dognovel Chapter 523 Scipio's Vigilance
Chapter 523 Scipio's Vigilance
The prosperity of Qin had already made Rome lose its will to fight.
To put it bluntly, if Daqin is offended and he is not happy, he doesn't even need to send troops to crusade, he just needs to close the trade with Rome.
It won't be long before Rome's overall economy collapses.
At that time, in addition to countless civilians who will suffer from cold and starvation, the nobles in Rome will also encounter an unprecedentedly powerful economic crisis.
After all, they benefited the most from the trade between Qin and Rome, so when the trade is impacted, they will naturally suffer more losses.
I can't beat it again and again, and my economic lifeline is still controlled by others.
Under such circumstances, the great nobles in Rome had no choice but to confess the Great Qin.
Therefore, for Scipio, who has already made peace with Daqin, he can only let himself be powerless to resist, and dare not resist.
"It's been a while since I promulgated the new tax code. Have you encountered any difficulties in the taxation process? How is the current taxation situation in Rome?"
Scipio asked.
More than ten days have passed since the implementation of the code, and Scipio really wants to know how much the taxation process and tax amount will change before and after the promulgation of the new code.
"When we first collected taxes, we did encounter difficulties. For example, some nobles refused to hand in, and even wanted to use his private army to force us to expel us. Fortunately, when we took out your decree, they It will be ready soon.”
"And in the process of collecting taxes afterwards, apart from the shortage of manpower due to the need to collect so much noble taxes, I have not encountered any other obstacles."
"In addition, since the nobles began to pay taxes, our treasury has surged billions of dollars in taxes every day, and this is only the off-season for shops. After the peak season for shops in a few months, I believe this number will increase. Keep going up!"
This hot beauty, with a blush on her face, followed Scipio's detailed report.
"The group of nobles are really rich. It's just a day's tax, which is almost equal to the sum of the previous three or four months' tax."
Scipio couldn't help sighing with emotion, but what was more in his heart was his anger towards these nobles.
When their Roman army was at war with Carthage, Scipio asked the nobles for help many times because the treasury was empty, but they refused every time on the grounds of lack of money.
Now it seems that they don't have any money, but because they are greedy and selfish.
"By the way, is there any new news from Hannibal's side?"
Scipio suddenly thought of his old rival.
In recent days, due to the reform of various laws in Rome, he has been busy with various political affairs in Rome all the time, and he has no time to do other things at all.
Therefore, he has not paid attention to the defense situation between Rome and Carthage for a long time.
"According to the reports from the spies sent by our army, Hannibal has been relatively peaceful recently and has not made any military plans against our Roman army."
"And the spies reported that they saw that a considerable part of the long-term Carthaginian army was gradually withdrawing to the rear by transferring camps. There were also rumors and turmoil within the Carthaginian army. plan to retreat."
While drawing circles on Scipio's chest with her hand, the sexy beauty explained the situation of the front line of defense in detail.
"Retreat? Isn't that Hannibal's style?"
Scipio took away the restless hand of the beauty, frowned and muttered to himself.
After such a long-term battle, Hannibal has always been an evenly matched opponent. Scipio has already done a very detailed study of Hannibal, and he also has a very good understanding of his character.
Ferocious as a jackal and cunning as a fox are exactly what Scipio said of Hannibal.
Moreover, Hannibal was able to defeat the Roman army several times when the whole army was at a disadvantage, which shows that his military command ability is extremely high.
How could a person like this be willing to withdraw his troops before defeating their Roman army?
"Are you sure you have investigated the situation around the defense line? It is very likely that Hannibal created a blindfold for us. In fact, he is hiding in a certain bush, waiting for our Roman army to take advantage of the situation when he takes it lightly. Army sneak attack!"
Scipio asked again.
"Your Excellency the Consul, we have already checked very carefully, and repeated the inspection several times. In order to prevent the situation you just mentioned from happening, we even let go of some small valleys, but it is true No trace of Hannibal's army lurking."
"I think it should be those Carthaginian nobles who were terrified when they heard the news that Your Excellency married Daqin, so they called Hannibal back immediately, for fear that they would offend you and Daqin."
The sexy beauty guessed so.
"If you put it that way, there is indeed such a possibility."
Scipio nodded approvingly.
After all, the Carthaginian nobles were notoriously cowardly, selfish and greedy. Sometimes, even as an opponent, Scipio couldn't help but feel sympathy for Hannibal having such a teammate.
In the past, because Scipio made several mistakes in combat command, Hannibal seized the opportunity to gain the upper hand in one fell swoop.
Originally, if Hannibal continued to pursue this advantage based on this advantage, their Roman army was likely to be completely wiped out by Hannibal!
However, because the Carthaginian nobles were worried that Hannibal would gain too much power after defeating the Roman army, which would threaten their interests and rule.
Therefore, he rejected Hannibal's request for reinforcements many times, which made him miss these great opportunities in vain.
Now I have learned the news of the marriage between Scipio and Daqin.
With the character of the group of Carthaginian nobles, it is reasonable to order Hannibal to give up the protection of the defense line and withdraw his troops immediately because they are afraid of Qin's revenge.
"But having said that, we still can't take it lightly. We still have to take precautions. During this period of time, you still have to send out spies to try to keep track of the movements of Hannibal's army."
Scipio emphasized.
Although all the signs in front of him now proved that Hannibal really led the Carthaginian army to retreat this time, out of prudent considerations, Scipio still did not relax in the slightest.
Today, Scipio is entangled in government affairs, so he has no choice but to go to the front line to check in person.
But he had a hunch that Hannibal would never retreat so easily.