Mr. pius also felt the same way. At that time, the office atmosphere was somewhat silent.
Knock, knock ~ ~ Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
"What person?"
"General court Pompeii centurion came to report the imperial inspector Orca? Quirinas and his party have arrived outside the city. "
"Huh?" Mr. pius and Jia looked at each other and got up at the same time. "Get ready for the special envoy and his party at once!"
In the second quarter, playing cards without common sense
Woo hoo ~ ~ ~
The high-pitched and passionate welcome ship suddenly blew the wall on both sides of the main entrance of the military camp, and dozens of trumpeters gathered all their strength to blow the horn * * without losing the festive sound and hovering for a long time.
A red wool carpet hundreds of meters long is covered with towers, embrasures and walls that extend from the military residence to the military camp Yuanmen. All the high buildings are hung with banners symbolizing the Roman emperor and the Roman Senate, and hundreds of young beautiful women in Roman robes are dotted with flowers on a sunny day. Looking around, the whole Tarago military camp is more festive.
Although Orca? The name Quirinas is unfamiliar to the nobles in Tarago, but no one dares to neglect this upcoming young inspector. Although his official position is just a military tribune or a post-war Valeni’s exceptional award, it seems to the old imperial aristocrats that the roots are dirty, but he has the special envoy of the Roman emperor who made the tiger skin into a banner, is responsible for inspection and supervision, and has secrets to play. In this way, these young people named Oka are very qualified to be arrogant and jealous in the imperial province!
Now Rome is not Rome for hundreds of years, but the Senate is just a misnomer. The most important power of the whole empire has almost been transferred to the natural holy Roman emperor. Now the Republic is just a cloak for the monarchy to cover up its tyranny and cruelty. The emperor’s orders are enough to decide whether people live or die! Coupled with the rapid rise of Christianity, it spared no effort to promote and confuse the expansion of religious forces. In the eyes of the intellectuals at the bottom of the empire, the majesty of the emperor has become equal to God! Of course, if you have the strength and courage to make a mistake, it is another matter. After all, after hundreds of years of empire building, many people dared to question the emperor’s power and eventually pulled the emperor or manipulated the handle. Nothing is absolute in Rome.
However, judging from the scale of the welcoming ceremony and the crowded crowds at the scene, local citizens’ representatives, celebrities, imperial aristocrats and resident senior officers all appeared outside the military camp at the same time to prepare for the movement. Obviously, the enthusiastic people of Tarago wisely decided to leave a deep and friendly impression on the upcoming inspection official pavilion.
"How many people did the inspection of the official pavilion bring?" Welcome to the crowd? Ambro? Celeste cast a glance in the distance, and you can also see the smoke rising from the inspector’s frame. Suddenly, he asked a Roman nobleman in a white robe, Mr. pius’s way
"Previously, the scouts came to report that the young man who had never met had brought him a position to serve as a guard, a squadron of guards, cavalry and several former subordinates. The number should not exceed three. Don’t worry, we have made all the preparations for the reception and arranged the inspection officer’s pavilion to be satisfied." Opius replied with his head on the side. When his eyes inadvertently swept past his old friend and he was dressed in a stiff uniform, his face could not help but show a hint of nai. The welcoming crowd was almost all dressed in loose white robes and stubbornly dressed in a black armor uniform. Mr. pius also gently counseled a few words. It’s a pity that Canada has always been a stubborn temper. Plus, I think that Canada always talks about that sentence. Real soldiers should be prepared in uniform except in the bedroom! Mr. pius simply gave up persuasion, and now it seems that he and other nobles seem to be out of place
Just as Opius was talking to Gaja, smoke and dust rose in the distance, and soon came near. A magnificent and brightly armored guard cavalry rushed straight to meet the crowd. The first shot symbolized the Roman emperor, the black hawk with a red background surrounded by an olive branch embroidered with a golden flag, hunting and beating in the wind.
Seeing the arrival of the cavalry, the welcome horn in front of the Tarago fortress immediately became louder and grander, and the crowd cheered wave after wave. A bunch of representatives such as Canada and Opius in the front row of the flying crowd glanced at each other and then greeted them with a smile that did not lose their identity and fully showed goodwill.
"Stop moving forward! ! ！” The riding team came at a gallop, and when it was approaching the crowd, there was a majestic roar in the team.
Xi yuyu! As soon as the roar fell, a burst of Ma Si sounded, and the 24 knights at the forefront of the riding team acted as ceremonial guards. At the same time, they reined in the reins. They were all tall, majestic and pure black mounts, and immediately stopped the forward momentum. As they stopped a little behind through a distance of more than ten meters, the cavalry of the brigade also slowed down their horses.
