Simulating the Universe, Starting with Speedrunning Greece

In the future, like Haruman, when Caesar was forced to flee due to Sulla's purge, he even joined the local army to fight pirates and received medals.

From this we can see that Caesar has a restless, brave and warlike heart.

However, Caesar's family conditions were not as "good" as imagined, which made Aurelia, as a mother, often worry about Caesar's growth and training.

The Caesar branch of the Julius family has only one male heir in this generation. It can be said that Caesar shoulders a heavy responsibility. (It is a bit similar to Murong Fu in Tian Long, but his start is much better than Murong Fu's.)

As an old Roman aristocratic family with a history of 500 years, the Caesar family was not wealthy compared to other old Roman aristocratic families at that time.

Um--

This lack of wealth is relative to those nobles who have tremendous power and wealth.

He was poor enough to own a few buildings and a large number of estates in the Subura district, but he also supported Caesar's studies for more than ten years, and eventually made him the most knowledgeable person in Rome.

Rome originated from seven small hills, where living conditions were relatively better. Although the land between the hills was not suitable for living originally, it was only after leveling and improvement that people began to live there. However, with the construction of several generations of nobles, it has gradually become a symbol of the nobility.

Compared with these old nobles, the Julius family, who were so poor that they could only live in the market area at the foot of the mountain, were indeed very "poor and destitute".

In such a dire situation, even the marriage partner, Aurelia Cotta, Caesar's mother, was just a commoner aristocrat whose family had only produced one consul. It could even be said that Aurelia was of commoner origin.

The Julius family can be said to be poor and they are really poor.

It is said that studying was very expensive in Rome at that time, and Caesar was the man who read the most in Rome. In addition, Caesar had a dissolute character when he was young. In the end, he even owed a debt of up to 1300 talents before he entered the Roman arena at the age of . He was heavily in debt.

The ransom for being kidnapped by pirates was only 50 talents (5 million in walking currency).

The converted value of these 1300 talents is approximately equal to the annual military pay of 11 troops.

Back then, Athens' final savings were only 800 talents.

It is conceivable how much of a waste of money it was to cultivate the young Caesar the Great. It was fitting that such a man would eventually grow up to become the future Roman dictator, the first person who was not an emperor but was better than an emperor.

This is also due to the fact that he has a mother, Aurelia Cotta, who attaches great importance to Caesar's education and is willing to spend money on it.

In the past few years, regarding Caesar's academic development, he lacked basic knowledge and had to make up for it with fancy education.

As a woman who married into an old aristocratic family from a commoner family, Aurelia was not as traditional and stubborn as other Romans. She believed that only Greeks were the best and most excellent teachers. Of course, this was also because Greek teachers were expensive.

Greek culture was popular in Rome at that time, and the best (and most expensive) teachers were all Greeks.

But Aurelia chose the Gauls (barbarians) who graduated from Egypt, who were more cost-effective.

When Rome and its previous overlord Carthage were still rising, Gaul was the de facto overlord of Western Europe and even looted Rome at one point.

The Gauls of this era were not necessarily worse than the Greeks.

Even though she wanted to save money, Aurelia Cota would never joke about her son's future.

Similarly - not only knowledge, Aurelia, who required Caesar to develop in all aspects of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor, would naturally not miss the opportunity to train Caesar's courage and bravery.

This is also the reason why the two came to the slave market today.

Because of the Alliance War, the nobles were so busy and troubled that they had no mood to relax, which also caused the slave market to become a little deserted.

And like today, it is a rare thing for the slave market to have two big customers come in succession (the first one is Ye, and the second one is Aurelia Cota).

Many slave traders were now full of fighting spirit, wanting to seize the opportunity to win this big business from Madam Aurelia.

And Ye also looked at the glamorous and noble woman with surprise.

After all, who doesn't like to look at beautiful women? Compared with a woman like Aurelia who has wisdom, a broad perspective, temperament and beauty, those beautiful slaves locked in cages suddenly became eclipsed.

