Printhia trembled with joy, she knew that if this Roman city allowed Antony to cover the sky with one hand, then she and Cicero would be unlucky, because she was the one who killed Antony's stepfather, and Cicero was the common enemy of Antony and Claudius.

Now if Li Bida can compete with this, it will be the most favorable situation for her personally, but the following Li Bida said leisurely:

"Antony was eager to acquire southern Gaul because he thought that the legions under his control were still too few compared to mine, and now his descendants consisted of only a lark legion, which was still half, so he longed for the support of Caesar's veterans, especially the eighth, ninth, and eleventh legions, which had been abandoned due to the mutiny, and his brother Gaius's goal of becoming a chancellor, of course, was also beneficial to his cause, and he needed a stronger agent in the city of Rome. But the Senate did not want him to take control of the province, because southern Gaul was so close to Rome that no one wanted Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon to happen again. Interesting, interesting—no, what should I do? Should I help Anthony, or should I be? ”

Printhia, who was groveling and holding a drink, was a little dumbfounded, and she really didn't know what kind of medicine this cavalry commander was selling in his gourd.

As a result, the next day, Li Bida stood in front of the veranda of Villa Prima and accepted Amartice's invitation, the other party must have gone to Antony, but apparently ate a nose of ash, it is said that Anthony was unceremonious, and directly told him to get out, but Amartius also chattered with a group of street sportsmen, so Antony called the veterans to form a guard. Knock them out!

So Amartius still had bruises on the corners of his mouth and eyes. "You mean. Did Antony actually occupy the most luxurious Baigalon manor left by Caesar on the banks of the Tiber, the manor worth three hundred talentes? ”

"Yes, the fountains and gardens inside are simply unbearable, but I wonder why Corpunia gave Anthony the custody of the inheritance after his death, like you, Your Excellency, who did not possess any of his assets after his death? Now he's spending the money even more openly. He also embezzled Caesar's inheritance privately. "After all, Amartius is also a hob meat, and he has been through the wind and waves for a long time, and he really sees the problem to the point.

Li Bida didn't seem to care much about his words, but stood up, and slowly pruned the precious flowers and shrubs with the delicate tools sent by Potty next to him, and only spoke after a long time, "Amartis, since you claim to be Marius's grandson, you should show some grandeur. Actually, your own temperament is compatible, because Marius doesn't know Greek either. He doesn't know drama, he doesn't care about literature, he's just a crude veteran, and you're like him, but you're good at oratory, and I'm not talking about the kind of speech that explains bills to the people, but out-and-out incitement, yes, you're very good at it, and that's the basis for your fame now. ”

"What do you mean, cavalry chief!" Amartius immediately heard the implication, and felt that it was a joke to follow Li Bida, so he hurriedly clasped his hands and stepped forward respectfully and straightened his neck.

"I intend to bring you with me—soon Caesar's father-in-law will send me a hundred tarents, and you will go and arrange Caesar's funeral, just as Caesar and I did with Marius, and then I will have ten thousand dinars of silver for you as a reward alone." Li Bida patted Amartius on the back of the shoulder, and said very kindly, "After this is done, I will promote you to the status of a knight, do you know Kaimais?" He used to be a petty bureaucrat of the trio of municipal clerks, but now he is an itinerant judge of the city of Fesule, Etrunia, with the rank of knight, and often sits with me and laughs. ”

"Yes, yes, I must make sure that Caesar's funeral is done." Amartius excitedly repeated the phrase.

"It's a bit of a new trick, to refresh the citizens, when the time comes, the organizer of the funeral will be you, the speaker will be Anthony, and I will take the army to supervise it." After Li Bida finished speaking, he waved his hand to withdraw the happy Amartis, but he then added, "Don't forget your roots, since you are honored by Caesar's funeral, then don't let this thing disappear hastily with the end of the event, you have to learn from Claudius back then and establish a solid base." ”

Amartius's clever Cheng Dù did not have to worry about Li Bida in the slightest, he quickly shrugged his ears, and said that he knew, and then left.

When Caesar was at the funeral, the people organized by Amartius carried his coffin out of the compound of Julius and through the streets of the entire district of Subura, and many civilians, who had received the benefits of Caesar during his lifetime or after his death, poured in to express their condolences, and in front of and behind Caesar's coffin honor guard, barefoot, as if they had died of their own relatives, chanted the famous line of the tragedy of Bacuvius, "Did I save these people so that they might murder me?" At this time, several Jews dressed up jumped up, pulled the edge of Caesar's coffin chariot, and cried from the bottom of their hearts, because under Caesar's auspices, the Roman army returned most of the temple artifacts to the city of Jerusalem, and Caesar was also the first Roman dictator who did not hold anti-Semitism, he just did not allow the Jews to lend usury, but protected their neighborhoods and temples, and expressed his willingness to let some rich Jews take the lead in the knightly class, but he did not expect that before this plan was implemented, he died.

At this time, even the citizens of Rome, who usually did not like Jews, lifted them up, warned them not to grieve excessively, and welcomed them into the funeral procession. When the Jews put on their mourning robes and followed behind the coffin, Caesar's veterans also came en masse from the direction of Mars's school yard and joined in, all wearing medals and Amira's armbands, as well as the triumphal coins and weapons that Caesar had given them before, and weeping like dead fathers, and even several tribunions and centurions who had been punished by Caesar before, although they lived very remotely, did not care about the past at this time, and came with their families to express their final condolences to the old chief.

In front of the temple of Venus in the main square, Li Pida, Antony, and his staff, who were still loyal to Caesar, and some of the senators, stood together, and beside them were one hundred and eighty heavily armed centurions, all of the sixth, tenth, and twelfth legions, who together went to the coffin and wept and mourned for the dead dictator.

"Citizens, new citizens of foreign lands, foreign friends, now we should be more concerned about the fact that Julius. Caesar, the king of land and sea, where is the Roman Senate going to cremate his body! We need an answer, not wandering around aimlessly carrying his coffin! At this time, Amartius led the crowd and suddenly stood on the altar in front of the temple of Venus, shouting loudly. (To be continued......)