Well-equipped, cold temperament, indifferent eyes, only 24 cavalry are enough to let people appreciate the real battle-hardened and fierce momentum of the Roman legion!
However, the atmosphere became a little weird. The ceremonial cavalry and the cavalry behind them were silent. The long-awaited young imperial inspector did not show a trace of doubt and looked at Mr. pius, who was equally puzzled.
I’m afraid there is an awkward silence when I see this. Among all the people, the highest status and official position should be increased, and the expression on the face should be raised with awe. "The Supreme Commander of the 19th Army Regiment of the Imperial Spanish Province Garrison should be added? Ambro? Celeste would like to welcome the imperial envoy and his party on behalf of representatives from all walks of life in Tarago … "
"You don’t need to introduce yourself to Jiage." However, at this time, a sudden appearance interrupted him.
"Er" was startled for a moment and couldn’t help looking around. I didn’t know when a knight came to his front and saw that the knight was dressed in the purple armor of the guard officer. He looked very young, with chestnut hair and a heroic brow.
However, because the young man almost rudely interrupted his speech before, he couldn’t help but feel a little dissatisfied. However, just as he was preparing to question, the young general had already turned over first, paid a military salute to Jia, and then said, "I’m really sorry for interrupting the speech of General Pavilion just now, but it’s really because something will be told at the end."
When the young man finished his decent behavior, his mind was not narrow, and a trace of dissatisfaction in his heart vanished in an instant. At the same time, with the elimination of bad feelings, he naturally became fond of the young man in front of him in all aspects. Although his appearance was somewhat different from the news, it was even more difficult to guess whether the young man in front of him even appreciated the harsh nature of running the army. So Wen Yan said, "Don’t worry about this little thing. I wonder if you are the new inspector Oka?" Quirinas Pavilion? " Although his status and age are much higher than those of the young people in front of him, he has been immersed in officialdom for many years and knows how to do things, but he is still cautious in adding the word cabinet. You must know that you can’t treat people only superficially, and you must never be stupid enough to create a future enemy because of careless words before you get to know them in depth, especially if this enemy is enough to threaten you.
However, Daryl, the young general, was slightly disappointed because he didn’t notice the suggestive expression on his face.
"I’m sorry I’m not the general pavilion orca? Daryl at the end of Quirinas? The centurion of the 13th Legion of Lolomoth has been ordered to temporarily serve as the captain of the Imperial Inspector’s Guard, "Darryl replied with a formulaic expression.
"Oh, I’m glad to meet you as a young guard officer, but I don’t know where the Orcas Pavilion is now? Do you think all the officials are waiting here to meet the Oka Pavilion? " I heard that the young teenager in front of me was not an inspector, but I glanced at the teenager with a puzzled look. As a result, I found no other people dressed as officers, so I couldn’t help but ask.
"I wonder if I can ask the general for a word?" However, the young general answered the words more unexpectedly and nodded blankly. In the previous step, the young general immediately leaned over and said something quickly.
"What? ! ! ！” Before the young general finished whispering, he heard Jia couldn’t help but exclaim. He looked at the young general with a look of incredible shock as if he wanted to confirm whether what he said just now was a joke.
However, Darryl shrugged his shoulders and said with regret, "I’m very sorry that the special envoy finally decided to let me interfere in this welcoming ceremony. If we can handle it properly, please ask the General Pavilion to be reluctant, but one thing is absolutely not to let anyone except you know where the inspector is going, or all the consequences will be borne by you. This is to give the inspector the power to ask you to understand and implement."
Darryl actually didn’t pay much attention to what Jia said, because the information revealed in the previous whisper had shocked him, and his white face was blue and purple. Until Opius saw that something was wrong not far behind him, he gently pulled his skirt in the previous step and suddenly woke up from shock. When he came back to God, Jia turned around angrily and went to the official residence. No matter what he was behind, he still smiled at him. The young general and a bunch of patrol officers and guards all looked at him blankly. The nobles, Mr. pius, knowing that something unexpected must have happened, hurried after him and quickly followed Jia while pressing the bass, asked urgently. Stay calm! What are you doing? Those arrogant aristocrats will think that you are playing them! "
"They go to slander! I have nothing to be afraid of! " In the tone of stepping forward, it seems that he is trying to suppress his anger. "What do those idiots know? Do you know what that young general told me just now? That inspector Oka didn’t come to Tarago. He went straight to Salamanca! (Note) "
Step away, but Opius is in the same place. His face is like that.
Wonderful’!
