Pompianus still has some understanding of Ma Chao's brain, so he should be realistic and do whatever he did before, and he will do it now. Pompianus can adjust the rest in the general direction, which saves money. Something went wrong.
"In short, the situation is like this. You just need to be aware of this matter, whether it is an accident or something." Caesar gave a few final words, "Don't spread the word randomly."
Ma Chao didn't know why, but he still nodded. To be honest, he didn't feel that the other parties were Bai Qi and Han Xin at all. Even if Caesar said it, Ma Chao didn't react.
"In this case, after the internal inspection is completed, we will continue to increase our troops to Eastern Europe. After all, it is not easy to find a place to train troops. Eastern Europe is a very good place, especially the Yuan family, which is really durable." Perennis thought about it. Want to speak.
Severus nodded upon hearing this, "If we want to go to Eastern Europe this time, we must send a more powerful commander. After all, our opponent is Huangfu Yizhen."
"I'll go, I'm the only one here suitable to go to Eastern Europe." Perennis thought for a while, looked at the group of people present, and finally found that he was the only one suitable to go to Eastern Europe.
Nigel was going to the Atlantic to form the Atlantic Fleet. Severus couldn't move lightly. Others had to deal with Huangfu Song, so he had to go there in person.
However, compared to hanging around in Rome, Perennis felt that going to Eastern Europe was also a good choice. At least there, he could make arrangements as he pleased.
"That's fine." Severus thought for a moment. With Huangfu Song's previous performance, without counting the advantage of soldiers, only Severus and Perennis in Rome could withstand it, so Perennis It’s normal to go there in person.
"If this is the case, I think you can try to see if you can plant it in Eastern Europe. Although it is convenient to transport grain and grass through the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Don River, water transportation is convenient, but if you can produce some, you can save some." Pompi Anus is still so calculating.
"Okay, I'll give it a try then." Perennis said casually. After all, this trip to Eastern Europe won't be completed in a year or two. If we really want to recover most of these legions, I'm afraid it won't be possible if the intensity of the war can be controlled. It takes three or four years to do that.
"I will arrange some manpower for you and let you deploy it in Eastern Europe." Pompianus nodded. Relatively speaking, Perennis was indeed easier to talk to.
"There is one more thing, Treasurer." After Severus saw Perennis and Pompianus briefly discussing it, he quickly entered the next step, "About the Kushan issue."
"The Han Dynasty is involved in the Tianzhou matter. Whether it is an accident or not, we need to take some precautions. Moreover, after the large-scale downgrade, the internal suppression ability of our core Eagle Flag has declined to a certain extent." Pengpi Anus narrowed his eyes and spoke.
Although the main force used by Rome to suppress local barbarians was actually the legions from various provinces, just like the 24,000 people of the Tang Dynasty who suppressed more than 6 million square kilometers and even 20 million people in Central Asia, the significance of deterrence is sometimes far greater than the actual combat effectiveness.
The 20,000 people from the Tang Dynasty in Central Asia were more of a deterrent, showing that they had the qualifications to stand firm in this area. However, it was the local auxiliary soldiers who really maintained stability, but these auxiliary soldiers were basically equivalent to being on the wall. , who is strong is like who.
So when the Tang Dynasty was strong, they would all be obedient. But when the Tang Dynasty unexpectedly capsized in Central Asia, the local legions maintaining stability in these places quickly fell to Tang Dynasty.
Although the situation in Rome was not as bad as the situation faced by the Tang Dynasty at that time, the essence of the main force Eagle Banner has not changed at all. In fact, there are not many opponents who really need the Eagle Banner to suppress it.
It should even be said that if the Roman barbarian army was in turmoil and the situation required Eagle Flag to take action personally, the Roman Empire was actually on the verge of danger. Most of the time, the local tax authorities, police superintendents, and militia groups in each province were enough to suppress it. The local barbarians are here.
These people are not entirely Roman citizens, but within the rules of this game they abide by the orders of the Roman government and suppress the tens of millions of barbarians in terms of organizational strength, making it impossible for the barbarians to exert their own power.
However, these people will also wait and see. If the Eagle Banner Headquarters, which represents the Central Praetorian Guard of Rome, suddenly has a problem, the local forces in these provinces may not change much at the beginning, but privately speaking, there will be no big changes. Ideas are impossible.
After all, the eagle flag and citizens absorbed most of the nutrition of the Roman Empire. In Rome, all non-citizen classes yearned for the citizen class. This was the necessity of this national system and was equivalent to the existence of some kind of national centripetal force.
