Roman Slave Owner

"Ok, I see."

Caesar said helplessly.

"I will send 600 cavalry to protect you, be careful on the road."

Levi said.

"Yes, General."

Caesar said.

Not long after he left, soldiers came in.

"Report to the general, the former Syrian king Antioch asks for an audience."

Hearing this, Li Wei's face showed a gloomy expression.

In the past, Antioch and the kings of many small countries had been begging him to help restore the country, but he refused, but now it is time to negotiate terms with him.

"Let him in."

Not long after, Antiochus walked in with a radiant face.

"Great General Li Wei, I heard that you drove away Mithridates. On behalf of the Syrian royal family, I came here to express my sincere congratulations! May God of War Mars be with you forever!"

Hearing this, Li Wei showed disdain.

Syria is subjugated, so where can the Syrian royal family come from?

"If you want to restore the country, I'm afraid you are thinking too much. I will not restore the country to Syria."

Levi said.

Antioch's expression changed drastically, "General, what do you mean? Don't you plan to attack Armenia?"

"It's hard to say. If he rejects my proposal, I will probably attack Armenia again."

Levi said.

"Didn't you restore Diotarus to the country? Why can't you restore the country to us?"

"I needed a strong ally at the time, so I restored him. Now I have enough allies, so there is no need to restore Syria."

Levi said.

"So what are you going to do with Syria?"

"Set up the province of Syria.

"

Li Wei's words pierced Antioch's heart like a sharp knife, and Antioch's face turned pale.

The gods are so unfair that Syria was first destroyed by Armenia, and then it was designated as a province by Rome.

"but..."

Levi said.

Hearing this, Antioch immediately came back to his senses, as if he had caught a life-saving straw, he quickly asked, "But what?"

"If you can make great achievements in this battle, I can let you rule Syria in the name of mandate, but you still have to obey the orders of the governor of Syria, and the territory of rule will be greatly reduced."

Levi said.

Armenia's territory is really too big. With the help of these kings of subjugation, Armenia will easily fall apart.

"Mandate?"

Antioch said doubtfully.

"Yes."

Levi said.

Some of the provinces of the later Roman Empire were ruled by appointment, such as Palestine, which still had its own ruler, but it was necessary to pay taxes to Rome and obey the orders of the governor.

This is completely unimaginable in the East, and there are often kings in the country.

Hearing this, Antioch was extremely moved.

Although there is a Syrian governor on his head and he has to pay taxes to Rome, it is better to be a Syrian prince than to be a subjugated monarch.

"Besides, there are several conditions."

Li Wei said, for example, the Holy Church must be established as the state religion, and become his protector, etc. The conditions are similar to those of Galacia.

After saying this, Li Wei started to see off the guests.

"Go back and think about it."

"Okay, this time I sent a gift to the general, I hope the general can accept it."

Antioch forced out a smile and said.

"Then I will accept it on behalf of the soldiers."

Levi said.

Since someone gave gifts, he was not polite, just to subsidize the military.

In fact he never took bribes because he was rich, even richer than these kings.

Moreover, he has always kept in mind the fate of Scipio. Generals with too much credit are often hated or even suppressed by the Roman Senate, and his past will definitely be investigated.

Antioch heard what he meant, and left here with a sigh.

But he hasn't given up yet. The reason why Li Wei agreed to the founding of Diotaros is because he gave some special gifts. Maybe he should ask Diotaros.

Inside the Capua Batiatus Gladiator Training School.

Some gladiators were having a meal, and at the same time bragging how brave they were in today's match, beheading the enemy with ease.

Some looked sad because two of them died in the arena.

Curius and Spartacus were queuing up for dinner while listening to their chat.

After getting along these days, the two of them have become best friends.

"I didn't expect two more people to die. The arena is really cruel."

Spartacus said with a sigh.

"Yeah, most gladiators will die if they don't win a few games, and those who can survive are the real strong."

Curius said, "It's a pity that General Li Wei doesn't run a gladiator training school, otherwise it would be great if he could become a gladiator under him."

"why is that?"

Spartacus asked.

"Because General Li Wei stipulated that his gladiators would be free as long as they won ten games. Some are said to have won freedom after only participating in two games, which is simply enviable."

Curius said with a look of fascination.

"Why would he do that?"

Spartacus asked.

"Who knows? But he is known as the most merciful slave owner."

Curius said.

"It's a pity that Mercy ended up with betrayal, so he stopped running a gladiator training school."

That's when Kress interjected.

"Oh, why don't I know, what the hell is going on?"

Curius said.

"This incident has gone crazy in Capua. It is said that after Li Wei defeated the King of Numidia in the expedition to Africa, he led the guards and was hijacked by two gladiators he used to serve while hunting lions. So Li Wei hated gladiators very much from then on."

Kress said with a complicated expression.

Gladiators like Li Wei are very fond of them, and many gladiators are willing to be his subordinates, but unfortunately they are all disturbed by those two gladiators.

"It turns out that there is such a thing, I don't even know."

Curius said.

"Of course Li Wei didn't want to admit this kind of embarrassing thing. He said that he was visiting privately on Weibo."

Kress said with a laugh.

Spartacus was also silent for a while, he never thought that Li Wei would have such a past.

"Okay, here is your meal. You performed very well today, the master said, add more meat to you, and you can also enjoy a small jug of wine."

At this time, the rice cooker beat some rice into Kress's bowl, added a few slices of meat for him, and brought him a small jug of wine.

"Hahaha, I can drink again."

Kress laughed and said, after taking the wine, he drank it in big gulps.

Looking at the fragrant pieces of meat and wine, Spartacus and Curius swallowed hard.

They had never tasted meat nor drank wine since becoming slaves.

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