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- Aristotle (one of the great philosophers, scientists, and educators in the ancient history of the world)

When Caesar marched to Poheim with three mighty legions, Flavies sent half of his most elite guards to Caesar; The task of these guards was to keep Caesar safe at all costs.

In fact, Flavies's dispatch of this personal guard only served to aggravate Caesar's position; Before the army officially set out, Flavies also spies with the commanders of the three legions, and they will swear to the death to ensure Caesar's absolute safety.

In fact, Caesar himself had no concern for his own safety; In the process of marching the army, Caesar changed the distance between the generals and the soldiers to maintain the dignity of the good, not only mingling with those ordinary soldiers, but also eating and sleeping with ordinary soldiers every day, completely without his own consciousness as a commander-in-chief.

Rabinus and Cecil repeatedly objected to this, but at Caesar's insistence, they were helpless; However, Varus, who had always been silent, recognized Caesar's approach very much, and even accompanied Caesar to eat and sleep with ordinary soldiers several times.

While marching into the Poheim region, Caesar became more and more familiar with the soldiers of the three legions; In particular, Caesar's amazing memory, which allowed him to call out Caesar's name whenever and wherever he had met, was particularly surprising.

It would take at least twenty days to march from Norikum to Poheim to reach the main area of the Lovosice tribe; And just ten days after the march, Caesar himself could already call out the names of each of the 30,000 men of the three legions.

What made the soldiers love Caesar even more was that Caesar himself especially liked to make impromptu speeches to the soldiers of the army in a witty and humorous military way; The theme of each lecture is either the great history of the Roman nation or the allusion to the unity of the Romans, which were originally boring and spoken by Caesar, but they are interesting and wonderful.

Still, something extremely unpleasant happened on the way to the march; For example, when Caesar was giving a speech, everyone cheered happily for Caesar's wonderful speech, but one of the warriors was frowning and not interested.

Caesar, who was standing on a makeshift platform, saw the frowning warrior at a glance, called him to the podium, and asked him on the spot why he frowned, and whether he felt that his speech was not good.

Caesar's attitude was mild, but it still made the ordinary warrior feel genuinely afraid; After all, Caesar was the commander of the three legions, and he was just the most ordinary soldier.

So, under Caesar's inquiry, he told his troubles in public; It turned out that the young warrior was from a small town in the Ubrian region of the Ubrian family of the Julius family, and his mother and three younger brothers and two sisters were in his family, while his father, who was also a warrior of the Ulius family, had been killed in the previous battle.

The soldiers of the Julius family were paid, but not many, and only enough for a soldier to live a stable life for his wife and a child; As for the so-called war death pension, the Julius family did not have this system.

In other words, with this soldier's meager salary, it is impossible for him to support his three younger brothers and two younger sisters, and even his mother is desperately trying to earn money, and it is difficult to feed such a large family; This is not only the troubles of this warrior, but also the troubles of many of the warriors of the Eullius family.

For the soldiers of the House of Julius, their attitude towards war was more eager than fearful; Although the outbreak of war will cost the soldiers who are at the forefront of the war with their lives, it can also bring a lot of loot income to the soldiers who won the battle, which is the guarantee that their families can live comfortably.

According to the rules of the army of the House of Julius, the soldiers of each legion had the right to distribute the spoils of war after defeating the enemy or occupying a place; It was the presence of this power that made the army of the Julius family hungry for war.

It is a pity that wars do not break out often, and even if they do, they must be won to have spoils; More often than not, the loot is not very much, and it is only enough for the soldiers' families to live comfortably for a few days, but it is not enough for their families to live a stable life all the time.

Needless to say, the vast majority of the soldiers of the Julius family army were born into ordinary families, and troubles like this warrior were also the worries of most of them; So, after the warrior had told him about his troubled household affairs, everyone came out of their previous euphoria and fell into a long silence.

In this way, when the soldiers of the Julius family shed blood and died on the front line, they had to worry about the survival of their families behind them all the time, which made Caesar's heart very uncomfortable; Looking at the silent soldiers, the dreary atmosphere made Caesar decide what to do.