But this is not formed by nature, but maintained by strength, so the large-scale collapse of the Eagle Flag, and it was broadcast to the whole of Rome in a live broadcast, will inevitably make many barbarians who originally had no idea because of the strength of Rome, once again Give birth to ambition.
Pompianus believed that "systems must have shortcomings, but good systems can truly reduce the possibility of people making mistakes." So now is the time to reduce the possibility of mistakes by non-citizens of Rome. After all, this reduction is worldwide. , Pompianus believed that even if the barbarian army was in chaos, it would be impossible to defeat the Roman Empire.
But this is an unnecessary event. It will only consume the strength of the Roman Empire anyway, so it is better to use another way to remedy the problems that may occur.
"This is a matter of fact. Of course, the Roman Eagle Flag still has the foundation to suppress all unrest in Rome." Severus nodded, saying that he also knew this, but he believed more in the power of the Roman Eagle Flag, even if something happened The Roman legion can also solve the problem.
"I believe this too." Pompianus nodded. He was a senator who truly believed in the power of the Roman Empire. Otherwise, he would not have carried it from the era of Commodus to Severus and continued to contribute to the treasury of the Roman Empire. The land is filled with gold coins.
"But too direct an approach will cause unnecessary turmoil." After Pompianus agreed with Severus' words, he naturally went in another direction, and Severus agreed.
"So we can solve the problem in a more clever way. The Kushan envoys need our help. We were not very interested in them because we considered other problems before, but now, it is necessary for us to help them." Pompianus looked at everyone present and said, "The barbarians may become a hidden danger to Rome, so let's eliminate the hidden danger first."
Because Pompianus had done things like trading with Kushan and other barbarian troops before, others were not surprised when they heard this statement.
"Whether Tianzhou is the fault of the Han Dynasty or not, it doesn't actually matter. The large-scale downgrade of the legion means that we need a channel to vent, and Kushan is a very good channel." Pompianus said with an expression. Look at everyone present seriously.
Pompianus sees the problem at a very high level and his way of solving the problem is also very wonderful. At least now everyone agrees with Pompianus’ view. This has indeed solved the problem and made a lot of money. What’s more, The important thing is to let the Han Dynasty understand Rome's attitude.
"The Han Dynasty probably won't even condemn us." Pompianus saw the understanding expressions on other people's faces and said slowly, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether we condemn or not, we don't need to think about this, because Taking responsibility for the Roman Empire is what we, the people, should do.”
The others nodded after hearing this. Indeed, for them, being responsible for Rome is what they should do, and other things are not important.
"One more thing, you have time to pay more attention to the war between the Han Dynasty and the Kushan Dynasty. I am a little worried about the development of the war between the Han Dynasty and the Kushan Dynasty." Pompianus said seriously, "The strength of the Kushan Empire is not weak. , but the power they can exert is limited, and I am a little worried that the Han Dynasty will overthrow the entire Kushan Empire."
"How is it possible? I have never seen an empire collapse in such a short period of time. To put it bluntly, foreign enemies may be a good thing for the empire." Severus waved his hand and added Pompianus's words. Remember, everyone else does too.
It is precisely because they have experienced the Imperial War that the group of people present can understand what a tug-of-war is. The time between strategic stalemate and strategic counterattack may even take hundreds of years to calculate.
If there are no foreign enemies, an empire may collapse quickly, but if there are foreign enemies, an empire may survive longer. After all, for such a big country that already stands on top of the world, the existence of opponents, It is the core for them to curb internal problems and integrate their country's strength. If they have no opponents, they can just muddle along.
"I just have a bad feeling. After all, this era has changed too fast." Pompianus thought for a while and said, "Anyway, I just want to say one more thing. Just keep an eye on Kushan when you have time. No. Forget about the time, I think we need to send some more barbarian troops to Kushan to ease the internal problems, and also send some shipbuilding materials."
Rome would make some money from doing business with Kushan, and it would be a lot of money. After all, trade between Europe and India has been of considerable benefit to both parties since ancient times. However, Rome had other ideas before. Regarding the advice given by Kushan The price is somewhat unsatisfactory.
But now that the situation has changed, it is necessary to talk to Kushan again. Anyway, these things in Rome's hands are indispensable to Kushan and can be taken at any time.
"That's all I have to say." After Pompianus finished speaking, he looked at the others. His previous speech had basically determined Rome's strategic direction towards the Kushans and the Han Dynasty in the next four to five years. The rest was Some minutiae.
