Roman Slave Owner

Chapter 138 Invitation

After capturing the city of Preninest, Li Wei sent some soldiers to escort some of his business-savvy slaves to Rome to buy cheap properties.

Xi Beier made a fuss about going, Li Wei thought about it, and sent her there too.

"kindness."

Li Wei nodded, "You lead the way."

It was his first time in Rome and he was not familiar with it.

The soldier led them through the streets until they reached the Roman Forum.

As long as you pass through the Roman Forum, you can go directly to the Palatine Hill.

At this moment, a soldier in front suddenly stopped.

"Why don't you leave?"

someone asked.

"Look..."

The soldier pointed to a corner of the square and said.

Even if they were killed in the sea of blood and corpses, they were still shocked.

I saw all kinds of heads piled up like Jingguan, men, women, and old people, with their mouths open, silently complaining to the world.

"These are the elders, knights, and their families who were ordered to be killed by Su La. They are all declared enemies of the state."

The soldier who led the way said, "And two days ago, General Quintus Ofila wanted to run for the consul, but Sulla refused. General Ofila came to the square to give a speech, but Sulla sent someone to kill him Now, General, you have to be careful."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked.

Ofila was the general who had been following Sura on his expeditions to Greece and Pontus, but he didn't expect Sura to kill him as soon as he said so.

Li Wei understood Su La's idea, that is to be a dictator for life.

The dictator can only be appointed by the consuls, but the two consuls Mario and Capo are either killed or declared as enemies of the state, in which case they cannot be appointed as dictators for life.

But there is another method, that is, when the consul is killed or cannot be contacted, a dictator can be elected by the citizens' assembly.

During the Second Punic War, because it was impossible to contact the consul far away in Spain, the Citizens' Assembly in Rome elected a dictator for the first time by means of election.

"I see, let's go."

Levi said.

They hurriedly left the square, fortunately it was winter, otherwise it might cause a plague.

Li Wei felt that Sura should be persuaded to get these things out of the city.

Came to the Palatine Hill, followed the mountain road, and finally came to a large villa.

When the soldiers outside the villa saw Li Wei, they quickly saluted a Roman military salute.

Not long after walking in, a figure rushed over with a gust of fragrant wind, and then hung on Li Wei like a koala.

"Master, you're finally here. I thought you didn't want me anymore."

"Come on, let me see if I have lost weight these days, and how it has become like this."

Levi said.

He visually inspected the indescribable part, it was still big, white and plump,

This has not changed.

It's just that the face looks a lot thinner, and there are dark circles around the corners of the eyes.

"Isn't it because I have been killing people these days that I dare not go out."

Sibel threw herself into Li Wei's arms and said coquettishly, twisting and twisting at the same time.

Li Wei couldn't help but gasp, this little girl is getting more and more powerful, and little Li Wei is about to rebel.

He patted Sibel's indescribable part lightly, "Don't make trouble."

Sibel looked at him with an aggrieved face, but there was a hint of cunning in her eyes.

"You don't know, I haven't been able to sleep well these days, why don't we change houses in a few days."

Sibel said.

"No problem, you can do whatever you want. Show me your results."

Levi said.

Sibel smiled coquettishly, and quickly brought several large boxes of documents.

"These are the results of our period of time. I don't know how many houses in Rome have been bought. Many of them are villas. In addition, there are many land deeds in other places..."

Li Wei took a look at the accounts and found that there are indeed many good properties.

And the price is lower than he imagined.

"We're still abiding by the rules. Sura and Metela are even more extreme. I heard that they don't need to spend a penny on some real estate, and they directly occupy it. One of their free slaves bought it for 500 dinars." The real estate worth 1.5 million dinars is simply too lucrative. There is also a slave who directly accused him of being an enemy of the state in order to occupy the knight's estate, and I heard that he is in a lawsuit."

Sibel said.

"It's really a bit too much."

Levi said.

Of course, this is only from the point of view of Rome. If you look at it from the point of view of the East, it would be very kind to not punish your nine clans.

At this moment, he suddenly stopped.

"You even bought this place."

Li Wei pointed to a place on the papyrus and said.

"Is there anything special about this place? It's just on the outskirts of Rome, and you have to cross the river. If it's not on a high ground, it's not worth much at all. The Tiber River often floods."

Sibel asked curiously.

Because that place is called the Vatican!

There are a few people in later generations who don't know about the Vatican, which is the holy place of Catholicism and the residence of the Pope.

