Leo seemed to be relieved, and then he asked his father a second question, "I have heard from Brother Mecenas that Turinus and his father Antony have made a long list of public enemies, and they are about to set off a terrible raid in the city of Rome, and Papa, as the leader of the alliance, why did you allow such a cruel thing to happen?" Even if it is to avenge His Excellency the Dictator Julius, the scope of this killing is too wide. ”

The implication is that Leo seems to blame his father for being too strong, and he is also afraid that this kind of large-scale slashing will lead to the effect of backlash.

Li Bida, who was sitting on the couch, laughed, and he asked his son, "Do you know how many people in this list are stamped by me?" Seeing that Leo did not know why, his father said directly, "There are less than twenty people, and even these twenty people are jointly signed and sealed by me and the other three, and most of the rest, about eighty senators, and seven hundred knights, are all stamped by your friends and Anthony alone, and I don't object to it." Pansa stamped fewer individually, close to zero. ”

Leo was a little more confused, "But Papa, according to the agreement of the four of you, everyone who is going to be sentenced to death is jointly signed and sealed, which means that no one can get rid of it." ”

"But soon this list is to be hung on the pillars of the main square and in all the neighborhoods, that is to say, most of the senators or knights who have been involved will easily find that my and Panza's seals are at the end, and they will soon understand the reason, which is for the nobles who are greedy for life and afraid of death. It's a simple truth that is easy to understand. will know the signal I put out. All right. Before I give any further answer, I would like to ask Leo, why do you think Caesar and Anthony have such a long list? ”

Leo hung his head, not thinking for too long, or perhaps he had already understood the answer, and then said, "Because Turinus and Antony are very, very short of money, and they want to support the legion. came to fight against the papa, but the savings of the senate made them have nothing to do with the finances. ”

The father nodded, it seems that this son is not stupid, he is not a nerd after all, and he can see the calculation and strategy from the book, "Leo, you know, father, I am completely self-sufficient in money, and Turinus, with my help, has just inherited some of the free slaves left by Caesar." But where can Caesar's free slaves be compared to Crassus and my patron? For Caesar was alive, even when he was an archon. He was still burdened with huge debts, which were only paid off outside Gaul, and his way of wealth was simple, that is, plundering and slave trading, which came and went quickly, but also dissipated quickly. And Caesar didn't have time to train his free slaves at all, and his people were honest, in terms of calculation and management standards, they were not even worthy of carrying shoes for Crassus free slaves and slaves, and most of Caesar's property was only garden villas, and they were only sold at one time, and they were all allocated to the people for free use in their wills - didn't you burn all the title deeds stamped by the government before? But my father and I are different, I inherited the first-class knights, freeslaves and high slaves of the whole republic, which were trained by Crassus and Lucuras themselves, and there is no one in Rome who can match them! According to what I said when I was educating you before, all of them are at the level of 'division', cost engineers, financial engineers, joiners, metalworkers, architects, weavers, mechanics, agriculturists, etc., these are all the essence of Crassus and my patronage gathered over the decades, many of the diaspora I spent a lot of money and gathered together, some slaves worked for ten years, and accumulated more wealth than the knight class in Rome, but I still did not redeem them, and still hired them at a high price, so that they could pass on their skills, and place them in Cyrene, Alexandria, Sardinia, and Lypydaburg, and Leo you should understand why—an agronomist with an annual salary of 100,000 cesdes may not be able to achieve more than a million cesdes. Then he called Leo to come to him, and then he took his son's slender finger, on which was King Numa's ring, and asked softly, "So do you know what this ring means?" ”

"It means that I inherited this wealth, it is not just money, but people, papa." Leo whispered.

"Not only that, but it also means that you are much stronger than Turinus, much stronger, and you can do what he can do, and you can do it better. What you lack now is the affairs of the Legion, but it doesn't matter, if you are interested, do it, if you are not interested, your father will do it for you, or you can entrust it to Sabo, Paruma, and Petneus. ”

"Then papa, I have one last question, that is, did I do something wrong with Turinus burning the title deed earlier?"

Li Bida laughed, and said that the question of right and wrong depends on how you look at it, whether it is for Turinus, or for yourself, as if what Turinus did right away was far-sighted for him, or whether he drank to quench his thirst.

The rest of the story didn't need to be too clear, so he gestured to Leo, meaning that he could leave.

The next day, when Li Bida walked out of the door of Pulama's villa, he was ready to go to the Kunta Plain camp to change his guard under the escort of the guards, but when he arrived at the door, he found that there were dozens of elders standing densely.

Li Bida smiled slightly, and said to everyone, "I am not as enthusiastic about position and money as you think, the former is now the position of high priest, and for the latter, I have nothing to pursue. ”

These words almost broke the hearts of the senators, and they even wanted people to shout for Li Bida to be appointed dictator and Dick Tuito, but Li Bida only shook his head, and finally he calmed the group and said, "Wait for the news of the Senate negotiating with us." ”

This sentence is not only a reassurance, but also a wordless reminder, and even a threat.

When Li Bida left the city gates, the procurator Piso and Cicero, who had failed to escape, were forced to convene a meeting of all the senators, and the group of people who had been released by Cicero before were even disqualified from attending. (To be continued......)