Leaving the aristocratic party, Sheila walked home. All she could think about along the way was what to talk about, and the more she talked, the more she realized that her thoughts weren't as straightforward as they had been at the beginning. The initial struggle to put together a set of rhetoric seems too naïve at this point, full of wishful thinking and all sorts of self-righteous ambiguity.

At this time, Sheila finally found the reference point, and poverty and hunger could not be solved by robbing the nobles and the grain farmers alone. Even if all those people's granaries are emptied this year, what will happen next year? Food doesn't grow out of the land on its own, and weeds continue to grow in a few parts of Sheila's land, desperately competing with peppers for sunlight, water, and nutrients. Every once in a while, pull weeds, loosen the soil, and apply fertilizer. This is the only way to ensure the normal growth of peppers.

Every time she finishes working on a few points of the field, Sheila only feels as if she is about to fall apart. The maid had to help her to the bathroom so that she could have some strength to sit down and take a shower. More than a month in the vicinity of Ankara made Sheila realize how hard the peasants had to work. In order to solve the food problem, it is necessary to increase production, and it is necessary to reduce labor intensity through various new steel farm tools.

Just thinking about it, the alarm bell rang again on the street. When the people on the street were surprised, groups of soldiers rushed into the streets to drive the residents to their homes. Sheila put down all her thoughts and ran desperately to her home, while the crowd on the street was already shouting that the peasants outside the city were starting to attack the city.

Seeing Sheila desperately pulling the doorbell outside the gate, the maid hurriedly opened a small crack for Sheila to squeeze in. Immediately closing the door, the maid sighed, "Miss, we are worried about you. ”

Before the words fell, the mother had rushed from the living room to the front hall, seeing that Sheila was unharmed, and the mother didn't know what to say, she was silent for a while before she said, "Next time you are not allowed to go out alone." ”

Sheila didn't care, she patted the dagger she was carrying under her clothes, and knew that bragging about the martial arts she had begun to learn would only worry her mother more. At this time, my father also went downstairs, and the family talked for a while, and Sheila relayed what she had heard, and someone shouted that the peasants outside the city had begun to attack the city. Sheila herself didn't believe it, and a group of peasants didn't carry siege weapons, and coming to siege the city was no different from committing suicide. There were tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in Constantinople, and probably only the troops of the province of Europa were able to break through the walls.

After hearing this rumor and Sheila's evaluation, my father looked thoughtful, but my father has been like this recently, and Sheila is used to it. When everyone gathered around the table after eating, Sheila's mother sighed, "It's such a mess, the truth Cicelius can also be at home." ”

Sheila felt that her mother's idea was too good, she looked unafraid on the surface, but in fact she was also uneasy. In the past, the emperor sent troops to exterminate the rebels, and the enemy was the attacked side, and he was far away from Constantinople. Now there are big tickets outside the gates of Constantinople...... Enemy? Perhaps we should not call the poor peasants enemies, they still eat and sleep outside on such a cold day, but it is actually very bitter. Even the provincial office of Europa secretly provided the peasants with tents and bedding. Many people can't stand such a cold day. Now I think that Baseleus refused to meet with the peasant representatives, and probably had the intention of expecting the cold to disperse the peasants by itself.

If my brother was at home at this time, this regimental officer would definitely be able to protect the whole family well.

After dinner, Sheila pulled back the curtains on the large window a little and looked inside. There were no more pedestrians in the streets, but it was not long before legionnaires patrolled the streets. Outside, it was dark and dark, and the torches illuminated the heavily armed figures of the legionnaires.

As soon as the curtains were tightened, I heard the doorbell of the gate ringing outside the door. Sheila opened the curtains again, a little frightened. Then I saw a group of soldiers holding torches and standing outside the door...... At least two carriages are behind. A soldier with a torch is pulling the doorbell. Sheila hurriedly closed the curtains and walked briskly to the living room with her chest clutched. Seeing that her mother had arrived in the living room, she nervously asked Sheila, "Who is at the door?" ”

"You don't have to worry." Sheila's father's voice came from the second floor. When I looked up, I saw that he was wearing a formal suit for going out, and he was still carrying the handbag that Sheila had bought for him. It was a handbag for scholars, made of calfskin, which was specially made of local Athens. There are several layers inside, which can be used to hold documents, notebooks, and papers. There is also a small net pocket on the side for ink bottles and stationery boxes. Make sure that as long as the handbag is upright, the ink will not spill.

Sheila looked at her father as if he was ready, and she was even more nervous. Then my father came down the stairs and said to Sheila's mother, "I will not come back tonight, but I will try to come back tomorrow." If you don't come back, I'll send someone to let you know. Close your doors and windows. ”

After saying that, Sheila's father hugged Sheila again and told the maid to wait for him to go out and close the door. Sheila was uneasy, ran back to the bedroom and took the short knife into her arms, and when she came out, she saw that her father was about to leave the room, and she hurriedly followed her father out.

When she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Sheila found that there were not two carriages outside the door, but several. Next to each carriage were legionnaires, who seemed to have people in them. The door of one of the carriages opened, and out came a man dressed in the same way as his father. The two sides simply said, "It's up to you" and "Okay, let's go." Sheila's father opened the door and went out, and got into the carriage with the similarly dressed man.

