"Before you take the helm, learn to paddle." - Aristophane's comedy "The Knight"

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Before the final vote, a long time wasted due to the farce and fighting in the Grand Plaza, so the elders asked the high priest Coppo to push the voting process, because they believed that now Pompei had entered the city and the nobles of the Senate had obtained a new "reserve team", and Caesar's faction was about to be defeated.

With Coppo nodding, Claudi, the guardian who was sitting in a cloak and watching the tiger fight on the sheep pen, ignored the rest of the guardians standing beside Bibruce, and jumped onto the podium. Then Caesar respectfully took out the wooden board engraved with his "land law". There were two pieces in total, one was handed over to Claudi and the other was handed over to the high priest Coppo Kilicus. The piece that Claudi received was soon responsible for lifting it to the memorial pillar of the Grand Square, which was enough to be noticed for all the people participating in the assembly to see; and the piece of Coppo was kept as a copy in the Temple of Jupiter as required by Lichnifa.

Next, Julius Caesar, who was standing next to the podium, looked at Pompeii standing next to him in a nervous voice, and asked in a weak voice: May I ask General Triomphe, General Pompeii, whether he has any doubts about his plan? If there is any, he can raise it now. He can EXNOVO of Pompeii's opinions, that is, after correction, submit it again.

"Dear Julius Caesar, I hope to give your opinions after listening to your reading of the plan, because I heard that you have a great talent for speech. Is it?" Pompei's arrogant speech to Caesar not only made Bibruce, Little Gatu and other veterans laugh happily, they knew that Pompei had no good intentions, but also made Pompei veterans who "guarded" the podium around him cheer.

As for the people who were originally in the square, they were silent at this moment. Even the sound of falling needles could be heard in the square. The people like to bargain in front of weak power, and faced with Pompey, who was full of veterans of the army, no matter how much disdain they had, they would never show even a little on their faces.

So, Caesar could only read the plan of the Land Law in a steady manner on the podium. The people of his speech no longer dared to cheer in wonderful places. The whole scene was very depressing.

Finally, Caesar ended his speech as if walking on the bumpy mountain road. Just as he turned his head and was about to ask Pompei or other veterans again if there was any objection, and when Pompei was about to raise his hand to speak, Cicero exclaimed again - Crasso, the old slippery man who mysteriously disappeared a few days ago, also walked along the street, surrounded by dozens of knights wearing cloaks and golden rings. He entered the square in a breeze. All the veterans and the people were whispering, consciously giving the passage to the Roman money tyrant, so that he could easily climb to the podium.

Seeing that Crassu also came to "support the boxing" as agreed before, Xiao Jiatu happily wiped away the blood stains left on his face when he was expelled and beaten by a mob (Since Caesar took office as the consul, Xiao Jiatu suffered repeated pains from the face, and was beaten by a stick. Now he has been unfriendly violence from the public), and laughed again. It seems that it is worth it to hand over the list of the flowers to the profit-oriented Crassu as a price.

"Before Gneus Pompeius expressed his opinion on this plan, even though I had retreated from the position of ombudsman, can I express my personal opinion on this matter?" Crassus' request had not yet ended. Cicero and Pompeius, who had had a deep friendship with him, actually took the lead in applauding, followed by most of the veterans and civil guards, and asked Crassus to express his valuable opinions.

Caesar's faction, such as Libida, Ebro, Claudi, etc., was so proud that he dared not breathe. Cicero noticed that the cunning Libida had begun to show his expression of "our failure is probably a foregone conclusion" on his face. He couldn't help but secretly turned the golden ring with his fingers excitedly to calm down his excited and happy mood.

Crassus cleared his voice in the silence, and then clearly said this briefly to the thousands of veterans and people: "I, Marcus Lisini, Crassus, said that he spared no effort to fully support the current Chief Consul Julius Caesar's new land law, and can be completely obeyed, so I am willing to oath."

Then, Crassus kissed and hugged Caesar indifferently, then threw down the stunned elders, cheered down their robes in a daze, and walked off the podium. Then, all the people and the knights cheered wildly.

As for Bibruce and Catholic, Crasso's brief few seconds of speech just now was like a black nightmare. You should know that Crasso's statement was equivalent to the entire Roman economic circle, which was dominated by knights, who had to fully support Caesar's policy. Catholic's excuse before was that the implementation of the Land Law lacked enough money...

At this time, what made Xiao Katu feel relieved was that Pompey looked at Crasso's back with disgust and walked towards the podium with an angry expression. Yes, it was true that Pompey hated Crasso deeply. In the year when they were in power together, they made no achievements because of the two of them fighting each other. This time, Pompey is definitely our last hope - Katu even had the impulse, and after this meeting, he would marry his two daughters to General Pompey.

When Pompei stepped forward, Caesar immediately flashed aside, and then, to everyone's surprise, Caesar held the wooden board engraved with the bill's entry and said to Pompei: "Dear General Triumph, this may be the case. If you have any questions about any entry in the bill, let me read the above entry in turn, and you will say whether you agree or object, or have a request for amendment."

Pompei smiled and nodded, expressing his agreement with Caesar's request.

At this time, the sweat on Cicero and Little Gatu's forehead was brushed off. They were smart people and had an unknown premonition in their hearts.

Sure enough, the next step was to enter the "feeling" stage between Caesar and Pompei. Whenever Caesar read out an item clearly in front of all the veterans and the public, he asked Pompei, "Do you agree?", and Pompei also said, "I agree completely" in front of everyone. Then, all the listeners burst into cheers, and then they showed off one by one, and the atmosphere in the square gradually reached "gaochao".

Little Gatu felt a moment of dazedness, and he was about to fall down. It was Cicero and Bibruce who supported him. He then smiled bitterly with tears and said to Cicero: "If this country will perish, then I will definitely be buried for it."
Chapter completed!