Roman Slave Owner

In the Vatican, Li Wei wrote letters.

With the help of many taxpayers, many senators stood on his side again. Coupled with the senators recruited at the time of the change, he and Pompeo once again controlled the Senate. .

At this time, he has already prepared for the term of governor in the coming year. These letters are not only written to the kings, his protected tribes, but also to Annius.

He decided to lead ten legions on an expedition to Germany. Yes, he was a little narrow-minded. He wanted to take revenge on Wufa. By the way, he added the title of Conqueror of Germany to himself. This kind of title is very interesting when you think about it.

For the expedition to Germany, he decided to recruit 4 legions of crusaders again, so that there were 8 legions of crusaders, but he decided to let one legion stay in Rome to deal with various accidents, such as the possible rebellion of Catiline .

In addition, he also needs a large number of cavalry, slingers and archers, all of which need to be recruited from other countries. He believes that those countries and tribes will not lose face.

Li Wei called Saverio in and handed him two letters.

"Send these two letters to old Annius and Glius, asking them to find a way to recruit four legions of crusaders before November. The other letters are sent to Valens, and let him pass the caravan Deliver these letters to the various kings and tribal chiefs."

Levi said.

"Obey, Patriarch."

Saverio said.

Seeing the back of Saverio leaving, Li Wei let out a long sigh of relief.

He's not going to procrastinate any longer, he's going to settle the matter in November.

But before that, he had to convince one person—Pompeo.

This is a very crucial figure, and one that he cannot avoid.

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After watching Cicero leave, Pompey's face became gloomy and uncertain.

Cicero hoped to convene a senate meeting, let the senate pass a resolution, ignore the results of divination and force a citizens' assembly to elect 20 treasurers and construction officials.

He knew what this meant, it meant the lives of the Metellus family, how could he easily agree.

But the conditions given by Cicero moved him very much. He said that Li Wei speculated that Egypt might rebel in the next few years, so he suggested that Pompey should become the governor of the three provinces of Far Spain, Near Spain and Africa, and then take the opportunity to enter Egypt To pacify the chaos, thus gaining the opportunity to carry out a triumphant return.

Li Wei can even help him become the governor of the three provinces in Asia 10 years later, because he has completed three triumphs, and each of the three continents has one triumph.

This made Pompey very excited. He knew Li Wei's plan, so that he could have three triumphs like Li Wei, and it was a triumph obtained because of the victory of three continents.

"Dad, you must not promise him."

At this moment, a weak voice came from the door of the room.

Pompey looked over to the source of the voice and found that it was a teenager.

He has short curly hair, gray eyes, a few pimples on his face, and a thin body. It is his son Pompey Jr.

"Did you hear our conversation just now? My little spy."

Pompey laughed.

After Li Wei sued the Metellus family, Pompey the Younger became a spy in the family, always telling Mucia and Metellus about many things that happened in the family.

Pompey was well aware of this, but he did not stop it.

"Father, I beg you. If you promise him, both grandpa and uncle will die."

Little Pompey walked to his side, gently shook his arm and said.

"You don't care about this."

Pompey shook his head and said, the biscuits that Li Wei made for him were really wonderful, and he planned to think about it.

Little Pompey's eyes were red, and he looked as if he was about to cry. Pompey comforted him well, and he calmed down.

But not long after,

Some guards came to report, and the chief elder and chief priest, Metellus, came to see him.

Pompey gave little Pompey a hard look, and little Pompey couldn't help sticking out his tongue, and the sadness in his eyes disappeared.

"Let him in."

Pompeo said.

Soon Metellus walked in under the leadership of the guards, looking at the old Metellus, Pompey's eyes were extremely complicated.

"Pompeii, you must not agree to Li Wei's conditions, please, please look at little Pompey's face."

Metellus said, his tone even contained a hint of pleading, which was hard to imagine before.

Little Pompey ran over, held Metellus's hand tightly and said, "Grandpa, you are finally here."

"As expected of my good grandson."

Metellus said kindly while hugging little Pompey.

Pompeo felt very headache. What he hated most was playing the family card.

"Li Wei offered me such a good condition, why didn't I agree to him?"

Pompeo said, "He will help me complete three triumphs, and three continents. What can you give me?"

"I can do it too, please don't doubt my strength. And do you know the consequences of doing so? Little Pompey will hate you forever,"

Metellus said, whether it can be done or not, Pompey nodded very cooperatively.

"I know that Mucia is sorry, but I hope you can look at little Pompey's face and help me this time, and don't agree to Li Wei's request,"

Metellus said.

Pompey was silent. If it wasn't for Little Metellus, he would have agreed to Li Wei's request long ago.

"You have lived in Rome for so many years, and I believe you have also noticed the changes in Rome. More and more Roman citizens have become believers in the true God. They refuse to participate in our festivals, and they refuse to live in the way of the Romans."

"Levi is a devil. He is destroying the traditions of the Romans. If we don't stop him, the whole of Rome will be in Livi's pocket, and everyone will act according to his face."

Metellus said, "Are you willing to live in his shadow forever? Follow his orders, go east as he tells you, and go west as he tells you to."

"Enough! It's better not to show off this aggressive method!"

Annoyance flashed in Pompey's eyes.

He is clear about the changes in Rome, but what can he do?

"Now there is an opportunity in front of us. Li Wei is about to leave Rome for a full 5 years. This is our opportunity. I have already discussed with many veterans. We will unite and completely destroy his foundation in these 5 years. , we will destroy the Holy Cult, we will destroy Dragon City."

"We're going to make Rome back to what it was, to its glory. When he returns, he'll find he's got nothing."

