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Chapter 602: The Legacy of the Empire

Now the positions of Richard and Valentinian III have been completely reversed. Perhaps Valentinian III has not yet felt this change, but the favorites around him have already made their choice.

The emperor is the one who has the strongest army and the most powerful horses. An Zhongrong's words reveal the essence of reality.

Power, in other words, is fist strength. Whoever has the bigger fist is the boss. It's just that this naked essence is covered with layers of gorgeous clothes and dressed up.

In the aristocratic district of Rome, Richard lived in a palace, which was part of the imperial palace and was specially prepared for Richard by Valentinian III.

Richard had no residence in Rome, but he soon had one.

In the palace, Richard was enjoying the corrupt life of a Roman noble. A dozen beauties in tulle were swaying their charming bodies and dancing for him, and on both sides of his body, four beautiful female slaves were carefully serving him.

Deans entered the palace. He was not at all surprised by the extravagant scene before him. He took the initiative to step forward, bowed before he got close, and said respectfully: "Respected Governor of Gaul, Sir Richard, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

As a favorite of Valentinian III, Deans had already maxed out his skills in observing people's words and expressions.

At first, Aleiya had used Deans' connections to gain many benefits for Richard in the empire. The two sides were quite familiar with each other, but in the past, Aleiya gave him money and asked him to do things, but now it was Deans who came to please him.

"Long time no see, Lady Aleiya."

Things are different now. Back then, Aleyya spent a lot of money asking Deans for help. This guy was extremely greedy. Fortunately, the money was paid and the work was done efficiently.

This time, Richard led his army to Rome, made his official debut, and flexed his muscles. At this time when the empire was in turmoil, Richard was much more reliable than the emperor.

Deans also understood that the Roman Empire was a sinking ship. If he wanted to find a way to leave before the ship sank, he had to hold on to Richard's thigh.

Therefore, Deans tried every possible way to show goodwill to Richard and Aria in order to leave a way out for himself.

Richard didn't say anything about Deans' flattery, as he had experienced this kind of thing many times. But for Aleiya, it was simply too good to be true.

You know, if she wanted to see Deans before, she had to give gifts to people and find connections, and spend all kinds of favors. Now, it was Dean who was groveling to please her.

This feeling is so good!
Aleiya felt as if she had just had a sip of iced cola in the hot summer. It was so refreshing. And it was the man next to her who gave her this feeling.

Alea looked at Richard beside her with a dazed look, her eyes full of admiration and love.

Richard did not participate in what happened next. Alia was responsible for receiving Deans, and she was very good at this kind of thing.

Richard still expresses his support for the Roman emperor. Of course, his support comes at a price, and this is when Valentinian III needs support the most.

If you want to continue cooperation, you still need to pay more.

Deans was a favorite of Valentinian III and a Roman noble himself, possessing incredible wealth. This time, in order to establish a good relationship with Richard and to compensate for the gifts Alea had given him before, he gave a lot of things.

The manor and gold, silver and jewelry that Aleyya had given him were all returned, and he also prepared three hundred slaves, various food supplies and even armor and weapons, and the most important of all, three hundred craftsmen of various kinds.

Of course, there were not many armors and weapons, only a dozen sets, and even in the Roman Empire, armor and weapons were very valuable. The iron smelting technology of this era was still forging, and bronze smelting was also difficult, mainly because of the fuel temperature problem.

The low-temperature forging method is used in iron smelting, which involves placing the iron block into a furnace and calcining it. After it has heated red, it is forged again to make the structure of the sponge iron become tighter through hammering.

Because the temperature is not high enough, iron cannot melt into liquid, and bronze can only melt barely.

Therefore, Roman armor could not provide full body protection. Most of the armor was for key protection, and more often they used shields.

Richard accepted Deans' gift directly. There was a shortage of craftsmen in the Gaul province, and Richard would not miss it.

After seeing Richard accept the gift, Deans felt a little relieved. However, after learning from his conversation with Alia that they needed more scholars and craftsmen, Deans immediately said that he would help them recruit them.

This time Rome almost fell, which caused many people to feel a sense of crisis. Many Romans were looking for opportunities to escape.

Now that Richard has appeared, it has provided these Romans with a good place to go.

