[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

Marcus Barbatus really wanted to know how Octavia stole 20 billion Sestati from the temple.

Considering that the temple in ancient Rome actually had both banking functions and trust business, Marcus Barbatus could not imagine the expressions of the soldiers and councilors who saved money into the temple at the moment.

The picture was so beautiful that Marcus Barbatus could only think of the treatment of "enemies of the state".

"Narcissus, how much money have I saved in the temple?" Claudius' first reaction was to liquidate his losses. Fortunately, Octavia asked Narcissus and others Marcus Barbatus revealed the abnormality in the temple, so the two had long been prepared.

"In order to prepare for the celebration of Dionysus, I took 300 million sestatis from the temple, plus the rewards I prepared for the army, you have 500 million sesterti left." Narcissus Consider it.

"Then how much did I lose?" Hearing that he still had a huge sum of money, Claudius was relieved at first, but quickly frowned and said, "My loss exceeds 100 million sesterces?" ?”

"To be precise, you lost 200 million sesterces." Narcissus complained that Octavia didn't tell him the seriousness of the matter in advance, so that Narcissus didn't act like Ma. Kus Barbatus is ready to fight like that: "But I have already thought of a way for you to make up for the loss."

Narcissus glanced at Marcus Barbatus in silence, and said cautiously: "If you adopt Domitius the younger, then according to Roman law, you are entitled to exercise patriarchy, and then use Part of it belongs to the Domitius family."

"I'm afraid this way will not work." Marcus Barbatus interjected: "Because little Agrippina has been exiled, before Nero came of age, most of the property he inherited was sealed in the gods. In the temple."

Besides, Claudius didn't want to find a more difficult competitor for Brittany Kus, although he liked Nero very much.

"Is there no other way?" Considering the construction of the canal and the subsequent military expenses, Claudius needs at least 2000 million sesterces.He originally planned to take a loan from the temple, but when this happened, he repaid the loan.

"Actually... you can also take a loan from the Virgin of Vitas." Narcissus bit the bullet and said, "Besides, some nobles don't like to deposit money in temples, so..."

Claudius knew who Narcissus was referring to, and hesitated for a while: "Will the Matronas lend so much money?"

Claudius never questioned the financial resources of the Matronas. His only concern was that these women wanted to take the opportunity to demand more rights.

"'Above the princes who have become the overlords of the world, there is actually a overlord named wife.'" Marcus Barbatus knew what Claudius was worried about, and deliberately said a big plus Tu's famous quote: "But Rome is still governed by the citizens, not by the Matronas."

"That's right." Marcus Barbatus' words gave Claudius a shot in the arm and made him consider borrowing money from the Matronas.

But before that, Claudius had to settle an account with the priesthood.

Doryphrus learned of the looting of the temple from the mouth of a gladiator who was also sent into the army.

Because they were stationed in the military camps in Rome, many centurions had deposited a pension with considerable interest in the temple, so after the news of the temple spread, the then consul Aurus Viti Rius had to go to the barracks to give a speech in person, promising a salary increase and tax reduction to the angry soldiers.

"Salary increases and tax cuts are useless. Labor and management will retire in a few years, who will pay for the losses here!" Even though many of the legions stationed in Rome were the sons of dignitaries who came to gild, But most low-level soldiers still eat for a living.Especially militants like the Thracians, the Germans, and the Gauls, who lived on their bodies.

Outside of the military, it's hard for them to find a well-paying job.

Not to mention that war is the best way to get rich.

"Tsk! Maybe after retiring, our group of Roman citizens will live worse than slaves." An elderly centurion looked at Doryphrus who was training with others, and couldn't help but said sourly: "Young is good. !Even if you can't get ahead in the army, you can still find a beautiful and powerful lover."

Because of his backing to the Claudius family, although Doriofluus was still young and a slave, no one in the army dared to underestimate him, and even whispered his love affairs behind his back, guessing that he was Not Messalina's lover.

"Come on! With his small body, can he satisfy Her Majesty the Queen?" One of the officers present was a frequent visitor to the red-light district, so he saw Messalina's appearance when she was not restrained, and deliberately teased: "That company A woman that Scylla can 'beat' is not something a cucumber can handle."

The busybodies around all laughed strangely one after another because of the increasingly obscene metaphors, which made Dory Fluorus stop the action of the competition, and lowered his head to think about something.

"Why, are you angry?" An elderly soldier who was also a Thracian slave thought that Doryphrus couldn't bear the ridicule of others, so he kindly enlightened him: "Men! It's common to make jokes like this. .Only incompetent people will be looked down upon by women, you should take this as your advantage."

"I'm not angry." Dory Fluorus was used to the hypocrisy and indifference of the bottom of society since childhood, and he had heard worse words than this.Even those officers still looked at Messalina's face, and they were merciful to Dory Fluorus.

"That means you have someone you like!" All the men present were men who had experienced human affairs, so they guessed the boy's mind accurately and said: "You don't like Her Royal Highness, do you?"

Considering that Dory Fluorus was sent by Marcus Barbatus, the soldier who was also a slave couldn't help questioning: "You can take some snacks! A woman of that level is definitely not something you can handle. object."

"They may talk sweetly to you for a while, promising you future and wealth. But there are as many stars as there are Matronas in the Colosseum." An experienced former gladiator sneered: "Female slaves Maybe there is a chance to marry a Roman citizen, but how many noble girls will give themselves to a man without citizenship? Will their husbands, brothers, allow this to happen? They themselves are willing to give up the chance to become Matrona ?"

Doryphrus recalled the look in Octavia's eyes when he looked at him like a commodity, wiped the sweat off his head with the corner of his clothes, and resumed his fighting posture: "Continue."

The author has something to say:

Thank you for your support, but I have been taught how to be a man by clips and subscriptions, so after this book is finished, the Aztec book may not be written or only a short story will come.

The male protagonist in the Aztec article was originally set to be human sacrifice, tyranny, the god of war, a brat who always smiles, thinks he is very popular, but in fact no one can stand him (please refer to Demon Slayer: Blade in the Tong mill).

The heroine is a girl who was accused in the Salem witch trials. She escaped from the prison the day before the execution, but was shot dead by her pursuers. The protagonist heard her wish (after all, they are the main gods of America), so she took it to her side.

The way the two get along is not only the thousand and one nights in a foreign country, but also the collapse and reconstruction of faith.