The Carthaginians looted the city of Rome, and every minute, there were changes in Nengton. Since the P001 plane was completely closed, the silted Nengton would eventually be converted into huge energy, and then a plane would be forcibly opened. aisle.
As for the other end of the passage, you don’t need to pay too much attention. Countless planes and countless time and space constitute countless possibilities, but you will never reach another closed plane. Therefore, as long as you leave P001, Huang Xuanhe Mr. Conmas can naturally leave through his own plane base.
However, the accumulation of 10,000 tons is obviously not enough.
Hannibal was so confident that capturing the city of Rome would almost mean a victory for Carthage. With this victory, he would be able to take almost everything, whether in Rome or Carthage. However, seeing Huang Xuan coming over from Shi Shiran, Hannibal felt a little uncomfortable.
An invincible commander hates invincible enemies the most, not powerful enemies.
Huang Xuan looked at Hannibal's beautiful face with jealousy. This guy looked like Beckham. Even though he looked nothing like him, his figure and face were inevitably reminiscent of other side jobs.
"Mr. Hannibal." Huang Xuan still called with a smile.
Nick translated it into the ancient Carthaginian language at the same time. Hannibal pulled the reins and walked over, saying cheerfully: "Huang Xuan, you have given Carthage a great help this time. You will be Carthage." Taiji’s forever friend.”
Huang Xuan smiled faintly and said, "I also like a strong friend like Carthage."
If it were Mr. Conmas, he would have made his request straightforward at this moment, and only a non-academic traveler like Huang Xuan would waste time talking to the aborigines.
Hannibal could hear the so-called "power" in Huang Xuan's words, and he also smiled and said: "I have sent people to search the homes of the elders. I will probably give you the remaining 000 towers in a while." rand."
"There's no rush." Huang Xuan said sincerely: "Are you going to wipe out all the upper echelons of Rome, or are you going to support some people?"
"Not sure yet." Hannibal seemed reluctant to talk to Huang Xuan about this matter.
A smile flashed across Huang Xuan's lips and he said: "It's best to make a quick decision. Cyrus will be back with his army in two days at most."
"What?" Hannibal's eyes almost widened. There was a huge difference between bringing the army back and Carthage voluntarily withdrawing from Rome.
"According to our agreement, you should evacuate at that time." Huang Xuan said and left on horseback. A confused and angry Hannibal was left behind.
Cyrus would lead his legions back to Rome as a Roman officer, with the reputation of expelling the Carthaginians of course, and then, like Marius, he could serve as a non-noble Try to run for dictator or consul, plus the only Roman legion in his hand, and thousands of talents of funds, he can do whatever he wants in this Roman city looking forward to victory and revenge.
Hannibal watched Huang Xuan slowly walk away in surprise, but after all, he was still a sober and knowledgeable politician and military strategist. After Huang Xuan stated all his demands, Hannibal understood Huang Xuan plan of.
Just like what Cyrus said to Huang Xuan that day, a Rome without allies cannot fight against Carthage. For Huang Xuan, he does not need a Carthage that can fight Rome. A failed Rome and a failed Carthage may gain more power.
That night, Hannibal's order came.
Countless Roman aristocratic families were uprooted, and most of the young people were sold into slavery. The mercenaries from Africa and Southern Europe were looking forward to such a day, when they could plunder and dominate at will...
Huang Xuan stood in the courtyard of a residence in the center of Rome, listening to the shouts outside the courtyard, his face as dark as water.
Mr. Conmas handed him a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Wine is the Romans' favorite drink."
Huang Xuan said "Thank you", then took it, looked up at the sky, and became silent again.
Looking at Huang Xuan's appearance, Kangmas took a sip of wine, breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "My first successful trip was in R10. That time, it was to search for mercenaries. There were seven of us in total. traveler.”
As if talking to himself, Mr. Conmas said slowly: "You know, capturing mercenaries by yourself is very slow. They will run into the mountains, with dozens or hundreds of them in groups, making you waste energy. Then Once, our team leader went to the two largest local chiefs. We gave the chiefs cattle and sheep and asked him to exchange them for slaves. One sheep could be exchanged for two slaves. Later, it was increased to one, and one cow could be exchanged for five slaves. They used fast-growing sheep and fast-growing cattle, and at that time, more than 10,000 slaves were exchanged. "
Huang Xuan tilted his head and glanced at Mr. Conmas, wondering why he said this.
Mr. Conmas drank the wine in one breath, shook his head and said with a smile: "Later I learned that in order to capture those slaves, the two tribes fought with each other, and hundreds of thousands of people died, which was almost half of the entire tribe."
Huang Xuan squeezed out a smile and said: "There may be hundreds of thousands of people dying here today."
"If Hannibal is like you said, it won't be." Mr. Conmas said, throwing the cup out of the yard, and smiled: "Only those who are qualified to participate in resource allocation will not be treated as resources. Allocated, and the qualification threshold is constantly rising. If there are no resources, they can only be regarded as resources. "
Huang Xuan was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't want to think about these problems. He turned to Ai Ai and said: "Why can't Hannibal do it?"
"The eagle released cannot be too full, otherwise it will be too lazy to hunt; the eagle released cannot be too hungry, otherwise it will never come back." Mr. Conmas said a proverb from the R plane, and Nick carefully translated it. come over.
At midnight, the city of Rome really fell silent.
