Originating from the Roman Republican era, the municipal magistrate was initially only held by commoners, mainly responsible for the maintenance of the temple and the management of archives, and then with the development, the nobles could also become municipal magistrates, and the powers and responsibilities of the municipal magistrate also changed to a certain extent.

From managing archives and maintaining temples, to being responsible for the maintenance of municipal and public facilities throughout the city and even some security work, in the republican era, municipal officials were not paid, and often had to post a lot of money themselves, like Caesar as a municipal magistrate who went bankrupt and owed a lot of debts, and was even blocked by creditors to prevent him from leaving the city of Rome.

Of course, Caesar was not a fool, and of course he would not do anything that was not good.

Municipal officials are one of the most effective ways to gain the favor of citizens and gain political capital, for example, if you pay for a road for everyone, of course everyone will thank you, Caesar has accumulated considerable prestige during his tenure as a municipal magistrate, and these prestige are all made of real money, which is not difficult to understand why Caesar went bankrupt at that time.

In addition, the municipal officer is also a pre-occupation of the financial officer and magistrate, although it does not mean that to become a financial officer or magistrate, you must first become a municipal officer, but according to statistics, the financial officer and magistrate who are born as a municipal official are indeed the mainstream of the political arena.

Andrea has been a municipal officer for three years, and this year he is expected to be promoted to finance officer, and he certainly doesn't want anything to go wrong at this most critical juncture.

So he rushed to the scene as soon as he heard that the sewer pipe had been damaged, the good news is that the damage is not serious, and it is estimated that it can be repaired in two days, and the bad news is that if he doesn't want this thing to become a stain, he needs to pay for it himself.

Of course, he can still afford this money, but the problem is that Andeya doesn't know who destroyed the sewer pipe, and he doesn't know if this group of people will come to destroy it after repairing it, as a city magistrate, he can also mobilize some manpower, but the area he is responsible for is very large, almost half of the city, it is impossible to arrange people to guard every section of the sewer pipe, not to mention stupid, and in addition to the sewer pipe, there are many public facilities in the city.

Andrea is most worried about what is targeting him, in this way, there will be more targets for the other party, passive defense can't be defended, and now Anderya is facing the same problem as Zhang Heng before, he needs to find out who is secretly doing it, so as to find out how to formulate the next strategy.

And Andrea spent an afternoon making a list of people he might have offended, and found that a certain Oriental who had recently become famous was at the top of the list, plus Zhang Heng had just visited the patriarch Diwobraye yesterday, and turned around and went straight to Cobb's residence, Andrea had to begin to accept the reality that his hands and feet in the mine had been exposed.

And the way someone dealt with him now felt very familiar to him, exactly like the situation in the Binotta mines.

Will the old fox Divo Braye actually take the initiative to stand in line?

If Andrea was only suspicious before, he had already believed seventy percent after receiving the "secret report" from Daikius, because Daikius said that Zhang Heng didn't take him with him when he went to find Diwobraye, but just told him that there were some things before he left, and it was better not to participate in a small role like him.

This is also the real reason why Andrea feels that he has been sold by Divobraye, with the usual style of that old fox, if he really colludes with Zhang Heng, he definitely doesn't want to make a big fuss, all irrelevant people know, it is more in his interests to exclude Daichius aside.

And as if to confirm his guess, Zhang Heng came to his Domus in the afternoon.

The other party is no longer what it used to be, no longer the gladiator who used his life for entertainment in the arena, becoming Commodus's adviser means that he has stepped into the power layer of the empire, even if the two sides are in a hostile state, Andeya has to not welcome Zhang Heng into the house.

The city magistrate originally wanted to say a few casual greetings, but he didn't expect Zhang Heng to say directly, "Let's go to your study?" ”

Andea subconsciously wanted to refuse, but at this moment, his mind flashed through the accident of the sewer pipe not long ago, and finally nodded.

So the two came to Andrea's study, Andrea closed the door, and there were only the two of them left in the room, and after a while, it was the city magistrate who spoke first, breaking the somewhat silent atmosphere, "I don't know what happened to Advisor Zhang Heng coming to me?" ”

"Oh, I was shocked to hear that there was an accident at the sewer pipe not long ago, and I happened to be passing by nearby and thought I would visit and see if I could do anything about it." Zhang Heng didn't wait for Andrea's invitation, and directly pulled out a chair and sat in.

"Consultant Zhang Heng is really too polite." Something flashed in the city magistrate's eyes, and he said coldly, "My people have taken control of the situation, I believe it will be repaired soon, and there is nothing that needs help." ”

"Well, I've only been in Rome for a short time, and just over two months ago I was just a gladiator, so I'm still learning a lot of things...... So if I make a mistake after that, I hope Mr. City Officer can understand. Zhang Heng paused, and then said, "A friend told me that it is not too complicated to gain a foothold in Rome's political arena, as long as you do one thing well, that is, to make friends. Today, your friend is in trouble, and you lend a helping hand to him, then tomorrow when you are in trouble, there will naturally be friends to help you solve it, everyone for me, and I for everyone. ”

"What do you want to say?" The city magistrate frowned.

"I'm trying my best to make friends," Zhang Heng spread his hands, "You should also know that I'm in charge of the bronze statue casting now, but there was a little trouble in the process, the Binota mine collapsed, our ore supply was cut off, and work has been suspended for a while, I want to get back to work soon." ”

Zhang Heng said as he looked into Andrea's eyes opposite.

The city magistrate sneered, "What does this matter have to do with me, besides, don't you already have friends, let Diwo Braye bring a word to solve it soon?" ”

"I didn't say you had anything to do with it, as for Diwobraye, I don't know him well, I went to him yesterday, but he rejected me." Zhang Heng shook his head and said, "So I can only come to you to try my luck." ”

Andeya almost didn't scold when he heard this, but at this point, Zhang Heng still didn't recognize the relationship between Diwobraye and him, without Diwobraye's help, how could he touch his Domus the next day.

If Andeya's suspicion of Diwobraye's involvement was only seventy percent before, now it has reached ten percent after Zhang Heng denied it, because it is full of Diwo Burye's unique temperament of daring to do things and not daring to offend, and no one wants to offend.