Shocking news soon came from the Roman Empire. The Claudius family had contributed to the Roman Empire and had already developed Sicily. Next year, Roman food prices will be included in the overall regulation, and the price of food purchased by citizens will drop by 15%. And the scale of grain purchase by non-citizens will be opened to a certain extent.
Roman citizens are very satisfied. After all, the credibility of the Roman Empire is still very guaranteed these days, especially when it comes to citizens' promises, they generally dare not lie. Therefore, Roman citizens have a better impression of the Claudius family, an ancient wealthy family.
As for the other senators in the Roman Senate, they also estimated that the Claudius family convened a meeting of all the senators that day. After the meeting, they went to the large bathhouse to have an iart. It should be a collective act of cutting flesh. The other senators were somewhat silent about this kind of behavior. After all, The price of food for Roman citizens has dropped by 15%. They all know what scale of food output this is.
Seeing the Claudius family is more or less pleasing to the eye, and it is sour, but at least people really have the consciousness to destroy families to help people in trouble during the 300-year-old family period. And this kind of behavior, because of the example of the senators in the Republican era, Rome It has always been regarded as a manifestation of the spiritual continuation of Rome, so the Claudius family did this, and other senators really couldn't say anything.
"It's not bad, the reputation is better." Pompianus said, covering his forehead. Since that day, Pompianus has suffered from brain cramps from time to time, but it does not affect his work very much.
"It is indeed better, but are you sure you want to batch more supplies to assist the Han Dynasty?" Herodian looked at the internal document issued by Pompianus again, feeling somewhat distressed.
Herodian didn't feel much about the donation of his family's farm worth nearly 100 million denarii to Rome, but he felt somewhat distressed when he lent 200 million denarius in supplies to the Han Dynasty.
"Make more batches. Since you have helped, we will solve the problem completely." Pompianus covered his forehead and said, "Besides, Marquis Chen of the Han Dynasty did help us, which can be regarded as settling a favor. We, the Roman Empire, I don’t owe anyone else anything.”
"That's okay." Herodian couldn't say anything else.
They still have 200 million denarii in supplies, and compared to these supplies, what is more important now is internal integration. Sicily is just a tentative verification towards the integration of national resources, and has already allowed the Claudius family to appear. Some noises must be followed up before they can continue to move forward. They are not fools and they all understand the true situation of the Claudius family. After Pompianus's permission to transfer supplies was issued to Media, the pressure on Ma Chao suddenly eased.
After all, the situation in Media has been chaotic recently. Cao Cao's thunderstorm has a chain reaction. It doesn't mean that if Cao Cao's side collapses, there will be no reaction from others. In fact, panic will spread, but Cao Cao The panic is now somewhat contained.
In fact, after Cao Cao's side collapsed, the top leaders of Cao Cao's forces actually looked for Ma Chao immediately to see if they could mobilize supplies to help them survive the run period. Ma Chao immediately helped Cao Cao mobilize supplies, but Ma Chao The scale that can be used is really limited, and it can even be said to be a drop in the bucket, better than nothing.
Cao Cao's senior officials who contacted Ma Chao were also embarrassed. They really never thought that Ma Chao, as the governor of Media for so many years, had not conducted in-depth operations in Media and could only mobilize so few supplies.
Ma Chao is also helpless about this. He is the governor of Media, yes, but he does not run Media. The series of things that happened that year told Ma Chao that everything without force protection is just a sand sculpture under the wave, so Ma Chao worked hard to develop his military force, and then he established the Seventh Eagle Flag Legion.
On the other hand, everything about power management is nonsense. With the Roman Empire on its back, all you need to do is call Ganassis, and the Duke of the Eastern Border Counties will directly provide all the resources you need.
This resulted in Ma Chao, as the governor of Media, having no caravan of his own in the Trading City of Media, nor any asset reserves of his own. When Cao Cao was recruited to help, Ma Chao was almost a fool. Question marks - what makes you think that I will have supplies!
So the matter was sent, and Ma Chao could only send a message to Ganassis, saying that Cao Cao was going to die, send me some supplies, and I would help Cao Cao.
Ganassis' reply was simple. The provinces in the east are expensive.
