"Are you threatening us?" The middle-aged Jew seemed to have heard an extremely funny joke, "Is it just based on the current strength of your patrol team, even if you add those forces that fall to you or are secretly controlled by you, How many people can you get together? Do you know how many people the Jewish Gang has? If necessary, we can even turn the 30,000 Jews living here into our own people. What capital do you have to threaten us?"
"The threat I mentioned does not come from us," Zhang Heng said, "I believe that during this time, some of you have also heard some rumors. Our young Emperor His Majesty has just returned from the battlefield and ascended the throne. He is urgent He wants to do something that can win the praise and support of the people. Holding a gladiatorial performance is only the first step. Next, he plans to turn his attention to the issue of public security. His Majesty, he has noticed that the southeast city has always been outside the law. The people of the empire living here expressed concern, no matter what you think, in the eyes of His Majesty, you are all citizens of the empire after all, and the situation here has indeed affected the surrounding area, otherwise why do you think I would join the patrol team here."
Zhang Heng paused here, and then continued, "My arrival is only the first step. If I fail to improve the security environment here, then a thousand imperial guards will be stationed here to take over the security and defense work here. By then What you are going to face is the spear and dagger of the Imperial Guard, so are you sure you want to drive me away?"
Zhang Heng's words immediately caused an uproar.
None of the big and small forces expected that the Imperial Guard would be involved in this incident, especially when they heard that His Majesty the newly appointed emperor was going to attack the southeast city. Everyone's heart was tense. They could bully They want money, no money, no people and no patrols, but if the opponent is replaced by the Imperial Guard, and it is a thousand-strong Imperial Guard, at least all the small and medium-sized forces will be overwhelmed.
As for the top forces like the Jewish Gang, they were indeed able to mobilize 30,000 Jews, but let alone whether these civilians could beat the Janissaries, even if they could, so what, did they want to rebel? Although they were all criminals and engaged in criminal activities in the city of Rome, they only wanted to make money and beg for food, and they had no intention of treason. The Spartacus group was a living example.
What's more, Rome's national power is at its peak now, and the war with the Germans has ended. A group of veterans who have fought many battles have returned to Rome. If they can't defeat the Germans, it is no problem to suppress a civilian uprising.
However, everyone is skeptical about this matter. The security problem in the southeast city has existed since the first batch of Jews settled in Rome. It is much longer than the history of the Jewish gang, but none of the emperors can solve it. It's not that I don't have the ability to solve it, but because it's a laborious and unpleasant thing to do.
Although the southeast city is a chronic disease of the city of Rome, it also continuously provides cheap labor for the city of Rome. Sometimes their labor prices are even cheaper than slaves. After all, if a slave dies, the master loses a fortune. Property, and no one cares about the death of civilians here, such as cleaning the sewers, and the laborers who unload and dredge the Tiber River are basically from the southeastern city.
Many of them are the business of criminal forces like the Jewish gang. They wiped out all the criminals here, not to mention whether it can be done and how many people are left. It is estimated that the cost of labor in the city of Rome will rise in the future. The situation that the nobles of the industry do not want to see.
That's why this issue has been put on hold, but now that Commodus has just come to power, most people still can't figure out the temper of the young emperor. City hands.
They have been very clear about Zhang Heng's investigation during this period of time. They know that he is indeed someone that Commodus values more. It would be strange that he would be assigned to the patrol team here. If Commodus wants to deal with Southeast The crime problem in the urban area can explain the reason why Zhang Heng came here.
A thousand Janissaries? If there are really a thousand imperial guards stationed here in the future, everyone's business will not be affected, but whether they can continue to do so. Therefore, after hearing the news of the explosion, all the forces in the tavern rushed They whispered together.
Seeing this, the middle-aged Jew coughed lightly, silenced everyone, and then shook his head and said, "You want to scare us with this kind of pretentious news. You are thinking too simply. We haven't had any troubles for so many years." I've seen it, but this place is always ours."
"Is it true that you are very clear about it?" Zhang Heng calmly responded, "I believe you have some relationship with the Senate. It seems that you have spent a lot of money. This is the main reason why the southeast city has maintained the status quo. In this case, your people must have passed the news to you."
"It's not even a proposal, it's just the whims of His Majesty the Emperor a few days ago. How could the Senate pass such a ridiculous thing. It's probably just you making a gesture to bluff people. Didn't you go to Klinder after being invited?" Home? The news also came out after that..." The middle-aged Jew said angrily, but he realized that he had made a slip of the tongue as soon as he blurted out the words.
Because he was tantamount to helping the stone hammer Zhang Heng's previous threat. Sure enough, after he said this, everyone in the tavern showed varying degrees of worry on their faces.
Although they have been very uncomfortable recently, compared to letting Zhang Heng lead the patrols to go here and there, they are of course more reluctant to see the Imperial Guards stationed, because it will be harmful to the power environment here. devastating.
Although the stalemate lasted until the end, the young emperor probably couldn't get anything good, and would re-aware that if he wanted cheap labor, he needed to return this place to the local forces here, but at that time, there were still a few of them who were still there. Can you be there
Even the mere possibility is worrying.
This is the significance of Zhang Heng's visit to Klinder some time ago. He proposed to Klinder a plan that benefits both parties. He is a matter of time, and Zhang Heng's solution to the problem is also very simple, which is to create external pressure and divert the conflict.
The reason why the patrol team is difficult to expand in the southeast city appears to be the lack of people and money, and there are powerful forces that cannot be provoked, but in essence, it is because the interests of the patrol team and all forces in the southeast city are inconsistent. The root cause of the team's intolerance in the southeast city.
If this problem is not solved, the patrol team will not be able to expand, so Zhang Heng needs Klind's help to create the news that a thousand imperial guards will be stationed in the southeast city, and Zhang Heng doesn't mind giving Klin some of the credit De, and even attributed most of the credit to Klinder, anyway, he just perfectly completed his first job of a testing nature, and he just returned to Commodus' side smoothly.
And Klinde gained a political achievement in vain from this matter, and together with Zhang Heng solved the long-standing public security problem in the southeast city. Of course, he could also choose to stand by and stab his potential competitor. But just like what Klinder said, he believes that people like Zhang Heng will not be the only solution. Zhang Heng knows that there is also a political force behind the Balance Blade. If Klinder is not going to help him, he can still go Find the priestess of the Blade of Balance, but in this case, he may have to pay some price. It is better to get what you need with Klind.
Zhang Heng looked at the middle-aged Jew, "You are not in charge of this matter, why don't you invite Mr. Lockyd and other important figures to come down and talk to me, or I can take someone up to the second floor?" u