Roman Slave Owner

"Is there any misunderstanding, maybe this is not his doing."

Manlius said.

"It's impossible, except for them, no one in Rome can do this."

Katilin said.

Looking at Katilin in a rage, Manlius felt worried.

The war hasn't started yet, and they have already started intrigue within them. How can this be good?

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At this time, the Dragon City has become a huge construction site, full of scenes of artisans working in full swing, they make all kinds of war materials and weapons and armors.

Many soldiers have also been involved in the construction, and Dragon City once again expanded the earthen wall to house more soldiers and the families of the soldiers who had fled.

In this way, a ring-in-the-city city is formed. In addition to the core area, Dragon City has three walls.

On a wall of Longcheng, a beautiful teenage girl looked into the distance with a sad face.

She is Cicero's daughter Tulia, and little Li Wei's fiancée.

The news of Cicero's arrest has come, which made her very sad. The one who cared for him most at home was Cicero. Even his mother did not love her as much as Cicero.

At this moment, a valiant young man walked over.

He was wearing a white short coat with a dagger around his waist, and his outline looked a bit similar to Li Wei. It was Li Wei's son, Li Wei.

"Tulia, what are you doing here?"

Little Liwei said flatly.

Tulia glanced at him lightly, then sat on the wall and continued to look into the distance.

She was really in a bad mood and didn't want to answer him.

Xiao Liwei was boring, smirked, and continued: "Are you worried about your father?"

"Yes it is."

Tulia said.

"If Katilin kills your father, I promise to avenge him."

Xiao Liwei clenched his fist and said firmly.

Tulia couldn't help rolling her eyes. What she wanted was a living father. Could revenge for his father bring Cicero back to life?

"How are you talking with Katilin's emissary?"

Tulia asked.

A few days ago, Katilin sent a secret envoy to negotiate. Cicero's safety is one of Katilin's bargaining chips. Because of his special identity, Xiao Liwei is one of the insiders.

To console Tulia, he told her the news.

"Everyone's opinions are very consistent. They all know that my father loves Portia very much, and even turned his face with Krasu for her. No one is willing to risk her father's offense and marry Katilin.

Xiao Liwei said.

The core requirement for Katilin is to let Portia marry him. Of course he knows how much Li Wei likes this daughter.

It is precisely because of this that he believes that if he marries Portia, Li Wei is likely to let him go.

"Can't you persuade them?"

Tulia asked.

"If I did this, my father would be very disappointed in me."

Xiao Liwei said helplessly.

Li Wei often teaches him to pay attention to family affection, and Li Wei at least on the surface has done fairness and justice to the two, which makes Li Wei not much disgusted with Portia.

On the contrary, under the guidance of his mother, he was very wary of his younger brother Appius. He knew that he was his biggest competitor.

Tulia understood his difficulties, but when she remembered her grievance, she could only turn her head, tears streaming down uncontrollably.

Xiao Liwei hurriedly comforted her, but it was useless.

It didn't take long for him to suddenly open his mouth in surprise. He pointed to the bottom of the city wall and said, "Tulia, who do you think is that?"

Tulia looked in the direction that Liwei pointed, and she quickly became surprised.

Then she rushed down the city wall, rushed towards the man, and threw herself into his arms like Ruyan was throwing her arms.

"father."

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The atmosphere in a room in Dragon City was a little serious. Emilia, the four daughters of Yulia, Getta, Serabio, Valence and others were discussing about the Caterin Emissary.

"Sibel, after our discussion, we agreed that we should not exchange the happiness of Portia for peace with Katilin."

Emilia smiled and said, "Posia is Li Wei's daughter. No one can force her to marry someone she doesn't like."

"Really? That's great."

Sibel cried with joy.

During this period of time, she could be described as having trouble sleeping and eating because of Hibel's affairs. Portia is her darling and the biggest pillar of her life.

If she loses Portia, she really doesn't know what to do.

She even thought about the threat, but she didn't expect it to be solved in this way.

"Please believe us, we have God-given weapons, how can Katilin be our opponent."

Getta smiled.

"It's just that our production of gunpowder is not large. In the past, we used the inventory accumulated over the years."

Emilia said.

"why is that?"

Getta asked.

"Because of the lack of a raw material, we have done our best and are now purchasing raw materials from all the cities in the Campania region, but we still cannot meet our needs."

Emilia said.

She had guessed what that raw material was, but she didn't understand how such a dirty thing was related to gunpowder?

"I understand, we can defend Dragon City even without God-given weapons. As long as we wait for the aid of the major powers and armies, the enemy will be defeated."

Gaeta said.

Only in this way, he must slightly revise his plan.

Emilia nodded, and then asked: "How is our military mobilization?"

"The soldiers are not a problem at all. We have mobilized and recruited soldiers from more than 8 legions, and the funds are not lacking. Dragon City and the church have provided us with a lot of funds. The only problem is the weapon armor. Our weapon armor can only be armed. The soldiers of the five legions, the rest can only be slowly produced or purchased."

Gaeta said.

"I think we can send people to other countries to buy. Our caravan has a good relationship with many countries. They will definitely be willing to sell or even give away our weapons and armors for free."

Valence said.

"This is a good idea, and we should also pay attention to buying from other cities in Rome, and we should find ways to get their support."

"That's right..."

Hearing what everyone said, Serabio was a little absent-minded.

Since losing to Spartacus, he hasn't cared much about the military anyway, he is not that piece of material anyway.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and Xiao Liwei and another middle-aged man walked in.

After seeing the middle-aged man clearly, Serabio couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Cicero, why are you back."

After seeing Cicero, everyone else was shocked.

Wasn't Cicero caught by Cattilin, was he released?

