Domitius did not answer Virgil's words, the old man took the flask from the table, poured himself another glass of wine, and looked at the small sculpture in the garden, his eyes glittering with a complex light.

As if anticipating that this might be the case, Virgil shrugged his shoulders and smiled, but did not say anything. Enjoy a day of beauty with this respected old man.

How many people would believe a diplomat's "truth"? Virgil thought to himself, even a politician who always hides his heart is definitely not more tactful than a person like himself, and sometimes even Virgil himself does not know which of what he says is really true, and which is just a response -- probably, a combination of both, don't people say that even the biggest lies need to be embellished by facts?

Having said that, the person that Virgil envied the most was the Minister of War, Mehemus, who believed that Caesar would believe in every word of this guy, because he was too simple, and his military demeanor made him not know what tactfulness was, and he would always be straightforward. But to tell the truth, Virgil thinks he can't learn -- if every diplomat can do things like this guy, I'm afraid a single word can start a war.

"Speaking of which, Lord Domitius. Do you remember Caesar's new Roman War Academy?" Virgil decided to change the subject to break the embarrassment between the two men: "The academy dormitory and training ground have been completed, and only the library is still negotiating with Caesarea Academy. ”

"They won't refuse Caesar's request. Domitius nodded and said, "I'm more worried about whether this 'war college' can really recruit haode students. ”

"The local nobility had already sent their children, as well as many wealthy families of Caesarea, as well as Haringos and Talboa. Virgil replied: "The acting dean of Quintus is quite strict in this regard, and there are only three hundred people in total as the 'first phase' of cadets, and he also asked Mesimus for the formation of a wing, and all the cadets are 'quasi-legionists'!"

"Sure enough, it's Quintus's style!" the old man blinked, "but it's not surprising that there would be people in Caesarea who would like me, joining the army has always been one of the choices of Roman teenagers when they become adults, but those local nobles are so enthusiastic?

"But the problem is that this is a 'war' academy, and once all the cadets who enter the academy graduate, they are most likely to be placed directly in the military! Virgil stood up and personally brought a glass of wine to Domitius: "Even if Caesar tried his best to prevent his army from interfering in Roman politics and decision-making, it still cannot be denied that the Roman legions were important for power!"

Becoming a legionary officer is fundamentally a change in status and identity, and even Roman law is more tolerant of officers. Virgil said, "Have you ever read The Expedition of Alexander?"

"Of course I read it, and I recommend it to Caesar. Domitius nodded: "This book is most suitable for a young monarch like Caesar, and you can get a lot of useful knowledge from it." ”

You are quite right to do so, because this move by Caesar is most likely the method taken from this book. Virgil looked a little excited: "Selecting talents from among the children of the upper echelons and letting them learn the true art of war, on the one hand, can secure the source of officers, and on the other hand, control their fathers from easily rebelling, is the best of both worlds." ”

"On the other hand, Alexander's army was not just made up of Greeks, as you must be aware. In order to control his empire, Alexander recruited many local tribes to join his army, so that the non-Greek peoples of the East could be integrated into his empire. The voice of the Foreign Minister was always full of arias: "So the original Oriental nobles also became his courtiers." ”

"This generation of local aristocrats, it may be difficult for them to truly become pure Romans. But that doesn't mean we can't change the next generation. When they began to worship Mars, the god of war, and Jupiter, the god king, when they put on the toga of Rome and entered the Senate, when watching Rome became their motto - who could deny that they were Romans?!"

"That is the wisdom of Caesar, Lord Domitius. Virgil smiled and said, "There are times when you underestimate our young Caesar. ”

"I never underestimated him. The old man shook his head: "I'm just worried, this Shijie's civilization will have too much impact and change on Rome, is that Rome still Rome?"

"You don't have to worry about that, who of us still remembers the era of the 'City of the Seven Hills' pioneered by Romulus, the father of Rome, what was that original Rome like? Virgil spread his hands indifferently: "The change is to rule more peoples, so that they will also become Romans." Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised even when Caesar suddenly wanted to give a Pande name. ”

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As Virgil put it, the purpose of the Roman War College was not only to produce a solid corps of officers, but also to ensure that the Roman legions would always have enough middle and lower rank officers available. The deeper purpose is to win people's hearts, simply put, to turn outsiders into their own people.

However, for these local nobles, after they learned that they were not just going to pay hostages, but to train their own children to become officers, they immediately became more concerned about this matter than Theodore, which was tantamount to recruiting knightly squires!

In order to give these cadets more "sweetness" and a status commensurate with their origins, all the students of the Roman War College also added an "Caesarea Garrison". Now they only have one wing, so it is the "garrison wing", and if there is a legion in the future, it will be upgraded to the "garrison regiment".

There were three hundred cadets, and Quintus was divided into six "hundreds" of fifty men, and the instructor of each hundred-man team was their "centurion", and then a flagbearer was elected from among the cadets to be responsible for managing all the cadets of the team in place of the instructor;

Theodore did learn this from Alexander the Great, who had gathered his noble sons together to form a "guard regiment" to protect his own safety, and all the emperor's commanders were later summoned from this, because these people were of good birth and guard duties to ensure loyalty to the emperor, and they had been with the emperor for so long that they had learned a little military knowledge.

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"All assemble in line! Move fast and get ready for battle!"

With the loud roar of a middle-aged man, the young people of about fifty people who were originally scattered in the small playground immediately hung their swords on their right waists, and ran to the person in a panic to gather, and stood in line according to the original haode formation.

After two weeks of "preparatory training", these "first" academies of the Roman War College finally knew what an "emergency assembly" was.

"Bang!!!" Lemmon Hannah, on crutches, made a constant noise on the ground, circling the little centurion, and glancing back and forth with his fierce eyes, like a hungry wolf watching his own dinner, so that the throats of the cadets could not help but twitch.

"Very well, always be ready for battle - if you don't want to die in an accident on the battlefield again, remember these trainings, these are the things that can save your lives. ”

"I think you all know very well what you're here for: to be a proud Roman soldier, a commander. Lemmon Hannah's voice was very loud and harsh: "But in my eyes you are not even the most ordinary legionnaires!"

"I don't care how noble you are or what ancient family you come from. Here you are a bunch of recruits. Don't expect to get any privileges here, for this is also a barracks! The hundred-man team I once commanded is now part of the main wing of the 1st 'Sword of Glory' Legion! So now, I will train your new recruits to become the main force of the future legion - in any way. ”

"Of course, I give you the 'privilege' that you can choose a flag bearer yourself, but that's not now. The next thing you will do is four months of tactical training, and you will have to train your physique like a real legionnaire. Go running, work, sentry in the wilderness, bathe in the river, dedicate all your life and liliang to the cause (war) that Mars, the god of war, loves!"

"Zuihou, remember who you are! You will become the leader of the soldiers in the future, so you must convince them with more exquisite combat skills and rich knowledge in your mind!"

"Now, all prepare to meet the enemy—!" At Instructor Lemon's command, all the cadets drew their training swords from the right side of their bodies, their left arms in front of them, like a real legionnaire.

"Roman legions--, forward--!"

(Uh, what, first of all, I want to thank the meaning of the earth (this name is quite profound when I hear it) The reward of children's shoes~!

Recently, the book review area has become active, and I'm so happy when it's empty~, it's really a happy thing.

zuihou, as usual, ask for collections and rewards~, and ask for recommendations~!)