Chapter 374: Making Money
Luga was very surprised not to expect the mercenaries to defect so quickly, but when he asked where Tiberius and Γrgen were, none of the mercenaries here could say. On the way to the Doge's Palace in Augusta-Treville, it was already empty.
"Don't you want to use these mercenaries who were left behind to delay time for yourself so that you can run away quickly, this trick is really powerful." Luga muttered to himself, this time it was not completely unsuccessful, because the anti-water mercenaries brought him a few senators who had not yet had time to escape from the Senate Council that Tiberius had privately formed, which was a complete imitation of Rome, and it was not difficult to see that Tiberius wanted to establish a duchy of his own here.
"It's not us, it's Tiberius who forced us to serve him! We were all Roman citizens, and we wanted to save our lives at the hands of Tiberius, a traitor. β
These temporary patriarchs, when facing the victorious Luga, were already so frightened that they fell to their knees and trembled. Luga stood before them with the iron sword in his hand, and they begged for mercy, putting all the blame on Tiberius alone.
"Tiberius?" Luga was very curious about this guy, so he asked them, "I've heard a lot of stories about this guy, but I haven't seen him with my own eyes until now." So saying, he came to one of the senators, crouched down and asked him, "Do you know what Tiberius looked like?" And his stature, I just want to see what kind of person can tame this lawless mob! β
The senator trembled and raised his hand to point to the statue in front of the Doge's Palace, and Luga looked back to see the bronze statue dressed in armor, holding a robe in his left hand, and holding a torch in his right hand, like a savior.
"Oh, I thought it was in honor of which Augustus!" Luga looked at the statue and slowly got up. Unhurriedly, he walked up to the statue and turned back to the senator, "What do you know about Tiberius?" β
The question was asked, but no one squeaked, they had assisted Tiberius for so long, but no one knew the details of Tiberius, which really surprised Luga.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency."
After a long silence, one of the senators finally stood up and spoke, only to hear him say: "Tiberius has always been mysterious, he rarely deals with us, we only know that he is a nobleman from Britannia, because the land fell, so he is in exile, there are not many people who can talk to him, we only know that he is the leader of the Bagunda movement, and the others don't know!" β
"The leader of the Bagunda movement?" Luga felt that this was extremely absurd, because the Bagauda movement was nothing more than slaves rebelling against oppression, and it was to be used for praise in the future, and it was originally full of justice, but when he heard that their leader turned out to be a real Roman nobleman. I couldn't help but feel like a slap in the face, slapping this guy in the face of the Bagunda Sport gilded.
"It's just a different slave owner, but you think you've been free, ridiculous, ridiculous!" Luga shook his head with a smile, and then said to Andrew: "Hurry up and sell those prisoners of war, I'm still waiting for the money, after all, they are still slaves, they were, and they still are." β
"Luga, then." Before leaving, Andrew asked, "What about these patriarchs?" After all, they served our enemies. β
"And what do you mean?" Luga asked rhetorically.
With his back to them, Andrew didn't open his mouth to speak, just made a gesture to wipe Luga's neck and turned away.
Luga thought deeply about Andrew's meaning, after all, these senators were just a group of old citizens, but now they have become enemies, and they don't have any noble titles, and they have nothing to do with the Roman Senate.
"You have committed treason!" Luga cleared his throat and said loudly to them, "You should know that in Roman law, betrayal is the most unforgivable crime, which means that you will die!" β
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked, and some old guys even completely ignored the "majesty" of their so-called patriarchs. Curled up on the ground and wailed, begging for mercy.
At this time, Luga pretended to clear his throat again, and then said unhurriedly: "But after all, there is no judge here to enforce Roman law!" β
This sentence made the "elders" present stop crying, and they all raised their heads and looked at Luga with teary eyes, as if Lujia was showing them a clear way.
"You get it, too." Lu Jia spread his hand and said, "With me, I won't be reluctant to pay for money, you should be able to understand what I mean." β
When Luga said this, he pointed out a way out, which made the eyes of the elders present roll, and it seemed that they were thinking of a countermeasure to satisfy Luga by bribing them with their very unique means, so as to save their own lives.
"Of course, everyone can't pay less than fifty pounds of gold to survive!" Luga spoke unhurriedly, and held out five fingers, which, though said lightly, made the elders sound like they would ask for their names, fifty pounds! This is basically an astronomical amount.
"That's forty pounds, no less!" Seeing the embarrassed faces of these patriarchs, Lu Jia also became reasonable, he took a finger, looked at them tirelessly, and said, "No less!" If you don't take it out, I will hang you on the cross, and if you want to live, you have to take the money, otherwise not only your body, but also your soul will be tortured! β
"With the jingle of money, you will be spared death, and of course, even if the time is near, your souls will be forgiven and enter the kingdom of heaven!" Luga stood in front of them, drawing a cross on his chest as if he were a priest, and instantly clothed himself with a sacred garment.
"Yes! Some! β
The patriarchs nodded again and again, and hurriedly got up and ran back to the mansion where they were located, followed by the soldiers who followed them, and after a while, boxes of money and jewelry, and some even brought out the beauties of their own house, and they counted on this to be worth a good price.
Of course, this method of not having to loot them and handing them over obediently has to be said to be too civilized. Luga thought that he was very useful, and no matter what they handed over, Luga took it all, and the girls naturally arranged for it to enter the governor's palace, and of course, if the girl wished, Luga was even more willing to give it to the soldiers who had been in drought for a long time.
They called out enough money, and Luga naturally promised to release him, because these old nobles alone had already made Luga a lot of money.