"What do you think of us building a castle here?"

Li Wei said that if a legion can be stationed here, it is estimated that the elders of the Roman Senate will go crazy.

"Okay, just need to do this? We already have so many houses."

Sibel said.

"necessary."

Li Wei said that just the name Vatican is enough, just treat it as a separate courtyard in Rome.

"All right then."

Xi Beier said, anyway, Li Wei has too much money now, and it is estimated that Li Wei does not know how much money he has now.

Looking at these title deeds, no matter how thick-skinned he is, he still feels that these title deeds are full of blood.

"What do you think of us building a school? Adopt those war orphans and use these properties to train them to be the best fighters."

Li Wei said, and at the same time secretly added a word with the disciples.

"Why do you do this? You already have enough followers."

Sibel asked.

Although there are enough doormen, some are not loyal enough.

To do great things, especially to subvert the system, you need to cultivate some loyal people from an early age, otherwise you may end up being assassinated by your subordinates like Caesar.

Li Wei is extremely confident in his own force, but he doesn't have much confidence in the loyalty of his opponents.

If he wanted to be emperor, he even suspected that Geta might betray him, so he needed some fanatical loyalists.

At this moment, a personal guard walked in.

"Patriarch, General Su La sent someone to invite you to the banquet, saying that we have something to discuss."

How did he know he was coming so quickly? Was the news very fast?

"I see, tell the general I'll be there."

Levi said.

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"Hahaha, Li Wei, I didn't expect you to come so soon, but you didn't notify me when you came."

Li Wei didn't expect Sura to greet him in person, and gave him a very warm hug.

"I just came here too."

Li Wei said with a smile.

The two walked into the villa together. At this time, the family banquet was ready, and it was extremely rich.

A pair of sons and daughters of Metela and Sura were there, and the pair of brats made a big noise, making the family banquet extremely lively.

"Although we have won, I have just received news. Nobanus has fled to Africa, and Cabo is off the coast of Sicily. We must not be careless and must capture them all."

After saying a few homely things, Sura got straight to the point.

"That's right."

Li Wei ate a mouthful of peacock meat and said, I have to say that the Romans really could eat it, even eating peacocks.

Li Wei felt that this was a waste of money, but since he had done it well, he could eat a few mouthfuls if he caught it.

"Your army is the closest to Sicily. I hope you can lead the army to Sicily and capture the governors of Sicily, Bobena and Capo."

Sura said that Li Wei's record has proved his ability, and Sura felt that it would be no problem to entrust this matter to him.

"I think it's enough to leave this matter to Geta. Let him lead four legions to Sicily. There is no problem in occupying Sicily."

Li Wei thought for a while and said.

Sura couldn't help but frowned, "Alright then."

Sicily has not many established troops, and it is impossible to resist Geta's army.

"There is one more thing. You can see that Rome is in such a mess now because there is no strong person in control. I want to be a dictator, reform Rome, and get rid of Rome's ills. What do you think?"

Sura said.

Li Wei played with the red wine in the glass, looked at Sura's smiling expression, and said without thinking, "No problem."

"I'm talking about dictator for life."

Sura said, and then looked at Li Wei with a smile on her face.

Li Wei couldn't help frowning, he felt that the atmosphere of the banquet seemed to have changed a bit, and it seemed that the banquet was not a good one.

I don't know if Su La will ambush some knives and axes in some places. If he refuses, he will throw a cup as a sign, and then all the knives and axes will come out to kill him here.

"No problem, but I have a condition."

Levi said.

"Just mention something."

Su La breathed a sigh of relief. Li Wei's strength was the strongest among his subordinates. As long as Li Wei could be dealt with, most of his resistance to being a dictator would be gone.

"I hope that no one will covet my property, including the method of making sugar, the method of brewing wine and the skill of casting swords."

Li Wei said that what he was most worried about was that Sura was greedy for his sword-making skills, which was a great temptation for everyone who was interested in dictatorship, even if Sura took the initiative to serve as dictator afterwards.

"No problem, I want to know how many steel swords of that 10,000 digi can you produce a year now."

Sura said.

"About 5,000. Doing this requires extremely precious materials and is extremely time-consuming."

Li Wei thought for a while and said.

"Sell 3,000 to the country every year, remember the price is cheaper."

Sura said.

"How about 5000 dinars?"

"too expensive."

"4000 dinars."

"Too expensive."

"3000 dinars."

"Could it be cheaper."