Immediately, a soldier jumped on the pedal next to the carriage, and it was usually the attendant or guard who stood in that position, so that it was convenient to jump down at any time to clear the people in the way and allow the carriage to move smoothly. Now the streets are empty, where can there be people in the way?

The maid had already closed the door at this time, and she gently pulled Sheila and whispered, "Miss, let's go back." ”

Sheila didn't move, she watched the last carriage leave, watched the soldiers who followed the carriage disappear into the night on horseback, and stood for a while before walking into the house.

My father didn't come home that night, and early the next morning, the office sent someone to tell Sheila that she didn't have to go to work for the next few days and that the office was on holiday. At noon the whole city was closed to traffic, and in the afternoon someone brought a letter from his father, and when he opened it, he saw his father's beautiful handwriting, and he did not return home in the evening. One day, two days, three days, Sheila only felt more and more uneasy, and her father had not returned. Although there was a letter every day, Sheila even wondered if it was a forgery. On the afternoon of the fourth day, the father's letter also did not arrive on time, and the army on the street closed all the streets. Sheila had no idea what was going on outside, and her mother couldn't help crying, and Sheila wanted to comfort her, but she wanted to cry herself.

In the evening, the sky was overcast, and it seemed that it was going to rain again. Sheila suddenly heard the doorbell ringing and hurriedly armed herself with a short knife before going downstairs. When I got to the antechamber, I saw that the door was open, and the maid had already gone out. When he reached the door, he saw his father striding over. Sheila only felt a sore nose and threw herself into her father's arms when she went out. Before Sheila could cry about her worries, she heard her father excitedly say, "It's a success!" Sheila, we made it! Baseleus is going to rebuild the Senate and the Lok Sabha! ”

Sheila already had tears on her face, she didn't care about the Senate and the House of the People, as long as her father returned safely.

It rained for the next two days, but there were many more people in the streets. Not only was the legion unregulated, and the inhabitants of Constantinople, who had been confined to their homes for several days, were once again free to move, but the peasants who had petitioned outside the city were also released into the city. Sheila heard from her father that the peasants were miserable during the days of the petition. Many people fell ill or even died, and the reason why the whole city was controlled was that the peasants, who could not stand it, wanted to rush into the city and a brawl broke out with the legions.

However, Baseleus, under pressure from his ministers and the pleas of the nobles, finally made a compromise and accepted the advice of scholars led by Tiberius, and really rebuilt the Senate, the House of the People, and the City Council, and even ordered the restoration of the position of tribune, which has been passed down in history. At this stage, Barcellus did not completely compromise, and in the time of the Five Wise Emperors, the Roman Senate and the House of the People became an advisory body, and then with the gradual decline of Eastern Rome, these two institutions simply disappeared. The rebuilt Senate and the Lok Sabha did not have as much power as they had historically, and Baseles said that he would gradually transfer some of its power to the Senate and the Lok Sabha depending on the situation.

The power now vested in the Senate was to determine the area of land to be included in the Eastern Roman Empire's grain marketing system each year, and to propose quotas for local and imported grain for that year. The Lok Sabha, on the other hand, ordered the city council to submit a census to determine the total amount of food rationed each year based on the counted population.

In short, it was a solution to the current social predicament of the Eastern Roman Empire, with the aim of providing as much as possible a platform for consultation between producers and eaters through the Senate, the House of the People, and the City Council. The purpose of reinstating the tribune is to prevent the passage of certain decisions that harm the people.

When my father returned home, he rested for only one night, and was picked up by a carriage the next day. It's just that he came home again in the evening, and he didn't stay all night like the other day. Sheila also received a notice from the office asking Sheila to go back to work immediately. As soon as she arrived at the office, Sheila was shocked, and the inside of the office was full of people. Just by looking at the appearance, you can see that they are all farmers.

Xie Song assigned the task to all the compradors in the office, and the immediate task was to provide medical care to the peasants, too many of whom had fallen ill or had already contracted the disease. In the winter, they walked back to their hometowns, but they were afraid that many people would die on the road. Sheila and other compradors were going to help these poor people together with the people in the office. After the convening meeting was over, Xie Song called Sheila again and asked her to go back and gather some people to help. The number of these sick farmers is too high and the office is understaffed.

Xie Song finally said: "Tell them that we will pay them wages on a daily basis, pack food, and give them food." Go ahead. ”

When Sheila left the office, she saw that the peasants were all sickly-looking, and she felt a little unbearable. She didn't know anyone, so she had to run back to the old street and ask the neighbors to come out and help. When they heard that they were going to help the peasants outside the city, the neighbors were very upset, and one of them immediately said, "These people are going to rebel, whatever they do!" ”

Sheila smiled bitterly and said to her angry neighbors, "These people are really annoying, but they are sick, they have been punished, and they are not allowed to die. I hate them as much as everyone else, but I think if they were guilty, the court would have sent legions to destroy them. Since the court has allowed them to go into the city to rest, no matter how much we hate them, they will not be guilty of death. ”