After a little thought, Caesar proposed on the spot to all the soldiers a way to help them all make a fortune together; Caesar stepped in to organize a large caravan with the salaries of the soldiers who volunteered, and the task of this caravan was to continuously trade the goods of the prosperous area of the Julius family to the newly occupied areas, and then transport the specialties of the newly occupied areas back to the inner areas.

Caesar believed that as long as this caravan could be formed, it would be very profitable; You must know that with the conquest of Norikum and Illyria, countless merchants of the Julius family have made a lot of profits from it, and they are still expanding the scale of trade, and the benefits of this are needless to say.

In addition, because the caravan was formed in the name of Caesar, it naturally would not encounter any official obstruction from the Julius family; As for the safety of the caravan, it is only necessary to arrange for those soldiers who will quit the army in the future to serve as escorts to the caravan, which can ensure the absolute safety of the caravan, and even solve the dilemma that the retired soldiers have nothing to do.

As for the caravan's gains, Caesar even said that he himself would not take a single gold coin; All the proceeds of the trade will be shared by the participating soldiers, who are the masters of this wealth! In order to be able to assemble the caravan at one time, Caesar will also give 50,000 gold coins for free to help the soldiers create their own wealth together!

With Caesar's suggestion and promise, all the soldiers present were moved, and they also knew that the meager military salary alone was not enough to support their families; And the profits of the trading caravans are well known, and since this matter was personally proposed by His Excellency Caesar, what reason do you have not to get involved?

All the soldiers agreed to Caesar's suggestion on the spot, and began to put all their salaries into Caesar's plan; In order to better count the gold coins invested by each soldier, Caesar also hired more than a dozen centurions who were literate accountants to help him collect money and keep accounts.

In just three days, all three legions and soldiers on this expedition joined Caesar's plan; From ordinary soldiers, to the chief captain of the legion, and even the three legion commanders, each of them symbolically took out a hundred gold coins to invest.

Three days earlier, Caesar had only come up with an idea, and three days later Caesar had a full half a million gold coins in his hands; Using 500,000 gold coins as an initial investment to organize a trading caravan is also a legend in the business world.

Later, some soldiers proposed that in order to facilitate the better development of this trade caravan belonging to everyone, the military salaries of the three legions would not need to be paid directly in the future, and it would be better to invest in the trade caravan; As for the benefits of the trade caravans, considering the time it takes for the caravans to transport goods back and forth and the time they sell, it would be good to pay the soldiers once every three months.

Caesar, after consulting everyone in detail for these suggestions, would not disagree with them as long as the vast majority of people agreed; And the name of this caravan is naturally unanimously recommended by everyone - Caesar Caravan!

If Caesar was not the heir to the family to which Flavies belonged, with the wisdom of Fraves, he would have immediately strangled the formation of Caesar's caravan when he learned of Caesar's actions; However, Caesar was the best family heir chosen by Flavies, so Caesar's caravan formation plan was naturally strongly supported by Flavis and the Julius family.

However, no one could have imagined that Caesar's sudden idea would create the largest caravan under the rule of the House Julius in the future; What is even more unimaginable is that when this caravan returned the first proceeds to the soldiers three months after it was formed, the soldiers of the three legions truly became the die-hard loyalists of Caesar himself.

The annual salary of each soldier is only ten gold coins, and the first income distribution of Caesar's caravan three months after its formation is to give each soldier who participated in it twenty gold coins, which is two years of military salary for ordinary soldiers, and those officers who invest more naturally get more, and the soldiers of the three legions are all cheering for this!

The existence of Caesar's caravan means that the soldiers of these three legions will be tightly bound to Caesar for these interests at all times and places; Loyalty without interests exists, but there are very few, it is impossible for everyone to be loyal, and this kind of loyalty tied to interests is even more trustworthy, who will not get along with gold coins?

From the first distribution of Caesar's caravans, the ownership of the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Legions passed from the hands of the Julius family to Caesar; Even if the commanders of these three legions are unwilling to follow Caesar, the soldiers of the three legions will unswervingly follow behind Caesar, which is the pursuit of human nature for interests. (To be continued.) )