Chapter 273: Asistes' Advice

"Stolo, I just baked some bread with freshly ground flour, and it's still hot! It's delicious! Take some back and try it!"

"Stolo, have all the houses in Aventine been demolished? I heard that the city hall will be unified to build bigger and better-looking houses. Is it true?"

"Stolo, I saw people from the city hall come to your house in the afternoon, maybe something is wrong."

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The warm and caring words warmed Stolo. When he was claustrophobic at home by the Dionians, these neighbors still provided all kinds of help to his family as much as possible, which is why he was willing to use the The low price even gives them legal help for free.

He responded with a smile, and once again accelerated his pace home.

"Stolo, you're finally back!" As soon as he entered the room, his wife Konya rushed over and hugged him tightly.

"I'm fine, what's wrong?" Stolo asked softly, stroking his wife's back.

"In the afternoon, someone came from the city hall and emphasized that you must go to the city hall after you go home to see that Yaxi... Chief Executive of Steth. Stolo, this... will nothing happen? !" Konya looked at him worriedly.

"We have experienced the worst things, and we have survived smoothly, what else can be bad!" The experience of this period of time made the originally innocent and lovely noble wife almost become a bird of shock, Stolo Pinching her nose with her hand, she said with a pretense of ease: "It is very likely that the Dionians saw that I was doing well and were ready to give me more important tasks."

"Is that so? That's great!" Konya seemed to have taken it seriously when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "Stolo, when you go to the city hall to see the chief executive, you must tell him, Can you...can you let my mother and sister go home?!"

Stolo was taken aback: Since the families of the Romans who had fled to the Capitoline Hill were forced to go down the mountain, except for a small number of civilian families whose identities were verified by the city hall and released home, most of the rest of the noble families were detained. In the city, some were escorted to Sartnicum to persuade the defenders to surrender, while Stolo's mother-in-law was the wife of the famous Roman senator Ambestus, and the husband of Sister Konya was still leading the army in Saturnia. Qom's recalcitrant Roman general Servius, so the city hall would not release them easily.

Stolo had inquired about this a few days ago, but in the face of his wife's expectant gaze, he nodded and said, "Okay, I will go and ask the Chief Executive."

Konya immediately smiled and brought the dinner to the table herself, serving Stolo very thoughtfully.

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During this time, even at dusk, Rome's Town Hall is still very busy. The allocation and delivery of food and supplies to the two armies, the distribution of land, housing arrangements, etc. to the newly relocated Dionian citizens, the oversight of the autumn harvest and subsequent taxation, the upcoming Hades celebrations and The urgent organization and preparation of the rugby game... A series of complicated and urgent administrative affairs were placed in front of Asisters and his subordinates, urging them to complete them day and night. So when Stolo walked into the city hall and saw that the officials here were all working hard and walking like flying, he couldn't help but sigh.

When Stolo was brought into Asisters' office, Asisters had just sent off the officials of the Inspection Department. He was also almost 50 years old. He had been working at a desk for a long time, and he could not help but feel back pain. Stand up and stretch indoors,

Pacing back and forth, seeing Stolo coming in, he motioned him to sit down, while he continued to stand and speak: "Listen to Meinas, you have done a great job these days, especially helping the engineering team to resolve the problem in time. Several big clashes."

"They didn't have any contradictions, it was just because of communication problems." Stolo said cautiously.

"Different customs and habits, differences in ideology, coupled with language barriers and inability to communicate normally, lead to conflicts between old and new citizens... This is the most troublesome problem in maintaining order in our city of Rome today. This is not Little thing!" Asistes rubbed his forehead and said solemnly: "Just now the inspector came here to complain to me that there were too few Roman citizens who joined their inspection office and knew Greek, and even more literate ones. It always leads to them being unable to stop and persuade both sides of the conflict well when they perform their tasks, and sometimes it is easy to provoke even bigger conflicts. In the long run, it will not be conducive to the stability of Rome, so I decided to let you inspect place.

As far as I know, you used to be proficient in Roman law and often helped the civilians to defend themselves, so I want you to go to the inspection office and follow the inspection team to deal with various disputes in the city. What do you think of being the inspector? "

Stolo did not immediately agree, he thought for a while, with hesitation on his face, and tentatively said: "I heard that Dionia also has the position of tribune, which can help the people fight for their rights and safeguard their interests. I would like to take up this position in the future."

