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Chapter 4 The Desolate General (Part 2)

Before Libida answered, Petternius picked up the silver coins and put them in Libida's palm. He closed his fingers and said in a half-shamed and half-conscious tone: "I do have some small problems now. I hope to get help from Caesar. Even though I was from Cicero and Neruda's camp, I still hope to serve Caesar now. I know that Caesar is not short of money at all. You were the richest in the city legion, and now you have become Caesar's guard. So the money is just a little respect from the old boss. I hope you can get along with the clerks around Caesar and advance the date of my visit three or five days. Because I received the news, Caesar immediately left Milan and went to various places in Gaul to preside over the circuit trial meeting. Please, my subordinate!"

The Spanish swordsmen around them all shrugged their shoulders and laughed, but Li Bida didn't say anything, but promised that he would do his best, because I was just a small guard. After saying that, I put away the silver coins and saluted the old superior, and then turned to the inner hall. When he saw Petternius's hunchback figure back and forth, he was definitely a little sigh: this old guy seemed to be useful.

"What's the noise outside just now?" At this time, the number of receptions today had ended. Caesar held his forehead in a daze and asked in a chair.

After Li Bida told the truth, Caesar said angrily, "Let my personal slave Giuliano go immediately and fire the cook immediately. There are always a few dirty blood-sucking lice on a gorgeous blanket, thinking that the beautiful patterns are all thanks to him."

"Also, there are people outside the courtyard who cannot pay bribes. Of course, you know that this is human nature. So please allow me to use this term. So I have been anxious to see you. This person is Petterneus, and you should know him."

"That person is very military, but he is not someone who can be used by me, right?" Caesar said ambiguously.

"This is naturally, I suggest that he should not enter the Gallic provincial military system of His Excellency."

"You mean to let him go to the Egyptian Expeditionary Force for your use? This is OK, you lack experienced senior officers." Caesar understood Li Bida's request, so he called the clerk, explaining that he would be called Petternius first tomorrow, and I will meet him in person.

The next morning, the rooster in Caesar's mansion was actually a dawn. When the unknown people outside were blocking the door in a mess and preparing to squeeze in, the slaves below Caesar shouted in anger, saying that you all are Sirius, which are all the seasons of the season. Haven't you heard the chicken tell the time in advance? More arrogant slaves held sticks and beat these people angrily, among which Petternius was also in the middle, and was greeted by the stick on his arms and forehead a few times. Although he was bleeding and his clothes were disrupted, he still gritted his teeth and rushed into it. His family had exhausted his assets, and his wife and children also needed a lot of support. As long as he could see His Excellency Caesar, he would be willing to be a low-level centurion in the legion.

"What are you doing? You are not allowed to treat the Governor's guests like this." On the steps of the vestibule garden, Libida was still the "Saganum" jacket, standing there with a sword, and scolding majesticly. As a result, the Caesar slaves who were showing off their power in front of the municipal administrators bowed their heads and bowed their hands when they saw Libidaus, and they did not dare to breathe. The guests then became excited and calmed down their clothes, including Petterneus, and were ready to go inside.

"Get out of here, you down and out guy, you have no money and you dare to come to pay homage to the Governor!" At this time, a fat man pressed Petternius on the wall and said intimidatingly.

"Let go, this is my old general." Li Bida stepped forward and suddenly pulled the guy's wrist. The guy howled like a pig. Then Li Bida pulled Petternius into the yard and said to the crowd who were about to continue to squeeze forward, "Today, the Governor General is in poor health, so there is only one person to meet, and the rest should go back." This aroused the screams and madness of the others present. They thought that Li Bida, the guard, needed their bribes, so they held the purse with one hand, shaking the gold and silver coins inside, and shouted that I wanted to see the Governor General. I had a very critical message to him.

Li Bida sneered twice, pointed with his fingers, and the servants standing beside him nodded understandingly, then raised their sticks and violently beat the guys who were swaying coins. Twenty Spanish swordsmen had their armor sounded, leaning on the hilt of the sword, and stood in a semicircle at the gate to prevent idle people from entering at will.

This scene surprised Petternius, who was standing beside Li Bida, and he was a little confused and followed the very polite Li Bida in.

When he saw Caesar sitting down the patio in the main hall, he smiled gratefully at Li Bida and stood respectfully in front of Caesar.

Caesar coughed twice, picked up the clerk's lyrics, asked Petternius's identity softly, and then returned the lyrics, "How, do you want to reduce debts or seek a position?"

"I'm ashamed to say that, dear Chief Executive, I really don't have the ability to bear the debt. I just hope to find a military post in the province. May I ask..."

"This, our army now has no vacant military civilian protection officers or deputy generals. It's a pity that you are a very experienced officer." Caesar spoke very firmly, "If you don't mind, the Republic will soon have a colonial committee for internal and external Gaul, and I can help you hold a position in it."

"But..." Petternius's face wrinkles were twisted. I didn't know whether to cry or laugh. You should know that those who participated in the colonial committee were all big investors, and only they had the ability to rise up a new city on the ground. I don't know what benefits would be for a destitute like him joining it.

At this moment, he suddenly saw Li Bida (of course, in his mind, still called Karabis) standing beside Caesar, leaning down and discussing something with Caesar intimately. As a result, Caesar nodded frequently and finally said to him with heart: "It's better, recently the Republic wants to fund the Ptolemy's Restoration Army. We need a volunteer army of 3,000 people, and more importantly, experienced senior officers."
Chapter completed!
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