I didn’t have the chance to see Helen, the most beautiful woman in Greece, but it’s nice to get a glimpse of what Caesar’s mother looked like now.

Ye is a man with normal and even strong personality and functions. Of course——

After taking a few looks to feast his eyes, he withdrew his gaze and looked at Caesar beside him.

Although he had some interest in Aurelia, a beautiful woman who was already married, it was only a man's interest in women, and she was not Ye's target.

The world is so big, there are so many beautiful women, he has no interest in being a thief... those who come to him voluntarily don't count.

When Ye looked at Caesar, a handsome boy with slightly curly brown hair appeared in front of him. The boy's eyes were calm, which was not in line with his age, but also lively.

Looking up from his three-dimensional facial features, this is a child who gives a good impression at first glance and seems to be very good at thinking. There is always a faint and calm smile on the corners of his mouth.

People who know how to use their brains are always more popular.

This may be the reason why Crassus, another one of the future Roman triumvirate, was willing to spend money to help Caesar, a young man with nothing, to make a fortune.

There really are people in this world who look extraordinary at first glance.

Chapter 55: Knowing how to protect your family, Caesar the Great - Not bad

Of course - just kidding, Crassus should not be so superficial as to judge people by their appearance. At least he would not support Caesar just because of this.

This may also be related to the ancient family of gods represented by Caesar and the fact that Crassus himself liked to cast a wide net and invest in various young people.

But one person really dares to lend, and the other person really dares to give.

It was roughly equal to the debt of the Athenian treasury. If he couldn't collect it, Crassus would probably have to find a toilet and cry his heart out.

Thinking of this, Ye thought that maybe he could go to this Roman ATM to borrow some start-up capital later.

I believe that Crassus, who is always willing to help others, would be very happy to hand over the money with both hands...haha——!

If things don't go well, he will use his fists to make that ATM realize his own excellence.

Just as Ye was looking at Caesar, Caesar also looked over. When he saw Ye's strong and handsome young figure like the sun god Apollo, Caesar was slightly stunned.

Is there such an outstanding young nobleman in Rome? But he didn't know him at all.

But it doesn't seem likely that this person is just a commoner!

And at this moment, Ye felt the hidden murderous intent behind him becoming stronger.

At this time, Ye also realized that these hidden killers had malicious intentions targeting Caesar and his mother.

Save? Or not save?!

Is this the butterfly effect of the Alliance War not yet ending?

He didn't remember any thrilling assassination attempt that nearly killed Caesar in his childhood.

But perhaps he was protected by the guards who accompanied him.

In just one or two breaths, Aurelia had already brought little Caesar towards this side. Many slave traders came forward to greet them and rushed to do business with this noble lady.

This was much more active than the slave traders had been before night came.

Although Ye's appearance and temperament are indeed very good, after all, no one here knows Ye. But it is different for Aurelia Cota and even the Julius family.

This member of the old aristocracy, who lived almost entirely in the market area, was often seen on the streets, and many people knew the identity of this distinguished guest.

Even a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and the slave traders doubted that no one would doubt the purchasing power of the Julius family.

"Ma'am, what kind of slaves do you want?

I have them all here, let me show you.”

"Madam, choose me. I have more slaves than he does."

"What did you say?! Damn it, Mark!!!! I have the most types of slaves here!"

For a moment the slave traders quarreled.

The slave trader who was staying with Ye was unable to rush over in time because he had to deal with Ye. When he saw how fiercely other slave traders were competing for the goods, he simply gave up.

Although I feel a little envious in my heart, I wonder who will be the one who will win Aurelia, this big customer, in the end?

But this is not bad either, because this master is really rich and he bought more than 20 slaves in one go.

At this time, the slave traders had brought all the slaves, including the three Spartans, and released them according to Ye's order, but they did not dare to untie their restraints immediately.

"I will give you three more chains as a gift.

