"It is always cheaper to teach one's own people the ability to use weapons than to pay for the hiring of soldiers from other countries!" - "Ancient Roman Warfare"

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"But when the centurion received the golden bowl, he was still the finance officer, and I believe his gift did not violate the rules of the Legion. If you want to hold you accountable, please go to Dickman's door to find him." Sabo Kemus mustered up the courage and defended.

Caesar giggled and said that Li Bida had found some interesting subordinates, then stuffed the golden bowl back into the arms of Little Hottenhus and entered the tent of the coach who had prepared for him in advance by the Thyme Legion.

In the camp, all the barbarian elders stood up and greeted Caesar. Caesar also attended the main seat without hesitation. The confidential slaves next to him placed a stack of neatly arranged documents in front of him. Caesar began to read them. He was delighted to see that in these documents related to barbarian taxation, territory and debt relief, they wrote neatly with charcoal ink and explained the handling opinions and details in important places, which made him make the decision on affairs very quickly. Caesar immediately stipulated that the tribes that Lusitania gave up resistance and rebellion must bear the responsibility of the tribes that had given up resistance and rebellion.

After taking on the task of clearing the territory of the Governor's office, the bandits on his territory were cleared; and paid a full 10-ten-tax to enrich the vault of the Governor's office. The remaining tycoons were all abolished as promised by a former financial officer (the one who left Dickman's gate). In addition, the extremely poor people in the tribe and towns had to distribute wheat for their relief and small pieces of land that could stand. In addition, Caesar asked the surrendered barbarians to provide appropriate servants and auxiliary soldiers to help him attack the last barbarian stronghold that was still resisting. Orcrecy.

The barbarians praised Caesar's kindness and generosity. Although the governor used swords and fire to destroy no less than seven or eight tribes, sold thousands of captured men and women as slaves, and destroyed a large number of fields.

"Little Crasus, I didn't expect you to handle these documents so well before." When the barbarian representatives left, Caesar politely praised the young son of Crasus. But Little Crasus had no intention of taking credit. He frankly told Caesar that all this was the result of the hard work of the financial officer Libida. Moreover, he also won the battle in Iduka City.

Caesar on the main seat laughed. He asked the service to call Sabo Kemus, who was still on duty outside the tent, and said that he could leave along the Dickman Gate. The young officer saluted Caesar without saying anything extra and was about to turn around and leave. Caesar continued to laugh and said, "Young man, I will ask you to go outside Dickman Gate to recall the former financial officer."

After seeing Sabo left, Caesar walked to the map platform and said to a fat old man with gray hair and rosy face beside him. "Papinna, the siege of Orcresi will happen soon. You need your guidance. It doesn't matter. As long as I complete the expedition, after triumphant Rome, I will definitely help you remove the public enemy status and return to the motherland."

The old man rubbed his hands excitedly and stood up to thank Caesar.

When Sabo quickly walked outside the door, Li Bida was sitting on the tall mound piled up in the trenches and telling several young soldiers about the past battle stories. In the Tegraceta War in Asia Minor, he seized the golden crown of the King of Kings, and from time to time, he guided the soldiers who were squeezing goat milk next to him to use their finger skills.

"Did you recognize your crime?" When Li Bida walked into the camp again, Caesar stood in front of the map platform and stared at him.

"Yes, I shouldn't have abducted elephants and Numidian mercenaries, and then directed them to sweep the Spanish hinterland, conquered several tribes that might assist the Lusitanian rebels, and surrendered many barbarians in the north - all my faults," Li Bida said with a low eye.

"You are lying, dear Calabis, although you have the name of Libidaus, your nature is still the Roman Guy who was not afraid of the wind and rain before. This is wrong. What is a real noble? That is, when you are a gambler, you must have a sense of awe of fate, because the greater the glory, any minor fault will kill you." Caesar said, and then he knocked on the map board and said, "But if you are the governor, then you will be an absolute hero in this expedition. You not only restrain and eliminate a large number of enemies in the governor's palace, but also expand the range of blood tax collection in the far away of Spain by three to four thousand Stadia. Okay, you should express your apology to me in exchange for my understanding of you."

"I have to sell the money for the trophy now... there are two hundred Tarants... I think it's enough for you to go back to the city to run for the consul." Li Bida said in a squelch, and Sabo next to him stared in surprise. He thought the finance officer had already generously distributed all the gains of the war to his subordinates, but he was still grateful for the five Tarants he had given to the finance officer before.

"Well..." Caesar hung the hook pen on the edge of the map platform and suddenly said to Li Bida: "I think you have some understanding. Pompey had encountered such a major choice before. The difficult problem given by the Senate was to run for the consul or hold a triumphal ceremony."

"Yes, what the Governor General means is that Pompey has already enjoyed the great triumph?"

Caesar nodded and handed a letter to Li Bida. The letter was written by Cicero, saying that just a few days ago, Pompey rode a white horse and led a team through the entire city of Rome. Twelve elephants appeared in the parade, causing the entire city gate to be demolished, allowing them to enter. Then they were driven into the Colosseum. Hundreds of sword-fighting slaves launched a bloody hunting battle against the twelve elephants, thirty lions, and fifty leopards. When Cicero saw the elephant making a shocking cry and fell down like a hero and giant, the audience around them cheered desperately, but he cried, crying for the tragic death of the dead elephant, the world's largest and most noble creature.

"In this bloody place, the elephant who fell to the ground was the winner, while all of us were the losers." This is the original words of Cicero.

Li Bida was not interested in Cicero's philosophical views. When he saw Caesar's eyes, he understood the same vain look as Pompei: the triumphal genre participated in by the twelve elephants. It was impossible for Caesar to be undesirable. Caesar had both ambitions and vanity. When he was young, he would wear the Toga robe to the extreme of the combination, but unlike Pompei, whose vanity was far greater than ambition, Caesar would think calmly when the two conflicted.
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