The tribe also bought tickets from Cao Cao, and there was a thunderstorm in the sugar factory. Now the problem is huge. Please clean up the troops and horses for me quickly, and be ready to go with me to blackmail Cao Cao with arms. First, extort our sugar back, and then Protect the local sugar cane plantations and sugar mills. The sugar producing areas in our eastern provinces cannot be exploded!
Ma Chao was immediately paralyzed. What are you talking about? You asked me to order the Seventh Eagle Flag Legion to prepare and go to arm the sugar guard with you? Blackmail Cao Cao?
This was very embarrassing. Fortunately, Ma Chao had not been in trouble for a few days. The Roman decree issued by Pompianus was issued to the Eastern Province. Ganassis, who had already gathered all the manpower and prepared supplies for the legion's attack, stopped directly. Come down - the Roman Senate requested the transfer of supplies worth 230 million denarii to Cao Cao, and postponed the sugar transaction to the eastern provinces until next year.
Ganassis is completely numb. Is the Senate mentally retarded?
So Ganassis directly flew him to the Senate and negotiated the matter. Unlike ordinary senators and legion commanders who could not resist orders from the top of Rome, Ganassis, as a duke, was really It can compete with the top floors of Rome.
Just like Li You and Jia Xu can directly order sub-top figures such as Chen Dao, Huang Zhong and Zang Ba, but when they face Guan, Zhang and Zhao Hua, even if they make urgent decisions, they still need to conduct detailed inspections of these people. explanation, and there is a possibility of rejection.
As for Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong usually won't dismiss it, after all, there are feelings there, but Hua Xiong can pretend to be stupid, and Hua Xiong is really good at pretending to be stupid.
Faced with Ganassis banging the table and roaring, Pompianus explained in detail that as a duke, Ganassis had a certain overall view and understood this, but the interests of the Eastern Province were there, even if This kind of interest is full of various black channels, unknown methods, etc., but at their level, this is not a problem.
To put it simply, there are indeed problems with the methods they used in the Eastern Province, but aside from that, in order to save outsiders, is it right that your Senate ignores our brothers in the Eastern Province?
This rhetoric is very classic. At least Pompianus cannot admit this fact. After all, as a Roman senator, even if he does not want to do so in his heart and does not act like this, he must be responsible for Rome in his words, not to mention A really responsible senator like Pompianus.
In the end, Ganassis dug out 7.5% more of the silk, sugar, and tea rationed by Rome as compensation for their eastern provinces.
Of course, this is only internal compensation. When Cao Cao recovers in two years, he will have to pay what is due. Can he really pretend that the incident never happened? Then Rome must not be taken advantage of.
But even so, Ganassis also knew that there would definitely be some citizens who were dragged to death because of this matter, but this was an unavoidable thing. There were losses and profits in doing business. It was unavoidable. Their powerful power in Rome could only It can guarantee the rules of the game, but if you lose money in the past two years and you can't survive it, and the people are gone, the Roman Empire can't do anything. In two years, the money will be returned to provide for your descendants.
With the urgent recruitment document issued by the Senate issued by Pompianus, the materials that had been blocked in the treasury in Media for a short period of time were quickly mobilized. Similarly, the recruitment document issued by Chen Xi on the Han Dynasty was also posted on Midia. On the city wall of Asia Exchange City.
The two big countries started the recruitment in a tacit understanding, and the materials in the entire Media were quickly evacuated. The wealthy merchants doing business in Media also returned to Rome or Chang'an. The national recruitment laws have clear regulations. To compensate, you can return to Rome or Chang'an to withdraw cash or materials.
This is not a good thing for most businessmen, but they can accept it once in a while when the state decrees it. In addition, the state also provides compensation. It’s hard to say anything, but for some people who have a large amount of unsalable materials. For businessmen, this is really a matter of help from the state, and the state really compensates at the market price.
At the same time, the situation on Cao Cao's side was on the verge of a run. The effect of the BRICs on stabilizing people's hearts had deteriorated a lot, and the supplies Cao Cao had accumulated were no longer enough for his soldiers and people to continue to redeem them. , the situation is only one step away from collapse.
Cao Cao's eyes were bloodshot. He had not rested for several days. Since it became clear that the supplies he had saved could not last for five days, Cao Cao fell into his current state.
"Changwen, how long can our supplies last?" Cao Cao looked at Chen Qun and asked with a pair of red eyes comparable to those of a rabbit.
