Chapter 322: Making Money

Luca was surprised that the mercenaries would defect so quickly. However, when he asked where Tiberius and Jurgen were, none of the mercenaries here could tell him. When he went to the Governor's Palace in Augusta-Treville, it was already empty.

"Could it be that he wants to use these mercenaries who were left behind to buy time for himself so that he can escape quickly? This trick is really powerful." Luca muttered to himself. This time it was not completely without any gain, because the mercenaries who turned against him brought him several senators from the Senate Council that was privately formed by Tiberius at that time, who had not had time to escape. This was a complete imitation of the Roman model. It was not difficult to see that Tiberius wanted to establish a principality of his own here.

"It's not us, it's Tiberius who forced us to serve him! We are all Roman citizens, and we want to save our lives under the hands of the traitor Tiberius."

These temporary senators were so frightened that they knelt down and trembled when they saw the victor Luca. Luca stood in front of them with his chest held high, holding the iron sword in his hand. They begged for mercy and put all the blame on Tiberius alone.

"Tiberius?" Luca was very curious about this guy, so he asked them, "Although I have heard a lot of stories about this guy, I have never seen him in person." He walked to one of the elders, squatted down and asked him, "Do you know what Tiberius looks like? And his body, I want to see what kind of person can tame this group of lawless thugs!"

The elder raised his hand tremblingly and pointed at the statue in front of the Governor's Palace. Luca turned around and saw that the bronze statue was wearing armor, holding up a robe with his left hand and holding a torch high in his right hand, like a savior.

"Oh, I thought it was to commemorate some Augustus!" Luca looked at the statue and stood up slowly. He walked slowly to the statue and turned around to ask the senator: "What do you know about Tiberius?"

The question was asked, but no one said anything. They had assisted Tiberius for so long, but no one knew Tiberius's background. This really surprised Luca.

"I'm sorry, General."

After a long silence, a senator finally stood up and said, "Tiberius has always been mysterious. He seldom interacts with us. We only know that he is a nobleman from Britannia. Because his land was lost, he was exiled here. Not many people can talk to him. We only know that he is the leader of the Bagauda Movement, and we don't know anything else!"

"The leader of the Bagauda movement?" Luca felt that this was ridiculous, because the Bagauda movement was nothing more than slaves resisting oppression, which would be used to praise the future generations. It was originally full of justice, but when he heard that their leader was actually a real Roman noble, he couldn't help but feel like a slap in the face, slapping the face that was gilded by the Bagauda movement.

"You just changed a slave owner, but you think you have gained freedom. How ridiculous!" Luca smiled and shook his head, then said to Andrew: "Hurry up and sell those prisoners of war. I'm still waiting for money. After all, they are still slaves. They were before and they are still now."

"Then Luca," Andrew asked before leaving, "what about these elders? After all, they once served our enemies."

"So what do you mean?" Luca asked back.

Andrew had his back to them. He didn't say a word. He just made a gesture of wiping his neck towards Luga and turned and left.

Luca agreed with Andrew's idea. After all, these senators were just a group of old citizens, but now they had become the enemy's senators. They did not have any noble titles and had nothing to do with the Roman Senate. Keeping them would be a disaster, so it would be better to get rid of them all at once.

"You have committed treason!" Luca cleared his throat and said to them loudly: "You should know this. Under Roman law, treason is the most unforgivable crime, which means you will not be able to escape death!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was horrified, and some old guys even completely ignored their so-called "dignity" as elders, curled up on the ground and cried loudly, begging for mercy.

At this time, Luca pretended to clear his throat again, and then said slowly: "But after all, there is no judge here to enforce Roman law!"

These words stopped the "elders" present from crying. They all raised their heads and looked at Luga with tearful eyes, as if Luga was pointing out a clear way for them.

"You understand." Lu Jia spread his hands and continued, "I will not be stingy with money. You should understand what I mean."

What Luca said pointed out a way of survival, which made the elders present's eyes roll. It seemed that they were thinking of ways to bribe Luca in their own unique way to satisfy him and save their own lives.

"Of course, if everyone wants to survive, they have to pay no less than fifty pounds of gold!" Luca said slowly, and stretched out five fingers. Although this was said lightly, it sounded like a threat to the elders. Fifty pounds! This was basically an astronomical figure.

"Then it's forty pounds, no less!" Seeing the elders looking embarrassed, Luca became reasonable. He put down a finger, looked at them patiently and said, "No less! If you don't pay, I will hang you on the cross. If you want to live, you must pay. Otherwise, not only your body but also your soul will be tortured!"

"As long as the money jingles, you will be spared from death. Of course, even if the end is approaching, your souls will be forgiven and enter heaven!" Luca stood in front of them and made the sign of the cross on his chest in a serious manner, vaguely like a priest, and instantly put on a sacred coat for himself.

"Yes! Yes!"

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The elders nodded repeatedly, and hurriedly stood up and ran back to their mansions followed by the soldiers. After a while, boxes of money and jewelry were brought out, and some even brought out the beauties in their own mansions. They hoped that this would be worth a good price.

Of course, this method of not needing to rob them and just handing them over was too civilized. Luga thought he was very useful, and no matter what they handed over, Luga accepted it all. The girls were naturally arranged to stay in the Governor's Mansion. Of course, if the girls were willing, Luga would be more than happy to share it with the soldiers who had been thirsty for a long time.

If they offered enough money, Luga would naturally promise to release them, because just these few elder nobles had made Luga rich.

(End of this chapter)