"Tribunal?!" The city of Yasisk was a little surprised, and he advised: "You may not have figured out that the tribune of Dionia is very different from the former Roman tribune, according to what I have learned. I know that your Roman tribunal is a major way for common people to enter the high-level city-state, and you can even participate in the Senate. The Dionysian tribunal seems to have more power. There are even elders, who can meet the king and point out the ills of a certain law... But once you become a Dionysian tribune, it means that you will no longer be able to succeed in other administrative positions, and the political arena of the kingdom. Insulation, this is to ensure the independence of tribunes and not be influenced by administrative officials, so Dionia's tribunes are basically made of Dionia who has no intention of developing in politics and wants to do something for the people. Most of them are middle-aged and elderly, and there are few young citizens who want to make a difference to become tribunes.”

Stolo did not know much about the details of the Dionysian tribunal, and when he heard this, he was a little stunned.

Asisters looked at him and understood some of his psychology, so he continued: "Actually, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Dionia treats all races in the country equally and will not deliberately be biased. Of course, if you I really want to do something for the Romans, serve as an inspector or become a judge, make excellent political achievements, and become a kingdom elder in the future, so that I can truly safeguard some rights and interests of the Roman citizens of Dionia in the Senate!

As far as I know, you and Sextus are good friends. He has made many military exploits and has taken up the position of captain. It is likely that in a few years he will be the captain of the Roman legion, even before he is 40 years old. Would you be willing to become a Dionysian elder? "

Stolo was shocked.

Seeing the sudden change in his face, Asisters knew that his words had an effect, he walked back to the desk, and sat down again: "This matter is related to your future development in the kingdom, you go back and think about it, and give it to me within two days. Just answer. I'll come to you this time, and there is one more important thing that you need to do. "

Speaking of which, Asisters looked directly at Stolo, and said in a deep voice, "I just received the battle report from His Majesty that the defenders of Satnicum have descended!"

Stolo was taken aback and asked involuntarily, "Satinikum garrison surrendered?!"

"It wasn't just Satnicum that surrendered, but Vilitre surrendered just a day later."

Asisters' words gave Stolo another blow, and he was stunned on the spot: Although he did not agree to go to Sartnicum to persuade him to surrender, he knew that his father was also very interested in Camelus. Knowing something, I thought that even if they were at a disadvantage, they would definitely resist to the end, but I didn't expect to surrender! As soon as Satnicum fell, the resistance of the Romans disappeared, and there was no possibility for Rome to recover at all!

Seeing Stolo sitting on the wooden chair with a fluctuating expression on his face, Asisters coughed softly: "Although the last time you climbed the Capitoline Mountain to persuade you to surrender, you were rejected. But I hope You go up again, and I think the surrender of the army of Camillous will have a certain impact on them on the mountain."

After a long while, Stolo replied feebly: "...I'll try my best, but I have a few questions to ask."

"you say."

Stolo asked eagerly, "My father... is he okay now?"

Asisters pondered for a while, and said solemnly: "I don't want to deceive you, but you must swear to the gods that you will not leak what I said, and I will tell you."

Stolo looked at Asisters in surprise, and then swore an oath to Jupiter.

"Actually, there was a plague in the city of Sartnicum, and the Roman generals had to"

Before Asisters finished speaking, Stolo exclaimed: "What?! Plague!" He immediately covered his mouth with his hand, but the hand trembled involuntarily.

Asisters immediately relieved him and said: "Plague is the most terrible disease in the eyes of you Romans, but we in Dionia have developed medicine and have a very deep research on the treatment of plague. His Majesty is calling doctors to deal with the disease. It is believed that many people will be able to recover after half a month.”

Stolo calmed down a bit, and asked eagerly, "Then does my father have..."

Asisters said calmly: "Your father has been infected and is being treated in the camp near the city of Satnecum. I suggest you don't visit him now, so as not to contract the plague. In addition, Satne Before the garrison of Qom surrendered, Camillous had died of illness... oh, and your brother-in-law, Servius, was also infected."