"According to the current situation, I won't be able to hold on until the afternoon of tomorrow." At this time, Chen Qun no longer had the elegant demeanor he once had, and he looked much more embarrassed.
"Obviously, Gongtai has borrowed the supplies. As long as we survive this half month, the supplies will arrive. Both the Roman side and the Han Dynasty have agreed to borrow the supplies, and the shipment has now started. Why, why?" Cao Cao's expression was already a little distorted.
Obviously according to Liu Ba's plan, the Helmand River Irrigation Area, as well as various workshops and factories have all been given to the people and soldiers, and a pile of gold bricks has been piled up to stabilize people's hearts. As long as they survive these ten years, Two or three days will be enough. Why are the supplies suddenly not enough?
Chen Qun was silent for a while, but still did not speak, because he had already seen their servants using the tickets they purchased to exchange for the Helmand River Irrigation Area at a low price from the common people. Chen Qun discovered this kind of thing. At this time, it can only be described as a surge of dead souls.
The question is, does Chen Qun dare to speak? Do you dare to tell Cao Cao about this? He will die, he will really die. Cao Cao, who is holding a tightrope now, will really kill people.
"Zhang Wen, why don't you dare to say it?" Cheng Yu walked in from the door holding his eight-edged sword. As soon as Cheng Yu said these words, Chen Qun felt that something was wrong. "Zhongde." Cao Cao nodded to Cheng Yu with a hint of fatigue, "Has something happened among the people outside?"
"No, it's just that the time has come." Cheng Yu said with a cold expression. "What time?" Cao Cao asked tiredly.
"The time has come to resolve this matter." Cheng Yu said coldly.
As soon as these words came out, Chen Qun was immediately excited. He was not a fool. Cheng Yu suddenly said such a sentence, and many things that Chen Qun didn't understand were connected together.
"Cheng Zhongde, how dare you!" Chen Qun's voice at this moment was as shrill as a night owl.
"We've reached this point, what's there to be afraid of?" Cheng Yu said with a bit of coldness.
"This is the aristocratic family that has accompanied the Lord all the way!" Chen Qun roared angrily.
"So what, they did it, right." Cheng Yu was smiling, but that smile made Chen Qun shudder. It was a smile that would destroy the family.
"You can't do this. How can we, like Confucianism and Legalism, punish us without teaching us!" Chen Qun almost seemed to have expelled all the air from his heart and lungs, shouting at the top of his lungs. "I am not a Confucian, nor a Legalist." Cheng Yu said indifferently, "My lord, this is what I have recently investigated, and I would like to ask your lord to lead the elite to punish him."
As Cheng Yu handed over to Cao Cao the evidence he had collected about all the low-price tickets sold by aristocratic families to the common people and soldiers, at that moment, Chen Qun even saw Cao Cao's eyes filled with blood as if they were on fire. That kind of vigorous anger filled the entire government office.
Chen Qun knew that everything was over. At this point in time, Cao Cao had already been pushed to the limit by the behavior of the people and soldiers who were infinitely close to a run-in. Now Cheng Yu provided him with an outlet, a very legitimate reason, and a solution. possible problem.
"Where is Dian Wei!" Cao Cao shouted loudly as he stood up, and Dian Wei appeared instantly.
"Lord, no!" Cao Cao strode outside. Chen Qun realized that he had to stop Cao Cao, and immediately stretched out his hand to pull Cao Cao. However, at this time, Cao Cao was extremely determined, and with a flick of his sleeve, Chen Qun almost took Chen Qun with him. Fall to the ground.
"No, lord!" Chen Qun dragged Cao Cao tightly and tried his best to persuade Cao Cao to change his mind, but it was in vain, just like Chen Gong's persuasion to Cao Cao back then, which was completely ineffective.
"Chang Wen, let go." Cao Cao looked at Chen Qun who was tugging on his sleeve. He looked much normal at this time, but his devilish smile let Chen Qun know how angry Cao Cao was.
Chen Qun shook his head. He didn't dare to let go. He knew that if he let go, Kandahar would be in chaos. Countless families who followed Cao Cao would be wiped out. As for the reasons and evidence, they were all in the things Cheng Yu handed over. Very adequate.
However, in the next moment, Chen Qun's eyes darkened, and Cheng Yu withdrew his
Eight-edged Sword, "When you wake up from sleep, all problems will be solved. They will die. I will bear the guilt. You don't know anything!"
