"No, I'm thinking..." Li Bida's fingers holding his chin kept changing, "I don't have time to be too sad, Sabo. I'm just thinking about whether I used the Republicans in the final game of this Egyptian expedition, or the Republicans used me? At least now Brutu and his uncle agree with the latter, but every time the person who turned the tables in the end is always me... How to turn the tables this time? Seeing the commander teasing his hair again, Sabo knew that he had entered the "scam" mode, so he shook his head and went to the military camp to arrange services, and ignored him anymore.

The following process was very dull. About a month later, Gatu went to Cyprus with pride. No one in Rome would publicize the achievements of the Libida Legion, but would only stare at him who was under forty years old. A year ago, he was persecuted and only brought a prostitute and a thief to Rhode Island. A year later, he cleverly used the situation. Without spending an Ass of the Republic, he conquered a kingdom, restored a vassal state, and brought back 3,500 Tarant's wealth. What is he doing worse than Caesar and Pompey?

However, before the battle of Egypt was complete, Katu did not fully express this idea. Instead, he listened to Brutu's suggestion and temporarily divided Cyprus into three political districts. Salamis was stationed by the Libida Army and took the pirates to station them in order to facilitate the advancement of Egypt. He stopped in the small town of Nicosia in the north of the island, where it was convenient to meet Xiaoya and Greek taxpayers, merchant groups, etc. After dealing with his brother's funeral, Defomokis temporarily remained as the high priest of Paphos in the southwest, but was under the surveillance of Gatu. It was strictly forbidden for him to contact Beniniki.

In this way, everyone is busy with their own affairs and will be safe. Moreover, Li Bida heard that Gatu had asked the Republic for advice. He would bring that wealth to the city of Rome at the end of the winter, and humbly demand that in the next year or the year after, that is, when the Egyptian expedition was successful, he would end his term as the governor of Cyprus and continue to serve as a judicial officer in the state, and would never seek a longer term. This contrasts with the abnormal love of three monsters, which has to be said to be a masterpiece of Gatu.

Not long after, the Pharaoh's ceremonial war appeared in the city of Salamis. He did not dare to take a ship because he was afraid of being intercepted by the Egyptian fleet. Instead, he passed through the entire Cyprus and came in a sedan chair. When he saw Li Bida's first words were, "Is my thief brother who embezzled money dead?"

"Yes, although it was an enemy, he still maintained the royal dignity when he died. He died after the whole family swallowed poison. "

Hearing this, the flute blower's face darkened. Li Bida's description really couldn't give him the pleasure of defeating the enemy, but instead added a sense of sadness to the death of a rabbit and fox. His daughter gently held the hand of his father and comforted him, "This is also the inevitable ending. Not only do we want him to die, the Roman Republic has long wanted to annex the important sea route of Kitti (i.e. Cyprus) as a province."

"Also, I did get half of the money, but eight hundred Tarants were given to the officers and soldiers. This is indeed very sorry that our legion will fight twice as much as the reward in the Battle of Egypt."

Pharaoh raised his fake beard and his expression was soft and pointed at Li Bida's shoulder with a scepter. "I should regret it the most. If I could listen to the advice of my subordinates and insist on staying in Alexander, maybe the rebellion had been put down by me, instead of standing in front of the Roman bureaucrats, I begged for their troops like a beggar. Now that you have turned into a sword of the royal family, what is there to be stingy about money? I have seen the fate of Ptolemy on this island, and I don't want to end like this... Dear Minister of Finance and State Regent, I decided that the additional two thousand Tarants would be rewarded as military expenses except for repairing Salamis's palace for me to stay."

After saying that, the slaves around him, including Li Bida and other Roman generals, all bowed their waists with all their might, praising the pharaoh's wise and powerful martial arts and high wisdom.

Sabo clearly noticed that the recent commander-in-chief was silent. Sometimes he just marked some of the drafts and pictures he had drafted, and sometimes he looked at the direction of Ephesus in the north and thoughtfully. Now the training of the 13th Legion has been formal, but the weapons used by the two archers are a little tricky. One is similar to the affiliated cavalry brigade, using a single bow from the Mediterranean, and the other is from Syria, and is used to using the Assyrian compound bow that was seized before.

"The former is arranged in the right-hand position of the team, and the latter is arranged at the right wing end, so that the archers' vision can reach the best, and the range can be complementary." Sabo gestured with his fingers on the sketch, but the commander's eyes were dull, leaning half on the chair, and occasionally nodding. Suddenly he shouted that he wanted to prepare horses and entourages, and he was going to Nicosia to visit Gatu.

Later, Li Bida suddenly shouted nervously, "No, it's not going to visit Gatu!" Sabo and others were confused.

When he came to the access control of Nicosia, Tagus and Sabo Mingming heard that he used the name of the "Marcus Lucius" legion soldiers to register. This name is not ten thousand or eight thousand in the Roman world. Anyway, it is enough to have a talisman. Then he said to Sabo, "You and Tagus go to see Gatu. Remember, there is no need for any skills. Just ask him to provide some budget and supplies, and keep up with him and try to let him keep you entertaining a meal. However, the meals in Gatu are not very delicious. You have to hold on, this is your task."

After giving instructing, Li Bida hid in front of the alley at the entrance of the Katu mansion, wearing a civilian shirt, constantly observing something, because he completely remembered that there was a piece in the family motto of Lao Katu:

You can only ask your servants to prepare their own portion of meals every day, and don’t prepare banquets to entertain guests at any time, unless you have to, because the requirements made by the guests who come to mobilize the banquet are definitely something you cannot meet.

So when Sabo entered the mansion, he did not directly raise anything, but stood in front of Katu according to the request of the commander, reporting on various information, training, military pay, paddlers and ship preparations, combat preparations of Egyptian troops on the other side, etc.

What surprised him was that although Gatu's performance obviously would not solve their problems, the expression on his face was not annoyed, and he politely invited Sabo and Tagus to sit opposite him. According to Roman customs, superiors and subordinates could not sit down at the same time, unless they were allowed by superiors.
Chapter completed!