Carthage and the returning Roman soldiers fought half-heartedly. Huang Xuan sat in his house in Rome, watching the Carthage soldiers on the energy screen and Hannibal's formation. He I absolutely believe that if Cyrus showed any signs of being mentally retarded, Hannibal would annihilate this regiment again without hesitation.
Fortunately, Cyrus is also a veteran of many battles.
In the evening of that day, Carthage took their slaves and trophies and slowly left from behind the damaged city wall. History has a huge inertia. Thinking about it, they will stay in Italy for a long time in the future and continue to bully the children of the Roman Alliance. them.
And Cyrus, sitting on a tall horse, slowly drove into the city of Rome.
There were no flowers, no applause, only the numb residents of Rome were left.
Seeing this scene, Huang Xuan felt particularly uncomfortable - what made him really uncomfortable was that it reminded him of Mr. Conmas's words, that planes that are not qualified to allocate resources can only be allocated as resources. The current P11 may still be an undeveloped virgin belt, but who knows, one day a man will come.
Cyrus led his Roman soldiers to shout loudly, saying some slogans that Huang Xuan could not hear clearly, just like they were still in the prison camp.
Huang Xuan turned around and took a look at the yard. There were 500 talents of gold piled there, almost 100 tons. Even Huang Xuan saw so much "real" gold for the first time, but he was still a little disappointed. 100 tons of gold was only more than 5 cubic meters, which was too little. Of course, in terms of wealth, it is huge. Without Huang Xuan's participation, this time the Punic War ended, and Carthage spent all it had to barely get enough to give Rome 10,000 talents.
"Magnon." Mr. Conmas said, standing behind Huang Xuan: "If Cyrus can become the consul as he wishes, we should be able to collect 50,000 tons, which is almost enough."
Huang Xuan said sadly: "Hannibal's departure should still cause losses to Nengton. In addition to the subsequent losses to Nengton, it should be enough for us to stay for another month."
"There are already signs of loosening in the plane passage. If it really doesn't work, we will output all our energy. Coupled with the accumulation of energy, it should be enough."
As the two men were talking, loud shouts suddenly broke out in the city - it was Cyrus giving a speech.
The Romans fully accepted Greek culture, including their speech culture. Although Cyrus was not good at this, when the content of what he said could stimulate the Romans, the interest of the people was aroused.
Huang Xuan turned on the energy screen and replayed Cyrus's speech. His first words were: "We in Rome still have more than 100,000 soldiers overseas..."
In the city of Rome, which had lost one-third of its population, nothing was stronger than the desire for revenge. Cyrus captured the Roman psyche at once.
Mr. Conmas said as if he had expected it: "He is good at this." He was naturally Cyrus.
Huang Xuan returned to the house silently. He could still contact his family and other planes. According to the time exchange, he had been away for 4 days, plus the days waiting for Cyrus's election. 7 days were needed for matters. Give it a good comb.
Mr. Comas also returned to the room. His face looked okay, but if you look carefully, he also had a lot of worry on his face. He had just obtained the rights to the R series plane and left suddenly. It was not surprising that anything went wrong.
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The power of the Roman consuls was so great that they could be compared with autocratic monarchs. Of course, the Romans also saw this. They chose two consuls and limited their terms to one year, effectively extending the life of the republic.
However, Rome in history was a victorious Rome. They had almost never encountered a real enemy. Not Macedonia, not Carthage, and not even Egypt. The enemies of Rome were always the Romans themselves, both the imperial system and the republic. Disputes are the main theme.
The Romans have always been smart in the choice of consuls - most of them are smart. They elect two consuls every year, two excellent consuls, both nobles, and the nobles are also so keen on politics. , they don’t open a movie studio, play golf, build a company, or build a team, so the Romans have such rich choices.
Originally, the small officers played by Cyrus whose comrades died should have had no chance. It would have been nice if they were not "deprived of political rights for life" because of their capture.
But in the face of life and death, the Romans' choices suddenly became narrower. In addition, Huang Xuan deliberately dealt with some well-known politicians. Rome in ruins naturally tended to be "little officers" who controlled the military power of tens of thousands of people. He was able to give Rome, which had been decimated in wealth and population, a sense of security. Under the deterrence of the army, the newly elected Senate failed to show the strength to fight in separate chambers. They lost their last chance.
With an asset of 500 talents, the city of Rome immediately entered into a smooth reconstruction - Rome has always had a tradition of nobles spending money to subsidize the citizens and finances, and it became even more intense during the Caesar period - interestingly, people rarely ask questions about the ruling Where does the official's money come from? Usually, people such as the Caesars regard the private treasury as the national treasury and the national treasury as the private treasury. Although Cyrus did not understand the propaganda policies of later generations, he still understood the principle of controlling the direction of public opinion and using money for propaganda.
Soon, Roman soldiers recalled from overseas were dressed up as the backbone of Roman society, and the so-called defeated or fugitives were selectively forgotten.
Republican Rome inadvertently stood at the crossroads between tyranny and democracy.
Huang Xuan had just finished his daily conversation with Jiao Sun, Li Shenggang and others, enjoying the flavor of the video conference, when Mr. Comas walked in and said: "Cyrus was elected."
"Now?" As soon as Huang Xuang asked the question, he heard a roar like a mountain coming from outside the house.
"5. Magnum has accumulated." Mr. Conmas said quietly.
Huang Xuan also became nervous. Both of them sat in the room, waiting for the moment when the plane channel could not bear the huge loss of Neng Dun and was forcibly penetrated. (To be continued. If you want to know what happened, please log in to .qidian. There are more chapters. Support the author and genuine reading!) (To be continued)