"There are no more than three best ways to invest, one is to invest in fertile farms, the second is to invest in ordinary farms, and the third is to invest in barren farms." - Cato the Elder

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Li Bida lowered his head, holding the horsewhip and preparing to leave, because he still needed to have more important things to deal with, that is, to get the account book and seven thousand Talents as soon as possible, but at this time, a tall figure flashed beside him, it was a somewhat drunk Anthony, he stumbled to the side of several shoulders, Li Bida was in his heart, he hurriedly looked at the centurion and soldiers next to him, these people did not react, that is, it was an instant, Anthony held the turquoise panel on his shoulder, What the hell is this bastard who only knows how to drink all day long? Li Bida just wanted to speak out to stop it, but it was too late.

"Now before us is the death of a king, the death of a king." Who would have thought that Anthony would turn around and say such words to everyone, the commander-in-chief and the soldiers were stunned, looking at him quietly, the blood-colored sun under the camp, and the increasingly humid and fierce sea breeze, Li Bida's cloak was blown to the side, and the ends were constantly drumming, but Antony did not stop his impromptu speech, "Even as a Roman citizen, I need to give the king real respect." Then he knelt down, and very respectfully raised his wax mask, and laid it over Ptolemy's face, as if he were caring for the remains of his most respected elders, and then tucked the cuffs of the king's garment one by one, followed by the remains of his wife and children. Li Bida slowly walked to the side of this "lewd plague". Observing his expression. Then he had to admit that Anthony's behavior was from the heart, and this scene definitely touched a certain fateful scene in his ethereal spirit.

The chief eunuch fell at the feet of the two men, unable to weep, when the rain of white flowers brought by the sea breeze fell over the whole camp, and Anthony stood up after all this. Gazing at the beautiful shoulders slowly sliding down from the rain, trampling in the mud, wet hair sticking to the sturdy neck, and reciting the famous tragic line, "Before I perish, others must perish." ”

"I envy your happiness, because you don't know anything." Li Bida wanted to answer this sentence to this person, but then he looked at this scene, and sighed slightly, then shook off the wet mud on his feet, and walked in the direction of the Great Love Temple, which was surrounded by huge yellow rocks and green verdants. At this time, Sabo, who was following him, wiped the rain from his face and slowly stopped. Pointing to the distant waters, he suddenly said, "Damn, I seem to have seen Cassillo's fleet, and they are docking." ”

"What!" Li Bida's heart sank suddenly, he kept running and running along the natural cliff dome of the Great Love Temple, and then he stood under the highest cliff by the sea, and a few of the horns that were hiding from the wind and rain bleated here, and ran away in all directions, the rain clouds were already quickly blown away by the wind on the sea, and in the rolling waves, the fleet embroidered with the golden cobra logo of the pharaoh came towards the long beach under the island, yes, now he understood the reason why Brutus would follow his ass so slowly? As Brutus did not come with him, he probably returned to the deck of Cassiillo as soon as the Thirteenth Legion disembarked, waited to determine the place where Ptolemy's great cousin was trapped, and then pursued him as fast as he could, for the seven thousand Talents.

It turns out that these scum of the aristocratic republicans will also use scheming? Maybe this was a secret decision by little Cato, or maybe it was a plan by the dog-headed military advisor of Cassillo, but no matter what, it was really well done.

Brutus and Cannedis went ashore in a small Greek sedan chair under the guidance of Dillinger, but Cassiyo still mysteriously hid in the boat and did not appear, and when he saw Li Bida who was drenched like a chicken in soup, Brutus said apologetically, "I am very sorry that it is raining so hard, and I have to bother your friend to come to the beachhead to meet us in person." ”

"If you have come to collect the Triumph, then I am very sorry, the King of Cyprus has committed suicide by poisoning, and he cannot be a prisoner of the Triumphal parade." Li Bida stood in the mud and said.

"Rest assured, isn't the King's suicide good news for us? The Egyptian fleet is not afraid to do anything, and we can talk about the distribution of the spoils of war very leisurely, and I think my dear friend, can you give me a good account book? Brutus jumped out of the sedan chair and asked politely.

"The account books of the legion and the account books of the provincial government office are two different things."

"No, no, for now the island is all within the Roman province, and I can provide you with a garrison on behalf of my uncle, and collect a small rent from you, but according to the law, any building, no people, and no wealth on this island shall henceforth be at the disposal of the Doge's Palace." Brutus smiled.

"But our Thirteenth Legion."

"Where did the Thirteenth Legion come from? The Senate didn't admit that your current position was just a mercenary for the Pharaohs, but I didn't want to cause trouble, so we still did what we agreed on. But," Brutus took Cannedis who had come out of the Temple of Love, and he held a roll of vellum paper in his hand, and Brutus took it and examined it carefully, "This is a copy of the account book provided by the high priest of the same royal family, and I think the original must be in your possession, yes, it is called the Legion Book." After saying that, Brutus stretched out his hand, Li Bida stood for half a minute, then took out another similar volume, and made a move to hand it to Brutus, but was contemptuously rejected by the other party, it seems that the original copy is no different to him at this time.

"Three thousand five hundred talents on each side, it's settled. But the eight hundred that you promised to distribute to the soldiers were unfortunately not paid by the Governor's Office, so there are two ways to settle the matter now: one is that you yourself pay this amount out of your own pocket, as you did for the citizens of the sword, as you did for the citizens of the sword; The second is to discuss with your honorable pharaoh and ask him to pay this money, after all, you are his dead man. With that, Brutus and his party smiled sarcastically, saying that this spectacle was indeed unique by the sea, and I thought that it could be used as a temporary station to await my uncle's return from Byzantium.

Li Bida, who stayed in the mud, crossed his waist and exhaled, staring at the sea water coming and going in the distance, looking at the mood of calming down, but soon raised his cane again, squatted on the ground and poked and poked, and Peternius, Antony and others around him knew that he was angry, so they glanced at each other and left.

Only Sabo looked at the back of Brutus and his party in the distance, and then stepped forward to comfort His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, "After all, our harvest is not too bad, three thousand five hundred talents, planing away the eight hundred promised to the officers and soldiers, and the rest of the two thousand or so should be paid to Pharaoh, and the rest of the money is enough to support the Egyptian war." (To be continued......)