Chapter 395: Immortal Merit
The reconquest of Dulocor Torham represented the return of the province of Ludug Gaul to the territory of the Western Roman Empire. Luga then officially handed over the province to Arecio, even though the war-torn province was already in tatters. The farm aristocracy outside the city was reluctant to take over, preferring to run the farmland adjacent to the city in the walled city.
As a last resort, Arecio distributed the land that the nobles in the province were unwilling to take over to the peasants, and let them run their own businesses, only by paying a certain amount of military food taxes to the provincial garrison and the governor Arecio to maintain the army's supplies and salaries, and stabilize the morale of the army. Moreover, when the field regiment was stationed in the province, it was also responsible for patrolling and maintaining stability, and the cavalry troops, assisted by scouts, went around to fight the stragglers of Ba Gouda, who had become robbers. In this way, the province was able to ensure peace as much as possible, and to maintain the production of the peasants, so that Ludug Gaul could return to its former prosperity as quickly as possible.
Luga proposed to gather together the rebel soldiers who had been captured and could not be sold, who were now notified to be enslaved by Luga, and that if they wanted to regain their freedom, they would have to work for Luga, and the task of cultivating land in uninhabited places was to grow and produce them. They were prescribed a certain amount, a contract of redemption, and as long as they produced honestly, they could redeem themselves with their own income within five or six years, and they could get the corresponding land for free, so that they would only have to pay the military tax to the governor like other civilians.
A series of generous treatments reassured the surrendering rebel soldiers and local civilians that the war had left them with little to spare and that they were in dire need of production. With sufficient conditions, Luga deployed the Fifth Lark Legion in Dulokortolam, constantly monitoring the movements of the Gothic side, and made the Fourth Auxiliary Legion act as a border guard in the province, before the real defense system was established.
Luga marched south with the Ninth Sanctioner Legion, and he relied on the plundered gold and other valuable things to repay the financing of the nobles at the time, which won the support of the local nobles, after all, a man of his word is easy to trust.
With two captured rebel leaders, Bill the Barbarian and the cautious Scar, Luga followed the modest road all the way south, eventually to the city of Rome.
Because the news of Luga's suppression of the rebellion of Bagdada always came faster than he himself, when Luga appeared outside the city of Rome, the city was crowded, and they even waited outside the city for Luga's arrival, and they cheered loudly for Luga's arrival.
Luga's army entered the city and once again passed under the triumphal arch of Constantine to the cheers of the citizens. Luga stood on the chariot this time, and he felt much more at ease than the last time, wearing a golden crown on his head, a brass muscular cuirass, and a red toga over it. The two arms were covered with thin chain mail that made the whole person sparkle in the light of the sun, and every wave of his hand caused the citizens to scream, and they cheered for the sight of Luga, and boiled for the sight of Luga's hand. They praised Luca's immortality and hoped that he would bring prosperity to Rome like Caesar. Or rather, to bring them a free lunch, to make them like this heroic, caring and wealthy guy even more.
Of course, when they saw the leaders of the rebels of Bagauda, they cursed at most, and they shouted at the two initiators of the rebellion, because they were the sinners who divided Rome and were the main culprits in the return to barbarism. They cursed the two bastards with the most vicious needs they could name, and crushed their cages with stones they could pick up.
It was an ordeal that the two of them could not be spared, and the two of them no longer had the heroism they had been, sitting in a cage, silently bearing the curses and curses of the Romans, who would soon die from the moment they entered the city.
Luga's chariot slowly came to the meeting in front of the Senate in Rome. In order to show Luga's immortal achievements, the senators naturally understood why Luga brought back the two rebel leaders. They set up two gallows in the center of the hall in order to execute the two rebels at the same time, so that the citizens of Rome could enjoy their painful struggles in the process of hanging. Luga led people to claim that this was a gift to the Senate, representing Luga's respect for them, and being able to share the fruits of victory was naturally very tempting for the senators who did not experience war.
"Hang him! Hang him! Hang him! ”
The citizens roared in unison, and the whole city of Rome was filled with such a voice, like a slogan echoing through the streets of Rome, as if Luga had rebelled against the will of the people if he had been a little late.
Naturally, Luga did not hesitate for a moment, and the soldiers dragged the two most vicious rebels out of the wagon, leaving them to bear the wrath of the townspeople. The two of them didn't say a word, and their whole faces were like ashes, Bill was fine, he knew that he couldn't escape, so he was much calmer, at least he could leave a trace of dignity in front of death.
And Scar, I don't know how much he was afraid of this gallows, as soon as he got out of the car, his legs went weak in an instant, and if it weren't for the soldiers on both sides, he would have collapsed to the ground, his face was like ashes, and his sweat was like rain. The whole person couldn't help trembling, his pale and bloodless lips trembled, he wanted to resist, but there was no way, and he walked towards the gallows step by step on the soldier's stand.
The execution, so that at a time when the Romans seemed very sacred, it was natural that the great hero Lugar himself presided over it. He stood on the gallows early, bowed his head and saw the two rebel leaders being carried to the gallows by the soldiers, and put ropes around the necks of both of them. With such an action, it has been proved that the two of them will be hanged for a certain thing, and then it is only necessary to wait patiently or rather, to send cheers to the heroes of Rome as a tribute.
"You end up dying as you deserve." Luga, enjoying the cheers of the townspeople, turned back to look at the two of them, and continued: "Believe me, countless barbarians who dared to dare to oppose the Romans have been hanged here, and of course, you are not the first, and naturally you will not be the last. ”
"Then I wish you, Flavies. Luga! At this point, Bill the Barbarian finally spoke, and he said fiercely, "Even if I die, my soul will stay here for a long time, watching with all the other heroes who have been slain here, watching you, and Rome behind you, consumed by our wrath, and of course you will end up like me." ”
"Oh?" Luga scoffed at the curse of the barbarian Bill, he held his head high, looked at Bill, who was blowing his beard and glaring at him, and said unhurriedly: "It seems that some people have forgotten their identity, but it doesn't matter, soon, you will understand." Looking at Scar, he lowered his head and trembled, his eyes closed, he was afraid that he couldn't wait for death, it was a relief after all.
With that, Luga waved his hand at the executioner, and the soldier deliberately jerked the lever, causing the two planks under the stage to fall down and hang them both in the air.
"Good! Good! Good! ”
The citizens of Rome had another orgasm over the suffering of these two guys, and nothing could have thrilled them so much.