Chapter 871 Reward

"Since Divebraye is unwilling to help you, why do you think I will help you?" Andrea said coldly.

"Because you must also know that after I was freed from the arena, I stayed in the patrol team in the southeastern city for a while and came into contact with many cases. According to my accumulated experience, this kind of damage to public facilities happened once. After that, it is very likely to happen a second time." Zhang Heng said meaningfully, "And next time, I'm afraid it won't be able to be repaired in a day or two."

The city official felt a chill in his heart when he heard this. He knew that Zhang Heng was threatening him.

Just like he would never admit that the matter at the Binotta Mine was related to him, Zhang Heng obviously could not admit that the matter of destroying the sewer pipe was related to him, so he only reminded the city official from the side.

But the city official heard the hidden meaning behind Zhang Heng's words. If the matter at the Binotta Mine could not be solved, then he, the city official, would not be able to live a stable life, and at this time, he was preparing to be promoted to financial officer. At a critical moment, even if he has political allies to help behind him, if his political performance is ugly at this time, he will lose the support of the people.

And once he loses the support of the people, no matter how strong his political backing is, he cannot be forced to be promoted to the position of financial officer despite the disapproval of the world.

Andrea knew that someone had pinched her weak point.

At this time, he had two options. One was to carry it out to the end. Although Zhang Heng could not complete his job, the price would probably be to lose his political career. Now the person who opposes Commodus is not one or two people, but one Although everyone in the political gang is secretly fighting against His Majesty the Emperor, everyone's purpose is actually different.

Some people hope to sideline the young emperor and gain more power, while others just want to show off their muscles to Commodus. However, they advocate taking a step back and using both hard and soft tactics, as long as they can maintain their existing power. In addition, there are some Those who want to muddy the waters and fish in troubled waters...

As for Andrea, Andrea chose this camp in order to get closer to some of the core figures in this camp and gain more benefits, but at the same time he will also weigh the risks and costs. For now, it is obvious that If he continues to carry on, his personal interests will be greatly damaged, and then there will be no point in persisting.

Therefore, Andrea had no choice but to choose another path. After being silent for a while, he said, "You don't have to worry about the mine. I heard that the collapse is not serious. If there are one or two more... no, today." It’s time to resume work.”

"Very good." Zhang Heng then nodded and said, "I also know some people in the patrol team, and I will ask them to help keep an eye on the sewer pipes. If anyone dares to cause damage, we will definitely help you catch them. of."

"Thank you for your hard work." Andrea said this thanks almost through gritted teeth.

Zhang Heng, as if he didn't hear the grinding sound of the mayor's teeth, smiled and said, "I'm glad that we finally reached a consensus so that the matter can be resolved satisfactorily. Then I won't bother you anymore. I will tell Dai Dai later." The good news that Kius is resuming work tonight allows him to summon the craftsmen in advance.”

After Zhang Heng finished speaking, he stood up from his seat, "After all, we wasted a lot of time before, so we have to hurry up if we want to deliver the work on time."

Andrea struggled for a moment, and finally stretched out his hand before Zhang Heng left, "I have seen your heroic appearance in the arena, but I didn't expect that your political ability is so outstanding. If someone looks down on you in the future, I believe he will You will regret it.”

Zhang Heng also changed his previous aggressive attitude and shook hands with Andrea, "I am also amazed by your emphasis on public undertakings. I believe that you will successfully become a financial officer in the future."

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It only took Zhang Heng three days to restart the construction of the bronze statue, which had been suspended for a long time, and finally completed all the work before the deadline.

Fifty-two freshly made bronze statues of Commodus stood in the open space on the outskirts of Rome, gilded with a layer of gold by the rising sun. Accompanied by his wife, the young emperor reviewed the delivered bronze statues and confirmed that they looked majestic. The bronze statue is the same as his own.

In this way, when these bronze statues are transported to various provinces, especially those remote provinces, the people of the empire living there can also admire the majesty of His Majesty the Emperor.

"You did a great job. Once again, you completed the task I assigned you perfectly. You will never let me down, right?" Kang Maode then patted Zhang Heng on the shoulder and looked at his wife beside him, " What kind of reward do you think I should give him?"

"I just completed my duty, Your Majesty." Zhang Henglue bowed.

"And it is my duty as an emperor to reward those who do things well." Commodus responded humorously.

Queen Crispina thought for a while and then said, "I heard Lucilla said that you are still performing in the Victor Arena, so you shouldn't be very short of money, because you are a gladiator and your family doesn't use slaves very much, but You probably don’t have a wife yet…”

Commodus's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. Doing the mandarin duck music is a traditional skill of all emperors.

Zhang Heng was also startled, and hurriedly said before Kang Maode could speak, "...I actually have a lover."

"Oh, really, whose girl is this girl from?" Queen Crispina's curiosity was aroused.

"It's a female audience member of mine who was a commoner. We have been dating privately for a while." In order to prevent Commodus and his wife from leading him randomly, Zhang Heng had to make up a romance at random.

Crispina wanted to ask further, but she noticed a look of impatience on her husband's face. She finally suppressed her gossip and returned to the elegant posture that a queen should have.

Commodus continued, "I heard that you are now living by the Tiber River. The scenery there is nice, but it is too far from the palace. Sometimes I need my consultant to appear by my side as soon as possible. Moreover, you are renting a house, so you want to To really integrate into this city, you still need to have your own house. In that case, I will give you a Domus."

"This is too valuable, Your Majesty." Zhang Heng said.

"No, you deserve this. You handled the affairs in the southeastern city well before. The consultant is your job, but it is not a reward. Strictly speaking, the house is not. It is just to give you a place to stay. I will give it to you later. You pick a fiefdom," Commodus said enthusiastically, "but the land near the city of Rome has been divided, and there is still a lot of land in the local provinces, but it is too remote. You have to find people to take care of it for you. I will come back later. Let me choose for you."

Zhang Heng also had to admit that although later generations of historians used to portray Commodus as a useless emperor who betrayed his relatives, had bad habits, and died in an extremely shameful way, for now, the young man standing in front of him The emperor at least treated his own people really well.

He is actually already thinking about finding a fief for him. You must know that having a fief means that Zhang Heng has completely separated from the common people and become a noble. Considering that he has only been separated from the status of a slave for more than four months. , this speed is just like riding a rocket.