Augustus Road

Carabis didn't know why Caesar owed so much debt again. Maybe it was the compound interest of usury, maybe it was the love debt of this half-bald playboy, or maybe he held countless huge banquets for the civilians in Rome during his expedition to accumulate capital for his political reputation.

But the primary problem now is that if Caesar can't pay off his debts, his creditors will not let him go to Lusitania to take up his post, and there is no way to talk about the expedition. Caesar will soon be like Catiline, dragged down and sunk by the huge "negative assets" of money and reputation.

Now it's time for me to come forward to save the hero and make capital for myself. 897 talents, terrible! I have worked hard for so many years, and my assets are only about 100 talents, and a lot of them are welded in the Etruscan industry. What I urgently need is hot money. In history, it was Crassus who paid off part of Caesar's debts and guaranteed the rest of the debts, so that Caesar's Lusitania expedition could be carried out. But in that case, Caesar would only be grateful to Crassus. I must get involved to gain a firm foothold in history. Now I need about 200 talents in cash to join hands with Crassus to help Caesar, the gambler.

After thinking for a while, Carapis said, "I will raise two hundred talents as soon as possible. I will also ask my patron and Crassus to try to get the Minister of Justice to form an army and go to Lusitania."

When Caesar heard this, he turned over a wheel, "Next year, next year! The expedition to Lusitania must be carried out. Only in this way can I really pay off my debts. I am a man of the Julius family, a descendant of Venus, but now my political status is so pitiful that it is not commensurate with the family's status. After returning from the expedition, I will be in trouble. ——I will run for the next consul. God, I need you, Carabis. If you can do this, you will be the lieutenant general of the legion during the expedition. It’s okay. As the governor of Spain, I have the full power to appoint lieutenants and centurions. When I become consul, you will be the finance official of a certain province. When...”

“Excuse me for the time being. I only heard that you will be appointed as the governor of Spain, but I heard that the Senate has no intention of launching an expedition to Lusitania. Besides, that distant place is only It's just sporadic robbery against Roman colonies. If so, how can you win wealth for us through wars like Mithridates? "

As a result, Caesar's face became cold, "If there is no war, I can create a war. A politician in Rome, if he can't learn to make decisions on the spot and combine private interests with public authorization, he will never be the leader at the gambling table. Carapis, you have to keep it secret for me - I will immediately provoke unlimited protests and intimidation when I go to Lusitania. It's best to let all the tribes in Spain, near and far, rise up against me who represents Rome. After taking office, I will not deal with any boring and complicated government affairs at all. I only need war and plunder. "

"I understand, I will fully assist you, and I believe that our promises will be fulfilled one day. "Carapis also replied calmly. The two of them didn't care about Brutus, Portia, and even Sevilla who were surprised by their naked radical words. Then Caesar hugged his neck, and the two kissed each other firmly and intimately.

Afterwards, Carapis said goodbye to everyone. When he left, he saw Brutus talking to Caesar in a slightly excited mood, probably expressing his dissatisfaction with their previous remarks.

At night, Carapis ran all the way to the Palatine Hill again, took out a bunch of keys, and directly opened the door of Claudius's house, and pushed the door open with a bang! Because this house was originally given to Claudius and his sister, the two doorkeepers ran over in surprise and repeatedly dissuaded him, saying that the mistress and the young master were holding a private small banquet, and you are trespassing into the noble territory. Carapis pushed the servants away one by one, then put on the gold ring given to him by the master, and walked to the small open-air restaurant in the garden. There, Claudia and a lover she had just met, a poet who came to Rome to seek sponsorship, were holding wine glasses and sitting on the ivy-wrapped swing, and the participants in the small dome restaurant were clearly visible. Claudius and his newly married wife Fulvia, the former consul's son Curio, and the strong Hercules-like Marco Antony were comfortably sitting on the couches, laughing and talking happily. Several servants were either preparing soup or waving fans to cool off the guests.

In the few seconds of pause, Carapis took a quick glance and concluded that this small circle was in chaos: Claudius was angry because of the ambiguity between the poet and his sister; while Fulvia was flirting with the masculine Antony, which caused Curio to feel sad.

If you attend this kind of banquet in Rome for thirty nights, it will be easy to scan the hidden secrets.

"Oh my god, who is this rude guy without any etiquette!" The poet saw Carapis who broke in and stood up with a sighing tone. Carapis grabbed the man by the collar and threw him out of the garden, "The clown of this banquet can leave first." Then he stepped forward and politely asked the former mistress and the host of the banquet: "I have something important to report to you two, which is related to the future of the Claudius family."

Claudia felt that she could live in this house, be surrounded by servants and harps, and have the financial resources to wear gorgeous clothes to seduce more men because of Carapis; Claudius thought that the sword of Mithridates Eubert, which symbolized his "military merit", was given by Carapis. He would immediately serve as the tribune of the common people and spend money to buy support, and he would also rely on his funding. So the siblings whispered to Fulvia, Antony and Curio to explain in detail, and the others left with a little anger.

"You have been in the house next door to seduce Cicero's wife, Lenchart, recently, right?" After seeing Claudius's wife leave, Carapis picked up an oyster and went straight to the point after eating it.

"How do you know? Carapis, weren't you in Asia Minor before?" Claudius was surprised.

"Did you get it?"

"No, a woman with a strong character and a strong desire to dominate is always harder to get than a beautiful woman. This is my valuable experience." Claudius was thoughtful, while his sister sat aside, wondering what Carapis had said.

"Listen, Cicero already knows about this." Carapis said seriously, "Lenshart told her husband all your ugly behavior, and Cicero will definitely make you pay when you take office as a tribune." (To be continued.)