"It was Menmuse who let me go in private."

Cicero said with mixed feelings.

He thought he might die in Rome, but he didn't expect to come back alive.

"This is really great, you are welcome back, my friend."

Serrabio said, and then gave him a warm hug, and the others also welcomed Cicero's return.

Then Cicero told his own experience. After listening to it, everyone sighed, but they didn't believe Menmuse's words.

The fact that Cattilin can get to this point shows that there are powerful forces supporting him, and the Pompey faction represented by Menmuse is definitely one of them.

"Leave this to our intelligence team, and we will investigate this matter to the bottom of it."

Mackian said.

Emilia nodded and decided not to worry about this matter.

"I think we can officially reject Katilin's proposal. It's not far from his ultimatum anyway."

Emilia said.

"I agree. I think it should be postponed for a few days and our people should be removed quickly."

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

"..."

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Hundreds of elders gathered in the Hall of Hostilla, making various sounds.

They were all Katilin's cronies, and they were stuffed into the Senate by Katilin. Naturally, they were extremely grateful to him.

It's just that Katilin's face was full of chill at this time, and Longcheng actually rejected his kindness, which filled his heart with anger.

Menmuse was sneered and wanted to negotiate with Li Wei's woman. Now he was beaten.

After divination and other procedures, Katilin said in a cold voice: "Dear elders, now I announce the official start of the Senate meeting."

All the elders looked at Katilin with solemn expression.

"Rome has always been a country favored by the gods. Under the blessing of the gods, it has grown from a small city to the most powerful empire. Its territory has ranged from the Baltic Sea to Africa, from Spain to Armenia. This has never been born in the world. A powerful country, all of this is the will of the gods. It is the gods who made Rome such a great country! Thank you Olympian gods!"

Katilin said impassionedly.

"Thank the Olympian gods!"

"Thank the Olympian gods!"

"..."

The elders said one after another.

"Under the will of the gods, I, Lucius Cornelius, became the ruler of Rome, and became the dictator of Rome for life. I have always felt very terrified. Why do the gods favor I, for this reason, can't even sleep day and night. I didn't know the answer until recently."

Katilin glanced at the crowd and said, "Not long ago, I received some news. In Campania, some fanatical believers chanted the slogan of destroying false gods, and they destroyed a goddess Diana ( The temple of the moon god, Artemis in Greek mythology, which shocked me so much that someone dared to do such a bad deed."

Hearing this, the elders couldn't help in an uproar.

It is simply unreasonable for the believers to dare to destroy the temple of the goddess Diana.

"I have always respected the true god, and I have maintained great respect for Li Weimian. Even if he sent someone to assassinate me, I never hated him, because he is a great Roman and my idol. But Facing the fanatical behavior of true **** believers, I am hesitant, what should I do?"

Katilin said, "Until yesterday, the king of God Jupiter told me, let me expel the holy religion and restore his purity to the Roman Catholic Church. I did not know my sacred mission and that the gods appointed me as the ruler of Rome. The real purpose."

"The Holy Church has always denied the existence of other gods and called them false gods. This has already angered the Olympian gods. And my mission is to maintain the traditions of Rome, defend the Roman Catholic Church, and drive the Holy Church out of Rome!!!"

At the last sentence, Katilin said it almost in a roaring tone.

"Expelling the Holy Church!"

"Get them out of Rome!"

"..."

The elders shouted loudly, but some hesitated. The true god's limelight has been too strong recently, especially the power of God-given weapons. Are they really going to go to full-scale war with the holy religion?

"Now, as a life-long dictator, I declare that the Holy Religion is strictly prohibited from preaching in any territory in Rome. All believers of the Holy Religion must either withdraw from the Holy Religion or leave Rome within 10 days. Otherwise, after 10 days, I will Deprive them of their citizenship and declare all believers of the Holy Religion as slaves of the state."

Katilin said, "In addition, all the people in Dragon City must disarm and leave Rome. If they refuse, I will send troops to fight against them and declare them as public enemies of the country. All those who kill them can get their property."

Hearing this, many people breathe shortly.

This is an opportunity to make a fortune. Those veterans have some money.

Li Wei is even more prosperous in the world, if someone kills Li Wei, he will definitely be prosperous.

A smile appeared on Menmuse's face, that's it.

"I also want to thank Menmuse, Pompey and Crassus, and many nobles and knights in Rome. It is because of their support that I can easily occupy Rome. They have always been my staunch supporters. Everyone, please Believe that we are never alone, we have strong allies."

Katilin continued, with a smile on his lips.

The veterans applauded. The claim that Katilin was supported by Pompey and Crassou has been circulating in the army, but it has never been confirmed, but it was unexpectedly confirmed by Katilin today, so they would not worried.

Menmuse was shocked at first, but soon became angry.

Katilin, how dare you say that?

Did you forget our agreement?

"Katilin, I think you have misunderstood. I just don't want Rome to shed too much blood to stay here to help you."

Menmuse said coldly ~www.readwn.com~No, you don't need to hide it at all. Are we friends? Isn't it yours who opened the gates of Rome? "

Katilin said sincerely.

"of course not."

Menmuse said without hesitation.

Cattilin glanced at him indifferently. He thought his denial would be useful, and he would send people to spread the news throughout Rome in a short time, and it would be strange that Li Wei did not believe it.

The nobles are indeed very energetic, but both Sura and Mario suppressed those nobles to their heads. As long as there are soldiers in his hands, he can do whatever he wants.

In the end, the Senate meeting broke up unhappily, and Katilin’s decision shocked the entire Rome and the Mediterranean world.

Katilin actually wants to drive the holy religion out of Rome, is he crazy?

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