, he succeeded to the throne as the new head of the family at the time of his suffering; Luquis, on the other hand, is a battle-hardened family player. If Lucis had the slightest disobedience to Oscar, it would be a great disaster for both Oscar himself and the Augustus family. Therefore, Oscar is inevitably villainous.

However, Luquis's uncomplaining performance during this period of time did prove his loyalty to the Augustan family and to Oscar himself. Now, Oscar can fully trust Luquis and entrust him with a heavy responsibility. Because Oscar already believed in Luquis, because Luques proved himself; At this moment, the two have finally become a pair of gentlemen who treat each other honestly!

Oscar stood up and bowed to Luquis, then said, "General Luquis, I apologize to you for my small actions earlier; As a first-time leader of the family, I am inevitably a little suspicious, and I hope that General Lucis can forgive Oscar for his helplessness. Oscar's attitude made Luquis instantly feel like tears were in his eyes, and he should be loyal to his family; The family leader treats himself like this, what is there to be dissatisfied with?

In fact, it was not only Luquis's heart that was impressed by Oscar at this moment; Wipsani was also impressed by Oscar's honesty and Corporal Etiquette. You know, this is an era of family supremacy; For the members of the family, each family leader is the object of everyone's oath of allegiance and is supreme. Even if the family leader does something wrong, for every member of the family, there is no possibility of blaming the family leader at all, and some are just cleaning up the aftermath for the leader.

Like Oscar, with the respect of the head of the family, he personally bowed down to apologize to the family general; Don't say that a powerful family like the Augustus family is unheard of, even an ordinary small family! The king treats the minister like a countryman, and the minister will be loyal to the king! How could Luquis and Vipsani not be distraught? How can you not secretly make up your mind to serve Oscar? In fact, this is really Lucis and Vepsani's overestimation of the Oscars.

Oscar was not as lofty and great as Lucis and Vipsani imagined; Although Oscar now holds the title of the leader of the Augustan family, he is "powerful" on the heads of these civil generals. But in essence, he is still a young man from the earth who has accepted the idea of equality for all since he was a child; It is true that after coming to this world, Oscar no longer regards how important human life is.

However, its essence is not so easy to change. For Oscar, whether he is a family leader in another world, or an ordinary leader or class cadre on Earth, the essence is the same. As long as you treat others sincerely, you will definitely be able to win everyone's support if you have clear rewards and punishments. Even if you are a leader, you should apologize if you do something wrong! Is it rare that leadership is always right? Isn't that a dictatorship?

Well, the House of Augustus was a dictatorship in its own right; This reform is to develop a small-scale dictatorship into a large-scale centralized power. However, Oscar can't do it all alone. Oscar needs talented people, and needs a large number of capable people who are loyal to him; Corporal Lixian is just a gesture, do these people still need Corporal Lixian every day after they are loyal to their family?

People like Xu Yu are wonderful in any world, and they don't live long; Everyone must be self-aware. As long as Oscar makes this gesture, the people below will be grateful; As for if someone really climbs up the pole. Hehe, Cao Cao has Xu Chu, my Oscar and Li Sini! In short, Oscar's posture is there, and the performance of Lucis and Vepsani also satisfies Oscar, which is a happy move for everyone!