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

Vipsani's tirade left the entire conference room in silence; In particular, Luquis, who proposed to send Quintus to lead a large army to the North African continent, showed a helpless look on his face.

In fact, Lucis did not feel any ill feeling in his heart for Vipsani to refute himself; After all, Vepsani was also thinking about the Augustus family, and Lucquis knew Vipsani, a former subordinate, even better.

Lucquis knew that although Vipsani looked quite cunning on the surface, his eye for judging the situation was also higher than ordinary people; However, its essence is not bad, especially to the Augustus family and the Oscar leader, it is also loyal and has no second heart.

So, from the very beginning, Lucquis did not mind that Vipsani stood up to refute his suggestion; As Vipsani revealed the situation of the Augustus family little by little, Luquis's heart would also be extremely shocked.

Luquis, who had been in the barracks, or had led a large army to the north and south, had never known that the war potential of the House of Augustus had reached such a critical precarious; As a result, Luquis, who has always been accustomed to having no worries, was also at a loss.

In fact, long before Oscar succeeded him as the leader of the Augustan family, the Augustan family was far from in a better situation than it is now; At that time, Luquis, as the second-in-command of the Augustan family, had a thorough understanding of the internal situation of the Augustan family.

Later, after Oscar succeeded to the head of the House of Augustus, Oscar began a new cooperation with many powers in Rome; Later, he won the full support of the Maxentius family and established an independent territory for the Augustus family.

Coupled with the fact that Oscar had always deliberately handled the affairs of the military and political affairs separately, Luquis completely stopped paying attention to other situations within the Augustus family, and focused all his attention on military affairs.

It is precisely because of this transformation of Luquis that he was more trusted by Oscar, and also made him the most important general of the Augustus family's military; At the same time, he also lost his grasp and understanding of the details of the Augustan family.

This is why Luquis offered to send Quintus to lead an army into North Africa, for he had no idea that the internal situation of the House of Augustus had reached such a terrible state; I don't know that the Augustan family is really on the verge of life and death.

When Lucis understood everything in Vipsani's account, he did not have any resentment with Vipsani; Instead, he stood up frankly and apologized to Oscar:

"Leader, what the Vipsani Governor said just now makes a lot of sense; With the current strength of our Augustan family, we simply cannot risk sending a large-scale army to the North African continent, otherwise, once an accident occurs, the consequences will be too serious.

The reason why I have just proposed to send General Quintus to lead an army to the North African continent is simply that I do not know the internal situation of the family; Now that I know the predicament of my family, I retract my advice and hope that the leader will reconsider the other proposals.

It was not easy for us in the House of Augustus to get to where we are today; That is the efforts of our ancestors of the Augustan family and the outstanding leadership of the Oscar leader, as well as the countless Augustus family soldiers who were born and died in struggle, we must not put the safety of the entire family in danger for the sake of immediate interests! ”

Luquis's deep understanding of righteousness touched Oscar very much, and also made the other family members present understand once again why Luquis was relied on by Oscar; Among them, it is directly related to the governor of Luquis.

However, in the face of Luquis's frank admission of mistakes, Oscar did not accept it with peace of mind; Oscar also replied to Lucis quite helplessly:

"General Luquis, you don't need to blame yourself for this; I don't hide it, if it weren't for Vipsani's timely rebuttal, I would have agreed to your suggestion.

The reason why you made the wrong suggestion is because you have devoted all your time and energy to military affairs, and those things of food, grass and materials are also under the control of the government affairs system, and it is understandable that you do not know.

However, as the leader of the Augustan family, I even ignored the crisis of grain and grass resources within the family, and almost made a big mistake; It should be me, not you, who should really blame yourself for this! ”

As the leader of the Augustan family, Oscar took Luquis's self-blame on himself for granted on such an occasion; not only resolved Luquis's embarrassment, but also made the subsequent impact of this incident invisible.

Perhaps, Oscar, who first came to this world, is not a qualified family leader; He will have a lot of mistakes and loopholes in thinking, and even make some mistakes of principle.