Note: Rome successively established near-Spanish provinces (one is Tarago, the capital of Tarago) and far-Spanish provinces (two are Salamanca and Cordoba, the capitals of Lusitania and Bekaa) in Iberian Peninsula around the 2nd century BC. However, with the commercial development and provincial exchanges of the whole Iberian Peninsula, by the end of the empire, Spain had actually become a whole and Salamanca became the capital of the new Spanish province.
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Section 3 Travel insurance
Salamanca
"Orcas, you are absolutely crazy! There is almost nothing you dare not do! Oh, my God! " Riding on a horse, a slave businessman dressed as Westers was stiff all the way. He had been chanting these words for hundreds of times, but he still didn’t stop to plan, "I must be crazy, too, and I actually agreed with you to do it!" Damn it, I know it will kill us! "
"Jupiter is in West, will you shut your mouth!" In Olian, I complained about the same thing for the fifth time, followed by a horse in Olian, wearing leather armor and wearing a whip, so I dressed up as a guard in a fierce color. Olian finally couldn’t help but keep her ears noisy and growled angrily.
"Damn Olian, you must have been carried away by blood! Do you know what we are doing? ! We were special envoys sent by the generals, but we left the guards far away in Tarago and fooled the reception officials and generals for no reason. We forgot all about the account before they left! What is even more exaggerated is that we are now pretending to be a group of slave traders and planning to infiltrate the Grace family without being noticed to find out the evidence of enemy treason. This sounds like a stupid joke! "
"Now still tube what damn consequences? We’ve already done this. Do you want to get cold feet? I bet if you dare to do this, Oka will throw you directly into the Duro River to feed the fish! " Hearing that Westerns seemed extremely scared, he shook his head. Of course, he knew that Westerns was not really afraid, but that many people would suddenly feel very uneasy and worried after making a major decision and putting it into practice. It was very scary and normal, but Westers was too’ poor’ to bear or let his mind be solid and calm. Olian was a little funny and could not help but deliberately threaten.
Who knows that as soon as Orion finished talking about Westers, he immediately leaned forward slightly as if he had got a lifeline. He was dressed in thick linen sleeves and shorts in front of the horse and looked no different from a thin real slave. The figure shouted, "Oka, Oka, why don’t we give up now? It should come from the evidence of the Grace family. We believe there must be other ways for you to find out!"
"The plan has been made, and I will never allow anything to stop me from going to West. If you are afraid, choose to quit and go to Tarago to find Darryl." In fact, West and Olian talked, and the Oka Department heard that it was extremely risky to worry about West that Oka could smile and dive into the plan, but it did not violate the mission entrusted to them by the emperor, and as he flatly said, Oka had decided to go deep into the den himself.
The trip to Spain was quite difficult for Orca. In fact, Orca had been keenly aware that the emperor’s words implied a little scruple about the Grace family. The history of the Grace family is a very large aristocratic family. It can be traced back to the end of the Republic, when Caesar was the governor of Spain, and Grace was still an outsider. However, after so many years, this family has long been deeply rooted in Spain. If you really dig, you will be shocked to find that this family shadow can be seen everywhere in the whole Spanish theory!
Although Stoyatum got some information from the capture of some high-ranking Germanic nobles after the war, it can be confirmed that the Grace family was the one who apparently took the lead in organizing large-scale slave capture, but the essence was collusion and collaboration in preparation, that is, the so-called mysterious merchants were heard by Oka and others. However, it was obviously not enough to accuse an imperial tycoon by these foreigners alone, rather than exposing the tip of the iceberg, which made Emperor Valenian more passive and troubled.
Although it should be able to make the Grace family dare not make a move in the short term with a big victory, there is no doubt that the Grace family will definitely get news that their plot will be revealed, so it is conceivable that the situation in the Spanish provinces is delicate
The unexpected choice of Orca, a young man rising like a comet, instead of just returning from prison in Diodor, as an inspector, Emperor Valenian is also hesitant to think twice. The Spanish problem must be solved once and for all, but it is obvious that the time is not yet ripe. If the Grace family is desperate to rebel directly, this behemoth’s operating power in Spain may be overturned in an instant, and the entire Iberian peninsula will be eroded. Spain’s provinces have always been old empires. Once there is a rebellion in this province, it will immediately trigger a chain reaction, which will affect those remote provinces that are eager to move with the weakening of imperial dominance. That doubt will be disastrous. Regardless of whether there is enough money in the treasury or not, Emperor Valenian sent troops to quell the chaos. Even if there is a German who just defeated the Germans, Rome could not recruit enough troops. More than 10,000 people were killed and wounded, so the emperor had to continue to stay in Paris until his army licked the wound, and at the same time, it also frightened the Grace family nearby.