These Spartans are not easy to tame, I hope you will not untie them easily before you completely tame them. "The slave trader said to Ye, but got no response.

The three Spartans also heard the slave traders' words and immediately glared at them, feeling a little disdainful in their hearts - could this young man who was as fair and handsome as the sun god Apollo tame their powerful Spartans?

Although they were unhappy that their freedom would be restricted, they also believed that the slave traders were right.

Even if the chains bound them, they could still fight, confident that they could easily defeat a 'weak' nobleman like Ye.

At first glance, it is a piece of stuff that looks good but is useless.

Not to mention that if the chains were removed and their hands and feet were freed, there would be no way they would surrender.

However, when the three Spartans and the slave traders looked at Ye, they found that Ye was frowning at this time, and didn't pay attention to what was being said here, as if he didn't take it to heart at all.

When the slave trader was about to say something.

Sudden--

Whoosh~!!! It’s getting closer! At this moment, Aurelia just happened to bring Little Caesar to Ye’s side.

Suddenly a cold arrow shot out from the darkness.

"Madam, be careful!!!" An accompanying guard rushed forward, but before he could defend himself he was shot directly in the chest and let out a scream.

"Get rid of them--!!!!" With a roar, seven or eight strong men suddenly came out from nowhere.

They surrounded Aurelia Cotta and Caesar from all sides.

"Kill these damn Roman nobles--!!" When someone stepped forward with a sword and roared, the bright and cold sword light made the little Caesar, who had not yet seen blood, feel his hair stand on end as he experienced such a life-and-death crisis for the first time.

Aurelia was so frightened that her face turned pale instantly.

No matter how noble, intelligent, and powerful she was, she was just a woman who had never been to a battlefield. She would naturally be scared when she saw such a scene.

But she was the mother who raised the legendary Caesar.

Aurelia was also very courageous. She quickly calmed down and immediately gave the order.

"Protect Caesar! Retreat with him first!" Aurelia Cota.

Then reality soon gave her a cruel lesson.

Since they were in the capital of Rome, Aurelia did not expect to be assassinated here, so she did not bring too many attendants with her when she went out.

It was impossible for these people to break out with the two of them. Not to mention breaking out, they couldn't even gather together to resist the encirclement from the outside.

Soon half of the few guards were killed.

Seeing that the situation was suddenly becoming extremely critical, the little boy Caesar had completely recovered after the initial tension and helplessness. He reacted quickly and picked up the long sword at the waist of the guard who was shot on the ground.

Draw your sword and stand in front of your mother to protect her!

Seeing this scene, Ye couldn't help but show admiration in his eyes.

In times of crisis, he remained fearless and dared to draw his sword against the enemy to protect his loved ones. This courage deserves praise.

This is also very consistent with Caesar's personality.

He had seen a scene like this in a movie about Rome and wondered if it was also true in history.

After Marius fell and Sulla won the victory and officially ascended to the center of Roman power, when Sulla wanted to liquidate Marius's team and related personnel, he posted a notice in the Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

When the announcement was posted, the people under his command had actually already started taking action, almost simultaneously.

But at this time Caesar did not choose to escape, but immediately went to inform his uncle and others, wanting to rescue them. As a result, he was finally captured by Sulla's men.

Although he couldn't take care of himself, he still had the courage to run back alone to save people.

If Pompey and others had not repeatedly requested that Caesar, as the last male of Julius' family,

Caesar, who was already on Sulla's purge list, was almost killed when he was caught this time.

I didn’t expect that at such a young age, the courage of the future Caesar can be seen.

Know how to protect your family, Caesar - not bad!

Chapter 56: When the traveler held Yingbao, Paoer's psychological process was probably the same.

But it's commendable courage, that's all.

The enemy will not be merciful because of this.

When those strong men raised their weapons, they rushed towards Caesar and his mother with struggling faces.

The servants tried their best to stop them, but they still allowed three men to break through the defense circle and were about to be struck by swords.