"Pompey! Join us! Your strength is needed to save Rome!"

Not only did Metellus not shut up, but he spoke impassionedly.

Pompey did not speak, but stared at Metellus.

Metellus also looked at Pompey eagerly, and only Pompey could be compared with Li Wei.

Moreover, he knew Pompey very well. He could turn against anyone for the sake of honor. How could he tolerate Li Wei riding on his head all the time? He felt that Pompey had a great chance of agreeing to his request.

Save Rome? Pompey admitted that Metellus' words were fascinating.

"Who are those people?"

Pompeo asked.

Metellus finally breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that Pompey was moved.

"Little Pompey, leave for a moment and drive everyone away, and don't let them eavesdrop."

Metellus said.

Little Pompey was a little reluctant, but he still left here under his persuasion.

"There are Crassus, Pulkel family, Marchelus family..."

In order to strengthen his confidence, Metellus named some families, the most famous in Rome.

It is also the most conservative family in Rome, and they hate the changes brought about by the holy religion the most.

They consider themselves descendants of Aeneas, but they don't believe in any true god.

"Let me think about it."

Pompeo said.

"No question, I am waiting for your answer at any time."

Metellus was overjoyed.

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In the Vatican, Li Wei discussed with a group of elders a specific plan to deal with Metellus, calculating every elder who might support him.

Finally, it was concluded that if Pompey supported them, then they would win a big victory.

But if Pompeo doesn't support them, the resolution has only a 50/50 chance of passing.

This made everyone very distressed. They knew that it would be very difficult to persuade Pompey to deal with Metellus.

The facts did not exceed their expectations. Two days after Cicero visited Pompey, Pompey sent a reply, and he remained neutral on this matter.

"what should we do?"

asked Cicero.

"Give it a try, maybe it will work."

Li Wei said helplessly that there are nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in the world, even if he is as rich as an enemy, now he has experienced it.

Everyone nodded. Since Li Wei said so, of course they obeyed.

What they didn't know was that Metellus was also racking his brains to figure out how to get rid of his predicament, and he finally came up with a very difficult way to succeed.

In October, the temperature is getting colder.

The Hostilla Hall was crowded with people, and many elders were talking about it. Many people had already received the news and knew what the topic of today was.

Metellus sat on a chair with a blank expression. In the past, there were always a large number of elders around him, but now there are many fewer people.

Many people have discovered his predicament and think that their family is going to be completely ruined.

Pompey sat on his ivory chair and dozed off with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

Not long after, the Senate gradually quieted down, and they found Li Wei at the entrance of the synagogue.

Li Wei glanced at everyone, then walked to his ivory seat and sat down. Pompey opened his eyes and glanced at him.

"Li Wei, you're here."

Pompey gave him a meaningful look.

"Yes, I came a little late because I was worried about assassins. You know, Rome is too unsafe. Even me, the consul, was assassinated, let alone others."

Levi said.

Pompey couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, and then said: "That's right, even Mucia's personal slaves were killed."

Li Wei couldn't help but glanced at him. Pompey seemed a little rushed today. Could it be that he was expressing his dissatisfaction with himself?

"You really want to pass that bill today?"

Pompeo said.

"Yes, I can't wait any longer. The Treasurer and Construction Officer must be elected as soon as possible, otherwise the country may be paralyzed."

Levi said.

Pompeo couldn't help giving a thumbs up. No matter what time, Li Wei's words were always so high-sounding and righteous, as if he was really worried that the country would be paralyzed.

"By the way, are you really not going to help me?"

Levi asked.

"I'm sorry, my son is firmly against it, otherwise he would ignore me."

Pompeo said.

"That would be such a pity."

Li Wei also stopped persuading him, he knew that this was indeed a bit difficult.

The two stopped talking after a few words. Metellus glanced at them indifferently, then closed his eyes and remained silent.

Not long after, the Senate meeting officially began.

"Dear senators, today's meeting of the senate was initiated by me. It is already October, but because of some people's deliberate obstruction, we still cannot fail to elect the treasurer and construction officer. I think we must change this This is the case, so I propose a proposal that the Senate vote, and regardless of the signs of the sky, please be sure to successfully hold a public assembly after 3 market days to elect the treasurer and construction officer.”

Lucias said loudly on the podium, and then glanced at Metellus.

"Elder Metellus, what is your opinion?"

Metellus glanced at him lightly and said: "I don't think so. The reason why Rome can become strong is because everyone abides by the law. It is the sacred duty of the priests given by the law to check the signs before the citizens' assembly is held, and it is also our duty. Hundreds of years of tradition in Rome, it's about offending the gods."

"The delay in holding the Citizens' Assembly must be due to the dissatisfaction of the gods with us, rather than someone's deliberate obstruction. I don't think this resolution should be passed."

"Old Dolabella, what's your opinion?"

Lucias continued to ask.

"I support this resolution. Some people use their power to obstruct the convening of the Citizens' Assembly. This is completely blasphemy. I don't believe that all the omens are evil. They are deceiving the people and blaspheming the gods. They should be severely punished."

Dorabella said.

Li Wei nodded with a smile. It seems that Brother Dorabella is really nice.

"Senior Catullus, what's your opinion?"

"I think it's better to think about it carefully. After all, it's not time for the handover of duties. We're not in a hurry."

Catullus said.

Li Wei scolded the old fox secretly, but he didn't expect him to object. It seems that it is still very difficult to bring down Metellus.

One elder after another was questioned, some supported it, some opposed it.

And the atmosphere was quite intense, some people even almost started fighting.

Both pros and cons were so close together it made him nervous.

Not to mention Metellus, this is directly related to the lives of his family.