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Chapter 33 Returning (Part 2)

In Laconia, the Libidaus family has regained its former power. According to Yulia, the Crien disciples have "flyed back" one after another like migratory birds in the winter. Even though she is just a woman, there are hundreds of people who go to the Opherun Manor every morning to pay their respects to her and Libida who are on the expedition.

"However, according to my investigation, Yulia, your grandfather has a bad reputation in Rome." Li Bida said bluntly on the way.

"Yes, every strong person has a good reputation in Rome City." Yulia didn't seem to take it seriously.

"It's like that. The Libidaus family was stained when you grandpa. After the death of the dictator Sula, your grandpa raised his army as a 'People' and was about to enter the city of Rome. Do you know why your grandpa failed so quickly?"

Yulia, who is on canath breasts, admitted readily that she is naturally insensitive to politics because she is a famous woman, but she is willing to listen to Li Bida's analysis.

"That's because Sula led the army to take over the dictatorship, and then massacred the civilian party. Especially in Etruscan, Samonai and Rocania, the most serious victims were killed. Many powerful people were deprived of their citizenship, and their property and land were confiscated. Your grandfather took this opportunity to buy the property of the victims at a low price, quickly accumulating a large amount of wealth and laying the foundation in the army. However, the side effects of doing so were also obvious. That is, when he rebelled, the nobles in the Senate decisively issued the order to suppress, and the civilian party also held an extremely distrustful attitude towards him - can your grandfather have good results after being betrayed by everyone?"

Yulia nodded gently. "Although I don't quite understand what you said, I think you're right."

As they talked, they came to the outskirts of Laconia, where Habaruka was climbing up and down the windward tower, commanding the craftsmen to survey the building terrain. "Has the sacrifice been done?" Li Bida turned around and asked Yulia, and nodded, saying that the answers received to the gods' requests were all kind-hearted, and he also sent the priests to dig the trenches with the sacred plows, and the boundaries of this area had been demarcated.

"How do you claim the purpose of this area to the outside world?" Li Bida was very cautious. Although this place was not a Roman city, he still gave the population a solid job.

But Yulia was relaxed, "I am a descendant of the Laconians and have the power to collect land from local villages and communities. I will soon build four large-scale Sethfinestre (large estates), and seven Villas (farmlands), and take out the villages where slaves and farmers live. What's so strange about it?" Li Bida nodded. Yulia's words were right. There is an unwritten rule in the city of Rome. As long as you don't mess around in the Roman walls, it is usually not too eye-catching to make trouble in distant places.

The huge land around this area was divided by trenches, and the inner part began to level the land. Yulia clearly saw that according to the plan Li Bida had given in advance, many roads were opened up in this land. There was a square base for gatherings in the center. There was also a foundation for large buildings on the northeast side. Yulia pointed to the rows of craftsmen tents there and asked Li Bida, "What is it for?"

"Well, I'm going to build a stadium there, with a target room, a silt field, an oiling room, and a famous local Laconia sweat bath. The middle frame is a playground of 500 Roman feet each in length..."

"This is not Satefinestre, right? You are building a paramilitary camp." Yulia asked suddenly. She was a descendant of soldiers and had a natural familiarity with this plan - standard streets, small apartment buildings, and large stadiums with target shooting and shot puts. Then she pointed to a certain place in the venue, "It must be the temple of the commune."

Li Bida pondered for a while, looked at her and said, "You are right. The temple that worships King Numa. During my expedition in Lusitania, I mastered a small auxiliary army. Most of these people were formerly from Laconia. They joined the army to gain civil rights and future. I will satisfy them. Even after the service expires, they will enjoy the resettlement of houses and communes like ordinary citizens."

"This is the commune given to them, in the name of agricultural estates? You have to think carefully, they are just helping slaves." Yulia reminded her.

"It is precisely because they are slaves, and we are the ones who pay the release tax on these people. We are their masters. They retired from the army ten years later. If they do not want to beg or freeze to death on the streets of Rome, they must live here with peace of mind, marry, have children and raise their descendants. We will give them funding and property. Correspondingly, they must worship the gods of the Libidaus family. They must practice martial arts and hone their skills, and they must serve our family as private soldiers at any time." Libida explained clearly to Yulia.

"I will naturally support you in this kind of thing. To revive the lintel and defeat the enemy of the family, I must have a loyal armed slave." Yulia said, "Also, I have considered that after the financial resources of Opherunu are further expanded, I will use means to integrate the entire Laconia into this commune. It will become larger and larger. Those who do not want to worship the gods of King Numa, I will expel them in various names and then take their land with a stick!"

Li Bida thought that the little widow's heart and methods were quite ruthless, but it seemed that he was becoming more and more like himself (also changing). He couldn't help but think of some very old lyrics, which were the old couple who retired teachers from high school and his school liked to sing at the New Year's New Year's greetings. "Little sister sings, Lang, we both have the same heart." Although it was a bit inconsistent to think of such a scene...

After a couple with nominal unscrupulous couple reached the "secret offensive and defensive alliance", Li Bida continued to ride the "Calabia". Even though it was against the wind, he ignored the rules of sailing in the Roman era and relied on the manual efforts of the oarsmen to arrive at the port of Ostia as quickly as possible. Caesar was waiting for him. Caesar said in his letter that he had separated himself from the legion as he had according to the requirements of the Senate, and stayed outside the furrows of the city walls of Rome, abandoned the triumphal style and demanded to run for the consul for the next year, but Yuan
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