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The news of the victory spread to every corner of the Julius family's territory. People rushed to tell each other and drank wine to celebrate. Especially Aretien, the traditional territory of the Julius family, the whole city celebrated for three days, and in

A grand safari was held outside the city. The expenses were paid by Julius's nobles for Caesar's victory.

While the whole city was celebrating the victory, with smiles on everyone's faces, only one person was in an extremely bad mood. He was the 15-year-old Octavian, Caesar's nephew and adopted son.

In the morning, Octavian went to the city's large public bathhouse to take a bath as usual. The public bathhouse was a place for Roman citizens to enjoy themselves. It contained not only bathrooms, taverns, meeting rooms, libraries, and even basilica.

Romans loved bathing as much as their daily diet. At the same time, the bathhouse was also a place for communication. Officials planned policies here, and merchants completed transactions here. In short, everyone who came here could achieve their goals.

Purpose. To move their careers forward while taking a shower.

The whole bathhouse was filled with the joy of victory. It seemed that everyone who came here today had the same goal - to celebrate victory. Officials no longer talked about political affairs, businessmen also stopped noisy transactions, and even those charming people stopped talking about political affairs.

The passionate girls were all talking about this victory with the guests. It seemed that they also had a share of the credit for this victory. This made Octavian's mood extremely bad.

In fact, he had no sinister intentions and hoped that his adoptive father would be defeated. There was no doubt about his loyalty to the family. He was also mentally pleased with his adoptive father's victory, but what made him unhappy was that in this civil war, he was young and energetic.

He wanted to lead an army on an expedition and asked his adoptive father to allow him to perform meritorious service on the battlefield. However, his father refused. He believed that he was still young and had no experience in leading an army and would hand over victory to the enemy. This reason

As a result, Octavian's self-esteem was hit. During the year when his adoptive father was away, he had been depressed at home. Until the news of victory came, his inner loss became more obvious. He fantasized more than once that he would lead an army to sweep across the Mediterranean.

The barbarians abandoned their armor and fled. After the victory, he was admired and recognized by the people, who recognized him as a Roman general who was as brave and good at fighting as his adoptive father and cousin Antony.

The slave Quintus who was guarding the door of the bathhouse saw his master Octavian coming out of the bathhouse with a gloomy look on his face. He knew that the topic of the Southern Victory everywhere in the bathhouse must have made the young master unhappy, so he

Leaving the bathhouse so quickly, otherwise the owner would stay here for a whole morning before going back satisfied.

"Master, why don't you wash it?" Quintas asked knowingly.

Octavian didn't say anything. He took the reins of the horse from Quintus with a straight face, got on the horse, and drove away. Quintus and the two guards also jumped on the horse and followed.

After the heavy snowfall, the streets of Aretien were still bustling with people. Both sides of the stone-paved avenue were filled with shops and various public facilities. People shuttled here for their own purposes. A few beggars saw Octavian riding a tall horse.

, they gathered around and begged, hoping that this young noble boy could give them a full meal on this cold day.

Octavian looked at the beggars who were dangling in front of him with begging words and turned back to look at Quintus behind him without saying a word. Quintus immediately understood the master's intention and immediately took the money from the money bag.

He took out a few coins and left them on the ground. The beggars immediately swarmed up and made way for Octavian.

At a roadside market, merchants from the north were displaying the Gallic slaves they had just trafficked from Pattavien on a large platform.

The slaves on the stage were naked even in the snow, and were chained like animals. Both men and women were disheveled, with their heads bowed and silent. But the scene below the stage was completely different, with a large number of nobles in the city.

They crowded with the slave owners, making noises, stretching out their white arms and blushing, and bargaining with the merchants on the stage. The voices became louder and louder.

The businessman on the stage pulled out a tall female slave from the pile of slaves. He grabbed her hair and shouted: "Pure-bred Gallic woman, look at these breasts, look at this ass, and

If you buy a good cow and take it home, it will definitely give birth to the most capable little slave!!! For 3 gold coins, you can take it away!"

"I'll give you 4!!"

"I'll give you 5!!"

"I'll pay five and a half."

"I'll give you 6, no one can argue with me. My family just needs a Gaulish girl who can breed! Sell it to me!" a fat white man yelled, covered in foam.

"Deal! 6 gold coins, this cow is yours!" the businessman shouted

Everyone cheered! The fat man walked up to the stage, reached out and took the chain, and hurriedly touched the female slave's body here and there to check. He also opened the woman's mouth and looked at the teeth. After that, he held his hand with satisfaction.

The slaves left.

Octavian stopped his horse and watched this scene quietly from behind the crowd. Looking at the slaves on the stage, he was thinking in his mind that if I come to fight this battle, I will definitely be able to go straight to the Gauls' lair.

, kill their leader, capture more slaves, and maybe get a heavy reward from the Senate. Let people in the whole republic know the name of Octavian Julius, and write this name into the history books.

"Let me go! You fat pig of dirty Rome!" A thin Gallic slave girl waved her arm and blocked the merchant's hand from her hair, cursing in harsh Roman dialect.

"Haha, this Gallic woman is so fierce." The crowd in the audience burst into laughter.

The merchant was not angry at the slave's resistance. Instead, with a raging smile on his face, he looked at the beautiful woman and said with a smile: "My little beauty, I will not be angry with you."

"Pull her up" the businessman ordered his men.

Two tall servants pulled the Gallic woman up, and one of them grabbed her hair and exposed her face.

"Look at this fierce Gallic woman. She is an extraordinary slave. Not only is she beautiful, but the barbarian traitor told me that she is the daughter of the leader of the Gaulish Patavien tribe. She is of noble birth. Buy it back and let you

Have fun and punish these Gauls in your own way."

"I will pay 10 gold coins"

"I'll give you 15!"

"I'll give you 20!"

"I will offer 30"......

The voices in the audience grew louder and louder. These nobles and slave owners looked at this beautiful naked Gaul woman, their eyes filled with excitement and greed. They couldn't wait to possess this woman.

"I'll pay you 100 gold coins!"

Everyone looked back following the sound, with expressions of surprise on their faces.

Octavian jumped off his horse and walked into the crowd with Quintus and the guards. All the people consciously made way for him. Everyone in this city knew this man. The Julius family thought that

The proud young man Octavian strode up to the high platform, smiled and said to the merchant: "Dear Sir, I will pay 100 gold coins to buy this Gallic woman as a gift to celebrate my adoptive mother's birthday!" (To be continued!)

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