[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

Gacius Florus walked through the dirty streets of Ercolano, and he could smell the rotting corpses through the thick walls and masks.

Because Ercolano does not have the economic strength of Rome, and there is a serious shortage of troops defending the city and professional managers, the consul of this city can only take the most brutal and cruel measures after the outbreak begins. The solution—that is, to forcibly block all the epidemic sites based on the family as a unit, and let the patients and people who have no time to escape destroy themselves here.

Gacius Florus' foothold is a street where many epidemics have occurred, so the inspectors in this area have had people block it before Gacius Florus has evacuated. The entire street was even guarded by soldiers 24 hours a day.

Once someone wants to rush out of the blockade, no matter whether they are patients or not, they will be assassinated mercilessly, and then the corpses will be dragged away for destruction immediately to prevent the epidemic from spreading to other places.

Of course, Gacius Florus can reveal his identity to the inspector or guarding soldiers, and then be escorted back to Rome, but this kind of airless behavior will make Gacius Florus forever be condemned to the pillar of shame.

As for Nero, although he will also suffer the infamy of abandoning the city, as long as Octavia thinks he is still useful, then she will try her best to keep Nero's throne.

Besides, taking a ten thousand step back, Nero was also kidnapped here by Gacius Florus.

And under the rough care of the careerist, the emperor of Rome also unfortunately contracted the disease, lingering in a hut that didn't fit his status, just waiting for Octavia to dig out the remains from the mass grave, He was then buried in the family mausoleum of Augustus.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" Gacius Florus, who cursed his bad luck every day, did not take off the hood and mask of the cloak until he entered the room, and was finally able to breathe fresh air .

Nero on the hospital bed still looked half-dead, and even needed Gesius Florus to sniff him to make sure that he wouldn't have to carry a bag on his back when he returned to Rome. The crime of murdering the emperor.

That was enough to make anyone who had anything to do with him instantly lose their heads.

"Medicine...quickly give me the calming medicine." Nero on the bed struggled to open his eyes, and stretched out his hand towards Gacius Florus with great difficulty, trying to get what he dreamed of.

Gacius Florus, who was sure that Nero was still alive, breathed a sigh of relief, and stuffed the forked-toothed snapper skull he had obtained with great difficulty into Nero's mouth, watching him struggle to bite out the marrow from the fish bone .

In such difficult circumstances, there are few options for pain relief.

Gacius Florus couldn't remember exactly how many people he killed during the days when the streets were blocked.

Judging from the current situation, this place has become a small world that eats people.

This is more absurd than the fact that the Roman library stood near the Colosseum, and the pyramids stood at the entrances to the temples.

And now, unimaginable and absurd things are happening one after another in the self-proclaimed advanced Rome.

Whether it was Gacius Florus, who was living in a closed street, or Octavia, who was far away in Rome, they all looked forward to the end of this catastrophe as soon as possible.

Otherwise, it would be an unimaginable disaster for Rome, which lost its emperor, and Gacius Florus, who had difficulty finding medicine for Nero.

However, when Gacius Florus was worrying about how to keep Nero alive, Octavia in Rome received news of the rebellion in the Judean province, and she wanted to sweep everything on the table to the ground.

"How big is the scale of the rebellion?" Octavia, who suppressed her temper, tried her best to control her temper. The black and blue under her eyes showed that she hadn't had a good rest for a long time.

Nor could Elius lie in bed and sleep in such a leisurely way while his master was at work.However, there are many servants in the Palatine Palace, and there are countless professional butlers like Ellius, so he can still take a nap against the corner of the wall under the replacement of others.

"The garrison of the Jewish Province is contacting Princess Berenice. It is said that it is only an internal conflict in the Jewish Province, and no large-scale opposition activities have been launched." Elius' answer made Octavia's face slightly eased. But it still didn't let the latter relax his vigilance.

"Deploy part of the garrisons in the provinces of Balest and Syria to quell the rebellion in the Roman province, and after the matter is over, let Princess Berenice come to Rome." Octavia is not sure about Jewish actions. Is the rebellion in the province an internal conflict, or they intend to test the bottom line of Rome, so the rebellion must be put down as quickly as possible, and then Princess Berenice will come and talk back.

Elius passed on Octavia's order, but the moment he stepped out of the room, he passed Doryphrus.

"How many people are affected by the epidemic today?" Octavia rubbed her sore temples, trying to relieve her tense nerves.

Under the high-density policy and the temptation of money, there is basically no case of anyone hiding patients, so the number of patients in Rome has passed its peak and is slowly declining.

Dory Fluorus looked at Octavia's bills that were like running water in the past few days, and couldn't help but guess how much property she had.

Some sensitive financial officials came up with a jaw-dropping figure, which also made many nobles who wanted to take shortcuts eager to propose to Octavia after the epidemic was over.

Not to mention Octavia's bloodline and personal prestige, let alone her wealth, it can be compared to the former Crassus.

As for the things that can be solved with money, not to mention all of them, there are more than half of them.

Dory Fluorus had heard a lot of whispers from the nobles these days, so that after he entered the door, he stared at Octavia in a daze, and didn't seem to hear Octavia's question.

"How many people are affected by the epidemic today?" Seeing that Dory Fluorus hadn't answered for a long time, Octavia thought that something important had happened, so she asked again: "Master Galba's army is still controlling order. ?"

Dory Fluorus touched his nose and said in a normal tone, "Ten fewer than yesterday. If this trend continues, the epidemic should be completely over in the summer of next year."

"We can't let our guard down yet." Octavia thought of the sweat fever that attacked England in the [-]th century, and felt the need to remind: "We are not sure whether this disease will be like a ghost after it completely disappears. Sweep the land of Rome again, so..."

"Master Galba and Lord Titus have not let down their vigilance." Doryphrus interrupted: "What you have to do now is not to worry about the number of people who are sick from the plague, but to take a good rest."

"Since you came back from Britain? How many days have you not had a good night's sleep?"