lherbitsoff.Send“embackonthehoureveryhour.Showthemwe“renottobetrifledwith.
REG:Also,we“redemandingatenfootmahoganystatueoftheEmperorJuliusCaesarwithhisdockhangin“out.
P.F.J.:ughing
LORETTA:What?They“llneveragreetothat,Reg.
REG:That“sjustabar--abargainingcounter.Andofcourse,wepointoutthattheybearfullresponsibilitywhenwechopherup,andthatweshallnotsubmittobckmail!
COMMANDOS:Nobckmail!
REG:They“vebleduswhite,thebastards.They“vetakeneverythingwehad,andnotjustfromus,fromourfathers,andfromourfathers“fathers.
LORETTA:Andfromourfathers“fathers“fathers.
REG:Yeah.
LORETTA:Andfromourfathers“fathers“fathers“fathers.
REG:Yeah.Allright,Stan.Don“tbourthepoint.Andwhathavetheyevergivenusinrurn?!
XERXES:Theaqueduct?
REG:What?
XERXES:Theaqueduct.
REG:Oh.Yeah,yeah.Theydidgiveusthat.Uh,that“strue.Yeah.
COMMANDO#3:Andthesanitation.
LORETTA:Oh,yeah,thesanitation,Reg.Rememberwhatthecityusedtobelike?
REG:Yeah.Allright.I“llgrantyoutheaqueductandthesanitationaretwothingsthattheRomanshavedone.
MATTHIAS:Andtheroads.
REG:Well,yeah.Obviouslytheroads.Imean,theroadsgowithoutsaying,don“tthey?Butapartfromthesanitation,theaqueduct,andtheroads--
COMMANDO:Irrigation.
XERXES:Medicine.
COMMANDOS:Huh?Heh?Huh...
COMMANDO#2:Education.
COMMANDOS:Ohh...
REG:Yeah,yeah.Allright.Fairenough.
COMMANDO#1:Andthewine.
COMMANDOS:Oh,yes.Yeah...
FRANCIS:Yeah.Yeah,that“ssomhingwe“dreallymiss,Reg,iftheRomansleft.Huh.
COMMANDO:Publicbaths.
LORETTA:Andit“ssafetowalkinthestresatnightnow,Reg.
FRANCIS:Yeah,theycertainlyknowhowtokeeporder.L“sfaceit.They“retheonlyoneswhocouldinapcelikethis.
COMMANDOS:Hehh,heh.Hehhehhehhehhehhehheh.
REG:Allright,butapartfromthesanitation,themedicine,education,wine,publicorder,irrigation,roads,afreshwatersystem,andpublichealth,whathavetheRomanseverdoneforus?
XERXES:Broughtpeace.
REG:Oh.Peace?Shutup!
☆、帝都
老实说,由于先前的战争并非本土作战,帝国的社会治安和环境比旧共和国不知道好到哪里去了。至少雷蒙德一路从边境抵达帝都,都没遇到过道上的劫匪,反而多次看到定期巡逻的士兵和半