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How can this work? So Anthony took the lead in sending a herald to ask for a three-way meeting, and this time they simply "forgot" Panza, in fact, the other party was also happy to be forgotten.

At the meeting, Octavian also had the same distress as Antony, he was about to maintain seven legions, which was the "pit" dug for him by Lypida, but the two thousand or so free slaves left by his adoptive father now seemed to have nothing to do, or nothing to do, except for serving as firing squads and secret agents.

On the contrary, Li Bida, who sat in the circle chair, was at ease, and his fleet was now not coming to Italy, but was instead engaged in "regional" short-distance trade, exporting goods to the east of the Red Sea, and trading with Parthia and Judea; The port of Hippo, in Numidia to the west, also prospered because of the transit business of Sardinian wheat and Mauritanian dyes, and the knightly class here was gradually controlled by Hittius, the agent of Lypida, so he was not short of money now, just waiting for the opportunity to go to Spain, watching these two sit on pins and needles, but happy to stand by and watch.

"Is it possible to borrow money from a guardian?"

"Is it possible to borrow money from Lybidaeus?"

Almost at the same time, this thought flashed through the minds of young Caesar and Anthony, but it was quickly dispelled, Caesar had borrowed money from Crassus earlier, which was "the grandfather who owes the money", and Crassus was a man with mediocre abilities except for making money. Thus Caesar's strategy was a great success. But Li Bida is different. Originally, they snatched food from the tiger's mouth. It is not easy to earn these legions, and it is really impossible to ask Li Bida to take advantage of the spring breeze of financial interference to participate again.

"Now don't continue to slaughter, it's enough, all that can be killed is done, and if we continue to kill, the city of Rome will become a dead city, and the legitimacy of our rule will be lost—Cota, Pisso, and Caesar's nephews have been channeling all kinds of channels these days. Tell me about it, and they will advise you both to stop. For now, we can talk about the conquest of the enemies of the East and the West. Without waiting for the two of them to speak, Li Bida took the lead in throwing out the topic, wanting to put a temporary break on the announcement of the public enemy.

"Your Excellency Guardian, I have a small question, I heard that in the previous public enemy declaration, did you fail to work and sheltered dozens of elders in private?" Octavian seemed to say it with resentment, and he bowed his head. Before starting a new topic, demonstrate to the guardian.

Li Bida was on his back. With an innocent look on his face, he said, "Really? In fact, I entrusted this kind of thing to the doorman, and it must be that good bitch of Printhia who secretly tampered with my intentions and took bribes to release people. However, I don't lack this money for the time being, and I'm not a murderer, so if someone wants to exchange money for their lives, I think it's okay. Then he smiled at the puffed young Caesar, really like an elder looking at a coquettish junior, "Okay, I'll immediately hold those people accountable and give you all the money I have requested, okay?" ”

This sentence really choked back the young Caesar, and the next one could only start to send troops to the war zones designated in advance according to what Li Bida said.

But Caesar the Young still complained about the lack of money, especially his seven legions were about to cross the ocean, but he did not have a fleet in his hands, no craftsmen and oarsmen, you must know that this was an extremely expensive project, the same Antony this time held the same opinion as Caesar the Young, he said that he was willing to send his brother Gaius with the Fourteenth Legion to reinforce Caesar's military expedition, but to maintain the operation of this legion, it would cost a lot of money.

"Okay, okay, you say what to do, we share the power of the republic now, there is nothing we can not sit down and decide." Li Bida didn't want to continue to listen to these two people.

"The levy is done, and from now on the whole inhabitants of Rome and Italy will be increased, and every freeman will have to pay fifty dinars of silver for the cost of the expedition. In addition, the surviving senators and knights also had to pay heavy taxes to support our army. However, it was difficult for Caesar to be ridiculed and criticized by Antony, "Dear Turinus, you must understand that the people who are still alive are people who are related to you and me, and if you try to exploit and extort them, you will completely lose the hearts of the people." ”

"Then in the name of the Ombudsman, sell and contract out the big and small projects."

But this proposal was even more ridiculed by Anthony, who said that now that all the money is deformed in the hands of the army, how can anyone care about the construction of public works, and no one even participates in the festival celebrations, and no one organizes them.

The scene soon fell silent, and after a while Caesar said, "Who else is rich in the city of Rome?" ”

"Noble woman." Anthony doesn't think twice.

"Then collect the woman's money." Li Bida took over the conversation, "There are many single noblewomen or wealthy widows who have a lot of money and money in their families, and we have registered their numbers and told them to hand over a part of their property for military expenses. ”

"Then I'll set an example with Fulivia, and I'll promise that Fulivia will pay ten Talrants immediately." Anthony is the wife of Kang, and everyone knows that his wife, following the "winter wind" declared by the public enemy, has looted the blood-stained assets of no less than 600 Tallents.

"I am willing to give the same ten Talents each for my mother Attia and my sister Octavia." Young Caesar was also "generous".

"Then I'll hand over ten more Tallents for my mother." Anthony is good and not a queen.

"I'll give fifty Talents for my wife Yuria, because she's far away in Sardinia." Li Bida made the final decision.

Soon, the list of levies was published, and the fifteen hundred noblewomen of the whole city of Rome were each to bear taxes ranging from one tarrant to twenty tarrants to support the military expedition on horseback.

The news was explosive, and the noblewomen in the city were outraged, the last time they had encountered such a thing was during the Punic Wars, when they were asked to hand over their gold and silver jewelry for military expenses, but because they were defending their families and the country, the noblewomen were eager to complete the task, and were commended and thanked by the Senate - but then, during the reign of Cato the Elder, the noblewomen were not allowed to wear too luxurious and heavy jewelry, and as a result, they were attacked by a crowd, and the noblewomen openly flocked to the pulpit, And the old Cato of the political zhì family defended each other.

It was the same now, the noblewomen were more powerful than the army, and they soon flocked to the Palatine Hill in droves at night, asking for the leaders of Cicero's wife, Febilia, and Caesar's wife, Corpunia, to challenge the rulers who dared to levy their heavy taxes! (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)