Therefore, with the encouragement of Alea and Dean, some Roman scholars and craftsmen began to take the initiative to go to the province of Gaul.

Of course, some people believed in the Pope more. Since Pope Leo personally went to the Po River to negotiate with the Scourge of God and stopped Attila from attacking Rome, Leo's prestige soared to the sky. If Valentinian III was the biggest victim of Attila's attack on Rome, then Pope Leo was the biggest beneficiary of this incident.

Not only in Rome, but also in Milan and Constantinople as time went by, Leo's deeds soon spread. Milan was also looted by the Huns in the north of Italy, but fortunately the Huns did not focus their main target there.

Therefore, the city of Milan was not conquered, but the towns around Milan were looted. Constantinople was defeated twice by Attila's army and had to surrender and pay a large amount of gold coins as tribute.

Now that they know that Pope Leo has stopped the Whip of God, countless people believe that Leo is the true spokesperson for God.

This led to the rapid expansion of the Roman Catholic faith, and other Arians and Gnostics were suppressed.

As a result, the fighting between the three factions became more intense, and even the Arians and Gnostics cooperated to fight against the Roman Catholic Church.

Richard stayed in Rome for a few days, and during this time, the Roman Protector Aetius returned to Rome. After this Hun invasion, even though Valentinian III hated Aetius very much, he had to agree to restore all of Aetius's duties.

Aetius originally thought that after this incident, Valentinian III would face reality, stop causing trouble, and fulfill the marriage contract.

But what he didn't expect was that Attila's words at the time had a rebellious effect on Valentinian III.

Valentinian III became increasingly dissatisfied with Aetius.

Richard and Aetius also met. Richard was still very interested in this Roman Protector, the last Roman. According to the rules of Valhalla, this Protector would definitely enter Valhalla in the end.

Aetius was also very interested in Richard. In his opinion, he was already old, and in a few years, Richard would be needed to be the Protector of Rome. Richard was needed to maintain the precarious Roman Empire.

It’s a pity that Aetius had no idea that Richard had no intention of continuing the Roman Empire, but was preparing to replace it.

In addition to Aetius, a large number of Roman nobles also invited Richard to various banquets. As a new noble in Rome, many people wanted to please Richard.

And here, Richard also witnessed the decadent side of the Roman nobles.

After staying in Rome for half a month, Richard led his army back to Gaul, and more than two thousand craftsmen and scholars returned with him.

These craftsmen included carpenters, leather workers, artisans, etc. Among them were several Greek scholars. What surprised him most was that there was also a director of the Roman Library among them.

Libraries in Rome are now also forced to close.

The emergence of monotheism banned polytheism because before that, many books in the Roman Empire were about polytheism. Therefore, after the rise of monotheism, these books were destroyed, and many parchment scrolls had their texts scraped off and were rewritten with texts and content that conformed to monotheism.

The original director of the library protested many times, but was rejected by the Monotheism, and he was removed from his position as director of the library.

From then on, almost all of the tens of thousands of parchment scrolls originally stored in the library were destroyed or tampered with.

This was a huge blow to Roman culture, and the librarian could only secretly collect some books to preserve them. At the same time, a large number of scholars lost their jobs, and all of them were now recruited by Richard.

Richard had no comment on these people's beliefs, he just needed them to help him impart knowledge. The academy Richard established in Gaul was seriously lacking in teachers, and now with these people, he could build a complete school.

In addition to these scholars, there were also some administrative personnel. This time the Huns invaded and destroyed many towns, and some administrative personnel fled back to Rome when they saw the situation was not good.

Now the Roman Empire does not have so many positions for them, and these people can only follow Richard to Gaul in order to make a living.

However, Richard will provide training for these officials. He does not want to see these people bring the bad habits of Rome here.

At the same time, we will increase inspections on these people, and if there are any problems of corruption, favoritism or abuse of power, we will directly order people to arrest them.

When Richard left Rome, the entire team had more than 10,000 people. Except for the military, the rest were all talents from all walks of life.

With these people around, Gaul will develop faster.

It can be said that this trip to Rome directly replenished the talent that Gaul lacked.

In the next period of time, Gaul must develop well and wait for the collapse of Rome.

(End of this chapter)