Chapter 870

The city magistrate originated in the Roman Republic. At first, it could only be held by civilians. It was mainly responsible for the maintenance of the temple and the management of archives. Later, with the development, nobles could also become the city magistrate. At the same time, the powers and responsibilities of the city magistrate also changed.

From managing archives and maintaining the temple to being responsible for the maintenance of municipal and public facilities of the whole city, and even part of the public security work, in the Republican era, municipal officials were not paid, and they often had to pay a lot of money to go in. For example, Caesar once went bankrupt as a municipal official, owed a lot of debts, and was even blocked by creditors.

Of course, Caesar is not a fool, no good thing he will not do.

A city magistrate is one of the most effective ways to win the favor of the public and obtain political capital. For example, if you pay for a road to be built by yourself, of course, everyone will thank you. Caesar has accumulated considerable reputation during his tenure as a city magistrate, and these reputations are all smashed up by real money. It is not difficult to understand why Caesar went bankrupt at that time.

In addition, the city magistrate is also the front occupation of the financial officer and magistrate. Although it does not mean that to become a financial officer or magistrate must first become a city magistrate, according to statistics, the financial officer and magistrate who came from the city magistrate background are indeed the mainstream in the political arena.

Andrea has been a municipal officer for three years, and this year he is expected to be promoted to financial officer. At this critical juncture, of course, he does not want to make any mistakes.

Therefore, he arrived at the scene immediately after hearing that the sewer was damaged. The good news is that the damage is not serious, and it is estimated that it will be repaired in two days. The bad news is that if he doesn't want this matter to become a stain, he needs to pay for it himself.

Of course, he can afford the money, but the problem is that Andrea doesn't know who broke the sewer, and whether these people will come to destroy it after repair. As a city magistrate, he can mobilize some manpower, but he is responsible for a large area, almost half of the city. It's impossible for him to arrange manpower to guard every section of the sewer Do not say stupid, and in addition to the sewer, there are many public facilities in the city.

Andeya is most worried about who is targeting him. In this way, the target of the other party will be more. Passive defense is impossible. Now andeya is facing the same problem as before Zhang Heng. He needs to find out who is the person who is behind the scenes before he can find a way to formulate the next strategy.

Andeya spent an afternoon making a list of people she might offend, and found that a famous Oriental was at the top of the list. In addition, Zhang Heng just visited the elder of devobraye yesterday, and then went straight to Cobb's residence. Andeya had to accept the fact that he had done something in the mine It's exposed.

And now someone's way of dealing with him also makes him feel very familiar, just like the situation of binota mine.

Did the old fox, dvorayer, take the initiative to stand in line?

If Andrea was just suspicious before, he had already written 70% after receiving the "secret report" from dejius, because dejius said that Zhang Heng didn't take him with him when he went to find devobraye, but just told him some things before he set out. It's better not to participate in his small role.

This is also the real reason why Andrea felt that he had been sold by dvorayer. With the consistent style of the old fox, if he really colluded with Zhang Heng, he certainly didn't want to make a big show. All irrelevant people knew that it was in his interest to exclude dejius.

As if to confirm his guess, Zhang Heng came to his Domus in the afternoon.

The other side is no longer the gladiator who used to entertain others with his own life in the arena. Becoming Commaud's consultant means that he has stepped into the power level of the Empire. Even if the two sides are in a state of hostility, Andrea has no choice but to welcome Zhang Heng into the room.

The city magistrate wanted to say a few words of greetings, but Zhang Heng said directly, "let's go to your study?"

Andrea subconsciously wanted to refuse, but at this time flashed in his head not long ago the sewer accident, finally nodded.

So they came to Andrea's study. Andrea closed the door and left only two of them in the room. After a while, the city magistrate spoke first and broke the silence. "What's the matter with consultant Zhang Heng coming to me?"

"Oh, I heard that there was an accident in the sewer not long ago, and I was shocked. I happened to pass by, so I wanted to visit and see if I could do something." Zhang Heng did not wait for an Deya's invitation, but directly opened his chair and sat in.

"Consultant Zhang Heng is really very polite." There was a flash in the eyes of the city magistrate. He said coldly, "my people have controlled the situation. I believe it will be repaired soon. There is no place to help."

"That's good. I came to Rome not long ago. I was just a gladiator more than two months ago, so many things are still learning So if I make a mistake later, I hope the city magistrate can understand. " After a pause, Zhang Heng continued, "a friend told me that it's not complicated to have a foothold in Rome's political arena. Just do one thing well, that is to make friends. Today, when your friend is in trouble, you help him. Tomorrow, when you are in trouble, naturally, there will be friends to help you. Everyone is for me, and I am for everyone. ""What do you want to say?" The city magistrate frowned.

"I'm trying to make friends as he said," Zhang Heng said. "You should also know that I'm in charge of casting bronze statues, but there's a little trouble in the process. Binota mine collapsed, our ore supply has been cut off, and it's been a while now. I want to resume work as soon as possible."

Zhang Heng said while looking at the opposite andeya's eyes.

The city magistrate sneered, "what does this have to do with me? Besides, don't you already have friends? Let dvorayer take a message and solve it soon?"

"I didn't say you had anything to do with it. As for devobraille, I didn't know him very well. I went to see him yesterday, but he refused me." Zhang Heng shook his head and said, "so I can only come here to try my luck."

Andeya almost didn't yell at him when he heard that. At this moment, Zhang Heng didn't admit the relationship between dvorayer and him. Without dvorayer's help, how could he touch his own Domus the next day.

If andriya's suspicion of devobrayer's participation was only 70% before, now it has reached 100% after Zhang Heng denied it, because it is full of devobrayer's unique daring and no one wants to offend.

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