Roman Slave Owner

"Uh-huh."

Little Emilia nodded with a smile.

Li Wei couldn't help touching his nose, is it really okay to arrange him in front of him?

"Glius, do you think we are right?"

At this moment Menenia said.

Li Wei's face was embarrassed: "This... this..."

"whee."

The two girls laughed like silver bells, and then whispered to Li Wei, pointing at him from time to time.

Li Wei vaguely heard something like a silly goose, which made him smile wryly.

What he didn't notice was that the captain of the guard, Scipio, looked at him with extremely unfriendly eyes.

Camillus came to settle down in Utica's mansion, and Levi thought about what he should do next.

He didn't quite believe the garrison of Utica, because it was the legion that Dumigios surrendered.

Do you want to go to the governor of Africa, Serabio? During the war, Li Wei had the right to appoint a temporary governor. For example, after Pompey pacified Sicily in history, he appointed his brother-in-law Menmus as the governor of Sicily.

After much deliberation, Li Wei realized that Serapio was the only one who had some ability under his command, so he hurriedly transferred him to serve as the governor of Africa.

I haven't met him when I went to Numidia, and I don't know what he is doing?

At this time, the captain of the guard, Scipio, walked in and said: "Attention everyone, everyone is not allowed to leave today, take a good rest, tomorrow we will accompany the Patriarch to attend a very important meeting."

Hearing this, the guards in the room wailed, and some even wanted to go outside.

Forget it, let's do it tomorrow, anyway, it's not in a hurry, Li Wei thought.

After announcing the order, the captain of the guard called Li Wei outside.

"Glius, you'd better stay away from Menenia in the future."

Li Wei looked at this person suspiciously, aren't you sick?

What happened to me and Menenia?

Even if you are jealous, you have to find the right partner.

"What if I stay away from her?"

Li Wei said with a smile.

"I promise you will regret it."

The captain of the guard sneered and said, a foreigner, he has more than a dozen ways to ruin him, even the Romans, and left here after speaking.

Li Wei gave a middle finger fiercely, who is it?

That night, Levi found a large number of people coming in and out.

These people wear all kinds of gorgeous clothes, and it is obvious that they are either rich or expensive.

The captain of the guard immediately gave Li Wei a disgrace and ordered him to keep watch today, but Li Wei was very angry.

After eating, Menenia found Li Wei again with a bowl of medicine, "How is your injury?"

"It felt really good, I felt like I could kill a cow."

Li Wei acted like a Popeye, and Menenia smirked and punched him lightly, "You are such a fool, and you are so funny, drink the medicine quickly."

"Can I stop drinking? You see, I'm completely healed."

Li Wei said with a bitter face that the medicine was too bad to drink, and he expressed great doubts about the medical level at this time.

Menenia immediately straightened her face and crossed her waist.

"Why are you disobedient again? If you tell you to drink, you can drink it. Don't talk so much nonsense."

Looking at the savage Menenia, Li Wei shook his head speechlessly, squeezed his nose and drank the medicine.

"That's good."

Menenia patted Li Wei's head lightly, like patting a pet, and Li Wei was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.

After finally suppressing his unhappiness, Li Wei asked, "Why are there so many people here tonight?"

"They are discussing the issue of contracting taxes tomorrow."

Menenia said.

"Contract tax?"

"Yes, Rome's taxes are all contracted by taxpayers, and they can even unite to bid for the tax of the entire province. Due to the war, Africa's tax contracting problem has not been resolved for a long time. In order to solve the tax contracting problem for the next year , the governor of Africa, Serabio, called all businessmen who are interested in contracting taxes to gather in Utica and bid."

"Tomorrow is the bidding meeting?"

Li Wei thought for a while and said.

Taxpayers are a lucrative business. The provinces need to hand over one-tenth of their income to Rome, which is commonly known as the tithe tax.

These taxes are collected by the taxpayers, and they take one-tenth of the tax as their own remuneration, that is to say, one percent of the income of the entire province will fall into the pockets of the taxpayers. How rich a person's income is.

"Yes. I heard that Governor Serabio let it go. Anyone who has a relationship with Scipio is not allowed to participate in the bidding. If it wasn't for Keleur's pressure, our master would not even be eligible to bid."

Menenia waved her small fist and said bitterly.

There is nothing wrong with this, the relationship between myself and the Scipio family is in dire straits, and Camillus did the right thing.

But Li Wei flattered Menenia and said, "You're right, this is really hateful."

Satisfied with Li Wei's acquaintance with Menenia, she continued: "And I also heard that he took a lot of bribes, set a lot of conditions, and excluded many Roman businessmen. He is really a corrupt official."

Li Wei was in a cold sweat, is there such a thing?

But accepting bribes seems to be done by every governor, and it would be abnormal if they don't accept bribes.

"Do you know who will be attending the meeting tomorrow?"

Levi asked.

"I heard that many important people will come, such as Keleur, and Pompey's butler, but I don't know their names, and..."

Menenia said that she seemed to be very interested in these gossips and knew many things clearly.

In addition to the stewards of Keller and Pompey, some upstarts in Rome also sent their men to fight for the fat here. After all, the taxpayers are sure to make money.

Li Wei felt uncomfortable for a while. He had already become the protector of many cities in Africa. He didn't expect so many people to fight for the fat. They didn't take himself seriously.

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The next day, Li Wei, who had been on guard in the middle of the night, was woken up from the bed in a daze before he could sleep well.

"Get up quickly, everyone is here, and you are the only one left."

When he opened his eyes, he found that the captain of the guard was gloating at him.

"What time is it?"

Li Wei glanced at the sky, and the sun was already high.

The captain of the guard snorted coldly. He had just warned him yesterday and talked to Menenia for such a long time. It was really shameless. Today he has a lot of good fruits to eat.

He left here directly, ignoring him.

Li Wei put on his clothes with black lines all over his face, and found that everyone had already gathered, and he was the only one left. Even Camillus was waiting for him. When he saw Li Wei who was in a daze, Camillus was so angry He cursed loudly.