On the whole, Rome is like a giant now. It looks tall, powerful and powerful, but it is actually terminally ill. It is full of diseases, tumors and ulcers. A little tossing may make this giant collapse, and it will never happen again. Although several Roman emperors are all talented and have a clear understanding of the decline of the empire and are interested in rejuvenating the country, most of them are treading on thin ice during their reign, and they are afraid to cut off the contradiction of the whole empire by accident.
For this reason, at the end of the Roman Empire, several emperors worked hard to maintain the dignity of the empire. For example, Valentinian I ascended the throne for more than ten years. This soldier emperor spent almost too much time in the border military camp, even in the imperial capital Rome, because he had to cope with the surging barbarian invasion and lead the army to ensure the final honor of the empire. At the same time, it was also a curve to govern the country and avoid confrontation with those decadent but powerful urban nobles
Based on careful consideration, Emperor Valentinian finally chose Oka Diodor West for his ability and identity, but his personality was a big problem. Like Old Diodor West, he was a very emotional person. A year ago, Old Diodor West invaded Britain because he disobeyed the emperor’s orders and refused to lead the army. As a result, the army he commanded was almost wiped out in the joint attack of the Celts and Picts in the south, which made the empire even more stretched, and old Diodor West was ordered to die in anger.
At that time, Diodor Xi, who was taking over the post of father who was going to Rome to report on his work, led his troops to fight to the death and resist the invasion of South China. Instead of resenting his father’s death, he faithfully stabilized the British war situation and handed everything over to the Ministry. However, after returning to Rome, young Diodor Xi openly questioned his father’s charge of being executed and his father was bent on defending Britain by the empire. This made Valentinian I feel humiliated but shocked. Then he imprisoned Diodor Xi, but everyone saw that the grumpy emperor did not kill Diodor Xi immediately, which was protecting him.
Sure enough, after Stoyatum’s war, Diodor West was inspired and jumped to succeed the martyred general Aeus as commander of the ninth army, but he did not choose the position of inspector. Obviously, he was worried that his impatient personality might make the Spanish situation change prematurely
Oka is well aware of his duty in this trip. In fact, he will do nothing, even if he stays in Tarago, an absolutely safe military city, and wants to avoid any dangerous actions. It is a great achievement for the Grace family to make a fuss before, but Oka is not willing to just play such a chess game in this riot.
Spain’s suspicion of Oka is another opportunity to defeat the Germans after Stoyatum’s war, making him become a general from a private soldier (the military tribune has more strength than the general and is a symbol of lofty honor, so he is qualified to participate in the evaluation of the Senate’s military policy decisions), and if he can make a name for himself in this slowly brewing storm in Spain, he will certainly get a stage to display his ambitions after a period of peace, and the key lies in whether he can live this chessboard before him!
The emperor is obviously prepared for the worst, and it is easy to touch a little bit. It is not as good as the thunder to eradicate the root cause. The emperor is waiting for the huge army to recover from the fatigue of the expedition, and this white space is the room for Orcas to play.
War means destruction! No matter how overwhelming the rebellion is, it will also bring great trauma to Spain, and Orca chose to venture into the Grace family department in order to minimize the loss and resolve this rebellion that may break out at any time!
The weakest part of a strong fortress is often that it is imperative for the troops to take risks!
The fourth quarter sky-high slave
"Damn, I hate the smell here. It’s even dirtier than when we stayed in the mercenary market! Maybe we shouldn’t have come here. "Olian glanced at people coming and going with deep disgust. Garbage, dirt and livestock manure can be seen everywhere in the streets." Isn’t the market administrator worried about causing diseases? You know, there are few thousand slaves here. "
This is a noisy corner of the slave market. After paying a transaction tax of Soledad, Oka and his party took a casual look at the rest of the transaction location and picked this place. They set up wooden platforms and put some strong slaves bought along the road to lock anklets and handcuffs in the open-air slave trade. Of course, Oka was disguised as a slave, but he was placed in an iron cage alone.
"Hey orca, don’t you think there seems to be too much gambling luck in it when we wait like this? Although I heard that Grace’s thorny rose often comes to the slave market to choose slaves in person, no one can be sure. What if that chick doesn’t come for a week? " Orca was sitting cross-legged in an iron cage with his eyes closed. Suddenly, when he heard Reese’s little question, he couldn’t help but open his eyes to see the little guard standing by the cage, pretending to be like that, but his eyes were aimed at himself.
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