Chapter 308: Great Sequanolun

After staying awake all night, Luca and Anai just sat on the stone and snuggled up to each other. Everything was just like what they did in the abandoned house, except that Andrew was missing, which made things more natural for the two of them.

Happy times are always short. The moon is in the sky for just a moment before the sky in the east turns pale.

"Time flies!" Luca looked at the sun that was just beginning to show a hint of yellow and couldn't help but complain, because the rising sun meant that he would no longer stay.

“Tap, tap, tap…”

Before Luca finished his sigh, he heard loud and heavy footsteps behind him. Turning back, he saw a large number of troops in the form of a hundred-man square, coming to the village along the path. A horseman came riding, and on the horse was Andrew, who was fully armed.

"Hey, Luka!"

Andrew rode his horse behind them, looking at Lujia with her peach blossoms in full bloom, and Anai snuggling in Lujia's arms. Andrew, who was in a long-distance relationship, was naturally unwilling. He coughed a few times at Lujia with a sullen face, and said to Lujia in a hoarse voice: "Hey, General, are you ready? The 15,000 brothers behind you can't stand such a disgusting scene and a general who is dawdling!"

After saying this, Ana hurriedly got up from Luca's arms and smiled at Andrew shyly. The beautiful woman's apologetic smile made Andrew no longer know how to vent his dissatisfaction.

"Hurry up, Luca, the soldiers are still waiting!"

Andrew snorted in dissatisfaction, urged twice with a complaint, and then said no more.

"Okay, okay!" Luca waved at Andrew and turned back to say to Anais, "This time, I owe you a favor."

Ana smiled and nodded to Luka, climbed off his body, stood up and straightened his clothes. Luka then stood up and pulled Ana to the front of the carriage at the entrance of the village.

At this time, all the men, women, young and old in the village had come together. They gathered behind the old village chief and looked at the army that stretched as far as the eye could see. The old village chief's expression was even more unique. He must have known that he had offended someone he shouldn't have offended, but who would have thought that he would become so arrogant two years later. Naturally, he was filled with remorse. He didn't know what to do, so he could only stand at the front of the carriage and beg for Luca's forgiveness.

"Thank you for your hospitality!" Lu Jia straightened his chest and patted the old village chief's shoulder in a proud manner. This was strange. Every time Lu Jia patted him, the old village chief became shorter. Coupled with the panic on his face, Lu Jia could see at a glance that he was guilty!

He still had hope, so he just let it go on like that. Luga didn't pursue the matter. After all, they were all trying to survive, and there was no right or wrong.

Luka got on the carriage in front of the old village chief. The carriage started slowly under the coachman's shouting. The old village chief breathed a sigh of relief when the carriage was far enough away. The guests had gone far away, but he was still standing there in a daze, probably thinking about how he treated Luka and regretting his behavior. Or maybe it was just luck that he didn't stay. Who knows? Maybe only he himself!

The capital of the province of Great Sequanorum is Vesantio. It was here that Augustus missed Luca, but now Luca has returned here as a victor. The city is still the same as before, but the focus of the nobles who come to pay their compliments is no longer Augustus or Litorius, but Luca.

After many excuses along the way, Luca finally reached the Governor's Palace in a stop-and-go manner. As he walked up, he saw slaves cleaning the place because there hadn't been a Governor here for a long time. The power was only held by the elders "elected" by the people, and the Senate they formed shared a lot of power in this province. Now Luca exercised the power of the Governor and moved into Visentio's Governor's Palace. As he walked in the corridor of the Governor's Palace, slaves kept kneeling on both sides of the road.

"So many slaves?" Luca had never been treated like this before, and he was a little uncomfortable facing so many slaves at once.

"I heard that the elders selected their own slaves to serve the governor." Andrew followed behind him and continued, "They are responsible for the sanitation and other aspects of the governor's mansion. The news of your becoming the governor always came faster than you did. They worked so carefully, so they naturally have expectations for you."

"What can I promise them? More power?" Luca snorted as he walked over. "I don't care about their internal affairs when I come here. They are just afraid that my arrival will disrupt their existing order. I don't interfere with their internal affairs. I just need them to pay taxes on time and keep their granaries full. I have no other requests."

Soon, the clerk following behind recorded Luca's words and retreated, and according to Luca's instructions, delivered the oral order to the Senate not far away. At least here, he could not ruin his relationship with the elders. Being able to stabilize this province was of great significance to Luca's future planning.

As soon as he opened the Governor's office, Luca was surprised to find that there was someone sitting in the office. Luca looked carefully and asked in surprise: "Alessio, why is it you?"

Alessio then slowly raised his head, looked at Luca, and said with a smile: "Luca, you've been taking so long to get here." Then he stood up, walked in front of Luca, handed him a stack of parchment and said to Luca: "Take a look, this is the specific situation of Belgian Gaul that you want."

Luca took the parchment, which was densely written with Latin words of all sizes.

"Very detailed." Lu Jia couldn't help but sigh in amazement: "Did your insider provide all this?"

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Alessio said nothing, just nodded.

"It seems that the lives of the Bagauda members are not peaceful either." Luga sighed as he watched, thinking that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The barbarians had neither the ability nor the idea to get involved in this huge province because they were inextricably linked to each other. But now that Luga was here and knew their detailed background, he was naturally full of confidence in regaining the province.

"Of course, they are a bunch of poor people after all." Aresio said disdainfully: "The rich hid the huge wealth before leaving, and these fools who only have brute force but no brains naturally can't find it. As the team grows bigger, their already meager economy is immediately stretched in front of the huge army. The money from looting alone is not enough for their main leaders to share. Now the contradictions are becoming more and more acute, so they have split into various leaders of different sizes and each is doing their own thing. Those who can feed their soldiers will naturally be supported, but they don't know how to manage and can only plunder, so the subjects of the fallen provinces are eager to return to the Roman model. But Luca, don't forget that my help to you is not free!"

"I will try my best, but we are far from strong enough now!" Luca put down the parchment, thought for a moment and said to Alessio and Andrew, "I plan to find those nobles for financing, especially those from the occupied provinces, and let them raise money, which we will use to expand our army and strengthen our strength. After we recover the lost territory, we will guarantee their original rights and interests in the occupied areas."

(End of this chapter)