However, as time goes by, Oscar has become more and more accustomed to the rules of survival in this world, and has also learned how to be a leader who is respected and wins the loyalty of others; Therefore, Oscar will stand up and take this matter for Luquis.

Unfortunately, some people don't want this to be the end of the Augustusian affair; This person is the god of commerce, Nat, who has just joined the Augustan family and served as the supreme governor of the Chamber of Commerce!

I saw that after Oscar came forward to take Luquis's self-blame, Nat stood up and made another suggestion to Oscar and all the Augustan family members present:

"Leader, all of you here, I personally think that General Luquis's suggestion is very reasonable; With the current situation in North Africa, we Augustus must send troops to the North African continent to ensure that our family's interests are not harmed. ”

Nat's words made everyone in the conference room a little confused; Didn't Vipsani's words just now be made clear? The Augustus family did not have the strength to send troops to North Africa at the moment, which required great risks and was almost unattainable.

Could it be that this Nat deliberately stood up to embarrass General Luquis? It's impossible! With Luquis's status and prestige in the Augustan family, this newcomer has no reason to embarrass the Augustus family's powerhouse?

In fact, whether or not Nat wanted to embarrass Luquis, Luquis's position was not something that Nat could shake when he had just joined the Augustus family; Even if Nat was the so-called god of commerce, it was impossible for him to suppress the highly decorated Luquis.

While the family members in the conference room were thinking nonsense, Oscar had a hint of enlightenment in his heart; If nothing else, Nat is not embarrassed by Luquis at all, but has a solution to the current predicament of the Augustus family!

Thinking of this, Oscar asked Nat with a smile on his face:

"Our Lord Shang Shen actually made this suggestion, so there must be a solution to the current predicament of our Augustus family; It's just that I don't know what kind of way can allow us to obtain sufficient food and grass materials in a short time? ”

Oscar's inquiry made the family members present full of surprise and turned their eyes to Nath again, they really didn't understand why the Oscar leader was so polite to this newcomer Nat; What's even more puzzling for the second monk is why Oscar calls Nat the god of business? God is not a word that ordinary people can use!

Hannibal, the reason why he can be called the god of war by the world, is because of real battles; The mighty Roman army proved Hannibal's invincibility with its own blood, and after repeated victories, Hannibal was finally crowned with the title of god of war.

And this Nat in front of him, how can he be called the god of business? The family members who look at each other, but you look at me and I look at you, but I don't know why at all.

Only Vipsani and Luquis, who were staring at Nat's face expectantly, hoping to get the good news they wanted from Nat's mouth. Nat did not disappoint, but he said unhurriedly:

"Sure enough, your Excellency is still the leader, and your eyes are as wise as a torch! I still haven't been able to hide this little bit of caution from Your Excellency the Leader, so I won't sell it; Yes, I do have a solution to the problems that the House of Augustus is facing!

Long before Marius staged the coup d'état, I expected that Marius would be able to seize control of all of Rome proper, and that sooner or later there would be a war between the Augustians and Marius's forces; Of course, this aspect does not affect the problems that the Augustus family is facing now.

However, this almost unchangeable fact allowed me to transfer a great deal of wealth from Rome to Sicily in advance; At that time, Sicily belonged to Hannibal's power, and in order to prevent Hannibal from coveting this huge wealth, I had to find a way to change the form of this wealth.

In addition, I felt that the huge army of the Augustan family would face a grain and grass crisis sooner or later, so I used the Mediterranean coastal trade network in my hand to buy a large amount of grain and grass materials for the Egyptian kingdom with half of this wealth.

Now, I have scattered and hoarded these grain and grass materials in four small cities east of Greater Sicily; As long as His Excellency the Leader gives an order, this grain and grass material that is enough for the army of 100,000 for three years will immediately become the Augustus family's stockpile.

More importantly, I also made agreements in advance with several prominent grain merchants of the Kingdom of Egypt; If we Augustus, we need it, we will always be able to buy large quantities of low-cost grain from them to replenish our stocks! (To be continued.) )